Water Crisis After Blowout; Taps Off As Hawera Reservoirs Run Low

By WOODD, Richard  HAWERA and its surrounding communities are on emergency water supplies after a major blowout in the supply line from the Kapuni Stream intake.


AUSTIN, Texas -- In the grand tapestry of a college football regular season, it was only a fragment. The winner had bragging rights, for sure. And the No. 1 ranking, which is only cosmetic at this point.


AL Wrap: Lieber Dominates as Yankees Thump Red Sox

Jon Leiber carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning while Alex Rodriguez homered, scored three runs and drove in three more to lead the New York Yankees to a 14-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.


Folla e lacrime ai funerali Il parroco ai killer: 'Costituitevi'

Milano, 29 novembre 2004 - Millecinquecento e piÃ¹ persone prendono parte al funerale di Giuseppe Enrico Maver, il benzinaio ucciso la scorsa settimana da due giovani nel corso di un tentativo di rapina. Nutrito il servizio d'ordine.


Sony Ericsson goes Windows Mobile with Xperia X1 'arc slider'

Taking on Nokia's Communicators Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson last night announced a new smartphone range. Dubbed Xperia, the series' flagship is the X1, featuring a Windows Mobile-based handset with a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and 3in, 800 x 480 display.â¦


MOSCOW - A top Russian general on Wednesday warned the military will strike "terrorist bases in any region of the world," while authorities offered a $10 million reward for information leading to two Chechen rebel leaders blamed for last week's deadly raid on a school.    In a nationally televised meeting, Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov also briefed President Vladimir Putin on the investigation into the taking of more than 1,200 hostages in a school last week in the southern Russian town of Beslan...


Captain Darren Lockyer and goalkicker Craig Fitzgibbon have been ruled out of Australia's Tri Nations rugby league Test against Great Britain this weekend.


De Beers diamond sales dip, sees stronger 2008

De Beers, the world's top diamond  producer, posted a dip in 2007 diamond sales on Friday, but  forecast a rebound this year amid a tight market that was  expected to keep prices buoyant.


LONDON - A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious" experiment.    According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery...


'China', 'rampant piracy', etcetera, etcetera Founder Technology, China's second biggest PC maker, after Lenovo, is to pre-install Windows Vista on business lines and laptops. Previously, it put Windows only on consumer desktops as a matter of course - about 30 per cent of overall shipments.â¦


British Black Watch troops in central Iraq come under rocket attack for the second time in 24 hours.


Manganese Bronze, one of the makers of the iconic London black cab, signs a Â£53m deal to build the car in China.


Astronauts venture outside for space station work

Two space shuttle astronauts ventured into open space on Tuesday to begin the first of three spacewalks to upgrade the power system on the International Space Station.


7 Bounty descendants to be tried in attacks

PITCAIRN ISLAND Half the men on remote Pitcairn Island, which is populated by descendants of the Bounty mutineers, go on trial Wednesday over a string of alleged sex attacks dating back up to 40 years.


WISE, Va. - The former mayor of a tiny coal town who prosecutors say masterminded a scheme to buy votes with beer, cigarettes and even pork rinds, pleaded guilty Thursday to 243 felonies, including vote-rigging and corruption.


The Solar System's Deflector Shield is Up

A breeze of interstellar helium atoms is blowing through the solar system. Thankfully, we have our shields up! The solar system's deflector shield is a giant magnetic bubble called "the heliosphere." It's part of the sun's magnetic field.


KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- After decades of dictatorship and wars, Congo yesterday swore in its first freely elected president since 1960, installing the son of a rebel leader who promised a new era of order and better days ahead.


The French commissioner, Jacques Barrot, is facing criticism for failing to disclose a conviction for embezzlement. Mr Barrot, the Transport Commissioner, was given an amnesty for his conviction four years ago.


Microsoft uses data-mining to fight phishing

Microsoft is using new data-mining techniques from Digital Resolve Inc. in the latest versions of its Web browser to help guard against phishing attacks.


Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, assured Mormons at their twice-yearly conference Sunday that his health is fine, despite major surgery this year.


More than 40 North Koreans were holed up inside the Canadian embassy in Beijing for a third day on Friday after Canada refused China's demand to hand them over.


McLaren fined by FIA and lose constructor points

McLaren have escaped a disastrous end to their promising season but were dramatically thrown out of the constructors' championship and given a hefty fine by the International Motoring Federation (FIA) over their role in the 'spygate' affair.


Kerry, Bush Have Trouble Wooing Catholics

Sen. John Kerry is having trouble wooing fellow Roman Catholics in Iowa and Wisconsin. President Bush is short of his expected Catholic count in Michigan and Minnesota. Once reliably Democratic, Catholics have become one of the most complicated and coveted swing voting blocs.


A Japanese mountaineer leads an expedition to the Mount Everest to retrieve tons of rubbish.


Many Who Use Online Dating Services Think It's OK to Stretch the Truth

By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 7--While living in Oakmont, Colleen Sullivan recalls meeting a man  through an online dating service a few years ago.  "He looked nothing like the photo he sent," she said.


European Union leaders gave Iraq assurances of "strong support" in a draft statement Friday and said they would offer Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi the prospect of aid and a special trade deal.


Pourudu is just an average film even though Sumanth does a good job in it. Watch it at your own risk.


Neapolitans take stand against Mafia turf war

Thirty people have been killed in Naples, Italy, in the past two months, including two on Monday.


The CIA accuses a Pakistani militant and al-Qaeda of organising Benazir Bhutto's killing.


A fix for a serious flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been released early to combat escalating attacks.


Ex-Boeing CFO Pleads Guilty in Contract Case

A former chief financial officer for Boeing Co. pleaded guilty today to a conflict-of-interest charge, admitting that he negotiated the company's hiring an Air Force official who was overseeing military contracts involving the  firm.


Influenza Polli: Sirchia, Virus Ad Altissima Diffusione

Genova, 1 dic. (Adnkronos Salute) - 'L'Organizzazione mondiale della sanita' ha lanciato un frote allarme perche' l'influenza dei polli e' il vero rischio di questo inverno. Speriamo che i focolai rimangano


Press groups criticize China curbs on foreign news

International press groups denounced  new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a  step backwards ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when  thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.


Man United board ends takeover talks with Glazer

The board of English football giants Manchester United announced it had ended talks with US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, saying his takeover proposal risked leaving the club mired in debt.


Is portable video ready for prime-time viewing?

A few years ago, when MP3 players were establishing themselves as the hot cool thing, the next step seemed clear: What if you could take along not only music but movies, television programs, home video and still pictures in a high-tech box svelte enough


Tourist tells how he escaped tsunami at Thailand resort

BANGKOK (Kyodo) Kazumoto Niki considers himself a very lucky man. The 28-year-old Tokyo office worker arrived on the Thai resort island of Phuket at 8:45 am Sunday and boarded a bus for the nearby mainland


: Two powerful bomb explosions in Nepal today ripped through a state-owned corporation building and a government office, wounding at least 40 people in attacks authorities blamed on the Maoist rebels.


Turkey to exhaust diplomacy before striking

SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it will exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.


SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Bahrain last night reiterated His Majesty King Hamad's offer to host an Iraqi political multi-sectarian conference in Manama.


Update 13: Ex-Star Banker Quattrone Gets 18 Months

Frank Quattrone, whose deft dealmaking made him an investment banking star during the Internet stock bubble and a millionaire many times over, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 1/2 years in prison for obstructing justice.


Allen Iverson spent another day waiting to be traded, and the Philadelphia 76ers lost again without him. Paul Pierce and Ryan Gomes each scored 18 points, and Tony Allen had 16 to help the Boston Celtics beat the 76ers 101-81 Wednesday night, handing Philadelphia it's ninth straight loss.


This year, once again, the annual report from the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS and the World Health Organization tragically documents the way the global AIDS epidemic is still killing millions of people and spawning hot spots in Asia and Eastern


Russia escalates row with Georgia over spy charges

Russia recalled its ambassador from  neighboring Georgia on Thursday and ordered the evacuation of  some of its officials, escalating a crisis sparked by the  detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges.


With Arafat's passing, Israelis and Palestinians must advance ...

15 November 2004 - Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East in the wake of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the senior United Nations envoy to the region urged both sides today to advance the peace process.


Serial 'Snuggler' Sentenced to Probation

BATON ROUGE, La. - Baton Rouge's serial "snuggler" - the man who snuck into women's apartments just to cuddle with them - has been sentenced to five years' probation...


Rooney could get three-game ban for hitting opponent

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney could be suspended for three games after being charged Wednesday with violent conduct for pushing an opponent in the face.


U.S. survey lowers uninsured numbers to 43.6 million

Just under 44 million Americans had no health insurance in 2006, according to a survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Monday.


Iran: US nuclear allegations - ''baseless and sheer lies''

Iran is voluntarily cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog to show to the world that US allegations on Tehran's "secret" programs to develop nuclear weapons are totally baseless and sheer lies, said a top Iranian security official on Monday.


NEW YORK Sept. 15, 2004 - Millionaire executive Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she had decided to begin her prison sentence for lying about a stock trade as soon as possible.


Immigration crackdown tears families apart

PAINESVILLE, Ohio  - Maria de la Luz Bocanegra Velasquez was leaving for work when the U.S. immigration agents surrounded her car.


Don't Fall for the Promise of 'Free': The BBB Warns That Offers for "Free" Merchandise Can Cost You in the End.

By Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 18--The come-ons and ads seem endless:  "Take our survey and win an iPod.""Click here for a free $20 Target gift card.""You're a winner of a dream vacation!" The real reason behind many of these ads is lead generation.


Women in the developing world are waiting to have a family and giving birth to fewer children, a UN report says.


Faced with allegations of torturing their own children, John and Linda Dollar skipped a hearing with child welfare workers, piled into their Lexus sport utility vehicle and left central Florida. Now the two sit in jail in the 2,000-person town of Monticello, Utah, awaiting extradition on Florida warrants of felony aggravated child abuse.


Half of UK children 'drink' almost five litres of cooking oil a year as a result of their passion for crisps, experts say.


Update: AMD, IBM Announce New Power-Saving Tech

AMD and IBM said Monday that they had developed a new strained-silicon process that offers more performance at the same power levels, a technology that will enter production in mid-2005.


Mike Leigh says he is 'overwhelmed' that Venice winner Vera Drake will open the London Film Festival.


Private dollars leading recovery of New Orleans

With government money for New Orleans trickling through the pipeline, private foundations, wealthy individuals, and philanthropies are playing a larger role than expected.


BestBuy to launch music service with Real, Sandisk

Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday said it  will introduce a new music service with digital music player  maker SanDisk Corp.  and music software company  RealNetworks Inc.  to create the latest competing  service to Apple's iPod and iTunes combination.


World Business Briefing: Japan: Industrial Production Dropped in May

Japanâs industrial production unexpectedly dropped in May for a third month, the longest losing streak in almost two years. Production fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent from a month earlier, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Slower production diminishes hopes that economic growth will accelerate, in contrast with other reports released in the last week, which said that export growth almost doubled to 15.1 percent in May and retail sales gained for the first time in eight months. The Bank of Japanâs governor, Toshihiko Fukui, said this month that the bank needed more evidence of the economyâs strength before it raises the key interest rate from 0.5 percent.


Sports Minister Richard Caborn says the government will not give Silverstone any more money.


Thailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.


Ivo Karlovic used 14 aces to beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-3, 7-6 (7), in the first round of the SAP Open on Monday.


Looking to lock up your notebook and its data? IBM is offering you a new choice: its already attractive Thinkpad T42 series now integrates a fingerprint reader.


Appeals Court Says Feds Need Warrants to Search E-Mail

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down the Stored Communications Act as unconstitutional, protecting e-mail for the first time in 20 years.


Franchitti climbs to IRL triumph at Pikes Peak

FOUNTAIN, Colo. (SportsTicker) - It appears Dario Franchitti is getting the hang of the Indy Racing League. Franchitti dominated Sunday's Honda Indy 225 at Pikes Peak International Raceway for his second IRL win of the season.


Should a dreadful first quarter keep you away from this stock?


Empoli, 19:45 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CAGNI: NAPOLI IN FORMA MA A NOI SERVONO PUNTI

Empoli preoccupato per la partita col Napoli. Sono attesi tra i 5 e i 6mila tifosi napoletani. Gli a...


Scans During Radiation Treatment Help Lung Cancer Patients

FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Ordering a PET scan for patients undergoing radiation lung cancer treatment may help doctors determine optimal therapy, a new study suggests.


Wanadoo Teams with Loudeye to Extend Music Service

Wanadoo has signed a deal with U.S.-based  digital media firm Loudeye LOUD.O to bring its online music  service to subscribers in the Netherlands and Spain, the  Internet division of France Telecom FTE.PA said on Tuesday.


Here is a chance to check out where your favourite movies stand in the box-office.


Greenpeace targets Apple with clean-up campaign

You mean they aren't made of organic hemp? Apple is a grubby polluter and isn't doing enough to change that, according to environmental pressure group Greenpeace.â¦


Beer, wine, cigarettes and other dispatches from Spain

My flight from Portland to Madrid, Spain had a layover in Newark, New Jersey. As I had four hours to spend in Newark, I bought a premade, mushy Philly-steak-and-cheese sandwich and sat down to collect my ...


Chinese bus plunges into ravine, at least 9 dead

A bus with 30 people on board plunged into a ravine in southeastern China, killing at least nine and leaving a dozen missing, the Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.


Appena -0,1%, ma e' la prima volta dagli anni '70


Greg Ryan has been dismissed as United States women's soccer coach, less than a month after guiding the team to a third-place finish in the Women's World Cup in China and despite compiling a 45-1-9 record in three years.


Britain slams Russia after closing culture offices

LONDON/MOSCOW  - Britain accused Russia of Cold War tactics on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.


GUWAHATI, India: At least 46 people died and 118 were wounded in India's northeast in one of the deadliest waves of violence in the insurgency-infested region in years.


SOFIA: Farmers in the southeastern Afghan province of Ningharhar are to turn from opium production to instead produce rose oil, a key component of perfume, by planting 40,000 Bulgarian rose plants, a report ...


Due anni carcere e multa (7,5 mln euro) per insider trading


Skin Deep: Do Sunscreens Have You Covered?

The F.D.A. is set to update guidelines that leave many bewildered.


Musharraf Defends Deal With Tribal Leaders

PakistanÂs president tried to convince President Bush that the deal would would cut Qaeda and Taliban influence.


Georgia welcomed Hawaii to the BCS by giving the Warriors a heaping helping of SEC speed and power. Knowshon Moreno ran for touchdowns on Georgia's first two possessions and the Bulldogs took a 14-3 lead on Hawaii after the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday night.


The Rangers traded center Matt Cullen to the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Andrew Hutchinson, forward Joe Barnes and a third-round pick in the 2008 draft.


Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too?

Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors, but studies have shown that physiciansâ apologies may protect against litigation.


A strong earthquake shook Romania and neighbouring regions late on Wednesday, a Turkish television report said. There was no information on any damage or injuries.


There may be some movement in the case of British hostage Ken Bigley, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.


Gov. Bill Richardson, playing a familiar role as a diplomatic troubleshooter, plans to travel to Sudan on Thursday to try to secure the release of American journalist Paul Salopek.


Harley Profit Is Up 19% on Overseas Sales

Overseas sales helped push profits at Harley-Davidson up 19 percent in the second quarter, but shares fell due to a slump in domestic sales.


Due militari italiani feriti dal 'fuoco amico', non sono gravi

Badgdad, 8 ottobre 2004 - Due militari del contingente italiano in Iraq sono rimasti leggermente feriti la notte scorsa a Nassiriya da colpi di arma da fuoco esplosi accidentalmente da una pattuglia rumena in servizio di controllo su un percorso adiacente


The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Rananim on August 12 at 2:40 UTC.


The International Cricket Council awards, branded as the Oscars of cricket, saw two Indians run away with the plaudits and trophies at the inaugural ceremony held at Alexandra Palace in London on September 7.


Juanes, Latin America's hottest singer-songwriter, has set himself apart as one of the area's most politically conscious musicians.


Per la partecipazione alla missione Frontex del 25 giugno


U.S. stocks looked to open flat on  Thursday under pressure from the surge in oil prices and  lackluster September sales reports from U.S. retailers.


Hizbollah TV stops broadcasting to France

PARIS - The television channel run by Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrillas and banned in France as anti-Semitic has agreed to stop its satellite broadcasts here immediately, France's broadcasting authority said on Tuesday.


Rushdie Fable of Free Speech Makes NY Opera Debut

Based on a book that Salman Rushdie  wrote while he was still under threat of death, the new opera  "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" is a fable about free speech  that its creators say speaks straight to the post-Sept. 11  world.


Thousands of tech faithful snap up first iPhones

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.


Roma, 14:43 - F1, GOMME: BRIDGESTONE FORNITORE UNICO SINO AL 2010

Sarà la Bridgestone il fornitore unico ufficiale di pneumatici in Formula 1 sino al 2010. Lo ...


A woman slashed the throat of a new mother in a rural Missouri home Friday and fled with her 1-week-old daughter, the Franklin County Sheriff's Department said.


The US is to withdraw from next month 15,000 troops whose tour of duty in Iraq was extended to secure the 30 January poll.


Hundreds of people invade an oil installation operated by Chevron Texaco in Nigeria's Delta region.


A Seagoing Showcase of Human Collectibles

With its wispy story and wonder-cabinet production design, Wes Anderson's new movie should be exasperating, but instead it is mostly delightful.


Bushâs grudge match: Prez got mad, plans to get even

A recharged President Bush [related, bio] hopes to turn the tables on his opponent tonight and knock Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] on his heels in their second debate by attacking Kerry's lengthy Senate record.


Sarkozy sues over article alleging text to Cecilia

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken legal action against the Web site of the magazine Le Nouvel Observateur over an article describing what it said was a text message he had sent to his ex-wife Cecilia, his lawyer said on Thursday.


Saddam prosecutors show graphic video of dead

Prosecutors in Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against ethnic Kurds showed graphic footage on Tuesday of dead civilians, including infants, allegedly killed in chemical attacks on their villages.


Rice Industry Troubled by Genetic Contamination

When Fred Zaunbrecher heard in August that the popular variety of long-grain rice he was planning to grow had become contaminated with snippets of experimental, unapproved DNA, the Louisiana rice farmer took it in stride and ordered a different variety of seed for his spring planting.


Several hundred people hold a rally in Rome to press for the release of an Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq.


Ark. Issues 'Reminder' on Producer Compensation

The Arkansas Insurance Department announced it has begun a general investigation of the insurance practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and insurance companies.


Over 50 killed in car bomb blast in Baghdad

Over 50 people were killed in a car bomb blast near a police station in Haifa street in central Baghdad on Tuesday, police told Xinhua.


After Long Wait, Red Sox Go With a Rookie

The Red Sox waited and waited, and probably waited too long, before finally inserting center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury into the lineup for the invisible Coco Crisp.


No. 15 Texas Tops Texas-San Antonio 100-82

P.J. Tucker scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead No. 15 Texas to a 100-82 victory over Texas-San Antonio on Wednesday night.


The US peacekeeping mission in Bosnia comes to an end, a week before Nato hands its peace mission over to the EU.


La scorsa settimana hanno raggiunto gli 80,07 euro Mwh


A man who shot and injured singer Marc Cohn in a botched carjacking is sent to prison for 36 years.


Sharon Invites Labor Party Into Coalition

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited the Labor Party into his governing coalition on Friday, a day after winning approval from the ruling Likud Party to bring its traditional rival back into the government, a Labor spokesman said.


Playing Hendrix for a night has become the new karaoke.


Minnesota deemed healthiest state, Louisiana worst

Minnesota was deemed the healthiest U.S. state for the fourth year in a row, while Louisiana slumped into last place as the least healthy in annual state-by-state rankings released by on Tuesday.


Karzai Cancels Afghan Trip Due to Rocket

President Hamid Karzai scrapped a trip to a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after a rocket hit near his helicopter landing site, the US military said.


Royals remember Diana 10 years after her death

A decade after Princess Diana's sudden death, Britain's royal family gathers on Friday to remember a woman mourned by millions worldwide.


Blair defies pressure to set date for departure

Prime Minister Tony Blair has defied growing pressure to set a date for his departure from office, including mounting calls from within his own Labour Party.


Monsignor Betori: meno si legifera, meglio e'


Palermo, 21:18 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: VITTORIA CON LIVORNO MERITATA

L'allenatore del Palermo Francesco Guidolin commenta ai microfoni di SKY l'1-0 del Palermo sul Livor...


Sharon, Peres Reach Unity Government Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  and Labor Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday  that appeared to clear a final obstacle toward forming a unity  government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.


Nel secondo trimestre 2006 il numero degli occupati Ã¨ salito del 2,4%corrispondente a 536.000 unitÃ . Alto il contributo degli immigrati                                                  Istat, il tasso di disoccupazione scende al 7%, Ã¨ il piÃ¹ basso dal '92                                                                                Ma al Sud il dato Ã¨ quasi doppio rispetto alla media nazionale


Colpo di scena alla Mostra del cinema di Venezia. Almeno cosÃ¬ sembra (le premiazioni ufficiali saranno in serata). La giuria avrebbe assegnato il Leone d'oro a "Vera Drake", la storia della buona mammana


Harry Potter fans: Beware of the Internet! The last installment of the boy wizard's saga is supposed to be kept secret until Saturday, but photographs and scanned copies of each page of the unreleased book -- both real and fake -- are already circulating on the Web.


A sizable growth in tourism has had a sizable effect on the fragile ecosystem of the GalÃ¡pagos Islands, the globeâs first World Heritage Site.


14 killed in explosion at fireworks factory

A massive explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand today killed 14 people, including a four-year-old boy, and injured two others, a police official said.


Roma, 09:45 - CALCIO, ABETE: FAVOREVOLE A PARTITE IN ORARI DIVERSI

Giancarlo Abete è favorevole a giocare le gare di campionato in un orario diverso dalle 15 do...


Update: Motorola sees slowdown in mobile sales

(InfoWorld) - Amid increasing competition in a fickle cell phone market, Motorola expects to report a loss for its mobile devices business in 2007 and now estimates that second quarter sales will be lower than expected. The number two handset maker said on Wednesday that second quarter sales for the company would be $8.6 billion to $8.7 billion, instead of $9.4 billion as previously expected. That drop in expected sales is the result of lower handset sales, particularly in Asia and Europe, Motorola said. In the second quarter, Motorola expects to report sales of 35 million to 36 million handsets. That will lead to a larger operating loss for the mobile device business in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, it said. During the first quarter, Motorola sold 45.5 million phones. At the time, the company said it foresaw a gradual recovery of its mobile phone business throughout the rest of the year with expectations of a profitable year. Motorola now expects a second quarter generally accepted accounting principles loss per share in the range of $0.02 to $0.04. The company will announce its earnings for the second quarter 2007 on July 19 and will offer further details then, it said. Motorola also announced that it named a new president for the mobile division: Stu Reed, formerly executive vice president of integrated supply chain for Motorola. Reed's predecessor, Ron Garriques, left the company in February to head up Dell's global consumer division. Prior to its first quarter earnings report, Motorola also had to warn that sales would be lower than expected. It made some executive changes then, including the appointment of a new president. Earlier in the year, Motorola had implemented a new plan to help it improve profitability, but that plan wasn't working out, the company said during the first quarter earnings warning. Most of the large handset makers are struggling to keep profits up as sales in established markets like Europe stagnate as most people there already have phones. The companies are increasingly branching out into emerging markets, such as India and China, but they must sell their phones at lower prices to win customers there. That's squeezing profit margins."The only real growth is at the low end, which means there's nice unit growth, but the dollar growth is not there," said Will Strauss, an analyst with Forward Concepts. "This year is a soft year for the cell phone market, in spite of Apple," he said. Apple's hugely hyped iPhone is expected to sell around 10 million units through next year, which may sound like a lot. But this number is dwarfed by the approximately 150 million units that companies like Nokia sell in a year, Strauss said. The iPhone isn't affecting the sales of the biggest cell phone companies, but it may help companies like Motorola realize what they need to do to improve their prospects, he said. The only way that the mobile phone companies can grow profits in saturated markets is to "convince everybody that they need a new cell phone with new bells and whistles," Strauss said. "The iPhone is raising awareness of what the future cell phones are going to look like." In addition, Motorola is notorious for producing hit phones, like the Razr, that sell well but then failing to follow up with additional models that continue the momentum. "They rode too long on the Razr," Strauss said. But the handset maker could get a boost later in the year when it starts selling the Razr 2, which Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis, said is a big improvement on the first version. Motorola is likely to learn from its mistakes the first time around too. "In the past, they really let the original Razr run away with volume as opposed to maintaining it as a premium fashion phone," he said. "I think this time they're going to resist the rapid price drop." This story was updated on July 11, 2007. Â


TB case prompts new U.S. border safety protocol

New procedures have been put into place at U.S. borders to stop flagged travelers such as the tuberculosis patient who sneaked across the Canadian border last month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


ST. LOUIS - Despite minimal production from the top and bottom of the batting order, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa intimated he wouldn't shake up his once-productive lineup for today's must-win Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.


North Korea Demands Two-Way Talks, U.S. Refuses

SEOUL/WASHINGTON  - North Korea demanded bilateral  talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program  but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted  Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.


The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views.


New Twists Spring Brook Gets Manmade Turns

By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is doing what comes naturally at Springbrook Prairie.


Germany adds digital fingerprints to passports

(InfoWorld) - Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures planned toÂ fight organized crime and international terrorism. All new passports issued from November will store two digital fingerprints in an embedded chip, which, since 2005, includes a digital photo, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior said Friday. While fingerprints will be stored exclusively in passport chips, photos will continue to be saved additionally in databases of local authorities. A new amendment gives police and other authorized government officials online access to these databases. Unlike several other countries in Europe and abroad, Germany has no central database for photos or fingerprints of all citizens or for registered foreigners living in the country, and currently lacks plans to establish one, according to a ministry spokeswoman. Centralized data, including photos and fingerprints, exists only for people registered with the police for criminal activity, and for applicants for German visas. Only readers equipped with a new cryptographic protocol can read the passports including both photos and fingerprints. The Extended Access Control system connects the chip and the reader by establishing a secure communications channel over a distance of 10 centimeters to 20 centimeters. Moves by the German government to digitize increased levels of personal data and link databases among authorities have led to an outcry by some groups, including federal and state data privacy commissioners. At a meeting in DÃ¼sseldorf on Friday, the commissioners criticized the government's programs that amass personal data, including telephone records, and its plans to give greater power to police officials to monitor terrorists and other criminals online by allowing them to hack into computers. In 2008, the German government plans new ID cards for all citizens with the same biometric features, according to the spokeswoman. "There are three primary reasons to issue biometric ID cards: to avoid false IDs, strengthen the identification process and also offer an authorization possibility for services such as online purchases," she said. By 2010, Germany hopes to have a new central database containing core data about each citizen and registered inhabitant of the country, according to the spokeswoman. The data includes name, birthday and address but will not contain a photo or fingerprints, she said. In February, the government passed a law allowing security officials in the country to create theÂ largest and most comprehensive pool of personal dataÂ ever amassed in the country. The databases of nearly 40 different agencies, including the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), are now being linked to allow authorities to run searches on suspected individuals and retrieve information within minutes. An expanded index file is being created for suspected terrorists. The file will contain the person's name, bank account number, telephone number, e-mail address, driver's license information and other data, including the names of companies, organizations and other parties associated with the person and linked to terrorist groups. Since the start of this week, law enforcement officials in Germany and Austria have electronic access to each other's criminal fingerprint databases. Since 2006, the countries have shared their DNA databases as one of several measures agreed by some European Union nations under the Treaty of PrÃ¼m in 2005. Â


Kezman off the mark as Chelsea blunt the Hammers

Mateja Kezman finally broke his scoring duck as Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 in the League Cup London derby at Stamford Bridge.


(InfoWorld) - Though Internet-crippling virus attacks now seem to be a thing of the past, PC users didn't feel a lot more secure in 2006. That's because online attacks have become more sneaky and professional, as a new breed of financially motivated cybercriminals has emerged as enemy No. 1. MicrosoftÂ patched more bugs than ever and whole new classes of flaws were discovered in kernel-level drivers, office suites, and on widely used Web sites. Vendors' chatter about security is at an all-time high, but the bad guys are still finding lots of places to attack. And, oh yes, spam is back. Following are five of the top computer security stories in 2006. Cybercrime dividends Hackers teamed withÂ professional criminal gangsÂ in increasingly sophisticated computer crime operations aimed purely for profit. Much of the trouble centered on phishing, a type of attack where fake Web pages are constructed to harvest log-in details, credit card numbers, or other personal information. Credit card numbers are often sold online to others for illicit gain. In May, 20,000Â phishing complaintsÂ were reported, a 34 percent increase over the previous year, according to U.S. Department of Justice report. The U.S. hosts the largest percentage of phishing sites, it said. But law enforcement agencies are getting more organized and cooperating better, particularly in international investigations. At least 45 countries participate in the G8 24/7 High Tech Crime Network, which requires nations to have a contact available 24 hours a day to aid in quickly securing electronic evidence for trans-border cybercrime investigations. The private sector has also helped. Microsoft filed dozens of civil suits and gave information to law enforcement for criminal cases in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States against alleged phishers throughout 2006. It's a brand new 0day With automatic software updates now the norm, hackers have been forced to look a little harder for ways to put their malicious software on unsuspecting victims' PCs. In 2006 they turned to zero-day attacks as never before. These attacks take advantage of previously unreported flaws in software, and in 2006 they became a top concern, according to the SANS Institute. In fact, hackers kicked off the new year in 2006 by releasing zero-day attack code based on a flaw in the way Internet Explorer handled WMF (Windows Meta File) documents. This was followed, later in the year, by a rash of very targeted online attacks that exploited unpatched flaws in Microsoft's Office software. In fact, MicrosoftÂ warned of the latest such attackÂ -- this one targeting a flaw in Word -- just this Tuesday. To underline the scope of the zero-day problem, security researchers launched widely publicized "Month of Kernel Bugs" and "Month of Browser Bugs" projects, during which they exposed a new, unpatched vulnerability in browsers and operating systems every day for a month. Spam avalanche Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Bill Gates predicted two years ago that spam would be gone by 2006. He should check his in-box. Rising volumes of junk mailÂ nagged IT administrators throughout 2006. Up to 90 percent of all e-mail was spam, depending on the vendor recording the statistics. Spammers found creative ways to circumvent security software. Image-based spam, where individual messages appear to be unique by subtracting or adding pixels, foiled some security techniques. Spammers also put messages in the images themselves, a tougher challenge to stop since it requires processor-intensive optical character recognition (OCR) techniques. Spam remained the delivery vehicle for other malicious software such as keystroke loggers and rootkits in addition to promoting links to phishing sites, which often aim to steal financial data or log-in credentials. Web 2.0 gets Hacked 1.0 MySpace.com may be a poster child for Web 2.0, but from a security perspective, it hasn't been looking so pretty. That's because the popularÂ social networking site was hit hardÂ this week by a password-stealing worm that exploited a scripting vulnerability on the Web site. And this was not even the first worm to hit MySpace. In October another more benign worm, called Samy, automatically added a Los Angeles teenager's name to visitors profiles, quickly making him appear to be the most popular member of the MySpace community. Security experts say that the kind of cross-site scripting attack used in the recent MySpace worm has become much more prevalent in the past year, as hackers have discovered just how much can be done with these attacks. These bugs can be used to do far more harm than many people realize, security experts say, including forcing PCs to download illegal content, hack other Web sites or send e-mail. Vista lockout irks vendors MicrosoftÂ rankled security vendorsÂ by saying it wouldn't allow their software to access the kernel of the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. Patch Guard, Microsoft's kernel security technology, blocks access to prevent unauthorized modifications by malicious software. Vendors, led by Symantec andÂ McAfee, arguedÂ they needed access to the kernel to detect malicious software such as rootkits, which burrow deep into the OS. After a flurry of public statements and pressure from the European Commission, Microsoft agreed to make APIs (application programming interfaces) available. The APIs will allow host intrusion prevention technologies used by vendors to function without hooking the kernel. But Microsoft said the APIs wouldn't be ready until the release of Service Pack 1 for Vista.


Bidirectional virtualisation is virtually there The possibilities for recursive virtualisation have just increased, with Novell and Intel announcing that you can now run Windows unmodified on Novell's SUSE Linux, via Xen and an Intel VT-capable processor, while Microsoft says an upcoming service pack will let its Virtual Server run SUSE Linux as a virtualised guest.â¦


Palermo, 15:40 - CALCIO, PALERMO; COLANTUONO: QUI PER FARE SALTO DI QUALITA'

Il nuovo tecnico del Palermo, Stefano Colantuono, si prepara a cominciare la nuova avventura rosaner...


Coles Myer plans to enhance loyalty scheme

Coles Myer chief John Fletcher says the retail giant has only just begun to "scratch the surface" of the potential loyalty incentives it can offer its massive customer base, hinting that


Merck plunges nearly 10 percent as Vioxx pain intensifies

Drugs giant Merck and Co. shares plunged nearly 10 percent as the Wall Street Journal said the firm had fought for years to minimize the risks in its blockbuster pain drug Vioxx.


Big Powers Urge Iran to Heed UN Nuke Freeze Demand

The United States, the EU and Russia urged Iran Monday to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's demand that it halt all activities linked to uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to build an atom bomb.


US officials say they are confident, but not certain, missing Californian Adam Gadahn is the man who threatened al-Qaeda attacks in a recent video.


Long-distance running may have been a driving force behind evolution of the modern human body, scientists say.


Andy Roddick beats Marat Safin in two tie-breaks to reach the Masters Cup semis.


Guilty Plea to End Crusading Lawyer's Lucrative Run

In a three-decade career, California lawyer William S. Lerach won tens of billions of dollars for his clients by suing executives embroiled in corporate scandal. Casting himself as the voice of victimized shareholders, he chalked up unprecedented awards in the Enron accounting mess and the Exxon oil...


U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly lower market open on Monday as investors pause after a  three-day rally last week, with interest rates and a weakening  dollar gaining focus now that the presidential election is  over.


Europe's biggest, most complex spacecraft is packed up for despatch to the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.


Help Tsunami survivors by donating money

December 30, 2004 -- 1000CET--Now monetary funds to assist tsunami survivors can be donated through banks in Malta and Gozo, the Civil Protection Department and the Malta Red Cross Society said.


When Harry Belafonte met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s, he promised to always assist in his mission.


Pearl Harbor changed his idea of adventure

Sixty years ago today, I stopped into the original Howard Johnson's beside the Wollaston railroad station on my way to a religious meeting.


Decide autorete Zamboni, rossoneri sempre a -2 dalla Juve


One of my favorite pieces of philosophy came from an old-school coach who had no use for self-congratulatory demonstrations such as today's "Hey-look-at-me" touchdown celebrations.


Japanese chefs bring French cuisine to Paris and reach for the stars

Two chefs from Japan are attracting discriminating diners to their restaurants in the most chic part of Paris - and serving them French cuisine.


Washington Redskins kicker John Hall strained his right groin during practice yesterday, jeopardizing his availability for Sunday's game at Chicago.


Play chess on your nearest e-voting machine

Dutch go Irish IT professionals in the Netherlands have demonstrated that the type of e-voting machines chosen by the Irish government for election counts can be secretly hacked.â¦


Nine months after a quickie Las Vegas wedding and annulment, the pop tart did it again, getting hitched to her dancer boyfriend, Kevin Federline, Saturday night.


One week after absorbing its second-worst home loss in franchise history, Seattle responded with 507 yards and 39 points Monday night against Dallas.


Wired Introduces MediaPress LE realtime MPEG Encoder for $2199

BIRCHWOOD, Minn. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 6, 2004 -- Wired today announced the immediate availability of its new MediaPress LE(TM) realtime MPEG encoding card for Macintosh.


Wal-Mart profit climbs nearly 13% in quarter

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. met Wall Street expectations with a 12.7 percent increase in its fiscal third-quarter earnings. Wal-Mart said Tuesday it earned $2.29 billion, or 54 cents per share, in the August-October


Scion of grocery dynasty leaves National Gallery and Tate a treasure trove of fabulous paintings


Dutch police stormed a house tonight to end a day long siege of terror suspects holed up inside. Three suspects were arrested. Special forces had launched an earlier, pre-dawn, raid on the house in the capital


France launches an inquiry  into how airport police lost plastic explosives they hid in a passenger's luggage.


US computer company Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its latest version of the popular digital music player iPod, which enables users to store and share photos.


VATICANO - Il Card. Nicora, Legato per le Basiliche Papali di Assisi, ad un mese dalla visita di Benedetto XVI: ÂIl Papa ci ha ridetto con forza che il ÂmisteroÂ di Francesco puÃ² essere compreso soltanto in GesÃ¹ e a partire da LuiÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Un mese fa, domenica 17 giugno, il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI era in visita pastorale alla cittÃ  di Assisi. Il Cardinale Attilio Nicora, Legato per le Basiliche Papali di Assisi, esprime il significato profondo di ...


Fall fashion shines brightly on New York catwalks

All that glitters is not gold. It's rhinestones and lamÃ© that will shine in fall fashions.


Six Palestinians killed in continued Israeli invasion of Gaza

Four Palestinians were killed by the bullets of the Israeli forces during its continued invasion of Khan Younis camp and the Austrian quarters to the south of Gaza, thereby the number of Palestinians killed in this operation since yesterday at dawn


Shoppers rush to stores before Christmas

The nation's shoppers Â taking advantage of deep discounts and expanded hours Â jammed stores over the last weekend before Christmas to try to grab a hard-to-find Wii or scoop up bargains on other items. But the spending surge may not be enough to offset what is shaping up to be a mediocre December for some retailers.


Britain leads the world in giving out anti-depressants

Campaigners demanded yesterday that more psychological therapies be made available on the NHS after a study showed that Britain leads the world in prescribing antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children.


Milano, 18:07 - CALCIO, PRESIDENTE AREZZO: PROBABILE RINVIO PER LA SERIE B

La serie B rischia seriamente di non partire per il mancato accordo con le tv. ''Per ora non c'&egra...


U.S. OKs new Merck drug for rare skin cancer

Merck & Co Inc. won U.S. approval for a new drug to treat a rare and slow-growing skin cancer, health officials said on Friday.


Cablevision Steps Up HD Offerings with Voom

Cablevision stepped up the battle to attract high-definition customers on Friday, saying it would have the capability to carry more than 500 channels of HD programming by the end of this year.


Studios launch campaign against BitTorrent

Hollywood stepped up its battle against internet pirates yesterday when the Motion Picture Association of America launched a legal battle against the filesharing networks BitTorrent and eDonkey.


A performance artist fails in his bid to spray blood over a sculpture of singer Michael Jackson in Berlin.


In 12mila sospettati di scambiare materiale su Internet


London - The No 10 shirt worn by Pele during the 1958 World Cup final was sold for Â£70 050 (about R808 000) to a private buyer, auction house Christie's said on Tuesday.


Lausanne builds Switzerland's first metro

Engineers have begun construction of Switzerland's first underground railway system in Lausanne, aimed at better connecting the north and south of the city.


Google Code Search Exposes WinZip Serial Number Info Found via Digg.com, seems that some simple searches on the new Google Code Search will expose some rather valuable information. One searcher found the serial number algorithms for Winzip, Photoshop and mIRC. “Just by searching for “keygen”, “serial”, “name”, and some well known cracker groups you can come by [...]


Notre Dame fired Tyrone Willingham as its football coach today after a 6-5 season that culminated with a 41-10 loss to top-ranked Southern Cal on Saturday night.


Suspect in court over failed Britain car bombings

An Iraqi doctor was due in court Saturday in connection with three failed car bombs in London and Glasgow, as Britain marks the second anniversary of suicide attacks in the capital amid tight security.


Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after  oil prices jumped more than a dollar to over $48 a barrel and  investment bank Morgan Stanley MWD.N and brokerage Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N reported declines in quarterly  profits.


Londra, 13:28 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER UTD: MEGA OFFERTA PER BERBATOV

Dopo aver preso Owen Hargreaves dal Bayern Monaco, il Manchester United è pronto ad una mega ...


IRA suspect held in Spain after eight years on the run

A suspected member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who is wanted over a deadly attack on a British army base in Northern Ireland has been arrested in southern Spain, Spanish police revealed.


U2 has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide and won 14 Grammy Awards during the course of its 26-year career, so you would think that there would be a level of ease that comes with a new release.


North Korea was poised to take its first step in nearly five years toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program with U.N. inspectors en route to the North Friday to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.


The New York Times said on Thursday it will eliminate 100 newsroom jobs as the newspaper girds for a weaker economy and an overall decline in print advertising and circulation revenues.


Was Michelangelo's David a couch potato?

He is an icon of male beauty but Michelangelo's David is far from physically perfect with a bad back, weak hip and even hammer toes, according to a health expert.


Praga, 20:13 - CALCIO, CECO HORVATH MULTATO PER SALUTO ROMANO

Il giocatore dello Sparta Praga, Pavel Horvath, è stato multato della Federazione della Repub...


Money seized from organised criminals is to be used to expand two crimefighting units.


Move over, Jimbo - we're in the content biz now Whatever you think about the kooks at Wikipedia - the crazed Goths banning chunks of Utah, a COO prone to drunken rampages and embezzlement, and a Roi Soleil answering to himself - one thing is in no doubt. The project has saved Google's original business.â¦


Rogue trader blamed for 5-billion-euro French bank fraud

French banking giant Societe Generale said Thursday a single trader who fooled his bosses carried out a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud -- one of the biggest in financial history.


Suppletive: Laboccetta, Fini Ad Ischia Dimostra 'Ponte' Governo

Ischia, 16 ott. (Adnkronos) - ''Con la presenza del vicepremier Fini abbiamo il governo sul territorio e questa e' la dimostrazione che il 'ponte' lo abbiamo realizzato''. Lo ha detto Amedeo Laboccetta, candidato


At least 17 people are dead and 50 wounded in a new attack by United States and Iraqi forces on the northern town of Tel Afar. The town is believed to be a base for insurgents who have infiltrated from Syria.


Samuel's return puts backfield in motion

Now that the Asante Samuel saga is coming to a close -- the de facto holdout and disgruntled franchise cornerback reported to Gillette Stadium yesterday, one month after training camp began and 11 weeks earlier than he had threatened -- the focus shifts to how the Patriots will recast the roles in the secondary once his contract is ...


Philippines buries typhoon victims in mass graves

DARAGA, Philippines  - Villagers in the central Philippines buried hundreds of relatives and friends in mass graves on Sunday as hopes faded of finding survivors from Typhoon Durian.


Former Coronation Street star Thelma Barlow is to star as a baddie in the next series of Doctor Who.


Insurgents' Attacks Kill at Least 26 Iraqis

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 4 - Militants carried out deadly strikes in Baghdad and in the northern city of Mosul for the second day on Saturday, with suicide car bomb attacks on police stations and Kurdish militiamen


Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corporation announced an agreement to merge into a new retail giant named Sears Holdings Corporation by March 2005, in a deal worth some 11 billion dollars (8.4 billion euros).


Sir Mark Thatcher is to be tried in absentia by a court in Equatorial Guinea, a defence lawyer says.


The US economy will grow in 2008, the White House says, shrugging off concerns that the US is facing a recession.


Londra, 22:01 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: PRESO BENAYOUN DAL WEST HAM

Nuovo colpo di mercato del Liverpool. Dopo aver preso Fernando Torres dall'Atletico Madrid e Ryan Ba...


Too much "sugar-free" chewing gum can lead to severe weight loss and diarrhoea, doctors warn.


Agenzia Ctk, maggioranza ottenuta al terzo turno di voto


Bulgaria in Brief: 5 October 2004, Tuesday. A scandalous billboard showing uncensored scenes with popular folk singer were unfixed from downtown Sofia after numerous complaints from local residents.


Where Some See Fashion, Others See Politics

The kaffiyeh, traditional Arab headgear, becomes a style statement.


Per morte operaio, assolti anche 2 funzionari dell'azienda


Milan Michalek scored two goals and the San Jose Sharks set a club record with their seventh consecutive road victory, beating Los Angeles 3-2 on Wednesday night and handing the Kings their eighth straight loss overall.


In addition to showing a penchant for alternatives to Internet Explorer, the latest data also suggest that Mozilla is becoming the preferred option for those seeking to abandon Microsoft.


Three major produce industry groups have called for government regulation.


Europe's First Trip to Moon Ends With Welcome Bump

It was the slowest and possibly the cheapest trip to the Moon, yet Europe's first lunar mission has ended as planned with a spectacular crash landing.


Dhaka tense after grenade blasts kill 16

Police are patrolling the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, after a series of grenade blasts killed at least 16 people. At least seven grenades were thrown at a rally yesterday of more than 3,000 supporters of the main opposition Awami League.


French Insurgents in Iraq Concern Official

French militants who join the fight against U.S.-led forces in Iraq could one day return to strike terror in France and elsewhere, the defense minister warned Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.


Surfers ride watery giants, chasing 100ft waves

MARGARET RIVER, Australia  - The waves have been   nicknamed Cyclops, Jaws and Dungeons and are the new   life-and-death playground for a unique breed of surfers who   ride gargantuan ocean waves as big as a seven storey building.


FDA Panel Gives Preliminary OK for Study

A new Food and Drug Administration ethics panel said Friday the advancement of science outweighed the risks of giving a stimulant to healthy children as young as 9.


Comcast Announces Broad Microsoft TV Software Deployment

Comcast Cable this month will turn up the first US commercial deployment of Microsoft TV Foundation Edition, a digital cable software platform that includes an interactive program guide and supports dual-tuner digital video recording (DVR) services.


NBA Wrap: Chicago Bulls Stun Los Angeles Lakers

Eddy Curry registered 18 points and 10  rebounds and Tyson Chandler added 18 rebounds and 10 points as  the Chicago Bulls stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 92-84  Wednesday.


Microsoft says Longhorn to ship in 2006 without WinFS

Microsoft is targeting late 2006 for the release of Longhorn, the long-awaited and ambitious successor to Windows XP. A server version is slated for 2007.


Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to a yard long and weigh 26 pounds, still survive in the wild.


October 18, 2004 - Senior citizens are waiting in long lines for flu shots in Chicago and across the country. The shortage is creating a mad dash to get the vaccine.


World - Thursday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Austria's chancellor and Slovakia's prime minister sawed through a red and white border barrier in a symbolic extension of the EU's passport-free zone to former Eastern Bloc nations: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Support for the move is mixed, with the head of the EU's border watchdog agency warning that it will fuel illegal immigration.


Somalia's Opposition Regrouping, Planning

NAIROBI, June 19 -- Far from being defeated, Somalia's opposition groups are politically uniting, strengthening, and planning a conference next month to hone their strategy for ousting the Somali government and the Ethiopian troops backing  it, according to a recent statement issued by the groups...


Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's decision to welcome a 3-year-old Russian girl into his home made national news in Russia and won praise from adoption advocates who say Russians should follow Schroeder's example.


Paris Hilton knows something about nightclubs, so it makes sense the hotel heiress is the inspiration for a handful of clubs that will bear her name.


Troubled Japanese retailer Daiei Inc. and housing builder Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. will receive financial assistance from a government-backed organization that orchestrates corporate bailouts.


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart fired the opening salvo of NASCAR's 2007 season by capturing the Budweiser Shootout last night, a two-segment, 70-lap, nonpoints dash for cash that kicks off Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway.


LABOR has accused the Federal Government of engaging in reckless spending which could push up interest rates. The claim came as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave the Government and the Reserve Bank a glowing report card.


D.C. Area Airports Add Vehicle Checks, Bomb-Sniffing Dogs

Washington area airports began randomly inspecting vehicles yesterday after an attack on Scotland's Glasgow Airport, but  travelers appeared unfazed by the beefed-up security measures.


The UN atomic agency meets Thursday to review a resolution under which Iran is to freeze its uranium enrichment activities. On Wednesday, Iran warned it would seek to resume enrichment if the meeting did not go its way.


ABC has dropped Miss America, leaving the famous beauty pageant without a TV outlet for the first time in 50 years.


Sharon promises to help Palestinians with their election

Israeli and Palestinian officials are expected to hold low-key but direct talks on the mechanics of the January election to succeed Yasser Arafat after a promise to Washington


Backup technology key to protecting virtual machines

Each virtual-machine backup approach has its advantages and disadvantages. Chief among the disadvantages is the effect on network performance and utilization.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal agents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have intervened to help investigate an E. coli outbreak tied to tainted spinach from California's Salinas Valley.


Long-neck refugees get Thai "human zoo" treatment

MAE HONG SON, Thailand  - For the past two   decades, hundreds of ethnic Padaung "long-neck" people from   military-ruled Myanmar have enjoyed relative peace and security   as refugees in the hills of northern Thailand.


Electronic Arts, Vivendi Universal Games choose a side in the battle of next-gen DVD formats.


SpinDrop.us: Parsing a list of Key:Value pairs

Dave Dash has posted a quick script to help with an integration of openID into your application - well, really just to read the response back easily.   I'm working on implementing openID for reviewsby.us and for use in symfony apps. One thing I was having trouble with was parsing key value pairs, which is one of the requirements to reading responses. It's a fairly easy task, but [PHP][] offers so many ways to do this.   He notes the spec for how the results are returned and shares his code (based around a regular expression) that goes through the response and separates things out into key/value pairs automatically.


ISO to Fast-Track Office Open XML Process

The head of the International Standards Organization committee JTC 1 has given her official approval to giving consideration to Microsoft's Office Open XML document standard under a fast-track process.  This despite some opposition, though apparently fewer formal objections than had earlier been anticipated.


Giant bonfire in N. Ireland to mark historic battle

Protestants prepared Wednesday to set light to a giant bonfire to mark the anniversary of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, a historic victory over Catholic forces.


Sen. Barack Obama had a good first date in New Hampshire this week — he was a little late, but wore a nice suit, had interesting things to say and used a little flattery. The state's Democrats say they're not bowled over by the Illinois senator and he's still got some courting to do. He'll have to get in line with the rest of the Democrats vying for their attention.


Yanks Qualify, and Elvis Has Left for Boston

The Yankees reserved a spot in October for the 10th year in a row, assuring themselves of no worse than a wild card.


Madrid, 13:07 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID; MIJATOVIC: PIENA FIDUCIA IN CAPELLO

Il direttore sportivo del Real Madrid, Predrag Mijatovic, conferma la fiducia a Fabio Capello. ''Le ...


AMERICA/PERÃ - Nei tempi in cui viviamo, la Chiesa ci chiede di testimoniare, specialmente ai sacerdoti, questo "segno di contraddizione" che Ã¨ la croce: lettera del Card. Cipriani ai sacerdoti per la Quaresima Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Il Cardinale Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Arcivescovo di Lima e Primate del PerÃ¹, ha indirizzato una lettera a tutti i suoi sacerdoti all'inizio della Quaresima, ricordando che la loro missione nella Chiesa li invita "ad una cost...


Former Tito residence to host EU meetings

The Brdo pri Kranju castle, one of the residences of former Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito, will host most of the EU's meetings in Slovenia during the country's presidency of the bloc, starting on January 1.


Life is sweeter for Jayasurya after Chocolate

Jayasurya has become one of the most promising youngsters in the Malayalam film industry thanks to the whopping success of Swapnakkoodu, Classmates, Arabikkatha and Chocolate.


Australia's Woolworths second-half profit up

Australian supermarket giant, Woolworths, beat forecasts on Monday with a 12 per cent rise in second-half profit on vigorous cost savings and its ability to drive margins despite a competitive onslaught.


Computer Associates International Inc. announced a restructuring plan Wednesday that would reduce its work force by 800 people worldwide, saving the business software maker $70 million annually once the plan is fully implemented.


Secondo indiscrezioni dei tabloid londinesi l'ex-Beatle ha cedutoe pagherÃ  65 milioni di sterline alla sua ex seconda moglie                                          McCartney-Mills, accordo raggiunto divorzio record da 87 milioni di euro                                                                                Domani l'ultima udienza all'Alta Corte di Londra


The FBI probes 14 firms embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as it cracks down on improper lending.


The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.


The UK government will seek a 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050 in its plan to tackle global warming.


Obama rockets past Clinton in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama rocketed to a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire one day before their showdown in the state's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


The College Board releases its annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation next week. For us AP and IB dorks, it is the equivalent of the State of the Union address. No, delete that. The State of the Union is usually a bore. AP's Report to the Nation is more like the Academy Awards, for a small...


'Ocean's Thirteen': steal crazy after all these years

The fun third 'Ocean' flick brings the festivities back to Las Vegas, where the series began.


Scambio lettere tra Capo dello Stato e presidente sloveno


L'Avvenire: "La manovra non sarÃ  lo strumento di una forzatura sulle unioni"Continuano le polemiche dopo la decisione del rinvio a gennaio di una legge in materia                                            Unioni di fatto, il giornale dei vescovi "Bene lo stralcio dalla Finanziaria"


Prince of Highbury, pauper of France: Henry's national team slump ...

Thierry Henry is the darling of English soccer and one of the most prolific scorers to grace the Premier League. For France, he is out of form, lacking in confidence and drastically short of goals.


A new approach is needed for setting fuel-economy standards, lawmakers said Wednesday as they considered changes amid concerns about global warming and the problems of struggling U.S. automakers.


Shawn Green hits a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Mets tighten their grip on first place in the NL East, beating the Braves, 4-3.


NEW YORK - Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower Monday, but with trading on Wall Street light and losses only moderate, investors seemed to be coming to terms with near-$50 per barrel crude.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, renewing fears on Wall Street that the slowdown in profits and the economic recovery would extend through the end of the year due to high energy costs...


Dow tops record as rate, growth concerns ease

Stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow industrials to a record high after unexpectedly flat consumer price data reassured investors that U.S. economic growth and inflation are under control.


InfoWorld - John Riccitiello will become the new CEO of Electronic Arts, the company he left in 2004 to join a venture capital firm, EA announced Monday.


India's Supreme Court orders a key Muslim witness to explain why she changed statements in a Gujarat riot case.


Monster Worldwide sells TMP biz in North America

Monster Worldwide Inc. MNST.O   said on Thursday it had sold its TMP Worldwide Advertising &   Communications business in North America to Veronis Suhler   Stevenson, a private equity company.


AT&T Downplays Damage From Economic Slowdown

AT&T reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, with net income rising 63 percent, due in large part to the growth in wireless communications.


Wall St. tumbles as economic stimulus gets OK

US stock markets tumbled heavily in the week to Friday, giving Wall Street a fresh battering, despite Congress granting a green light to a giant economic stimulus package sought by the White House.


AT&T is expected to announce as soon as next week details about how it plans to offer mobile phone service using Sprint's cellular network.


Greenspan: U.S. recession not 'probable'

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told a Tokyo seminar on Thursday that he does not think economic slowdown in his country is "probable," toning down his earlier warning over a recession later this year.


Gaza death toll includes youths caught in the fighting

One moment, Suleyman abu Foul was at the breakfast table, asking his mother for food. The next, the 15-year-old Palestinian


Annuncio da Londra, tra loro c'e' anche Rosanna Moore


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A policeman has resigned after 100 photos of barely clad men were found in his home.


Mexico's Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker, is to buy RMC Group for around 2.3 billion pounds in cash. RMC RMC.


Brave British princess almost punched would-be kidnapper: archives

Britain's famously feisty Princess Anne very nearly punched an armed man who tried to kidnap her in 1974, only stopping herself out of fear she might be shot, newly-released files from the era said.


Hauterives, 12:47 - CICLISMO, PIEPOLI: USO SALBUTAMOLO PER UN'ALLERGIA

Leonardo Piepoli è tranquillo e afferma pubblicamente: "SÃ¬, prendo il salbutamolo per curare ...


The number of Americans signing up for first-time jobless benefits plunged last week. The government says that partly reflects a tapering off of filings related to Hurricane Charley.


Hungary's PM Ferenc Gyurcsany insists he will not step down despite heavy election losses for his party.


Q&A: AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch

An Advanced Micro Devices executive talks about 'seeding' key corporate accounts and having actual products in pipeline on the day of the launch.


Hershey Foods to buy macadamia processor

HERSHEY, Pa. - Hershey Foods Corp. has agreed to acquire Manua Loa Macadamia Nut Corp. from private equity investment firm Shansby Group to strengthen its snack offerings.


The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed shortstop Craig Counsell, who has played for two World Series championship teams.


Who got the most mail, this week? Letters Why not kick off with the obvious big story of the week? Yes, James Cameron finds the tomb of Christ. We had upwards of a trillion responses on this one, but very few were actually written in anything approaching comprehensible English, so we've trimmed the pile, somewhat.â¦


Finanziaria, Alemanno conferma: 160 mln per forestali

Per i forestali della Calabria "c'Ã¨ uno stanziamento di 160 milioni nel 2005 ec'Ã¨ lo stesso impegno per il 2006". Lo ha detto il ministro delle Politiche agricole, Gianni Alemanno, al termine di un incontro


U.S. Bancorp , the  sixth-largest U.S. bank, on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit  fell 21 percent, hurt by losses from loans and money market  mutual funds, and a legal settlement.


The economics of utility computing will drive IT services to the Internet, according to Nicholas Carr.


Efforts are under way to locate two CBS journalists missing, feared kidnapped, in the Iraqi city of Basra.


Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littering the streets of Karachi.


An American asked Tim Henman if he would like to comment on the fact that only two US men, Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi, survived into the last 32 of this year's US Open.


In the Rugged North of Iraq, Kurdish Rebels Flout Turkey

In a remote corner of northern Iraq, Kurdish militants fighting Turkey thrive, protected by mountains and a complex web of relationships.


Australia's Prime Minister to start implementing new term agenda

Australian Prime Minister John Howard will begin work on implementing his fourth term agenda today, after winning an increased majority in the federal election.


McGrady Expects Boos in Return to Orlando

Tracy McGrady usually frustrates the opposition with his offense. This time, it's the scoring champ's words stinging his former coach.


El Salvador Prison Battle Kills 31 Inmates

Rival groups of inmates battled with guns, grenades and machetes at a prison in El Salvador on Wednesday, killing at least 31 prisoners.


Buenos Aires, 11:53 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: CAMORANESI CONDANNATO AD INDENNIZZO

Mauro German Camoranesi è stato condannato a versare 200 mila pesos, circa 45.000 euro, in fo...


Prime Minister John Howard will travel to Indonesia later this month to attend the inauguration of new Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.


For the estimated 12 million Americans with food allergies, eating can be quite an adventure.


Staff at one of Scotland's toughest jails admit they are losing the battle against drug smugglers.


Roma, 16:59 - CALCIO, SERIE A: VINCE L'INTER, PARI DELLA ROMA

Nei primi due anticipi della 27/a giornata del campionato di serie A, Ascoli e Roma hanno pareggiato...


Iraq's prime minister reversed course Tuesday and said his envoys will talk with Iraq's neighbors about the possibility of a regional conference on quelling the violence here, despite opposition to the plan by some key political allies.


LG Electronics Posts Second-Quarter Profit

The South Korean consumer electronics and appliances company swung to a profit in the second quarter on strong sales of appliances and premium mobile phones.


Palestinians pay their last respects to Yasser Arafat after chaotic scenes at his burial in Ramallah.


Stocks in Asia resumed their decline  on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar  hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S.  stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top  economy will tip into a recession.


Ashlee Simpson is set to star in a new edgy independent film called 'Wannabe.' "I play an actor, and it's basically about musicians trying to find their way. There's a guy who gets too old to be a musician, and all of us become his fan club," sa...


A Cardiff boy takes the title of Junior Mastermind after proving he is an expert on Bond villains.


Global economic growth is likely to be dampened by the turbulence on world markets, the IMF says.


Risk was too high, Canada ex-nuclear watchdog says

The Canadian government ran a risk 1,000 times as great as world standards in ordering the restart of a nuclear reactor which supplied medical isotopes around the world, the dismissed head of the nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday.


Sports Briefing | Tennis: Stepanek Upsets Blake

The unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek upset the tournament favorite James Blake, 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-2, to clinch his second ATP title at the Los Angeles Classic yesterday. Stepanek broke the second-seeded Blake twice in the final set to seal victory in 2 hours 20 minutes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Stepanek took a medical timeout late in the match to have treatment on his left hamstring.


Arts, Briefly: The Insider Host Seeks Alcoholism Treatment

Pat OâBrien, a host of âThe Insider,â has entered a rehabilitation center for treatment of alcohol abuse, his showâs syndicator, CBS Television Distribution, announced on Friday. Mr. OâBrien acknowledged his alcoholism in an interview on CBS in 2005. The âInsiderâ correspondent Thomas Roberts is expected to be co-host with Lara Spencer in Mr. OâBrienâs absence.


McGrady's Flurry Sends Rockets Past Spurs

Tracy McGrady let fly with a running 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left, capping a one-man rally in the final minute to send the Houston Rockets past the San Antonio Spurs 81-80 Thursday night.


Trend Micro Mobile Security is designed to protect data-centric mobile devices such as smartphones against viruses and short message service (SMS) spam.


Ogaden rebels in eastern Ethiopia say they have attacked army forces - the government has not commented.


British supermarket giant Tesco, the country's biggest retailer, has unveiled plans to sell its own range of computer software.


Pelosi: Relieving middle class tops list

House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi said Monday her new Democratic majority will extend a hand to Republicans in moving the agenda of relieving the "middle-class squeeze." She said restoring the military draft will not be part of that agenda when Democrats take over the House in January.


Chelsea can win the treble this season, says Terry

Chelsea can emulate Manchester United's 1999 achievement and win the treble this season, team captain John Terry said. Terry's belief contradicted his manager Jose Mourinho's remarks


European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso sets out his work plan, with an emphasis on prosperity.


France urges Paris Club moratorium on debt owed by tsunami-hit ...

PARIS  - French President Jacques Chirac told his government to push for the Paris Club of creditor nations to put a moratorium on debt payments owed by countries hit by tsunamis in southeast Asia.


As Immigration Plan Folded, Grass Roots Roared

The legislation sparked a furious rebellion among voters linked by the Web and encouraged by radio.


Two General Motors plants in Canada are forced to close because they rely on parts made by striking US plants.


The SÃ£o Paulo Museum of Art, site of the theft last month of paintings valued at more than $50 million, has been threatened by SÃ£o Paulo state authorities with temporary closing.


Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, half the price of its cheapest advertised plan.


The amount of money secondary schools spend on ICT has risen by a third in a year, figures show.


Brent crude price soars to record high above 86 dollars

The price of Brent crude oil struck an historic peak of 86.28 dollars per barrel in trading here Thursday on renewed concerns over tight global energy supplies.


Dodgers, Padres to make MLB China debut in March

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego  Padres will play the first Major League Baseball games in China  at Beijing's Olympic stadium in March, the MLB announced on  Thursday.


Top court to hear Wall St. firms' appeal on IPO

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it would hear an appeal by leading Wall Street underwriters and institutional investors of a ruling that a lawsuit accusing them of illegally manipulating the price of stocks in initial public offerings can proceed.


Serpenti, Clerks e Amir su XL domani in edicola

Sul numero di ottobre. Il delirante Snakes On A Plane. Intervista a luci rosse a Janet Jackson, lo scrittore Palahniuk intervista Marilyn Manson, il rapper italo-egiziano parla di Hina e delle altre


Singer Leona Lewis, the bookies'  favorite to win popular British talent spotting show "The X  Factor," has fallen victim to "celebrity cybersquatting," with  an Internet domain bearing her name up for auction on eBay.


Democrats Want to Rise With the Middle Class

Meet Joe and Eileen Bailey, a politically independent couple from Long Island with three kids in public school, mounting financial anxieties and a flock of Democratic lawmakers clamoring to feel their pain.


Tropical Depression could form in Atlantic Friday

A well-organized tropical wave in the  Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles east-southeast of the Windward  Islands could form into a tropical depression early Friday, the  U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a morning update.


Young Workers: U Nd 2 Improve Ur Writing Skills

Nearly half the respondents in a survey of human resources executives said that entry-level workers lacked writing skills.


Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.


The Northern Utah Association of Government Accountants will have its December training/luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Lion House (63 E. South Temple).


Album sales plunge in '07 as digital growth slows

If only Christmas came a few times a year for the fast-fading U.S. music industry.


UPDATE 1-Open-Federer receives walkover into quarters

Top seed Roger Federer reached the quarter-finals of the US Open without hitting a ball when Andrei Pavel pulled out with an injury on Monday.


The Federal Communications Commission Thursday (Sept. 9) added spectrum to be used for advanced wireless services (AWS) such as 3G data services.


NBA teams play first exhibition game in China

SHANGHAI - Playing in his home town before an adoring crowd that chanted his name, Yao Ming had the jitters. He missed his first two shots and allowed Brad Miller to score against him repeatedly early in the first quarter.


Woods fires 69 but lags behind leader Garcia

Tiger Woods fired a two-under 69 in the British Open third round on Saturday but failed to make any immediate impact on leader Sergio Garcia.


Koizumi keeps Japan guessing on cabinet reshuffle

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, back in Tokyo after an 11-day diplomatic mission to the Americas, hunkered down with senior ruling party officials on Friday to focus on a major reshuffle of cabinet and top party posts.


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Nine soldiers among 14 killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Fourteen people, including nine soldiers, were killed in held Kashmir on Sunday, the Indian army said. An army spokesman said that the convoy had driven over a landmine detonated by separatist militants


Webmail drops Windows for open source platform

Webmail.us, which provides hosted e-mail service for small and medium-size businesses, will announce next week a raft of improvements to its service, including a major migration of its core e-mail platform from Microsoft Corp. Windows to an open source platform.


Cult Leader: I Took Premier on Spirit Tour

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese spiritual leader said on Thursday he had used his magical powers to take the island's new premier on a tour of Paris without going there physically.


A State Questions UBS Ties to Hedge Funds

UBS, Europeâs largest bank by assets, was accused by Massachusetts regulators of âdishonest and unethicalâ practices in dealings with hedge fund advisers.


Santa Clara Shocks 4th-Ranked North Carolina

OAKLAND, Calif. (Sports Network) - Travis Niesen scored a  career-high 26 points, Kyle Bailey added 20 and Santa Clara  shocked No. 4 North Carolina with a 77-66 victory in a Pete  Newell Challenge game at The Arena.


Nicosia, 19:19 - CALCIO, AMICHEVOLE: CIPRO-UCRAINA 1-1

In una gara amichevole giocata a Nicosia, Cipro e Ucraina hanno pareggiato 1-1. Vantaggio cirpiota c...


Sources Say Tiger Woods to Wed This Week

Tiger Woods says he's planning a Caribbean vacation, but Barbados is abuzz with reports that he's set to wed Swedish model Elin Nordegren this week.


Testifying in a hearing that could lead to exclusion of evidence in the Michael Jackson molestation case, the accuser's mother said Friday she doesn't remember a private investigator telling her that he was working for one of the


Russia warns on Kosovo as G8 ministers meet

POTSDAM, Germany  - Russia warned other world powers on Wednesday not to decide the fate of Kosovo on their own, saying only talks between Belgrade and Pristina could solve a row over independence for the Serbian province.


Tassita ammazzato, catturato in Francia il presunto assassino

Tolone, 14 ottobre 2004 - Ã finita a Hyeres, nei pressi di Tolone, in Francia, la fuga di Aldo Montessoro, 56 anni, l'ex vigilante dell'ospedale SanMartino di Genova, ritenuto responsabile dell'uccisione del tassista trentaseienne genovese, Alessandro


In presidential race, tonight's debate could tip balance

Voters get their last chance to compare President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry side-by-side tonight as the presidential candidates discuss the economy, health care, and


Stressful situations can impair short-term memory

How many people have gotten home after a blindingly stressful day and realize they've forgotten some important event or errand?


U.S.-led air raid kills seven Afghan children

At least seven children were killed in a U.S.-led coalition air strike on a religious school in Afghanistan, the coalition said on Monday, amid rising anger over civilian deaths from foreign military operations.


'Competition' squeezes SCO's third quarter

Legal fees down The SCO Group saw its business ebb away during the third quarter, as both revenue and sales continued their steady migration southwards.â¦


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Nintendo Wii Fit Dares You Not To Exercise

Since its introduction late last year, the Nintendo Wii has been the surprise hit in the gaming industry. Thanks in large part to its innovative game controller and easily accessible games, the Wii has rocketed into second place in the next-gen console race.


U.S., Iran have history of contact since cutting ties

When U.S. and Iranian officials sit down at a regional meeting in Baghdad on Saturday it will be far from the first time they have been in the same room since the United States severed ties with Iran in 1980.


A fresh round of talks is due to begin in NI in an effort to unblock the political impasse and restore devolution.


Madrid, 21:11 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: REAL MADRID BATTUTO IN CASA DAL LEVANTE

Continua la crisi del Real Madrid. La squadra di Capello è stata battuta 1-0 in casa dal Leva...


Callender carrying the load for running game

When the season began, running back Andre Callender was the X factor. Despite career totals of 1,978 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, the 5-foot-11-inch, 204-pound senior was an unknown in the new offensive scheme first-year coach Jeff Jagodzinski had installed.


Harare - The Zimbabwean parliament on Thursday voted to uphold a prison sentence on leading opposition white lawmaker Roy Bennett for shoving Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to the ground during a heated debate in May.


Economix: The Data Tell a Different Story on Heart Patients

Gaps in insurance arenât the only problem with the medical system. Hospitals should be required to report more information.


A drug that helps prevent babies from catching the AIDS virus at birth can also protect them while nursing, researchers reported on Monday.


News.com Extra: Fixing undersea telecom cables

Also: Toughest gadgets on the planet. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Schwarzenegger Barnstorms Japan During Four-Day Trade Mission

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping his international star power in one of the state's most important foreign markets will help bring new business opportunity to California.


Moneta europea guadagna rispetto a 1,3730 di ieri


Tropical killer fungus hits Vancouver Island; kills four, dozens ...

Former sawmill worker Ken James knew something was wrong with his health when he could barely make it to lunch time without having a nap.


Lo afferma il capo economista dell'Ufficio statistico


WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration unveiled a proposal yesterday to make it easier for companies to enroll workers in pension plans such as 401(k)s, a move supporters hope will increase participation.


Jarrius Jackson hit a jumper at the buzzer to give Texas Tech a 77-75 win over No. 6 Texas A&M on Tuesday night, ending a five-game losing streak for the Red Raiders.


The reggae industry reaches a truce with gay campaigners that will see any future homophobic songs banned.


Boy band Eton Road are voted off The X Factor, while actress Claire King bows out of Strictly Come Dancing.


German court rejects return of art to Nazi's family

A top German court rejected on Thursday restitution claims by relatives of a Nazi doctor for art confiscated by Soviet occupiers after the war in a ruling which could set a precedent for a host of similar cases.


LABOR has failed to make inroads in Coalition marginal seats, casting doubt on its chances of winning Saturday's election. An exclusive Newspoll shows the Coalition hanging on to its lead in the seats Mark Latham must win.


Martin: Integrity biggest loss in baseball scandal

As Max Robinson stood before a group of Howard University students and alumni in 1988, he implored them to never, ever lose their credibility and integrity because as a journalist, he said, "In the end, that's all you've got."


Curfew lifted, security stpped up as Sri Lanka rebels honour war ...

A curfew was lifted but police patrols were increased in a Sri Lankan town Saturday as the defence ministry accused Tamil rebels of trying to provoke a breach of the ceasefire.


Ukrainian Challenger Rejects Deal Offered by Opponent

The man declared the winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election, Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, said Tuesday that he was prepared to accept a new vote and offered not to run again as long as his ...


Austria uncovers a child pornography network involving more than 2,360 suspects in 77 countries, authorities say.


IBM claims most powerful supercomputer crown

IBM has claimed that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer has edged out rival NEC's Earth Simulator to become the world's most powerful supercomputer.


Rabbit-Ear Users Donât Know the End (of Analog TV) Is Near

Half the people in a recent survey donât know that analog over-the-air television will be cut off in 2009.


Basic supplies have not reached many parts of quake-ravaged Indonesia,  where the death toll reaches 80,000.


PLO leader Mahmud Abbas on Sunday apologized to Kuwait for the organization's support of the 1990 Iraq invasion after arriving on a landmark visit to the emirate.


Warrant issued for Kazakh president's son-in-law

MOSCOW -- Open conflict erupted within Kazakhstan's ruling elite yesterday as authorities issued an international arrest warrant for the president's politically ambitious son-in-law, who until Saturday was the country's ambassador to Vienna.


Paura dopo i falliti attentati dello scorso weekend. Le autoritÃ : "Non Ã¨ terrorismo"Chiusa la Central Line fra le stazioni di Leytonstone e Liverpool Street                                            Londra, deraglia treno della metropolitana Centinaia i passeggeri bloccati, un ferito


Marco Galiazzo in azione con il suo arco. E' il quarto oro azzurro

Altre tre medaglie per l'Italia: l'arciere padovano, aria da bravo ragazzo, ha nervi d'acciaio e un solo pensiero in testa: le frecce. In finale ha sconfitto il giapponese Yamamoto: 111-109 il risultato al termine delle quattro serie da tre frecce ...


Thailand says a woman has died from bird flu and signaled the possibility she may have caught it from her daughter, raising concern the virus can be passed between people.


Iraq will urge U.S., Iran not to use it as pawn

Iraq wants action not words from a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday and will urge Iran and the United States not to use it as a playing field to settle their scores, Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday.


U.S. Social Security Pact with Mexico Faces Trouble

In an early test of strength over  President Bush's immigration reform agenda, some conservatives  and seniors organizations are campaigning to block  implementation of a U.S.-Mexico pact on Social Security.


A Calgary, una quindicina sarebbero in gravi condizioni


Special camps help kids with asthma cope

NEW YORK  - Attending a special asthma camp can help children improve their asthma management skills, a new study shows. However, more than one third of the children still had poorly controlled asthma, despite being under a doctor's care.


The fast-food company announced Wednesday that the R&B group will play an integral role in its âIâm lovinâ itâ ad campaign, which kicked off last year with Justin Timberlake in a starring role.


Independent School League football capsules

BB&N Coach: John Papas (fourth year, 14-8). Last year's record: 5 - 3. Playing surface : Grass. Football website : BBNS.org. Returning starters (11): Mike Paladino RB/LB, 6-2, 231, Sr.; Andrew Knez TE/DE, 6-4, 235, Sr., Nico Papas FB/NT, 6-0, 224, Jr., Steve Grassa WR/FS, 5-11, 183, So., Ian Mahoney OT, 6-3, 256, Jr., Xander Frantz OG, 6-2, 258, So., ...


Saturn's largest moon Titan may have water-rich liquid welling up on to the surface from its warm interior, data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests.


WASHINGTON - Officials reacted warily to a proposal by key Republican senators to transfer the nation's major intelligence gathering from the CIA and the Pentagon to control by a new director.    The warmest response, in fact, came from the camp of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry...


The Philippine government urges the country's senate to ratify a $4bn trade and jobs deal with Japan.


The husband of CARE International's country director for Iraq on Thursday said he was having a hard time understanding why she was abducted two days ago.


Palestinian warns clergy against calls for violence

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The new Palestinian prime minister delivered a stern, two-pronged warning yesterday to hundreds of Islamic preachers, including Hamas supporters: He won't tolerate calls for violence delivered from mosque pulpits, and he plans to collect militants' weapons.


A judge refused Wednesday to grant a second request by the defense to dismiss the child pornography case against the one-time suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case.


The young black-turbaned cleric detained for nearly 12 hours Friday by U.S. troops comes from one of Iraq's most influential Shiite families and is being groomed for a major leadership role by his powerful father.


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U.S., Iran hold rare talks on Iraq violence

U.S. and Iranian officials began their most high-profile talks in almost three decades on Monday to discuss Iraq's spiraling violence, which Washington says is fuelled by Iran.


Ivy Leaguer Is Intense Enough for Two Sports

John Baumann is among the Ivy League leaders with 15.0 points and 6.4 rebounds a game and as a pitcher for Columbia, he led the Lions in strikeouts and complete games last season.


SitePoint: Hardening Apache - Talk with the Author

SitePoint has a new article today for all of you out there really concerned about the security of your Apache web server (and everyone else, who should be concerned anyway). In Hardening Apache - A Conversation with the Author, Blane Warrene dives into the book mentioned above and talks with the author, Tony Mobily, to ask some questions.


Australian court orders Japan to stop whaling

Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday ordered Japan to stop hunting and killing whales anywhere around its coastline or off Australian Antarctic territory.


Strange to Say, But John McCain is the Republican Frontrunner

Rasmussen Reports - Strange as it may seem to many who wrote off John McCain last summer, the Arizona Senator is now the frontrunner the Republican Presidential nomination (a fact that sends chills down the spine of many conservative activists and pundits).


Marvel Enterprises, IP guardian of The Hulk and untold other fictional freaks, is suing the creators of the hot online game "City of Heroes," claiming that characters in the game are virtually identical to Marvel characters. [Missing Links]


Production at several alumina  refineries in Jamaica has been reduced and shipments slowed due  to damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, which battered the island  over the weekend, several companies said Tuesday.


Professor Maurice Wilkins, who helped unlock the structure of DNA with Crick, Watson and Franklin, has died aged 88.


Stephen Jackson scored a season-high 41 points, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer and getting 10 of the Golden State Warriors' 12 straight points in the final minutes of a stunning 120-117 victory Monday night over the Washington Wizards.


Flu vaccine is en route to local health departments and other providers, which will receive the shipments next week, the state Department of Health Services said Thursday.


ROME Sept. 6, 2004 - Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse, Italian news agency ANSA said Monday.


Rimodulata proposta tariffaria, parola spetta all'authority


"'No End" director fires an op-ed video salvo

Like the modern-day  equivalent of 18th century pamphleteers, documentary filmmakers  have plunged into the center of the national debates over such  issues as health care ("Sicko") and the environment ("An  Inconvenient Truth"). But nowhere have the debates been more  passionate than in the rash of documentaries about the Iraq  War.


A rapist is on the run after escaping from the same south-east London hospital for the second time.


What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.


John Ruiz and Chris Byrd defend their heavyweight boxing crowns here on Saturday while former champions Evander Holyfield and Hasim Rahman seek triumphs that might give them a chance to reclaim the throne.


Floodwaters in Haiti are starting to recede as aid agencies struggle to bring relief to thousands of people in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne.


Police were sent a text message warning of yesterday's suicide bombing in Jakarta that killed at least nine people 45 minutes before the explosion outside the Australian embassy.


Cyprus threatens to block Turkey's EU membership talks unless Ankara lifts trade restrictions on Nicosia.


New facilities and competition for top professors have costs soaring vastly higher than inflation.


US, Pakistani agents interrogate Taliban leader

US and Pakistani agents were interrogating the Taliban's former defence minister Saturday in the hope that he can help them hunt down other key militant leaders, security officials said.


While there are 10 new players on the Celtics' roster and it's only the exhibition season, it's safe to say they've already got each other's back.


LONDON, ENGLAND -- Jay Kay, 34, lead singer of pop band Jamiroquai, had his driving privileges revoked for six months yesterday for driving 168 kilometres an hour in a 112 km/h zone.