Foreign donors pledge $7.6bn to help rebuild Lebanon, as clashes in Beirut leave two people dead, reports say.


Consumers demand the best on their phones. Here's what they can expect.


'Second Life' takes tough stance on taboos

Blog: Second Life citizens object to new rules banning certain sexual and violent behaviors.


Yahoo, Adobe team up for new web services

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Stepping up the heated battle of online search and services, Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have joined forces to tap each others' customers and put Web search features into Adobe's popular Acrobat Reader software.


A woman arrested in connection with the alleged London and Glasgow car bomb plots has been released without charge.


Advertising: Shades of Youth: Can You See Me Now?

A campaign for sunglasses carries a theme â âNever hideâ â that seems counterintuitive when you consider the product.


Mike Mussina is the resident graybeard in the Yankees locker room. As pitchers and catchers reported to camp Thursday, Mussina, 39, was the first to be asked how Andy Pettitte will deal with the ramifications of telling Congress Roger Clemens used HGH. Pettitte plans to report to camp Monday.


Royal trip? Cannabis plants found in Norwegian palace park

A number of cannabis plants have been found, and destroyed, in the park surrounding the Norwegian royal palace which is home to King Harald and Queen Sonja, official sources said.


Arafat Has Liver Failure, Palestinian Official Says

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has liver failure and his condition is not improving, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.


Myanmar generals face biggest protests in 20 yrs

Tens of thousands of people joined streams of Buddhist monks on marches through Yangon on Monday in the biggest demonstration against Myanmar's ruling generals since they crushed student-led protests 20 years ago.


Alitalia Signs Agreement With Government

Italian carrier Alitalia signed an agreement Wednesday with the government and labor unions over layoffs at the airline, the final hurdle in long negotiations for ensuring the company's survival.


IndyMac to hire up to 850 ex-American Home workers

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


Oil prices slipped on Thursday,  holding most of the previous day's gains after car bombs in  Riyadh rekindled fears over Middle East supply security, one  factor behind a rally that pushed the average U.S. crude price  34 percent higher this year.


The U.N. Security Council expressed great concern at targeted assassinations in Lebanon and elsewhere on Thursday, the anniversary of the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister and the day of the funeral of an assassinated Hezbollah leader.


Scottish dairy firm Robert Wiseman is in talks about selling a 15% stake in the company to farmers' co-operative First Milk. The firm said the price of any deal is expected to be 250 pence per share, a 10% premium on Friday's closing price.


The high-definition documentary on the National Geographic Channel, examines the dawn of the modern living room war.


Police find radiation in sushi bar linked to spy

Police investigating the death of a former Russian spy from suspected radiation poisoning have found levels of radiation in a London sushi bar where he ate just before he became sick, health officials said on Friday.


The UN agrees to send 5,900 more  peacekeepers to DR Congo - less than half requested by Kofi Annan.


British soldiers dismissed over Iraq gun-running scam

Three British soldiers have been jailed and thrown out of the army after admitting a plot to smuggle guns out of Iraq to sell them for cash in Germany, a spokesman has said.


Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal may play in the playoffs despite a probation violation on a drunken-driving charge. For the rest of the season, Furcal must remain in home confinement.


MODENA, Italy  - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.


Lawmaker Laments 'Arrival Of Jihad' In Netherlands

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch officials are promising tougher measures against Islamic radicals, as one lawmaker laments the arrival of "jihad" in the Netherlands.


NASA: Genesis' Broken Capsule Holds Good Science

After peering inside NASA's broken Genesis capsule with flashlights and mirrors, scientists said on Friday the craft's unexpected crash landing left solar material


Recommended Hubble Repair Mission Gets Measured Response from Congress

WASHINGTON -- The announcement Wednesday by the National Academy of  Sciences that NASA scrap its plan to robotically repair the Hubble Space  Telescope and instead plan a manned shuttle mission for the endeavor was met by  by congressional leaders with both support and  reservations.


French engineering giant Alstom, creator of the high-speed TGV train, unveiled Tuesday a new-generation, super-fast prototype: quicker, cleaner, bigger -- and tailored specially for export.


Israel threatens to topple Gaza's Hamas rulers

Israel threatened to use force to topple the Gaza Strip's Hamas leaders on Monday following a surge of cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.


YEARS of clinical trials had yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that caused colon and cervical cancer, US researchers said today.


GrandCentral Wins a CNET "Webware 100" Award for Communications

GrandCentral Communications today announced that its next-generation personal communications service has received one of the "Webware 100" awards for Communications by CNET Webware.


The U.S. Embassy issued a strong warning Wednesday to Americans considering a visit to Kenya, saying violent crime was increasing and that Kenyan authorities have limited capacity to prevent it.


The "war on terror" has led to new patterns of disappearances in South Asia, rights group Amnesty says.


Study: Monkeys 'pay' for sex by grooming

Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. "In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all," Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said in a telephone interview Saturday.


Report: Retailer could terminate as many as 1,200 positions stemming from stores sold to Home Depot.


Brinkhorst sollecita un nuovo modello sociale per l'UE

Solo lavorando di piÃ¹ e orientandosi verso il modello sociale statunitense l'Europa puÃ² sperare di raggiungere gli obiettivi di Lisbona, ha dichiarato Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, ministro olandese dell'Economia, nel corso di una riunione tenuta a Bruxelles


Records Contradict Kerry Critic's Charges -Report

Military records contradict a  critic's charge that U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful John  Kerry did not come under fire during the battle that resulted  in military honors for Kerry, The Washington Post reported on  Thursday.


Tribunale svizzero respinge tesi della svizzera Jackson


Taser gun with music player holster unveiled at Las Vegas electronics show


Driving children to school is not to blame for falling levels of exercise in young children, say researchers.


NEW YORK - Vice President Dick Cheney was stepping Wednesday up to denounce Democrat John Kerry's "confusion of conviction" after President Bush formally won the Republican nomination for a second term in a carefully choreographed GOP convention roll call.    Tuesday night, before a roaring audience of delegates, Bush was lauded by his wife, Laura, and California Gov...


Laptop Computers Creating A Generation Of Infertile Men?

Could it be possible, will laptop computers be responsible for a generation of infertile men? It may sound far-fetched, but if the latest results from a new study prove to be true, it just might become a reality.


No. 13 Vanderbilt Routs St. Francis 102-47

Vanderbilt's Dee Davis (10) pulls down a rebound over Saint Francis of Pennsylvania's Beth Swink (52) during the second half in Nashville, Tenn.


A faction of the Thai military led by the army chief says it has overthrown Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.


Bush & Co. are pitching self-sufficiency, urging voters to take control of health-care and Social Security decisions. Like the embattled hero of one of those old Ronald Reagan movies, George W. Bush is a lonely man with a tough road ahead.


Iniezione letale per assassino a San Quentino in California


When Bennett King takes up the post as West Indies head coach in mid-November, he will have a familiar face as his full-time assistant: Australian academy senior coach David Moore.


Identifying the Singleton, No Computer Needed

Today we are all accustomed to computers generating deals and scoring duplicates.


A CAMPAIGN to restore a church's boundary walls has been bolstered with a donation from freemasons. The Worcestershire-based Mark Masons handed over a cheque for pounds 250 to the Church of St James the Great in Shirley, which is trying to raise funds for the essential repairs to be made.


The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) bans all commercial sales of the rare Asian Irrawaddy dolphin.


At least 66 killed in India-Pakistan train blast

DEEWANA, India  - Two bombs exploded aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, sparking a fire that killed at least 66 passengers on Monday, an apparent attempt to derail a peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.


Online gaming firms look east after U.S. ban

Britain's online gambling firms switched   their sights away from the United States to look for new growth   areas on Tuesday after the U.S. Congress passed legislation to   end Internet gaming in their biggest market.


Egypt's MPs are set to pass a law requiring royalties to be paid when copies are made of ancient treasures.


Naked pics of Liz Hurley make Hugh Grant refuse movie role

British hunk Hugh Grant has refused to portray the character of a young reporter in a new movie because of bad blood between him and the original book's author over Liz Hurley.


CBS's bad reporting betrays public trust

"This story is true. The questions we raised about then-Lieutenant Bush's National Guard service are serious and legitimate," he told the Dallas Morning News Sept.


Whether mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae FNM.N will have to restate its earnings as a  result of accounting problems cited by regulators will be up to  the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider, a company  executive said on Tuesday.


Headlines this morning screamed that Akshay Kumar is on the verge of a split with his wife Twinkle.


Kosovo MPs back a coalition government led by Hashim Thaci, who is pushing for independence from Serbia.


Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi began his first official trip to Spain Saturday with a private visit to a luxury country resort hotel after arriving from France where he sealed business deals worth billions of dollars.


As it has three times, the Justice Department today is scheduled to ask a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Hungarian Holocaust survivors whom the US Army robbed after troops freed them from Nazi death camps.


UPDATE 1-Silvestre steals the show in Man Utd win

All eyes were on Rio Ferdinand as he returned after an eight-match ban on Monday but it was his central defensive partner Mikael Silvestre who stole the show with both goals in Manchester United's 2-1 win over Liverpool.


The laptop of a security firm salesman was stolen yesterday at a major IT security conference in London. The portable computer belongs to identity management firm -- and sponsor for the event -- Netegrity, and


Mexicans battle to bar Wal-Mart store near ancient pyramids

MEXICO CITY -- A Wal-Mart -owned discount store rising a half-mile from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan has touched off a fight by a small coalition that doesn't want to see the big, boxy outlet from the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.


Price Drop? Phooey! IPhone Owners Who Dig Being First

For many who bought Apple's new iPhone, members of the early-adopter clan, money is not the issue. Though some are angered by Apple's sudden price drop, some who snapped up the first iPhones say their gratification is being among the first owners of something cool and possibly revolutionary.


Update 5: Oil Prices Fall More Than $3 Per Barrel

Oil prices plunged more than $3 a barrel Wednesday - the largest single-day decline in more than three years - after the US government reported large increases in the nation's fuel supply, easing fears of a supply crunch as winter approaches.


Iranâs ambassador to Baghdad responds to charges that Tehran is fostering sectarian violence and helping insurgents in Iraq.


Norwegian ship owners threaten to expand a lockout, disrupting production. Marsh & McLennan's CEO reportedly is set to resign.


Hormone paradox may help explain teen moodiness

This might help explain why teenagers act like, well, teenagers.


Yahoo! Partners With Mark Burnett For New Season Of 'The ...

Yahoo! Inc. announced Thursday that it scored a deal to become the official Web site for the next two seasons of Mark Burnett's hit reality show "The Apprentice," currently airing on NBC.


A Chilean collector outbids the Met for prize couture. His mother is his muse.


Hakim Warrick tallies a career-high 32 points to carry No. 8 Syracuse past No. 22 Villanova, 90-75, in Philadelphia Saturday.


US sees Europe as main threat for extremism: Chertoff

Europe is increasingly seen as a staging post for potential attacks on the United States, the US Secretary of Homeland Security told the BBC Wednesday, indicating tougher checks on travellers.


Effect of Medicare Drug Benefit on Nursing Home Residents, USA

Pharmacists, health experts and federal and state health officials are expressing "serious concern" about how nursing home residents will receive prescription drugs under the new Medicare law, the New York Times reports.


A Sea Knight helicopter that crashed last week northwest of Baghdad was shot down, the U.S. military said Wednesday, reversing earlier statements that it appeared to have been due to mechanical failure.


The United States and the European  Union faced off on Wednesday over billions of dollars in  subsidies for top aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, by  filing competing cases at the World Trade Organization.


Finanziere chiarisce che Cda dell'8 marzo non e' confermato


Al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad declare allegiance to al-Qaida

The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden


Phil Mickelson's return to Beantown was sweeter than he ever imagined. He was sitting in a suite at Fenway Park on Saturday night when Boston Red Sox rookie Clay Bucholz threw a no-hitter. And on a Labor Day finish that brought playoff atmosphere to the PGA Tour, Lefty pitched a gem of his own.


"American Idol"  runner-up Katharine McPhee will make her studio acting debut as  a pregnant hippie in an untitled comedy starring Anna Faris.


The dollar lost ground on Friday after a  stronger than expected German business sentiment survey boosted  the euro, but thin pre-holiday trade made moves erratic.


Comedian Joe Pasquale is voted king of the jungle in TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.


Alaska Air sees $45 mln-$55 mln in severance costs

Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it expects $45 million to $55 million in pre-tax costs for severance pay and other benefits for employees laid off during its planned restructuring.


Judges' New Leeway in Passing Sentence May Change Little

Allowing federal judges great leeway in sentencing criminals does not have to breed chaos, according to judges and sentencing specialists in states that already have such systems.


The sudden deterioration in the health of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat reminded the world that he has his place in history in spite of the many attempts by Israel - and especially by


Baseball Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he attacked a pitcher and catcher with his bat during a minor league game in Bridgeport, Conn., in August. Offerman, who played for the Red Sox from 1999-2002, is due back in Bridgeport Superior Court Oct. 17. Offerman was playing for the Long Island Ducks when ...


BMW to cut 'several thousand' jobs next year

German car maker BMW is set to eliminate "several thousand" jobs next year as part of a cost-cutting plan, a spokesman for the group told AFP on Friday.


Sears Roebuck and Co. has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty for failing to report a defect in certain riding lawn mowers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.


The first minister seeks support from the international community in his bid to rid Scotland of nuclear weapons.


Verizon to buy NextWave's licences for $3bn

NEW YORK: Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with NextWave Telecom to purchase all of its airwave licences for $3bn.


Eisner, on Stand, Describes the Courting of Ovitz

Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, played down his decades-long relationship with the former Disney president Michael S. Ovitz


Creditors to forgive up to 80 per cent of Iraq's debt, German ...

Germany's finance minister said Saturday that he and his US counterpart have reached an agreement under which Iraq's creditors would write off up to 80 per cent of the country's debt.


The brokerage house said Monday that Ahmass L. Fakahany would leave effective Feb. 1 as the firm builds a new management team.


SE Asia Forges Closer Ties with China, Japan, S.Korea

By Ed Cropley VIENTIANE  - Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping.


The Fix | Recent hard-edged advocacy of his wife has brought his role into much sharper relief.


GLENDALE, Ariz., Feb. 3 -- In a matter of days, the Washington Redskins are expected to interview New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo for their vacant head coaching job. It is a big reason why, team owner Daniel Snyder said on Saturday afternoon, that the Redskins have yet to hire...


Pope offers Christmas Day message to world

Pope John Paul II shared his fears about Iraq, Sudan and other hot spots and expressed hopes in a Christmas message Saturday that peace-building efforts will bring the world a more tranquil future.


Bot spreads through anti-virus, Windows flaws

Universities and schools worst hit University security experts warned administrators on Monday that a bot program has started to spread by exploiting five patched Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-month-old flaw in Symantec's anti-virus software.â¦


Microsoft Offers Early Fix for Critical IE Bug

Mounting problem forces software giant to release VML patch ahead of its monthly security update.


China GDP growth to ease to 10.5 percent: researcher

China's economic growth may ease slightly this year to 10.5 percent from the estimated 11.5 percent rate of expansion in 2007, a researcher at a state think-tank said on Friday, as the government cooling steps take effect.


Al vaglio operazione con China Southern Airlines


Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a cell phone signal booster, the Kodak EasyShare Digital Picture Frame and a slim laptop case from Vaja.


Debrecen, 16:45 - NUOTO, EUROPEI VASCA CORTA: FILIPPI BRONZO NEGLI 800SL

Prima medaglia azzurra agli Europei di nuoto in vasca corta, in corso di svolgimento a Debrecen, Ung...


Poor weather forecast for the Florida area may prevent Europe's space lab, Columbus, from launching on Thursday.


Iran on Monday issued a bank note with a nuclear symbol in a move seen as an assertion of its national will in the face of international sanctions over its insistence on enriching uranium.


Poll: N.Y. Voters Happy With Sen. Clinton

A majority of New York voters see Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as honest and they give her high marks for a good job, according to a poll released Wednesday.


Astronauts on Candy Diet After Pantry Raided

The two U.S. and Russian astronauts on the International Space Station had to rely on a candy-laden diet for five weeks because their predecessors raided the pantry.


Irish airline Ryanair posts record profit

Ryanair Holdings PLC posted a record full-year 2006 profit Tuesday amid higher fuel prices and strong competition, but offered a cautious forecast for 2007.


There is No Such Thing as a War on Terrorism

Our perception of time is all too variable, and there are many factors that can strangely and dramatically affect it, breaking the thread of continuity.


Russia will limit foreign election monitors at its March presidential poll to 400, half the observers in 2004.


Indian doc accused of link to terrorists

Australian federal police charged an Indian doctor with providing support to a terrorist organization Saturday, allegedly linking him to last month's failed British bombings.


NY Times sees Web growth in "challenging" climate

The New York Times Co. said on Tuesday that its Internet revenue could grow 30 percent in 2007, and that it is trying to cut costs and is continuing to rebalance its portfolio of properties to deal with a tough media climate.


Calif. Scrambles to Prepare for Election

Secretary of State Kevin Shelley guided California through a surprisingly trouble-free recall election last year and became a national champion to voting rights activists when he sounded the alarm about the potential for fraud and other problems with electronic voting machines.


NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Planned Flight Path

JPL - NASA's newest spacecraft at Mars has completed the challenging half-year task of shaping its orbit to the nearly circular, low-altitude pattern from which it will scrutinize the planet.


Hayden on hundred as Aussies recover against India

Matthew Hayden claimed his 28th Test century to lead an Australian recovery on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


Roma, 14:52 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: SEDUTA A PORTE CHIUSE, IL SALUTO DI PANCALLI

Seduta a porte chiuse per l'Italia, che a poche ore dalla sfida con l'Ucraina ha ricevuto la visita ...


Ivory Coast military planes attack ex-rebel Bouake

ABIDJAN  - Two Ivory Coast military aircraft carried out a second raid on Bouake, the stronghold of the former rebel New Forces (FN) in the divided west African country, a French military source told AFP.


THE deadline set by insurgents who have threatened to execute a kidnapped Briton and two Americans ran out last night. The three were among dozens of hostages being held by militant groups.


Spaniard Constantino Zaballa wins 19th stage

Spain's Constantino Zaballa broke away early and finished more than a minute ahead of his closest competitors in winning the 19th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday.


Veteran Brown may return to bolster linebacking corps

Chad Brown could have another go-round in New England. Peter Schaffer , the agent for the veteran linebacker, who is currently without a team, said he has talked to the Patriots about Brown, but said the two sides have not spoken in two weeks.


A committee hears testimony on the possible usefulness of stem cells and current research restrictions, but it's an argument that boils down to when human life begins. By Kristen Philipkoski.


OSCE Raps Uzbek Parliamentary Poll as Undemocratic

Uzbekistan's parliamentary election on  Sunday fell significantly short of international standards  because it involved only parties loyal to President Islam  Karimov, Europe's main human rights body said on Monday.


The Indianapolis Colts were the best regular-season team in football and the Cincinnati Bengals were AFC North champs last year. This year, both were expected to make a Super Bowl push. Instead, they're both looking for a late-season charge to get their playoff hopes back on track.


Sen. Joe Biden officially joined an increasingly crowded field for 2008 Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, as he has been promising for months.


HP Customers Can Register for Free Windows Vista Upgrade

PC Magazine - HP customers will be able to register for a Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade, which will also allow them to receive support during the installation process.


The Swiss banking regulator is to investigate how UBS ran up billions of dollars of losses in the credit crisis.


EU's Solana optimistic about atom talks with Iran

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Saturday he was optimistic about his impending nuclear talks with Iran, but expected no major developments.


The fate of deposed media tycoon Conrad Black, who faces decades in prison if found guilty of raiding his company's coffers and bilking shareholders, will be placed in the hands of a jury Wednesday.


Steve Francis and Shaquille O'Neal enjoyed big debuts with their new teams. Kobe Bryant found out he can't carry the Lakers all by himself.


Air France KLM 2nd qtr up, repeats outlook

Air France KLM on Thursday reported  second quarter operating earnings up 7.8 percent to 568 million  euros ($731 million) and hiked its merger synergy targets as it  remained confident on full-year earnings.


Donigton, 16:58 - MOTO, GP GRAN BRETAGNA; 125 cc: VINCE PASINI SU APRILIA

Mattia Pasini su Aprilia ha vinto il gp di Gran Bretagna di motociclismo classe 125. L'Italiano ha p...


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THERE IS MORE TO REPORT ABOUT THE FLU SHOT SHORTAGE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE US, AND THE WORLD. THE ERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING NOW SAYS THEY WILL HAVE TO CANCEL ALMOST ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITY FLU SHOT DISTRIBUTIONS NEXT WEEK.


Tribute Album Launched for Myanmar's Suu Kyi

A string of top musicians, including  Paul McCartney, Sting and Eric Clapton will launch an album on  Tuesday dedicated to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San  Suu Kyi, calling for the Nobel laureate to be freed.


Per un controvalore di 2,4 miliardi di dollari in contanti


Italy edges Greece for gold; Americans win bronze

Melania Grego's lob goal in the waning minutes of the second overtime gave Italy a 10-9 come-from-behind victory over Greece for the Olympic water polo gold medal.


Big media touts Internet plans even as Yahoo slips

Investors could be forgiven for  wondering if they had stepped into the wrong conference on  Tuesday -- old media executives talked up digital strategies  even as Internet media leader Yahoo warned of an unforeseen  advertising shortfall.


Intesa Sanpaolo, piano Air One puntava anche al rilancio


KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A top Sudanese official yesterday defended an accused ringleader of Arab militia attacks on African villagers as a legitimate tribal leader and warned any attempt to go after such men could ignite warfare.


Palmone Inc. this week will unveil the Treo 650 smart phone, although the phone likely will not be available from carriers until later this fall.


Kevin Pietersen hits 97 and Ian Bell makes 87 not out as England beat South Africa A by six wickets in Kimberley.


Washington D.C. Hotels, Union Reach Tentative Deal

The union representing nearly 4,000  workers at 14 upscale Washington, D.C., hotels has reached a  tentative agreement with the hotels on a new three-year labor  contract, both sides said on Friday.


NEW YORK -- Media and entertainment company Viacom Inc. on Tuesday said Tom Freston has resigned as its president and chief executive, and named industry veteran Philippe P. Dauman to replace him.


Blog: The update to Apple's jukebox software, as expected, adds support for synching with an iPhone.


The government announced plans to block a shortcut that has allowed thousands of foreign nurses to get fast-track U.S. work permits, a move that could worsen a nationwide nursing shortage when it takes effect next year.


NEW YORK -- Evander Holyfield was suspended indefinitely by New York boxing officials in the wake of his loss Saturday night to journeyman Larry Donald.


Milano: protesta contro i capi in pelle, girano nude per negozi

MILANO - Curiosa protesta oggi in via Montenapoleone a Milano. Due attiviste scozzesi hanno girato per negozi vestite solo dello slip e con uno striscione con scritto: " Pelle, meglio mostrarla che indossarla".


Britain tells European politicians to stop meddling in EADS

The British defence ministry has called for European politicians to cease their meddling in aerospace group EADS, just a day after its aircraft unit Airbus launched a major restructuring plan, The Times reported.


Bluetooth based Personal Mobile Gateway (PMG) devices developed by IXI Mobile are not exactly new, having been on the Italian market for some time as the NeoFone and NeoChat devices, but with AT&T Wireless' roll out of a new PMG device named OGO, you


Imagine shaping your own presidential showdown, using candidates and their answers like building blocks that shatter the standard conventions of a televised political debate.


Soldiers killed five suspected Muslim insurgents during a raid on a weapons training camp in the jungles of southern Thailand on Friday, army officials said.


Hispanics are more prone to blindness, study finds

Like a camera out of focus, Maria Garcia's eyes still register what is most important -- the faces of her children and grandchildren -- though they are eroding gently, replaced by hazy silhouettes.


With nowhere better to go, hedge funds stay in oil

Hedge funds have fueled oil's meteoric rise to record highs near $50 a barrel, but deprived of profit opportunities elsewhere, they look set to stay in the commodity for now, analysts said Monday.


The Indian candidate for U.N. secretary-general said that the race to succeed Kofi Annan 'could well be all over' if the current front-runner again does well in the next informal poll of the U.N. Security ...Comment


A study shows that a new approach to colonoscopy is promising, but still has some way to go before it becomes widespread. Virtual colonoscopy is the popular name for CT colonography - where a computer tomography (CT) scan takes the place of colonoscopy.


Sovereign Bancorp posts $1.6 billion loss

Sovereign Bancorp Inc , the second-largest U.S. savings and loan, on Wednesday posted a $1.6 billion quarterly loss and canceled its dividend following a larger-than-expected write-down for consumer credit losses and a 2006 bank acquisition.


England end day three of the third Test needing 416 to avoid an innings defeat to Sri Lanka.


All the action from Tuesday's opening group matches.


Romanian retirees demand higher pensions

Hundreds of retirees took to the streets Tuesday in cities around Romania to demand that pensions be raised to at least 45 percent of the average national salary and other benefits.


A judge handling James Brown's contested fortune refused Friday to remove himself from the case despite an argument from the late soul singer's former trustees that he forced them to resign.


Alvin Pearman ran for a career-high 223 yards and a touchdown, lifting No. 14 Virginia past Duke 37-16 Saturday.


Intel's Barrett takes on the 'power challenge'

CEO tells why the move to multicore chips is a necessary one, and how Intel "ate crow." Also: the Microsoft and AMD factors.


U.S. concerned about Canadian ecstasy production

The United States  is concerned about increased production of the drug ecstasy by  Canadian organized crime groups, according to a State  Department report released on Thursday.


La compagnia di stato deve 500 milioni di dollari


Uh-Oh! That Mad Scientist May Unlock the Underworld!

This horror film, spun off from an old Atari video game, is so inept on every level you wonder why the distributor didn't toss it directly into the trash.


The Department of Homeland Security agreed to stop confiscating prescription drugs mailed from Canadian pharmacies, Senator Bill Nelson said Tuesday.


Global Warming Could Disrupt GPS Satellites, Study Says

Too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could create hazards for low-orbiting satellites that power global positioning systems, new research suggests.


European stocks open steady as oil prices cool

European stock markets barely budged in early trading as relief at falling oil prices was offset by modest losses overnight on Wall Street, dealers said.


Despite this appalling carnage, there has been considerable success in international efforts to rid the world of anti-personnel mines.


Senator calls for more monitors, ban of absentee ballots, in Ukraine runoff

US Senator Richard Lugar, who was an observer during Ukraine's disputed presidential vote, testified that a rerun of the election later this month should increase the number of independent monitors and ban absentee voting.


Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens will miss the final two games of the regular season and the playoffs and possibly the Super Bowl because of a sprained right ankle, a devastating blow for a 13-1 team that has lost three straight NFC title games.


ETA declares end to 'permanent' ceasefire

The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday it was ending a "permanent" ceasefire declared last year, accusing the Spanish government of persecuting the group instead of negotiating with it.


A Dutch filmmaker who had criticized the treatment of women under Islam in a movie and in newspaper columns was shot dead Tuesday outside a city government office in Amsterdam, police said.


Motorola says first half of 2007 will be "rocky"

Motorola Inc. , the world's second-biggest maker of mobile phones, expects the first half of 2007 to be "rocky" before improving in the second half, Chief Financial Officer David Devonshire said on Wednesday.


To Palestinians, Yasser Arafat was "Mr Palestine", a historical figure who embodied the Palestinian nationalist movement.


John Elkann-Lavinia Borromeo Il coronamento di una amore

Stresa, 4 settembre 2004 - John Elkann e Lavinia Borromeo hanno detto sÃ¬ ei sacerdoti celebranti Padre Biagio Pizzi e Don Giuseppe Volpati li hanno uniti in matrimonio. Alla cerimonia erano presenti i genitori


Widespread use of a DIY test kit for bowel cancer could save thousands of lives a year, experts say.


Stocks Slide as Oil Nears $50 Per Barrel

U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday on  concerns the economy and corporate profits will slow as crude  futures touched another record and inched toward $50 per  barrel.


Pity the eBay speculators: Despite the lines and hype, there's no shortage of Apple's slick new handhelds.


Freddie Ljungberg has rejected claims Arsenal are suffering a crisis of confidence after they were held to yet another Champions League draw by Panathinaikos.


Here's a proposition a majority of the Supreme Court can agree on, without rancor or regard for ideology: Europe is a good place to spend the summer.


La Valletta, 21:47 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: MALTA-BOSNIA 2-5

La Bosnia ha battuto Malta 5-2 (3-1) in un incontro valido per le qualificazioni agli Europei del 20...


Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'

Capping off his Macworld 2008 keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs put the rumors to rest by announcing the "world's thinnest notebook" called the MacBook Air.


Iraqâs Parliament Votes to Remove Speaker

The vote today opened the way for the Sunni coalition that had installed him to choose a replacement.


The bodies of 13 Polish miners are found, bringing the death toll from Tuesday's blast to 21, with two missing.


Oil Plunges Below $50 as Demand Growth to Slow, Shipments Rise

Crude oil futures fell below $50 a barrel in New York for the first time since Oct. 5 on speculation that growth in demand will ease next year as supplies increase.


France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to "negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite."


THE ON-FIELD manners of Manchester United s striker, Wayne Rooney, are no concern of mine.


Television Review | 'Chuck'; 'The Big Bang Theory': Nerds After Our Hearts, and Maybe Even Our Respect

Television used to relegate the nerd to the role of sidekick or worst best friend, but now the nerd is the hero, and he even gets the girl.


A prominent member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas is shot dead in the southern Gaza Strip.


Bryan Ferry would like to set record straight

Bryan Ferry, who has fronted Roxy Music on and off for 35 years, says he's quite lazy about writing songs these days but would like to write a memoir to set the record straight about his life.


Mismatches Pad the Record, Pay the Bills -- and the Marys

When the NCAAÃÂ allowed a 12-game regular seasonÃÂ  football schedule, in never imagined sitting through 3 1/2 hours of Florida Atlantic at Clemson.


CAIRO - Shiekh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates since the nation's independence from Britain in 1971, died Tuesday, Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television reported.


Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne will not play for the rest of the year in an attempt to recover from exhaustion. The former world No1 has not competed since losing in the fourth round of the US Open to Nadia


Wal-Mart just keeps getting bigger. The retailer, already the largest in the world, announced aggressive expansion plans yesterday for the coming year, aiming to open or extend up to 530 stores around the world.


Tentative Deal on Wall Street Journal Safeguards

A document calls for an independent group that could block hirings and firings and conduct investigations.


EMI steps up for ad-supported streaming music

Record label is the third of the majors to sign licensing deals with social-networking site Imeem.


I lampioni di Ponte Milvio ne sono ricoperti: una moda lanciata dall'ultimolibro di Federico Moccia. L'Ulivo chiede di fare pulizia, il sindaco dice no                                            "Via quei lucchetti dell'amore" lo stop di Veltroni: lasciateli lÃ¬


Allawi: 'Major Neglect' Lead to Murder of 49 Iraqi Recruits

BAGHDAD, Oct 26 -- Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday "major neglect" by US-led forces led to the murder of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents this weekend.


Former President Clinton doesn't believe he is taking a risk by campaigning for presidential hopeful John Kerry so soon after heart surgery.


Clashes in Ramadi as US Troop Reinforcements Arrive in Iraq

RAMADI, Iraq, Nov 1 (MASNET & News Agencies) - Violence flared in the flashpoint city of Ramadi as nearby Fallujah braced for an all-out assault with fresh US and Iraqi troops massing in the rebel heartlands.


Saudis Take Control of US Consulate After Attack

Saudi security forces took control of the US Consulate in the country's second-largest city, Jeddah, after the mission was attacked by gunmen, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement.


He was not at the Ryder Cup and he has yet to figure prominently at a major, but Graeme McDowell is starting to become a real force in European golf.


Nationwide power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.


Apple unveils super-thin "Air" laptop, Web movies

Apple  on Tuesday  launched an aluminum-clad laptop just three-quarters of an inch  thick, seeking to bring a new computer to market with the same  cachet as its iPod and iPhone devices.


Precisazione compagnia su prezzi offerta indicati da Reuters


Organismo sta verificando applicazione liberalizzazioni


Any road map assumes that there is a starting point, a destination and mileposts in between. But before a carload of travelers can begin a road trip, they've got to decide who is going to drive the car.


British airliner turned back over security scare

A British Airways flight to New York was  turned back to London's Heathrow airport on Sunday because of a  security scare over a mobile phone that did not belong to any  of the 217 passengers, officials said.


Oct. 18, 1945: Red Spy Steals U.S. Atom Bomb Secrets

Physicist Klaus Fuchs, first-rate scientist and loyal communist, begins passing information from the U.S. nuclear weapons program to the USSR.


Emmy voters snub serial killer, teen athletes

While mob boss Tony Soprano was embraced once again by Emmy voters on Thursday, they apparently drew the line at serial killers.


The man who became Enron Corporationâs chief financial officer only a month after the energy giant declared bankruptcy has resigned.


Toxins Accumulate in Arctic Peoples, Animals, Study Says

Manufacturing is virtually nonexistent in the Arctic, yet recent studies show that Eskimos and other Arctic peoples carry unusually high levels of human-made toxins.


Sandra Bullock stars in a suspense drama that leaves you very bored.


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Astros need young ace to follow suit after Clemens wins

HOUSTON -- One ace of the diamond helped decide the outcome of Saturday's Texas Hold 'em, NL style. Houston's other ace gets dealt to the Cards on Sunday.


Fourth-quarter profit surged from a year-ago period that included hefty restructuring costs and liability charges related to the companyâs top-selling drug, Zyprexa.


Beating Yanks not enough to kill âThe Curseâ

I hate to say this to Red Sox fans during their moment of transcendent bliss, but all that talk Iâm hearing about the sacking of the Bronx somehow exorcising the ghosts of Bambinos past is premature.


Putin approves ratification of Kyoto Protocol

RBC, 05.11.2004, Moscow 10:01:15.Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the federal bill on the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, adopted by the State Duma of Russia on October 22, 2004 and approved by the Federation Council on October 27


Tony Blair last night put worldwide political and human rights at the centre of his hopes to revitalise the United Nations and bring the United States and Europe closer together again in pursuit of global democracy.


UK Police Arrest Four in 'Dirty Bomb Plot'

British police said Saturday they had arrested four men under anti-terrorism legislation after a tip-off from a newspaper which said the suspects tried to buy explosives for a dirty bomb.


Deals allowing small investors to get in on private equity transactions are flourishing. What does that mean for the investors?


After Sharing the White House, Sharing a Critique of the GOP

ormer President Bill Clinton offered a hard-hitting attack against the Republican Party yesterday, telling worshipers gathered at Riverside Church that President Bush and the Republicans


Five French banks setting up liquidity conduit : report

A group of French banks are setting up an investment fund to bail out small and midsize asset managers if there is a liquidity shortage, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.


Mitt Romney scored his first win in the 2008 presidential race Tuesday with a victory in the Republican primary in his home state of Michigan. Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed the top spot in a largely uncontested Democratic race. The national Democratic party stripped Michigan of its delegates as punishment for the state's decision to move up its primary.


Democrats raised new questions Tuesday about whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may have known about FBI abuses of civil liberties when he told a Senate committee that no such abuses occurred.


Many Obstacles to Digital TV Reception, Study Says

Nearly six million people with digital receivers may still lose TV signals when digital-only broadcasts begin next February, a new study says.


Jobs offered to let Sony into iTunes, report says

To counter Microsoft's planned entry into the digital music market, Apple Computer offered to sign a strategic agreement with Sony, according to a Sept.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Bishop Thomas Dupre, the former head of the Springfield Diocese, was indicted on child rape charges, accused of molesting two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor said Monday...


U.S. rejects talking to Cuba's "dictator-in-waiting"

The State Department on Monday rejected an offer of talks with Raul Castro, Cuba's acting president, saying it saw no point in a dialogue with what it called the Caribbean island's "dictator-in-waiting."


The Cardinals overwhelm Odalis Perez and the Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout in the opener of their NL playoff series.


A bomb killed a Hamas official in  Damascus on Sunday when it tore through his car. The  Palestinian militant group blamed Israel for the death and  vowed revenge.


LONDON: An activist dressed as Batman and campaigning for fathers' rights evaded guards at Buckingham Palace on Monday to climb up to the main balcony of Queen Elizabeth's residence, in the latest security scare for the royal family.


A stock doesn't have to be loved to outperform.


Treviso, 18:47 - CALCIO, TREVISO: I CONVOCATI PER IL LECCE

Seduta di rifinitura per il Treviso in vista della gara con il Lecce. Al termine il tecnico Pillon h...


Kyle Orton passed for 275 yards, and Taylor Stubblefield set a Big Ten record for receptions. But this time, it was the defense that kept Purdue undefeated.


Fred Jones scored a career best 31 points as the Indiana Pacers, who were limited to six players on Saturday night after brawling with fans, lost to the Orlando Magic 86-83 at Palace center, Indiana.


Bloggers have sway in Google for brand name searches

Prominently positioned customer blog posts in the SERPs that either love you or hate you can be more powerful than product reviews for a number of reasons.


Cardiovascular Drug Used For Smoking Cessation Also Keeps Weight ...

A drug that helps people quit smoking also helps them prevent the excess weight gain that often plagues ex-smokers, according to research released at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Scientific Meeting.


The US says fresh allegations of  abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo will be fully investigated.


Who is behind the movement to give equal time to Darwin's critics, and what do they really want?


Xaus takes historic provisional pole in Qatar

Motorsport.com. Ruben Xaus not only took his first-ever MotoGP provisional pole position, but the Spaniard also grabbed the first-ever provisional pole position at the newly-built Middle East Losail circuit in Qatar.


The insurance company AIG is spraying a fire retardant goop on expensive homes threatened by wildfires in Idaho.


Shark Bites Drop Due to Florida Hurricanes

Sharks and humans both fled the coast as  hurricanes battered Florida last year, causing a dramatic drop  in shark attacks in the state that usually has a third of the  world's annual total, scientists said on Tuesday.


Appellate Court Backs Companies in Tobacco Case

The court ruled the government could not collect $280 billion it alleges the tobacco industry earned through fraud.


Target delaying decision on credit-card business

Target Corp  said on Wednesday it is taking longer than expected to determine whether to sell its credit-card assets, hampered in part by current market conditions.


Billionaire Mike Ashley says he now holds a 95% stake in Premiership football team Newcastle United.


Symantec EMEA reports 52 per cent growth

Symantec Corp, the global leader in info security, today announced record revenue growth for the fiscal second quarter. The September quarter marked another period of record performance for Symantec.


The EU and US reach a compromise after marathon talks over post-Kyoto steps to combat climate change.


A "Leap" Onto "The Band Wagon": Bakula Stars in 'Dancing in the Dark'

Playbill - Tony Award nominee Scott Bakula, star of TV's "Quantum Leap" and Broadway's Romance/Romance, will play song-and-dance man Tony Hunter in Dancing in the Dark, the new stage musical based on the movie "The Band Wagon."


Sri Lanka says rebels kill 10 people in south

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead at least 10 people in southern Sri Lanka, the military said on Friday, two days after 27 people were killed in a bus ambush in a nearby town.


Marx once referred to religion as the opium of the masses, but in todayâs China it is the music promoted on state-monopolized radio that increasingly claims that role.


Immagine attrice associata a nuova linea marca cosmetica


Darfur town emptied after attack as militia roam

Crammed into school buildings in  the centre of Suleia, just 200 out of the West Darfur town's  original 25,000 population were left after an attack by militia  and the Sudanese army.


The UK has a 100-tonne plutonium stockpile - enough to make 17,000 bombs, the Royal Society says.


Key senators of both parties yesterday proposed several steps to strengthen Senate oversight of intelligence and homeland security operations but stopped short of one of the most far-reaching


Societa' sotto attacco e' in contatto con Murdoch e Aol


RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has ordered a security overhaul after the bloody end to the school hostage crisis but experts are sceptical that authorities can prevent more deadly terror acts by Chechen separatists.


For the first time in four years, the Longhorns parlayed a 10-win regular season into a berth in the Bowl Championship Series. Completing a steady climb in the BCS standings - from 11th in mid-October to


Oncologists Say Medicare Won't Cover Drug Costs

Medicare payment cuts will leave more than half of clinics and doctors' offices that provide cancer-fighting chemotherapy unable to cover costs of some key drugs, oncologists said on Wednesday.


Mets 11, Reds 7: Lo Duca Helps Mets Extend Win Streak

Paul Lo Duca hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in a career-high seven runs Tuesday night, powering the Mets to their fifth straight victory.


DALLAS, Sept. 9 -- Electronic Data Systems Corp. could cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs -- more than 10 percent of its workforce -- over about two years to help reduce costs by about $3 billion, chief executive Michael H. Jordan said Thursday.


Linea primavera-estate di Versace: arriva Madonna?

Madonna si appresterebbe a diventare il volto ufficiale di Versace per la linea primavera-estate 2005. Lâindiscrezione Ã¨ di un quotidiano britannico, il quale afferma che la cantante sta esaminando la possibilitÃ


Three men claim to have fathered the baby daughter of former top model Anna Nicole Smith.


Poisoned Russian ex-spy deteriorates: hospital

Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko,  poisoned in London three weeks ago, has suffered a sudden turn  for the worse and is now very seriously ill, the hospital  treating him said on Thursday.


Zend Developer Zone: Zend Framework Hidden Gems: Zend Plumbing

Aaron Wormus is back today on the Zend Developer Zone with another in his "Hidden Gems" series. This time, he takes a look at the "Zend Plumbing", those bits of connective code that help you make your Zend Framework applications work.   The functionality that he covers in this article are some of the min parts that a lot of ZF coders use every day and might not know it:  the Zend class (providing a suite of helper methods) built in Wrapper functions:  loadFile loadClass loadInterface isReadable dump exception  the Zend registry  Each of these is briefly described with some sample code for the loadFile, loadClass, exceptions and the Registry to give you an idea of how to use it all. As always, you can check out the Zend Framework website for all the details on each of these functionality bits.


Baghdad (Aljazeera) -- Armed fighters have clashed with Iraqi police and US forces in the centre of Baghdad, according to local sources, on a day a car bomb killed 13 people and wounded many more.


Agency Recruiting Poll Workers Nationwide

The Election Assistance Commission plans to spend more than $1 million by Election Day to recruit poll workers nationwide and help Florida precincts devastated by hurricanes, but the federal agency expects far more of its funding will go toward collecting data about voting.


In a few words meant to speak volumes, Republicans have extended a welcome to party members who disagree with elements of their platform, a strongly conservative statement of beliefs that includes an endorsement of constitutional bans on abortion and gay marriage.


Chieti, 15:17 - CALCIO, C1; IL LANCIANO SOTTO CUSTODIA GIUDIZIARIA

La società calcistica del Lanciano, iscritta al campionato di serie C1, girone B, da oggi &eg...


Taj Mahal Photographers Have All the Angles Covered

AGRA, India  - So, you've always wanted to hold  the Taj Mahal in the palm of your hand? Or perhaps stand on top  of the world's loveliest building?


Sydney to Hobart racers warned of heaviest weather since 1998 tragedy

Crews contesting this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race starting on Boxing Day will face the most severe weather conditions since 1998, when six sailors drowned, meteorologists warned.


UPDATE 1-Bush says no payroll tax hike for Social Security

President George W. Bush on Thursday ruled out raising payroll taxes to help pay for Social Security reform, a transition experts have estimated will cost $1 trillion to $2 trillion.


V.KLITSCKO V D.WILLIAMS FIXED ODDS BETTING PREVIEW

Following his upset of Mike Tyson in July, British heavyweight Danny Williams has the chance on Saturday to become the WBC World Heavyweight Champion when he takes on Vitali Klitscko at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.


The team learned on Monday that full-back Jon Ritchie will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.


Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news.


Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre is taken to hospital and is in a serious condition, Italian media say.


IBM Makes First Cell Computer Generally Available

IBM today announced that it is making its first computing system based on the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) generally available on a global basis, with early adopters such as University of Manchester, RapidMind, Inc.


General Dynamics Profit Jumps 23 Percent

Defense contractor General Dynamics  Corp. GD.N on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings surged 23  percent, led by a big rebound in its aerospace segment.


The Real Pirates of China: A Colorful, Powerful Bunch

HONG KONG -- While  Western pirates are a familiar feature of Hollywood movies, Disney is introducing a Chinese sea bandit in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End."


Northern N.M. wildfire forces evacuations

A nearly 2,300-acre wildfire forced residents of three small communities to flee their northern New Mexico homes on Sunday.


The European Central Bank should not raise rates above 4%, the chief economist of a German research body says.


Karzai Set to Win Afghan Election; Rival Awaits Investigation

Preliminary vote totals in Afghanistan's first presidential election appear to give transitional leader Hamid Karzai a numeric lock on the victory.


The man who helped reinvent New York's vibrant Soho and Florida's South Beach had a similar bold vision for Boston's Summer Street neighborhood. But that was a year ago.


This Year, Commodities Are on a Rockier Road

Rising demand, a falling dollar and rosy economic predictions, have stoked the price of commodities in the last few years. But times are changing.


THE share market reached a record high today, despite a negative lead from the US where markets fell overnight. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was trading at 3595.


Electronic Arts will bring Spore to the Mac this year

The highly anticipated new video game from 'The Sims' creator Will Wright, as expected, will be released on the Mac and PC platforms simultaneously.


In the wake of several recent positive economic reports, including Friday's blockbuster employment report revealing that the economy created nearly 350,000 jobs last month, the Federal Reserve today will almost certainly continue its policy of gradually


If a satellite encounters high-energy particles or other 'space weather' phenomena before ground controllers can take action, on-board electronics could be disrupted, scientific instruments damaged and, in very rare and extreme cases, spacecraft may even be lost.


European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana Friday said Israelâs retreat from Gaza was a good first step, but one that must be followed by a full and


Opening statements made as Blake murder trial begins

Robert Blake went on trial for murder yesterday, with prosecutors saying he loathed his wife enough to kill her, while his defense countered


A further 150 temporary workers at a cosmetic factory already hit by redundancy plans, are to lose their jobs.


It didn't take long for word of Tyler Hamilton's Olympic gold medal to spread throughout his hometown of Marblehead.


The agency that collects royalties from oil and gas producers lacks the data, coordination and manpower to keep track of companies operating on federal land and in federal waters, a report by the Interior Department's inspector general said.


A 71,40 dollari al barile, 1 cent in meno rispetto a luglio


A pedestrian dies after he was run over on the A968 Jedburgh to Hawick road on Friday night.


Argonauts wide receivers R. Jay Soward and Andre Talbot and Tiger-Cats cornerback Wayne Shaw were ejected for fighting midway through the first quarter...Toronto is 2-3-1 on the road and 2-3-1 against the East this season...Hamilton is also 2-3-1 at home


A group of influential US Senators are due to unveil legislation to force China to raise the value of its currency.


Rehnquist Plans to Attend Bush Inauguration

US Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who has been absent from the Supreme Court because of thyroid cancer, plans to swear in President Bush at his inauguration on Jan. 20, the White House and a court spokeswoman said on Friday.


Teenagers arrested following the murder of a 16-year-old boy in north London have all been released on bail.


In a tough scrimmage against resurgent Baby Bells, the broadband pioneer flips open the VoIP playbook.


China has made it illegal to buy and sell blood, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported. Amid fears that China faces a huge HIV epidemic, this is the country's first law targeting the disease.


DJ Andy Kershaw is sent to prison for three months for breaking a restraining order involving his ex-partner.


How Kieran Siveyer became a published poet after a month in a hospital school, following his brother's freak accident.


Ottawa's Heatley Out With Shoulder Injury

Ottawa winger Dany Heatley will be sidelined up to six weeks because of a separated right shoulder, ending a streak of 205 straight games with the Senators.


Wenger Says Referee Cost Arsenal its Unbeaten Run at Manchester

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger blamed referee Mike Riley after the Premiership champion's record 49- match unbeaten run in English soccer's top division ended with a 2-0 loss at Manchester United.


THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - World number three Ernie  Els fired a sparkling second-round eight-under-par 64 to move  two shots clear in the WGC-American Express Championship on  Friday.


Kenya's opposition leader insists a banned rally will go ahead, despite pleas for an end to post-election unrest.


A woman accused of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring cannot demand documents from ABC News as part of her defense strategy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.


Aperta un'inchiesta, sequestrate le cartelle cliniche


Horna Books Match with Defending Champ Ferrero

Peru's Luis Horna beat Moroccan Hicham  Arazi 6-4, 7-5 Monday to set up a second round encounter with  defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Madrid Masters.


Continental Airlines Inc.   plans to eliminate about 425 management and clerical jobs, and wage cuts may be next if the revenue picture does not improve, the No. 5 U.S. carrier said on Thursday.


Company claims the HDTV is the biggest of its kind.


Global AIDS Fund says US turns up heat on donors

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria urged donors on Friday to pay up what they have pledged by the end of next month or risk seeing the United States cut short its contribution.


NEW YORK  - John Goodman has been cast as Paul Bunyan in the computer-animated family adventure "Bunyan & Babe" opposite comedian Eddie Griffin.


US Soldier Faces Court-Martial for Iraq Prisoner Abuse

A US soldier seen in some of the most widely-aired photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse will face a general court martial early next year.


China rejects the Taiwan leader's call for peace talks and warns against moves towards independence.


Galliano, Westwood help launch fashion "MySpace"

Iconic British designers Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano will be online to help aspiring designers and models around the world as part of a new social networking Web site, dubbed the "MySpace.com" of fashion.


Tory MP Quentin Davies defects to Labour, saying David Cameron does not "stand for anything".


Gang and drug-related dawn raids carried out prior to Liverpool visit by home secretary


Domestic diva's anticipated return to her company's helm at faces a monster hurdle: Uncle Sam. By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer.


President Boris Tadic wins Serbia's run-off presidential poll, beating challenger Tomislav Nikolic.


Chelsea denies conflict of interest in Champions League grouping

Chelsea has denied there is any conflict of interest in its being grouped with Russian side CSKA Moscow in the Champions League. The two sides were drawn Thursday in Group H, along with titleholder Porto and Paris Saint-Germain.


BEA says it's for sale for about $8.2 billion

BEA Systems Inc  said on Thursday it is prepared to sell itself for $8.2 billion, which is a 24 percent premium to a bid from Oracle Corp  that the business software maker rejected.


The California Occupation Health and Safety Administration (Cal/OSHA) is accusing two adult-film companies of violating the state's bloodborne pathogens standard by allowing actors to perform sex without protection, the Los Angeles Times reports.


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


Ryan Howard got a raise, but he's still one of the biggest bargains in baseball.


Looking to make a smart start? Consider these ideas.


Breakfast Cereal Executive Named Commerce Secretary

President Bush has chosen a Cuban-born business executive to be his new Secretary of Commerce. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, Carlos Gutierrez made his name in corporate America as head of the


There is widespread shock in DR Congo after an audit revealed that managers of state companies earn up to $25,000 a month.


PARIS -- It's a trend that counts Leonardo DiCaprio, London cabs and Al Gore among its followers: Making life "carbon neutral" through tree-planting and other environmentally friendly efforts to curb emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide.


Nothing fancy or frilly for the winners and losers of this year's dressed-down Golden Globes Â some celebrated barefoot and by cooking their own food.


McDonald's Corp. MCD.N third-quarter  earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42 percent on a  preliminary basis, the world's largest restaurant chain said on  Wednesday, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower  tax rate.


Oil Industry Offers Sobering Outlook on Supply

A report by the National Petroleum Council, billed as a comprehensive analysis of the worldâs energy challenge, involved 350 participants and suggestions from over 1,000 people.


Fishermen draft in the Scottish Government to help fight attempts to cut the time that boats can spend at sea.


Nashville police were able to catch a robber within minutes after a robbery victim used a camera cell phone to snap a mug shot of the criminal as well as the getaway vehicle.


Serbian President Boris Tadic has appealed for peace and equal rights for all citizens of Kosovo, on the second day of a landmark tour of Serb enclaves in the United Nations-run province.


Alone with her memories near the mighty waters in the Mississippi delta that swallowed her home, her city, and then her only child, a Patriots mother grieves.


President Bush made his first move in fashioning his cabinet for a second term, asking his chief of staff, Andrew Card, to stay on, aides confirmed yesterday.


Sesto San Giovanni, 16:56 - CALCIO, C1/A; PRO SESTO: ESONERATO SALA, ARRIVA MURARO

La Pro Sesto (C1/A) ha esoneraro il tecnico Carlo Muraro e chiamato in panchina Antonio Sala, 51 ann...


New Bond film must wait for "Another Day" before release

The new James Bond film, is unlikely to be released in November 2005 as planned, while producers continue to search for an actor and a director.


Alltel buys Cingular properties, expands network

Little Rock-based Alltel will expand its wireless phone service in Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas in a $170 million deal with Cingular Wireless.


By FRANK ELTMAN  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A federal judge has allowed a millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves to post bail, despite objections from prosecutors that the pair might flee the country.


Hardline Iran group announces more suicide attackers

A hardline Iranian group announced the creation of a new &quot;battalion&quot; of &quot;martyrdom seekers&quot; -- or suicide attackers -- ready to carry out operations against targets including Israel and author Salman Rushdie.


Langhorne, Terps Top Marshall to Claim Classic

In its final preparation before opening the ACC season, the No. 17 Maryland women's basketball team overcame a sluggish first half to defeat Marshall, 83-68, last night at Comcast Center and win the Terrapin Classic.


The social networking site, an underdog in the Chinese market, begins testing a messaging function.


Judge killed in latest southern Thai violence

A Buddhist judge was killed by a gunman on motorcycle in Thailand's largely Muslim south on Friday as security officials and militants put bounties on their enemies, police officials said.


TEHRAN --Iran's president pledged undying support for Baghdad's new government yesterday, telling Iraq's visiting prime minister and fellow Shi'ite Islamist, Nouri al-Maliki, that Tehran would help him end the violence at home.


At a congressional hearing on the conduct of NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb, the embattled official aggressively attacked an investigation by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency into his management of his office. Cobb had been accused by numerous former and current members of...


Alla casa discografica tedesca che ha inviato lettere ad alcuni italiani,chiedendo un risarcimento di 330 dollari, si Ã¨ aggiunta un'azienda di videogiochi                                            Utenti p2p nel mirino delle major Consumatori vanno al contrattacco                                                                                Ma le associazioni che tutelano i diritti dei navigatorisporgeranno un maxireclamo al Garante della privacydi ALESSANDRO LONGO


And Iâm Steve Ember. Coming up ... results from the state and national elections of two thousand four. That was Senator John Kerry last Wednesday, telling his


The Senate's top two Republicans expressed support for Donald Rumsfeld yesterday as the defense secretary's allies sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and outside Congress.


Iraq Rejects US Talk of Bolstering Sunni Vote

Iraq's Electoral Commission on Sunday dismissed suggestions from Washington that minority Sunni Arabs could get extra seats in parliament after next month's election to avoid Shi'ite domination if Sunnis fail to vote.


U.S. justice dept launches corruption probe of BAE

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation of Britain's BAE Systems Plc over the defense company's compliance with anti-corruption laws, including its dealings with Saudi Arabia.


Colpito nell'attentato del 26 settembre in Afghanistan, Ã¨ spiratoieri nel reparto di terapia intensiva policlinico militare 'Celio'                                            Morto Cardella, alpino ferito a Kabul stroncato da insufficienza respiratoria                                                                                Resta in gravi condizioni il maresciallo Francesco Cirmi


Poll: presidential race too close to call

CINCINNATI In the battleground state of Ohio, a poll of likely voters shows President Bush and John Kerry about even in support a day before the presidential election.


U.S. stocks inched up on Wednesday   after comments from Federal Reserve official Richard Fisher   soothed concerns about inflation and shares of Apple Computer   Inc. AAPL.O jumped after news that Google Inc.'s GOOG.O CEO   joined the company's board.


Idaho Reservoir to Be Drained so Alien Fish Can Be Poisoned

By AP  LEWISTON, Idaho   Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game plan to partially drain and then poison Deer Creek Reservoir next month because of a nonnative fish that threatens the trout fishery.


The Seahawks deny a Falcons' two-point try for the tie with no time remaining to wrap up the NFC West, 28-26, on Sunday.


The prospect of a deal between Sprint and Nextel Communications sparked concerns on Friday about a shrinking U.S. market for mobile network equipment, sending shares of Nextel's key supplier Motorola Inc.  down almost 8 percent.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 _ with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society.


InfoWorld - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. wants developers to start thinking about how they can speed up their software using new instructions that will appear in the company's processors from 2009. The additions could simplify the way developers code the iterative calculations used to shade graphics, render photos or add spatial effects to audio.


UNITED NATIONS - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir said Sunday he isn't afraid of threatened sanctions by the United Nations. "We are afraid neither of the UN nor of its resolution," el-Bashir was quoted as saying by state-run television.


Glowing Pigs May Reveal New Source of Transplant Organs

A pig genetically engineered to glow fluorescent green passes its trait to its young, raising hopes in Chinese researchers that special pigs can be specifically bred to supply human transplant organs.


Still reeling from their election losses, Senate Democrats elected a new leadership team Tuesday, installing moderate Sen. Harry Reid as their new leader.


Sudan has accused Chadian aircraft of bombing its western Darfur region in what it called "repeated aggressions" by its western neighbor.


The Queen's Christmas message, an annual greeting from the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II to her subjects, will be available on YouTube for the first time this year as part of an official YouTube channel opened on Sunday by Buckingham Palace.The Royal Channel , dubbed "the official YouTube channel of the British monarchy," carries both current and archive footage of the royal family and promises regular updates with new video.The highlight of the first 18 videos is the first televised Christmas Broadcast of 1957. The channel also includes clips of The Queen Mother's wedding and the first episodes of several series such as "A day in the life of The Prince of Wales."The clips have already attracted several thousand views since hitting YouTube about a week ago, according to statistics on the site. The 1957 broadcast has garnered a lot more attention and had just under 300,000 views at time of writing. That makes it the fifth most popular video viewed in the U.K. this week, according to YouTube.Beating The Queen to the top-spot in the U.K. is a trailer for a new season of TV show "Lost," a teaser for the long-awaited "Duke Nukem Forever" computer game, a clip of the winning entry from TV show "X Factor" and, as the most-viewed video of the week in the U.K., a video from a Britney Spears look-a-like offering parenting tips to Britney's pregnant sister.Buckingham Palace established its cyber credentials last year when it began offering The Queen's Christmas Message and other addresses via an RSS feed for download into iPods and other video players. Until then it had been most widely available online through the BBC's Web site.This year's Christmas Message will be available shortly after 3pm local time (3pm GMT) on Dec. 25, at about the same time it is broadcast on British TV.


Silicon Alley Insider says software maker might be interested in Limelight, a player in the content delivery network arena.


Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for gene work

Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering how to control the flow of genetic information in a cell.


US Airways to cut pay by 21 percent; Delta warns it's near ...

A bankruptcy judge granted US Airways authority yesterday to temporarily cut the pay of its union workers by 21 percent, comparing the airline's financial outlook to "a ticking fiscal time bomb.


In NYC, the Second Ave Deli is coming back

Ed Levine writes a remembrance of the newest deli to open in NYC, with the same cast and food, at a new location, uptown (on 33rd St) and not on Second Ave.  New York sighs in relief. So does every deli fan in the rest of the U.S. and the world. That seals it. I'm headed back to NYC before the end of the year. PS: A funny thing happened when I entered Second Avenue Deli into Google Maps.


Second Court Ruling Redacts Information About Interrogation

The FBI interviewer allegedly gave Abdallah Higazy a choice: Admit to having a special pilot's radio in a hotel room near the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, or the security service in his native Egypt would give his family "hell." Higazy responded by confessing to a crime he didn't commit.


By JOE MACALUSO  GRAND ISLE - The call came early Wednesday morning: "The surf is clear and we're catching trout right up on the beach," Terry St. Cyr said. "They're catching some on the island, too." The island is Grand Isle.


Google released on Wednesday an updated version of its Android SDK, including a new user interface that separates it from Apple's iPhone, and layout animations for iPhones.


Announcement leaves cancer experts guessing

Just as legal scholars analyze Supreme Court decisions, people concerned about the health of Chief Justice William Rehnquist struggled on Monday to interpret sparse details about his diagnosis of thyroid cancer.


SANTIAGO, Chile -- The United States has intelligence that Iran is working to adapt missiles to deliver a nuclear weapon, further evidence that the Islamic republic is determined to acquire a nuclear bomb, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday.


Two children killed in Pakistan gunbattle: officials

Two children were killed when Pakistan security forces and suspected pro-Taliban militants traded fire in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.


Description: In Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni who accedes to the throne with an elaborate coronation, following the abdication of his father King Norodom Sihanouk.


Firenze, 17:34 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: PM CHIEDE 5 ANNI E 2 MESI PER CECCHI GORI

Al processo per il crac della vecchia Fiorentina, fallita nel settembre 2002 con 104 milioni di euro...


Giants Should Dream Big and Play for an Upset

Tom Coughlin can play it good and safe Saturday night. Or he can send a message to his team that he believes it can do what no one else in the N.F.L. has done: beat the Patriots.


Diplomats: U.S., Iran Face Off Over EU Nuclear Draft

The United States and Iran were headed  for a diplomatic showdown at the U.N. nuclear watchdog, with  Washington demanding Tehran be threatened with tough action if  it resumes atomic work it could use for bombs, diplomats say.


Our day-by-day guide to the fall TV season: Thursdays


Apple, Amazon silent about reports of online movie services

IPod-maker Apple and Internet retailer Amazon remained mum regarding reports that each was poised to launch online movie services.


Pratibha Patil, a diminutive 72-year-old lawyer, was set to be declared India's first woman president Saturday after one of the bitterest political campaigns in the nation's post-colonial history.


Serial killer Rosemary West was moved temporarily to enable family members to visit, it emerges.


The experience of Ibrahim Mohamed Doud and his two wives, one African and one Arab, illustrates the tangled ethnicity of Darfur, the scene of the violent displacement of 1.5 million people.


The pending sale of Wilmorite Inc.'s malls will prove interesting for Central New York - one way or the other. Wilmorite, based in Rochester, announced Thursday it is selling its 13 shopping centers to The Macerich Co.


iPhone hackers disclose vulns and hunt for clues

Closing in on their Holy Grail The game is on for hackers trying to spot security vulnerabilities in Apple's iPhone and already they're scoring points.â¦


Red Eyes on Showtime Over 'Reefer Madness'

Here's a prediction for 2005: Showtime is going to make some noise with its musical remake of an agitprop cinema classic, "Reefer Madness."


Greek police hunt the killers of five young men from the same family who were shot dead on a hunting trip.


Sanjay Gupta and Ekta Kapoor of Balaji have joined hands to produce films together. While a detailed


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P&G Female Sex-Drive Patch Stirs Safety Concerns

Procter & Gamble's skin patch to boost sex drive in women may pose serious long-term risks and should not be approved without further study, critics told a US advisory panel on Thursday.


Brown dismisses suggestions Blair is overshadowing his speech

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown played down suggestions that his speech on tackling third world poverty had been overshadowed by Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to hold a press conference at the same time.


Part of ABB Finland's large-capacity transformer unit's employees at the Vaasa plant stayed home Friday as a protest against layoffs.


Q We use a few e-mail accounts at home. How can I check all of them in one e-mail program but keep each account's messages separate?


The Mooresville, NC-based retailer posted net income of $522 million, or 66 cents a share, compared with $452 million, or 55 cents a share, a year earlier.


(CBS) When the pharmaceutical giant Merck pulled its blockbuster pain medication Vioxx off the market in late September, it became the largest prescription drug recall in history.


D.R. Horton Inc , the largest U.S. home builder, posted a quarterly loss on Thursday as it took $245.5 million in inventory charges and write-offs of land option contracts.


Girls who are overweight as toddlers risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a study suggests.


Spanish leader makes bid to reshape the war on terror

Prime Minister Zapatero testifies Monday before the commission examining the March 11 terror attacks.


Crime writer draws Hurricane Katrina into fiction

Two years after Hurricane Katrina broke apart New Orleans, one of the best-known writers in the U.S. South has ushered the storm into fiction.


=== Nash wins in Dallas again - this time as a visitor ===

Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Amare Stoudemire poured in 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Phoenix over Dallas, 107-101, at AmericanAirlines Center.


Typhoon Megi Leaves 18 Dead or Missing in Japan, Korea

Tropical storm Megi has swept out to sea off the northern Japanese coast, leaving at least 18 dead or missing in Japan and South Korea.


Latest Norway peace bid for Sri Lanka ends without breakthrough

Norway's latest bid to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering peace process ended without a breakthrough but the government and the rebels have pledged to continue to uphold a fragile truce.


The military says they were conducting house-clearing operations in the city Thursday when rebels hiding inside a house opened fire.


Pakistan's attorney general denies saying there will be massive rigging in Monday's election.


EBay Official Arrested in India over Auction Listing

EBay has expressed "outrage" over the arrest of the chief executive of its India operations because a user of its shopping and auction portal, Baazee.


Turkish general sees president in conciliatory move

Turkey's powerful armed forces chief paid a courtesy visit to his newly elected president on Monday following accusations the general had snubbed him because of his Islamist past.


Some of Elvis Presley's earliest recordings - including takes of All Shook Up - go under the hammer on Sunday.


VeriSign Moves to Address an Internet Security Problem

VeriSign is undertaking a $100 million expansion of a crucial part of the system that speeds Web users to their destinations.


The western divisions in both leagues in Major League Baseball have pennant races that are going right down to the wire. In a must win game for Anaheim, the Angels beat Oakland 6-2 to move within one game of the A's in the AL West.


US President George Bush is due to address the nation on his Iraq plans, likely to include a limited troop reduction.


A lone gunman opened fire on a group of   foreign tourists in the Jordanian capital Amman on Monday,   killing a British man and wounding six other people, officials   and witnesses said.


The Week in Photos: December 1-December 7, 2006

See a roundup of the week's news and events, from World AIDS Day to Australian brush fires, Asian games, and more.


La Juve Ã¨ sempre piÃ¹ Olivera Ancora sconfitto il Milan

MILANO, 28 agosto 2004 - Per il secondo anno consecutivo la Juve vince il Trofeo Berlusconi. Decisivo il gol di Olivera ad inizio ripresa, bravo a sfruttare una giocata di Miccoli, appena entrato al posto di Del Piero.


America's second largest airline announces widespread pay cuts as it strives to emerge from bankruptcy.


Microsoft has introduced the Intelligent Application Gateway 2007, a combination of its Whale Communications and ISA Server products.


The government is to shut about 2,500 of the country's post offices by 2009 amid losses for the postal network totalling 4.0 million pounds per week, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling has announced.


Perhaps no player in the NFL is more excited about being voted to the Pro Bowl than San Diego quarterback Drew Brees. The Chargers play the Colts today at Indianapolis, which means Brees is competing against Peyton Manning.


French president takes trip to India's monument to love, minus Bruni

India's monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was sealed off to tourists Saturday for a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- minus his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni.


You didnât read it here first, but itâs worth noting: Nextel has unique technology that lets them serve businesses who need push-to-talk quite well, but itâsa mess of spectrum and


On Baseball: Mets Place Higher on That Dreaded List

Even without Lastings Milledge, the Mets have had an impressive number of players who have spent an awful lot of time on the disabled list this season.


Morocco pardons 1,183 people to mark Eid

RABAT - Moroccan King Mohammed pardoned or reduced the sentences of 1,183 people to mark the Eid al-Fitr feast, which comes at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, state media said on Saturday.


Ã un flop il raduno leghista contro i negoziati per la Turchia ...

La Lega scende addirittura in piazza per esprime le sue posizioni xenofobe e razziste contro un eventuale ingresso della Turchia nella ComunitÃ  Europea. E il risultato Ã¨ un bel flop, senza nemmeno avere la scusa del brutto tempo stavolta.


Pierce powers Celtics to 12th straight home win

The Boston Celtics registered a 12th straight home victory with a 104-82 thrashing of the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, Paul Pierce leading the way with a game-high 32 points.


Roma, 16:05 - CALCIO, DISCIPLINARE: RIDOTTA SQUALIFICA SPINESI

La Commissione d'appello federale ha ridotta da tre a due le giornate di squalifica inflitte all'att...


Surgeon who romanced Diana says he won't attend her inquest

A heart surgeon whom friends of Princess Diana said she wanted to marry will not give evidence at the coroner's inquest into her death, he said in newspaper interviews published Sunday.


Bush to visit Florida with Kerry's support

US President George W. Bush announced he would visit Florida Sunday to survey the devastation wrought by Hurricane Charley and try to comfort those afflicted by the deadly storm.


LOS ANGELES  - Showtime has given a pilot order to "The United States of Tara," a single-camera comedy from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television centered on a mother with multiple-personality syndrome.


Alfond Arena has always been a formidable place to play for foes of the University of Maine. During the squad's run to the NCAA title game in 2004, the Black Bears lost only once on home ice.


Previsione fine anno a 1.707, 172 mln nei primi 6 mesi 2005


OGGI SU INTERNET/GERMANIA - La domanda sulla VeritÃ  rimane aperta. Colonia (Agenzia Fides) - SolidarietÃ  con Benedetto XVI dalla Germania, in Colonia il sito della Radio Cattedrale esprime solidarietÃ  con il Papa con diversi interventi e commenti....


Accused ex-soldier's kin quiet about case

Steven Green didn't appear to have lifelong footprints in this West Texas town known as a major oil and gas producer, and as the former home of his commander in chief &#151; President Bush.


The government is taking steps to preserve data and biological specimens from a quarter-century investigation into the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans, having found an elevated risk for diabetes but no clear links to cancer from the soon-to-end study.


BAGHDAD: Twenty-four people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a car bomb attack and other violence in Iraq on Wednesday. Naim al-Qaabi, an official from Moqtada Sadrâs movement, said 15 people were


Output prices in Britain, or the cost of goods at the factory gate, fell to the lowest level since November 2001 last month, while raw material costs also slumped.


China Says No Evidence to Back U.S. Sanctions

China said on Tuesday the United  States' imposition of sanctions against eight Chinese companies  for aiding Iran's weapons programs was not backed by evidence  and added it was committed to preventing proliferation.


David Cameron is to use his end-of-conference speech to put the NHS top of his political agenda.


The most distant black hole ever found is nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers announced today.


Iraq Death Toll Rises; Shiite Bloc Threatens Boycott

A powerful legislative bloc loyal to firebrand Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr threatened to boycott the government if IraqÂs prime minister attends a scheduled meeting with President Bush in Jordan next week.


BAGHDAD - The United States disputed a senior Iraqi official's statement yesterday that a decision had been made to free a high-profile Iraqi woman prisoner.


N.C. Board Orders New Election for Ag Post

Following nearly two months of court fights and wrangling over lost votes, the North Carolina Board of Elections on Wednesday ordered a new statewide election for the closely contested race for agriculture commissioner.


Before the storm, the Detroit Tigers sent Tampa Bay to one more loss.


An explosion hits a Palestinian security HQ in southern Gaza, as fighting between rival factions rages on.


Osbournes offer reward for return of jewels

Reality TV stars Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have offered a reward of Â£100,000 for the return of jewellery stolen from their home in the early hours of Monday morning.


South Africa announces a five-year plan to try to fight Aids and halve infection rates, on World Aids Day.


Our 2007 picks for the best of what's new and exciting on the Web today  -  sites with exceptional style and smarts that offer new ways to enrich the on- and off-line experience


Two African Union soldiers are killed in Sudan's Darfur region by a rebel faction - which signed last year's peace deal.


Now Thereâs Some Hardware to Help Fight Internet Fraud

The ZoneAlarm Secure Wireless Router Z100G includes all the software needed to help protect your home network from intrusions.


David Beckham has pledged the England team will unite behind coach Sven-Goran Eriksson starting with Wednesday's friendly against Ukraine.


Here is a new release of Crystal Space 0.98r004. Crystal Space is an Open Source and feature rich 3D Engine which runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS/X.    Lots has changed since 0.96 (see http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=649&release_id=266198). This is the fourth release of 0.98. This version should now be very stable. Go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=649&package_id=664&release_id=266198 to download Crystal Space.   Greetings,


North Korea said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the nuclear reactor it just turned off if the United States lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished nation and strikes it from a list of terrorism sponsors.


Hot, headline-grabbing handsets Mobile World Congress The eagerly-awaited successor to the the popular N95 was at last unveiled in Barcelona this morning. Details of the N96 - the latest addition to Nokia's smartphone range - were leaked before the weekend, and they weren't too far off the mark.â¦


ComEd parent near deal to buy NJ utility

Exelon Corp. is close to a deal to buy New Jersey-based electric utility Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), people familiar with the talks say.


Iraqi president sees UK troops gone by 2007

British troops may be gone from Iraq by   the end of 2007 as local security forces assume greater   responsibility, President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday, but   Britain's foreign minister stressed no timetable had been set.


A controlled explosion is carried out at Luton Airport after a suspect car is found near the arrivals lounge.


Former Premier Urges Bulgarian President to Respond to CIA Allegations of Ties to Saddam Regime

Former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov on Friday urged President Georgi Parvanov and Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev to respond to allegations of funding their party has received from the regime of former Iraqi ...


Nokia will revive its most famous misfire, the video game-cellphone hybrid, the N-Gage, as a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular line of smartphones.


U.N. urges foreign forces, Taliban to cut civilian deaths

U.N. officials in Afghanistan said on Monday that up to 380 civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict in the first four months of 2007 and called on Western military forces and the Taliban to respect laws protecting civilians.


Scientists warn of resistance to flu drug

LONDON - Resistance to a popular anti-influenza drug from Switzerlandâs Roche may be more common than previously thought, raising questions about how it should be used in a major pandemic, Japanese researchers said on Thursday.


Londra, 13:59 - CALCIO, LIPPI: IL CHELSEA MI VUOLE

L'ex ct azzurro, Marcello Lippi, ha dichiarato al quotidiano inglese 'The Sun' che l'avventura ingle...


In response to the troubling cases of ex-NFL players such as Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson and mounting evidence of the long-term deleterious effects of concussions, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced yesterday at the league's concussion summit in Chicago that when training camps open up this summer, a "whistle-blower" system will be in place to protect players.


Amid the dizzying delegate count and the never-ending political spin, consider one question that may matter most in the fall: How did the swing states vote?


Beware the CyberLover that Steals Personal Data

A security vendor is warning of a malware in the form of a flirtatious robot.


Dell Axim X50 and X50v Pocket PC reviews roundup

You canât get your hands on one quite yet (they want to see how badly you really want it and so wonât be shipping them out until the 18th), but tons of reviews of Dellâs new Axim X50 and X50v Pocket PCs have started popping up, and as weâre known


Regardless of company policy As cards and flowers wind their way through office postal systems for St Valentine's Day, research has revealed that one in six workers have had a relationship with their boss. Almost 60 per cent of workers have had romantic encounters with workmates.â¦


We've had the first Daisuke Matsuzaka press conference, the first Dice-K bullpen session, the first live batting practice, and the first time he faced college hitters in a spring training game.


Microsoft Stays Mum on Blu-ray Disc Support

Microsoft shrugged off HD DVD's demise on Tuesday, declining to say if or when it would support Blu-ray Disc for the Xbox.


Above-normal Nov temps for Northeast, Midwest

The National Weather Service on Thursday predicted above-normal temperatures in U.S. Northeast and Midwest for November.


More than a quarter of a million problem gamblers in Britain: study

There are more than 250,000 problem gamblers in Britain but the level of this addiction has remained constant over the past seven years, the Gambling Commission said Wednesday.


A polling place that served two adjoining precincts counted hundreds of votes for fringe presidential candidates Nov. 2, apparently because poll workers didn't instruct voters to use only the machines for their precinct, a newspaper reported Friday.


Riduzione sara' pari al 10% della forza lavoro


UK unemployment rose by 93,000 between May and July to 1.7 million, its highest level since 2000, figures show.


VIOLENCE between neo-Nazis and leftist extremists rocked several towns in eastern Germany over the weekend, as police battled to keep demonstrators apart at political rallies.


Ladislav Nagy had his third career hat trick and added two assists for his second career five-point game, and the Los Angeles Kings scored a season-high five power-play goals in a 9-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.


At halftime of Hingham's homecoming game against Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday, several pairs of Hingham students marched proudly onto the field in a procession.


CEO's see slowing economic growth: survey

High energy prices and interest rates   have dimmed U.S. chief executive officers' view of the economy,   according to a quarterly survey released by the Business   Roundtable on Monday.


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The United States has again vowed to hunt down Osama bin Laden after intelligence analysts all but confirmed the voice on a new audio recording was that of the al-Qaeda terror chief.


Two adults and one child are killed as bushfires engulf a convoy of trucks in Western Australia.


U.N. Warns Against Fighting, Tsunami Pledges Rise

Governments and rebels in  Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Somalia must keep the peace or risk a  cut-off in tsunami aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday,  as Australia and Germany pledged more than $1.4 billion in  disaster assistance.


Jeanne cuts deadly path in Caribbean, heads for Bahamas

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic --Tropical Storm Jeanne headed for the Bahamas yesterday after an assault on the Dominican Republic that killed 10 people, destroyed hundreds of houses, and forced thousands from their homes.


ABC News No Charges Imminent After Basketball Brawl

John Green of West Bloomfield Township, Mich., shown on a framegrab from WDIV-TV in Detroit, Nov. 22, 2004. County prosecutor David Gorcyca said that Green was the fan who threw a cup that hit Indiana forward


Making Sure the Islanders Get the Message

When Chris Dey joined the Islanders in May, he set a number of goals for the organization, one of which, he said, âwas to create the best Web site in all of professional sports.â


T-bill rates at highest level in 3 months

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in yesterday's auction to the highest levels in three months.


Accordo raggiunto con la Korea Rail Network Authority


Russia Seeks Causes of Deadly Jet Crashes

BUCHALKI, Russia - Russian officials searched for clues Wednesday as to what caused two airliners to plunge to earth almost simultaneously, killing all 89 people aboard and raising concerns of a terrorist strike. Officials said one of the jets sent a distress signal that may have indicated a hijacking...


Right-wing tycoon Mauricio Macri is elected mayor of Buenos Aires - a blow to President Nestor Kirchner.


Giornalista: ebbero cognizione che battaglia non fu pulita


Detained family members of an accused torturer poisoned days before he was to appear in court appealed for their freedom Tuesday amid suspicions the man was killed to keep him from talking about dictatorship-era abuses.


Rescuers dig for tsunami survivors in Thailand

Thai and German rescue workers were digging through the wreckage of a half-completed hotel late on Wednesday after villagers said they heard calls for help from people trapped inside.


Monsanto Co.   reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent,  driven partly by surging sales of its genetically modified corn  and other seeds.


Taleban militants holding 23 South Koreans hostage in Afghanistan extend the deadline for reaching a deal.


AUTO INDUSTRY REPORT: German Opel workers protest job-cut plans

Hundreds of workers at an Opel car plant in Germany kept up a protest outside the factory gates Sunday against plans by owner General Motors Corp.


France to hand over Arafat medical records to nephew

LONDON - Yasser Arafat's nephew will travel to France Friday to pick up medical records that could show what caused the Palestinian leader's death.


Almanac calls for warmer weather in 2008

The Old Farmer's Almanac says it used time-honored, complex calculations to predict that 2008 will be the warmest year in a century, along with a bit of folklore — years that end in "8" have weird weather.


Dead Palestinian girl 'riddled with bullets'

The Israeli army has begun investigating the death of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl said to have been shot dead by soldiers then riddled with bullets by their commander.


Venezia, 15:44 - BASKET, EURO 2009; RECALCATI: AVREI PREFERITO EVITARE SERBIA

Carlo Recalcati fa un mezzo sorriso dopo il sorteggio dei gironi di qualificazione agli Europei del ...