The freefall in oil prices ended Monday on a spate of ominous developments, including a deadly attack on a US consulate in Saudi Arabia and reports that OPEC might cut production this week.


The investment signaled the intense interest these days in companies providing services to the growing middle class of Russia.


Obese heart attack and angina patients are more likely to survive after treatment, research suggests.


Senior Andrew Sullivan booted a 37-yard field goal -- the longest in his career -- with seven seconds left to lead Yale to a come-from-behind, 31-28 nonleague win over Colgate in New Haven yesterday.


South African President Thabo Mbeki says developing countries must unite and fight their corner.


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns US accusations that Tehran is fomenting violence in Iraq.


Microsoft is not trying to block access says Kaspersky

Microsoft's new operating system Vista  will not make it more difficult for anti-virus systems to work,  Russian computer security group and potential IPO candidate  Kaspersky Lab said on Friday, contradicting rivals.


The maker of generic drugs gets sued twice in one week.


Risk of GI bleeding increased by drug combo

NEW YORK  - A drug from the class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, Zoloft or Paxil, added to a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as Motrin, Aspirin or Celebrex, can interact to increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to a report in current issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.


For all that Republicans hate it, McCain may be their man

Comment is free: Michael Tomasky: The veteran Arizona senator's popularity with independent voters could be enough to make him unstoppable


Contratto scaduto da 6 mesi, posizioni ancora distanti


Catching a win QB Campbell didn't see play on fourth down

No, we're not talking about his 16-yard touchdown pass to Courtney Taylor that tied the game. It was the 14-yard completion to Taylor on fourth-and-12 that Campbell didn't see.


Roma, 20:01 - CALCIO, ISCRIZIONI: DA COVISOC STOP SOLO IN C2

Castelnuovo Garfagnana e Tempio (C2) sono le uniche società che la Covisoc non ha ritenuto in...


Teachers who survived the Beslan school siege say nearly 400 former hostages are still unaccounted for.


Two die in southern Thailand's latest separatist violence

Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Buddhist ex-policeman and a migrant worker Sunday in the latest violence to hit Thailand's tense, mostly Muslim deep south, police said.


The polio virus remains a threat in Niger, with 18 new cases so far this year, but many parents are deeply suspicious of the UN's drive to immunise children, according to a World Health Organisation report.


Counter-terror experts analyse a DVD said to glorify suicide bombings after it is found on sale in West Yorkshire.


The actor talks about his latest film, 'Boss, I Love You'.


Iraq may cast shadow on Bush's Europe trip

Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Haditha. America's problems with Iraq are casting a long shadow over President Bush's meeting with European Union leaders this week.


Mozilla launching second act with e-mail client

Editor's Summary: The Mozilla Foundation has followed up on the recent success of its Firefox browser with a new open source e-mail client.


Stocks Fall on $53 Oil, Drug Sector Woes

Stocks sank on Thursday as crude oil  climbed to a record $53 a barrel and major drug makers' shares  slid on the possibility they will face more stringent scrutiny  from regulators.


Wheels Fall Off for England Against Wales

Wales pounced on a pair panicky errors by the English to score two tries in three minutes. It held on comfortably for the last 10 minutes against a dazed home team to win.


Private craft rockets past edge of space

MOJAVE, CALIF: Completing the first leg of a quest for a $10 million prize, a test pilot took a privately financed plane past the cusp of space on Wednesday morning in a flight that had equal measures of white-knuckle moments and triumph.


GAZA CITY: Four Palestinians were killed late on Thursday evening when a rocket was fired from an Israeli drone in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, bringing the death toll to nine since the Israeli incursion began the night before, medics said.


Sydney Cricket Ground to remain home of international cricket in ...

The Sydney Cricket Ground will continue to host international matches until 2010, ending months of negotiations that could have seen the matches move to the former Olympic stadium in western suburban Homebush.


No longer just about "stumbling" on new sites, StumbleUpon can now improve your search engine.


By Ant Evans in Las Vegas( pic by Mr Will/Hogan Photos): WBC heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams insists he's completely unperturbed by champion Vitali Klitschko's well-hyped punching power on the eve of their Mandalay Bay collision here Saturday


Martinez mum about meeting his `daddy' tonight

Pedro Martinez will pay his "daddy" a visit tonight. It won't take place at some bowling alley or a miniature golf course but at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of the ALCS.


In tre anni portare interscambio da 4 a 10 miliardi di euro


Doe Invites Agency Input on Lab Cleanup Public and Regulators Part of Broader Consultations

By KERRY CAVANAUGH\\ Staff Writer  A decade into the cleanup of radioactive contamination at the Santa Susana Field Lab, the Department of Energy has begun consulting with state and federal environmental regulators on decontamination of the site's last buildings.


Bologna, 19:52 - CALCIO, SERIE A: BOLOGNA-CAGLIARI 1-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Nel primo anticipo della prima giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A, il Bologna ha battuto ...


Firenze, 14:59 - CALCIO, FRANCIA-ITALIA; GATTUSO: LORO ROSICANO PIU' DI NOI

Rino Gattuso non è preoccupato per il clima rovente che attende l'Italia a Parigi per la part...


President Bush and other senior administration officials yesterday defended their decision to invade Iraq despite errors in prewar intelligence, echoing findings in a draft report by the top


Justice Dept. probes discrimination by lenders

The U.S. Justice Department has  opened up several investigations into whether borrowers faced  discriminated by providers of mortgages and other credit  products, an official told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.


Facing ban, far-right Belgian party to reconstitute as more mainstream force

BRUSSELS, Belgium  - Facing a court ruling that may declare it a racist group, the Flemish Bloc political party plans to disband and reform under a new name with a manifesto that abandons the fascist tenor that got the most popular political party in Dutch-speaking Belgium into legal trouble.


Il petrolio sbriciola l'ennesimo record e si porta a New York a 55,33 dollari al barile. Ma Greenspan minimizza: "non ci saranno effetti da choc petroliferi sulla crescita". Milano. Il petrolio sbriciola l


The cousin of one of three youths who died in the Lake District tells how the day turned to tragedy.


European Parliament OKs new EU constitution; calls for EU nations to follow

BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Parliament gave its overwhelming endorsement to the European Union's first-ever constitution Wednesday and urged EU governments to quickly follow suit.


The Army is ending its best recruiting year since 1997 and expecting similar success in 2007, despite the weight of grim war news from Iraq, Army Secretary Francis Harvey said Thursday.


Milano, 15:46 - CICLISMO, STANGA: PETACCHI AL TOUR PER LA MAGLIA VERDE

Il team manager della Milram Gianluigi Stanga ha le idee chiare sugli obiettivi del suo sprinter all...


A Reuters reporter saw an Antonov plane land in Nyala airport, South Darfur, late on Saturday afternoon and dozens of troops descended.


AUBURN, Ala. -- Jason Campbell passed for 194 yards in the first half and No. 9 Auburn routed The Citadel, 33-3, yesterday, coasting in its sandwich game between a pair of high-stakes contests.


ASIA/HONG KONG - Il 2007 sarÃ  ad Hong Kong lÂAnno della Famiglia, per ricordare ai fedeli e alla societÃ  intera il valore assoluto del matrimonio e della famiglia Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Accogliendo il suggerimento della Commissione pastorale del matrimonio e della famiglia, la diocesi di Hong Kong ha indetto il 2007 come Anno della Famiglia. Secondo quanto riferisce Kong Ko Bao (il bollettino diocesano in...


Clinton to Obama: Sorry for drug comments

Sen. Barack Obama is brushing aside comments made by a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton that his admission of past drug use would hurt his chances in a general election matchup.


Asian countries pledge closer cooperation in fighting against ...

Senior diplomats of 17 Asian governments Friday adopted a Catalogue of Confidence Building Measures, declaring their intention to promote closer cooperation in the fight against international terrorism.


A DIRECTOR who outraged Muslims with a film about an abusive arranged marriage was murdered in the street yesterday. Theo van Gogh, 47, the great-grand nephew of the 19th century painter


India ; No division of Kashmir on basis of religion: Manmohan

He was reacting to a question on Musharraf's proposal to divide Jammu and Kashmir into seven zones and demilitarize them to be administered by India, Pakistan or the UN.


In a Dec. 21 story about a women's sewing cooperative founded by hurricane refugees, The Associated Press erroneously reported the type of mill being planned.


Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, regained her freedom on Tuesday after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunk-driving case.


Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson didn't travel with the team for Sunday's game against Miami because of a bruised right elbow.


BAY AREA Skywatchers awed by total lunar eclipse

Just four days shy of Halloween, the moon got festive Wednesday night and turned from corpse white to pumpkin orange and then blood red during a total lunar eclipse visible from every continent on the planet, except Australia.


Sharon approves 'aggressive' Gaza campaign

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a major Israeli offensive that would re-occupy northern parts of the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian fighters firing homemade rockets into Israel , Israeli Army Radio said.


French politicians target Sarkozy in appeal

In a thinly-veiled attack against President Nicolas Sarkozy, a group of leading French politicians have signed an appeal opposing the creation of an "elective monarchy" in France.


Don't just collect money. Take a step-by-step approach to retirement planning.


Very few organizations have as many feet on the street as the US Postal Service. To better get a handle on those feet, the Postal Service said Monday it's implementing SAP Human Capital


Millions of entrepreneurs, teachers and parents with kids in college have a financial stake in whether Congress, in the dying hours of Republican rule, revives tax breaks that expired 11 months ago.


Poland considers using 20,000 prisoners to help build stadiums and venues for the Euro 2012 football tournament.


Patrick Rissmiller scored two goals for the first time in his career, and the San Jose Sharks snapped their five-game home winless skid with a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.


'Jumper' lands on top with $32.1 million

The action tale "Jumper" led the box office with a $32.1 million debut over the four-day President's Day weekend.


Prince CD giveaway angers music industry

Prince has angered the music industry and stirred up trouble among British retailers by giving away his new album with a tabloid newspaper this weekend.


Berlusconi Saved in Graft Trial by Time Ruling

An Italian court dropped a key corruption  charge against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday,  invoking a statute of limitations that meant time had run out  to convict him of allegations he bribed a judge.


Sometimes when Chipper Jones hears his name mentioned alongside some of the baseball's legendary figures, he has a difficult time believing how much he's accomplished.


Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over $2.74 billion, a source told Reuters on Friday, heating up competition among foreign investors to enter a $97 billion industry.


Crime figures down for Carnival's birthday parade

Notting Hill Carnival celebrated its 40th anniversary in flamboyant style as Europe's best-known street festival brought a Caribbean vibrancy to west London over the bank holiday.


L'attrice sbarca alla Mostra per presentare la sua nuova fiction tv"Vorrei essere anche solo un millesimo delle dive che ci sono qui"                                                  Il Lido in delirio per la Arcuri "Cosa posso desiderare di piÃ¹?"                                                                                dal nostro inviato CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


N.D. lawmakers reject bill to honor Bono

Bono has plenty of fans. But don't count North Dakota lawmakers among them.


Anglican Leader Warns Churches on Gay Hate Message

Anglican Church head Rowan Williams has warned church leaders that criticism of gay people could make them vulnerable to persecution or suicide.


Israel's army sacks six reserve officers for their call to disobey orders to evacuate Jewish settlements in Gaza.


Secret Service busts online ID fraud ring

In an investigation that led from online forums to a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria, law enforcement officials arrested in the last 48 hours suspects from eight states and six foreign countries on charges of identity theft, computer fraud, credit


NL Wrap: Cubs Maintain Wild-Card Lead with Win

Derrek Lee's 10th-inning single scored Mark Grudzielanek with the winning run, clinching the red-hot Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the host New York Mets in the National League Friday.


NEW YORK - A sluggish gross domestic product reading was nonetheless better than expected, prompting investors to send stocks moderately higher Friday on hopes that the economic slowdown would not be as bad as first thought.    The 2.8 percent GDP growth in the second quarter, a revision from the 3 percent preliminary figure reported in July, is a far cry from the 4.5 percent growth in the first quarter...


'Scrabulous' debate may rewrite the rules of the game

Wildly popular Facebook application is in hot water for similarity to classic board game. But could it be a marketing treasure trove for Scrabble's trademark holders?


Iran to use "all means" to defend itself if attacked

Iran said on Wednesday it would use "all our means" to defend itself if attacked by the West, three days after France's foreign minister publicly raised the possibility of war over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities.


Hurricane Ivan spawns tornadoes that kill two in Florida

With hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity, flood-prone New Orleans scrambled Wednesday to move people out of harm's way, putting the frail and elderly in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome and urging others to move to


Federer gearing up for what he hopes will be a great 2005

Roger Federer won 11 singles titles this year, including three of the four Grand Slam events. He wants to do at least as well next season.


Shooting Dogs, a film about the Rwandan genocide, will get its premiere at the country's main stadium.


Yemen Sentences Two to Death for US Cole Blast

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


Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima," the second of his two World War II sagas this year, was picked as the top movie of 2006 Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.


Atherogenics Phase IIb trial shows some benefit

AtheroGenics Inc.(AGIX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday its AGI-1067 experimental drug showed positive interim results during a Phase IIb trial for treating the hardening of the arteries, sending the shares 60


PC users are being warned about a password-stealing virus that hides deep inside Windows.


Adam Morrison scored 25 points and No. 13 Gonzaga beat outmanned neighbor Eastern Washington 83-70 on Tuesday night in the neutral Spokane Arena.


The U.S. Senior Open will be played at Sahalee Country Club in 2010, the first year that Seattle-native Fred Couples will be eligible for the premier event in senior golf.


Only about 2,000 fans braved a snowstorm to see No. 22 Cincinnati try to stay unbeaten. For the first 20 minutes, they had to wonder whether the harrowing trip was worth it.


Oil prices bounced back on Friday,  ending this week's 8 percent slide as supply fears were  rekindled ahead of the winter heating season and dealers  squared their books in advance of next Tuesday's U.S.  presidential election.


Indymedia Web Server Takedown Called Speech Threat

TechWeb - Web sites for Indymedia, a Texas company, were knocked offline when the servers housing them were seized in Britain. Indymedia and civil libertarians are charging censorship.


Prosecutors say Hewlett Packard "lost its way" after charging its ex-chairman and four others in a spying probe.


Spain Arrests Family Over Suspected Militant Links

Spanish police arrested a family of four  on Tuesday suspected of links to the March 11 Madrid train  bombings and a militant Islamic group, the Interior Ministry  said.


In a market in which each thriller seeks to outdo the last, âThe Orphanageâ relies on implication rather than evisceration.


Ex-Soldiers Vow to Bring Order to Haiti Capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Ex-soldiers who helped  topple former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday  vowed to end escalating street warfare in the Haitian capital  while supporters of the exiled leader said they would step up a  campaign for the release of jailed allies.


Dossier - Le etnie nelle aree tribali in Asia LE CHIESE AUTOCTONE, Introduzione di Padre A. Garuti       LÂimperativo categorico per la Chiesa di oggi Ã¨ costituito dallÂevangelizzazione. Fondato sul mandato apostolico di Cristo, suddetto imperativo Ã¨ stato sempre presente nel corso della storia...


SATURDAY AUTO RACING 11 a.m. - Nextel Cup: Dodge Dealers 400 practice, ESPN2 Noon - Busch Series: RoadLoans.com 200 pole qualifying, Speed


'01 Memo to Rice Warned of Qaeda and Offered Plan

A strategy document outlining proposals for eliminating the threat from Al Qaeda was given to Condoleezza Rice in January 2001.


Rebels attack Iraqi police near Tikrit and a military officer in ...

Gunmen stormed a police station near the northern city of Tikrit, killing 12 policemen. The report comes from an Iraqi government official.


HOUSTON -- Whatever impact age is having on him now, here in his 42d year and deep, deep, deep into the twilight of his career, there are no signs of gray hairs or crow's feet on Roger Clemens's resume. Eight years beyond his anticlimactic Boston adieu, the Rocket today is much like the accomplished Clemens of 5, 10, even 15 ...


DigitalLife 2007: Fresh Images from the Show Floor

It's being called second only to CES as the most important consumer electronics show in America. BetaNews' Ed Oswald is on the floor of DigitalLife 2007 in New York City, and he's sending back fresh photos as the show goes on. See Palm's Treo Centro 500v, HP's and VoodooPC's Blackbird 002, and the big push for HD DVD.


Firenze, 14:51 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: STADI APERTI AI BAMBINI

''Mi dispiace che a pagare in tutta questa situazione siano i tifosi sani. Avrei voluto, già ...


Charity Begins at Home? Perhaps Not at Hollinger

ow much does it cost to become a lion on the social scenes in New York, London and Toronto? Not as much as one might think, particularly if you take public credit for donations made with corporate funds.


Taiwan Seeks Talks With China on Direct Flights

Taiwan is ready to meet China's demands for resumption of cross-Strait charter flights, paving way for direct transport links disrupted by more than 50 years of dispute over sovereignty.


Even Dating Is Perilous In Polarized Baghdad

BAGHDAD -- He was a dashing young computer engineer. She was a shy student at his alma mater. They fell in love over lunch last year in the university cafeteria and promptly became engaged.


French teenager becomes 4th victim of Saudi attack

A French teenager died from bullet wounds on Tuesday, bringing to four the number of victims from a militant attack in Saudi Arabia on a group of French tourists in which the males were singled out and shot.


Escaped Ala. killer facing Texas charges

A convicted killer who walked away from an Alabama prison road gang nearly 30 years ago has been arrested and indicted in connection with a slaying in Texas, authorities said.


Palestinian killed as Israel announces Gaza pull-back

JERUSALEM - Israel is scaling back its army offensive in northern Gaza, officials said Friday, as an air raid killed a Palestinian man near the Jebaliya refugee camp.


A United Nations envoy visited Indian leaders on Tuesday, hoping to rouse the world's largest democracy from its relative silence over the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests by the military government in neighboring Myanmar.


Investors want pay freeze for BP's outgoing CEO

Two pension funds plan to ask an  Alaska state court on Friday to freeze more than $140 million  in retirement pay and other compensation for outgoing BP Plc   CEO John Browne, saying it is excessive and  undeserved, an attorney for the investors said.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason Campbell threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 8 Auburn proved itself as a national title contender by overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee, 34-10, last night.


Bankrupt airline US Airways has made a new proposal to its pilots that seeks nearly $1.9 billion in savings through 2009, more than the $1.


La donna scrisse il nome del marito sul divano con il sangue


Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has foiled Tufts-New England Medical Center's plan to build a $300 million suburban hospital with New England Baptist Hospital . Instead, New England Baptist and Beth Israel Deaconess will work together on suburban expansion.


Lufthansa in talks to buy stake in JetBlue: report

Lufthansa is in talks to buy a stake of just under 25 percent in JetBlue Airways , The New York Times reported on its blog DealBook on Thursday.


In San Jose, Disputes and Anger After Vote on Street Name

A decision to rename a one-mile stretch of road is at the heart of a fierce dispute that, some say, is fracturing the spirit of one of the largest Vietnamese enclaves in the nation.


Rachel McAdams has  signed on to star in "The Return," a bittersweet drama about  three injured soldiers who come home from Iraq and learn that  life has moved on without them.


JOHANNESBURG, March 12 -- Zimbabwe's opposition vowed Monday to continue ratcheting up pressure on President Robert Mugabe, as their most prominent leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, sat in prison with serious head injuries that have left him struggling to walk, talk or eat.


Red Hat has gone scavenging among Netscape's remains, agreeing to pay America Online up to $23 million in cash for the assets of Netscape Communications' Security Solutions unit.


Saturn moon has scientists howling Close-ups of Titan seen for ...

Sophisticated cameras aboard the spacecraft Cassini gave Earth-bound watchers the world's first close-up view of Saturn's mysterious, largest moon Titan Tuesday night, as scientists processed striking images from the spacecraft's brief fly-by less than


Former President Bill Clinton Back On The Campaign Trail For John ...

Seven weeks after heart surgery former President Bill Clinton is set to make his first public appearance. Today he'll be campaigning for John Kerry in Philadelphia.


Markets boosted by end to Oracle's battle for PeopleSoft

INVESTORS welcomed the end of Oracleâs 18-month battle to take over PeopleSoft yesterday, pushing stocks in the United States higher.


Australian soldiers backed out of Dutch-led Afghan operation

Australian soldiers did not fight in a heavily-criticised Dutch-led assault on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan because of concerns about differing rules of engagement, the military said Sunday.


Il ministro ricorda che il suo budget e' ridotto a 60 mln


Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.


Brandy faces $50 mln lawsuit over car smash

Singer-actress Brandy was sued for  $50 million on Tuesday by the family of a woman killed in a  four-car freeway crash which police have blamed on the  27-year-old performer.


Tokyo stocks end down 0.70 percent on uncertain economic outlook

TOKYO : Japanese share prices closed 0.70 percent lower Monday amid uncertainty over the direction of global oil prices and after leading index figures suggested the domestic economy could be slowing, dealers said.


To cheers, iPhone docks in San Francisco

Blog: S.F. Apple fans finally get what they've been waiting for.


Rescuers in Brazil Amazon hack way to jet wreckage

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Rescue workers guided by Indian trackers hacked their way through dense Amazon jungle on Sunday to reach the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger plane that crashed with 155 people on board.


British police hunt more suspects over bomb plots

British anti-terrorism detectives hunted on Monday for more members of a suspected militant cell which rammed a jeep packed with fuel into a Scottish airport and left two car bombs in central London.


Six former Enron and Merrill Lynch executives were accused Tuesday of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to "help Enron out of a jam" and artificially boost its revenue.


Zend Developer Zone: Zend Framework Hidden Gems: Zend_Config

The Zend Developer Zone has posted another in the "Hidden Gems" series by Aaron Wormus, this time looking at the Zend_Config component.    Managing configuration is a pretty simple thing to do in PHP, in fact, I'd bet that at some point in their programming career every php programmer has written code. But as soon as you get a bit bigger you realize that you're going to have trouble accessing your configuration variable.    There are many reasons to manage your configuration data indepenantly from your business logic. One common reason is that you don't want to enter your configuration data into the public versioning system that you use.    Aaron looks at how you can use the component in your application easily including an example using the built-in inheritance functionality to easily manage a move from development to production.


Televangelist Tammy Fay Bakker Messner dies

Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, the  televangelist who helped lead the PTL ministry before its  collapse in a sex and corruption scandal, has died at age 65,  her Web site reported on Saturday.


JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's Health Ministry said yesterday that more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing are dead, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.


Gubbio, 18:47 - BOXE, GRASSELLINI LEGGERMENTE FERITO IN AGGRESSIONE

Il pugile di Gubbio Giammario Grassellini, sfidante al titolo italiano dei pesi welter detenuto da D...


Thirty Afghan women leaned forward on their plastic chairs Monday as an instructor showed them how to count votes and seal them away to keep the country's first presidential election as fair as possible.


Early Childhood Education on Government's agenda

November 26 2004 1830CET -In line with the Government's intentions to extend and strengthen the services and provisions within the sector of early childhood education and care, Minister of Education, Youth and ...


In Romania, Show Turns the E.U. Into A Laughing Matter

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanian television has an unlikely hit on its hands, a sitcom with a cast of racy characters who sit in a country pub and get laughs discussing the fine points of the bureaucracy and regulations of the European Union.


Intel takes ax to Pentium 4, Itanium prices

Intel Corp. slashed prices across its Pentium 4 and Itanium product lines Sunday as it prepares for its biannual developer conference in San Francisco at the beginning of September.


England's Justin Rose springs a major surprise at the WGC Match Play Championship, beating world number three Phil Mickelson 3&1.


FCC chief says economy could hurt wireless sale

The head of the Federal  Communications Commission expressed concern on Tuesday that the  credit crunch could hinder bidders in an upcoming government  auction of wireless airwaves.


Futurshow: Bill Gates premierÃ  il design piÃ¹ innovativo creato ...

Il riconoscimento allâinnovazione sarÃ  consegnato direttamente da Bill Gates il 18 novembre 2004 nel corso della giornata di apertura della manifestazione Futurshow 3004 per l'ideazione di nuovi modelli di Windows Media Center.


Turkey investigates after a man charged with killing journalist Hrant Dink appears in a video posing with police.


Google, the giant Internet search engine, is launching a British version of its shopping comparison site Froogle, the Guardian reported Wednesday.


HP to offer Sprint mobile broadband on business notebooks

A variety of business notebooks will come with access to Sprint's 3G network built in.


Former Cabot, Fidelity executive nominated to head Department of ...

Former Cabot Corp. and Fidelity Investments executive Samuel Bodman was nominated by President Bush to be secretary of the Department of Energy Friday, replacing Spencer Abraham.


Livorno, 18:49 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: SECONDO GIORNO DI RITIRO

Secondo giorno di ritiro per il Livorno a Salsomaggiore in vista della gara di domenica a Parma. La ...


Concerns Raised by Plan For Face Transplant

The search for recipients for the first face transplants may be relatively easy. More difficult, experts say, will be finding people willing to donate their faces after death.


The Edmonton Oilers have a new owner, pending approval from the NHL.


Turkish opposition accepts compromise on president

Turkey's main opposition party on Tuesday agreed to an offer by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to seek a compromise candidate to elect as the next head of state after months of wrangling.


Sixty years of reflection has me recalling the day I chose to enlist in the Canadian Army at the age of 17.


US President George W Bush is preparing to wrap up his eight-day tour of the Middle East by visiting Egypt.


The German author of the World War II novel Das Boot, made into an Oscar-nominated film, dies aged 89.


As a former longtime resident of the Bellville area, I want to enlighten you on what Sen. John Kerry's leadership can cause. I have been living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for eight years with my family.


Israel agrees to free 90 Palestinian prisoners

Israel agreed on Sunday to free another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.


MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian hometown on Friday, in an emotional farewell to the singer whose death prompted tributes from around the world.


Alain Robbe-Grillet, 85, French Author, Is Dead

Mr. Robbe-Grillet was one of Franceâs most important avant-garde writers in the 1950s.


US jobless claims unexpectedly rose again last week in more worrying news for the labor market, government data showed on Thursday, while other data offered more positive signals for America's economy.


Boris Tadic re-elected in Serbia's presidential election, beating nationalist Tomislav Nikolic


Iraqi Official Arrested for Possible Ties to Terrorists

US authorities in Iraq have arrested a man chosen to lead Iraq's National Guard in one of the country's most troubled and violent provinces.


U.S. says 2 captured over Iraq soldier abductions

U.S. forces said on Thursday they had killed more than 23 Sunni and Shi'ite fighters in two operations in Iraq and captured two al Qaeda-linked militants suspected of links to the abduction of three U.S. soldiers.


Armenia fears Russia blockade of Georgia

Arkady Sarkisian has made his living by shipping containers full of ripe peaches and fish to Russia.


Iraq says officers held over diplomat's kidnapping

Four Iraqi military officers are being held over the kidnapping this week of an Iranian diplomat in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday.


Wal-Mart fires worker over eavesdropping

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it fired a systems technician who allegedly recorded phone conversations between the company's public relations office and a newspaper reporter. The case is now being investigated by federal authorities.


Graeme Souness's honeymoon period as Newcastle manager continued in the Middle East last night, Alan Shearer helping himself to a hat-trick and Patrick Kluivert scoring twice as


A version of the new four-door Panamera will use the same gas-electric drivetrain as the upcoming Cayenne hybrid.


You might think that very little could furrow the brow of dermatologist Nicholas Perricone. Yet lately the namesake behind the $90 million (sales) empire of exquisitely expensive skin care products has looked like an ideal candidate for his 2002 book, The Wrinkle Cure, which lasted 25 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. What's plaguing the good doctor? "Shoulder-fired missiles," he explains. "I'm hugely concerned that commercial aircraft are vulnerable."


A bid from GoldenPalace.com was the winning bid for a eBay auction selling a decade-old cheese sandwich, sn reported. It is claimed that the sandwich has a likeness of the Virgin Mary on it.


Candidate Keyes crashes GOP dinner party

Republican US Senate candidate Alan Keyes wasn't invited to speak Sunday at a dinner sponsored by the New Trier Township Republican Organization, but he showed up anyway.


Fans of Star Trek will be able to explore the final frontier in a multi-player online game based on the TV series.


L'attore non ha voluto togliere lenti da sole al photocall


Vodafone launches its third-generation services for mobile phones, offering video calls, music downloads and games.


London Exchange Scorns Nasdaq Offer Even as Euronext Stockholders Back NYSE Deal

The London Stock Exchange urged shareholders to reject Nasdaqâs âwholly inadequateâ $5.3 billion hostile takeover offer.


A hearing begins to decide if a US marine accused of killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha should be tried for murder.


GREENSBURG, Pa. - A man accused of theft arrived for a preliminary hearing Thursday wearing a cardboard box on his head in an effort to conceal his identity.


Hybrid drive transforms old camcorder tapes into DVDs

If you started shooting videos of the family before the advent of digital camcorders, chances are good you have a lot of analog tapes on the shelf - VHS, 8-millimeter, maybe even old Betamaxes.


The government has approved Liverpool's plan to build a new stadium next to its current Anfield home. The decision means Liverpool can start building the 60,000-seat project next spring.


Not even an incoming storm can keep NASA's accountants from doing their job, thanks to the space agency's financial management system.


Napster hoists 'For Sale or For Partner' sign

Can we offer you a cute logo and losses? A brave Napster is willing to keep pounding away at the unprofitable online music market. Er, unless someone wants to buy the company.â¦


Belgrade overturns a ban on the teaching of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in schools.


Ray McKinnon just wanted some curry for lunch. Instead, he got his car booted for parking illegally outside an Atlanta restaurant last week — and a chance to hand a flier for his new movie to the guy who showed up to pry the boot off of his tire.


Dance Review | American Dance Masterpieces: Making a Case for Classics Uncovered or Rediscovered

You could argue long and hard about whether all or any of the four works presented as âAmerican Dance Masterpiecesâ really are masterpieces, and the argument would be interesting.


Americans stood in silence and world   leaders paid their respects on Monday five years after   hijackers crashed airliners into Washington and New York icons   of U.S. finance and government in the deadliest attack in U.S.   history.


Blair embarks on Middle East "Mission Impossible"

Tony Blair arrives in Jerusalem for his first visit as international envoy on Monday, hoping to help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed Palestine to Jews and Arabs who remain bitterly at odds.


Johnny Catherine, ex campione europeo e mondiale di boxe-savate Ã¨ stato ucciso a colpi di sciabola e di mazze da baseball nell`isola di Reunion, territorio d`oltremare francese. Catherine, 34 anni, Ã¨ stato


Update 11: EU Head Office Backs ECB Warning on Euro

The European Union's head office on Tuesday echoed comments by the European Central Bank chief, warning that "excessive volatility" of the euro's exchange rate against the US dollar could damage economic growth in Europe.


Company will exit the flat panel TV market.


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G.M. Buys Stake in Ethanol Made From Waste

Eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, G.M. has invested in a start-up bio-fuel producer,  Coskata, Inc.


Microsoft Q4 profit up slightly despite Xbox charge

Microsoft managed to earn a slight profit for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter despite a billion-dollar-plus charge related to expenses the company incurred to fix faulty Xbox360 consoles.


Medical schools prepare for "silver tsunami"

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.


Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands


Richard Davey's Blog: WAMP Guide updated for PHP 5.2.3

Richard Davey has a quick post noting the update of his WAMP Guide (a step-by-step method for installing Apache/MySQL/PHP on a Windows XP machine).   Just a short entry to let everyone (and the search engines) know that I've updated my comprehensive WAMP guide so it now covers PHP version 5.2.3. I always had a help file on how to upgrade to 5.2.3 at the end anyway, but now that 5.2.3 is officially released I updated the core guide to reflect this.   This tutorial is a "comprehensive guide to installing and running Apache 2.2.4 with PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.3 on Windows XP. It covers all of the steps in detail with lots of screen grabs so you can follow the process visually."


Susan Sontag, Intellectual and Author, Dies at 71

Susan Sontag, an intellectual and human rights activist who wrote on subjects as diverse as photography, philosophy and AIDS, died today in New York City.


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Thais to Perform First Live Sex Change Operation

Thai surgeons will perform the world's first live sex change operation on Friday in an attempt to boost the country's booming cosmetic surgery industry.


ARE, Sweden  - Saturday's opening super-G presents Bode Miller with the first test of a world championship campaign that could end in dazzling success or fizzle out in failure.


Secret CIA jails hosted by Poland, Romania: watchdog

A European investigator says he has proof Poland and Romania hosted secret CIA prisons under a post-9/11 pact to hunt down "high value" terrorist suspects wanted by the United States.


Think like a private equity investor, but think for yourself.


PREMIERSHIP football club Manchester United is facing the possibility of a fresh bid from US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer. The Old Trafford-based club said the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had indicated a "potential revision" to a previous proposal.


Sitting in his office Sunday, Pat Riley could hear joyful strains echoing from the Miami Heat locker room.


With Fresh Supplies Aboard, ISS Crew Looks Toward the New Year

Two astronauts circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are eagerly awaiting the start of 2005, which they expect to be a busy one for the orbital platform now that it has been restocked with supplies.


Strategies: The Crowd Is Restless, but Maybe Thatâs a Good Sign

The market timing theory known as contrarian analysis is based on the tendency of investors to be wrong about the stock marketâs direction.


Q&A with Polygamy Survivor Carolyn Jessop

A member of Warren Jeff's fundamentalist cult, Jessop talks about escaping a brutal life, what it was like being one wife of many, and why she stayed as long as she did


The nationâs service economy expanded at a faster-than-expected clip in June, a research group said Thursday.


CORRECTED: Russian pirate music download site to reopen

(Corrects name of IFPI representative to Pozhitkov from  Pozhitkin, makes clear Russian trial was initiated by Russian  state and was not civil case, paragraphs 12-14)


Tucker Leads Badgers Over Terps In Mad Town

Madison, WI -- Alando Tucker poured in a career-high 27 points to lead the 25th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 69-64 victory over No.


NEWPORT, R.I., June 28 -- President Bush openly anticipated the death of ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro today, picturing it as an opportunity to bring freedom to the Caribbean island after nearly a half century of iron-fisted rule by the fiery Communist leader.


Extricom's channel blanket wins friends Extricom has launched a quad-radio access point for its high-density wireless LAN systems.â¦


Nokia showcases its sat-nav system for pedestrians as the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona.


Selling high-wage Germany to outside investors isn't an easy job these days. Unless, curiously enough, the foreign business executives come from low-wage China.


CBS' "The Late Late Show  With Craig Ferguson" won a week against NBC's "Late Night With  Conan O'Brien" for the first time ever, but there's a catch.


Chappelle OK after brief hospitalization

Dave Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion, his publicist said Tuesday. The 33-year-old comedian checked into an emergency room on Saturday and was released a few hours later, publicist Carla Sims said.


"National Treasure" shines at crowded box office

Nicolas Cage topped the North American box office for the second time this year on Sunday with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," a sequel to the biggest movie of his career.


Making Rich Tales of Diaspora Take Flight

For Ronald K. Brown, the choreographer and dancer who formed Evidence Dance Company in 1985 at 19, evidence is a twin concept.


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Average gasoline price at $2.42/gallon: survey

Average U.S. retail gasoline prices  have fallen significantly in the past two weeks as crude  dropped by more than $5.00 a barrel and the summer driving  season came to an end, according to the nationwide Lundberg  survey.


Taxes designed to protect the environment would hit low income families the hardest, new research has found.


NEW YORK - The corporate tax legislation passed by the US Senate yesterday--billed as the most significant corporate tax legislation since 1986--adds roughly $137 billion in tax relief over ten years but is "paid for" by closing an export subsidy and by


Ford in talks to sell auto brands: report

Automaker Ford Motor Co.  is in  talks to sell some luxury-auto brands to an investment group  led by its former Chief Executive Officer Jacques Nasser,  Bloomberg news service reported on its Web site, citing four  people familiar with the discussions.


School Bus Overturns in Va. Ditch; 16 Hurt

A school bus rear-ended a car Monday, then overturned into a ditch, injuring 16 pupils, officials said.


The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs.


Boston College's 21-10 victory over Rutgers yesterday was the Eagles' sixth win, making them eligible for a bowl bid. It may even have put them in prime position for a New Year's Day game, even if they lose to West Virginia next week in Morgantown.


Portugal takes over the rotating EU presidency in a tenure likely to involve talks on Turkey's accession.


Customers are getting Botox shots in settings that are more salon than doctorâs office.


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Glasgow, 18:34 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: CELTIC-RANGERS 0-1

Nel terzo 'Old Firm' della stagione, i Rangers hanno battuto i Celtic 1-0 al Celtic Park nel postici...


Lesson 1: radioactive decay and you IBM plans to open a nuclear consultancy center in France to take advantage of the increased competition in a newly-opened European energy market.â¦


Putin visits site of school hostage crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a pre-dawn visit to pay his respects to the 250 dead and hundreds of wounded from a horrific battle between security forces and heavily-armed militants holding 1,000 hostages at a school.


Hollywood Actors Will Fight for DVD Residuals

Their sister unions might have abandoned the fight for higher DVD residuals, but Hollywood actors are pressing on, according to a negotiations preview sent to members of the Screen Actors Guild Tuesday.


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(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Scientists say a blood test could accurately measure the amount of potentially dangerous fat coating the body's organs.


When Steve Sinchak's new Intel network card became "really slow" after upgrading his Windows Vista PC with a pre-release version of Service Pack 1, he tried uninstalling its software driver and replacing it with a new one.But to his dismay, the Chicago-area technology author and blogger found himself "stuck in a loop" during the InstallShield-managed process -- unable to replace his sluggish older driver with a new, peppier one."It's messed up to the point where I may have to use brute force to uninstall the driver, or wipe my hard drive and reinstall Windows Vista completely," he said.Sinchak's is an example, admittedly an extreme one, of the driver problems that forced Microsoft to take the unusual step of holding SP1's availability to users until March even while announcing its release to manufacturing (RTM) on Monday.Not even the hundreds of thousands of people who have already been testing Vista SP1, nor the many Windows developers accustomed to being able to download software on Microsoft's MSDN or TechNet Web sites immediately after RTM, will be able to get SP1 for another 6-8 weeks.And if you are one of the unlucky Vista users using a driver known to break and need reinstallation after the upgrade to SP1, Windows Update will quarantine you from getting SP1 until the driver is fixed."We want all of our customers to have the same good experience," said Microsoft senior product manager, David Zipkin, in an interview Monday. "That's why we're erring on the side of caution."Cancel or allow or shut up already?Service Pack 1 remains the milestone by which many companies and consumers judge when a Microsoft product is truly bug-free and mature enough to deploy. Any delay in SP1 could have an adverse effect on Vista uptake, which has been generally strong -- more than 100 million copies shipped -- despite a lukewarm market response.Zipkin points out that most drivers, once re-installed after the SP1 upgrade, should work properly.That was the experience of several Computerworld readers.Zipkin blames hardware vendors for failing to strictly follow Redmond's instructions on how drivers should be installed."The issue is that the drivers were not written per the spec we have on MSDN to ensure successful updates," he said, a spec that "has been around since the XP days."Zipkin declined to elaborate or comment on Sinchak's case. And neither Intel nor Macrovision, maker of the InstallShield software, immediately responded to requests for comment.But some experts think that the problem must be related to under-the-hood changes in Vista SP1, especially those concerning security and user privileges, which can directly affect how applications and drivers are installed."Microsoft looks like they are monkeying around with a lot of lower-level stuff," said Paul Morris, a project manager at QualityLogic, a Moorpark, Calif. software and driver testing firm. "In my mind, you've got to treat SP1 as an entirely new OS."Vista's overhauled security model had two major changes. First, local users who were formerly granted administrator access by default are granted standard access in Vista. Second, a new feature called User Account Control, or UAC, prompts users to verify whenever a new application or driver is about to be installed.Both moves help to prevent viruses and malware from taking hold. But UAC has been criticized by some users for its overzealousness, though UAC pop-ups decrease dramatically after the first month, according to Redmond.Moreover, moving users to standard rather than administrator accounts wreaked havoc on many applications and drivers that depended on full administrator access to install or run properly.If SP1 makes even small changes to Vista's security model, that could cause drivers to break again, according to Ian Lao, an analyst at In-Stat. Why? For one, most vendors took the easier, less rigorous option of patching and modifying their drivers to make them Vista compatible, rather than "rewriting them from the ground-up," said Lao. That makes them more fragile.Moreover, many drivers, unlike applications, can't be completely shut down during an installation process. The upgraded software -- in this case Vista -- may not be able to properly update the drivers, he said. Thus, permissions may be lost during the SP1 upgrade, or resources moved to different locations.Of drivers and ass-kickingsDrivers were a major bane to Vista in its early months last year.Despite Microsoft's claim that more than 1.6 million peripherals worked with Vista at its launch, there were numerous complaints from early adopters, gamers and other power users about non-working devices."It definitely wasn't just a vocal minority that had a problem with drivers at Vista's launch," said Robert McLaws, a blogger who also tested SP1 but didn't face any driver issues.Indeed, driver issues had been on the wane. At its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) conference last May, Microsoft said that 1.9 million devices supported Vista.Microsoft has not updated that number since then. But it says that over 78,000 hardware products are now supported by Windows Update, up from 34,000 at launch.And 17,000 peripherals and devices (see list, IE 6+ required) have passed one of Microsoft's two rigorous certification programs: Certified for Windows Vista, which requires successful testing by a third party such as QualityLogic, and the more self-reported Works with Windows Vista program, which is more reliant on self-reporting."A lot of OEMs did not take the Vista launch seriously," McLaws said. "So Microsoft took their problem reports to vendors and kicked some ass."In a PowerPoint presentation distributed to media last month, Microsoft was confident enough to state "Many device and software problems behind us: Nearly all Windows Vista PCs have drivers for every single device installed, available on WU [Windows Update] or from vendor websites."But Microsoft may have relaxed too soon. Morris says none of vendors that came to QualityLogic for certification of their Vista drivers have returned seeking the same service for SP1."They may be hammering on them tooth and nail internally, but they're not asking us to touch it," he said.The result? Monday's delay.Gregg Keizer contributed to this story.


Chelsea facing rap over Old Trafford antics

Chelsea have vowed to fight a charge of failing to control their players over the fracas that erupted following the sending-off of Mikel John Obi during their 2-0 defeat by Manchester United on Sunday.


'Bad loser' Wenger under fire from angry Hiddink

FOR once, the angriest words of the night did not come from ArsÃ¨ne Wenger, despite two of his players being sent off. The Arsenal manager was unusually accepting of the refereeâs decisions, but the Frenchman


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Airfares have risen nearly 6 percent this holiday season as carriers take advantage of strong demand to recoup some of their higher fuel costs.


Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.


Forget the Fockers. Thursday night, it was all about The Barbra. Yes, as in Streisand, marking her return to the screen after an eight-year absence in the "Meet the Parents" sequel, which hits theaters Wednesday.


US to delay troop reduction in South Korea:

[World News] Seoul, Oct 6 : The United States will cut one-third of its troops in South Korea in phases by 2008, three years behind schedule, the South Korean defence ministry said Wednesday.


Hollywood steps up battles to squash web piracy

Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday stepped up their fight against internet piracy by pursuing lawsuits against people in the US and Europe who operate servers that relay


Cagliari, 18:25 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; COLOMBA: PAGATA CARA NOSTRA LEGGEREZZA

"C'è stato un errore nella gestione da parte nostra. Una leggerezza che ci è costata q...


By Andrew Hutchison, Donald Peters, Richard Fee, Mary Corkery, Peter Short. We, the undersigned leaders of Canadian churches and KAIROS, urge you to take a stand on the deteriorating situation in Darfur, where


Countrywide posts loss, stock soars on outlook

Countrywide Financial Corp  posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, but its shares soared after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it expects to be profitable in the fourth quarter and in 2008, and has weathered the worst of the housing downturn.


Q&A: Storm brewing over Starbucks disc surprises Moore

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In an interview published recently in Pitchfork, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore mentioned that the band needed to record a new song for a Starbucks compilation. Within minutes of his remarks hitting the Internet, chat rooms and the band's fan sites were awash in cries of "foul" and "sellouts."


Finnish goth-metallers THE 69 EYES were forced to cancel shows in Finland and Sweden after drummer Jussi 69 was rushed to the hospital in Porvoo and later taken by ambulance to Helsinki," according to a posting ...


Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars probe should never have been given the go-ahead by the European Space Agency, an official report claims.


California public health officials said Thursday they will conduct a statistical study of deaths from last summer's heat wave to determine whether the number of victims is higher than officially reported.


French TGV train hits truck, one dead: radio

A French high speed train hit a truck on  Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring many  passengers, French radio reported.


Chile's Pinochet facing human rights charges

A judge in Chile is once again trying to bring former dictator Augusto Pinochet to trial for humans rights abuses during his 1973-90 regime.


Al Qaida puo' dirsi vittoriosa, coinvolgere Iran e Siria


It's not like Kanye West needed an ego boost, but here it comes: Sales figures appear to confirm his "Graduation" album outsold 50 Cent's "Curtis" in the much-hyped rap sales showdown.


Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War

President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional calls for a rapid drawdown of U.S. forces.


WISELY restricting himself to kicking the ball rather than the opposition, Ruud van Nistelrooy last night scored four times, taking his team to the verge of the knockout phase of the Champions League.


. (antiTainment) Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones filed a lawsuit against a Reno strip club for unauthorized use of her image in the club's online promotions.


A senior lawyer with special security clearance resigns his post in protest at "odious" anti-terror laws.


Software company VirnetX filed suit against Microsoft Thursday, accusing the Redmond company of infringing on two of its patents regarding virtual private networking.


Racing pigeon owners are planning to make their birds less tasty in a bid to stop them being eaten by peregrine falcons, it was revealed today.


High Court to Hear Case for Autistic Boy

By MARK SHERMAN  WASHINGTON - Jeff and Sandee Winkelman don't have the money to pay for private schooling for their autistic son, let alone hire a lawyer to sue their public school district.


Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.


Coming to America: Beckhams arrive in L.A. to crush of photographers, fans

David Beckham and his pop star wife Victoria were met by a welter of fans and photographers at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday, the night before his introduction as a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy.


A 21-year-old Acehnese man is discovered out to sea two weeks after being swept away by the tsunami.


Found in the search marketing forums: Hiring a Full-Time SEO; Updated Google Webmaster Guidelines; The Three Most Effective SEO Techniques; and more.


Fed's Poole says he'll back rate cuts if warranted

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee  - St. Louis Federal   Reserve Bank President William Poole said on Friday that   inflation must be kept under wraps, but if both growth and   price pressures were sufficiently weak, he would back a   reduction in U.S. interest rates.


Ceremonies mark the end of mourning in the North Ossetian town of Beslan for victims of the school siege.


Man Utd host Roy Keane's Sunderland in Saturday's late Premier League game.


Sprint and Nextel Announce a $35 Billion Merger

While the combined company makes a formidable No.3 player in the wireless market, it may be hard pressed to match the firepower of its larger rivals.


Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.


News.com Extra: Tacky PC cases shame modders

Plus: Shuttle docks with space station. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


U.S. stocks were mostly flat on  Tuesday as record oil prices and economic data showing  slower-than-expected growth weighed on the markets.


Hong Kong ambiguous about China dissidents

For a couple of days around this time every year, thousands of Hong Kong residents demonstrate for more democracy in the territory and in China, and for Beijing to come clean on the Tiananmen massacre of 1989.


The Detroit area had the highest rate of US homes entering the repossession process in 2007, a survey suggests.


Bayern Munich comes from behind to draw Stuttgart

Munich, Germany (Sports Network) - Bayern Munich needed a second-half rally to draw with Stuttgart Saturday at the Olympic stadium, 2-2.


Ariane 5's auxiliary payloads are placed atop the launcher

Preparations for Arianespace Flight 165 marked another milestone this week as the mission's six auxiliary payloads were integrated on the Ariane 5 launcher.


Retired former judge Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss is set to take over the inquest into the death of Princess Diana.


Median price of homes seen falling: report

Forecasters expect the median price of U.S. homes to fall between 1 percent and 2 percent this year in what would be the first such decline since 1950, when federal agencies began tracking such statistics, the New York Times reported on Sunday.


Kerry Opens Three-Point Lead on Bush -Poll

Democratic challenger John Kerry  expanded his slight lead over President Bush to three points in  a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby  poll released on Monday.


Mexican drug gangs slug it out on YouTube

Blood-soaked videos fuel escalating violence Warning: graphic content A bloody war between rival Mexican drug gangs has spilled onto YouTube where two competing cartels "taunt each other with blood-soaked slideshows and films of their murder victims", Reuters reports.â¦


WASHINGTON - President Bush blistered Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as an apostle of "retreat in Iraq" and tax-and-spend liberalism at home...


World's Longest Underground River Discovered in Mexico, Divers Say

Divers have finished mapping a twisting subterranean waterway that winds through 95 miles (153 kilometers) of the Yucatán Peninsula's limestone caverns.


Axalto Unveils 3G Chip Made with Intel, Orange

French smartcard provider Axalto on Monday unveiled a new 3G chip made in partnership with Intel and Orange aimed at securing its leadership of the next generation mobile market.


President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono makes his victory speech, almost three weeks after the polls.


Mario and Luigi pound the anxiety out of surgery

Children gowned and waiting for surgery, many of them scared and crying, can be calmed better with hand-held video games than with sedatives, Newark researchers have found.


Democrats' ambitious plans to limit President Bush's war authority and force a change of course in Iraq are faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act.


VALLEY CITY, N.D.Grain farmer Allan Skogen is just the kind of efficient, market-savvy farmer Congress had in mind in 1996 when it sought to revolutionize U.S. agriculture by giving growers more freedom to decide what to plant while phasing out traditional subsidies.


T-Mobile's Sidekick line of cellphones has become a popular item among would-be thieves. And not everyone is happy about the police tactics being used to combat this crime surge.


U.S. Wants N.Korea Talks to Resume Very Quickly

The United States and South Korea agreed  on Wednesday to keep pushing North Korea to join some form of  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs before the end of the  year, Yonhap news agency reported.


VNU to cut 4,000 jobs, sell European unit to 3i

VNU , the world's largest market  research firm, plans to cut 4,000 jobs next year, or about 10  percent of its workforce, and has agreed to sell its European  business magazines to private equity firm 3i .


Kevin Bieksa and Jan Bulis scored 51 seconds apart midway through a four-goal first period, sparking the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Crews aboard the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station revived the third and final part of the station's prime computer network on Saturday and scoured the complex for the cause of the crash.


N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman has tried to offset low TV ratings by spearheading deals with YouTube.com and Google Video.


Rafael Nadal has repaid the faith shown in him by defeating Andy Roddick in four sets to hand Spain a 2-0 lead after the first day of the Davis Cup final in Seville.


The world's wealthiest investors will put more money into alternative investments, a report finds.


By COLLEEN LONG NEW YORK - Even amid the flashing lights and dizzying colors of Times Square, this is one tourist magnet that's hard to miss: a huge, glowing blue sign bearing the word "Restrooms" and an arrow pointing down.


If Roger Federer is to win a fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, he will have to do it the hard way after being handed a tough draw here.


Marvin Harrison is remaining with the Indianapolis Colts as Peyton Manning's primary target. Harrison agreed to a six-year, $66 million contract with the team yesterday that includes a $22 million signing bonus, according to a league source who requested anonymity.


Croatian Police Detain War Crime Suspects

Police briefly detained four men on suspicion that they helped a top Croatian war crime suspect flee, a police official said Friday.


Way back in June I suggested you hold off on buying a new PC until systems with PCI Express shipped. The new technology has the potential to dramatically improve performance because it replaces the pokey old


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


Pakistan stutter late on before beating England at the Rose Bowl thanks to Younis Khan's century.


PHUKET, Thailand  - A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official said.


Al-Qaeda urges non-Muslims - especially in the US - to convert to Islam, according to a new videotape.


Oracle yesterday announced the result of a joint venture with strategic partners to validate and extend its to grid computing vision with best-practice standards.


Report Assails Harvard's Links with Nazis

Collegial relations between Harvard University and the Nazis in the 1930s were a "shameful" episode that helped give a favorable picture of the regime in the United States, according to a report released on Sunday.


Technology stocks gained on Tuesday, helped by a flurry of takeover news involving companies such as Avaya Inc.  and optimism about prospects for bellwethers such as IBM


A political row has broken out in Australia over election campaign suggestions that Australia would consider a "pre-emptive strike" against terrorist operations in neighboring countries.


In a Corrupt World Where the Violent Bear It Away

The films of Richard Fleischer are those of an unself-conscious American realist.


Cleric in Najaf Refuses to Meet Iraqi Mediators

The delegation hoped to convince Moktada al- Sadr to disarm his militia, to leave the shrine and to join the political process.


The announcement that nearly 80 Muslims have died in police custody in southern Thailand will escalate tensions in a region already blighted by violence.


White House calls Clinton-era N Korea pact 'failed policy'

WASHINGTON - The administration of President George W Bush on Monday criticized the 1994 nuclear deal with North Korea that the United States made under President Bill Clinton, calling it a "failed policy.


NY Times says discount for Petraeus ad was mistake

The New York Times said on Sunday it  made a mistake in charging a discounted rate for printing a  political ad that attacked the top U.S. general in Iraq,  angering Republicans and drawing charges the newspaper is  politically biased.


November Sales Show Mixed Results for Retailers

Consumers flocked to department stores but largely shopped right past specialty clothing retailers.


It's only taken me three and half decades to realize North Dakota is kind of a "'tweener" state. It's not a derogatory term but used to describe North Dakota as not necessarily associated with East or West.


DR Congo President Joseph Kabila embarks on his first trip to the volatile east of the country.


IBM and AMD partnership extended through 2008

AMD and IBM have extended their CPU technology agreement through the end of 2008. Originally signed in December 2002, the alliance was originally slated to wind up at the end of 2005.


'Spyware' endangers industry, Dell fears

The explosive growth of 'spyware' has become a ''very alarming trend'' that could scare away computer users and undermine the industry, said Michael George, general manager of Dell Inc.


U.S. arrests Chinese-Mexican suspected meth king

The United States arrested on Monday a Mexican laboratory owner accused of helping make huge quantities of crystal meth, four months after police found $206 million cash in his Mexico City mansion.


Official says three Lebanese shot dead in Baghdad

Three Lebanese were shot dead and a fourth was wounded in Baghdad on Friday, said Lebanon's foreign minister, who urged Iraqi authorities to protect foreigners working in the country.


Female passenger grappled with controls during mid-air hijacking attempt over New Zealand


Indonesia Under Imminent Terrorist Bomb Threat, Australia Says

Australia says it has discovered evidence that terrorists plan an imminent attack on Western targets in Indonesia. The Australian government has warned its nationals to stay away from places frequented by Westerners.


Property firm British Land sees its nine-month profit rise 12%, following a new low-tax structure.


Israel Willing to Coordinate Gaza Pullout

Israel on Monday offered its first indication it was reassessing relations with the Palestinians after Yasser Arafat's death, suggesting it might coordinate a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian Authority cracks down on militant


Nato is to expand its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan with more troops being sent to western regions.


The organiser of the Glastonbury Festival calls in police to investigate suspected fake tickets.


[World News]: Washington, Dec 4 : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been asked by President George W. Bush to continue as chief of the Pentagon in his second term, and he has agreed.


Concentrations of water vapor and methane gas in certain regions of the red planet strengthen speculation that Mars could be a haven for microbial life.


Diamondbacks and Yankees close to a deal for Johnson

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Yankees were close to a deal Thursday that would send Randy Johnson to New York, with the teams still trying to finalize details of the trade.


A devastating explosion in the volatile northwest Iraqi city of Mosul tore through the dining tent of a US military base at lunchtime Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 60.


The man who derailed Mike Tyson's comeback will get a shot at the heavyweight title. British fighter Danny Williams, who stopped Tyson in the fourth round on July 30 in Louisville, will fight WBC champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine on Dec.


EU targets Iran nuclear expansion at IAEA meeting

The European Union plans to tell a U.N. nuclear meeting that Iran's expansion of efforts to enrich uranium, a possible path to atom bombs, is deplorable but a negotiated solution remains possible.


OIL prices retreated in New York and rose marginally in London today as worries about the impact of Hurricane Frances subsided. New York's reference contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, tumbled


Fitch: Hurricane Charley the third worst insurance loss in US history

Fitch Ratings believes that even if the damage caused by Hurricane Charley -- estimated as a $5 billion to $10 billion insurance loss -- comes in at the low end of the estimates, it will rank the storm as the third largest insured US hurricane loss in ...


First Minister Rhodri Morgan tells BBC Wales he is concentrating on a deal with Plaid, but his door is open to the Lib Dems.


Scott Peterson Found Guilty, May Get Death Penalty

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - After a high-profile  trial, California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson was found  guilty on Friday of the first-degree murder of his wife on a  charge that could bring the death penalty.


U.S. military staff missing in Kyrgyzstan

An American citizen working at a U.S.   military airbase in the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan has   gone missing, the U.S. embassy said on Wednesday.


James DeAngelis, Last of Yaleâs Ironmen, Dies at 97

Mr. DeAngelis was the son of immigrants who became a Yale football celebrity and who was the last survivor of its famed 1934 lineup of âIronmen.â


U.S. urges China to speed up economic reforms

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson   urged China on Wednesday to speed up reforms of its economy and   said the booming country would be the biggest beneficiary of   opening its capital markets to foreign investment.


Competition Aims To Take Bite Out Of iPod's Business

The players are all about convenience and size. They are like carrying around hundreds of CDs without the load. The iPod dominates the MP3 scene, but new competitors hope to take a bite out of Apple's business.


Bouncers fly as Fletcher talks a good game

If England's bowlers summon up as many bouncers in tomorrow's Champions Trophy final as did their coach Duncan Fletcher yesterday, then Brian Lara can expect another torrid time.


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Iran wants to brief powers on atomic plans: TV

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief the U.N. Security Council about his country's civilian nuclear plans, which the West says is a covert attempt to make bombs, state media reported on Sunday.


Presidential Second Terms Can Be Painful

An upbeat President Bush set forth an aggressive agenda for the next four years, but he also must deal with the realities his predecessors faced — second terms tend to be disappointments, often marred by scandals, infighting and lackluster performances.


Police say an incident in which a car was driven at Glasgow Airport terminal is being linked to attacks in London.


Oprah's former school matron abuse case postponed

A South African court on Thursday  postponed the case against a former dormitory matron charged  with abusing students at U.S talk show host Oprah Winfrey's  girls' academy.


A new city law designed to prevent violence at cybercafes quietly took effect Saturday, but authorities had no inspections planned to check for compliance with the tighter rules.


Oil prices fall after producers' cartel Opec agrees to keep output steady at a meeting in Abu Dhabi.


Election officials confirm that Montenegro's PM Milo Djukanovic won Sunday's general election.


The '3:10 to Yuma' is a ride worth taking

Russell Crowe and Christian Bale square off in an updated Western full of familiar tropes, now on DVD.


BofA writedown latest blow for US financials

Wall Street stocks were mixed yesterday, having pared early losses, after a big fall in profits at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) added to woes in the financial sector and weighed on investor confidence.


P-to-P partner charges RIAA with patent infringement

NEW YORK - The litigious Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is involved in another legal dispute with a P-to-P (peer-to-peer) technology maker, but this time, the RIAA is on defense. Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the RIAA and several of its partners of infringing an Altnet patent covering technology for identifying requested files on a P-to-P network.


The Sex May Be Bad But It's Ironic, Says Tom Wolfe

Novelist and social critic Tom Wolfe admits some of the sex scenes in his new book "I am Charlotte Simmons" are tasteless but he didn't expect to win a prize for the worst sex in fiction.


Spending hours staring at a computer screen may raise the risk of glaucoma, a progressive eye disease that can lead to blindness, scientists believe.


FRESNO, Calif. -- A former basketball coach at Fresno State says she'll accept a $6.6 million judgment in a high-profile gender discrimination case she filed against the school.


Chinese President Hu Jintao and trade leaders agreed to an array of business deals with Cuba Tuesday as the two communist nations worked to strengthen their economic ties.


President Bush isn't the only lame duck in our nation's capital. All 435 Congressmen are up for re-election next year, and so are 34 of our senators. That's a total of 469 lame ducks, the way I see it.


Chicago Tribune - After five months of wrangling over power and money, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a sweeping reorganization of the nation's intelligence-gathering practices, leaving it to the Senate to give final passage to a set of reforms designed to significantly change the way U.S. spy agencies detect and track the nation's enemies.


SBC Communications  may shed more than 10,000 jobs from its workforce through the end of 2005 using attrition and involuntary cuts, the company said in a filing with U.S. market regulators on Friday.


The British and Irish governments called for the immediate release of Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq, with London saying the videotape showing her crying was "extremely distressing".


Mauresmo, Sharapova set to open up in LA

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo of France and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia will see their first action of the week Thursday night at the $3 million WTA Tour Championships.


Juice could help stave off Alzheimer's: study

Drinking fruit or vegetable juice several times a week could help protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to a study.


Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers reached agreement Friday on a five-year contract with Justin Verlander, the second overall selection in the 2004 amateur draft, one week after the club announced it had given up on attempting to sign the


French industrial output soared in September as the car sector bounced back from a summer slowdown, figures show.


The leading Democratic candidates capped months of expensive advertising Wednesday with evening news appeals to Iowa voters as Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton focused on change and John Edwards relied on a laid-off worker to make his case.


A lot of this situation still is new for Auld

Alex Auld's new black leg pads may squeak and groan while he's breaking them in, but the Bruins' newest goalie doesn't mind the noise a bit.


New York State, New York City sue Merck over Vioxx

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday filed suit against Merck & Co. Inc., claiming the drugmaker concealed the withdrawn arthritis treatment's risks, the Attorney General's office said.


Microsoft, which recommended immediate updates, said the newly discovered vulnerability could allow remote code execution of code thanks to a buffer-overrun vulnerability in the processing of JPEG image formats.


Police Surprised So Many Survive British Rail Crash

British police voiced astonishment on Sunday that so many people survived a high-speed crash of a 300-passenger train that rammed into a car at a rail crossing, killing six people.


Everton close in on a place in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup with victory against SK Brann in Norway.


Jada Pinkett Smith donated $1 million to the high school from which she graduated and asked that a theater there be dedicated to one of her classmates, Tupac Shakur.


Four people have been killed at a concert by US heavy metal band Damageplan, which was formed by ex-members of rock legends Pantera.


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US Submits Modified UN Resolution on Sudan Sanctions

The United States has resubmitted a draft UN Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Sudan's oil industry. The re-write is designed to win broader backing for the measure, which drew strong opposition when it was circulated last week.


Scores of Iraqi civilians and police officers were killed in Baghdad Friday in separate attacks on police stations and a mosque. Senior government officials say the attacks are intended to weaken security and ignite a civil war.


China looking to Latin America for resources during Hu trip

President Hu Jintao embarks on a four-nation Latin American tour aimed at expanding China's growing economic clout into the resource rich region, while reiterating its political rise at the APEC summit in Chile.


Gunmen Seize Two Americans and Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a  Briton from a house in an affluent central Baghdad neighborhood  Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of  abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


'High School Musical' destined for stage

Sing out Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay and Ryan. Even before "High School Musical" became the celluloid Holy Grail of entertainment for adolescent girls everywhere, the idea of a stage version was being contemplated by the folks at Disney.


U.N.'s Pinheiro vows to go where he wants in Myanmar

The United Nations expert on human rights in Myanmar vowed on Wednesday he would not be constrained by the military junta when he visits the country next month to report on the recent crisis.


Phillip Merrick, founder and former chief executive of Washington technology company WebMethods, is launching a new venture today that tries to apply the powers of Web 2.0 to job hunting.


SCO hopes selling Unix will raise $36 million

The SCO Group plans to sell its Unix assets--but not its big Linux lawsuits--to York Capital Management for up to $36 million.


Plane makes emergency landing in Chicago

A Delta Airlines flight from New York to Seattle made an emergency landing in Chicago late Friday after the pilot reported smoke in the plane's cabin, an airline spokesman said.


Turkey OK Would Likely Come With Strings

BRUSSELS, Belgium Oct. 5, 2004 - The European Union head office will likely push for stringent and long-term conditions to membership for Turkey as part of its expected approval on Wednesday to start entry


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Donovan McNabb threw three of his four touchdown passes to Terrell Owens as the Philadelphia Eagles pasted the Dallas Cowboys 49-21 victory at Texas Stadium on Monday.


Three days after the  controversial finale of "The Sopranos," the two creators of  "Lost" on Wednesday promised that their hit ABC drama would not  conclude in similarly murky fashion.


Hindu hardliners see red as Indian couples fete Valentine's Day

Couples celebrated Valentine's Day in India with flowers, chocolates and gifts, defying sharp disapproval from hardline Hindus of the traditional event for lovers worldwide.


Roma, 10:26 - CALCIO, PAGNOZZI: STADI A NORMA O CLUB NON AMMESSI A CAMPIONATI

''Nel prossimo campionato ci potrebbero essere squadre non ammesse se non in regola con gli stadi, a...


Russian police to visit Britain in poison spy case

Russian detectives are to be allowed to come to Britain as part of their investigation into the radiation poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, according to The Observer newspaper.


Murders of French nurses spark security demands

President Jacques Chirac demanded improved hospital security on Monday after a psychiatric nurse was beheaded and another stabbed to death in an attack that has shocked and revolted France.


Somalian Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi survived a suicide vehicle bomb blast that heavily damaged his home Sunday, his spokesman said.


Britain wants UN to set Khartoum clear targets over Darfur

LONDON : Britain wants the UN Security Council to set clear benchmarks for assessing Sudan's efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in its war-torn Darfur region, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.


PM launches health plan to aid world's poor

An international health partnership aimed at directing medical assistance more effectively to some of the world's poorest countries will be launched by Gordon Brown today.


UN Reports More Women At Risk of Aids Infection

HIV/Aids is fast acquiring a feminine face in African countries like Kenya, as biological vulnerability, poverty and sexual violence join to raise infection rates for young women and girls, a report from UNAids has warned.


U.S. Army researchers say cutting-edge energy technologies are integral to meeting the needs of today's soldiers.


Wake, Sox lose way: Stumble to 7-1 setback in Seattle

For 25 days, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] made up so much ground on the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] in the American League East race at such a rapid pace that it almost appeared


Pakistani officials lower the death toll in the massive train derailment in the south of the country on Wednesday.


Nobel winner says spend on women, not bombs

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said on Saturday nations with nuclear capabilities should spend money to stop exploitation of women instead of making bombs.


BOSTON All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria tells The Boston Globe that he's agreed to a 40 (m) million-dollar, four-year contract with the Red Sox.


U.N. official warns of militarized Darfur camps

Camps teeming with frustrated refugees in Sudan's Darfur region have become militarized and present a danger that cannot be ignored, a U.N. official was quoted as saying on Thursday.


Microsoft to help users prep for patching

NOVEMBER 04, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today.


Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks by phone over the weekend to repair relations.


Web business strategy focus of Microsoft meeting

Microsoft Corp  has showed  early signs of narrowing the gap with Google Inc  in  its Web business, leading Wall Street to ask whether the  world's biggest software company may be able to turn an  overlooked unit into a financial powerhouse.


"Prison Break" actor charged in fatal L.A. crash

Actor Lane Garrison, who played an  inmate on the hit TV show "Prison Break," was charged on  Thursday with vehicular manslaughter in a car crash that killed  a 17-year-old boy and injured two girls.


Trooper dies, students wounded in Pakistan mosque raid

A Pakistani paramilitary trooper was shot dead and seven students were wounded during clashes at a mosque run by a Taliban-style movement in Islamabad on Tuesday.


U.S. warns citizens in Indonesia on threat from cats

The U.S. embassy warned its citizens in Indonesia on Wednesday that the country's wild and stray cats may carry the deadly bird flu virus and should be avoided and that care needed to be taken with pet cats.


Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson on Saturday said a portion of college loans should be forgiven if graduates complete a year of national service.


Gambia sent 196 troops to Darfur on Monday to help monitor a shaky ceasefire between Sudanese government forces and rebels in the troubled Darfur region, the Ministry of Defence said.


Roma, 22:11 - CALCIO, PADRE RONALDO: BELLO RICEVERE TELEFONATA MORATTI

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PluggedIn: Hackers control PCs while users unaware

A few weeks ago Candace Locklear's  office computer quietly started sending out dozens of instant  messages with photos attached that were infected with malicious  software.


Many elderly and disabled Americans participating in the Medicare drug benefit next year will have more plans to choose from as the number of companies offering coverage nationwide jumps to 17.


The upper house of Pakistan's parliament approves a bill amending an Islamic law on rape and adultery.


In the face of growing competition from Linux, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered a four-page memo to customers on Wednesday outlining the economic and security advantages Windows has over Linux, the potential dangers of open source involving indemnification, and the intent to aggressively convince Unix shops to migrate to Windows.


His third problem, outside of losing 12 games in two and a half seasons, could be a bit more complicated. These are not tranquil times for the third-year Florida coach.


Acton-Boxboro's girls' soccer team didn't wait long to set the tone. Less than two minutes into its 3-0 upset of No. 2 Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday, sophomore Natalie Crutchfield controlled a cross from Caitlin Berry and found the back of the net.


Anger Rises as Does Toll in Remote Indian Islands

PORT BLAIR, India  - Tempers flared over the  sluggish pace of relief efforts in India's remote and  restricted Andamans and Nicobars on Sunday as hundreds of  bodies lay scattered around the islands a week after the  tsunami struck.


E*Trade Financial Corp. , an online bank and brokerage, on Monday said its third-quarter profit rose as lower expenses offset a drop in net revenue.


Hand-held computer and scanner maker Symbol Technologies Inc. and wireless network equipment maker Proxim Corp. settled their patent dispute, the companies said Tuesday.


Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Film Review

A Series of Unfortunate Events is fortunately fantastic, a phrase which here means, wickedly imaginative and cinematically spectacular.


Cannabis should be reclassified from Class C to Class B, senior police officers will tell government advisers.


Britain's Prince William turned 25 Thursday, giving him access to a reported £250,000 ($500,000) a year of his late mother Princess Diana's multi-million pound fortune.


Doctors often prescribe depression drugs for back pain, but a review found no evidence to support the practice.


Novell Inc. plans to seek out more deals similar to its recent marketing and licensing pact with Microsoft Corp. as the company embraces partnerships and moves away from selling its open-source software directly to small and medium-sized companies.


The Santy worm, which originally flared up a week ago as bulletin board Web sites found their pages erased and defaced by the worm's own text, has begun to spread using both Google and other search engines.


Spills apart, India hold edge in thriller

The Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday was like a cauldron in which about 40,000 people were sweating profusely but their eyes were still glued to the ground.


Wolfe left longtime publisher over money

Roger Straus, the late founder and longtime leader of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, regarded his company as a family and liked to boast that "We publish authors, not books."


Swede Chopra holds nerve to claim maiden Tour win

Swede Daniel Chopra held his nerve to win his maiden PGA Tour title by a stroke at the weather-delayed Ginn sur Mer Classic in Port St. Lucie, Florida on Monday.


Seven UK Soldiers Face Iraq Murder Charges: Report

Up to seven British soldiers are to be charged with the murder of an Iraqi civilian near a checkpoint in southern Iraq, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Thursday.


Services and businesses are boosting tech spending with network equipment purchases, researchers say.


"Simpsons Movie" keeps tie-in partners to select few

Just like the irreverent  Bart and Homer Simpson, 20th Century Fox's promotional program  for "The Simpsons Movie" seems to break all the rules.


Australia suspects found with videos of beheadings

Videos of Muslim extremists beheading  hostages were found in the home of the spiritual leader of 12  Muslims on trial for planning violent jihad to force Australia  to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the prosecutor said.


Quick Step rider Cedric Vasseur wins the 10th stage of the Tour de France.


Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday offered a dozen proposals for reform on issues from energy to education, echoing standard political promises and providing few specifics.


HP shares down 5 percent as scandal deepens

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N   fell as much as 5 percent on Thursday after a newspaper report   indicated that Chief Executive Mark Hurd may be linked to a   controversial internal investigation of boardroom media leaks.


Tevez representative accuses West Ham of failed promises

Kia Joorabchian, the Iranian businessman who is trying to negotiate Carlos Tevez's move to Manchester United, has accused his existing club West Ham of making misleading statements over the complex deal.


Windows CE Snatches Handheld OS Crown from Palm

Microsoft appears to have won the battle to dominate the enterprise market segment for PDA and mobile OS makers, which is expected to show continued modest growth.


Hurricanes Damaged Florida Polling Places

The hurricanes that struck Florida this year left polling places in shambles and displaced thousands of voters, but election officials say they are taking steps to allow everyone the opportunity to cast a ballot Nov. 2.


Born into slavery, Henry Vinton Plummer served honorably in the Union Navy during the Civil War, went on to attend seminary, then became the Army's first black chaplain. But Plummer's stellar career went bad in 1894: While chaplain, he was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged for drinking with an enlisted man and cursing in front of the man's wife and children.


Sure, there are more brands than ever. But their value is plummeting as consumer loyalty evaporates. Who's to blame? A new breed of hyperinformed superconsumers. By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine.


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Diverted London Airliner Given All-Clear

A police search concluded there was no threat to a New York-bound Greek airliner forced to make an emergency landing in Britain following a bomb threat that mentioned Iraq, officers said Monday.


Vodafone put off by Apple's demand for big iPhone slice

Business & money: Apple is understood to be demanding a significant proportion of revenues generated by the iPhone and restrictions on content that users can access.


Jack McClinton had 22 points and Anthony Harris added 21 to help Miami beat No. 21 Georgia Tech 90-82 Sunday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both schools.


Gates to discuss Afghan master plan with allies

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Thursday for talks with allies on a three- to five-year master plan for a NATO-led force in Afghanistan, a senior US defense official said.


Former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates completes his takeover of Leeds United.


Ryanair in row over German route closure

Irish low-cost carrier, Ryanair, may face a dispute with German authorities over its decision to close its Stansted to Erfurt route.


The family of a man who murdered his wife have been found guilty of allowing her death.


Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is given three years probation after pleading no contest to an assault charge.


Atlas Copco Acquires UK Equipment Rental Company Kolfor Plant Ltd

The Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco said on Friday (1 October) that its subsidiary Atlas Copco UK Holdings Ltd had acquired the United Kingdom equipment rental company Kolfor Plant Ltd.


IBM, Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. on Monday unveiled some key details on the powerful new "Cell" processor the three are jointly producing to run next-generation computers, game consoles and TVs.


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The Russian Government is going ahead with the sale of a large part of oil giant Yukos in order to recover an $18 billion tax debt.


The FTC has banned well-known TV infomercial host Kevin Trudeau from peddling a myriad of health care products claiming to cure everything from old age to lupus, the first such prohibition ever imposed by the agency.


Trasmissione dopo chiusura in scena all'Ambra Jovinelli


The world's largest mining group, BHP  Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for  aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an  investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on  Monday.


Pro Scouts Go Diamond Mining At Los Angeles-Area Powerhouse

If all goes as projected, Mike Moustakas and Matt Dominguez will both be drafted in the first round Thursday, making Chatsworth High School the official capital of prep baseball.


New York, 09:36 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte:   Phil...


e did not expect President Bush to come before the United Nations in the middle of his re-election campaign and acknowledge the serious mistakes his administration has made on Iraq.


Sony's PlayStation 3 continues to fall further behind in Japan, data from Japanese gaming magazine publisher Enterbrain indicates. In June, the Nintendo Wii outsold the console by a six-to-one margin.


The son of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West is jailed for having sex with a fourteen-year-old girl.


Tough Tactics Used Often at Guantanamo: NY Times

Uncooperative Guantanamo Bay detainees were regularly subjected to highly abusive treatment over a long period of time, unidentified guards at the U.S. military base, intelligence agents and others who worked in the prison told The New York Times.


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The "cool judge" dishes on his favorite Idol, why they allow so many untalented singers to  audition and what he thinks of Jennifer Hudson


Florida is one win away from a three-peat at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Corey Brewer scored 22 points, Lee Humphrey added 17 and the sixth-ranked Gators put on another dominating display to beat Mississippi 80-59 in the SEC semifinals Saturday.


NBA to dump new ball for old leather version

The National Basketball Association will return to using leather balls rather than the microfiber composite version that brought numerous complaints from players, ESPN reported.


Cautious European Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged

Citing new economic uncertainties, the bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent, shifting course from a month ago when it signaled it would raise the rate.


Arafat Says Palestinians Made 'Mistakes'

In a rare admission, Yasser Arafat suggested Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership has made "mistakes" and promised to correct them.