P. K. Sethi, Inventor of the Low-Tech Limb, Is Dead at 80

Dr. P. K. Sethi invented the affordable prosthesis called the Jaipur foot, which has helped millions of amputees in developing countries to lead normal lives.


In 16 milioni sostengono onlus, enti ricerca e Comuni


Summary - (Nov 8, 2004) NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image of Titan as it sped past the moon on Oct. 26, 2004. It was taken from an altitude of 2,500 km (1,553 miles) using the spacecraft's aperture


Johnson Adds to Investments in Hotel Sector With Third Private-Equity Fund

Washington entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson yesterday announced he has raised $1.2 billion for his third private-equity fund that invests in the hotel industry.


Tony Parker says he's not a double dribbler. The San Antonio Spurs star and his wife, Eva Longoria, issued a statement Wednesday night defending their marriage against claims by a French model that she had an affair with Parker in September.


They could have played this Pro Bowl on the beach with flag football rules. All of which was to the liking of Terrell Owens and Adrian Peterson.


The 49-48 roll call by which the Senate passed an amendment to the proposed immigration overhaul that would end a temporary worker program after five years.


At times during Sunday's 13-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills, some of the Raiders were Xs when they should have been Os and still turned the outcome into a plus.


'Naturalmente l'Antitrust fara' una vigilanza continua'


Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson is being sued for $2.4 million amid claims he helped hire a security team accused of attacking four people at a Hampton nightclub last year.


Scientists says this morning's steam burst at Mount St. Helens was just a 'prelude.'. Earthquakes indicate magma apparently is still pushing up under the volcano and could result in a real eruption.


Airbus parent EADS  decided on Friday to go ahead with a new mid-sized jetliner to strike back at Boeing  in their fight for market share and restore pride shattered by delays to its A380 superjumbo.


THE circus that changed traditional entertainme


As School Toll Tops 350, Putin Vows Fight

BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 350 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians they must mobilize against terrorism...


Oil Prices Ease From 21-Year High But Remain Volatile

New York, Sept. 29 (NNN): Hitting fresh 21-year highs of more than $50 a barrel a day earlier, oil prices eased slightly on Tuesday but remained quite volatile as increased fighting in Nigeria forced several


There will be many tributes that focus on the accomplishments of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died Wednesday, but he is responsible for the deaths of thousands


Israel's deadly Gaza offensive enters third week

JABALIYA, Gaza Strip, Oct 12  - Israel's massive military onslaught in the northern Gaza Strip entered its third week Tuesday with the death toll topping 110 and scenes of utter devastation in the territory's largest refugee camp.


Film Fame Finds Shadowy ETA Spy Still on the Run

Forced to alter his looks with plastic surgery and abandon his family and friends forever, "Wolf" has paid a high price for betraying Basque separatist group ETA.


The smaller of Colombia's two leftist rebel groups offered Tuesday to meet with a Mexican mediator to discuss possible peace talks with the government and reiterated its call for a bilateral cease-fire.


Mexico's Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Make a Comeback

Sea turtles are spawning in record numbers along Mexico's Pacific coast this year, thanks largely to stepped up protection against poachers, the nation's environmental watchdog said on Wednesday.


The Pope cancels a visit to a top Rome university after protests against his views on Galileo.


Clashes in Restive Iraqi Province Kill 10

U.S. forces and insurgents clashed in  the restive Iraqi province of Al-Anbar on Wednesday, killing 10  Iraqis and wounding six, health ministry officials said.


The companies said they could not agree on the savings the deal would bring or how to distribute the benefits.


Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable on opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 85.


Arts & entertainment: Adrian Searle on why Peter Blake still paints like he's at art school.


Six Britons are arrested and five Manchester United fans stabbed during fighting between rival fans in Rome.


Strict rules for crematoria to limit mercury pollution from tooth fillings have been announced.


Suicide bomb against US-led troops in Afghanistan

A suicide attacker blew himself up near a convoy of the US-led coalition in central Afghanistan Tuesday but appeared to have only killed himself, the force said.


Britsol boffins answer Branson's challenge Somebody call Al Gore and tell him he can leave the lights on in his house for as long as he likes: some academics in Bristol have solved the climate change crisis. Oh yes, and they want their $25m prize money from Richard Branson, thankyewverymuch.â¦


Arlington Catholic is right where it left off last season. The defending Division 1 state champion is the team to beat this season. If AC hopes to repeat its success, the Cougars will have to regroup after the loss of four players (two forwards, two defensemen).


After the dust finally settled on Showdown Saturday, the guys flashing the badges were still riding high in their saddles. Worthy contenders took aim at the authority of USC and Oklahoma, but


Psychologists were studying false memories when they stumbled on a surprisingly easy target for manipulation: foods.


Rifiuti, Acerra: quattro arrestati e undici denunciati

Quattro persone arrestate e 11 denunciate in stato di libertÃ : Ã¨ un primo bilancio dell'attivitÃ  di indagine svolta dalla polizia sugli incidenti avvenuti ieri ad Acerra durante la manifestazione contro il termovalorizzatore.


Playing at home has hardly been an advantage in the Western Conference final.


Defending champion Philippoussis loses in Shanghai

Defending champion Mark Philippoussis lost in the first round of the Shanghai Open on Tuesday, beaten by little-known American Glenn Weiner 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.


Red Sox pull out another dramatic victory, stay alive in ALCS

By Amy Sancetta, AP. Ortiz dropped a single into center field with two outs in the 14th inning to score Johnny Damon and give the Red Sox a 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees


President, PM Review Dialogue Process With India

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Sep 04 (PID) - President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz attended a meeting on Friday to review the progress of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan delineates a strategy to carry the process


Brees Opens Many Eyes, Partly by Closing His

Drew Brees, who was supposed to spend this season backing up a rookie, has guided the San Diego Chargers into the playoffs.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26  â The business software maker BEA Systems signaled its intent to let Oracleâs $6.7 billion takeover bid expire Sunday, setting the stage for a showdown with its largest shareholder, the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn.


âNo Country for Old Menâ received another major honor when it was selected best feature film by the Producers Guild of America.


Martha Stewart to Do Time in W.Va. Federal Prison

NEW YORK - Martha Stewart (search) was ordered Wednesday to serve her sentence at the federal prison in Alderson, W.Va., according to source close to the case.


Rodney Epperson, a junior forward for the Red Storm, is suspended indefinitely from the team pending a review of his academic transcripts from the year he spent at Barton County (Kan.


Primi sei mesi: i piu' caldi degli ultimi 400 anni


The extraordinary loss of life from Sunday's earthquake and tsunami waves is prompting Asian governments to consider developing a more comprehensive and effective warning system.


Whatâs on the Art Box? Spins, Satire and Camp

In charting such a precise path from Mr. Serra to brand-new work with a YouTube following, the Whitney Museumâs new show historicizes a medium that is still in transition.


Smoltz gets 200th win as Braves edge Mets

John Smoltz became the first Major League pitcher to win 200 games and make 150 saves as he outdueled longtime friend Tom Glavine in the Atlanta Braves's 2-1 win over the New York Mets on Thursday.


AnyExample.com: PHP AJAX example: asynchronous file upload

As mentioned by the Zend Developer Zone, there's a new tutorial over on the AnyExample.com website that shows how to get up and working with a PHP+Ajax connection in no time flat. The goal? To handle a file upload asynchronously from the user.   This article contains example application (trivial file-sharing service, like rapidshare, megaupload or yousendit) which uses embedded frames (IFRAME) to upload file. While file is uploaded to hidden frame, user can still access web-page and fill "file description" field.   They talk briefly about the PHP functions that will be used in the tutorial and the concept of using IFRAMEs to handle the content coming in (without reloading the page). The rest of the article is a code dump showing the pieces of (procedural) code to get the job done. There's some commenting, but if you're a new coder to PHP, you might want to check out the main PHP site for some more information on the functions used.


Qumranet reveals reason for all that KVM work

Surprise! The KVM open-source virtualization software is at the foundation of a desktop virtualization software start-up's business.


State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel resigned Tuesday, more than a month after he was indicted on a federal cocaine charge.


Avrebbero ceduto un chilo di cocaina a un pregiudicato


Rachel Gonzales hadn't heard about Sprint's merger with Nextel when she stopped by a Sprint outlet in downtown San Francisco Wednesday for a new phone.


Gli indici europei aprono in crescita, poi fluttuano e chiudono quasi invariatiPer sostenere i mercati la Federal Reserve mette a disposizione 3,75 miliardi di dollari                                          Borse, in Europa e a Wall Street prevale l'incertezza. Interviene la Fed                                                                                Morgan Stanley: "Basso rischio di cattive sorprese per le banche italiane"


Blue Chips Fall on $49 Oil, Economy Index

U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with  last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic  activity fell for a third straight month.


Chile Turns Against Once Untouchable Pinochet

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chileans are turning more and  more against ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, making courts more  likely to put the ailing retired general on trial for human  rights abuses during his 1973-1990 regime, political scientists  said.


Inps: domande anzianita' scese del 6,7% nel 2006


OPEC will consider raising its average price band at a meeting next week, but has forecast crude prices to fall by up to a third once elections in the US and Iraq are completed.


For even a performer who courts controversy, Madonna's upcoming concert in Moscow has drawn considerable uproar.


Getting to the playoffs has become pretty much of a given for the Atlanta Braves. So had postseason wins over the Houston Astros — until now.


'Li ho uccisi perche' complottavano contro di me'


Electors can check up of their MPs' expense claims for the first time, with the listing of claims over three years.


LONDON -- President Bushâs campaign Web site was inaccessible to surfers outside the United States and Canada following a series of outages last week that may have been electronic attacks.


Ieuan Wyn Jones addresses Plaid Cymru members to explain the detail of the party's options for a role in government.


Three people fought a desperate battle against a wildfire that destroyed nearly everything around them. They were the only people to stay behind at their trailer park home as an 84,000-acre fire roared out of control. "You could see the trailers burning left and right and all around," said one of them. Now they're fighting to survive the aftermath.


Protect your portfolio from these destructive forces.


India's new High Commissioner to UK presents credentials to Queen Elizabeth II

Kamalesh Sharma, India's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London.


For Women, Knee Injuries Can Mean Years of Pain

NEW YORK  - Some knee injuries appear to  cause years of pain and increase the risk of arthritis among  female soccer players, a new study shows.


Auspica che clima cambi in campagna elettorale


Roma, 18:04 - CALCIO, SERIE B: PARI DEL BOLOGNA, VINCONO CHIEVO E PISA

Risultati della 24/a giornata del campionato di serie B: Avellino-Frosinone 0-1, Chievo-Treviso 1-0,...


Settlers endorse call to resist Gaza pullout

JERUSALEM Israeli settler leaders are backing a call to resist a planned evacuation of Jewish settlements -- even if it means going to jail.


Funk battles to win Southern Farm by one shot

Madison, MS (Sports Network) - Fred Funk fired a six-under 66 Sunday to win the Southern Farm Bureau Classic by one stroke over Ryan Palmer.


US Average Gasoline Pump Price Falls to $1.96, Lundberg Says

US gasoline pump prices fell about five cents in the past two weeks to an average of $1.96 a gallon, Trilby Lundberg said, citing a survey of about 7,000 filling stations by her Camarillo, California, research firm.


GE Buys Citigroup's Truck Finance Unit for $4.4 Bln

General Electric Co. agreed to buy a Citigroup business that provides lending and leasing services to the trucking industry for $4.4 billion in cash to build its commercial finance unit in areas where it already has expertise.


Second-seeded Martina Hingis won her record fifth Pan Pacific Open title Sunday, beating 19-year-old Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2.


BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 11, 2004 - Strong explosions shook central Baghdad early Sunday, and fighting erupted on a major street in the heart of the city near the US-guarded Green Zone.


'Rocket' Fizzles Out as Astros Fall to Cardinals

Roger Clemens is still heading to the  Hall of Fame, even though his Houston Astros team will not be  going to the World Series following a 5-2 defeat by the St  Louis Cardinals Thursday.


A filmmaker who was the great-grandnephew of the painter Vincent van Gogh was shot and stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street yesterday after receiving death threats over a


Shares in online retailer Amazon plunge 17%  after its fourth-quarter profits fail to impress.


Advanced Micro Devices' new Mobile Sempron processor gives the company a fresh chip for the holiday season, but it probably won't help it overcome the solid advantage that rival Intel holds in the notebook market.


The BBC may have contributed to an increased strain on serious news values, chairman Michael Grade says.


Deal to Name New Chief Is Expected for Paramount

A deal that would name the veteran talent manager Brad Grey to head Paramount Pictures, a studio that has suffered a string of box office flops in recent years, is almost finished.


Clear unwanted apps from Windows' Startup list

Windows can load quicker when you disable programs you don't need at start-up. Plus, stop Msconfig from opening automatically when Windows starts.


Before the Call: Is Healthways Still Healthy?

A look at Healthways before the third-quarter earnings report.


Gunmen assassinated a judge as he headed to work in Baghdad on Monday, while to the north, a booby-trapped house exploded as Iraqi police searched the building, killing at least two officers and trapping five beneath the rubble, authorities said.


Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a leading government Alzheimer's researcher with engaging in a criminal conflict of interest by earning $285,000 in private consulting fees from a pharmaceutical giant.


Syria undermining government in Lebanon: Blair

Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Syria of undermining Lebanon's administration, which he said was preventing his government engaging in "constructive" relations with Damascus.


Peru School Raise Guinea Pigs for Eating

LIMA, Peru - After 34 years of patient tinkering, researchers at Peru's most prestigious agrarian university have bred a new culinary export they hope will scamper onto dinner plates throughout America and the world: the super guinea pig.


iPhone not to blame for AT&T network issues

Blog: AT&T's wireless data subscribers complained of outages and a slow network Monday, but the company says it wasn't due to the iPhone.


Calcio, Juve; Moggi: non prenderemo nessuno

Nonda o Mutu, quale prenderÃ  la Juve? ''Nessuno - risponde Moggi - la squadra va bene come Ã¨, al massimo vedremo di accontentare chi vorrebbe giocare e non ha posto da noi, come Legrottaglie, Iuliano e Tudor.


Metro, Germany's biggest retailer, turns in weaker-than-expected profits as sales at its core supermarkets division dip lower.


Man charged as bogus agent in Pitt-Jolie scam

A Los Angeles man was arrested on Thursday on charges of impersonating a federal agent in what


The big man is going for the big prize - the biggest of all, actually. Michael Moore has removed his Fahrenheit 9/11 from the documentary Oscar category and will instead attempt to get the controversial film nominated for best picture.


A senior arms expert who lost his job after criticising the use of intelligence says he has no regrets about speaking out.


IndyMac to hire up to 850 ex-American Home workers

IndyMac Bancorp Inc , the ninth-largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Tuesday it expects to hire as many as 850 former employees of bankrupt rival American Home Mortgage Investment Corp  as it prepares for a rebound in demand for home loans.


Team Creates Rat Heart Using Cells of Baby Rats

The accomplishment gave a significant boost to medicineâs dream of growing human organs to replace damaged ones.


Nigerian rebels end truce, others attack oil rig

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen attacked an oil drilling rig and kidnapped five expatriates in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria early on Wednesday, dealing a blow to a fledgling peace process in Africa's oil heartland.


US warns North Korea directly over nuclear test: Hill

The United States has warned North Korea directly of international repercussions if it proceeds with a nuclear test, the US envoy to atomic talks with the Stalinist state said.


Scientists say the earthquake activity is not significant enough to bump the alert level up at the Washington State volcano. Seismologists are recording quakes of up to 2.4 magnitude on the Richter scale.


What happens to an awards show forced to scuttle its live ceremony because of the Hollywood writers strike? For the People's Choice Awards, it meant losing nearly half its TV audience.


Portuguese voted on Sunday on whether to legalize abortion in a referendum that could bring the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country closer into line with most other European states.


Study questions cancer claims for 5-a-day diet

US researchers have questioned whether eating plenty of fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of developing cancer, a central claim in official health advice.


âChuck Close,â about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art.


Dillard's soars as unhappy shareholder seeks talks

Dillard's Inc.  shares soared almost 12 percent on Thursday after an activist hedge fund unhappy with the department store operator's performance demanded talks with management, saying the stock is undervalued.


Search of Diverted Greek Jet Finds Nothing Amiss

British authorities gave the all-clear Monday for more than 300 people aboard a Greek passenger jet to continue their flight to New York, after bomb threats that forces the plane to make an emergency landing in London.


(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has introduced a new product combining theÂ Whale CommunicationsÂ virtual private networking (VPN) software it bought last year with the latest version of its Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), the company said Wednesday. Called the Intelligent Application Gateway 2007, (IAG 2007) the software will give remote users a way to access Outlook e-mail accounts as well as corporate applications while outside of the company firewall. Whale's software uses the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol and can be used to gain VPN access via the browser. Microsoft and Whale had offered a combined version of their products since December 2005, but Intelligent Application 2007 is the first version of this software released sinceÂ Microsoft purchased WhaleÂ in July 2006. The software's licensing has been changed to allow customers to pay one price for the Application Gateway and various add-ons like network connectors, software modules and Intelligent Application Optimizers. Microsoft did not say how much it would charge for the new software. IAG 2007 can be purchased in pre-configured appliances built by Network EnginesÂ and Celestix Networks. Â


INDONESIAN police have captured a man they say has confessed to transporting the explosives used in the Australian embassy attack in Jakarta.


Australia may intervene in Japanese whaling row: minister

Australia could send a customs ship to end a high-seas standoff in Antarctic waters by picking up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday.


Jobs, Iraq frame second presidential debate

A lackluster unemployment report and fresh questions about President Bush's rationale for invading Iraq frame the second face-to-face encounter Friday night between Bush and Sen. John Kerry.


The Golden State sues the big six automakers for damages from polluting vehicles. Talk about wasting resources. In Autopia.


Livorno, 18:34 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DOPPIO ALLENAMENTO

Ancora un doppio allenamento per il Livorno in vista della gara con l'Atalanta. In mattinata atletic...


Days after the official all-star finale in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen will steer the Vote for Change tour homeward to host a concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.


How Many Site Hits? Depends Whoâs Counting

Even though online advertising is growing fast, that growth is being stunted, industry executives say, because nobody can get the basic visitor counts straight.


Roundup: China improves social security system for aging society

BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet,By Quan Xiaoshu ) -- China is aging. According to statistics, citizens aged 60 and about account for nearly 11 percent of its 1.3 billion people.


A US judge limits an antitrust case launched against chipmaker Intel by AMD, citing a lack of jurisdiction.


Nortel Networks Corp. NT.TO, one of  the world's biggest telecom equipment makers, again delayed the  release of its long-awaited restated financial results on  Wednesday, moving its target by about two weeks to  mid-November.


Business & money: Long-time Bank of England dove David Blanchflower wanted sharper half-point interest rates cut


Leading Democrats try to woo religious voters

The three leading Democratic contenders for the White House tried to woo the "Religious Left" on Monday, fielding questions about their belief in a televised panel that highlighted the importance of religion to politics in America.


L'annuncio alla tv di Dubai 'Al Arabiya'. Ayad Anwar Wali, 44 anni, imprenditore iracheno, da 20 anni risiedeva a Castelfranco Veneto, senza avere la cittadinanza italiana. Dal 31 agosto, giorno del suo rapimento


Prime minister says early timetable for withdrawal would threaten safety of troops on the ground.


Taco Bell closes New Jersey outlet after E. coli

Taco Bell said on Sunday it had temporarily closed one of its fast-food outlets and was working with New Jersey health authorities seeking the cause of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly a dozen people.


EU says time not right to lift China arms ban

âWe are working assiduously but...the time is not right to lift the embargo,â Bot told reporters on arrival at a summit between the bloc and Chinese leaders.


Prime time e seconda serata a canale 5, la giornata alla Rai


Nine held in plot to attack key buildings

ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that law enforcement agencies had arrested nine people including Farooq Usman and Ghulam Mustafa in connection with the plot to blow up key buildings in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.


French armored vehicle deploy around Ivory Coast's president's ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: French armored vehicles took up positions outside the home of President Laurent Gbagbo on Monday after a weekend of violent clashes, and supporters feared an attempt to overthrow him, the presidential spokesman said.


Eight marines and 15 Iraqis killed in clashes

FALLUJAH: Eight US marines were killed and nine were wounded west of Baghdad on Saturday in the bloodiest attack on US forces in Iraq for months.


-- SF: FG T. Peterson 48, 0:40. Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, 2:31. Key plays: Heard 14 interception return to Bears' 46; Dorsey 13 pass to Lloyd to Bears' 33.


Fighting corruption was to top the agenda for a meeting of the World Bank's policy-setting panel on Monday, President Paul Wolfowitz said, insisting bad governance was the biggest obstacle to reduction in poverty.


The stakes are so high in Oracle's interminable campaign to buy out PeopleSoft that both companies could end up bleeding themselves to exhaustion in this war of attrition.


Tokyo, 12:29 - CALCIO, MONDIALE CLUB: URAWA-MILAN 0-0 DOPO 45'

Si è chiuso 0-0 il primo tempo tra i giapponesi dell'Urawa e il Milan, nella semifinale del M...


Pop goes your waistline: Soda ups risk of diabetes, weight gain

Things don't go better with Coke. Or Pepsi. Or any sugar-sweetened soft drink. That's according to a new study that links significant weight gain and higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women who drink soda daily.


HP Notebook PC chief sees good growth ahead

Hewlett-Packard Co.   expects a strong back-to-school season for its notebook  computer business and sees no signs of the consumer laptop PC  market slowing, an HP executive said on Wednesday.


Sofia Inks Troops Redeployment Wednesday

Politics: 17 October 2004, Sunday. Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov is expected to sign Wednesday the order for redeploying Bulgarian contingent from Karbala to Diwaniya in Iraq after the official ...


BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO  - IBM is selling its  PC-making business to China's largest personal computer maker,  Lenovo Group Ltd., for $1.25 billion, marking the U.S. giant's  retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.


Kate Betts attends the fashion designer's elegant 40th-anniversary celebration in New York's Central Park


Caroline Rhea ("The  Biggest Loser") and Sam Huntington ("Superman Returns") have  joined the voice cast of an animated project in development at  Fox Broadcasting.


The dollar equalled a record low point against the euro and plunged to a 12-year trough against the British pound when it failed to shake-off market concern about the twin US deficits.


Science & environment: President's conference was not a spoiler intended to undermine UN efforts, says US secretary of state.


Israeli papers see Sunday's attack on a Gaza border post as a sign of divisions in the Palestinian camp between violence and the ballot box.


Il 60% della tredicesima bruciata dall'Ici e dai mutui

ROMA - Il 40 per cento servirÃ  per pagare l'Ici, le bollette di fine anno e il mutuo; il 20 per cento, l'assicurazione ei bolli per l'automobile. Della tredicesima non rimarrÃ  in tasca che il 40 per cento.


Rwanda recalls ambassador to France, may break diplomatic ties

Rwanda has recalled its ambassador to France and hinted it might break diplomatic relations with Paris in a row over arrest warrants issued by a French judge related to the 1994 genocide.


FOXBOROUGH -- Tom Brady did not exactly light up Gillette Stadium with his usual aerial show yesterday. In fact, it was just about three years ago, Oct. 7, 2001, the last time Brady was held to fewer than 100 yards passing and it was against the Miami Dolphins.


When the first maple leaves began to turn red, the phone started ringing in Andover. Linda Young would pick up and hear the pained voice of her daughter, Robin, a senior volleyball star at Williams. "Mom," she'd say, "I can't believe this is the last time I'm going to play at Hamilton." Time passed. Leaves turned. The phone ...


Movie Review | 'Romance & Cigarettes': Blue Collar Guy Loses His Heart and Ruins His Lungs

There is more raw vitality pumping through âRomance & Cigarettesâ than in a dozen perky high school musicals.


Three former top US officers say attacking Iran would have "disastrous consequences" for the Middle East.


Dell 3Q Earnings Seen in Line With Views

Fueled by surging demand from business customers in the latest quarter, Dell Inc. is geared to post third-quarter earnings in line with Wall Street expectations, though analysts say declining component prices


A blast hits a UN patrol south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, wounding at least two people, officials say.


UK Government Says Reports of February Election `Speculation'

Reports that UK Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to call a general election in February are ``speculation,'' a UK government spokesman said.


Clashes Near Iraq's Najaf Kill 40 People-Govt.

At least 40 Iraqis were killed on  Saturday in fierce clashes near the southern city of Najaf,  where Shi'ite militias are involved in a standoff with U.S.-led  forces, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.


Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure in al Qaeda, has appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera, ridiculing US forces which he says are "hiding in their trenches" in Afghanistan.


Thousands of Unsung Species Co-Endangered

Extinction of a species is not just a permanent loss of biological diversity, but may have ripple effects as co-dependent species suffer from the absence of what may be linked predator-prey relationships.    Astrobiology Magazine -- The global extinction crisis ignores thousands of affiliated species that are also at risk of being wiped out, making the list of endangered species much larger and more serious than originally thought, says a study produced in part at the University of Alberta...


Sacramento Kings Release Liu, Two Others

Liu Wei, a starting guard for the Chinese national team, was among three players released by the Sacramento Kings on Sunday.


The result of a vote that could lead to strikes at some of the UK's busiest airports is to be announced.


Special Report: Wall Street's Highest Earners

Think chief executives get fat paychecks? People who manage piles of money do much better.


17 Iraqi Parties Pressing For Delay in Elections

Groups fear that a vote amid persistent violence and a boycott by Sunnis would deprive the results of legitimacy.


Avi Shechter, co-founder and CEO of Fringland Ltd. (Fring), could be on to something big with the launch of a cheap Internet-based phone service that runs over mobile networks. But the Israeli entrepreneur could also be in for the fight of his life with mobile phone network operators determined to protect their cash-cow voice business from virtual service providers.


Scottish & Southern is going to cut gas and electricity bills for its customers - but will not yet say by how much.


Lyon, France (Sports Network) - Sweden's Robin Soderling earned a hard-fought win over Belgian Xavier Malisse in Sunday's final of the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.


Messina, 15:34 - CALCIO, MESSINA; RIGANO': TORNO CON ENTUSIASMO

RiganÃ² puÃ² finalmente giocare nella squadra della sua città, ovvero nel Messina. Oggi la pres...


Stephen Jackson scored a season-high 36 points against his former team, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Indiana Pacers 113-98 on Monday night.


Shares of Apple Computer Inc.   on Wednesday fell to an eight-month low after a Wall Street  analyst said updated versions of the popular iPod digital music  player may be delayed.


Lafleur says locked out league should declare bankruptcy, start ...

DARTMOUTH, NS (CP) - Hockey legend Guy Lafleur believes the National Hockey League should declare bankruptcy and start over again.


'The Forgotten' beats expectations to top box office

Supernatural thriller "The Forgotten" soared to the top of the US box office over the weekend with better-than-expected ticket sales during a worse-than-expected seasonal slump.


The government announces concessions on its plans to cut funding from students taking a second degree.


US consumers paid more at the pump as the average national price for gasoline rose 0.9 cent per gallon during the past week to $1.


YESTERDAY Close $60.07 Change -$3.18 52-WEEK High $71.92 Low $54.97 Freddie Mac, the nation's number two buyer and backer of home mortgages, set aside more than $300 million in the second quarter to account for bad loans, contributing to a 45 percent drop in profit.


A former sheriff pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he took part in a scheme to sell drugs seized from criminals along with 12 former and current officers.


Hollywood's new song and dance over musicals

A once-maligned genre, retooled for a new generation, has yielded hits such as 'Once,' 'Sweeney Todd,' and 'Hairspray.'


Police, fans clash after Real Madrid win

Police clashed with soccer fans in Spain's capital early Monday after Real Madrid won the Spanish league, officials said. More than 100 people were injured.


Henman receives wild-card entry to ATP Cincinanti event

Britain's Tim Henman was given a wild card entry into the ATP Cincinnati Masters tournament, organizers announced.


Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.


Sword-toting gunman nabbed close to Capitol

A man carrying a sword and a shotgun was arrested a block from the U.S. Capitol on Friday but there were no shots fired or injuries, police said.


Movie Review | 'Doc': A Writer and Speaker Specializing in Everything

âDoc,â a nonfiction feature about the life of the novelist, inventor and cult figure Harold Louis Humes, is one part cultural analysis, three parts home movie.


Kerry accuses Bush of 'reckless mistakes'

NEW YORK -- Senator John F. Kerry yesterday sharply escalated his criticism of President Bush on Iraq, accusing him of ''stubborn incompetence" and warning that if Bush is reelected, ''he will repeat, somewhere else, the same reckless mistakes that have


The wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California a year ago this month brought homeowners in San Diego's well-to-do Scripps Ranch section closer together. They negotiated with contractors as a group, figuring that would be the quickest, cheapest way to rebuild.


General Motors offers voluntary redundancy packages to unionised staff as it posts a loss for 2007.


La prima tranche, su 12 mesi, era stata collocata al 4,01%


Justine Henin, the top female tennis player in the world, defeated Venus Williamsto advance to face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the finals of the United States Open.


Indonesia's new president visits Aceh province,  where the army is involved in a major offensive against rebels.


Alsace seeks legal ban on neo-Nazi rallies booked as 'private ...

Officials in Alsace have urged the French government to ban private neo-Nazi gatherings after a number of covertly organised skinhead celebrations were held in the region.


Kwasniewski says Putinâs criticism âunfairâ

WARSAW, December 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski assessed the criticism from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as âunfairâ and said it was the price he had to pay for involvement in the Ukrainian political crisis.


THE president of Opec, the oil producers' cartel, called an end to the season of high crude oil prices by stating that stocks had returned to normal levels.


Former child star Macaulay Culkin has been arrested in the US on drug-possession charges. The now 24 year-old actor was held on charges of possessing marijuana


General Electric Co.  Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt said his "green" ecomagination unit is on track to "blow away" its 2010 sales target of $20 billion as demand for environmental products and services surges.


Libya has no pressing nuclear plans, says Chirac

TRIPOLI, Nov 25  - French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that oil-rich Libya may have ambitions to develop a nuclear energy programme but that it was not on the cards right now.


Explosions Rock Ivory Coast's Main City Abidjan

Loud explosions rocked Ivory Coast's  main city of Abidjan early on Sunday and heavy gunfire could be  heard.


Update 4: Enron Trial About 'Cheating and Lying'

The first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives "is a case about cheating and lying" with Wall Street's help, a prosecutor said Tuesday.


The body of a south Wales teenager who collapsed and died on holiday on the Spanish island of Menorca is flown home.


THE first spacecraft sent from Europe to the Moon has safely entered lunar orbit, scientists behind the mission learnt yesterday. Smart-1, which is powered by a Star


NIIGATA-Aftershocks continued to rattle the quake-ravaged Chuetsu region Monday amid the damp, cold weather while thousands of evacuees struggled to survive in emergency shelters, cars and tents.


TAMPA -- As the winningest quarterback in NCAA history, Georgia's David Greene leaves behind quite a legacy.


Medical staff at a U.S. military hospital in southwest Germany are expanding bed capacity to care for scores of wounded from Iraq, including many from the assault on Fallujah, officials said Thursday.


More than a day and a half after a deadly gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, rescuers are losing hope of finding 141 people still trapped underground.


AC Milan signed Brazil striker Ronaldo from Real Madrid on Tuesday for 7.5 million euros ($9.7 million).


Dozens of suspected militants nabbed in pre-dawn raid

More than 25 individuals with reported links to the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies were arrested by Afghan security forces overnight in two locations, spokesmen said Saturday.


Toshiba is to replace 340,000 laptop batteries, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid-August.


MulvannyG2 Designs Striking New Landmark Building in Fuzhou, China

Construction of Fujian Provincial Electric and Power Company's  32-story headquarters was completed last month in Fuzhou City, China.


A school caretaker accused of sending letter bombs did so in protest at state control, a court hears.


More peacekeepers are expected in Sudan's Darfur region, as the bloodshed there goes on.


Lione, 20:50 - CALCIO, LIONE: MALOUDA AL CHELSEA

Il Lione ha raggiunto un accordo con il Chelsea per il trasferimento in Inghilterra del centrocampis...


MGM Deal to Boost Comcast Movie Offerings

Buying a share of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will let Comcast Corp. greatly beef up its video-on-demand offerings, an area where the nation's largest cable television operator hopes to gain ground on satellite TV competitors.


The IRA must make a clear statement on ending illegal activity, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says.


Global climate change may be causing more hurricanes

The recent hurricanes that hit Florida, along with other examples of extreme weather around the world, may be caused by global climate change, a panel of climate experts said today.


India ; Kenyan wins New Delhi Half Marathon

India News, New Delhi, Kenyan Paul Kirui rpt Kirui won the 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships here, even as five Indian runners disappointed the home crowd in what was the first such event to be held in Asia.


Conservative Anglican clergy snub top US bishop

Seven conservative Anglican archbishops said they refused to take part in a key church ceremony with the head of the U.S. branch of the church on Friday in protest at her support for gay clergy.


Defense Secretary Gates says his budget asks for a lower percentage of GDP than the military spent during Vietnam. But his calculation rests on a dubious premise


Yankees 8, Tigers 4: Jeter Has 5 Hits, Giving Tigers a Glimpse of His October Form

Derek Jeter tied a postseason record for hits in a game, going 5 for 5 and capping his night with a home run over the center-field wall in the eighth inning.


N.M. ranchers fight range worms invasion

It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster — thousands of acres of green grass, herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers are hopeful their quick action will take care of the caterpillars — also known as range worms — before they can wreak havoc on pastures in northeastern New Mexico.


New Quinnipiac Coach Is Expected to Build a Winner

Tom Moore is charged with elevating the basketball program at a university best known for its polling institute, one with so little athletic tradition that it does not even have a fight song.


Want to retire in poverty and live a life of penury? Here are four good ways to get started.


A new videotape shows an Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq pleading for her life.


Broadway gets 1st major league win, 10-0

Lance Broadway allowed two hits over six innings for his first major league win and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 10-0 on Thursday night.


Suicide Bomber Kills 23 Outside Pakistani Courthouse

LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan. 10 -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the Lahore High Court in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding 47 others, police and hospital officials said. Many of the casualties were police officers, they said.


November 03, 2004 - Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles hits theaters on Friday, November 5, but there will be special midnight screenings on Thursday, November 4. Check out the poster image below announcing the special early screenings.


Merck & Co Inc. on Thursday pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent the company's


Roma, 14:30 - RUGBY, IRLANDA ANTI-ITALIA: O'CONNEL OUT, GIOCA O'DRISCOLL

Un solo cambiamento nella formazione dell'Irlanda che sabato affronterà l'Italia nell'ultima ...


Crude Oil Little Changed After Fall on Unexpected Supply Rise

Crude oil futures were little changed after plunging more than 3 percent yesterday when the US Energy Department reported an unexpected rise in inventories.


Indianapolis (6-0) at Carolina (4-2) When, where: Sunday, 1 p.m., at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte. TV: Channel 4. Last season: Did not play. Of note: When the teams last met, in 2003, John Kasay's OT field goal won it for Carolina, 23-20. Kasay also kicked the winner the last time the Panthers hosted the Colts, in 1995 . . ...


Susan Sontag, famed and unpredictable public thinker, dead at age ...

As she lay ill last summer following a bone marrow transplant, Susan Sontag would listen to music, keep up on current events and indulge a passion seemingly too light for one of


Iran Says Uranium Facility Almost Complete

TEHRAN, Iran Oct 24, 2004 - A uranium conversion facility in Iran is nearing completion, a top official said Sunday, only days after European countries offered a deal in which Iran would reportedly have to give up all nuclear activities.


China gives fashion instructions to police

China's police have been given new orders -- no strangely dyed hair, no beards, no sideburns; and leave your scarfs and jewellery at home.


Non ufficiale la sua presenza tra i superospiti del festival


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A New Relationship Between Bush and Schwarzenegger

While President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have long differed on key issues, the California wildfires have made them political allies.


The trials of officials from Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq will begin next week,   interim PM Iyad Allawi says.


A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday.


Colloquio a New York sui militari scomparsi in Afghanistan


Court OKs Arrest on 'Reasonable' Grounds

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police have authority to arrest suspects on charges that later fall apart, so long as officers had a second, valid reason for the detention.


Scientists discover why a treatment for ovarian cancer only works in half of the patients who have it.


A suspected Saudi militant is killed in a shoot-out with security forces in Kuwait.


Police Say Man Signaled Turns During Chase

KALISPELL, Mont. - Deputies were taken aback during a chase involving a suspected burglar. He signaled his upcoming turns, Flathead County Sheriff's Sgt. Ernie Freebury said Tuesday.


Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan test-fired a medium range ballistic missile capaable of carrying a nuclear warhead despite a continuing peace dialogue with India, but insisted it was not sending a signal to its regional rival.


HARTFORD, Connecticut  - Connecticut Sen. Joseph   Lieberman lost a Democratic Party showdown to a relative   unknown on Tuesday, a casualty of voter anger over his support   for the war in Iraq and President George W. Bush.


Yank Heavy Hitter Sheffield Fan Favorite

Gary Sheffield emerged from the trainer's room after games, his left shoulder wrapped in bandages that resembled football pads. Most days, one or two fingers were taped, too.


"Ratatouille" seen as test of Disney-Pixar deal

Walt Disney Co.'s animated movie  "Ratatouille" opens on Friday against strong competition from  better-known franchise films, drawing early industry skepticism  that it can match its predecessors' success and posing a  challenge for Disney.


Arts & entertainment: Screenwriters' strike ends after union members vote to call off their industrial action


Preside convoca studenti, 'misura attuata gia' da 2 anni'


Report: FTC to probe Microsoft, Yahoo ad deals too

Blog: Commission plans to expand its probe beyond Google-DoubleClick to also review Microsoft and Yahoo bids, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.


The Indianapolis Colts were a winner in the ratings, too, with preliminary measurements showing the Super Bowl was watched by roughly the same number of viewers as last year's contest.


Antawn Jamison scored 24 points and the Washington Wizards shot 55 percent from the field to beat the listless Milwaukee Bucks 101-77 on Friday night.


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


Study confirms heart benefits of whole grains

NEW YORK  - Americans should bulk up on whole grains like oatmeal, barley and brown rice to help lower their risk of clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes, according to researchers.


Mike Readâs Oscar Wilde Closes in London After Single ...

Mike Readâs Oscar Wilde - at the refurbished Shaw Theatre on London's Euston Road â-as become the shortest-running musical in West End history.


For Melissa Manchester, less is clearly more these days.


Roma, 18:52 - CALCIO, ROMA: UFFICIALIZZATI INGAGGI PIT E ZARINEH

La Roma ha ufficializzato gli ingaggi di Adrian Florin Pit (contratto annuale) e Keivan Zarineh (qua...


Il dato e' di novembre 2007, la previsione era -0,7%


Version of Jackie Kennedy Dress on Display

When John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier married in September 1953, the nation was enchanted by the wedding, the couple and the young bride's off-the-shoulder gown.


Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttoâs husband was freed on bail today - 24 hours after he was arrested for failing to appear at a murder trial.


Hewlett Packard gets new mp3 players...iPod style

One of the biggest talked about items around the consumer electronics world was an announcement earlier this year that computer giant Hewlett Packard would be partnering with Apple to put out an HP-branded iPod.


With a week to go until the election, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush yesterday of hiding embarrassments in Iraq


Confusion Over Arafat, Palestinians Prepare Burial

Palestinians looked to their leadership  to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a Paris hospital  on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the icon of  their fight for statehood. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain  hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from  the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials  insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said  privately that he was dead.


Dave Wannstedt Named New Head Football Coach at the University of ...

More than three decades after captaining the Panthersâ 1973 Fiesta Bowl team, Wannstedt was named the new head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh today by Athletic Director Jeff Long.


Wendy's International Inc. on Tuesday said it will close up to 18 of its struggling Baja Fresh Mexican Grill restaurants and record a write-down of up to $195 million in an attempt to reposition the company.


EU envoys back air passenger data deal with U.S.

European Union ambassadors approved a last-minute deal clinched on Friday with the United States on the transfer of personal data on transatlantic air passengers to U.S. authorities to help combat terrorism, an EU presidency spokesman said.


Pierce Brosnan has agreed to be in the  big-screen adaptation of the hit Abba musical Mamma Mia.


Republican Senator Says He May Not Support Bush

U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a Republican moderate from Rhode Island, said on Monday he might not vote for President Bush in the Nov. 2 election.


Governo non tollerera' che il problema non venga risolto


Former England coach takes temporary charge of Foxes

Howard Wilkinson will take temporary charge of Leicester City after manager Micky Adams' decision to quit, the Foxes announced Tuesday.


New releases from Bon Jovi, the White Stripes, Fabolous and DJ Khaled.


Here Comes the New Wave of Barack Obamas

Harold Ford is just one of several African-American candidates running in heated political races.


The hamstring injury got people talking. The cycling outfit drew laughs from some, scowls from others. The fine sent heads shaking.


Le due cariche sono compatibili: sono una macchina di lavoro


Stow native Eric Winters , a senior guard and cocaptain on Wesleyan University's men's basketball team, scored a total of 115 points his first three seasons for the Division 3 program in Middletown, Conn.


Meyer Sound seminars to tour United Kingdom in January

As part of an enlarged company commitment to in-depth customer education, Meyer Sound will blanket the United Kingdom in January with a series of seven free, one-day seminars in five different cities.


Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former President Harry Truman who was known for her series of crime novels, died on Tuesday in Chicago at age 83, the Truman Library said.


After much publicity and anticipation, America Online launched AOL 9.0 Security Edition. America Online made news when it announced that AOL 9.0 Security Edition would include McAfee VirusScan Online for free as part of basic membership.


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Nicole Richie pleads not guilty to drunk driving

U.S. reality TV star Nicole Richie pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she was seen driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway.


Demetris Nichols scored 21 points, freshman Paul Harris added 17 points and nine rebounds, and No. 17 Syracuse beat Charlotte 79-67 on Wednesday night.


Donna di 79 anni era stata accettata solo a 200 km da casa


Latvia's Deputy Ambassador to the European Union (EU), Eduards Stiprais will be the Latvian Ambassador to the EU, Saeima Foreign Affairs Commission Chairman Aleksandrs Kirsteins (People's Party) informed LETA.


Trials in terror plot unlikely until '08

Eight people allegedly involved in a plot to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft heard Monday that they are unlikely to be brought to trial until 2008.


which jumped steeply the previous month - increased only modestly, official figures showed yesterday. Inflation


The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, arrived in Sudan's troubled Darfur region this morning to witness the devastating results of Arab militia attacks on the indigenous black African population.


The fourth-quarter deluge of top-quality games continued today, with Atari announcing that Sid Meier's Pirates! had shipped to stores.


US Judge Rejects Law to Block Child Porn on Web

A Pennsylvania law allowing the state to force Internet service providers to block access to child pornography sites is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Friday.


Rauhi Fattouh, the man chosen as Yasser Arafat's immediate successor as Palestinian Authority president, is a 55-year-old moderate who only became parliament speaker six months ago.


Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday as Sony and stock brokerage Nikko Cordial fell. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen.


Israel: Palestinian State Shelved with U.S. Blessing

Israel's plan to withdraw from some  occupied territory aims to rule out a Palestinian state  indefinitely, with full U.S. approval, Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's chief of staff said on Wednesday.


Amazon Profit Misses Forecast, Shares Dip

Amazon.com Inc.  on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that missed Wall Street estimates and it unveiled a costly new shipping program that heightened concern about falling margins, sending its shares tumbling 14 percent.


Obama Is Tied With Clinton in New Hampshire, CNN Poll Shows

Bloomberg - Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama, who came in first in the Iowa caucuses, has erased Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire, and the two are tied for support among likely voters in the Jan. 8 Democratic presidential primary, according to a CNN poll.


Most Red Roof Inns to Get Wi-Fi Hotspots

ARROLLTON, Texas  -- Accor North America has reached an agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. to install wireless Internet access throughout all of its Red Roof Inns over the next year, officials said...


Capo clan del Nolano, era ricercato da febbraio


Josh Adams scored on a 6-yard run on the first possession of overtime to help Wake Forest cap a stunning 21-point comeback and beat Maryland, 31-24, yesterday in Winston-Salem, N.C.


Recoba si ferma per il riacutizzarsi di un risentimento muscolare. E Mancini non ha altri attaccanti disponibili in rosa da schierare contro l'Udinese. APPIANO GENTILE, 16 ottobre 2004 - Si blocca anche Alvaro Recoba.


The UN warns that Afghanistan could become a "narco-state" after opium cultivation rose two-thirds this year.


BERLIN, Feb. 21 -- European and U.S. officials on Wednesday sought to play down emerging differences over the new Palestinian unity government during a meeting of a high-level group that monitors efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Blog: Microsoft's proposed changes to search functions in Windows Vista, per a pact last week with regulators, don't go far enough to promote "user choice," search giant tells antitrust judge in new filing.


Taiwan's Acer reports lower-than-expected net profit

Acer Inc., Taiwan's top personal computer maker, said its net profit for the first three quarters to September fell 34.8 percent to 3.83 billion Taiwan dollars (114 million US).


Mars Rover Science Planning Shifts to Cornell

The planning and operations that must occur twice each day -- between the time when "yester-sol's" data reach Earth until commands for the next sol's activities are sent off to the rovers -- is becoming more efficient.


(InfoWorld) - Yahoo Inc. ratcheted up its sponsored mobile search program on Wednesday, launching a beta test for all users of its mobile portal in the United States and United Kingdom. All mobile phone users with access to the Yahoo Mobile network will now see paid results when they search for certain terms. The full beta test follows limited trials in the two countries as well as a broader rollout in Japan, said Michael Bayle, senior director of monetization at Yahoo. The company plans to gradually expand the search terms involved. Both Yahoo and Google Inc. are working to expand their lucrative search advertising businesses to the still-emerging mobile Web. The challenges include creating a good user interface on a wide variety of phones and determining the value of a consumer's click on a mobile search result. But the rewards may be rich from the billions of cell phones in the world, said Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, in Oakland, California. "It's just an enormous opportunity, and the needs of mobile users are more immediate in most cases than those on the Internet," Sterling said. In Japan, mobile search ads have commanded higher prices than those on the Web, Yahoo's Bayle said. Because of limited screen space and network speed, users generally won't see as many sponsored links on their phones as they do on the Web, according to Bayle. Yahoo may place one paid link at the top of the results list and sprinkle in a few more farther down, he said. But where it makes sense, such as when a user searches for "car rental," there may be more paid results, he added. The ads will behave differently, too, because many companies don't have a mobile Web page. Clicking on a link generally will take the user to a WAP (wireless application protocol) page created by either the vendor or Yahoo, Bayle said. That may be a full mobile commerce page or just one that gives a store location or a button to place a call to the merchant. The paid search results represent the first ads on Yahoo's mobile presence, which includes mail, messenger, news and other content, Bayle said. Analyst Sterling thinks it's likely to be the first step toward a wide variety of mobile Web advertising that includes banner ads, coupons and other elements. Google Inc. also is venturing into paid mobile search, he said. "It represents the mainstreaming of... advertising in the mobile environment," Sterling said. Consumers probably will respond well to mobile advertising as long as it's relevant to them and there isn't too much of it, he said.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Demonstrations against the closure of  Burberry's south Wales factory are to be held in six cities across the world.


Deal That May Create More, Not Less, Competition

Advertising and media executives said that Google has become so dominant in the online advertising market that a combined Microsoft and Yahoo might be the only way to produce a legitimate competitor.


South Africaâs chief prosecutor said Thursday there was enough evidence to bring corruption charges against Jacob G. Zuma, who is in line to be the next president.


Ricerche erano cominciate ieri pomeriggio, stanno bene (ANSA) - TRENTO, 18 OTT - Sono stati trovati sani e salvi i due cuginetti dispersi dalla tarda serata di ieri sui monti della Val di Cembra in Trentino.


Science Magazine Names Mars Discovery Breakthrough of the Year

Before leaving Endurance Crater, Opportunity roverÐ¥s panoramic camera, or Pancam, captured this view of "Burns Cliff" at the base of the southeastern portion of the inner wall of the crater.


-4.9% secondo indagine congiunturale Camera di Commercio


The sight of Detroit fans scuffling with NBA stars at the end of a game and showering players with beer, ice and popcorn gives the city another black eye as it struggles to overcome a well-worn reputation for violence and unrest.


RICH COUNTY -- Access to some beaches along Bear Lake will be impacted for the next two weeks because state and county officials are closing South Bear Lake Boulevard for improvements.  Local traffic will be able to use the road during construction.


Francisco arrested; A's increase security

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's beefed up security for Tuesday night's game against the Texas Rangers - and probably for the rest of the season - after an altercation in the stands that led to the arrest


Hypnosis Eases Breast Cancer Biopsy Pain

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- An old technique, hypnosis, can help reduce a woman's pain and anxiety during breast biopsy, a new study finds.


As part of its reincarnation, America Online Inc. is creating its own software for browsing the Web and playing movies and songs. It's a question of staying relevant in an increasingly broadband world.


NBA guard Nash backs new women's soccer league

Two-time National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Steve Nash has joined the investors in the new US women's professional soccer league set to debut next year, the league announced.


Sun Microsystems Inc. is taking a page from Microsoft Corp.'s security group and changing the way it updates Java for the desktop.


As the end of its megamerger with PeopleSoft nears, the software maker puts new faces in place in key positions.


Ex-astronaut testifies in love triangle case

ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, charged over an alleged attack on a romantic rival, testified on Friday that police searched her car without her consent as she sought to have some evidence thrown out.


The Lessons of Beslan for Russia and the World

It is the nature of terrorism that every time one thinks there is a limit to the depths to which terrorists can sink, they contrive even baser atrocities.


Government denies road charging 'blackmail'

Rubbishes 'stalking horse' claims The government has rejected suggestions by MPs on the Transport Committee that it is "blackmailing" local authorities into introducing congestion charging schemes. It said that it will not support charging unless there is a robust investigation to show that it will be beneficial.â¦


The Paths They Took: Five Gambles, Five Altered Lives

These lives, abruptly transformed by illness, had one element in common: they pinned their hopes on experimental or unproven treatments.


Internet-linked suicides fear in Welsh town: police

Police are investigating a string of suicides in a Welsh town possibly linked by an Internet death cult spread on an online social network, reports and officials said Wednesday.


New Forest without mail as Cambridge launches spam blizzard Email systems and local councils in Britain just don't seem to mix.â¦


AL Wrap: Indians, Twins Split Doubleheader to End Season

Ben Broussard belted a two-run homer  in the third inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-2 win  over the Minnesota Twins to salvage a split of a unique  doubleheader on the final day of the American League regular  season.


Middle East ; Straw upbeat on renewed Mideast peace efforts

"I'll be leaving Israel and the occupied territories more optimistic than when I came," Straw said. Much of Straw's agenda focused on upcoming Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Arafat.


Fourteen firms are under scrutiny for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations tied to loans made to borrowers with weak, or subprime, credit.


Trapped ETimor rebel demands face-to-face talks

The fugitive East Timor rebel leader surrounded in his hideout by Australian-led troops refused Friday to negotiate with a senior government official by telephone, demanding face-to-face talks.


With 9/11 as G.O.P. Backdrop, Families Express Raw Emotions

A survey by The New York Times shows that those who lost a loved one in the 9/11 attacks differ from the public at large on some political and national issues.


Fifty years after leaving Brooklyn, the Dodgers are leaving Vero Beach, Fla., where they have held their spring training for decades.


By Tunku Yusuf Md Jewa  WE can accept that the media and TV play a very important part in our lives. But sometimes, they can have adverse effects.  A good example is the way the media portrayed the wedding of our pop queen to a Datuk.


The leader of an armed group which took over a police station in a southern Peruvian town three days ago and demanded the president's resignation made a fresh promise on Monday to surrender.


Impatient Harry Potter fans to skip to last page

Nearly a fifth of Harry Potter fans say they will skip straight to the last page of the final book to find out how what happens to the boy wizard, a survey showed on Saturday.


Three state-run Indian banks raise lending rates as inflationary pressures in the economy grow.


North Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps

North Korea agreed on Tuesday to take steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for $300 million in aid under a deal President George W. Bush hailed as the best chance to get it to scrap its atomic weapons program.


Parishioners ended their vigil at a Roman Catholic parish on Sunday after police threatened to arrest anyone who refused to leave, a move critics say


"Assassin's Creed" boosts Ubisoft estimates

French video game publisher  Ubisoft Entertainment SA  raised its revenue and  profit estimates on Thursday, citing strength of its  "Assassin's Creed" action game.


Sharon mulls coordinating plan with new Palestinian leadership

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to consider coordinating his unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip with the Palestinians if the new leadership shows willingness to fight "terror".


Bills hold off Vikings' comeback attempt

Buffalo quarterback J.P. Losman did just enough to provide the Bills with enough points to hold off another comeback by the Minnesota Vikings.


Egypt cuts off supplies to its border zone with Gaza to discourage Palestinians from pouring into the area.


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Chak De! girl Vibha Chibber on working with Shah Rukh Khan and more.


Book World Tunes Into Internet Social Networks

Publishers are using outlets like MySpace to promote new books.


Vodafone wins Hutch Essar auction with $19 bln bid

Vodafone Group Plc  has  won the battle for a controlling stake in India's No.4 mobile  operator Hutchison Essar with a bid that values it at around  $19 billion including debt, a source and India's Essar group  said on Sunday.


DataCore plays a SANmelody for smaller SANs

Even small servers can be virtual iSCSI storage DataCore says a new entry level version of its SANmelody iSCSI storage software can turn a basic x86 server into a virtualised IP-based SAN, with features such as automated thin-provisioning and reuse of spare disk capacity.â¦


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Nintendo "Super Smash Bros" Japan sales top 1 million

Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold 1.08  million units of its "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" software in 11  days since its January 31 launch in Japan, reaching the 1  million mark faster than any other Wii game, a game magazine  publisher said.


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Rapids coach Tim Hankinson saw it in Lewis' eyes last Friday when the 22-year-old defender helped Colorado defeat his former team in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals.


NTT (NYSE:DCM) DoCoMo,Japan's leading mobile phone company, is set to make a "sizeable" investment in the booming markets of Vietnam, China or India, reversing a long-held decision to stay away from overseas markets after losing $9bn in botched investments six years ago.


Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, 10 in the final 5:38, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Clippers 105-101 on Tuesday night.


Violentatore James Lloyd collezionava scarpe vittime


Katrina Clark, a freshman at Gallaudet University, discusses her Sunday Outlook article on being conceived by a sperm donor and searching for her biological father.


Wall Street got off to a miserable start of the year, with all three major indexes dropping by sizable margins.


Empoli, 19:49 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: ASCOLI LASCIA ANZITEMPO L'ALLENAMENTO

Allenamento pomeridiano per l'Empoli: fase di riscaldamento e partitella a ranghi misti.


Spiccano baltici, mediorientali e portoghesi


Gardner's storied career ends with a thud

Rulon Gardner's bid for a second consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling's super heavyweight division fell to the mat with a resounding thud yesterday along with the big man himself.


US to Reopen Canada Cattle Trade in March

Canada's cattle and beef industries, battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win new access to the important US market by this spring under a plan


Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, ranked number six in China's ruling Communist Party hierarchy, died early Saturday, state media reported.


Wisconsin and Hawaii become the latest battlegrounds in the struggle for the Democratic presidential nominee Tuesday, while Republican Sen. John McCain is looking for victories to finally knock his last remaining major rival out of the race.


Tracy McGrady had 17 points, including the winning basket with 25 seconds to play, as the Houston Rockets ended a five-game losing streak with a 77-76 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.


Bombs killed more than 40 people in   Iraq on Wednesday, including 24 at a market in Baghdad, where   insurgents defied a U.S.-backed security clampdown in its   fourth week.


Stocks: Concerns over profits weaken blue chips

NEW YORK Concerned about third-quarter earnings offset a surprise drop in wholesale prices, keeping stocks mixed Friday. Blue chips dropped on profit warnings from Alcoa, a Dow component, and Visteon, while technology shares rose on takeover expectations.


On the second day of increased US and Iraqi security operations in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the overall status of the community Wednesday morning is calm, a US military spokeswoman said.


Japan's Nikkei Slips; UFJ Drops as Yahoo Japan, Rakuten Advance

Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average dropped for a second day in three. Banks such as UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.


Australia plays down US treaty spat over Taiwan

SYDNEY, Aug 20  - Australia on Friday played down a diplomatic row sparked by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who said Australia would not be obliged to help its key ally, the United States, if Taiwan were attacked by China.


US Troop Numbers in Iraq to Hit Record 150,000

The US military will boost its troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for scheduled Jan 30.


Salt Lake City Is Finding a Payoff in Conservation

Sound environmental policy has emerged as a central organizing principle of the cityâs economic growth.


It is rare to see a British player's name at the top of a draw sheet for any international tournament, let alone an ATP Masters Series event.


Non preoccupano Usa e Giappone dove e' 4% fatturato


Police: Car Bomb Kills Five Civilians Near Najaf

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


Source: Qwest to settle with SEC for $250M

Qwest has been under investigation by the SEC and the Justice Department over allegations that it inflated revenue by incorrectly booking network-capacity deals to meet revenue expectations.


Another Slip-Up On the Air, Another Apology

In Connecticutâs win over St. Johnâs on Jan. 8, ESPN analyst Bucky Waters, while extolling Jerome Dysonâs nine steals, went too far with analogies of crime.


Rural and deprived communities worldwide are benefiting from the increased availability of computers.


The launch of Microsoft's test version throws down a gauntlet to Google. With Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves gearing up, too, a battle is brewing.


'Home Alone' Star Culkin Arrested on Drug Charges

Former child star Macaulay Culkin  has been arrested in Oklahoma City on suspicion of possessing  marijuana and a controlled substance, police said on Saturday.


'Effete' Europe useless in GWOT, says bin Laden man

Declining continent - we don't need them anyway... "Everyone is entitled to my opinion!" could be the motto of Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit. Regularly showing up on American television, Scheuer is good as a talkative churl spewing calumnies on whatever political figure in the war on terror news hosts want defamed, always enthusiastically addressing the person being spoken to as "Sir!"â¦


Big-thinking US churches wield mounting power

Bethany Baptist Church thinks so big that when Sunday service is held there are traffic jams on nearly every road leading to it.


Credit turmoil could lead to global recession: IMF

The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday warned that an "earthquake" in credit markets may have been so severe the global economy tips into recession, ending a five-year boom.


Thieves took the families of two bank executives hostage and forced the executives to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a


Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Security are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.


US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, December 14, 2004.


Japanese companies design 'helper robots' that could assist an aging population.


Stopping Off in the Gothic South, on the Road to Ruin

In the first feature directed by Shainee Gabel, John Travolta delivers a hammed-up scenery-chewing variation of the brainy good ole boy he played in "Primary Colors."


US Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed; Citigroup, GE Slip

US stock-index futures were little changed. Dow Jones Industrial Average shares including General Electric Co. slipped in Europe. Citigroup Inc.


Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley Endorses Obama for President

Bloomberg - Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, endorsed Illinois Senator Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic nomination.


The US offers to return former British residents being held at Guantanamo Bay to the UK, say reports.


Magistrato avra' ancora protezione nonostante rinuncia


Virgin Mary on toast, but it's a lot of dough

NEW YORK: The Lord may move in mysterious ways but his mother, it is claimed, has chosen a rather ordinary piece of cheese on toast to make herself known to the world.


Singh Offers an Early Reminder Why He Is Still No. 1

In the race to win the Mercedes Championships, Vijay Singh has maintained the pole position.


An Italian musician who could not board his flight because of overbooking was so enraged that he assaulted a Turin airport worker and almost bit his ear off.


Nicosia, 17:25 - TIRO A VOLO, MONDIALI; SKEET: BENELLI SOLO SETTIMO

L'olimpionico di Atene 2004 Andrea Benelli è stato solo settimo nella prova che assegnava il ...


FCC Bars State Regulation of VoIP Providers

Meta Group senior analyst David Willis said that he doesn't expect the Baby Bells to bow down just yet. "I don't think VoIP is going to remain entirely unregulated over the next several years," Willis said.


Daryle Ward, Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones had big nights at the plate at the expense of National League pitchers.


The families of six Red Caps killed in Iraq are set to name army personnel they claim-should be held accountable.


Alonzo Mourning was his dominant old self in his second game since undergoing a kidney transplant 11 months ago, making back-to-back layups in the second overtime to lead the Nets to a 111-106 win over the Bulls Friday night in Chicago.


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Message Purportedly From Al-Qaeda No. 2 Aired

1 October 2004 -- The Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera today aired an audiotape purportedly from Al-Qaeda senior lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri.


Colgate-Palmolive, which makes consumer products including Ajax detergent and Irish Spring soap, plans to cut its work force by about 4,400 jobs as part of a restructuring plan aimed at boosting its sales and profits around the world.


The first TV interview with Austrian teenager Natascha Kampusch, held captive for eight years, is to be aired.


Bush and Kerry Campaign Hard in Swing States

President Bush and Senator John Kerry campaigned today in Pennsylvania and Iowa, respectively, two vital swing states, where they emphasized jobs, health care and other


It's not easy being No. 2 Â just ask South Florida.


Hoping to get the Cotton Bowl back on college football's national stage, the board that oversees the game voted Tuesday to move it to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium starting in 2010.


PayPal pays $5.2 million to settle lawsuits

(InfoWorld) - EBay's PayPal payment division will pay $3.5 million to consumers and $1.7 million to 28 states in settlements for two different actions regarding its notification of users regarding their rights, the company said Thursday. The online payment company will establish a $3.5 million settlement fund to conclude a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, in 2005. The settlement is still pending court approval. Consumers filed the suit on the basis that PayPal did not make clear its policies on certain types of transactions, the company said. The company will also pay $1.7 million to the attorneys general of 28 states to settle suits there, stemming from similar investigations and complaints regarding its consumer protection and notification policies. The states are: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Under the terms of both settlements, PayPal is not required to admit guilt or wrongdoing, but must improve the policies and notification procedures in question.


Scientists isolate plutonium for the first time. Next up, the atomic bomb. Compiled by Tony Long.


R&B singer Akon extends reign on singles chart

Senegalese R&B artist Akon entered a  second week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with  "I Wanna Love You" featuring Snoop Dogg.


Tenants up the wazoo Dreamforce Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com's chief executive, today poured scorn on SAP for its temerity in planning on-demand business applications. At no time did he mention the company by name, but everyone recognised his target when he referred to software firms using dated architectures and hoodwinking customers.â¦


Mount Asama, one of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, erupted almost continuously for a third straight day Thursday, spewing molten rocks and gray smoke into the air and setting off more than 1,000 tiny earthquakes.


David Beckham admits the foul which saw him booked in England's win over Wales was premeditated.


A US judge throws out civil lawsuits accusing the Saudi government of helping the 9/11 hijackers.


A building society worker's thefts are uncovered when a 92-year-old woman tries to take out cash, a court hears.


Ever since the start of the second Chechen war, the Russian leadership, and President Vladimir Putin in particular, have been terribly fond of saying that we are waging war against international terrorism in Chechnya.


Week in review: Can the Trojans bring it early?

It happens to nearly every team in its quest for a national title. In happened to USC on Saturday when the Trojans had to come from behind to beat Stanford 31-28.


Cuba announces a ban on commercial transactions in dollars in response to tighter US sanctions.


Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic captain Jackie McNamara suffered a severely sprained ankle and strained ligaments Tuesday in a Champions League match against Barcelona.


Her impact has been immediate and promising. Just 13 games into her college basketball career at the University of New Hampshire, Denise Beliveau (inset at right) is not playing like a true freshman. The former Framingham High star, a gifted player at both ends of the floor, has made a rather smooth transition to the college game.


Nortel cutting 950 jobs in Canada, mostly in Ottawa, among total ...

TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks gave details of previously announced job cuts Thursday, saying it is cutting 950 jobs in Canada - almost 10 per cent of its workforce in this country-and 1,400 in the United States among a total of 3,250 to be eliminated


Jason Giambi homered to end the longest slump of his career and Esteban Loaiza finally earned his 100th career victory and first for the Yankees, leading host New York over the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, last night.


A further shakeup in the marketplace for cold and cough medicines used billions of times each year in treating the youngest children is likely, as government health advisers weigh options from an outright ban to more study


FAO Schwarz to Open on Thanksgiving in NY

FAO Schwarz on Monday said it would  reopen its flagship toy store on New York City's Fifth Avenue  on Thursday.


"Borat" draws another lawsuit in New York

The hit movie and lawsuit magnet "Borat" has drawn yet another court action, this time from a man filmed running away from the fictional Kazakh television reporter on the streets of New York City.


Middle East ; Suspected Hamas funders in US ordered to pay 156 ...

His parents turned to US courts, invoking a law that allows victims of terrorism abroad to collect damages in American courts from groups that give money to terrorists.


Along the banks of the canal, women in rowboats grill fish and sell fresh bananas. Families eat on floating pavilions, rocked gently by waves from passing boats.


When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents

From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.


Allawi threatens rebel-held Fallujah with force

Perhaps seeking to leverage any momentum from recent negotiations with prominent citizens of the volatile Iraqi city of Fallujah, Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Wednesday issued what The Australian Broadcasting Corporation calls an "ultimatum.


Elephants emerged safer and tigers won a vote of support, but sharks and corals failed to win protection at a two-week wildlife trade conference that ended Friday.


Madison, MS (Sports Network) - Fred Funk fashioned an eight-under 64 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead through three rounds of the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.


Darfur talks resume to resolve differences over no-fly zone

: Disagreement over the creation of a proposed no-fly zone in Sudan's troubled Darfur was stalling the signing of a security accord between the Government and rebels who met for another day of talks on Friday in Nigeria's capital.


Attempting to break a contract impasse with screenwriters, Hollywood producers withdrew a proposal that would have retooled the fees known as residuals.


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


MTV Networks on Friday announced an agreement to acquire Harmonix Music Systems, the company behind the popular Guitar Hero game for the PlayStation 2. Harmonix joins a number of other companies recently brought into the MTV fold.


Europe Nuke Deal Offers Iran Reactor Aid --Officials

European powers will offer this week to support Iranian construction of a light-water nuclear reactor, as part of a deal to persuade the Islamic republic to stop enriching


Strike yields mixed results for Hollywood writers

Figuring the winners and  losers in the aftermath of the writers' tentative contract deal  is a complex calculation. Writers themselves fall in both  categories.


NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks sharply lower Thursday as oil prices continued their climb higher and new questions about the safety of arthritis drugs pressured pharmaceutical stocks. The Dow Jones industrials, which include drug makers Pfizer Inc...


WASHINGTON  Under threat of federally mandated flight cuts, airlines serving the jammed O'Hare Airport have agreed to reduce peak-hour operations starting this fall.


Wal-Mart Cashier: I Was Fired for Joking

ALMONT TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A former Wal-Mart cashier says he was fired for joking on his MySpace page that the average IQ would increase if a bomb were dropped on the company's stores.  David Noordewier said he was fired Feb.


U.S. Troops Clash with Shi'ite Militia in Najaf

U.S. troops clashed with Shi'ite militiamen in Najaf on Saturday, interrupting a day of relative calm in the holy city with the sound of mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and machinegun fire, witnesses said.


Alarm was sounded seven years ago on dig's leak problems

A group of state, federal, and Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff engineers issued a confidential report in 1997 which concluded that miles of Big Dig tunnel walls were waterproofed with products


WENTWORTH: European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer's exploits in the World Match Play Championship finally came to an end here yesterday when he lost 2 and 1 to Miguel Angel Jimenez in their quarter-final clash.


The kick-ass 16GB iPod touch normally sells for $399, but B&H has it on sale for $365 with free shipping.


Premier splashes out Â£70m on custard bid

Bird's Custard and Angel Delight have been sold for Â£70m to Premier Foods, the group which owns Ambrosia rice pudding and Rowntree's jelly.


Nepal's PM vows to amend the constitution to meet key demands of protesters from the southern plains.


ThyssenKrupp Sells Housing Units for $3B

Steel company ThyssenKrupp AG said Wednesday it has sold some 48,000 residential housing units in western Germany for $2.8 billion to a consortium of real estate funds of U.S. bank Morgan Stanley and Germany's Corpus-Immobiliengruppe.


Bush Preparing to Bolster C.I.A. Director's Power

President Bush will issue an executive order today that will grant more power to the director of central intelligence.


Rice University Computer Scientists Find a Flaw in Google's New ...

A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently distributed by Google.


TOTTENHAM's new head coach Martin Jol spoke of a return to the club's traditions on the eve of his first home game in charge at White Hart Lane.


Lothian and Borders Police receives Â£600,000 in funding to tackle the "unique" pressures of capital policing.


Searchers find remnants of 2,400-year-old shipwreck off Albania

ARANDA, Albania - Encrusted with tiny shells and smelling strongly of the sea, a 2,400-year-old Greek jar lies in a saltwater bath in Durres Museum, on Albania's Adriatic coast.


Torino, 15:07 - MORTO POLIZIOTTO, ZACCHERONI: SOLUZIONE TOCCA A ISTITUZIONI

Questo il commento del tecnico del Torino, Alberto Zaccheroni, ai tragici fatti di Catania: ''Il pri...


Nuclear Accord Could Open Door To Re-engagement With Tehran

On Monday, Iran agreed to suspend its nuclear-enrichment program. In return, England, France and Germany agreed not to support taking the matter to the United Nations Security Council, as the United States has been seeking.


Lack of fiscal discipline puts figures in spotlight

The European Union's reputation for budgetary correctness, already tarnished in recent years, took a beating this week when Greece admitted to grossly under-reporting its deficit figures.


Japan in dark after hostage execution deadline passes

Tokyo: Japan said on Friday it had not given up hope for a Japanese hostage in Iraq after a report he may have been killed, as the 24-year-old's mother pleaded to Islamic militants to spare him.


Con scambi pari a quasi l'1% del capitale


Severe storms, with winds reaching up to 90mph, batter Northern Ireland causing road closures and power cuts.


Eugene Melnyk stepping down as Biovail CEO, will remain chairman

TORONTO (CP) - Eugene Melnyk, who used his personal fortune to buy the Ottawa Senators last year, is stepping down as chief executive of Biovail Corp.


Sony revamps Mylo mobile internet device

More teen friendly CES Sony has revamped its Mylo - My Life Online - internet access handheld, enhancing the Wi-Fi gadget's support for teen-friendly social networking sites and the like of YouTube.â¦


Palm's Jeff Hawkins to unveil new device Wednesday

Blog: The man behind the Palm Pilot has got a new mobile device to show off at the D: All Things Digital conference.


Astronauts store space station's jammed solar wing

Spacewalking astronauts  coaxed a balky solar wing panel on the International Space  Station into its storage box on Monday, capping a tedious but  ultimately successful mission by the shuttle Discovery crew.


Arafat's death "significant moment" in Palestinian history": Bush

WASHINGTON : US President George W Bush said that the death of Yasser Arafat, announced early Thursday, was a "significant moment" in the history of the Palestinian people and he hoped the future would bring peace.


E' la moglie della rockstar Paul Hewson Bono


Ex-Steelers Player Dies in Bizarre Crash

Justin Strzelczyk, a former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Thursday in a fiery head-on collision with a tanker truck after he led state troopers on a 40-mile highway chase during morning rush hour.


Nasa looks towards the first launch of the space shuttle since the Columbia disaster in 2003.


Palm gets bailout from Bono's private-equity firm

A private-equity firm is to take a 25% stake in ailing mobile device manufacturer Palm.


Before the game and at halftime, Super Bowl viewers will be treated to Prince, Billy Joel and some, well, unusual performances.


âChuck Close,â about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art.


A battle between rival gangs armed with machetes killed one fighter and injured five others in East Timor's capital, police and hospital officials said Thursday.


(InfoWorld) - AT&T this year will introduce new features to its VPN service and expand high-speed connections to additional countries as part of more than $750 million of investments in its global business network. The expansion comes as network demand grows worldwide, partly as a result of increasing video traffic, and as rivalÂ Verizon Communications rolls out new offeringsÂ through its Verizon Business unit. AT&T this year will let enterprises set up special VPN routing groups to help them establish extranets with partners and customers, said Bill Archer, senior vice president of product management. It will also introduce new class-of-service capabilities, which are used to distinguish different types of traffic. AT&T will also provide a more efficient access method for its MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) VPN outside the United States in the next few months. Until now, unless an overseas customer had a fat pipe of 155Mbps or more to AT&T, they had to use Frame Relay or ATMÂ to get to the VPN. Now they can use PPP, a more efficient protocol, at any speed. Because it has less overhead, PPP means better use of available bandwidth, according to AT&T. Meanwhile, AT&T will introduce billing plans that in part are based on usage rather than a flat monthly rate for a certain level of bandwidth, Archer said. Following its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T now fully owns Cingular, the largest U.S. mobile operator by subscribers. This year it will start down a long path toward converged wired and wireless services, introducing collaborative support between the two units. If a customer reports a wireless problem to the support center for AT&T's wire-line business network, that support center will log the problem and forward the call to the wireless support group, Archer said. Evenutally, there will be one support center for both types of services. A single contract and bill for wired and wireless also will come over time, he said. The carrier will expand the reach of its high-speed networks significantly in 2007. By the end of the year, businesses will be able to reach the MPLS VPN via Ethernet in 31 countries, up fromÂ 8 at the end of 2006. DSL access will be available in 34 countries, up from 19. Satellite or private-line access, needed in more remote locations, will be available in 51 countries, up from 19. The fast-growing markets of Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America will be a focus for investment this year, as well as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada, AT&T said. The carrier plans MPLS network nodes in Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam, as well as three more in India. Having a node in the country lowers customers' costs, Archer said. Multinational enterprises want to be able to connect to a service provider's network the same way everywhere they do business, said Frank Dzubeck, president of the consultancy Telecommunications Network Architects in Washington, D.C. Carriers are expanding their networks to meet that need, but they are less motivated to combine wired and wireless services under one plan because they don't see a financial advantage to that, Dzubeck said.


Reporter Alexander Gelfand has his likeness immortalized with new 3-D printing technology. Photographs by Ryan Brenizer.


Siemens agrees to sell Huawei enterprise gear

Siemens AG continues to deepen its ties with Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The Munich-based engineering and manufacturing conglomerate agreed Friday to resell routers and switches from Huawei's Quidway product line just eight months after the two companies formed a joint venture for manufacturing new mobile broadband systems in China.


Sabato l'arrivo in porto dopo aver percorso 6400 miglia


Three car bombs killed 24 people and wounded scores in Baghdad on Monday as war-weary residents awaited the start of a sweeping U.S.-Iraqi crackdown on sectarian violence in the city.


Orphan chimps turned killer find Leone refuge

REGENT, Sierra Leone  - They can leap playful somersaults or maul a human to death. Meet the chimpanzee, man's closest relative.


The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.


Shawn Marion's buzzer-beating jump shot gave the Phoenix Suns a 110-108 road win that snapped the Cleveland Cavaliers's five-game winning streak on Friday.


Even industrial-size fans couldn't beat the heat in Hell's Kitchen on Tuesday.


Stocks cap week of gains on jobs data, oil

Stocks gained on Friday after rising oil prices lifted energy shares and a strong jobs report reassured investors about the economy.


Turkish PM Sees EU Summit Agreeing to Open Talks

Amid soaring market optimism, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told his cheering party faithful on Tuesday the European Union would agree this week to open long-delayed entry talks with the populous Muslim country.


Treasuries prices turned lower in  choppy trade on Friday as speculators sold short-term notes  while a report on U.S. business investment contained enough  soft spots to support longer-dated debt.


Joe Dolan, Pop Singer From Irelandâs âShowbandâ Era, Dies at 68

Joe Dolan was a longtime pop music star in Ireland, who entertained audiences for decades with Las Vegas-style showmanship.


Milano, 13:32 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI: MI ASPETTAVO PARTENZA LANCIATA

La Juve in testa al campionato dopo due giornate non è una sorpresa per Giovanni Cobolli Gigl...


The fiery female alliance on CBS' "Survivor: Vanuatu — Islands of Fire" flickered, sending research assistant Leann Slaby off the island.


Physicists Hope U.S. Budget Will Mean an End to Research Cuts

From physicists, there is cautious applause for President Bushâs proposed 2009 budget, under which research in the physical sciences would receive a hefty boost.


State Department Adds Saudi Arabia to 'Worst of Worst' Persecutors ...

By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service | posted 09/16/2004 9:00 am. The US State Department on Wednesday for the first time included Saudi Arabia on a list of eight "countries of particular concern" for not


Iraq Shi'ite leader wants U.S.-backed units curbed

A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be more tightly curbed under government control.


3.5G driving rapid mobile broadband growth

The number of commercial HSDPA networks launched worldwide shot up by 69 percent in 2007, a trade survey shows.