New Theory on Old Debate: Comet Killed the Mammoth

There are intriguing new clues in the mystery of how the woolly mammoth met its demise in North America more than 10,000 years ago.


United gives pilots pay cut choices -NY Times

United Airlines (UALAQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) , which is trying to save $725 million a year, has offered its pilots two ways to cut their salaries, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.


News Corp's move to US backed by investors

SHAREHOLDERS in The News Corporation, parent company of The Times, voted yesterday by more than nine to one to shift the companyâs legal headquarters and primary listing from Australia to the United States.


Howard ribatte a critiche per lungo fermo di Hanif


Prewar Assessment on Iraq Saw Chance of Strong Divisions

The administration was warned of the potential costly consequences of a U.S.-led invasion two months before the war began.


Netscape Communications yesterday released Netscape 7.2, which is based on Version 1.7 of Mozilla, the most recent version of the Mozilla Internet application suite.


Israel Releases Top Hamas Member from Jail

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed Hamas's top  West Bank leader Thursday after two years in jail and he  swiftly called on the Jewish state to release all Palestinian  inmates as a condition for any truce.


Rare Lioness Dies at British Wildlife Park

A white lioness belonging to one of the world's rarest species at Britain's Paradise Wildlife Park has been euthanized because of a severe spinal abnormality.


OTTAWA -- A hardline government stand on carbohydrate claims for new Canadian food labels has prompted a sharp retort from the purveyors of the Atkins low-carb diet.


O'Neill Says Swift Boat Group Independent of Bush Campaign

John O'Neill, a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, said in an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal that his group will continue to criticize Democratic presidential candidate


The funeral of India's most notorious bandit, Veerappan, takes place  at a village in southern Tamil Nadu state.


Milano, 14:52 - CALCIO, INTER: CONVOCATI PER IL CHIEVO

Questi i convocati dell'Inter per la gara di domani con il Chievo.


In an obituary May 27 for British foreign correspondent and prolific author Edward Behr, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he wrote "The Artful Eater." The 1993 book was written by the American food writer of the same name, according to the book's publisher, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.


Zijlaard-van Moorsel wins women's road individual time trial

ATHENS, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Dutch legendary cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel won women's road individual time trial at Athens Olympics with a time of 31:11.53 on Wednesday, ahead of Deirdre Demet-Barry of United States and Karin Thuerig of ...


Website SuprNova closes amid Hollywood crackdown

London, December 22: SuprNova.org, one of the Internet's most popular sites for finding links to download pirated movies, has been taken offline by its creator amid a legal crackdown by Hollywood's copyright cops.


DUIs sideline Chiefs defensive end Allen

Football figures to be a lonely experience for Jared Allen the next couple of weeks. Kansas City's suspended defensive end can be on the practice field, but only by himself. And he'll be no different from millions of other football fans who are watching the action but wishing they could strap on the pads and play.


A judge Tuesday threw out Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to transfer thousands of inmates to other states to relieve prison overcrowding. Schwarzenegger said he would immediately appeal, saying dangerous convicts might otherwise have to be released early.


Girl Is World's First Rabies Survivor Without Vaccine

A Wisconsin girl is the first known person in history to survive rabies without getting a rabies shot. Jeanna Giese, 15, was bitten by a bat while attending church in September.


California's new stem cell agency is generating a lot of talk — and it's not all about the ethics of human embryonic research.


Index funds help you avoid risks of stock selection, market timing

Q Like you, I believe investing in index funds is a better way for individuals to invest. I was just about to start investing in index funds in my retirement accounts when I came across an old article by Gregg Wolper (Morningstar, 2/21/06) titled "The Hidden Drawback of Indexing." Wolper said that, "Believe it or not, index funds are, in ...


`Naked' ambition: MIT professor wins Nobel Prize

Every year for more than 20 years, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded a Nobel Prize for physics. And every year, Frank Wilczek has looked forward to the announcement with a mixture of excitement and dread.


Indian Court Grants Bail in Online Sex Video Case

An Indian court granted bail on Tuesday to the head of a popular online auction site who was arrested in connection with the sale of a video showing a girl and boy having oral sex.


Court rejects plea of Godhra accused seeking bail for sex

An Ahmedabad court has rejected the bail petition of an accused, seeking bail on the plea that he should be allowed go home to have sex with his wife.


Avellino, 13:27 - BASKET, SERIE A: AVELLINO RILASCIA VICTOR

L'Air Avellino ha risolto il contratto con l'ala-pivot statunitense Isiah Victor (7.6 punti e 3.6 ri...


Cgia, spesa in aumento mentre in Germania scende


Patent Office Reopens Microsoft-Eolas Case

Gives Microsoft a chance to prove that Eolas' patent for browser plug-ins should not be valid.


The university's blunt president sparks a furor about women. Is he hurting the Ivy's brand?


COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's presidential nominating contests on Saturday, and voters in South Carolina cast ballots as an unpredictable White House race moved to the U.S. South and West.


Pro-Taliban militants and security forces reached a cease-fire in a troubled district of Pakistan after the deaths of another 35 rebel fighters and 16 troops, officials said.


Pak ties LPGA record with Jamie Farr win

Morgan Pressel's hole-in-one sure got Se Ri Pak's attention. Trailing briefly by three strokes after Pressel aced the sixth hole, Pak regained the lead with a birdie at the 15th hole and held on to tie an LPGA record with her fifth win at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic on Sunday.


Roger Waters to play southern California festival

Former Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters will bring the curtain down on the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in southern California on April 27, organizers said on Monday,


Children go home as China cracks trafficking ring

Nine kidnapped children were returned to their parents in central China on Thursday in a rare success story in a nation where population controls have led to rampant child-trafficking, state media reported on Thursday.


Buildings are getting smarter — and the next generation of building materials is expected to do even more. Windows could trap the sun's energy to heat hot water. Sensors that measure the carbon dioxide exhaled by people in a room could determine whether the air conditioning needs to be turned up.


Torino, 13:54 - CALCIO, JUVE: DESCHAMPS NON CI HA COMUNICATO DIMISSIONI

La Juve ha replicato con una nota alla notizia delle dimissioni di Deschamps: ''La Juve non ha ricev...


Alicia Keys Announces 34-City 'Diary Tour'

Alicia Keys, always an open book, will hit the road in a newly announced "Diary Tour" of 34 U.S. cities.


Australia Has Terror Worries for Election

Prime Minister John Howard's government warned that Australia could become a terrorist target during a six-week election campaign that began Monday, with the war on terror and the nation's troop deployment in Iraq already taking center stage.


MADISON, Wis. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, arriving Sunday at a remote resort to practice for this week's debate, took a swing at President Bush for pronouncing the Iraqi mission accomplished while the monthly death toll mounts...


UPDATE: Coles Blinks First In Australian Pubs Battle

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Coles Myer Ltd. (CML.AU) blinked first in the bitter and expensive battle for a sliver of Australia's A$11 billion retail liquor market, handing victory to arch rival Woolworths Ltd.


With recent heavy rain and more expected next week, California may make it through this season without a repeat of last year's catastrophic wildfires. But dangers remain, especially in national forests plagued by drought, unchecked growth of brush and bark beetle infestation.


Two-year legal dispute over smart phone technology comes to an end.


MEND leader reportedly killed, Nigeria armed group says

The most prominent armed group in oil-rich southern Nigeria said said one of its presumed leaders, extradited last week from Angola, reportedly died from gunshot wounds Tuesday in a Nigerian military hospital.


Gordon Cooper, Mercury Mission Astronaut, Dies at 77

Gordon Cooper, one of seven original US astronauts, died yesterday at his home in Ventura, Calif., at age 77. In the 1960s, with the nation determined to prevail in a space race with the Soviet


Holders Alinghi appeal against America's Cup ruling

Alinghi have appealed against a New York court's ruling that BMW Oracle should be the main challenger for the next America's Cup.


The new rebate scheme isn't simple. Here's how to make the most of it.


EU and US negotiators make a new effort to resolve a dispute over the transfer of data about air passengers.


As a member of Dickinson College's volleyball team, Cara Scaduto gets plenty of exercise, but she still has to take physical education courses in order to graduate.


Iraqis warn of civil war if U.S. troops withdraw

Iraqi leaders warned on Monday that an early U.S. troop withdrawal could tip Iraq into all-out civil war after the New York Times said debate was growing in the White House over a gradual scaling-down of forces.


Microsoft issues a third version of a troubled Internet Explorer patch to fix a bug in an earlier update.


Karzai wins the presidency of Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan's election, effectively clinching a five-year term and becoming the country's first democratically elected leader, according to preliminary results released Sunday.


Santiago, 16:46 - Calcio, Cile: Universidad interessata a Romario e Batistuta

Un gruppo di imprenditori sta pensando a come rinforzare la squadra dell'Universidad de Cile per la ...


Voters in the Swiss Alpine community of St. Maurice are going to the polls Sunday to decide whether to change their town's name because people often confuse it with the renowned mountain resort of St. Moritz.


India to begin troop reduction in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India - India will begin withdrawing some of its troops from Kashmir on Wednesday, an important step toward easing long-standing tensions with rival Pakistan over the restive Himalayan region.


Newly installed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will spend his first full day at No. 10 Downing Street overhauling the current Labour Party-led government.


Fashion Diary: Parties So Exclusive That Everybody Is There

Fashion may be feeling the effects of the stock market wobble, but you could not tell amid the big spending and opulent theatricality.


US to deport Cat Stevens after 'national security' rejection

Now known as Yusuf Islam, the musician was to be put on a flight to Britain on Wednesday, US and British officials said.


PLEASANTLY PERFECT seeks to become just the second horse in history to capture the US$4 million ($6.6 million) Breeders' Cup Classic two consecutive years in a row tomorrow.


Media francesi, sms a Cecilia 8 giorni prima delle nozze


Iraq militants seize two French nationals, give 48-hour ultimatum: Al-Jazeera

Two French nationals have been taken hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools, the Arabic satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported.


GOP Organizers Short on Events Insurance

Party organizer to host: I've got the champagne, cocktail umbrellas, chorizos and dips ... but the special events insurance is proving hard to come by.


A month from turning 51, Haas finished strong yesterday in the Tour Championship by saving par on the 17th from 60 feet in a bunker, then made a 12-foot birdie putt for a 4-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Stephen Ames.


A winter storm delivered a White Christmas to parts of the Midwest, causing some traffic accidents and flight delays but no major problems with fewer travelers taking to the roads and sky on Tuesday.


Vets Mark Battle of the Bulge Anniversary

U.S. veterans laid wreaths at ceremonies across southern Belgium and Luxembourg on Thursday, marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, in which U.S. forces defeated Nazi Germany's last bid to reverse the rapid advance of allied forces toward Berlin.


Aids: attesi 2.000 nuovi casi per il 2004

In Italia sono attesi 2.000 nuovi casi di Aids, vale a dire di persone con malattia conclamata, per il 2004. E' quanto risulta dai dati forniti questa mattina al convegno sull'Aids di Genova da Giovanni Rezza


Attacks Target Shi'ites; Rumsfeld Lands in Iraq

A suicide car bomber killed at least 13  Shi'ites northeast of Baghdad and gunmen shot dead nine people  in a Shi'ite bakery in the capital in the latest sectarian  attacks following the Jan. 30 election.


U.S. Existing Home Sales Rise in November

Sales of existing U.S. homes  unexpectedly rose by 2.7 percent in November as low mortgage  rates fueled a record pace of home-buying, a trade association  report showed on Wednesday.


BEIT LAHIYA, OCTOBER 13: The Israeli Army widened its massive operation in Northern Gaza today, as an 11-year-old schoolgirl became the latest victim of a fortnight of violence in the Palestinian territory.


An Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.


Moqtada Sadr orders ceasefire across Iraq

BAGHDAD: Shia leader Moqtada Al Sadr on Monday ordered a nationwide ceasefire and announced his militant movement would join the political mainstream, his aides said.


Police find bomb in London, launch terrorism probe

British police defused a bomb in a parked car in London's theatre district on Friday and launched a counter-terrorism investigation.


Japan's new imperial baby has been named Hisahito in a traditional ceremony in hospital in the capital, Tokyo.


JFK Shooter Game 'Despicable,' Kennedy Family Says

A computer game that allows players to assassinate US president John F Kennedy was attacked by his relatives. The game, "JFK Reloaded," is being released by Traffic Games today to coincide with the 21st anniversary of Kennedy's murder.


Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet.


CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Resigns After 24 Years

Veteran newsman Dan Rather, embroiled in a pre-election scandal over a story challenging President Bush's military service, said on Tuesday he will step down as the CBS television network's top news anchor.


Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire primary victory over Barack Obama seemed to stun no one more than reporters and pundits who covered it, raising questions about an overreliance on polls in setting a campaign narrative.


A warning to celebrities: you're not in the clear just yet. "Punk'd," hosted by Ashton Kutcher, will continue for three more seasons, MTV spokesman David French confirmed Wednesday.


Tiny Open-Source Company Tackles E-Mail Exchange

A tiny provider of open-source e-mail exchange software takes on Microsoft and other large providers of proprietary e-mail service technology.


YouTube Trojan horse rides in on Web TV show's fame

Blog: Media files like those hosted on YouTube are becoming popular vectors for malware writers.


British Envoy Again Blasts Kenya on Graft

NAIROBI, Kenya  - Britain's ambassador to Kenya  renewed criticism Friday that Nairobi lacked the will to stamp  out corruption, the latest salvo in a simmering diplomatic spat  between Kenya and its international donors.


Promoters pay radio stations annual fees for advance copies of playlists and bill record companies for each new song played, running up a tab that costs the industry tens of millions of dollars annually.


Timber Thieves Strike at the Heart of Lands Held Dear

Tree rustlers are striking across the country, probably prompted by the rise in timber value and the increase in worldwide demand for American hardwood.


The years have been kind to "Citizen Kane," including the last decade. The 1941 Orson Welles classic — the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse — was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.


Chad Henne stood in front of a roomful of reporters Thursday, speaking of the opportunity Michigan has to prove it's one of the nation's top college football teams.


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Strong Quake Hits Indonesian Isle, Kills 16

An earthquake registering 6.0 on the  Richter scale shook a remote island in eastern Indonesia on  Friday, killing 16 people and injuring dozens more, a  government official said.


US consumer prices in October rose by their biggest amount in five months as households were faced with higher energy and fresh food costs.


Several car accidents clog circular I in Helsinki

Numerous rear-end collisions were hindering morning traffic in the busy circular I in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.


South Korea to end 3-year ban on U.S. beef

South Korea, once the world's   third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday   it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year   ban imposed because of mad cow disease.


Era stato sequestrato a Valera lo scorso 23 novembre


Jury Nearly Set for Enron Criminal Trial

Opening arguments in the first criminal  case against former Enron Corp. employees are set to begin  after a federal court spent Monday whittling down a panel of  Houston-area residents to find an impartial jury in the city  still stinging from the company's downfall.


New memories warm heart of this Bosox fan

Is it really true? Did it really happen? Or was that just the figment of some Boston Red Sox fanatic's wild imagination? Did the Red Sox really win the World Series for the first time since 1918 by sweeping the St.


Japan business sentiment hits 2-year low: tankan

Business sentiment among big Japanese  manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan  survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise  in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.


Phantom sales lost to piracy? Get over it. It's time for the music labels to pull those master recordings out of storage and make some money. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.


Parliament must listen to the blogger in his pyjamas - Cameron

Spamocracy Parliament may soon be debating whether to legalise incest, reclassify insomnia as a mental illness, microchip all children at birth ... or give pantomime actor Richard Griffiths a Knighthood.â¦


Siebel, PeopleSoft Trigger Sector Bounce

Just three months ago, investors of technology stocks watched values plummet after some 20 software companies warned Wall Street that sales would remain lackluster in what turned out to be a brutal second quarter.


Detectives investigating the death of Stephanie Hammill believe a car found in Greece could be linked to her abduction.


Britain's finance minister slams EU's weak growth

Weak growth in the 25-member European Union bloc is endangering the global economy, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown warned in a newspaper article.


At least 12 people die in an explosion at a fuel pipeline on the outskirts of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos.


Sudan minister denies genocide in Darfur

Khartoum - Sudan's justice minister told visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour that there was no genocide or rape in the strife-torn regin of Darfur, a newspaper reported Monday.


In Maine, the town of Freeport recently approved the development of a $45 million âlifestyle center,â to stay ahead of development in other areas of the state.


From streakers to push-ups, Oscar hosts face it all

The job of hosting the Academy  Awards, one of the most prestigious and demanding assignments  in Hollywood, falls on Sunday to comedian and talk show star  Ellen DeGeneres.


Privacy cock-up for Viagra makers Casual use of file sharing by the spouse of an unnamed Pfizer worker has been blamed for leaking personal information on more than 17,000 current and former employees at the pharmaceutical giant.â¦


Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, final election results showed on Friday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.


Aaron Feuerstein's bid to buy back Malden Mills Inc. and regain control of the textile maker his family ran for three generations has been rejected by the company's board, his son said yesterday.


EMI to Face Spitzer Music Industry Probe

LONDON/NEW YORK  - EMI Group PLC EMI.L, the  world's third-largest music company, on Friday said it and  other music companies faced a New York probe into how music  companies influence what songs are played on the radio.


India's restive north-east is reeling from one of its bloodiest waves of violence in years. Bombings over the weekend left more than 60 dead and 140 injured.


SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - U.S. regulators should reject a proposed weight-loss pill called Zimulti because of concerns it may increase suicidal thinking and depression, an advisory panel unanimously said on Wednesday.


An inquest rules that the death of an airman who died in 1953 after a secret nerve gas experiment was unlawful.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Annika Sorenstam, who won half of the 20 tournaments she played this season, has been voted golfer of the year in her native Sweden for a record eighth time.


Suspected Islamic militants killed 16 people heading to a soccer match in a pre-dawn ambush south of Algeria's capital Saturday — the first bloodshed since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, an official statement said.


Bay Hill specialist Woods returns as hot favorite

Four-times champion Tiger Woods goes into this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida as favorite, despite playing only two PGA Tour events this year.


Spacecraft design pioneer Maxime Faget has died at the age of 83. Faget is credited for conceiving Project Mercury, which put the first US astronauts into space, and was involved in the design of every US manned spacecraft afterward.


The authorities in Sri Lanka announce a full investigation into a deadly bomb blast at a concert in Colombo.


Italian airline Alitalia tells unions that 5,000 would have to go under a proposed rescue plan for the state carrier.


Eric Cornell, a 2001 Nobel Laureate in physics, had his left arm and shoulder amputated in Colorado to combat a rare tissue-destroying bacterial infection.


Unicef says there are huge regional differences on child mortality, with sub-Saharan Africa failing to progress.


Advertising: Old Notions Put Aside, Penney Takes Aim at the Heartstrings

J.C. Penney has introduced a series of advertising campaigns that look very little like anything a department store has done before.


When he looks back, it seems halfway to forever since Curtis Martin wore the Patriots' tricolor. "It seems longer than it has been," said the Jets' premier running back, who has spent the last seven seasons in green amid the paved Jersey barrens. "It almost seems like 10 years."


A Brazilian museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week admits its collection is not insured.


Execution-style killings have fallen sharply in Baghdad since the security crackdown began this month, the No. 2 U.S. commander said Tuesday.


FORMER Cardiff City loan star Gary O'Neil says he was appalled by El-Hadji Diouf spitting at his Portsmouth team-mate Arjan de Zeeuw.


Error in Bondsâs Court Papers Raises a Ruckus

A typographical error in court papers regarding Barry Bonds touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test one month after breaking the single-season home run record.


Stocks dip, yen firms as focus on U.S. data

World stocks edged lower on Tuesday while Wall Street was set for a weaker open as investors remained cautious over the health of the U.S. economy after a fallout in U.S. risky mortgages and credit turmoil.


Specialist financial investigators are to be appointed to every police district in Northern Ireland.


15 convicted in Eiffel Tower ticket scam

A Paris court convicted 15 former Eiffel Tower workers of embezzling funds from the monument's ticket office, and ordered them Friday to pay a total of $940,000 in damages and fines.


Iran received a third shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Friday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported.


Analysis: McCain and Huckabee now rivals

John McCain, meet Mike Huckabee. You're now rivals.


A roadside bomb kills two British soldiers in southern Iraq and injures two others, says the MoD.


Seven truckers released in Iraq, kidnappers vow more attacks

Islamic militant kidnappers released seven truck drivers held hostage in Iraq for six weeks, an AFP correspondent witnessed in the rebel-dominated western city of Fallujah.


Newly opened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, South Plaquemines High won for the first time ever on Friday, but the team lost a major-college prospect in the process.


Cavaliers James day-to-day with facial fracture

CLEVELAND, United States  - Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, who took a hard, accidental elbow to the eye in a game on Wednesday, has a facial fracture, the National Basketball Association team said.


Bobby Shriver kicked off his campaign for a seat on the Santa Monica City Council Sunday at the opening of his campaign headquarters at 3004 Santa Monica Boulevard.


Pope Benedict XVI calls for a dialogue between Muslims and Christians as he starts a four-day visit to Turkey.


Tsunami Experience Prepares Alaska Town for Next One

Nearly 41 years ago, Alaskan Doug McCrae was clinging to a roof with his family as huge waves of debris-choked water slammed into Seward and other coastal Alaska towns after a magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook nearby Prince William Sound.


A former cancer patient who experts thought was infertile gives birth to a baby at a hospital in Edinburgh.


Riggs Directors Silent As Scandal Unfolded

In October 2002, the directors of Riggs Bank received an internal memorandum listing $1.9 million in suspicious cash withdrawals by former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from 2000 to 2002 -- the board's first official notification of a relationship that bank regulators were investigating.


Mac-based supercomputer drops to 7th place on Top500

MacCentral - With performance almost double that of the Earth Simulator, in Yokohama, Japan, IBM Corp.'s Blue Gene/L on Monday was officially ranked first on the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. IBM built four of the top ten machines on the biannual list, which was set to be announced Monday evening at the SC2004 conference in Pittsburgh. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University reappeared on the list, finishing in seventh position five months after dropping off the June list because of a hardware upgrade to Apple Computer Inc.'s Xserve systems. ...


David Beckham has escaped disciplinary action for his deliberate yellow card against Wales after the Football Association decided there was "insufficient evidence" to charge the England captain.


Michael Jackson's maid acted suspiciously during a raid at his ranch, a sheriff's deputy tells a court.


World number two Rafael Nadal led an exodus of seeds at Queen's Club on Friday when swirling winds threw Wimbledon preparations off course for several players.


Inquiry Raises New Questions on French Bank

JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel told French prosecutors that his fictitious trading started as far back as 2005 â a year earlier than SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale has acknowledged.


Livorno, 20:08 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; SPINELLI: SPERIAMO JUVE SIA STANCA

"Speriamo che arrivino stanchi, che abbiano speso tutte le energie per recuperare i due gol all'Inte...


Blast in Gaza Home of Hamas Man Kills 4 - Medics

An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas militant in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.


Bush ad suggests country under Kerry would be vulnerable

The Bush campaign is accusing John Kerry [related, bio] of ``putting our protection at risk'' -- again suggesting the Democrat would be weak on the war on terror.


Israel rivals are closer to unity on eve of Blair visit

By Philip Webster, Political Editor, and Ian MacKinnon in Jerusalem. BRITAIN will step up efforts to maintain the momentum towards Middle East peace this week by fleshing out plans for a London conference to


The Arena Football League enters its third decade with a new broadcast partner that happens to own a portion of the 19-team organization.


Dow Jones -0,13%, Nasdaq Composite -0,66%, SP 500 -0,01%


Bad Weather and Debris Left Harbor Cleanup Incomplete

By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  The Army Corps of Engineers could not finish Point Judith Harbor dredging despite an extended deadline.


Ministro: "l'inottemperanza del 'foglio di via' sia reato"


Allstate, Other Insurers Face New Loss From Frances

Allstate Corp., St. Paul Travelers Cos., Ace Ltd. and other insurers face as much as $10 billion in losses as hurricane winds batter Florida for second time in three weeks.


Japanese Ditch TV Time in Favor of Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii outsells the Spny PS3 6 to 1 in Japan, and it now steals part of the country's prime-time TV audience.


49ers' Lawson Out for Season With Injury

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Linebacker Manny Lawson will miss the rest of the San Francisco 49ers' season after tearing a ligament in his left knee.


A film industry group has sued a high-end consumer electronics company, claiming its home theater jukebox system makes illegal copies of movie DVDs.


Lead may raise the risk of death at levels much lower than those widely thought as safe, research suggests.


LOS ANGELES - It's been a rough month for hotel heiress Paris Hilton. First, her Hollywood Hills home was burglarized and now her pet Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, has disappeared...


Clashes over land that have killed hundreds of people and other deadly violence are endangering next week's general election, which is shaping up to be the closest in Kenya's history, officials said Friday.


Cabrera sparks Marlins past Diamondbacks

Miguel Cabrera and Florida's young pitchers have the Marlins winning again. Cabrera hit his 18th homer and drove in four runs during his seventh consecutive multihit game, leading the Marlins to a 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.


Chimpanzees in West Africa were using stone tools to crack nuts 4,300 years ago, archaeologists say.


Chelsea kept pace with leaders Manchester United with a 3-0 win over Blackburn but their defensive resources were hit once more when Ashley Cole was stretchered off in agony with a knee injury.


Indonesia May Face Attack From Another Terrorist Cell, BBC Says

A second cell of militants may be active in Indonesia and prepared to carry out another terrorist attack, the British Broadcasting Corp said on its Web site, citing Australia's Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty.


Democratic Senator McCaskill Backs Obama's 2008 Bid

Bloomberg - Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, a freshman Democrat, today announced she is supporting Senator Barack Obama for president.


Immigration bill fails crucial test vote

A broad immigration bill to legalize millions of people in the U.S. unlawfully failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday, a stunning setback that could spell its defeat for the year.


Lo scooter piÃ¹ piccolo una ruota e si guida in piedi

Si chiama EasyGlider e spopola in nord Europa. Costa 700 euro, si ricarica come


Hey, Whoâs He? With Gwyneth? The Google Guy

One Google engineer has had his picture taken with more than 100 luminaries who have visited the company.


Evidence is emerging from Africa that colours were being used in a symbolic way perhaps 200,000 years ago, a UK scientist claims.


BEIJING - A massive floodcrest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River yesterday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.


Tropical Storm Florence forms in Atlantic

The sixth tropical storm of the Atlantic   hurricane season, Florence, formed in the distant Atlantic on   Tuesday and could become a hurricane as it moves toward the   United States, U.S. forecasters said.


Secretary of State Colin Powell and three other Cabinet members have resigned, escalating the shake-up of President Bush's second-term team. Senior administration officials said Monday that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice was most likely to succeed Powell.


A BBC Wales investigation finds repossession figures are the highest for eight years and are set to go on rising.


U.S. warplanes pound Baghdad's southern outskirts

U.S. warplanes dropped 40,000 pounds of bombs on more than 40 targets on Baghdad's southern outskirts on Thursday in a major strike on al Qaeda safe havens, the military said in a statement.


British students spend about $1.8 billion on drink every year, nearly three times as much as they cough up for books, a survey released on Monday showed.


Quickening his search for a new war strategy, President Bush sought ideas from lawmakers on Friday and lined up three days of urgent talks with military brass, diplomats and outside experts on how to stop Iraq's slide toward anarchy.


UPDATE 1-Bosnia held by Serbia in highly-charged stadium

Bosnia were held to a 0-0 draw by Serbia and Montenegro in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday that was played in a highly-charged atmosphere.


The stench of impunity wafts over the final act in cash for honours farce

Comment is free: Tom Bower: Yates's testimony was a slap in the face for public accountability.


New York, 18:41 - TENNIS, US OPEN: HENIN-HARDENNE SI QUALIFICA PER I QUARTI

La belga Justine Henin-Hardenne si è qualificata per i quarti di finale degli Us Open, dopo a...


Blog: GM awards two battery contracts for the Chevy Volt's E-flex power train


GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa -- Two states guard the campaign trail as though they own it. Their influence on national politics is wildly disproportionate to their modest populations. Neither has anything that could be called a large city, or a slum, or a sprawling suburb. Both are dotted with small towns...


Tehran correspondent Robert Tait forced to leave after nearly three years of reporting from the country


Anxious Iraqis Are Leaving Before Elections

Abu Muhanned, a former Iraqi army officer, fished into his back pocket and pulled out a black leather wallet stuffed with $100 bills.


Four years later, chip maker still struggles to compete with AMD and Intel.


Presidential Candidate John Kerry Makes Visit In Florida

MIAMI -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is returning to south Florida Sunday for a five-day campaign swing. Sen. Kerry spent Saturday night campaigning in Ohio, NBC 6 reported.


Huge effort urged to curb epidemic of obese kids

Washington -- To fight the epidemic of childhood obesity, the nation must enlist virtually every aspect of society to reduce the amount of junk food children eat and get them exercising more, the National Academy of Sciences said Thursday.


Roma, 18:16 - CALCIO, DOMANI RIUNIONE PRESIDENTI DI A E B

E' prevista per domani alle ore 15 all'Hotel Hilton Airport di Fiumicino una riunione informale dei ...


Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Wednesday to calm a simmering immigration row, after the government admitted mistakes over the number of foreign workers coming into the country.


Intel endorses wider-range wireless Net technology

In a boost to the future of high-speed wireless Internet service, Intel Corp. said Monday it's putting its money and its technology behind a closely watched company that's trying to roll out the service around the globe.


Update: Lenovo, Apple rank low on eco-friendly policies

Nonprofit environmental organization Greenpeace has rated mobile phone giant Nokia highly for its eco-friendly policies, but gave low marks to Lenovo Group, Motorola, and Apple Computer, among others.


Pheasants Forever Award Winner Credits Volunteers

By Scott Richardson  Gerald Rodeen remembers a day when he was 7 and his grandfather and father took him to a farm near Sibley.  He sat on the tailgate of the pickup truck, munching a ham and Swiss cheese sandwich his grandmother had made as he looked up in the trees.


As President Bush mulls what to do after winning re-election, voters say his first priority should be resolving the situation in Iraq, where the fighting is growing more intense.


Stocks Rise on Sears, HP; Oil Trims Gains

U.S. stocks closed higher, reviving  their recent rally on Wednesday after Kmart's plan to buy Sears  in a $10.85 billion deal was announced and computer maker  Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N posted solid earnings, but a rise  in oil prices capped session gains.


The traffic lights in one town in eastern Germany have been seized by the equality of the sexes, with little green women replacing little green men on some pedestrian crossings from this week.


Holiday Festival: St. John's upsets North Carolina State

Wrought by scandal, injuries and pure bad luck over the past year, St. John's finally caught a break and found some of the magic that used to surround the once-proud program.


Quota 95 dal 2008 oppure uno scalino e quote


Israele, salta l'accordo tra Sharon ei laburisti. Raid israeliano ...

Stop ai negoziati tra Sharon ei laburisti. Lâaccordo per formare un governo di unitÃ  nazionale sembra sfumare di ora in ora. Questa volta, a segnare la battuta dâarresto sono le dichiarazioni del capo


With a Rookie Quarterback in the N.F.L., Call It in the Air

Debuts are rarely pretty, especially for rookies such as Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who will make his first start Sunday.


Video showing young members of a populist political party mocking the Prophet Muhammad has surfaced on Web sites, prompting the head of the Danish party's youth wing to express regret Friday.


Wonder Set to Release First Album in Decade

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - After several delays, Stevie  Wonder's new studio album, "A Time 2 Love," his first in a  decade, is expected to be out in April via Motown.


A fan changed his mind and pleaded no contest Friday to a charge of walking onto the court during a November brawl at an NBA game.


SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A 62-year-old grandmother who prosecutors said ran drugs to support her bingo habit has been sentenced to three years in prison and a $150,000 fine.


Polls are due to open in Hungary for a double referendum on citizenship rights and the health care system.


A car bomb exploded by a police patrol and killed six people near the Health Ministry, which was shelled with mortars earlier in the morning.


Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood each scored 17 points to lead the Washington Wizards to an 88-69 victory over the Hornets on Sunday, the 10th straight loss for New Orleans.


Two Egyptians Seized in Latest Baghdad Kidnapping

Gunmen raided a building to seize two  Egyptians during the night in Baghdad, in the third in a new  series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the  capital this month.


This past spring, 10-year-old Adam Young joined other tweens on Club Penguin, playing games, throwing virtual snowballs and chatting with fellow kids who appear onscreen as plump cartoon penguins. A few weeks later, Adam asked Mom to pay $5 a month for extra features, such as decorating his online persona's igloo.


Oil prices raced to new record highs  above $50 on Tuesday, despite a pledge by OPEC producer Saudi  Arabia to increase production, as rebel threats against  Nigerian oil facilities threatened to inflict further strain on  global supplies.


Commuter Van Heading to NASA Tumbles Off Mountain

A van carrying workers to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tumbled 200 feet off a mountain road Wednesday, killing at least four people and trapping five others, officials said.


Truck bomb kills eight soldiers in Algeria

LAKHDARIA, Algeria  - A truck bomb exploded at an Algerian army barracks on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers in the deadliest attack claimed by al Qaeda's north Africa wing since a triple suicide bombing in April.


Mandela Lauded for AIDS Disclosure on Son

Former President Nelson Mandela, a leading AIDS campaigner, won local and international praise Friday for disclosing that his son died of the disease still shrouded in silence and fear.


NASA to Review Astronaut Psychological Screening

NASA is initiating a review to determine whether changes are required to how astronauts are psychologically analyzed throughout their careers, space agency officials announced Wednesday.


L'ex premier ironizza su Veltroni: "Comico presentarlo come il nuovo"E sulle aspettative della nuova formazione politica: "Sicuri del 38%? Danno i numeri"                                          Berlusconi: "Sogno il partito unico La spallata? Non l'ho mai tentata"                                                                                "Sono certo che il Capo dello Stato non si presterÃ  a giochi di parte e a manovre di palazzo""Questa sinistra Ã¨ inabilitata a governare e per questo bisogna ricorrere alla sovranitÃ  popolare"


Nearly 18,000 still missing from Balkan wars

Red Cross says more than 13,000 unaccounted for from Bosnian conflict alone.


Per famiglia la spesa annua in bollette aumenta di 48 euro


US Shares Poised to Start Slightly Weaker

U.S. shares were poised to start slightly weaker on Tuesday as investors look past potential merger activity to a Federal Reserve that is expected to raise borrowing costs.


The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world's leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.


Allenby, Rose Share Lead at Deutsche Bank

Tiger Woods labors through Saturday's third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, but still finds himself only two back of Robert Allenby and Justin Rose.


Roma, 20:58 - CALCIO, ROMA: CONVOCATI PER IL LIVORNO

Sono 20 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico della Roma, Luciano Spalletti, per la gara di domani con i...


Small majorities of Iranians say their country should develop nuclear weapons and they would feel safer if Tehran possessed such arms, according to a rare public opinion poll of that nation's citizens.


Yefim Bronfman juggles the demands of a busy career.


Murdoch could save Yahoo! from Microsoft!

You ain't digging into my space, Monkeyboy !!!!! Rupert Murdoch is in talks with Yahoo! aimed at fending off the hostile takeover by Microsoft.â¦


Police have been granted more time to question radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri under the Terrorism Act.


Senate Chairman Says He Will Introduce Intelligence Bill

US Senator Pat Roberts, the Kansas Republican who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he will introduce legislation that would put the nation's intelligence gathering operations under one national director.


N.F.L. Roundup: Favre Leaning Toward Returning for Another Season

Brett Favre is leaning toward returning for another season with the Green Bay Packers, according to comments he made to his hometown newspaper.


Talks on GM alliance with Renault, Nissan stall

General Motors Corp. will continue to explore an alliance with Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. , the companies said yesterday, but questions over the benefits have stalled the talks.


Phil Taylor beats Mark Dudbridge 7-4 to win the Ladbrokes World Championship in Purfleet.


Martin-Bush meeting suggests first-date jitters, eventual thaw

OTTAWA (CP) - The prime minister was clearly nervous as the wide oak doors to the Centre Block swung open Tuesday morning.


Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams' success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an "arms


JD Drew extended Atlanta's season Sunday by driving in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Braves rallied to down Houston, 6-5.


The world's first cloned cat just became a mother — and she even did it without test tubes. Copy Cat, who was cloned by Texas A&M University researchers in 2001, had three kittens in September. Mother and kittens are doing well, said Duane Kraemer, an A&M veterinary medicine professor who helped clone her and has been taking care of her since.


Milano, 15:05 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: ADRIANO? ERA IN PERMESSO

Nessun mistero Adriano. Roberto Mancini chiarisce l'assenza del brasiliano nell'allenamento di ieri:...


The technology company's move gives cause for pause until you take a closer look.


John Lucas III scored nine of his 18 points in a 14-0 second-half run to lead fifth-ranked Oklahoma State to an 86-73 victory Friday night over UAB.


EMC to Buy Document Sciences for $85 Million

Storage company EMC has agreed to buy Document Sciences, a developer of software for personalizing mailshots and other communications.


Zdenek Zemanâs Lecce was defeated on Sunday by league leaders Juventus, a result which was hard to swallow for the Czech coach. According to the giallorossiâs mentor, the game should have not been played


Moneta unica a 1,3176 dollari e 159,36 yen


Republicans try to woo youth with blog guide

Worried that their heavy-bombing, hard-wired, stiff-suited image could lose them younger generation votes in next year's elections, US Republicans are trying to reboot their act: they want to blog their way to victory.


Consumer prices fall in Japan for the sixth month in a row in July but unemployment hits a nine-year low.


Bill Clinton praised the Democratic field of presidential contenders Saturday, noting that as president he had close ties to almost all of them. But he said there's no doubt his wife would make the best president.


Teenage soul singer Joss Stone teams up with rock legend Mick Jagger to perform a Christmas duet.


German suspects had deadline for attacks: report

Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by September 15 and knew police were hot on their trail before their arrest, a magazine said on Saturday.


Iran firm on nuclear plans before Rome talks

Iran will not retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday just hours before his new chief negotiator was to meet Western diplomats for the first time.


Only in New York: Kennedys, Cuomos and Voters, Oh, My

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering a run for attorney general, which could pit him against Andrew Cuomo, his brother-in-law.


Pakistan decides "in principle" to delay poll

Pakistani electoral officials have decided "in principle" to delay a January 8 poll after Benazir Bhutto's killing last week sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but put off a final decision until Wednesday.


Just about. The only time on record that anything like this happened before was in 1947, when two hurricanes and one tropical storm hit Florida within five weeks.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the backing of California Rep. Maxine Waters, an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose support could help blunt charges of racial polarization against the Clinton campaign in the South Carolina primary.


An enthusiast site notes that nearly everything in Microsoft's $10 a month MSN Premium offering is available for free via Windows or Windows Live.


Grammy-winning jazz producer Joel Dorn dies at 65

Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65.


At 90, Arthur C. Clarke Has Three Wishes

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings. "I have always believe...


European investigator plans Guantanamo visit

A European investigator probing alleged  CIA abuses of detainees intends to visit the controversial U.S.  prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and meet inmates, he said on  Tuesday.


2 New York City Police Officers Seriously Injured

One officer was shot twice in a gunfight in Harlem last night, and another officer was stabbed in Brooklyn.


Iraq. Gli americani riprendono il controllo di Samarra. 21 ...

Ventuno iracheni sono morti e altri 35 sono rimasti feriti in seguito agli scontri armati avvenuti nella notte tra l'esercito americano e le forze ribelli a Samarra, a 125 km. a nord di Baghdad. Feriti anche tre soldati americani.


A U.S. aid chief got a firsthand look at the anger among Darfur's beleaguered population Friday, when residents of a refugee camp beat up a government worker who tried to stop them from complaining to the visiting diplomat.


How fitting. Down, three games to none, their season on its deathbed, the Red Sox now have to pitch Derek Lowe.


North Korea "committed" to disarmament pact

North Korea is committed to a disarmament agreement reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday on return from the reclusive communist state.


HP Integrity Essentials: Management Solutions for HP Integrity Servers

As HP Integrity servers gain momentum in the enterprise, there are questions on the minds of many potential customers.  "How will I manage my HP Integrity servers? Will I be able to use the tools that I have in place for my HP 9000 and ProLiant servers, or will the new server architecture require a separate and entirely new set of monitoring software and hardware?" The answer is "rest assured." HP is committed to protecting customer investments in existing management tools and processes. Read this new white paper and learn more now.


Unsuccessful Philippine Presidential Candidate Poe Buried Amid ...

The Philippine army went on red alert Wednesday as Filipinos paid their last respects to movie actor and presidential aspirant Fernando Poe Jr.


Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N on  Tuesday said quarterly profit topped its own lowered  expectations as the computer and printer maker saw record  revenues in every business and every region.


Worries About A Slower Second Half Are Growing

Corporate forecasts are falling short and signals point to more-modest capital spending, intesifying worries off a slower second half.


Business & money: ITV is bracing itself for a penalty of up to Â£2.8m for the GMTV call-TV scandal.


US Cyberchief Resigns After a Year on the Job

The United States' top computer-security official has resigned after a little more than a year on the job, the US Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.


Leroy Gordon Cooper, one of the nation's first astronauts who once set a space endurance record by traveling more than 3.3 million miles aboard Gemini 5 in 1965, died on Monday, NASA said.


Almost half of adults eat to beat the blues or boredom, research suggests.


LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi last night made a dramatic appeal for the release of British hostage Ken Bigley. Colonel Gaddafi acted after a direct appeal from Bigley's family to Saif, one of his sons.


Brian McCann delivered the slump-busting big hits the Atlanta Braves desperately needed. McCann's run-scoring single gave the Braves their first lead in a week, and he added a three-run homer to lift Atlanta to a 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night.


U.S. Army Kills 25 Rebels in Fierce Iraq Fight

MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. troops backed by warplanes  killed 25 guerrillas in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on  Wednesday after facing a coordinated assault involving two  suicide bombs and dozens of insurgents, the military said.


Israeli forces battled Hizbollah   guerrillas in a push deeper into Lebanon on Saturday and up to   17 Israeli soldiers were reported killed, as both sides said   they would obey a U.N. resolution on a truce -- but not yet.


Sprint Corp. and cable television provider Mediacom Communications Corp. announced an agreement Wednesday that will allow Sprint to offer Internet telephone service to Mediacom's 2.7 million household subscribers.


Sold! To the man at the back in the stetson

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, has devised a novel way of raising funds for the cash-strapped state - a giant car boot sale.


AIDS hits blacks harder than other groups: CDC

Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.


Vornado out; Blackstone poised to buy Equity Office

Vornado Realty Trust  withdrew its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday, paving the way for private equity firm Blackstone Group to take over the top U.S. office landlord for $23 billion.


South Korea accuses five people of spying for the North, in what is called the biggest spy case since 2000.


Thompson, Mulling Presidential Run, Suggests Blockade of Iran

Bloomberg - June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Fred Thompson, who may join the Republican presidential race, said today that the U.S. and its allies should consider a blockade against Iran before military action to curb the nation's nuclear ambitions.


Roma, 18:27 - CALCIO, ABETE: CAMPIONATO REGOLARE, ARBITRI NON INCIDONO

Il presidente della Figc, Giancarlo Abete, dopo il consiglio federale, ha smorzato le polemiche sull...


Pitcairn Island sex fiend's jokes turn to tears

THE rapists and child molesters of Pitcairn Island were laughing and joking as they walked to the island's courthouse yesterday.


Egypt Sees Move Towards Israel-Palestinian Peace

Egypt's official news agency said  Tuesday significant progress had been made in international  efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to  the conflict termed talk of a deal premature.


Federer plays Agassi's game and still comes out on top

com. Roger Federer: Forget any visions you have of Roger Federer being a lumbering, big server whose best surface will always be grass.


Testing times Mozilla released an alpha version of Firefox 3, targeted at developers, on Friday in a bid to make sure the foundations of the next version of its browser are solid well before putting on all the bells and whistles.â¦


A live album New York rock band the Strokes were planning to release this fall has been scrapped, the group's manager told Billboard.com.


The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated pay raises for about 1,000 elected judges and district judges Thursday, adding fuel to a controversy that has roiled state politics for more than a year.


Henin-Hardenne Upset by Petrova; Agassi Gets Victory

Defending champion Justine Henin- Hardenne was eliminated by Nadia Petrova in straight sets at the US Open, while two-time champion Andre Agassi advanced to a quarterfinal showdown with top men's seed Roger Federer.


U.S. to support up to 10,000 extra Abbas troops

The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan, U.S. documents show.


Touchscreens are back in vogue with flat-panel display makers, if the prototypes on show at the FPD Expo in Yokohama this week are anything to go by.Gone are the clunky screens that relied on a touch layer added over the display, and in are models that integrate the sensor elements into the display itself. That means the displays are brighter, thinner and in many cases more responsive. It also means that some can offer a "multi-touch" capability similar to that of Apple Inc.'s iPhone.The largest of the multi-touch screens on display was a 47-inch model from LG.Philips LCD that attracted a crowd thanks to the same novelty feature that's been amusing iPhone owners for a few months: the ability to zoom in and out of images with two fingers. In this case the display showed satellite images from Google Maps, so many show-goers used the screen to find and zoom-in on their own home, thus unwittingly letting all those around know where they live.Taiwan's AU Optronics had a pair of 4.3-inch panels on display. One used a voltage-sensing touch system and the other relied on a charge-sensing touch system. The same photo zoom technique was being demonstrated on the two screens. The former appeared much more responsive but comes with a catch: it can be operated with a fingernail but not a finger. Conversely, the charge system worked fine with a finger but didn't respond when touched with a fingernail.Japan's Sharp also attracted a crowd with a multi-touch screen that it first debuted earlier this month at the Ceatec show. The 3.5-inch screen integrates an optical scanner pixel alongside each LCD pixel, so it can not only recognize the location of multiple fingers but also be used to scan name cards and the like.Integrating image sensor pixels along side LCD pixels in screens isn't new. Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co. Ltd. unveiled such a prototype at the Electronic Display Expo in Tokyo in 2003 but not much was heard of it since.At FPD Expo, which began Wednesday, the company was demonstrating its latest prototypes and admitted that it had let rivals catch-up on its lead. The screens have failed to take off partly because panel makers don't have sophisticated enough software libraries to work with the displays.That means consumer electronics makers have to do a fair amount of software work to interface with the screens, and that's a hurdle to adoption, said Yutaka Okada, a spokesman for the company, which is a joint venture between Toshiba and Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic).The latest prototypes work by sensing either light or shadow. The light-sensing model responded to a light pen and allowed users to perform such tasks as draw on a picture displayed on the screen, while the shadow sensing model could be operated with a finger. The latter has the advantage of working well in both bright and dark conditions and doesn't even require the user to physically touch the screen. Just bringing a finger within a few millimeters of the display is enough for it to respond.Despite the large number of prototypes on display, none of the companies would say when a product might be on the market.


Johnny Grant, 84; Spread Hoorays for Hollywood, Is Dead

Mr. Grant was the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as its No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century.


Sun Microsystems launched the much-anticipated new version of its Solaris operating system this week, and announced an overhauled pricing model designed to compete with Linux.


A movement to essentially dump the Electoral College and give the presidency to the winner of the nationwide popular vote has been defeated in North Dakota and Montana, after opponents said it would eliminate any influence states may have in presidential contests.


Explosive traces found in wreckage of second Russian airliner

Traces of explosives were found amid the wreckage of the second of two Russian airliners that crashed almost simultaneously last week, investigators said Saturday, giving


Hokies safety Aaron RouseÃÂ chose toÃÂ return to the school he loves for his senior year rather thanÃÂ bolt for the security that an NFL salary could provide his family.


Roma la provincia piu' prolifica, Enna con maggior aumento


US fails in bid to kill off Kyoto process

Governments from around the world yesterday narrowly succeeded in keeping the international bid to combat catastrophic global warming alive, in the face of determined attempts


Two Italian soldiers feared kidnapped in Afghanistan

Two Italian soldiers are believed to have been kidnapped while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italy's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.


After another defeat Claudio Ranieriâs head is on the chopping block as insults hurtle towards the dressing room from the Mestalla offices above.


UN General Assembly gives Annan what its president calls vote of ...

8 December 2004 - The United Nations General Assembly today gave Secretary-General Kofi Annan a standing ovation and a lengthy round of applause, in what its president called a "rare and valuable homage" and a vote of confidence - a characterization


Dopo 'ascolto della citta'' vicepremier scioglie riserva


The biggest fear for veteran flanker Wayne Chrebet in his battle to overcome the concussion he suffered last November was not that the next hit could end it all.


Australia grabbed a stranglehold on the second Test against New Zealand in Adelaide after the tourists struggled to 149 for five on the fourth day, chasing 464.


Sometime before Feb. 1, 2010, the next president will have to decide whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should get a second term.


Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died.


Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O, the largest  U.S. cable operator, on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit  on better-than-expected gains in high-speed Internet customers  and raised its full-year outlook for subscriber growth.


Myanmar junta sets curfew amid mass protests

Myanmar's junta imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the country's two main cities on Wednesday after pouring security forces into Yangon to try to end the biggest protests against military rule in 20 years.


Cable music channel MTV is criticised for "incessant sleaze" by a US television indecency watchdog.


BASEBALL Nomar Garciaparra can become a free agent after the World Series and will consider returning to the Chicago Cubs, his team for the final two months this season. "Do I know what's going to happen, what is going on? That I can't foresee," Garciaparra said before yesterday's season finale against Atlanta, one day after the Cubs were eliminated from ...


L'inquietante ritrovamento ieri, in una frazione vicino alla cittadina dove si trova anche la base militare americana                                          Aviano, una mitraglietta in strada E' il modello di arma usato dai terroristi


The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act would provide protection for consumers who fall victim to identity theft.


Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani addressed his Democratic past on Monday and offered one reason for his political conversion — taxes.


Joey Citera, 7, a snowboarder, tests five helmets at the resortâs Burton Kids Parkway, a new children-only snowboard terrain park.


Sammy Sosa is hoping to slam his way back into baseball. Two years after being among several players who testified before a congressional committee looking into steroid use in professional baseball, the 38-year-old Sosa is trying to make a comeback and has a minor league contract with his original team — the Texas Rangers.


Gubernatorial debate reveals stark contrasts

Indiana's candidates for governor offered starkly different views of the state tonight in a debate that ranged from the health of Indiana's economy to the health of its citizens.


Just when the holiday season looked to be comfortably family-friendly, along comes vampire hunter Blade to liven things up. In Blade: Trinity, the determined vampire slayer Blade (Wesley Snipes) is pitted against Dracula, the master vampire of all time.


Victoria's Secret Model Refuses US Dollars

The world's richest model has reportedly reacted in her own way to the sliding value of the US dollar - by refusing to be paid in the currency.  Gisele BÃ¼ndchen is said to be keen to avoid the US currency because of uncertainty over its streng...


Yushchenko: Ukraine Events Are Like Fall of Soviets

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, speaking after doctors said he was poisoned with dioxin, on Sunday likened his country's upheaval over a rigged election to the fall of Soviet rule or the Berlin wall.


SEC probing Sallie Mae actions near stock sales

Student lending company SLM Corp  , or Sallie Mae, said on Wednesday the U.S. Securities  and Exchange Commission is investigating the company's  disclosures in December 2007, before and after executives and  directors traded in its stock.


Il presidente del partito popolare europeo: "Non vogliamocooperare nÃ¨ con partiti di estrema destra, nÃ¨ di estrema sinistra"                                            Martens: "Impossibile An in Ppe Serve un nuovo partito di centro"


Per i titolari di partita Iva: lo ricorda Agenzia Entrate


TiVo Stock Off on Weakness in Most Lucrative Users

TiVo Inc., the maker of pioneering television recording technology, posted strong subscriber growth in its latest quarter, but weakness in its most profitable segment spooked investors on Friday.


Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas began talks Monday to recruit right-wing parties into a "rainbow coalition" and keep out a party


Arsenal won for the first time in five games Saturday, getting two goals from Thierry Henry to beat Birmingham 3-0 in the Premier League.


Four former Gurkhas working for a London-based security firm were killed in an attack in Baghdad, the Foreign Office said today. The attack, in which around 15 other


That was Michael Moore in a USA Today column on the Republican National Convention. By penning such a blatantly miscalculated assessment, itâs almost as if Moore is attempting to demonstrate, beyond any


NIE says power has now been restored to almost all of the homes affected by storms over the weekend.


Koose Muniswamy Veerappan: The Bandit King

He has been described as India's answer to Robin Hood. But Koose Muniswamy Veerappan was a ruthless killer who admitted to 120 murders before he died in a hail of police bullets on Monday.


The British Grand Prix last weekend was eclipsed by an industrial espionage scandal off the track that involved three teams and that is headed to court in Britain and Italy.


Bush Travels South Seeking Women's Votes

President Bush sought backing from female voters Friday, asking them to look beyond rising violence in Iraq to a day when a democratically elected leader will lead the nation.


Facts lost amid flurry of campaign rhetoric

Whether a distortion on jobs, hairsplitting on health care or a half-told story about Iraq, facts are getting lost as President Bush and Democrat John Kerry reach full-throated roar in the campaign.


France says claims that its officials were among those offered bribes by Saddam Hussein are unverified.


Building Up Engineering: Schools Businesses Promote Careers in Scientific Fields

By Anna L. Mallory, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 22--One by one, students stacked 1,000-page red, blue and green engineering textbooks atop the cardboard structure they'd spent more than an hour creating.


Akshay Kumar imitates Jackie Chan, Jet Lee

Akshay Kumar, who hasn't done a full-on action film in seven years, is undergoing training in the martial art form called Wushu with co-star Deepika Padukone for Warner Brothers' first Bollywood film Made In China.


Macy's name to go on all Federated stores

As goes Liberty House will go Lazarus and Burdines. Federated Department Stores has decided to rebrand all of its stores as Macy's stores in coming months.


Hot, steamy star Somewhere in the universe, a solar system is forming. Whirling around the newly ignited stellar embryo is a disk of dust, gas, and rocks that will gradually settle down into a stable planetary system. And according to astronomers using the Spitzer space telescope, the natal cloud - the region where planets will form - is being deluged with water vapour.â¦


Brain's immune response ,the culprit behind autism:

[Health India]: Washington, Nov 16 : Activation of brain's immune system might be the real culprit behind autism, a Johns Hopkins study has found.


Current Media Unveils IPO Plans, Dubious Financials

Internet- and cable-TV video startup Current Media has filed for an initial public offering. The company, which counts former Vice President Al Gore among its backers, has yet to turn a profit.


Recent clashes between Iranian and U.S. Navy forces in the Persian Gulf reflect Iran's shifted military strategy to use its Revolutionary Guard's fast boats more aggressively in the region, the top U.S. military officer said Friday.


Democratic candidate John Kerry overtook US President George W Bush in early projections of today election results, networks reported.


Market flat after data raise rate worries

A strong retail sales report and fresh talk of takeovers initially boosted U.S. stocks on Wednesday, but gains disappeared quickly as traders had renewed worries about the outlook for interest rates.


IBM reportedly is selling its personal computer business for some $2 billion, possibly to China's Lenovo. Big Blue currently ranks a distant third in PC sales with a 6 percent market share, trailing


Australia has won two medals on the first day of the World Shortcourse Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. The Australian 4x200 metre women's freestyle relay team took silver, while 17-year-old Lara Carroll


The government is to launch a review into whether there should be British astronauts to take part in space exploration.


Italy's left is seeking to 'eradicate' the traditional family with its plan for a law that would give unmarried couples, including gays, some of the same rights as married couples, the Vatican newspaper said ...Comment


Mitsubishi Electric shows 802.15-based location system

InfoWorld - Researchers at Mitsubishi Electric have developed a location finding and ranging system based on an emerging short-range wireless technology.


Murder Suspect Often Pretended To Be Pregnant, Ex-husband Says

The woman accused of strangling a mother-to-be and cutting the baby from her womb often faked being pregnant to get attention, even though she had her tubes tied 14 years ago, according to her ex-husband.


Bergamo, 14:58 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: PRESIDENTE RUGGERI RICOVERATO, MOLTO GRAVE

Sarebbero critiche le condizioni di Ivan Ruggeri, presidente dell'Atalanta. Ruggeri si è sent...


No. 7 Pitt faces challenging final month

College students look forward to spring break. College basketball coaches such as Pitt's Jamie Dixon do not.


Warner Bros. Home Entertainment said  on Tuesday it agreed to distribute titles from video game  publisher Codemasters Inc., such as "Operation Flashpoint," in  North America, starting in April 2007.


Pakistani Senate votes to scrap Islamic law on rape

Pakistan's upper house of parliament, the Senate, passed a bill curtailing the scope of Islamic laws on rape on Thursday, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf to sign it into law.


Sharon says nothing will stop his push forward with Gaza pullout ...

(Jerusalem-AP) Oct. 18, 2004 - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is standing behind his Gaza pullout plan. Sharon says despite unrelenting criticism from settlers, nothing will stop his plans to get out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.


La proposta di legge dell'Unione esaminata il 13 settembredalla commissione Affari costituzionali di Montecitorio                                          E' scontro sul conflitto d'interessi Marini: "Una legge non punitiva"                                                                                Per il presidente del Senato serve un "quadro preciso"Bonaiuti: "Vogliono impedire a Berlusconi di fare politica"


Microsoft in talks to invest in Facebook: report

Microsoft Corp  is talking to  Facebook about buying a minority stake in the fast-growing  online social network that could value the company at $10  billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web  site on Monday.


Church convicts, defrocks lesbian cleric

The rare United Methodist Church (UMC) trial of a lesbian minister who violated church law by being honest about who she is ended Thursday with a guilty conviction and a vote to defrock her.


For the second time in two seasons, the Jets on Sunday will welcome Chad Pennington back after an extended absence because of injury.


City leaders in New Orleans say the success of the NBA All-Star game should be proof enough that their city is capable of hosting major events.


Faith a Focus of Kerry Speech to Florida Voters

Description: With just eight days left in the presidential campaign, President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry begin their last frantic week of campaigning.


Watson surrenders outright lead at U.S. Senior Open

Tom Watson, struggling for accuracy off the tee, dropped back into a three-way tie for the lead midway through the third round of the U.S. Senior Open in Kohler, Wisconsin on Saturday.


Kunal Kapoor, who caught everyone's eyes with his intense acting in "Rang De Basanti", says cinema is only one of


German leader discusses Mideast peace with Saudi leaders

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting with Mideast leaders as part of a push for renewed efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Comment


The main oxygen generator for the International Space Station has failed, and the two astronauts on board will tap into an attached cargo ship's air supply.


European shares fall as energy, bank stocks weigh

Weak energy and banking stocks pushed  European shares lower on Thursday, while Air France   shares fell on news it was in tentative merger talks with  ailing Italian airline Alitalia (AZPIa.MI).


The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed new protections for high-cost mortgage borrowers to avoid a repeat of the loose lending standards that have put many Americans at risk of losing their homes.


Movie Review | 'Fearless': Exile, Rehabilitation and Redemption for a Chinese Freedom Fighter

Jet Li says goodbye (supposedly) to the martial arts genre with this decent blend of old-school chopsocky and new school superproduction.


Curfew clamped on Sri Lanka town as Tigers honour war dead

COLOMBO: A curfew was slapped on north-eastern Sri Lanka on Friday as pro-government activists clashed with Tiger rebels commemorating 17,800 comrades killed fighting government forces, police said.


A leading girls' school head teacher has said it makes her "mad" when people dismiss single-sex education.


NFL: Owens Out for Rest of Regular Season with Leg Injuries

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens will miss the rest of the NFL's regular season after he broke his leg and sprained an ankle against the Dallas Cowboys, the team said Monday.


The plan was simple: Iraqi troops would block escape routes while U.S. soldiers searched for weapons house-by-house. But the Iraqi troops didn't show up on time.


Dudley Hart faced his greatest fears last summer when doctors found a softball-sized lump on his wife's lung, which kept him off tour the last half of the season to care for his triplets while she recovered.


Another lawsuit and a big technical delay for Longhorn. Misery, thy name is Microsoft.


Chip Maker Is Nearing Profitability Despite Loss

Advanced Micro Devices inched closer to profitability despite posting a huge loss as it struggled to absorb the huge cost of its acquisition of ATI Technologies.


Automakers told to expect fuel economy increase

Chief executives of U.S.- based automakers were told bluntly by Democratic leaders on Wednesday to expect higher fuel standards, but the industry lobbied hard to avoid sharply higher mileage targets.


Pop Star Gloria Trevi Returns to Hometown

Newly freed from prison, Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi returned to her hometown to a hero's welcome as dozens of fans gathered outside her hotel and an army of reporters followed her every step.


Germany to Step Up Campaign for Permanent UN Seat, Voigt Says

The German government will step up its campaign to obtain a permanent United Nations Security Council seat at meetings next week in New York, said Karsten Voigt, who helps coordinate US relations for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.


Sono accusati di assenteismo, 61 i controllori coinvolti


A leading Ulster GAA star is a major player in arranging illegal dog fights, a BBC investigation finds.


Floyd Landis took shots at cycling and anti-doping officials in his first interview since a second drug test showed he had synthetic testosterone in his body during his Tour de France victory.


From southern Afghanistan's voiceless women come 1,000 prayers for peace

At extraordinary meetings Wednesday, southern Afghan women prayed and told stories about how the war has torn their families apart.


A longtime international arms trafficker was arrested Thursday evening in Spain, where he has a mansion, on U.S. charges that he was conspiring to sell millions of dollars in arms to Colombian rebels.


The Transportation Security Administration is slightly altering the way airport screeners conduct patdown searches by allowing passengers to put their arms down after their upper bodies are checked.


Have You Heard the News? It's in a Novel

Sci-fi like Michael Crichton's "Next" brings up the most important ethical conversations we're not having


Golfing Roundup: Singh ends Tiger's run of 5 in row

Vijay Singh won the PGA Tour player of the year award yesterday for the first time, ending Tiger Woods' five-year hold on the honor with a season that left no debate about who was No.


Morocco unveils health sector reforms: minister

The Moroccan health minister Yasmina Baddou unveiled Monday a string of reforms aimed at improving hospital management, utilising cheaper medicines and reducing infant and maternal mortality rates.


Abbas to Meet Gaza Militants Defying Calls for Calm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faces  a crucial test of his new leadership on Tuesday when he visits  Gaza to try to persuade militants defying his calls for calm to  agree to cease attacks on Israel.


Welcome back to 1998 From Wall St to Silicon Valley, experienced finanical types and entrepreneurs are privately conceding the obvious: we're in a tech bubble. The only doubts are over whether we are in 1998 or 1999 again.â¦


New Pickup Makes Hummer Look Rather Puny

DALLAS - This one could make the Hummer look like a girlie car. International Truck and Engine Corp...


In any style, quality counts in lingerie

Boston bartender Nicolas Giraldo knows his lingerie. Not just because the 28-year-old bachelor is a self described "connoisseur of women" but also because he sells his own line of intimate apparel.


Hundreds turn out to mourn a day after three Argentine teenagers were shot dead by a fellow student.


Where is Osama bin Laden? We have heard from him via video and audiotape. But despite one of the most aggressive manhunts in history, his capture has proven elusive.


Blair urges West to back African peackeeping force

British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Western countries on Wednesday to finance, train and equip African peacekeeping troops so they could intervene to end conflicts on the continent like the one in Sudan's Darfur.


The United States stormed to their first  Olympic men's eights title in 40 years on Sunday.


Chris Cooley plays the game with old-school power and new-school charm and along with the Giants' Jeremy Shockey, is part of a new breed of tight ends.


Yahoo Becomes Latest Search Engine to Personalize Results

New tools let users create customized folders and share their favorite links via e-mail or RSS.


Lessons from the DuPont breach: Five ways to stop data leaks

Over five months, Gary Min stole $400 million worth of proprietary information from a DuPont database. But he wasn't caught until after he left the company for a rival firm.


A BNP election candidate has admitted stockpiling explosive chemicals because he feared a civil war in Britain.  Robert Cottage also wanted to shoot PM Tony Blair, a court heard.


World tourism broke all records in 2006 despite fears over terrorism, bird flu and rising oil prices, the United Nations tourism watchdog reported Monday. A total of 842 million international tourist arrivals were recorded last year, an increase of 4.5 percent, the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization said, citing preliminary data.


Barack Obama yesterday confirmed his status as the rising star of the Democratic party after coasting to victory in Illinois to become the only black US senator.


Less violence and more generous donations appear to be helping efforts to save the silverback gorillas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Thanks to a ceasefire engineered late last month between the government and the forces of dissident Army Gen.


Researcher Claims to Crack Yahoo's Antiscam Filter

Spammers may have found a way to thwart the CAPTCHA image-recognition system commonly used to combat spam.


New, improved Natalie Cole reconnects with roots

Somewhere in her  evolution, Natalie Cole grew a bit confusing.


Iran vows no weakness over nuclear program

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should not show weakness over its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.


Champions League: Dinamo Kiev chiede partita vinta

Sul caso della sospensione della gara di Champions League tra la Roma e la Dinamo Kiev, a causa del ferimento dell`arbitro Frisk colpito da una monetina nel finale del primo tempo, parla il presidente della formazione ucraina, Hryhoriy Surkis che vuole il


Philippines rushing relief to flooded areas

Philippine troops are rushing food and drinking water by foot and helicopters to areas cut off by four storms that have left more than 1,300


Missouri Energy Provider Buys Ill. Power

Ameren Corp. said Friday it has completed its purchase of Illinois Power Co. from Dynegy Inc. of Houston for about $500 million in cash and $1.


Bush busts out to lift Saints past 49ers

Reggie Bush had the breakout game New Orleans was waiting for, and the Saints maintained their hold on first place in the NFL South. Bush tied Joe Horn's franchise record by scoring all four of the Saints' touchdowns and gained 168 total yards Sunday as New Orleans beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-10.


Zimbabwe Ruling Party Elects Woman as Mugabe Deputy

Zimbabwe's ruling party on Saturday  confirmed the election of the first woman candidate as deputy  to President Robert Mugabe at the end of a congress which also  endorsed Mugabe as party leader for another five years.


Mancano risposte del governo su rinnovo del contratto


Virginia strikes out while District gets another at-bat

WHILE WASHINGTON was celebrating a home run Wednesday, Northern Virginia stood helplessly at the plate watching a third strike go by.


Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds, following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left to give the Celtics the lead, and Boston held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 96-90 on Thursday night.


Argentina and Russia level in Davis Cup final

Argentine number one David Nalbandian overpowered Russia's Marat Safin 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the second singles match of the Davis Cup final on Friday to put the teams at 1-1 at the end of the first day.


Loaiza Disappoints Again as Yankees Edge Jays

Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui cracked  solo homers and Bernie Williams added a two-run shot to earn  the New York Yankees an 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in  the American League (AL) Friday.


He was 19 and they called him "Youngun." The tank commander said: "Get your butt out there." So he went out to search for the enemy. When he came back a few hours later, he discovered the bodies. A shell had exploded while his buddies were fixing lunch. They were dead.


QUETTA , Pakistan , Dec 10 (MASNET & News Agencies) - A bomb planted by suspected nationalists killed 10 people and injured at least 21 when it exploded near a military truck in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta , officials said.


Sri Lanka president's brother escapes bomb blast

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother, who is also the island's defense secretary, narrowly escaped a suspected suicide bomb attack in the capital on Friday, officials said.


Detectives continue to investigate the shooting of 14-year-old Danielle Beccan in Nottingham.


Humberto kills one as Texas border blasted

Hurricane Humberto spared Houston but blasted the Texas-Louisiana border area on Thursday, killing one person, shutting down three refineries and cutting power to 100,000 customers.


White House plays down report of Iraq troop cut

The White House on Saturday played down a newspaper report that the Bush administration was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.


Registration open for reality TV style Mars mission trial

ESA offers Â£29k pay for 17-month Big Brother simulator ordeal The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally opened registration for wannabe Mars-mission astronaut guinea pigs, willing to spend up to a year and a half in a "hermetically sealed" spaceship simulator with strictly limited communications.â¦


France Suspends Hunting to Save Orphaned Bear Cub

France suspended hunting in the western Pyrenees on Wednesday to save a bear cub orphaned when his mother, the last female bear native to the region, was killed by hunters earlier this week.


Researchers in Glasgow say children who exercise can stay just as overweight as those who do not.


Europeans have plenty pedigree, insists Monty

COLIN Montgomerie believes the strength in depth of the European Ryder Cup team will give captain Bernhard Langer more flexibility than any of his predecessors when the 2004 match begins next week.


Accused Klansman Faces March Trial for 1964 Deaths

PHILADELPHIA, Miss  - A suspected Ku Klux Klansman  will go on trial in Mississippi in March for the infamous 1964  murders of three civil rights workers, a judge said on  Wednesday.


A problem-plagued Canadian submarine caught fire off the coast of Ireland yesterday as the second-hand vessel made its maiden voyage at sea.


Roma, 13:29 - CICLISMO, DONNE: PUCINSKAITE VINCE TOUR D'ARDECHE

Edita Pucinskaite chiude da dominatrice il Tour d'Ardeche, in Francia. La lituana della Nobili Rubin...


Witness: Hamburg 9/11 Suspect Part of Hijack Group

HAMBURG, Germany  - A Moroccan accused of aiding the Sept. 11 hijackers was a regular member of their circle, a former member of the Hamburg Islamist group that included some of the attackers told a court Tuesday.


A Brazilian judge orders a samba group taking part in the Rio carnival to remove a float depicting the Holocaust .


India urged to grasp opportunity for peace: Rashid believes Osama ...

KARACHI, Sept 10: Pakistan will go extra mile for the success of composite dialogue with India, on all issues including Kashmir, and will do nothing to vitiate the environment for normalization of relations.


German media company Bertelsmann AG said Wednesday that profits climbed sharply in the first half of this year, boosted by a turnaround at its BMG music unit and a strong performance by broadcaster RTL Group.


Leaders Launch Drive to Curb Polio in Africa

KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunise more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.


If any of the large system vendors truly believe that a highly concentrated compute utility is the future, it's unclear why they should be embracing the role of passive arms merchant given how little control they would have over their own destiny in such


Attentati a Baghdad e Baquba. Uccisa una giornalista della tv ...

Un soldato americano e almeno un civile iracheno sono le vittime accertate di un'autobomba esplosa nella zona meridionale di Baghdad, giovedÃ¬ mattina. Un gruppo armato avrebbe attaccato la pattuglia americana


WMS Gaming: bringing slot machines into 21st century

Updated casino games combining new technology and mechanical reel games.


Grillini 'priorita' politica',Gasparri 'sara' tomba Governo'


Belo Horizonte, 16:25 - CALCIO, BRASILE: AUTUORI NUOVO TECNICO DEL CRUZEIRO

Paulo Autuori allenerà il Cruzeiro nel 2007. Autuori, che negli scorsi giorni aveva deciso di...


Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year's massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what were already some of the nation's toughest weapons laws.


Apple Computer launched its long-awaited online movie service Tuesday with minimal participation from Hollywood and showed off a device that will make it easier for consumers to watch the videos on television.


LONDON, Sep 1 (IPS) - The state of reproductive health is getting worse   in several African countries, a new 'report card'  prepared for a London  meet reveals.


At Hewlett-Packard, a Chief Wounded by Divided Attention

Mark V. Hurd has transformed Hewlett-Packard into a growth company, but the success is being overshadowed by the companyÂs leak scandal.


U.S. denies it sought to contact N. Korea on nukes

The U.S. State Department denied on   Wednesday that its top negotiator with North Korea sought to   contact Pyongyang while on a recent trip to Asia.


Today probably comes as little surprise to anyone. Sprint (NYSE: FON) will purchase Nextel (Nasdaq: NXTL) for $35 billion, resulting in a company that will be called -- you guessed it -- Sprint Nextel.


Around Greensburg at least, FEMA is not a dirty word.


Also: Cell phones won't keep your secrets. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Sex, Lies in Trial of Martha Stewart Witness

In a case about sex, lies and  chromatography, a U.S. Secret Service ink expert went on trial  on Thursday on charges he testified falsely in the high-profile  courtroom drama of homemaking icon Martha Stewart.


Top lenders compete for your mortgage, refinance, home equity loan and home equity line of credit. Complete one simple form and within minutes receive up to four offers to choose from.


A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had been removed from their home had nothing to do with obesity.


In a farewell assessment of Iraq's security and political situation, the CIA's senior officer there wrote that a stronger government and economy are necessary to avoid descent into wider violence, a U.S. official said yesterday.


It will take four months to get it right says Benitez

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez said it will take up to four months before they have a strong team following their 1-0 Premiership defeat at Bolton where their Spanish debutants were on show.


Car on fire crashes into Glasgow airport

A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport, police have confirmed.


New EU Justice Chief Says Immigration Is Time Bomb

Immigration is a time bomb for the  European Union and members must work far more closely with each  other if the bloc is to control the flood of refugees, the EU's  incoming Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner said.


European shares stable amid Rio Tinto's bid for Alcan

Europe's main stock markets held steady after recent heavy losses, as investors looked to miner Rio Tinto's mammoth 38.1-billion-dollar takeover for Alcan, dealers said Thursday.


COSI free for families during 'Smokeout'

Families can visit COSI for free from 6 to 8 tonight in conjunction with today's Great American Smokeout. Youths can participate in a game show and discussions with COSI team members about refusing tobacco


Chelsea have asked the Football Association to hold on to Adrian Mutu's registration while the club investigate ways of gaining compensation for sacking the player.


U.S. to Enforce Rules for Mail to Canada

Most mail to Canada must bear the complete name and address of both sender and recipient or it won't be allowed into the country, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday. The tighter addressing requirements are in response to increased security.


British police continue serial killer manhunt despite suspect arrest

British police were reportedly continuing their manhunt, despite the arrest of a 37-year-old man in the high-profile investigation into the murders of five prostitutes in the eastern port town of Ipswich.


Catering outlets may have to display graded food-safety certificates under new plans.


Delay in 9/11 intelligence overhaul criticized

Top Democrats and Republicans expressed anger and frustration Sunday over the failure of the House to pass a broad intelligence reorganization bill, pointing fingers at some conservative lawmakers and the Department of Defense.


Stima Eurostat, invariata rispetto al mese precedente


"The purpose of the BCS is to match the nation's top two college football teams in an end-of-season bowl game for the National Championship.


President Bush tells baseball to get serious about steroids

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - US President George W. Bush asked Major League Baseball on Wednesday to take "strong steps" to eradicate the use of steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing substances by players.


Prowling the net for 'illicit' activity China has announced it will this Saturday send out two virtual coppers to patrol all Beijing-based news portals, websites and online forums as part of the Communist state's ongoing war against "illicit" net activity, Reuters reports.â¦


Mass. Dems Will Have Little Time to Rally Behind Nominee

Massachusetts Democrats believe they have a good chance this November to end one of the nationÃ¢ÂÂs most unusual political anomalies: Though their party holds all 12 of MassachusettsÃ¢ÂÂ seats in Congress and dominates both the stateÃ¢ÂÂs legislature and its presidential voting, Republicans have won the past four races for governor dating to 1990.


Michael Owen and David Beckham help Real Madrid to a 6-1 win over Albacete.


When Christopher Reeve suffered a near-fatal spinal injury after falling from a horse in 1995, things looked bleak. He wasn't expected to live, and even if he did, doctors agreed that the life he would have


Eclipse reeling in Swordfish as SOA framework

The Eclipse Foundation with its Swordfish project is developing an open source SOA framework intended for applications ranging from enterprise environments to embedded systems.Based on technology from German logistics company Deutsche Post, Swordfish features an SOA runtime platform that leverages three popular projects: Service Component Architecture (SCA), Java Business Integration (JBI), and Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi). SCA provides a common programming model and assembly description format while JBI serves as a common messaging model. OSGi, which is the basis of the Eclipse runtime platform, provides common deployment and runtime component models in Swordfish.The Swordfish architecture uses OSGi to implement JBI and SCA."[Swordfish] is a framework to bring [together] different components, which are needed for an SOA platform," said Ricco Deutscher, CTO at Sopera, which is leading the Swordfish effort and offers an open source SOA suite based on the project."[Enterprise IT directors] should be very excited because this is up and running [for] more than six years in the largest logistics company in the world, and it is a very proven, mature technology," said Deutscher.According to the Eclipse Swordfish blog, Deutsche Post developed the core SOA engine with plans calling for the code to be refactored into an OSGi-based SOA engine. The OSGi engine serves as a milestone to an SOA runtime framework.The version 1.0 production release of Swordfish is scheduled for the third quarter of this year.Swordfish offers a way to use JBI, SCA, and OSGi for server-side applications, said analyst Michael Cote of Redmonk. It also demonstrates Eclipse's reach to the server, he said."Where I see Swordfish fitting in is [it is] sort of [an] 'enterprise' framework for writing software and applications with OSGi," said Cote. The Swordfish vision also appears to follow the ESB-driven (enterprise service bus) way of doing SOA, he said."I think the more interesting thing about Swordfish than just the SOA angle is how it's part of Eclipse's overall idea of doing more runtime -- stuff for the server side rather than desktop stuff," Cote said.The Sopera open source suite features Swordfish and components for messaging, registry, security, and BPEL (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services). Sopera supports business applications, as well as legacy and SAP NetWeaver integration. It also provides a gateway to third-party ESBs.Chris Kanarcus, U.S. correspondent with IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate, contributed to this report.


Chiamati a rinnovare il Parlamento un mln 460 mila elettori


The U.S. military looked at this town and saw something more than empty wells, a crumbling pharmacy and sun-baked dirt — it saw an opportunity to fight terrorism by rebuilding a clinic. The U.S. believes such help could stamp out radicalism in remote parts of Africa where America needs friends, and fast.


Orgogliosi dei nostri soldati, ma ora deve agire politica


Accents of Africa: A New Outsourcing Frontier

Kenyans face challenges as they play catch-up in the global explosion of outsourcing, an industry that India and other countries have turned into major job generators.


(Article Central) A glitch was discovered in Google Desktop that could allow an attacker to access the contents of a PC from the Internet, according to a report in The New York Times.