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s the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opens in Houston today, it will be notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is - and for how little	0Business
Cisco is continuing their plans to establish a dominating position in the Japanese market. They recently signed a hardware deal with local player Fujitsu to manufacture high-end routers and switches for the local market.	1Entertainment
You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.	0Business
AFP - Football Federation Australia says it is conducting a major audit of national infrastructure in its efforts to launch a formal bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reports said Sunday.	8Sports
Leroy Gordon Cooper, one of the nation's first astronauts who once set a space endurance record by traveling more than 3.3 million miles aboard Gemini 5 in 1965, died on Monday, NASA said.	6Sci/Tech
AP - A House task force voted Friday to end an investigation into a disputed 2006 Florida congressional election after extensive testing showed that touch-screen voting machines likely worked properly.	13World
As online matchmakers compete for customers using algorithms in the search for love, the battle has intrigued academic researchers who study the mating game.	6Sci/Tech
Canadian Press - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An oil pipeline exploded near Nigeria's largest city as thieves tried to siphon oil from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames, police said Friday.	13World
LONDON - All children with HIV in developing countries should take a low-cost antibiotic because it could nearly halve the death rate, researchers say.	3Health
Cassazione accoglie ricorso di aspirante papa' in provetta	4Italia
I gestori di distributori tornano all'attacco dopo le chiusure del giugno scorso Fegica-Cisl e Figisc-Confcommercio renderanno noto il calendario della protesta Nuova serrata dei benzinai Quindici giorni di sciopero Iniziata in commissione Industria al Senato la discussione sul ddl giÃ approvato dalla Camera Bersani: "Spero che il Parlamento possa approvare i decreti prima della Finanziaria" (17:20 13/09/2007)	4Italia
WASHINGTON -- Employers showed a decent appetite to hire in May, boosting payrolls by 157,000, the most in two months. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.5 percent.	0Business
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Because defibrillators are more affordable than ever, they are quickly becoming commonplace in schools, businesses and other public places such as airports...	13World
The British intelligence agency is planning a major overhaul since the Cold War after producing unreliable intelligence about Iraq, according to John Scarlett, the chief of MI6; Britain's External Intelligence Agency.	13World
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss banking group UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Monday it had strengthened its position in the United States by buying local rival Julius Baer's U.S. wealth-management business.	0Business
What's new in this debate is that interest rates have begun to climb: while 30-year mortgages are still below 6 percent, economists predict they'll be at 6.25 by December and higher next year.	0Business
Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental vaccine Cervarix has proved more than 90 percent effective in preventing precancerous lesions due to two types of a virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.	3Health
Lo stop dalle 21 di ieri sera. Garantiti oltre 200 convogli a media e lunga percorrenza L'agitazione per la richiesta di un "contratto unico di riferimento e regole comuni" Ferrovieri in sciopero fino alle 21 fermo un treno su due, disagi Circoleranno anche i regionali nelle fasce di garanzia per i pendolari (09:02 22/06/2007)	4Italia
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister offered U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan his country's full cooperation over a Security Council resolution on the truce between Israel and Hizbollah, a U.N. spokesman said on Saturday.	10Top News
Nessuna licenza assegnata anche nella quinta giornata di rilanci Il primato spetta alla Francia con 120 milioni. Potrebbe essere battuto domani Gara Wimax a quota 106 milioni Tutti ancora in gara, verso il record (19:51 20/02/2008)	4Italia
Shares in Iamgold Corp. (IMG.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) tumbled on Monday after a rival deal threatened to sink its union with South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd.	0Business
Two members of radical anti-whaling group held on Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters	10Top News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, who became a committed campaigner for spinal cord research after being paralyzed in a riding accident nine years ago, died of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday.	10Top News
German union leaders say more than 12,000 workers have staged warning strikes at three Volkswagen plants, while a sixth round of contract talks was scheduled in Hannover.	1Entertainment
As the Palestinians' main donor and Israel's top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.	11Top Stories
The last thing that parents of disabled children may want to face Â establishing a special-needs trust Â could provide the most comfort.	0Business
Sobrieta' invece in collezione di Sinha-Stanic	4Italia
More cars than light trucks were sold in the U.S. last month, as gasoline prices nationwide soared to more than $3 a gallon.	0Business
Anticipi della nona giornata del campionato di serie A di basket. La Montepaschi Siena, batte la Vid...	4Italia
By JAN DISLEY JAMES Bond has got it all wrong about the perfect Martini. It's stirred, not shaken. And it's made with gin, never vodka. And you can forget the olive - it's always a twist of lemon or lime.	6Sci/Tech
Among the wounded were the provincial governor, the regional police chief and the local military commander.	13World
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jonathan Cheechoo is starting to find his scoring touch again and the San Jose Sharks are showing their teeth by closing in on the Anaheim Ducks at the top of the Pacific division standings.	8Sports
BAGHDAD -- An ear-shattering blast, a swirl of dust, a sting, and I was unofficially awarded the first Purple Heart in the platoon.	13World
AP - Led by Europe, international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion over three years to help Palestinians as new peace talks begin with Israel, yet old Mideast fights over disputed land and freedom of movement shadowed the largest show of support for the Palestinians in more than a decade.	13World
Roboticists are using the lessons of 1930s human physiology to build the world's fastest walking robot.	3Health
Severn Trent Plc, the UK's second- largest publicly traded water company, said first-half profit fell 27 percent because of higher pension charges and the impact of exchange rates.	0Business
AP - Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen discovered Monday that sensitivity training gave him some insights on language and allowed him to do something he really enjoys — talk.	8Sports
Details of disagreement emerge over threat posed by two British residents held in GuantÃ¡namo Bay	10Top News
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - With its snake charmers, storytellers and palm trees against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, Marrakesh was once an offbeat destination for rich or adventurous Europeans.	1Entertainment
Chipmaker looks at moving toward product lineup with lots of different choices depending on a customer's workload.	6Sci/Tech
If placing your website within the top search engine results, entering certain keywords in Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, or Alta Vista, has become your daily obsession, stop for a moment and reflect.	6Sci/Tech
Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, shakes hands with visiting French President Jacques Chirac during a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ...	2Europe
AP - The proof was on a piece of paper he rolled up in his hand Wednesday, page 12 of the weekly PGA Tour News, top-left corner under the heading, "Official World Golf Ranking." No. 1, Vijay Singh. Not that he needed a reminder.	8Sports
A family of five escape injury after a burning bin is placed at the door of their County Tyrone home.	10Top News
Low-cost airline Ryanair and Stansted Airport must provide free wheelchairs for disabled passengers, a court rules.	0Business
Reuters - Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has criticised John Galliano and Steve McQueen, calling them "fashion hooligans" whose provocative designs had chased people away from Paris fashion.	1Entertainment
PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which is trying to fight off a hostile takeover by rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Friday said its board	0Business
AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's participation in a meeting next week of independent and centrist politicians is renewing the "will he or won't he" speculation about whether he'll mount a third-party bid for president.	13World
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday urged the nation's top manufacturers to lobby Congress in what he says will be a difficult battle to extend trade promotion authority to President Bush.	13World
Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros, 9-2, to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1Âœ games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West.	8Sports
AP - Presidential nominee John Kerry and other Democrats are organizing a new line of attack against President Bush, accusing him of stacking the federal government with friends and donors who are gutting regulations on U.S. corporations.	13World
Members of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have challenged several aspects of John F. Kerryâs military record in addition to his account of the March 13, 1969, mission for which he was awarded the Bronze Star; Kerryâs campaign has vigorously defended	1Entertainment
The Nippon Ham Fighters, managed by Trey Hillman, are going back to the Japan Series. The former Montreal Expos player Fernando Seguignol hit a three-run homer to help the Fighters to a 6-2 victory against the Chiba Lotte Marines, managed by Bobby Valentine, to win the Pacific League championship series, three games to two. Hillman, formerly a successful manager in the Yankeesâ minor league system, has been mentioned as a successor to Joe Torre.	8Sports
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 27 -- Lina Joy has been disowned by her family, shunned by friends and forced into hiding because she renounced Islam and embraced Christianity in Muslim-majority Malaysia.	10Top News
Rain wiped out qualifying Friday for NASCAR's Sylvania 300, leaving points leader Jeff Gordon on the pole for Sunday's race.	8Sports
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had told his coalition partners he would seek new elections if they did not accept the tax-cutting agenda which was the main plank of his victorious election campaign in 2001.	2Europe
AFP - British police arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of murdering five prostitutes in a high-profile serial-killer case that has gripped the nation.	2Europe
No surprise, there A think tank has called for 'root and branch change' in public services, following its damning report on ICT outsourcingâŠ	7Software and Developement
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc.'s outgoing chief executive Larry Probst said on Monday the world's biggest video game publisher expects Sony Corp.'s dominance over the console market to slip in the current hardware war.	6Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gold futures rose to a 28-year high in screen trade on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point in a bid to boost the economy.	0Business
More than 200 people are feared dead as a result of flash floods and landslides triggered by a storm in the Philippines, officials say.	1Entertainment
JBoss has released a new version of its open-source business process management application, called "jBPM." It is the latest evidence that the open-source provider is serious about pushing	6Sci/Tech
Genoa a Piacenza per sbloccarsi in trasferta. La squadra di Gasperini avrà il vantaggio di un...	4Italia
AFP - Eight men arrested in anti-terrorist raids two weeks ago were set to appear in a high-security court in London on charges of conspiracy to murder and plotting radioactive, chemical or explosive attacks.	13World
Read full story for latest details.	10Top News
AP - Israel wants to establish a 1.2-mile-wide strip in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, giving the dimensions of a new "security zone" for the first time.	13World
Ivory Coast's government resigns and the PM will form a new cabinet after toxic waste kills three people.	6Sci/Tech
BUOYANT New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was relieved to have enlivened a dormant summer after his Black Caps conjured a stunning four-wicket win against Australia in the opening	8Sports
Google is set to unveil the Gears open source tool set for developing Web applications that can be used offline.	6Sci/Tech
French soldiers from International Security Assistance Force patrol in a residential area of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, on Saturday, Oct.30.	1Entertainment
Hollywood's biggest movie studios are to sue people who share films through internet file-sharing networks. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced on Thursday that it will sue unnamed individuals	1Entertainment
Don't be using Voip though T-Mobile customers signing up to Web 'n Walk Plus (or Max) will get free access to the operator's 39,000 hot spots from January. So for Â£12.50 a month users can get 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and be allowed to use instant messaging too...âŠ	6Sci/Tech
Reuters - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Sunday he was open to any form of political relations with China and called for talks with his arch-foe based on a 1992 understanding over interpretation of the "one China" principle.	13World
AP - The Pentagon is spending about $6 million a day to operate the fleet of ships, aircraft and other military resources that have joined the tsunami relief effort in south Asia, a spokesman said Thursday.	12U.S.
IFA 06 Toshiba will bring its first living room HD DVD player to Europe in November, the company announced late last week. It will follow up the mainstream launch with a higher end model early the following month, the company added.âŠ	7Software and Developement
BERLIN - Authorites on Friday arrested a Syrian-German businessman who is wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the al-Qaida terrorist network for years and who appeared in a wedding video at a mosque with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, German officials said...	13World
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Jun. 8--Gov. Matt Blunt has nominated a school choice supporter to the board that oversees Missouri's public schools. Former State Rep. Derio Gambaro, a St.	6Sci/Tech
Congress gave final approval yesterday to a bill that would protect about 20 million households from a tax increase caused by the alternative minimum tax, but the legislation passed so late in the year that 15 million Americans will probably have to wait longer than usual to get their refunds in...	0Business
AFP - Portugal voted in the predominantly Roman Catholic country's second referendum in less than a decade on whether to liberalise one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws.	2Europe
L'ispettorato alla SanitÃ informa che si tratta degli unici del 2007 L'uomo colpito da una forma batterica fulminante. Altre due donne ricoverate In Sicilia tre casi di meningite Un uomo morto a Catania Clima piÃ¹ sereno nel Trevigiano dove dal 27 dicembre comincia la vaccinazione di massa dei giovani dai 15 ai 29 anni (16:17 24/12/2007)	4Italia
MANILA (Reuters) - Joseph Estrada, outspoken former president of the Philippines and hero of countless movies against injustice and corruption, was remarkably restrained on Wednesday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment for plunder.	10Top News
Stocks slumped for a second straight session Tuesday after Wall Street saw an unexpected contraction in the service sector as evidence that the economy is sinking into recession	10Top News
AFP - The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abuduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.	2Europe
A baby believed to have spent the shortest time in her mother's womb is set to leave hospital in the US.	2Europe
Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim preacher, was charged yesterday with 16 offences, including urging his followers to murder Jews. The former imam of Finsbury Park Mosque	11Top Stories
Technology's financial future looks pretty bright from the top floors of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in New York City, significantly more so than from the Intel executive suite in Santa Clara. -washingtonpost.com	6Sci/Tech
When asked about her as a manager, people who have worked for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton described her as âorganized,â âmethodicalâ and âdisciplined.â	13World
Defender Sinisa Mihajlovic scored his second goal to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Brescia and fourth place in the Italian Serie A standings.	8Sports
Teams of digital designers rake in piles of cash as businesses scramble to set up shop in the virtual world. By the Associated Press.	0Business
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An Australian study hints that diets with high amounts of meat and fat compared with those rich in vegetables and fruit appear to increase the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin -- one of the most common forms of skin cancer.	3Health
Creditore pestato e accoltellato.Cc arrestano 5 persone	4Italia
Arrestato nell'ambito di inchiesta sulle nuove Brigate Rosse	4Italia
Reuters - Former Monkee Micky Dolenz, who now also writes books, has a dislike of long-term plans so he relies on his muse to tell him what to do.	1Entertainment
Reuters - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as seeing a "one-third probability" of recession in the United States this year, according to an interview with Bloomberg.	0Business
AP - A Republican House aide was the prime mover behind a provision letting more lawmakers look at Americans' income tax returns, a spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee said Friday.	13World
Many Britons would give up sex, their favourite food and alcohol to reach 100 years of age, a poll suggests.	3Health
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fresh explosion rocked a day-old fire at a natural gas storage facility near Houston, sending a giant fireball high into the sky and prompting the evacuation of local residents, the facility operator said on Friday.	12U.S.
Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday that Iran was ready to test Shahab-3 missile again "in the presence of observers", the official IRNA news agency reported.	13World
VOLGOGRAD, October 28 (Itar-Tass) - Work in Beslan is nearing completion to sum up material damage, inflicted by terrorists on September 1-3, Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikolai Shepel said in an interview with Tass on Thursday.	13World
AP - Pitcher Livan (LEE'-vahn) Hernandez and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract.	8Sports

s the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opens in Houston today, it will be notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is - and for how little

0Business

Cisco is continuing their plans to establish a dominating position in the Japanese market. They recently signed a hardware deal with local player Fujitsu to manufacture high-end routers and switches for the local market.

1Entertainment

You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.

0Business

AFP - Football Federation Australia says it is conducting a major audit of national infrastructure in its efforts to launch a formal bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, reports said Sunday.

8Sports

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

6Sci/Tech

AP - A House task force voted Friday to end an investigation into a disputed 2006 Florida congressional election after extensive testing showed that touch-screen voting machines likely worked properly.

13World

As online matchmakers compete for customers using algorithms in the search for love, the battle has intrigued academic researchers who study the mating game.

6Sci/Tech

Canadian Press - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An oil pipeline exploded near Nigeria's largest city as thieves tried to siphon oil from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames, police said Friday.

13World

LONDON - All children with HIV in developing countries should take a low-cost antibiotic because it could nearly halve the death rate, researchers say.

3Health

Cassazione accoglie ricorso di aspirante papa' in provetta

4Italia

I gestori di distributori tornano all'attacco dopo le chiusure del giugno scorso Fegica-Cisl e Figisc-Confcommercio renderanno noto il calendario della protesta Nuova serrata dei benzinai Quindici giorni di sciopero Iniziata in commissione Industria al Senato la discussione sul ddl giÃ approvato dalla Camera Bersani: "Spero che il Parlamento possa approvare i decreti prima della Finanziaria" (17:20 13/09/2007)

4Italia

WASHINGTON -- Employers showed a decent appetite to hire in May, boosting payrolls by 157,000, the most in two months. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.5 percent.

0Business

ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Because defibrillators are more affordable than ever, they are quickly becoming commonplace in schools, businesses and other public places such as airports...

13World

The British intelligence agency is planning a major overhaul since the Cold War after producing unreliable intelligence about Iraq, according to John Scarlett, the chief of MI6; Britain's External Intelligence Agency.

13World

ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss banking group UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Monday it had strengthened its position in the United States by buying local rival Julius Baer's U.S. wealth-management business.

0Business

What's new in this debate is that interest rates have begun to climb: while 30-year mortgages are still below 6 percent, economists predict they'll be at 6.25 by December and higher next year.

0Business

Reuters - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental vaccine Cervarix has proved more than 90 percent effective in preventing precancerous lesions due to two types of a virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer.

3Health

Lo stop dalle 21 di ieri sera. Garantiti oltre 200 convogli a media e lunga percorrenza L'agitazione per la richiesta di un "contratto unico di riferimento e regole comuni" Ferrovieri in sciopero fino alle 21 fermo un treno su due, disagi Circoleranno anche i regionali nelle fasce di garanzia per i pendolari (09:02 22/06/2007)

4Italia

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister offered U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan his country's full cooperation over a Security Council resolution on the truce between Israel and Hizbollah, a U.N. spokesman said on Saturday.

10Top News

Nessuna licenza assegnata anche nella quinta giornata di rilanci Il primato spetta alla Francia con 120 milioni. Potrebbe essere battuto domani Gara Wimax a quota 106 milioni Tutti ancora in gara, verso il record (19:51 20/02/2008)

4Italia

Shares in Iamgold Corp. (IMG.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) tumbled on Monday after a rival deal threatened to sink its union with South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd.

0Business

Two members of radical anti-whaling group held on Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters

10Top News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, who became a committed campaigner for spinal cord research after being paralyzed in a riding accident nine years ago, died of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday.

10Top News

German union leaders say more than 12,000 workers have staged warning strikes at three Volkswagen plants, while a sixth round of contract talks was scheduled in Hannover.

1Entertainment

As the Palestinians' main donor and Israel's top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.

11Top Stories

The last thing that parents of disabled children may want to face Â establishing a special-needs trust Â could provide the most comfort.

0Business

Sobrieta' invece in collezione di Sinha-Stanic

4Italia

More cars than light trucks were sold in the U.S. last month, as gasoline prices nationwide soared to more than $3 a gallon.

0Business

Anticipi della nona giornata del campionato di serie A di basket. La Montepaschi Siena, batte la Vid...

4Italia

By JAN DISLEY JAMES Bond has got it all wrong about the perfect Martini. It's stirred, not shaken. And it's made with gin, never vodka. And you can forget the olive - it's always a twist of lemon or lime.

6Sci/Tech

Among the wounded were the provincial governor, the regional police chief and the local military commander.

13World

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jonathan Cheechoo is starting to find his scoring touch again and the San Jose Sharks are showing their teeth by closing in on the Anaheim Ducks at the top of the Pacific division standings.

8Sports

BAGHDAD -- An ear-shattering blast, a swirl of dust, a sting, and I was unofficially awarded the first Purple Heart in the platoon.

13World

AP - Led by Europe, international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion over three years to help Palestinians as new peace talks begin with Israel, yet old Mideast fights over disputed land and freedom of movement shadowed the largest show of support for the Palestinians in more than a decade.

13World

Roboticists are using the lessons of 1930s human physiology to build the world's fastest walking robot.

3Health

Severn Trent Plc, the UK's second- largest publicly traded water company, said first-half profit fell 27 percent because of higher pension charges and the impact of exchange rates.

0Business

AP - Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen discovered Monday that sensitivity training gave him some insights on language and allowed him to do something he really enjoys — talk.

8Sports

Details of disagreement emerge over threat posed by two British residents held in GuantÃ¡namo Bay

10Top News

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - With its snake charmers, storytellers and palm trees against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, Marrakesh was once an offbeat destination for rich or adventurous Europeans.

1Entertainment

Chipmaker looks at moving toward product lineup with lots of different choices depending on a customer's workload.

6Sci/Tech

If placing your website within the top search engine results, entering certain keywords in Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, or Alta Vista, has become your daily obsession, stop for a moment and reflect.

6Sci/Tech

Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, shakes hands with visiting French President Jacques Chirac during a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ...

2Europe

AP - The proof was on a piece of paper he rolled up in his hand Wednesday, page 12 of the weekly PGA Tour News, top-left corner under the heading, "Official World Golf Ranking." No. 1, Vijay Singh. Not that he needed a reminder.

8Sports

A family of five escape injury after a burning bin is placed at the door of their County Tyrone home.

10Top News

Low-cost airline Ryanair and Stansted Airport must provide free wheelchairs for disabled passengers, a court rules.

0Business

Reuters - Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has criticised John Galliano and Steve McQueen, calling them "fashion hooligans" whose provocative designs had chased people away from Paris fashion.

1Entertainment

PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which is trying to fight off a hostile takeover by rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Friday said its board

0Business

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's participation in a meeting next week of independent and centrist politicians is renewing the "will he or won't he" speculation about whether he'll mount a third-party bid for president.

13World

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday urged the nation's top manufacturers to lobby Congress in what he says will be a difficult battle to extend trade promotion authority to President Bush.

13World

Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros, 9-2, to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1Âœ games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West.

8Sports

AP - Presidential nominee John Kerry and other Democrats are organizing a new line of attack against President Bush, accusing him of stacking the federal government with friends and donors who are gutting regulations on U.S. corporations.

13World

Members of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have challenged several aspects of John F. Kerryâs military record in addition to his account of the March 13, 1969, mission for which he was awarded the Bronze Star; Kerryâs campaign has vigorously defended

1Entertainment

The Nippon Ham Fighters, managed by Trey Hillman, are going back to the Japan Series. The former Montreal Expos player Fernando Seguignol hit a three-run homer to help the Fighters to a 6-2 victory against the Chiba Lotte Marines, managed by Bobby Valentine, to win the Pacific League championship series, three games to two. Hillman, formerly a successful manager in the Yankeesâ minor league system, has been mentioned as a successor to Joe Torre.

8Sports

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 27 -- Lina Joy has been disowned by her family, shunned by friends and forced into hiding because she renounced Islam and embraced Christianity in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

10Top News

Rain wiped out qualifying Friday for NASCAR's Sylvania 300, leaving points leader Jeff Gordon on the pole for Sunday's race.

8Sports

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had told his coalition partners he would seek new elections if they did not accept the tax-cutting agenda which was the main plank of his victorious election campaign in 2001.

2Europe

AFP - British police arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of murdering five prostitutes in a high-profile serial-killer case that has gripped the nation.

2Europe

No surprise, there A think tank has called for 'root and branch change' in public services, following its damning report on ICT outsourcingâŠ

7Software and Developement

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc.'s outgoing chief executive Larry Probst said on Monday the world's biggest video game publisher expects Sony Corp.'s dominance over the console market to slip in the current hardware war.

6Sci/Tech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gold futures rose to a 28-year high in screen trade on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point in a bid to boost the economy.

0Business

More than 200 people are feared dead as a result of flash floods and landslides triggered by a storm in the Philippines, officials say.

1Entertainment

JBoss has released a new version of its open-source business process management application, called "jBPM." It is the latest evidence that the open-source provider is serious about pushing

6Sci/Tech

Genoa a Piacenza per sbloccarsi in trasferta. La squadra di Gasperini avrà il vantaggio di un...

4Italia

AFP - Eight men arrested in anti-terrorist raids two weeks ago were set to appear in a high-security court in London on charges of conspiracy to murder and plotting radioactive, chemical or explosive attacks.

13World

Read full story for latest details.

10Top News

AP - Israel wants to establish a 1.2-mile-wide strip in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, giving the dimensions of a new "security zone" for the first time.

13World

Ivory Coast's government resigns and the PM will form a new cabinet after toxic waste kills three people.

6Sci/Tech

BUOYANT New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was relieved to have enlivened a dormant summer after his Black Caps conjured a stunning four-wicket win against Australia in the opening

8Sports

Google is set to unveil the Gears open source tool set for developing Web applications that can be used offline.

6Sci/Tech

French soldiers from International Security Assistance Force patrol in a residential area of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, on Saturday, Oct.30.

1Entertainment

Hollywood's biggest movie studios are to sue people who share films through internet file-sharing networks. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced on Thursday that it will sue unnamed individuals

1Entertainment

Don't be using Voip though T-Mobile customers signing up to Web 'n Walk Plus (or Max) will get free access to the operator's 39,000 hot spots from January. So for Â£12.50 a month users can get 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and be allowed to use instant messaging too...âŠ

6Sci/Tech

Reuters - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Sunday he was open to any form of political relations with China and called for talks with his arch-foe based on a 1992 understanding over interpretation of the "one China" principle.

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AP - The Pentagon is spending about $6 million a day to operate the fleet of ships, aircraft and other military resources that have joined the tsunami relief effort in south Asia, a spokesman said Thursday.

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IFA 06 Toshiba will bring its first living room HD DVD player to Europe in November, the company announced late last week. It will follow up the mainstream launch with a higher end model early the following month, the company added.âŠ

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BERLIN - Authorites on Friday arrested a Syrian-German businessman who is wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the al-Qaida terrorist network for years and who appeared in a wedding video at a mosque with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, German officials said...

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By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Jun. 8--Gov. Matt Blunt has nominated a school choice supporter to the board that oversees Missouri's public schools. Former State Rep. Derio Gambaro, a St.

6Sci/Tech

Congress gave final approval yesterday to a bill that would protect about 20 million households from a tax increase caused by the alternative minimum tax, but the legislation passed so late in the year that 15 million Americans will probably have to wait longer than usual to get their refunds in...

0Business

AFP - Portugal voted in the predominantly Roman Catholic country's second referendum in less than a decade on whether to liberalise one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws.

2Europe

L'ispettorato alla SanitÃ informa che si tratta degli unici del 2007 L'uomo colpito da una forma batterica fulminante. Altre due donne ricoverate In Sicilia tre casi di meningite Un uomo morto a Catania Clima piÃ¹ sereno nel Trevigiano dove dal 27 dicembre comincia la vaccinazione di massa dei giovani dai 15 ai 29 anni (16:17 24/12/2007)

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MANILA (Reuters) - Joseph Estrada, outspoken former president of the Philippines and hero of countless movies against injustice and corruption, was remarkably restrained on Wednesday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment for plunder.

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Stocks slumped for a second straight session Tuesday after Wall Street saw an unexpected contraction in the service sector as evidence that the economy is sinking into recession

10Top News

AFP - The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abuduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.

2Europe

A baby believed to have spent the shortest time in her mother's womb is set to leave hospital in the US.

2Europe

Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim preacher, was charged yesterday with 16 offences, including urging his followers to murder Jews. The former imam of Finsbury Park Mosque

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Technology's financial future looks pretty bright from the top floors of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in New York City, significantly more so than from the Intel executive suite in Santa Clara. -washingtonpost.com

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When asked about her as a manager, people who have worked for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton described her as âorganized,â âmethodicalâ and âdisciplined.â

13World

Defender Sinisa Mihajlovic scored his second goal to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Brescia and fourth place in the Italian Serie A standings.

8Sports

Teams of digital designers rake in piles of cash as businesses scramble to set up shop in the virtual world. By the Associated Press.

0Business

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An Australian study hints that diets with high amounts of meat and fat compared with those rich in vegetables and fruit appear to increase the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin -- one of the most common forms of skin cancer.

3Health

Creditore pestato e accoltellato.Cc arrestano 5 persone

4Italia

Arrestato nell'ambito di inchiesta sulle nuove Brigate Rosse

4Italia

Reuters - Former Monkee Micky Dolenz, who now also writes books, has a dislike of long-term plans so he relies on his muse to tell him what to do.

1Entertainment

Reuters - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as seeing a "one-third probability" of recession in the United States this year, according to an interview with Bloomberg.

0Business

AP - A Republican House aide was the prime mover behind a provision letting more lawmakers look at Americans' income tax returns, a spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee said Friday.

13World

Many Britons would give up sex, their favourite food and alcohol to reach 100 years of age, a poll suggests.

3Health

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A fresh explosion rocked a day-old fire at a natural gas storage facility near Houston, sending a giant fireball high into the sky and prompting the evacuation of local residents, the facility operator said on Friday.

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Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday that Iran was ready to test Shahab-3 missile again "in the presence of observers", the official IRNA news agency reported.

13World

VOLGOGRAD, October 28 (Itar-Tass) - Work in Beslan is nearing completion to sum up material damage, inflicted by terrorists on September 1-3, Deputy Prosecutor-General Nikolai Shepel said in an interview with Tass on Thursday.

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AP - Pitcher Livan (LEE'-vahn) Hernandez and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract.

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