Indonesia's Suharto in "very critical" state

The health of Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled for over three decades, has deteriorated sharply again and he is in very critical condition, his doctors told a press conference on Sunday.


Kenya opposition rally falters as U.S. sends envoy

A planned opposition rally faltered on Friday, giving Kenya some respite from post-election turmoil that has killed more than 300 people and threatened one of Africa's strongest economies.


Second-Quarter Dough Fell at Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., an investor favorite whose fortunes have soured in recent months, reported disappointing second-quarter earnings yesterday and saw its stock price drop by 10 percent.


Mibtel -2,07%, SP Mib -2,39, All Stars -0,98%


Must-have Firefox extensions: A closer look

See enlargements of the screenshots from 20 must-have Firefox extensions.


T-shirt mystery makes CSI:NY television debut

The founders of a new T-shirt company are hiding clues to an online murder mystery in the graphics of their apparel -- and inspiring an episode of one of television's hot crime shows along the way.


Commissario Dumas annuncia multe, produttori replicano


College Basketball: Wake Forest Triumphs Over N.C.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Chris Paul racked up  26 points and Wake Forest shot 32-of-32 from the free-throw  line as the fourth-ranked Demon Deacons posted an impressive  95-82 victory over No. 3 North Carolina in a battle between two  Atlantic Coast Conference powers at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.


Apron strings are now wireless âA generation ago, an 11-12 year old who lost their bus money would have used their own resources to sort it out - now they simply call their parentsââ¦


Court Wades Into Prison Sentence Dispute

The Supreme Court returned for another term Monday and wasted no time getting down to business, appearing poised to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year.


The ex-husband of kidnapped former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt demanded Thursday that Colombia's main rebel group provide proof that she and some 60 other hostages are alive.


Ricavato finanziera' ricerca fondazione San Raffaele


Blog: Among the first products to be certified for the Wireless USB standard, are two notebooks, one from Lenovo, and one from Dell.


Roma, 13:51 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: ARBITRI PLAYOFF E PLAYOUT

Ecco gli arbitri designati a dirigere le partite di andata dei play-off e play-out del campionato di...


Crop Fungus Has North Dakota Longing for Hemp

North Dakota farmers are part of a movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana.


A 32-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences in the Wembley area of west London.


The Internal Revenue Service does a poor job in identifying tax-exempt groups that may have links to terrorists, according to a report released Friday.


Israel blocks Palestinian PM from returning to Gaza

Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Iran.


Security Barriers of New York Are Removed

Officials found that the barriers obstructed pedestrian flow and often ended up being used as giant ashtrays.


Dell, Microsoft to Develop Server Software

Dell (Dell:Nasdaq - news - research) and Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) are partnering to develop and sell software that makes it easier for large businesses to manage their servers, the two companies announced Monday.


Palestinians play down Abbas shooting incident

Palestinian officials are downplaying a shooting incident at an event attended by interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. On Sunday evening, militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for


Andy Murray bids to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final when he takes on Nikolay Davydenko at the US Open on Tuesday.


You've seen Imelda Staunton before — possibly in period garb, probably stealing a scene from more famous co-stars. One of Britain's most versatile stage and screen actors, Staunton was Gwyneth Paltrow's tart-tongued nurse in "Shakespeare in Love," reeled off Regency repartee in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" and cavorted in Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado About Nothing."


China is laying plans for refurbishing the Great Wall but insists that the original appearance be preserved.  The State Council, with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao leading, ratified the plan in principle Wednesday. Guidelines for the project will be drawn up later.


Barry Cooper sells a DVD on how to stash pot in your car without getting caught. This fall he will release a second one on how to keep police from raiding your home for marijuana.


Wide receiver Derrick Mason of the Tennessee Titans says the team just is not playing well right now. Fred Taylor ran for a one-yard touchdown with nine seconds left for the victory.


With mini-Manhattan, MGM tries a different game on Vegas Strip

LAS VEGAS James Murren does not play the tables or slot machines. But boy, does he love to gamble. About three weeks ago, Murren, the president and chief financial officer of MGM Mirage, the $4 billion hotel


JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have said they're willing to meet and try to revive the stalled peace "road map.


U.S. Wants Iran to Go Before U.N. Council

VIENNA, Austria - Buoyed by growing European support, the United States lobbied the U.N. atomic watchdog agency Monday to send Iran before the U.N...


Un'autobomba nel centro di Mosca: otto morti

Unâautobomba ha fatto una strage anche a Mosca. L'esplosione sâÃ¨ verificata stasera nella capitale russa e avrebbe provocato â stando alle primissime, frammentarie notizie â otto morti e almeno 10 feriti.


US and Cigarette Companies Clash at Racketeering Trial

After nine weeks of testimony but with months to go, the federal judge presiding over the trial of the government's conspiracy suit against the tobacco industry invited


The restoration of a blind woman's sight using foetal tissues is likely to sparked ethical debate, say scientists.


Bush Ends Post-Election Strategy Session

Assured of four more years in office, President Bush returns the White House after four days pondering his second term at Camp David.


Quotato a 98,73 con un ribasso di mezzo punto percentuale


Best Buy Canada touts iPhone, but lacks sales contract

Blog: North of the border, Best Buy's Web site is promoting the iPhone. But it's not selling them, of course, and doesn't have any plans to do so, at least yet.


Alla Camera via i posacenere, ma presto 35 'aree smoking'


MEHRABPUR, Pakistan  - A Pakistani express train packed with holiday travelers derailed on Wednesday killing 58 people and injuring more than 120, officials said.


Skin-prick flu shot as effective as deep jab

Injecting flu vaccine into the skin instead of muscle could stretch limited supplies, two studies reported Wednesday. Researchers injected less than half the standard flu vaccine dose into the skin.


Shunned Thai Resort Sells Tsunami Souvenirs

PHUKET, Thailand  - Shops in the Thai island of  Phuket are starting to peddle tsunami T-shirts, video footage  and paintings, although there are few buyers as tourists shun  one of Asia's premier resorts. On Patong beach, where giant  waves crashed through shops and piled cars on top of one  another, stalls stash bootleg video compact discs (VCDs) with  amateur footage from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the  Indonesian province of Aceh.


International buildings materials firm James Hardie is caught in a row over a  compensation fund for asbestos victims which faces administration.


One-Stop Shopping: Searching With a 'Bot'

Some Web sites will simultaneously search multiple travel suppliers to find the cheapest price for hotels, flights and car rentals.


Visitors to the US from 27 countries now need machine-readable passports if they do not have visas.


Citigroup and Merrill in talks for foreign capital: report

Citigroup Inc.  and Merrill Lynch  & Co Inc.  are in discussions to receive more capital  from investors, primarily foreign governments, The Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.


Republican John McCain holds a slim lead on rival Mitt Romney in Michigan one day before the state's hotly contested presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Boeing Scrubs Planned Heavy-Lift Rocket Launch

Boeing Co. scrubbed a planned launch  of a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on Sunday as engineers sought  to determine what caused a temperature control system to  malfunction after an aborted launch on Saturday.


African Union records 46 ceasefire violations in Darfur

The African Union has reported 46 cases of ceasefire violations in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan since the last peace talks ended in Abuja, Nov. 24, 2004.


German police get their phoney US Highway Patrolman

German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.


TWO Italian aid workers being held hostage in Iraq are alive, Jordan's King Abdullah II said in an interview published today. Abdullah told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that Jordan was working with Italy


Delta simplifies, cuts fares at Cincinnati hub

Delta Air Lines (DAL) on Thursday rolled out its first new fare structure in memory, simplifying and lowering fares in a salvo aimed at low-fare carriers.


Brief: Storage management software vendor goes public

CommVault Systems Inc., a storage and data management vendor of products such as Galaxy Express backup software, issued its initial public offering of stock today.


Madonna refuses to become victim of ageism

Pop star Madonna says she will not allow herself to become a victim of ageism


Scots party picks old leader to revive separatist hopes

Scottish nationalists elected veteran leader Alex Salmond to head their party in its quest for independence and reverse its plummeting popularity at the polls, results showed.


Inmarsat, the satellite communications company, closed within a whisker of a record high on Tuesday following news of problems at a US rival.


Alla Camera l'opposizione vota con il Carroccio: 203 sÃ¬ e 200 noModificata la norma sulla coesistenza tra le colture transgeniche                                          Ogm, governo battuto per 3 voti passa l'emendamento della Lega


Drug Piracy: A Wave of Counterfeit Medicines Washes Over Russia

Counterfeit prescription drugs are proliferating in Russia and elsewhere, according to the industry and the Food and Drug Administration.


Italy still wants justice from U.S. for Iraq shooting

Italy has raised the stakes in a spat with the United States over the killing by a U.S. soldier of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Washington must set things right by assuming responsibility for the death.


Siena, 21:06 - Calcio, Siena: sospetta lesione al menisco esterno per Nicola

Trauma distorsivo al ginocchio sinistro. E'quanto evidenziato dalla risonanza magnetica a cui si Ã¨ s...


Man Stabbed in Melee at L.A.-Area Rap Awards Show

SANTA MONICA, Calif.  - One man was stabbed and  rapper Dr. Dre was punched in the nose during a melee at the  second annual Vibe Awards for hip-hop stars at a hangar at  Santa Monica Airport on Monday night, police said.


Patriots top Jets to go 14-0, Dolphins get first win

The unbeaten New England Patriots won their 14th straight game, defeating the New York Jets 20-10 in the wind and rain on Sunday.


Road accident kills 31 in southern Pakistan

At least 31 people were killed and 11 others injured when a passenger bus hit a truck in southern Pakistan early Friday, private GEO television reported.


Ricavato per sviluppo immobiliare e immobili a reddito


Digital Camera Sales Fall for First Time

For the first time since they entered the marketplace, sales of digital cameras have dropped, according to market research firm IDC. In the fourth quarter of 2006, shipments fell 3 percent to 12.1 million cameras; 12.4 million were shipped in 2005.


âKite Runnerâ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.


Comedian Patrick Kielty apologises over his jokes about missing child, Madeleine McCann.


Filmmaker Michael Moore returned to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, two days after he was booed by the crowd in a display that virtually halted the proceedings.


IBM (IBM:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly on the verge of a deal to sell a majority interest in its PC business to Lenovo Group, China's top PC company.


Bin Laden urges Muslims to join Iraq fight: Web

Osama bin Laden called for intensified fighting against U.S.-led forces in Iraq and made a plea to Muslims in the region to join the battle, in an audio recording posted on the Internet on Tuesday.


Advertising: Shaken and Stirred: For Liquor Campaigns, the Webâs the Thing

Marketers of alcoholic beverages are joining the list of purveyors of consumer products that are devoting ad budgets to digital media.


Nonostante rinvio lancio in Europa della Playstation 3


84-year-old faces extradition to Hungary

An Australian court on Wednesday refused to halt extradition proceedings for an 84-year-old Hungarian immigrant accused of torturing and killing a Jewish teenager during World War II.


Summer Rituals | Endangered Bonackers: Hamptonsâ Centuries-Old Fishing Practices in Peril

For more than 350 years, fishermen known as Bonackers have fished and farmed and served homes and businesses.


A study says high levels of computer technology can improve school results, but the picture is mixed.


Australian Taliban fighter and Osama bodyguards to face US ...

GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba : The United States will this week start controversial military proceedings against an Australian Taliban fighter and three bodyguards for Osama bin Laden.


Indonesia Shares End At Record High On New Cabinet

JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesian shares ended at a record high Monday on continued foreign buying amid expectations that President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will form a market-friendly cabinet to fix the nation's economy, dealers said.


The world's largest music company is discussing ways to distribute its songs through Grokster and other Internet file-swapping services, a deal that would embrace a technology long under legal assault by the recording industry.


Carson Palmer aced the test. With a bulky brace protecting his rebuilt knee, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback took the hits, avoided the rush and threw three first-half touchdown passes Monday night in his first preseason game of the year.


The UK is expected to announce the withdrawal of 600 of its forces from Bosnia.


Oil prices jumped anew Monday as Hurricane Ivan continued to ravage the Caribbean and forced the evacuation of some oil workers in the Gulf of Mexico.


A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.


Ukraine PM returns to work after election setback

KIEV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich returns to work on Tuesday after vowing to go to court to challenge his defeat to a West-leaning rival in the rerun of a bruising presidential election.


The government is seeking penalties against a Nevada-based telemarketing group for alleged violations of the federal do-not-call registry, making calls to more than 300,000 people whose numbers were on the list.


Cord blood stem cells produce insulin: researchers

Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.


Milano, 20:13 - CALCIO, MILAN: ANCELOTTI IN SEDE PER RINNOVO

Carlo Ancelotti è da poco piÃ¹ di un'ora nella sede del Milan, in via Turati, per l'incontro d...


Due studi calcolano patrimoni superiori a 500mila euro


BBC Click investigates free security software and finds out who will protect PCs when Microsoft launches Vista.


Actress Holly Hunter was left embarrassed when she got drunk onstage in London because prop masters forgot to substitute a bottle of champagne with a non-alcoholic decoy.


CBS launches music label, to supply songs to iTunes

CBS Corp said on Friday it is launching a new music label as part of an effort to supply its television shows with less expensive music. At the same time, the television programs would promote the new acts signed by the label, dubbed CBS Records.


Italy is investigating whether an Italian journalist abducted in Iraq was seized by insurgents or by ordinary criminals hoping for a ransom, a top Foreign Ministry official said Sunday.


Oz cops cuff Darth Vader on his 30th birthday

While LA celebrates Star Wars anniversary Fans of Star Wars were treated earlier this week to a marathon 17-hour screening of all six films in celebration of the franchise's 30th birthday.â¦


Motherhood suits Jolie on-screen and off

ANGELINA JOLIE and Colin Farrell had a couple of run-ins while starring in the Oliver Stone epic "Alexander.". "That's how I keep up my energy and stay focused between takes," explains the luminous Jolie.


Protests from seven safety groups  prompted General Motors Corp. GM.N to pull a television ad  that shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so  recklessly that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker  said on Wednesday.


England captain Michael Vaughan has admitted he cannot wait for the tour to Zimbabwe to be over.


Boring rain could not prevent thousands of Khmelnytsk inhabitants to...

The leader of Our Ukraine having his course of treatment at the moment in Vienna had been secured by Yulia Tymoshenko.


Traxdata presenta "CompactFlash Pro" da 4 GB, la nuova scheda di memoria ad alta capacitÃ  per macchine fotografiche e videocamere digitali. Oltre all'elevata quantitÃ  di dati archiviabili, con circa 2000


Shaq's return to Los Angeles draws big television rating

Shaq versus Kobe drew the highest rating south of the border in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat's 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC on Christmas Day was 8.0.


Washington Post Co., the publisher of Newsweek and the owner of educational services firm Kaplan, said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase online magazine Slate from Microsoft Corp.


The United States and China have both taken steps to control an expected flood of cheap Chinese textiles and clothing into the world market after a decades-old quota system expires on January 1.


Investors Are Losing Ground as Insurance Inquiries Expand

The disastrous decline in Marsh & McLennan's stock that has followed Eliot Spitzer's lawsuit of last week has injured a broad array of institutional and individual investors.


Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA, all in one chip Storage consolidation and tiering could get a boost with Emulex's development of a chip that supports all three of the current disk drive favourites - SATA, SAS and Fibre Channel, plus RAID 5 or 6.â¦


Two people are badly injured in a road crash involving a stolen car on the Westlink in Belfast.


Tie Breaker Is an Epic, and Federer Pulls Through

It was a day for big numbers at the Tennis Masters Cup. Lleyton Hewitt won the last 20 points of his semifinal against a befuddled Andy Roddick.


Bene anche banche, brilla Rcs, male Fastweb


Veteran lefthander Kenny Rogers guided Detroit to a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees on Friday, bringing the Tigers to the brink of a shock victory in their American League divisional playoff series.


Grecia, caduto in mare elicottero con a bordo patriarca di ...

Le squadre di soccorso hanno localizzato in mare, al largo del Monte Athos, nel nord della Grecia, i resti dell'elicottero a bordo del quale viaggiava il patriarca di Alessandria e di tutta l'Africa, Petros VII, insieme ad altre 16 persone.


Israel Approves Release of 170 Prisoners

A Palestinian woman reacts as she is sits amidst the destruction left by Israeli troops after they withdrew from this section of the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Southern Gaza Strip Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004.


A Franco-Swiss team uses a robot amphibian to study how the first land animals on Earth might have walked.


[TS] For Manning and the Giants, Itâs Time to Take the Fork in the Road

If Eli Manning plays well in a victory at Tennessee on Sunday, it should restore his and his teamÂs confidence going into their showdown with the Cowboys.


By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 10--The meltdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak is strange and sad. Even though we no longer throw ticker tape parades for NASA astronauts returning from outer space, they still hold a special place in our collective national image.


Wall St. Firm Plans to Shut a Loan Unit in Britain

The company said it will close its business in Britain that issues home loans and significantly scale back its mortgage business in the United States.


Two of the summer's most anticipated movies signed on for small-screen appearances before their big-screen debuts.


Londra, 11:09 - CALCIO, FEDERAZIONE INGLESE: CAPELLO NON PUO' FARE MIRACOLI

"Non abbiamo vinto niente negli ultimi 40 anni, non domineremo il mondo da un giorno all'altro".


Smoking not linked to more advanced breast cancer

Women who develop breast cancer are no more likely to have aggressive or advanced tumors if they are cigarette smokers than if they do not smoke, researchers said on Sunday.


Rights image haunts China before Games: campaigner

China has executed far fewer people since being awarded the 2008 Olympics six years ago but the country's poor image on rights still threatens to mar the Games, a human rights campaigner said on Thursday.


L'opposizione all'attacco della proposta di legge sulla recidiva

ROMA - Rispunta alla Camera quella che tutta l'opposizione ha definito la norma Â«salva PrevitiÂ», ed Ã¨ subito polemica sulla proposta di legge sulla recidiva che torna all'ordine del giorno di Montecitorio.


Every so often, when the planets are aligned in the college football universe, you have a Saturday such as tomorrow, in which a plethora of games have the potential to become ``Instant Classics."


Microsoft plan lets subscribers download away

Chris Gorog is convinced people won't continue to pay $1 a song for online music. By Evan Agostini, Getty Images. That is despite Apple's (AAPL) record string


Phony BBB email dupes more than 1,400 execs

Gone Spear phishin' A provider of online security services has uncovered a highly sophisticated phishing scheme that has already duped at least 1,400 US executives. They were fooled into sending sensitive information in response to an email purporting to come from officials at the Better Business Bureau.â¦


If more US airlines merge, who would benefit?

If speculation pans out, including a United-Continental pairing, the US could go from six traditional carriers to three.


Victory helps erase decades of futility for entire region.


Curt Schilling will stride to the mound tonight at City of Palms Park for his first spring training outing with the full knowledge that the weight of his comments, the weight around his midsection, and the weight of the stuff he'll bring in the wake of the Red Sox declining to extend his contract will subject ...


Research in Motion (RIM) has sued Samsung, claiming that Samsung’s BlackJack smartphone violates the BlackBerry trademark.


Pakistani police released a photograph on Saturday of a suicide bomber who killed at least 139 people, as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto worked out her next step after the bloody start to her comeback campaign.


No. 16 UConn Downs No. 7 Notre Dame 67-50

Charde Houston had 19 points, Ashley Battle added 15 points and No. 16 Connecticut held Notre Dame to 29 percent shooting in the second half to beat the seventh-ranked Irish 67-50 Wednesday night.


Gartner: Piracy driving Linux PC shipments

InfoWorld - Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80 percent of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Windows, industry research firm Gartner estimated in a report issued September 21.


Twenty months after her teammates helped save her life when her heart stopped, Kayla Burt said Tuesday she plans to again play basketball for Washington in the 2004-05 season.


PARIS  - The euro hit a new record of 1.3555 dollar early as activity was resuming in Europe after the Christmas holiday. The previous high for the European currency was 1.3549 dollar, during trading on Friday.


This movie taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the surface and atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan over a range of infrared wavelengths, from .


Two British soldiers have been injured near their post south of Baghdad in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.


BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole position and Chevrolet cars swept the first five spots in qualifying Thursday for the NASCAR Busch Series Food City 250.


We now know 80 ballplayers may have done steroids. Sean Gregory explains what comes after baseball's day of reckoning


Sudan says accepts hybrid force for Darfur

Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.


Michael Jackson's Fame Complicating Jury Selection

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Michael Jackson was due  back in a California courtroom on Tuesday for a second day of  jury selection in his child molestation case, a process that  has been complicated by the expected length of the trial and  the pop star's fame.


18 Terror Suspects Nabbed in France Sting

Two of Spain's most wanted alleged terrorists and at least 16 other suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA were captured Sunday in a vast French-Spanish police operation, authorities said.


FBI pulls plug on several botnet hackers

More than 1 million computers — possibly yours, too — are used by hackers as remote-controlled robots to crash online systems, accept spam and steal users' personal information, the FBI said Wednesday. The government has no way to track down all the computers, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, that hackers have massed into centrally controlled collections known as botnets.


North Korea may hold another missile test: media

North Korea may be preparing for another   missile test, Yonhap news reported on Sunday, after the   secretive state defied international warnings and launched   seven missiles in early July.


Iran Rejects Latest Proposal on Uranium Program

Iran rejected today a proposal by Britain, Germany and France to suspend its uranium enrichment program and urged the three countries to offer a "more balanced" proposal.


Per costringere Ankara a estendere accordo a Cipro


Baghdad Car Bomb Kills at Least 5 and Leaves Up to 29 Wounded

A car bomb exploded today near the Ministry of Education in a busy Baghdad commercial area, killing at least five people and wounding up to 29, officials said.


'Law and Order' Actor Jerry Orbach Dies at 69

Actor Jerry Orbach, who earned a  reputation as the quintessential New Yorker through his work in  films and as a longtime star of the "Law & Order" television  series, has died from prostate cancer. He was 69.


India, Pakistan hold talks on pullout from world's highest battlefield

Top officials from nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan launched two days of talks on troop withdrawal from a Himalayan glacier in disputed Kashmir, the defence ministry said.


Short-term interest rates were raised for the fifth time this year on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve has hiked the base rate a quarter-point to 2.25-percent.


Unilever to Close UK Plant With Loss of 600 Jobs

Unilever, the world's largest maker of food and soap, will close its Birds Eye plant in Grimsby, England, leading to the loss of 600 jobs at the UK's biggest producer of frozen foods.


Electronic Arts Inc.  on  Tuesday posted a smaller-than-expected loss and said this  quarter's revenue should top analysts' estimates, lifting  shares of the world's largest video game publisher.


State Department: Airport and U.S. Air Base Were Primary Targets

A senior State Department official says German investigators have determined that the Frankfurt International Airport and the nearby U.S. Ramstein Air Base were the primary targets of a plot by three suspected ... via WWUP-TV Cadillac


INDIANAPOLIS -- An overall increase of 1 percentage point in graduation rates might not seem significant. NCAA president Myles Brand disagrees.


McAfee aims at small firms with e-mail service

McAfee on Monday unveiled a new security service designed to let small companies outsource their e-mail security to the antivirus software maker.


Why does Microsoft think Facebook is worth $15bn? Here are 15 possible reasons....


Approvata anche fusione tra Megas Urbino e Aspes Pesaro


Roma, 14:27 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: LA CHAMPIONS? ORA C'E' IL LIVORNO

Delio Rossi non vuole che nei suoi giocatori l'idea della Champions prevalga sull'importanza del cam...


Ancestry.com adds DNA genealogy to the mix...dare I peek?

Blog: Ancestry.com announced plans Monday to add DNA digging to its mix of ancestral sleuthing tools.


At 88, a Hall of Famer Is Still in There Pitching

Bob Feller, who still pitches at the Indiansâ fantasy camp, is perhaps the most accessible Hall of Famer, besides being the living member with the longest service.


Russia says to respond if U.S snubs missile offer

Russia will take steps to ensure its  security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on  missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister  Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.


Promises, Promises: Microsoft's Credibility Questioned Over ...

Sep. 03, 2004 From the September 06, 2004 CRN. Microsoft's decision to cut WinFS out of the Longhorn Windows client upgrade for 2006 is causing a crisis of confidence in the channel.


Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Labor Department's Friday reading on December employment. Inflation jitters remained high as oil prices set a new trading record above $100.


UPDATE 1-Liverpool's "Crazy Horse" Emlyn Hughes dies

Former England captain Emlyn Hughes, the driving force behind Liverpool's European Cup glories in the 1970s, has died of cancer aged 57.


Banks see big future in small loans in India

Microlenders have been helping farmers buy a buffalo and women set up weaving businesses for nearly three decades in India, most successfully in the wealthier southern states.


La scomparsa delle copertine quali sono indimenticabili?

Le cover dei dischi hanno fatto la storia del rock quasi quanto le canzoni. E l'avvento del Cd, perfetto nei suoni ma algido, ha fatto aumentare la nostalgia per gli anni in cui un disco era anche immagine. Dite la vostra


Pakistan welcomes British ban on rebel group

Pakistan has welcomed a move by Britain to ban a tribal rebel group waging an insurgency in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan.


Ten-man Rangers punish hapless Hapoel defending to book their place in the last 16 of the  Uefa Cup.


Oltre 600 creazioni esposte da domani alla Triennale


Arthur Miller, whose dramas of fierce moral and personal responsibility such as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" made him one of the 20th century's greatest playwrights, has died at the age of 89.


US Bombs Mosul Rebels, Guerrillas Kill Top Police

A US aircraft dropped a half-ton(500 lb) bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday after guerrillas attacked a US patrol that was trying to capture an insurgent arms dump, a military spokesman said.


Hollywood star George Clooney is honoured by the French government for his achievements in cinema.


Poche ore per altre candidature, scadenza alla mezzanotte


Fallujah calls itself the "City of Mosques" for its many Muslim houses of worship. The city 40 miles west of Baghdad is also the center of the fiercest resistance to the U.S. presence in Iraq.


Truest stories let in uncomfortable facts

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It was iconic images by painters such as Paul Nash that inspired Pat Barker to return to World War One to explore war as a subject of art.


NEW YORK: SBC Communications, the No. 2 US telecoms company, has agreed to pay US$400mil to Microsoft Corp for software that can deliver television via high-speed data lines, the New York Times reported yesterday.


It's all about turning out voters now. After a year of stump speeches, TV ads and face-to-face politicking, presidential get-out-the-vote operations are in overdrive in the final hours before Iowa's caucuses. Campaigns largely are relying on traditional methods, what one operative terms the "knock-and-drag" approach Â knock on doors and drag voters to the caucuses.


Iran accuses the US of ordering an internet service provider to stop hosting one of its online news agencies.


Two Chechens Arrested in Journalist Killing

Police arrested two Chechens Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, who was shot dead in Moscow in July as he left the offices


The Orlando Magic eased their logjam at the shooting guard position somewhat today, dealing Keith Bogans to the expansion Charlotte Bobcats for power forward Brandon Hunter.


Microsoft to Argue EU Antitrust Order Damages Its Trademarks

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will tell a European Union judge the EU's antitrust ruling forcing the company to offer a version of Windows without a video and music


Sufferers are being lured by faddish diets from private clinics, doctors say.


Nine Eagles flying to Hawaii for Pro Bowl

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Injured wide receiver Terrell Owens was one of nine Philadelphia Eagles chosen to play for the NFC in the Pro Bowl.


Captors of Indonesians want cleric freed

A group claiming to have captured two Indonesian women in Iraq has said it will release them if Jakarta frees Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir being held for alleged terrorist links.


Rowhani: Iran Has Not Abandoned Enrichment

Iran has not abandoned its right to enrich uranium as the suspension it agreed to with the U.N. nuclear agency is for several months, Iran's top nuclear official, Hassan Rowhani, said Tuesday.


Flu Sends More and More Seniors to Hospital in US

Influenza-related hospitalizations have increased dramatically in the US in the last two decades, in part because of the aging population, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.


Verizon lifts pro-abortion text message ban

Declares 'great respect for this free flow of ideas' Verizon Wireless has reversed a decision to "reject a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizonâs mobile network available for a text-message program"..â¦


Militants in Iraq Free 10 Turkish Hostages

Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told reporters in Ankara that the men arrived in Baghdad Tuesday, and that their families have been informed of their release.


Baseball-Stitched-Up Schilling Makes World Series History

A stitched-up Curt Schilling became the  first pitcher in major league history to win World Series games  with three different teams after producing a gritty display  Sunday.


Courtney Love Pleads to Disorderly Conduct in NY

Rocker Courtney Love pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Wednesday for hitting a man in the head with a microphone stand at a New York City nightclub.


British police arrest two after chemical find

British police said on Friday they had  arrested two men under anti-terrorism laws after finding two  containers marked "hydrogen peroxide," the chemical used in the  2005 suicide bombings in London.


Milano, 15:39 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: SFIDA CON JUVE IMPORTANTE

La sfida con la Juve si avvicina, ma Massimo Moratti non sembra particolarmente preso dal confronto ...


Armstrong Will Decide About Tour De France in April

SILVER SPRING, Md.  - Six-time Tour de Franc  winner Lance Armstrong will decide in late April whether to  take part in the world's leading cycling race this year.


Italy Clings to Hope for Hostages in Iraq

An anguished nation clung to hope Thursday that two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq were still alive, as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government urged caution in assessing two separate Internet statements claiming that the women had been killed.


Former Democratic Sen. Lloyd Bentsen Dies

Former Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, a courtly Texan who as the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 1988 famously told rival Dan Quayle he was "no Jack Kennedy," died Tuesday. He was 85.


Italia: nel pomeriggio primo allenamento in vista di Finlandia

Arrivo alla spicciolata e con qualche ritardo per i calciatori convocati da Marcello Lippi in vista dell'amichevole mercoledÃ¬ a Messina, Italia-Finlandia. Gli azzurri hanno raggiunto il centro tecnico di


Witness Testifies WorldCom Faked Numbers

Two WorldCom Inc. accountants agreed  to cover up $800 million in expenses only after learning that  Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers refused to warn investors that  profits were worse than expected, they testified at Ebbers'  fraud trial on Wednesday.


Net Neutrality becomes issue in presidential race

Senator Barack Obama will be asked to answer a question about supporting Net Neutrality in an MTV interview on Monday.


At the dizzyingly diverse but unpretentious Toronto International Film Festival, to see one movie is to miss about seven others.


Prince Charles has held a forum with 25 young ex-offenders to discuss ideas on how to stop reoffending.


ABI: aumentano i clienti on line. Incremento del 100% in 3 anni

13/12/2004 - LâABI, nel corso di un convegno che si Ã¨ svolto oggi a Roma dal titolo âCrm 2004, fidelizzare la clientela privata e lo small businessâ, ha reso noti i dati relativi allâuso di internet come mezzo per comunicare con la propria banca.


Washington -- President Bush announced Thursday that he plans to renominate 20 of his choices for the federal bench who never got a vote in the bitterly divided Senate in his first term, including California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown.


UK blue chips closed higher Thursday, reversing earlier losses, with higher commodity prices aiding the oil and mining sectors and investors encouraged by steady gains on Wall Street.


Sharapova wins Korea Open tennis tournament

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova ofRussia won the Hansol Korea Open tennis tournament here Sunday with an easy 6-1,6-1 victory over Marta Domachowska of Poland.


Ex-CIA official indicted over agency contracts

The CIA's former No. 3 official and a defense contractor were indicted on Tuesday on charges stemming from a federal contracts investigation that landed former Republican congressman Randy Cunningham in jail.


New spasm of violence sweeps across Iraq

BAGHDAD: At least 110 people have been killed across Iraq in a sharp escalation of violence that saw gun battles, car bombs and bombardments rock the capital.


A convicted killer who made a bold prison break by helicopter had done the same just six years ago, and the prison guards' union said the man should never have been held in an ordinary lockup.A European arrest warrant was issued Monday for Pascal Payet, who was serving a 30-year sentence for a holdup on an armored truck that left a guard dead when he escaped from the Grasse prison in southern France on Saturday.Four hooded and heavily armed men sneaked up on a helicopter pilot at the Cannes-Mandelieu airfield outside the Mediterranean port city of Cannes, regional officials said. The men forced the pilot to fly to the prison some 20 minutes away and land on the roof, said Jacques Billant, of the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture. Read more


Nasdaq/Dubai near control of OMX after bid

STOCKHOLM/DUBAI  - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  and Borse Dubai, aiming to muscle out potential rival bidders, boosted an offer for OMX  to $4.9 billion on Wednesday and pushed close to a majority stake in the Nordic exchange group.


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) - Leaked to the web

That's right. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the latest victim of piracy, with illegal copies of the game, its manual, and its cover appearing on various Web sites.


Clorox Boosts Outlook on Henkel Exchange

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Clorox Co. Thursday raised its fiscal 2005 earnings estimates as it digested the effects of an exchange of shares earlier this year with European rival Henkel KGAA.


Gold soars to record high above magic $850/oz

Gold swept to a record high on Wednesday above the key $850-an-ounce mark, driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tensions that polished its safe-haven credentials.


Randal Falker had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Southern Illinois snapped No. 14 Drake's 21-game winning streak, 65-62 on Wednesday night.


As the Poles Get Richer, Fewer Seek British Jobs

Since Poland joined the European Union in 2004, more than a million Poles, mainly young, have come to Britain, but a decline in Polish immigrants could be an even bigger problem.


MS accuses DRM hacker of source code theft

Hunt for copy-protection nemesis goes legal Microsoft has launched a lawsuit against the unknown hacker who created a program to strip DRM code from Windows Media Player files.â¦


SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain - Chinese director Xu Jinglei on Saturday took the Best Director prize at the 52nd San Sebastian Film Festival for her touching movie, Letters From An Unknown Woman.


Nasa postpones Wednesday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis due to a technical problem.


Sales of new homes dropped to the slowest pace in over seven years, foreshadowing further economic trouble ahead.


Financially struggling Interstate Bakeries Corp. early today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the US Bankruptcy Court in Kansas City.


Reeve Among Director's Guild TV Nominees

Christopher Reeve was among five Directors Guild of America nominees announced Monday for outstanding direction of made-for-television movies.


NHLPA to dole out lockout pay to players

The NHL Players' Association will pay out between $29 million and $44 million US in lockout pay this season. The payments will start this month with more than 730 players getting $10,000 each for November and another $10,000 for December.


China sending virtual police on cyber-patrols

Virtual police officers will soon begin visible patrols on Chinese Internet sites to warn surfers they are being monitored, Beijing authorities said in comments published Wednesday.


Three Britons and a German national have drowned off the south-west Algarve coast in Portugal.


A 14-year-old girl pleads guilty to the manslaughter of her 16-year-old sister at their home in West Yorkshire.


The UN war crimes court at The Hague has assigned former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic two lawyers to assist his defense. Milosevic, 63, has repeatedly insisted


Mystery surrounded Sir Clive Woodward's future as England coach tonight after he left Twickenham following a four-hour meeting with senior Rugby Football Union figures.


Study Links Children's Asthma to Hog Farms

A University of Iowa study released Thursday said children living on hog farms are more likely to have asthma. The prevalence of asthma is even more dramatic among children living on hog farms where antibiotics are added to feed, said the study's author Dr. James A. Merchant, dean of the College of Public Health and an environmental health professor.


Conrad Black has had one of Canada's most colourful business careers. But his fortunes have taken a tumble in the last 18 months.


French President Jacques Chirac will go on TV on Sunday to say if he will run for re-election, his office says.


Senior BBC source says corporation's creative director performed shots for interviews he did not conduct.


Londra, 17:36 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON: CLEMENT-LLODRA VINCONO DOPPIO MASCHILE

I francesi Arnaud Clement e Michael Llodra hanno vinto il doppio maschile a Wimbledon battendo i gem...


"No one can control or change this revolution. No one can control or change me.". Yasser Arafat spoke those words before a boisterous crowd in a dusty refugee camp called Nahr Bared in northern Lebanon more than two decades ago.


Big Unit On Verge Of Joining Yanks, Hudson To Braves, Beltre To ...

The New York Yankees hope they've found the ace they need to dethrone the World Series champion Boston Red Sox. The Atlanta Braves got the pitcher they wanted to return to their days of pitching dominance.


Sapporo, 09:50 - SCI NORDICO, MONDIALI; COMBINATA: KIRCHEISEN AL COMANDO

Il tedesco Bjoern Kircheisen è al comando della combinata nordica ai Mondiali di sci nordico ...


An organization that monitors Web site privacy and e-mail practices for businesses has certified eight computer programs as consumer-friendly and non-invasive.


Scientists reconstruct ancestral genetic code

Researchers have reconstructed a long string of genetic code for what they believe is the common ancestor of placental mammals - a shrewlike creature that lived in Asia more than 75 million years ago.


And can it cure diabetes? Also in this week's column:â¦


The chief prosecutor said Tuesday Russia would not allow the extradition of possible suspects in the poisoning of a former KGB agent in Britain and he dismissed as "nonsense" allegations by another ex-security officer of a death squad for Kremlin critics.


Fears mount over more Africa rain, floods

Fears mounted on Monday that downpours which have killed dozens in Africa, uprooted hundreds of thousands and devastated crops could continue past the end of the rainy season and hit areas that have so far escaped floods.


MPs overturn a Tory move to set up a "lifeboat" fund for workers whose final-salary pension schemes went bust.


American forces freed 42 kidnapped Iraqis — some of whom had been hung from ceilings and tortured for months — in a raid Sunday on an al-Qaida hideout north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


France slammed by Iran after minister warns of war

A warning from French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner that the world has to prepare for a possible war with Iran over its nuclear programme triggered alarm in the Middle East and elsewhere Monday.


Mobile coders get a new product development kit as Access shows off its Linux platform.


China "twins" split by 21-year-old bungle

Chinese "twins" have sued a hospital over an apparent mix up of babies 21 years ago until they were reunited by chance and neighbours' complaints.


John Howard has secured a place in Australian political history after an unexpectedly comfortable win in the general election. The veteran conservative is now on course to become the country's


JOSE MOURINHO today hailed John Terry as a lynchpin of of Chelsea's drive for Champions League glory. The England defender's third goal of the tournament helped the Londoners make light of their striker crisis with this Satmford Bridge win.


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Everton make a formal complaint to the FA about Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho's criticism of Andrew Johnson.


AJAX, scripting - the works EclipseCon After six years mostly focused on enterprise computing, Eclipse is tackling rich internet applications by expanding into Web 2.0.â¦


A summer of discontent threatens to turn into a fateful autumn for England's coach after this miserable start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.


By Anonymous  What will the next 100 years hold for ASABE? Eight panelists discussed their thoughts at a special AIM session.  Jim Dooley discussed how information and automation will constantly shift engineers to technologists and laypersons.


Shakira, Wyclef lead new Grammy performers

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Shakira and Wyclef Jean will team up for a performance during Sunday's Grammy Awards, while Chris Brown, Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson will sing during a tribute segment saluting male R&B artists.


Rescued Bald Eagle Part Of Educational Program

Bird Rescue : Maryland Natural Resources Police last week rescued a bald eagle from certain death last week, when they found the male bird in Frederick County and took it to a veterinary clinic.


(InfoWorld) - The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum planned to release its first mobile phone specifications on Monday, in hopes of encouraging more applications for Linux phones. The specifications, which include a reference model, address book, voice call enabler, text input method application programming interfaces (APIs) and user interface services such as widget sets, were expected to be posted on the LiPS Web site on Monday. The forum, launched in late 2005, is working to standardize a layer of software in Linux phones that will make it easier for developers to create a mobile application once that can operate across many phones. "The reality of the market is it's coincidental that different phones run Linux because an application developer wouldn't be in the position to write something... to work on all of them," said Bill Weinberg, general manager for business development at the LiPS Forum. "The LiPS standard is designed to solve that." The LiPS Forum chose to base the user interface framework on Gnome's GTK user interface toolkit, dealing a blow to Trolltech and showing that the efforts to standardize the mobile Linux industry offer opportunities to some companies while having the potential to shut others out.Â Trolltech offersÂ an application platform and user interface for Linux mobile phones. Weinberg said more companies are using Gnome, however. "Trolltech has done well in the mobile space but we're seeing a trend toward Gnome," he said. Companies that are part of the LiPS Forum including Purple Labs, Access Co., and Open-Plug are all Gnome-based, he said. The forum defined APIs on top of Gnome's GTK, optimizing it for the mobile usage model, he said. The next set of specifications for the forum will deal with functions like instant messaging and allowing users or operators the ability to change the phone's user interface. The third wave of specifications, expected to come out next year, will have more to do with how applications use different phone resources, he said. "These are all things for which there are existing processes but there are too many different ways to do it, so having a set of specifications is important," he said. While a host of global initiatives like the LiPS Forum continue to strive to bring focus to the mobile Linux environment, the U.S. continues to lag behind other regions of the globe in adoption of mobile Linux. China and Japan are the biggest users of Linux phones while the U.S. has a reputation for being "cautious," in part due to the tight control the U.S. operators like to keep on the market, Weinberg said.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


It doesn't rival the Pentagon's $600 toilet seat, but the Justice Department can fork over a mean $4 meatball.


By Anthony A. Mestas, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 20--LA JUNTA -- A pretrial hearing for a Grand Junction man arrested on suspicion of Internet luring of a child was postponed until next month.


Residents protest Peru tourism expansion

Residents near Peru's southern highland tourist destinations are fighting two government proposals to expand private development around Machu Picchu and other historical sites, including the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco.


Top Australian executives could face trial over Iraqi bribes

A total of 12 executives have been named as facing possible prosecution over the corruption of the United Nations' oil-for-food programme in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.


Speculators return them to stores Some were boasting from their camps outside Apple stores before the iPhone rush began, of how much money they would make on eBay auctions; and apparently, at least one optimist let it be known that $2,000 would be needed to buy a $600 iPhone.â¦


Sudan's Bashir says Sudan to observe ceasefire

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir  said on Friday his government was willing to observe a  ceasefire in Darfur from the start of peace talks next month.


Sony's smaller PS2 takes aim at Nintendo

In what's shaping up to be an all-out war with Nintendo, Sony went on the offensive for the holiday-shopping season Tuesday, announcing that it will release a smaller version of its PlayStation 2 console in the United States on Nov. 1.


ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals made two-out magic the neatest trick of their National League Championship Series opener Wednesday.


Capo dello Stato fa visita a camera ardente tenore a Modena


Oil above $59 as cold bites, OPEC cuts supply

Oil prices climbed back above $59 a barrel on Wednesday as a blast of cold weather boosts heating oil demand in the United States and OPEC supply cuts quicken the seasonal fall in crude stocks in industrialised countries.


As the July 10 release of their  comeback album approaches, the reconstituted Smashing Pumpkins  have revealed their fall tour itinerary.


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


Day care license revoked for hiding kids

The state has revoked the license of a day care center accused of hiding crying infants in a storage room during an unannounced inspection, officials said.


Arafat in Serious Condition, Foreign Medics Arrive

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Foreign doctors rushed to  Yasser Arafat's side on Thursday to tend to the seriously ill  Palestinian leader, who for decades has symbolized his people's  struggle for statehood.


Miller Wins His First Race Since Leaving U.S. Team

Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill Saturday in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the United States ski team.


Judge warns US government to speed up Abu Ghraib probe

MANNHEIM, GERMANY - A military judge hearing evidence about the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison warned the US government on Monday to speed up its investigation or risk derailing the case against at least one of the accused soldiers.


Lo riferiscono fonti locali, soldati entrati in un villaggio


President Bush's campaign rolled out a television ad Wednesday that shows Sen. John Kerry windsurfing and claims his positions shift "whichever way the wind blows." Within hours, the Democrat's campaign pushed out a commercial condemning Bush for "a juvenile and tasteless attack ad."


AMERICA - America centrale, Messico e Caraibi  in allerta per il proliferare della dengue BogotÃ¡ (Agenzia Fides) - Le autoritÃ  sanitarie di America Centrale, Messico e Caraibi sono preoccupati per una nuova epidemia di dengue che da gennaio ha giÃ  causato 22 morti nella regione. Le epidemie, che dallÂinizio dellÂanno, in pieno inverno au...


Wal-Mart considers acquisitions in U.S.: report

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  is considering acquisitions in its home market as it seeks to open smaller stores and limit its reliance on giant supercenters for growth, the Financial Times reported in its online edition.


DaimlerChrysler paid a $30 million fine in 2007, the most ever by an automaker, for failing to meet federal fuel-efficiency standards.


Roma, 20:11 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: SIAMO STANCHI MA MOTIVATI

Il tecnico della Lazio Delio Rossi parla con ottimistmo della gara di domeni con la Juve: "Sapevamo ...


Blair Warns N.Irish Adams on Crime, Violence

British prime minister Tony Blair told  Sinn Fein on Friday it would be excluded from talks on a  lasting political settlement for Northern Ireland unless its  military ally, the Irish Republican Army, gave up crime.


Hillary Rodham Clinton promised Thursday that as president she would improve health care quality by raising standards for providers, educating patients and requiring insurers to reward innovation.


Nella notte, Serra: mai firmato ordinanza per treni gratis


In another change of plans, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. canceled a project Thursday to develop a chip for projection TVs and said it planned to focus its resources in other areas.


Nuovo extragettito per risanamento e welfare


Calif. Voters to Consider Ballot Measures

Even in California, the land of direct democracy, the list of major ballot initiatives facing voters this November is staggering: 16 in all.


Minister's mum begs Australia PM for time to get wed

Australia's Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promoted family values on his way to winning office in November, but now the mother of his health minister is pleading with him to give her daughter time off to get married.


Roma, 10:37 - MORTE POLIZIOTTO, INCONTRO AMATO-MELANDRI AL VIMINALE

Il ministro dell'Interno, Giuliano Amato ha ricevuto questa mattina al Viminale il ministro dello Sp...


Motorcycle maker KTM's success in racing, including repeated first place wins in the Paris-to-Dakar rally, led it to venture into four-wheel racing. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


France, U.S. agree useless to talk to Syria: Chirac

France and the United States agree there is no point in talking to Syria because the conditions for an honest dialogue do not exist, President Jacques Chirac said on Wednesday.


Two gunmen who hijacked a bus and threatened to blow it up released the six remaining hostages and surrendered shortly after midnight Wednesday, report agencies.


Ludicrous to suggest McCanns guilty: spokesman

The new spokesman for the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann said on Tuesday it was ludicrous to suggest they were guilty of harming her.


MUSICA: LA SPEARS SI SPOSA, SUL SERIO, PER LA SECONDA VOLTA

Londra, 20 set. (Adnkronos)- Britney Spears ci riprova. Dopo il matrimonio lampo con Jason Alexander celebrato a Las Vegas a gennaio e durato solo 55 ore, la pop star 22enne si e' sposata per la seconda volta


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber detonated his car today at the gate of the home of the leader of Iraq's biggest political party, killing nine people and injuring 39, police said.


Eastern areas of the Philippines are steeling themselves for another in a series of powerful storms.


Five weightlifters were suspended Thursday for flunking drug tests they took before the Olympics, including two who were pulled out just before walking to the lifting stand.


Dutch Islamic School Bombed in Anti-Muslim Violence in Netherlands

Dutch police suspect that an explosion overnight at an Islamic school in the city of Eindhoven could be linked to last week's murder of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh.


Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, left, speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 after President Bush announced Kerik as his choice to replace Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.


First Europe lab installed on space station

Astronauts on Monday installed the European space laboratory Columbus on the orbiting International Space Station, giving Europe an important foothold for the deeper exploration of space.


Google stock falls as share lockups expire

SAN FRANCISCO, - Shares of Google Inc. fell as much as 6.5 percent Tuesday, as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors in the newly public Web search company.


Madrid, 17:42 - CALCIO, ATLETICO MADRID: TORRES RINNOVA FINO AL 2009

Il capitano dell'Atletico Madrid, Fernando Torres, resterà nel club fino al giugno del 2009. ...


Court Kills Part of AMD's Suit Against Intel

Intel argues that some of chip rival's complaints fall outside U.S. borders.


An explosion at a McDonald's restaurant in the Russian city of St Petersburg injures at least six people, reports say.


NEW YORK -- US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday there is no "hard evidence" linking deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.


Small Explosion at Wal-Mart Store in Mexico City

A small homemade bomb exploded at a  Mexico City supermarket owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc early on  Friday morning, but it caused no injuries or damage.


Successo per la filiale di Edf, azioni introdotte a 28 euro


Chile's ex-military ruler Augusto Pinochet denies knowledge of a campaign to kill opponents.


Hunger, Grief Set in as Indonesia Toll Climbs

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Hunger and grief stalked  the streets of Indonesia's devastated Aceh province on  Wednesday as thousands of people searched for lost family and  friends three days after a massive tsunami swept the region.


Canada's Eric Lamaze jumping at Beijing chance

After missing the 1996 and 2000 Olympics over failed drug tests, Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze believes he is finally heading for his Olympic debut in Beijing.


All very well, but is it worth the fuss? Doctors are still worried that patient confidentiality will be broken if treatment records are loaded onto the patient information network, the care records system, that is intended to span the country as the keystone of the late and great Â£12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT).â¦


General Warns of Pre-Election Iraq Attacks

The U.S. military expects insurgents may try to carry out "spectacular" attacks that would inflict major casualties in a bid to disrupt Jan. 30 elections and intimidate Iraqis who might go to the polls, a top U.S. official said Friday.


Khano Smith's runs on the left wing were a key to the Revolution's 4-2 win over FC Dallas last night. Smith was able to speed past right back Drew Moor , causing Dallas to send a midfielder in support. The Revolution capitalized on the destabilized defense, with three Revolution goals resulting from sequences on the left side.


The White House held out hope Tuesday that a compromise could be reached on legislation to overhaul US intelligence, as Defense Secretary


Beijng may reconsider deals on Microsoft software

The Beijing municipal government may reconsider its software procurement since it became target of criticism for giving Microsoft the lion's share of a large software purchase order, analysts say.


Poll: Bush Leads by 11 Points During RNC

President Bush leads Democrat John Kerry, 52 percent to 41 percent, while independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in a national poll taken during the Republican National Convention that ended Thursday.


Against Giants, Romo Is Not Hoping for a Repeat

The Cowboysâ 9-7 season in 2006 quickly came into focus under quarterback Tony Romo, who was 6-4 as a starter.


Tennis Star and Singer 'Marry in Secret'

Tennis bombshell Anna Kournikova has married her pop star boyfriend Enrique Iglesias, it was reported today. Blonde Kournikova was spotted wearing a wedding ring during a charity tennis event in Florida on Sunday.


Three bombs exploded at a Baghdad ceremony celebrating the opening of a new sewage system, killing 35 children and seven adults, officials said.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced early Wednesday he had vetoed legislation that would have allowed Californians to vote on an advisory measure calling for President Bush to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.


Estefan takes tropical plunge on new album

Gloria Estefan left her native Cuba  when she was just a year old. Her family was allowed to take  nothing with them, except the clothes they were wearing and a  small bag.


Passenger service to space in two years?

The world's first passenger service to space will start carrying fee-paying astronauts from 2007, say two entrepreneurs, although some are not so convinced with their ambitious time-frame.


Jolie's "Heart" pumps life into Oscar chatter

LOS ANGELES  - There's no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn't until February 24. But a number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so quietly.


Iran drops demand for exemption to nuclear freeze: diplomats

VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran has backed down on its demand to exempt some equipment from a freeze on its uranium-equipment program, diplomats reportedly said Sunday.


Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher returned to her old Downing Street address Thursday, paying a surprise visit to current Prime Minister Gordon Brown.


Russia delivers first nuclear fuel to Iran

Russia has delivered the first shipment  of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station, the  Russian state agency building the station said in a statement  on Monday.


'Loretta's' New Orleans pralines back in business

With the help of small-business incubators, entrepreneurs hit hard by Katrina have gotten back on their feet.


Karzai Secures Victory in Afghan Election

President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the presidential election, securing a new five-year term as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president


N.H. plans hand recount of primary ballots

Move follows complaints from underdog Democrat Dennis Kucinich and little-known Republican Albert Howard about "irregularities" in hand- versus electronically counted ballots.


In a manner that recalls haggling in a Persian bazaar, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran are engaged in a tussle about the meaning of their recently concluded bargain over Tehranâs nuclear program.


Cheney, Edwards Take Center Stage in Debate

Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen.  John Edwards take center stage in the White House campaign on  Tuesday in a televised debate that gained new significance  after a series of polls showed the race tightening.


Ireland suffers first homegrown case of human form of mad cow ...

Ireland has suffered its first homegrown case of the human form of mad cow disease, the government confirmed Wednesday. Health Minister Mary Harney sent a message of sympathy to the


Disease Still a Threat in Tsunami-Stricken Aceh --UN

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aid agencies have  prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's  tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the  United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying  from pneumonia.


Distribuiti ad alti ufficiali durante mandato ex comandante


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally would not be covered by her proposed universal health care plan.


Study Says Private Equity Isnât Big Job Killer

The World Economic Forum plans to announce on Friday the results of a study that found that companies owned by private equity shed on average about 1 percent more jobs than their peers.


A party that supports the former prime minister who won the parliamentary election appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup.


Man labeled "enemy combatant" wins court case

President George W. Bush lacks the power to order the military to seize and indefinitely detain a Qatari national and suspected al Qaeda operative who is the only person being held in the United States as an "enemy combatant," a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.


There was a trifecta in tech earnings yesterday, with search engine king Google Inc., software giant Microsoft Corp. and online shopping leader Amazon.com all posting quarterly profits, a positive sign overall for the technology sector's recovery.


Rebel Sadr orders end to fighting at mosque

NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today urged his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa. The call came after Iraq's top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this


Russia Launches Supplies to Astronauts in Orbit

A Russian spaceship blasted off on Friday carrying vital food and water to two astronauts whose supplies have been rationed because they were running so low.


More Troubles for King Drew Medical Center

LOS ANGELES - A nurse at county-run King-Drew Medical Center turned down a monitor attached to a 28-year-old AIDS patient and failed to notice his heart was barely beating just before he died Thursday, it was reported today.


Paris Hilton out of jail for medical reasons

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was released from jail on Thursday for medical reasons after serving just three days of a three-week term, but was confined to her home with an electronic ankle bracelet for 40 days.


Golf: European Ryder Cup captain Langer explains wild card choices

MUNICH, Germany : European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Langer said he plumped for Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as wild cards, and not Swede Fredrik Jacobson, because he thought they would perform better at the Oakland Hills golf course.


I pm avevano chiesto il proscioglimento del dottor Riccio che interruppela ventilazione meccanica del malato. L'anestesista andrÃ  sotto processo                                          Welby, il Gip chiede l'imputazione per il medico che spense la macchina


Republican lawmaker introduces subprime legislation

The top Republican on the U.S. House  Financial Services Committee on Thursday introduced legislation  that would create a national registry and set new standards for  mortgage originators in response to the subprime mortgage  crisis.


Milano, l'esercizio di via Varesina Ã¨ saltato in aria all'1,30Testimoni hanno udito un botto fortissimo, poi le fiamme                                          Attentato alla macelleria islamica esplosione nella notte, nessun ferito                                                                                Danneggiati auto e palazzi circostanti. I criminali sono penetratiall'interno tagliando un lucchetto e hanno preparato la bomba


UK's Blair Recovering at Home After Heart Flutter Treatment

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is recovering at home after treatment for a heart flutter, a condition he said won't keep him from seeking a third term in office.


Il cantautore romano ispirato dal campione Di Bartolomei


EUROPEAN Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson and Robert Zoellick, his US counterpart, failed to make headway on a trans-Atlantic stand-off over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing at a meeting yesterday, saying the dispute remains headed for World Trade


Security and surveillance efforts could be bolstered by a simple imaging tool, a scientist claims.


Life & style: Dan Lepard trawls high streets and town squares for the best Bakewells, gingerbread and fondant fancies.


Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle

Dr. Carla Pugh builds anatomical models to help medical students learn to perform exams that might make them uncomfortable.


Osama `ad' may not help either candidate

President Bush tersely countered Osama bin Laden's videotaped attack ad yesterday, saying Americans won't be ``intimidated or influenced'' by the enemy - even as John F. Kerry


More communities use local police to enforce US immigration law

Prince William County in Virginia is one of a growing number of counties and cities making their own immigration reforms.


Arsenal's Edu misses Panathinaikos clash

Brazilian midfielder Edu will miss Arsenal's Champions League Group E match at home to Panathinaikos on Tuesday. Arsenal's website said Edu was suffering from a calf problem sustained in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Southampton.


With his chances to advance Middle East peace dwindling, President Bush on Monday will push again for a democratic Palestinian homeland that can coexist with Israel.


Secondo Ap, verrebbe interrotto l'arricchimento dell'uranio


Mount St. Helens Releases More Steam As New Images Show Magma Continues to Rise Inside Volcano. A steam plume colored by the rising sun rises above the crater of Mount St.


Nortel Net's job cuts include 1,400 in US

TORONTO Â· Nortel Networks Corp. gave details of a previously announced job cut program Thursday, saying it is cutting 1,400 in the United States by next June.


Dance Review | Readymade Dance Theater Company : Warâs the Topic and the Action, Dangerous

Itâs one thing to take a beating in service of a worthy piece. But Zsolt Palczaâs attempt to explore the internal effects of war is a shallow, cursory one.


Chad Billingsley allowed three hits over seven innings, Kenny Lofton hit an RBI double to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh, and the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 4-0 Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory and 17th in 18 games.


UN official calls for autonomy in Darfur

Sudan should grant autonomy to the western Darfur region in order to stop the violence there, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, said Friday.


Serviranno a potenziare metro A e creare parcheggi scambio


Syria on offensive as Israel threatens to avenge bombings

Israel's threats against Syria after the Beersheba suicide bombings would "exacerbate the deteriorating situation in the region," the Syrian foreign minister said yesterday.


Explosion kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan

An explosion killed a soldier from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan and wounded five others, the force said on Monday.


Poll: More Believe Bush Behind Attack Ads

Americans increasingly believe President Bush's re-election campaign is behind the ads attacking Democrat John Kerry's Vietnam experience, a poll found.


"The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life." — Luciano Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, in a statement on the opera superstar's death this week at age 71.


Terminally ill patients could be refused palliative care due to a funding crisis, hospices claim.


Insight Broadband 10.0 Best Internet Service in Kentucky According to PC World Readers

In its list of "Best and Worst ISPs,"  PC World magazine* reported results last week from a recent  survey of 6,400 readers: Insight Broadband 10.0 outranks its Kentucky  competitors in overall satisfaction as well as both downstream and  upstream speeds and scores above-average marks.


Silverstone's owners say the British Grand Prix will only go ahead if a contract dispute is resolved.


By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar.


The MoD names the soldier who was killed in Iraq as a 48-year-old major from the 4th Battalion The Rifles.


Taking Cancer Drug With Food May Cut Costs

TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a pricey breast cancer drug called lapatinib (Tykerb) with food rather than on an empty stomach may improve its absorption by the body -- lowering the doses needed and greatly cutting costs for patients, a new study shows.


Bush climate plan "the classic U.S. line": EU

President George W. Bush's plan to tackle climate change merely restates U.S. policy which has been ineffective in the past in cutting emissions blamed for global warming, the EU's environment chief said on Friday.


Nokia: Science skills gap is Europe-wide

The lack of young people taking up scientific careers can be found in Germany, England or any leading EU country, Nokia exec says.


Two-time champion Bradley Hughes of Australia shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead at the Australian Masters on Friday, one day after the opening round was suspended by rain.


Ukraine Faces Key Choices in New Presidency Poll

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko seeks an overwhelming victory in re-run presidential polls on Sunday to press painful market reforms and end months of political turmoil that have bitterly divided Ukraine.


Rangers trade Nevin to Cubs for Hairston

Struggling designated hitter Phil Nevin was traded Wednesday by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs, who are desperately seeking a bopper to help replace injured slugger Derrek Lee.


New speed meter projects your miles per hour on the windshield so your eyes don't need to drop down to the dashboard for those crucial split seconds.


VATICANO - LE PAROLE DELLA DOTTTRINA a cura di don Nicola Bux e don Salvatore Vitiello - Spiegare il Catechismo Ã¨ la prioritÃ  urgente per i Vescovi e i sacerdoti CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Nelle scuole si ricomincia dalla grammatica, sintassi e tabelline dellÂaritmetica: ci si Ã¨ accorti che ai ragazzi mancano le cose elementari. Anche la Chiesa un tempo trasmetteva a piccoli e adulti con il Catechis...


A wine shop in the East Village accepts euros as payments, but so far, it does not seem to be a trend.


Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-2, 6-1. Ivanovic will play Justine Henin on Saturday.


An independent arbitrator ruled yesterday that Jermaine O'Neal, one of four Indiana Pacers suspended for their roles in a brawl during a game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace at Auburn


George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are in Cannes for the world premiere of Ocean's Thirteen.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton became a super fan of the New York Giants Sunday, reveling in their upset of the New England Patriots Â and even seeing an omen for her own political future.


The Chiefs' Trent Green has never blamed Rodney Harrison for the hit Harrison, then playing for the San Diego Chargers, delivered against him in the third preseason game of 1999, when Green was the starting quarterback of the Rams.


(InfoWorld) - Media company Viacom said on Tuesday that it was filing suit against Google Inc. for what it alleges are "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacomâs property. Viacom is seeking more than $1 billion in damages and asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to place an injunction on Google and to prevent the company from sharing around 160,000 unauthorized video clips on the company's YouTube video sharing site, Viacom said in a statement. Google was not immediately available for comment. Viacom, which owns popular brands including MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Nickelodeon, said its programming had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the video sharing site that Google purchased in October, 2006, for $1.6 billion. âYouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to othersâ creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google," Viacom said in a statement.Â  "Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws." The suit by Viacom follows a notice from Viacom in February, 2007 under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to remove its videos from YouTube. Viacom alleges that Google does little to police copyright violations on YouTube. "This behavior stands in stark contrast to the actions of other significant distributors, who have recognized the fair value of entertainment content and have concluded agreements to make content legally available to their customers around the world," the company said. Shortly after buying YouTube in October, Google struck deals with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group to offer music videos on YouTube and share advertising revenue. The company also negotiated with Viacom on a similar deal, but Viacom claims those negotiations were unproductive and that Google is following an "unlawful business model." "Therefore, we must turn to the courts to prevent Google and YouTube from continuing to steal value from artists and to obtain compensation for the significant damage they have caused," Viacom said.


Roma, 12:12 - Calcio, serie A: gli arbitri della 18/a giornata

Questi gli arbitri sorteggiati per le gare della diciottesima giornata di andata del campionato di s...


Man's ability to digest starchy foods like the potato may explain our success on the planet, genetic work suggests.


N.Korea seeks oil in return for halting reactor: media

North Korea's top envoy to six-party talks on its nuclear programme has told former U.S. officials Pyongyang wants more than half a million tonnes of fuel oil a year in return for suspending its atomic reactor, a Japanese daily said on Sunday.


Colts Assistant Caldwell Interviews With Cowboys

Indianapolis assistant head coach Jim Caldwell is the 10th and likely last candidate to interview with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the search to replace Bill Parcells.


Online search-engine leader Google is targeting the computer hard drive with software that promises to scour the clutter of documents, e-mails, instant messages and other stored files.


Canadians Seek Ban on U.S. Drug Shopping

TORONTO - Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...


Everest to get "highway" to ease torch relay

China has started improving the road to Mount Everest on the Tibet side to make the trip to the world's highest mountain easier for bearers of the Olympic flame, Xinhua news agency reported.


GM shrinks sales gap with No.1 Toyota after firm Q2

DETROIT/TOKYO  - General Motors Corp. narrowed the gap with top seller Toyota Motor Corp. in the first half of 2007 thanks to a solid second quarter, although demand continued to fall in its home North American market.


The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil, sources say.


Brown takes over as Britain's prime minister

Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister on Wednesday and promised changes after a decade of Labour Party rule marred by a lack of trust in the government since the Iraq war.


Five Years, Two Owners and a Town Still in Limbo

The 29 residents of Bridgeville are sour on the idea of selling their town on eBay.


Europe's "super rocket" which can lift multiple and heavier satellites into orbit prepares for its first trip to space.


Audiences flock to "Knocked" but "Pirates" reigns

While Buena Vista's  pirates predictably rode atop the boxoffice's high seas during  the second weekend of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's  End," there was also room for Universal Pictures' R-rated  comedy "Knocked Up" to establish itself as an upstart hit.


Garcia Leads Volvo Masters by One Stroke

Sergio Garcia recovered from a poor start and survived a rules scare, closing the second round with two birdies for a 2-under 69 and a one-stroke lead Friday in the Volvo Masters.


Taipei economy sags as foreigners leave for China

Taipei, once an Asian business magnet  for foreign visitors unable to enter China because it was  closed to the West, has faded in importance as China has opened  its borders to tourists and business travelers.


As Democrats continue to search heaven and earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the


As browsers like Mozilla and Opera find more widespread use, Microsofts Internet Explorer is facing a new challenge to its superman status in the world of browsers, says LinuxInsider in its sneak preview of new Mozilla Firefox browser.


Vendemmia con ottimismo: +2% quantita' e bene anche export


UK astronomers are granted a temporary reprieve over their access to two of the world's finest telescopes.


Former Pakistan PM returns to challenge president

Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, returned home on Monday after seven years in exile to challenge military president Pervez Musharraf.


At least 16 Afghan policemen die when their checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar is attacked.


Canadian researchers close in on cure for diabetes

Canadian scientists have found a single cell in the pancreas capable of making insulin-producing cells, a discovery that moves the world dramatically closer to freeing people with diabetes from a life of insulin injections.


Shrek 2 has eight nominations in the movie section of this year's People's Choice Awards, chosen by fans.


Householders in Wales brace themselves for more flooding and high winds and many roads remain closed.


Scientists gathered at Mount St. Helens planned to make further observations Wednesday of the lava that has broken through the surface of the volcano.


Home Secretary David Blunkett speaks of his love for married publisher Kimberly Quinn for the first time.


Avaya Adds Video Calling to IP Softphone

Avaya announced on Monday that the integration between its IP softphone and Polycom's ViaVideo II camera, first announced last December, is now at a releasable stage.


Harman buyers concerned about deal: source

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s  private equity arm are worried about certain financial conditions inside Harman International Industries Inc , concerns that could threaten the $8 billion deal, a source said on Friday.


American cyclist keeps gold medal thanks to mistake from lab

Helped by a laboratory's blunder, Tyler Hamilton will be allowed to keep his Olympic cycling gold medal. The International Olympic Committee dropped its investigation Thursday into a blood test from the Summer


Leonard Takes the Lead His Way at the Hope

During four rounds of desert golf at the $5.1 million Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Justin Leonard did not seem to break a sweat.


Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers announced Friday that they have re-signed right-handed pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year contract.


Web search leader Google Inc. , in its first earnings report as a publicly held company, on Thursday posted quarterly net income and revenue that more than doubled on strong Web search advertising.


Retata in autostrada, bloccato commercio illegale con la SpagnaQuattro arresti. La droga trattata con un raro processo chimico                                                  Francia, colpo al narcotraffico Scoperto Babbo Natale di cocaina


U.S. Tabloids, Condit Settle Intern Lawsuit

The National Enquirer, Globe and Star tabloid newspapers have settled a lawsuit with former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit over articles linking him to federal intern Chandra Levy's disappearance and death, Condit's lawyer said on Thursday.


How about a sailboat? Or vitamins, Navajo healing, and organic foods?


State May Win Choice Morsels in YUKOS Carve Up

Nearly a year after Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of YUKOS, was arrested it is increasingly likely the oil firm's prime asset will end up in state hands while foreigners may play a role in the carve up.


FTC offers guidelines to reduce online shopping risks

As a record number of people buy holiday gifts online, consumers should take steps to reduce their risk of having their personal details stolen.


Latin Academy ices fourth straight city title

Latin Academy 3 East Boston 1 On the surface, it was about as lopsided as a game can be.


Greg Rusedski brushed aside American Matias Boeker in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Millennium International tournament in Florida.


An emergency motion was filed Friday the 13th of August in US District Court of Eastern Michigan, Compuware said that IBM failed to provide essential evidence, which includes several pieces of disputed software source code, until after the case's ...


George Hearn Will Star Opposite Chita Rivera in 'The Visit' in DC Area

Playbill - Two-time Tony Award winner George Hearn will join another two-time Tony winner - Chita Rivera - for Signature Theatre's spring 2008 revival of Kander & Ebb's musical The Visit in Arlington, VA.


We were wrong, but is eBay wronger? Comment Reg Developer recently published a story about listings on eBay that point users to phishing sites. We thought we'd uncovered a new security issue on eBay, but it turns out we were wrong.â¦


LA grand jury probes MySpace teenage suicide case

Fake user said: 'World would be a better place without you' A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has subpoenaed MySpace and others in connection with a teenage girl who hanged herself after receiving cruel messages on the site from people posing as a 16-year-old boy.â¦


Soccer Game in Spain That Was Suspended Because of Bomb Threat Will Be Completed on Jan. 5. Police evacuate the Bernabeu stadium after a bomb threat during a Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociadad in Madrid Sunday Dec. 12, 2004.


EU, Turkey take historic step to begin talks on Turkish membership

The European Union and Turkey reached a historic agreement Friday to begin talks next year aimed at bringing the populous Muslim country into the EU after hammering out a compromise over Ankara's relationship with Cyprus.


Iraq, potrebbe essere liberata la 'Dott.ssa Germe'

Una delle due irachene attualmente detenute in Iraq potrebbe essere presto liberata. Lo ha indicato oggi un portavoce del ministero della Giustizia di Baghdad, precisando che si tratta della scienziata Rihab


And now to the obvious question on another morning after, which isn't so much where was the offense for three-plus quarters, what happened to the defense at the end or even if Dave Wannstedt set a television record for wringing his hands through his hair.


European shares moved higher on Monday, with DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX) leading the carmakers after reports it was in talks with General Motors (NYSE:GM) and other potential suitors over the sale of its US Chrysler division.


Speculation is mounting that West Ham have signed Argentina duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano on loan.


Britain begins redeploying some 800 troops toward the restive area south of Baghdad area in a move aimed at freeing up US forces for an assault on insurgent areas north and west of the capital.


At least one person was killed Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported.


Sears, KMart to Merge in $11 Billion Deal

Sears, Roebuck & Co. S.N and  discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. KMRT.O on Wednesday  said they would merge in an  $11 billion deal to form the  third-largest U.S. retailer.


Indonesian Muslim militant cleric Abu Bakar Ba'ashyir would face trial again on Thursday, charged for involvement in Bali and Marriott bombings, a lawyer told Xinhua here on Wednesday.


Gates: Microsoft To Test MSN Spaces Blog Thursday

Vox populi, 2004 style. Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) on Wednesday said it will offer blogging to the online many-headed.


New Satellite Photos May Show New Iran Nuclear Site

New satellite images show Iran's  Parchin military complex, southeast of Tehran, may be a site  for research, testing and production of nuclear weapons, a  nuclear expert said on Wednesday.


Valencia, 12:35 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: VALENCIA COME UNA FINALE

L'Inter è pronta alla sfida con il Valencia. ''Sarà come una finale, ma sono tranquill...


People in Poland will shortly begin voting in a parliamentary election called two years ahead of schedule.


Music Review | Theater of Voices: Songs, Poems and Burps in a Theater for the Ear

This is theater, all right: Theater of Voices, the excellent vocal ensemble Paul Hillier founded in 1990, which performed three very different, very theatrical vocal compositions at Zankel Hall on Thursday night.


Group claims the deaths of Italian hostages in Iraq

DUBAIâAn Islamist group claimed yesterday to have killed two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq, as a separate militant group released a video apparently showing the beheading of a captive American man.


Nintendo aims high with low-cost console

Nintendo hopes to hold its advantage over Sony in the handheld game console market, by selling its DS model for half the price of the new PlayStation Portable.


India proposes to Pak five meeting places for divided families

In a major step towards promoting people-to-people contacts, India today proposed to Pakistan five designated places along the border for interaction between divided families on both sides of Kashmir during specified periods.


NORTON, Massachusetts  - Steve Stricker will start this week's Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston at the head of the FedExCup points standings and with one eye firmly fixed on Tiger Woods.


FIVE million people were last night without food, shelter or fresh water in the wake of the devastating tsunami as an international coalition was formed to carry out the world's biggest ever relief effort.


Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin  Raines' struggle for his job and reputation after regulators  found extensive accounting problems at his company is an  unexpected twist in a career that had seemed likely to vault  him into a prominent role in national politics.


Milano, 15:17 - Calcio, Shevchenko premiato con il Pallone d'Oro

'Il tuo trionfo Ã¨ il nostro orgoglio... Sheva re d'Europa'. Con questo striscione in curva sud e un ...


Finisce 2-2 il posticipo di lusso della tredicesima di A, la capolista Juventus spreca per la prima volta nella stagione un'occasione d'oro, si fa rimontare due reti in 5' dopo il gol di Zalayeta in apertura di ripresa e il rigore di Ibrahimovic (fallo di


Tim Henman ends his professional career by partnering Jamie Murray to doubles victory over Croatia in their Davis Cup tie.


Caution Over Shuttle Shows Shift at NASA

Confronted with the same kind of problem that doomed the space shuttle Columbia, officials took a new approach during the current Endeavour mission.


Sixteen workers are critically hurt in a huge explosion at an oil refinery near the western Indian city of Baroda.


Ukrainian President Criticizes Court Order for New Vote

President Leonid D. Kuchma of Ukraine criticized today the Supreme Court's decision to order a new presidential run-off and accused the opposition leader


Originality is a term conspicuous by its very absence in Bollywood. Remake, Inspiration, Tribute - whatever may be the excuse, there's no denying to the fact that there's a dearth of original ideas in Bollywood. But does that make our filmmakers any less talented?


Blog: LCD TV sales dropped a bit in the first quarter from the last three months, and Philips bore the brunt.


Things They Donât Teach in Any Dental School

Teenage horror-movie spoof, John Waters parody, No Nukes protest movie: Mitchell Lichtensteinâs clever, crude comedy, âTeeth,â is all these and more.


Americans Give Up on Flu Vaccine, Survey Shows

Millions of Americans, frightened off by news reports of long lines or discouraged by their own failed attempts, have given up on getting flu shots this year, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.


"The SPD cannot close its eyes to the fact that 43% of all violent crimes in Germany are committed by people under 21 years of age and that nearly half of these are by foreign youths"  The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, today gave her backing to a controversial plan to introduce boot camps and "warning shot" spells in prison for criminal youths. via Surrey Hants Star


EA signs Hilary Duff for "The Sims 2 Pets"

Electronic Arts Inc.  said  on Thursday that the likenesses of actress and recording artist  Hilary Duff and her pet Chihuahua Lola will make their video  game debuts in "The Sims 2 Pets."


Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test

The market for credit insurance will be put to the test as a looming economic downturn strains companiesâ finances.


Suicide Bomber Kills 17 in Western Baghdad

The attack came a day after 67 people were killed in another deadly bombing directed at civilians in Baghdad.


Need an insider's view of the market? CAPS can show it to you.


Apple invite brings UK hacks out in iPhone fever

Not us, sob Editors' Blog UK hacks have begun receiving invites to an Apple event scheduled to be held at the Mac maker's Regent Street, London store on 18 September. Headed "Mum is no longer the word", the email has already got journos forecasting the UK debut of the iPhone.â¦


A 77 anni era stato condannato per reati di opinioneIl giornalista: "Sono grato al presidente. Esco da un incubo"                                          Ciampi concede la grazia al giornalista Lino Jannuzzi                                                                                Per il segretario dell'Fnsi "una bella notizia"


An Altar Beyond Olympus for a Deity Predating Zeus

Archaeologists say they have found the ashes, bones and other evidence of animal sacrifices to some pre-Zeus deity on the summit of Mount Lykaion in Greece.


Justin Timberlake has scored his first number one solo album in the US, according to Billboard.


NAIROBI, Kenya - The US military has stepped up activities in the pirate-infested waters off Somalia, going to the aid of hijacked cargo ships twice this week. American medics treated wounded North Korean sailors on one vessel, and the Navy was tracking another after destroying two pirate skiffs lashed to it.


Official figures show that the US trade deficit widened to the second-highest level on record in August.


International Paper Co. IP.N, the  world's largest forest products company, on Thursday said its  quarterly profit more than tripled, aided by higher paper  prices, but warned raw material costs would put pressure on  2005 earnings.


NATO Set to Downgrade Ukraine Meet -- Diplomats

NATO is set to cancel a meeting of its foreign ministers with the Ukrainian foreign minister scheduled for Thursday to avoid high-level contacts with a government accused of election fraud, diplomats said.


Iraqi defense minister calls arrest of top Saddam Hussein aide ' ...

(Baghdad, Iraq-AP, Sept. 5, 2004 7:20 PM) ) Iraq's defense minister is casting doubt on the reported capture of Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man.


COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Mall operator Simon Property Group Inc. and hedge fund Farallon Capital Management said Friday they will buy the struggling mall developer The Mills Corp. for $1.64 billion after outbidding rival Brookfield Asset Management Inc.


Serie A, Inter-Catania e gli altri match in diretta

A Cesena la squadra di Mancini cerca la 17a vittoria consecutiva. Minuto per minuto anche il derby Fiorentina-Empoli, Cagliari - Lazio, Messina - Siena, Roma - Reggina


Big increase in number of Western tourists listed missing in ...

In Thailand, more than four thousand people are now listed as missing following the weekend tsunami, a big jump on earlier estimates of 15-hundred missing.