The provisions of the Treaty were complemented by a Stability and growth pact (adopted by the Amsterdam European Council in June 1997) which maintains budgetary discipline even after the beginning of the third stage by requiring Member States participating in monetary union to draw up and submit stability programmes to maintain medium-term budgetary equilibrium.

The European Monetary Union started in June 1997.


Just what is the cause of cancer? The cause of cancer is not bacteria, the cause of cancer is not a virus, and the cause of cancer is not a fungus.


Belize is located between the Hondo and Sarstoon Rivers , with the Belize River flowing down in the centre of the country.

Belize located between the Hondo and Sarstoon Rivers.


Most linguistically diverse countries only award the official status to one or two core languages: The EU distinguishes between procedural and official languages.


One of the most important archeological finds of all time, King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1923 by Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, who was financed in his expedition by Lord Carnarvon himself, an ailing gentleman keen on Egyptology.

Tutankhamun's Tomb was unearthed by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.


One of them is the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, known as the Tunguska meteorite fall.

A meteorite fell in Tunguska in Siberia in 1908.


Story Teller, an installation by Tom Jennings, is an experimental narrative about British mathematician/code breaker Alan Turing, told using obsolete media -- perforated paper tape, teletype, phoneme-speech, glowing phosphors and ink-on-paper.


Even before Mosaic, the NCSA had created, back in 1985, software "clients" for PCS and Macs, called Telnet, to allow people to access and use computers connected to the Internet as if the user were locally based.

Telnet created the internet browser Mosaic.


Because Redgrave's clamorous political opinions have intruded on her professional life over the last several decades, and, as Winer recounted in her May 11 column, some cultural producers took it upon themselves to decide that (Redgrave's) outspoken support of the Palestine Liberation Organization made her unsuited for employment in this country.

Redgrave supports the Palestine Liberation Organization.


The next year East Germany helped found the Warsaw Pact, the Soviet answer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and in 1956 East Germany formed an army.

East Germany helped found the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).


For example, Nelson Mandela was considered a "terrorist" by the US government during "apartheid" South Africa. Did the US "corporament" support "apartheid" South Africa?


Bush was the managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team from 1989-1994. In 1994 he was elected governor of Texas, and he was reelected in 1998.

Bush was elected governor of Texas in 1989.


SpleEn is a software application for the Macintosh computer developed using Think C and DSP Designer.

Think C developed the Macintosh computer.


In 1831, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt took over Hebron until 1840.


The Macintosh , commonly called the Mac for short, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Apple Computer, running the Macintosh operating system.

Apple Computer developed the Macintosh computer.


Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin are preparing for a space walk.

Vladimir Dezhurov is a Russian cosmonaut.


In the Superman canon, White is the editor of the Daily Planet, the newspaper where the Man of Steel's alter ego, Clark Kent, works as a mild-mannered reporter.

Clark Kent works for the Daily Planet newspaper.


She joined the EGTA (European Group of Television Advertising) for a short period and has been working for Eurocare since March 2002.

Eurocare is a group of television advertising.


De Klerk ran a largely ceremonial and uncompetitive South-African presidential campaign against Mandela, in which Mandela was soundly elected.

Nelson Mandela was President of South Africa.


The continuity in Slovenian politics is striking: Drnovek became Prime Minister in 1992, and won a second term in 1996; he was in opposition for six-months in mid-2000, but again returned to the post after his coalition won October elections.

Drnovek became Prime Minister of Slovenia in 1992.


This (revised) Convention shall enter into force six months after the date on which four States, including at least three member States of the Council of Europe, have expressed their consent to be bound by the (revised) Convention in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs.

The Council of Europe is made up by 3 member states.


Revolutionary Zapata is the rebel leader who said "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."


Whenever job opportunities with EU institutions arise, these are open to EU citizens who can speak 2 (or more) official EU languages.


In the Late 1970's Ruiz came into contact with a group of mostly young Marxists, fleeing security forces. These young Marxists are the group that effetely became the armed wing of the EZLN.


De Klerk is best known for agreeing to end apartheid , and he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 for his role in the ending of apartheid.

Nelson Mandela is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.


When the old Belgian Congo became the Republic of Congo, Belgians fled, transported by SABENA. This was the end of the impressive regional network of routes and airports in Congo that the airline had built up since 1924.


At the beginning of 1998 the member states of the European Union will decide whether or not to go ahead with their monetary union and determine which countries qualify as members.

1998 marked the beginning of the European Monetary Union.


His alter ego Clark Kent works for newspaper company The Daily Planet and is partnered with uptight, work obsessed, sexy and talented Lois Lane.


What will Finland say if a seminar on the subject "Between Finland and Sweden: Whom the Aland Islands Belong to?" took place in the State Duma?


A report of a government commission designated by the former President Ernesto Samper to negotiate with the guerrillas, states in the last days of July, the FARC mounted a military offensive against the army that saw more than 360 killed.

The FARC is a government commission designated to negotiate with guerrillas.


U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein of the District of Columbia announced, today, that a second member of the Colombian terrorist group FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and use of weapons of mass destruction for a November 2003 grenade attack aimed at Americans in Colombia.

The FARC is a Colombian terrorist group.


In 1900, Paul Villard discovered gamma rays, which were thought to be a much more energetic form of X-rays (well, they are, but at that time X-rays had not been shown to be a form of light).


In addition, Hebron is bordered to the east by the large settlement of Kiryat Arba, whose population now reaches 6,000.


The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 seriously embarrassed the Kennedy administration.

The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in 1961.


Due to these effects, a person who has consumed a high amount of alcohol in a short amount of time will undoubtedly have difficulty driving. Each year, more than 10,000 people ages 16 - 25 die as the result of alcohol use and half of those deaths result from crashes caused by alcohol-impaired driving.

Half of road-traffic deaths are caused by alcohol.


Just think that the most beautiful goal in the history of football was scored by Maradona in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico against England, when he dribbled past 6 English players and the goalkeeper scoring an amazing goal.

Diego Armando Maradona is an English player.


The Grandpa of Internet Explorer was a web browser called Mosaic, which first began development at the National Center for Super Computing Applications (NCSA) back in 1987.

The National Center for Super Computing Applications created the internet browser Mosaic.


Hebron, located in south-central Licking County, is home to about 2,200 residents.


The Mafia murdered European Parliament deputy Salvo Lima last March because he stopped protecting their interests after years of collusion, according to a magistrate's report Wednesday.


Meanwhile, in Ramallah the High Representative for the CFSP, Javier Solana, and the EU's special envoy to the Middle East, Miguel Angel Moratinus, have met with the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Yasser Arafat and undertaken to continue working with Russia, the UN and the US to re-launch the political dialogue and achieve an end to the conflict.

Javier Solana is the High Representative for the CFSP.


In 1900 Berlin's arterial roads ran across Potsdam Square - Potsdamer Platz.


In 1994 the country held its first democratic elections and, during the last decade, the African National Congress (ANC) has transformed from a struggling organisation to the governing political party of the country.

The ANC is the African National Congress.


The Council of Europe has 45 member states. Three countries from outside Europe (Canada, Israel and Mexico) have observer status in the Parliamentary Assembly.

The Council of Europe is made up by 45 member states.


The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for the Universal Exposition as a monument to the scientific achievements of the 18th century.

The Eiffel Tower was built in the 18th century.


Its members have been devoted Congressites who, as members of the ANC, have propagated and defended the policies of our movement, including the Freedom Charter, without hesitation.


Many Filipinos continue to primarily speak their indigenous language, rather than Filipino.

The primary language of the Philippines is Filipino.


The Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko who are in the Czech Republic on a four day state visit on Monday met with the Czech President and First Lady.

Akihito and Michiko are the Czech President and First Lady.


The creation of the European Monetary Institute (EMI) on January 1st, 1994 marked the beginning of the second stage of Economic and Monetary Union.

The beginning of the European Monetary Union was on January 1st, 1994.


European Footballer of the Year, Andriy Shevchenko, was awarded with the Golden Ball. The award is given annually to the player considered to have performed the best over the previous year. Until 1995, a player also had to be of European nationality to be eligible.

Andriy Shevchenko got the Golden Ball in 1995.


The flights begin at San Diego's Lindbergh Field in April, 2002 and follow the Lone Eagle's 1927 flight plan to St. Louis, New York, and Paris.

Lindbergh began his flight from St. Louis in 1927.


The rock, which was returned from the Moon in April 1972 by Apollo 16 astronauts Young and Charlie Duke, remains NASA property but is on extended loan for display at the Burke Baker Planetarium Theater located at the museum.


Up until the 1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona and Albertville), the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs) could integrate demonstration sports into the Olympic programme.

Barcelona and Albertville hosted the 1992 Olympic Games.


Denmark was one of three countries, along with Sweden and Britain, that opted not to join the euro currency system in its initial phase when it was launched in January 1999.

Sweden adopted the single European currency in 1999.


In the mid-1960s, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) arose as a peasant movement demanding land redistribution and social reform.

The FARC is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.


With the goal of establishing a common currency for all member countries of the European Union (EU), the European Monetary Union (EMU) was founded in 1999.

The European Monetary Union began in 1999.


"With Leukemia" is a website bringing parents together world-wide to share experiences on caring for children who have leukemia.


That accident gave our idea greater urgency and its first name, the Valdez Principles was later changed to the CERES Principles.

The valdez Principles are the CERES Principles.


El Nino events usually begin early in the year (between January and March) and often peak during the month of December.

El Nino usually starts between January and March.


Denzel Washington, who previously had won Best Supporting Actor in 1989 for his role in the movie "Glory," won Best Actor this year for his role as a rogue cop in the movie "Training Day."

"Glory" won the Academy Award for best movie in 1989.


The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional, EZLN ) is an armed revolutionary group based in Chiapas, one of the poorest states of Mexico.

EZLN is an armed revolutionary group based in Chiapas.


World governments first banned the ozone-destroying refrigerants known as CFCs in 1987. But CFCs take up to 100 years to degrade, which will retard the pace of ozone hole repair for years to come.

The ozone hole was first noticed in 1987.


Kings Valley Collies is a breeding and training facility located on a 160-acre tree farm in the beautiful foothills of the Coast Range, northwest of Corvallis, Oregon.


From its original 12 member states, CERN has now grown to 20, including a number of countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak republics, and Poland) of the new Europe.


CPT urges individuals and organizations to pressure the Israeli government and international community to alleviate the oppression of the Palestinian residents imposed by this closure of the Old City of Hebron.


In the 1820's, the first flush toilet was invented by Albert Giblin, acting as a forerunner to today's modern loo.

The first flush toilet was invented in the 1820's.


The European Council is made up of the Heads of State or Government of the fifteen Member States of the EU, the Foreign Ministers and the President of the Commission. It must not be confused with the Council of Europe, which is an international organisation, nor with the Council of the European Union.

There are 15 Member States in the Council of Europe.


There are 360 million European citizens in 15 member states and yet we cannot find just 20 men and women with the relevant professional competence and work experience to be commissioners.

There are 360 million European citizens.


Javier Solana, the Spanish Marxist who serves as NATO's secretary- general, warned that NATO troops "will not hesitate to take necessary measures, including the use of force, against media networks or programs inciting attacks."

Javier Solana is NATO's secretary general.


Early last month, reform candidate Vicente Fox stunned Mexico and the world by winning the presidency of his country. Promising economic and political change, the former Coca-Cola executive and his National Action Party ousted the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, that had ruled Mexico for 71 years.


The Aland Islands belong to Finland and they are situated between Finland and Sweden.


Other British winners included Robbie Williams, James Blunt, the animated group Gorillaz and dance duo The Chemical Brothers.

Robbie Williams sang with the animated group Gorillaz.


Jobs has convinced the Apple board to second the computer company's award-winning design team to work for IKEA, and in a unique licensing agreement, the results will bear the Apple logo.


De Klerk was Deputy President of South Africa during the presidency of Nelson Mandela until 1996.

Nelson Mandela was the Deputy President of South Africa.


The Brandenburg Gate plays a highly symbolic role in the German history.


We at Funai Pty Ltd. are also a small business that has been through the same IT pains as you're probably going through.


The Zulu are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

The Zulus live in Kwazulu-Natal Province.


Toyota Ireland, through its Eurocare programme, provides owners of both new and up to 3 year old Toyota models with the peace of mind of a comprehensive roadside assistance service.

Eurocare is a programme of roadside assistance service.


During the attack of the Bay of Pigs, the 1,300 men were let down by U.S. forces because President Kennedy called off the backup planes that were planned to help in the invasion.

The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in 1300.


Delaware Cadillac was founded in 1916, with its original location at the current site of MBNA world headquarters.


If they could control the US, their new and improved Tower of Babel would become a reality.


Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin's best known landmarks and is now regarded as one of the greatest symbols of German unity.


Diego Armando Maradona is the newest stadium of Buenos Aires city, built at La Paternal neighbourhood, named after football star Diego Maradona , home to Argentinos Juniors football (soccer) team.

Diego Armando Maradona is the Juniors football team.


The Apollo 8 spacecraft has taken its crew of three astronauts safely into orbit around the Moon, the first manned space mission to achieve the feat.


We are located on the MIT campus, and offer quality retail bookselling to both the MIT community and the public at large.


The first flush toilet or water-closet was invented by Sir John Harrington in 1596.

The first flush toilet was invented in 1596.


Only three buildings were wrapped by Christo: The Kunsthalle Berne, 1968, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1969 and The Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1995, which is the third and last wrapped building -- it was initiated in 1961 first and then again in 1971. In 1971 the Valley Curtain was already well underway, and was not a wrapping.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, was wrapped by Christo.


The FARC is an 18,000-strong guerrilla force that controls large territories in Colombia. Its demands revolve around issues of social welfare, economic development, agrarian and judiciary reform and reorganization of the military.


Laboring side by side on the outer hull of the station's crew quarters, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin mounted science packages and two Eastman Kodak Co. placards while U.S. astronaut Frank Culbertson looked on from inside the complex.


Genghis Khan died in 1227 and two years later his son Ogodei was proclaimed Great Khan.


Socrates is a software application for the Macintosh computer developed at the University of Texas at Austin.

Socrates developed the Macintosh computer.


The news comes as doctors in Hong Kong warned that people who survive Sars may suffer permanent lung damage and may suffer a relapse.

Those who recovered from Sars might have permanent lung damage.


Arizona has won 38 straight against the Cougars, who have not earned a victory in the series since a 65-63 overtime triumph at Pullman on January 30, 1986.

The Cougars have not won in the series since a 65-63 overtime triumph on January 30, 1986.


Changes in the cell-cycle and apoptotic machineries, or in the signalling pathways that control them allow cancer cells to escape the normal control of cell proliferation and cell death.

The altered cellular networks of molecular pathways sustain cancer cell growth and make them resistant to certain therapies.


The debt load has hamstrung Trump's attempts to expand his Trump Marina, Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City.

The company would expand Trump Taj Mahal.


The 73-year-old Rather, whose 24 years as anchor is the longest tenure in the most coveted position in broadcast news, will remain as a correspondent for "60 Minutes" and will handle other assignments.

Rather has served the longest tenure at the helm of network broadcast.


Monday, when the hearings begin, the Palestinians will hold their demonstration during the same hours, and a 25-person counter-demonstration by Israelis and Jews will take place.

Israelis will demonstrate and a counter-demonstration of 25 Palestinians will be permitted as well.


Named for the Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic, Sedna lies more than three times farther from the sun than Pluto.

The object has been named Sedna after the Inuit goddess credited with creating the sea creatures of the Arctic.


The Genesis space capsule and its precious cargo, billions of particles from the sun, crashed into the Utah desert Wednesday in a last-minute bungling of a near-flawless, three-year scientific odyssey.

The Genesis capsule plunged into the ground.


Second seed Roddick double-faulted on break point in the fifth game to let the first set slip and, after twice failing to convert from 0-40, was soon two sets down.


Curt Schilling worked six innings of four-hit ball and Bellhorn added two RBI, as Sox grabbed a two-games-to-none lead in the 2004 World Series with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Red Sox lead the World Series two games to none after a 6-2 victory.


UN Secretary of State Kofi Annan is in Sri Lanka amid tension between the government and rebels that threatens to undermine tsunami relief efforts.

Tensions between government and rebels in the two countries worst hit by the tsunami disaster threaten to undermine aid efforts.


Author Alan Hollinghurst's novel, "The Line of Beauty", a tale of a young, gay man dazzled by drugs, power and money in Margaret Thatcher's London, today won Britain's most prestigious literary award.

A book about a gay man with HIV in Thatcher's Britain won.


Ukraine's election commission declared the Kremlin-backed prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential election, sharpening a crisis sparked by the opposition candidate's allegations that the vote was fraudulent.

Election officials declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner.


Still, violence continued: Insurgents killed five U.S. soldiers, set off a suicide car bomb that killed four Iraqi policemen in Baghdad and targeted more polling sites across the country.

Five US soldiers were killed, and at least 10 Iraqis died in Baghdad.


Considering the amount of rain that soaked Riviera, Campbell didn't expect to complete his second round Friday in the Nissan Open.

Campbell finished his second round Friday.


For the year, the Dow rose 3 percent, while the S&P 500 index added 9 percent.

For the year, the Dow gained 3 percent, the S&P rose 9 percent.


Richard Lennon, named to replace Cardinal Bernard Law until a new leader is named for the Archdiocese of Boston, faces a church in turmoil.

The pope named Bishop Richard Lennon to fill in for Law.


Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has won best film at the US People's Choice Awards, voted for by the US public.

Filmmaker Michael Moore was all smiles after winning top honors at the People's Choice Awards.


Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire.

Women escaping the building were seen fainting and were carried away on stretchers.


Joachim Johansson held off a dramatic fightback from defending champion Andy Roddick, to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday night.

Defending champion Andy Roddick took on Joachim Johansson.


Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said yesterday that it was too early to say whether it was a terrorist organisation or a single person acting alone, but added the bomb was "built to cause maximum damage".

Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said the government was investigating whether the attack may have been linked to terrorism.


The holy Shiite city south of Baghdad was ravaged by fighting Thursday and Friday between American forces and radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia that left scores dead.

Al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia and U.S. forces have been fighting.


Long-distance telephone company MCI Inc. on Friday touted its $6.75 billion deal to be bought by Verizon Communications Inc., but said it would thoroughly analyze a revised $8 billion bid by Qwest Communications International Inc.

MCI said it would thoroughly review the Qwest offer.


The model for the new network is an existing system in the Pacific, which was established in 1965 and now provides early tsunami warnings to 26 nations.

The key is laying the foundation for an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system.


The BBC has apologised for incorrectly broadcasting figures which suggested more Iraqi civilians had been killed by coalition and Iraqi forces than by insurgents.


California's Supreme Court has rejected a request from the state's attorney general to stop gay weddings and declare invalid over 3,400 same-sex marriages.

California's Attorney General asked the state Supreme Court to halt any further gay marriages.


After meeting officials from groups including Hamas and Islamic Jihad,  Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said commanders had agreed on a plan to ensure security and order.

Qureia met in Gaza with the heads of Palestinian factions.


Rescuers using shovels, high-tech cameras and their bare hands to search the rubble of a California mudslide found the bodies of three children and a woman before dawn Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 10.

The bodies of a mother and three young children were pulled from the rubble.


After just four days on the job: Wally Backman was fired Friday as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks because of two arrests and financial problems he kept from the team.


U.S. helicopters rescued dozens of desperate and weak tsunami survivors Monday as the American military relief operation reached out to remote areas of Indonesia with cartons of food and water.

Indonesian helicopters brought much-needed supplies.


About 1.75 million Palestinians are eligible to cast ballots in the election tomorrow to replace Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority who died Nov. 11.


The fourth quarter's performance was weaker than the 3.5% growth rate some economists were predicting and was the slowest since the beginning of 2003.

The fourth quarter's performance was weaker than the growth rate economists were predicting.


Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The Labor Department raises the new-job number.


The film, which teams Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand  and Dustin Hoffman, has grossed more than $163 million during its 12-day run, according to studio estimates.

The comedy sequel reunites Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.


The Labor Department reported that the average hourly wage rose.


Israeli helicopters shot two missiles at a car driving through the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing three people, Palestinian security sources said.

Three militants from the Islamic Jihad group were killed when Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip.


That was up from 3 percent in 2003 and marked the best showing since 1999, when the economy grew by 4.5 percent.

That was up from 3% in 2003 and marked the best showing since 1999, when the growth was 4.5%.


Since the start of the 2003 season, New England has won 19 of 20 games against teams that finished the season with a winning record.


Hurricane Frances destroyed more of the citrus crop in some places in Florida than Hurricane Charley did three weeks ago, the state's agriculture commissioner said on Tuesday.

Initial reports of destruction did not rival the estimated $7.4 billion in insured damage caused by Hurricane Charley in southwest Florida three weeks ago.


Insurgents in Iraq killed five U.S. soldiers and attacked polling centers Friday in persistent violence ahead of Sunday's elections.

Insurgents have attacked US troops and polling stations.


In one of the latest attacks, a US soldier on patrol was killed by a single shot from a sniper in northern Baghdad, the military said yesterday.

A sniper killed a U.S. soldier on patrol in Baghdad with a single shot.


Another winter blast covered California with rain and snow Saturday morning as residents in waterlogged areas, still recovering from wildfires, braced for flash flooding and mudslides.

Heavy rain fell Friday in southern communities where waterlogged areas, still recovering from wildfires, braced for flash flooding and mudslides.


The Bills now appear ready to hand the reins over to one of their two-top picks from a year ago in quarterback J.P. Losman, who missed most of last season with a broken leg.

The Bills plan to give the starting job to J.P. Losman.


Childress led all players with 26 points and nine rebounds and scored 10 points in a five-minute second-half stretch as the Cardinal put the game away.

Childress was the reluctant hero, even after 26 points, nine rebounds, two blocks, three steals and three assists.


Stocks rallied for a second session Thursday, boosted by falling oil prices and ongoing relief that the presidential election has passed without incident.

The falling oil prices had a positive impact on stocks.


New voters also are less likely to be Republicans (27 percent, compared with 36 percent of repeat voters) and more apt to be liberals (28 percent vs. 17 percent).

Among likely voters in this survey, 36 percent are Democrats.


The child molestation case against Michael Jackson is finally ready for a trial that promises to be like no other.

The Jackson trial promises to be like no other.


A study of 16,466 female nurses ages 70 to 81 found that even women who walked a leisurely 1.5 hours a week did better on tests of mental function than less active women.

A study of women showed those who did more exercise scored better on mental agility tests.


Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call were looking for the company to post earnings of 38 cents per share on sales of $12.81 billion in the latest period.

The company beat the estimate carried by analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.


Even as both sides appeared to make conciliatory moves, 11 militants and six army soldiers were killed in a four-hour gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir.

A gun battle killed 17 people in Indian-administered Kashmir.


The average price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped a nickel over the past two weeks and is back near the record high set earlier this year, according to a national survey released Sunday.

Gas prices jumped 5 cents a gallon over the last two weeks.


The announcement at NASA headquarters in Washington confirmed decades of mounting evidence that water once flowed in abundance on Mars, now a frigid and dry planet pocked with craters.

The surface of Mars once was "drenched" in water that could have supported life forms.


President Bush briefly and vaguely alluded to stem-cell research and cloning during his State of the Union address, instigating much speculation on what to expect in 2005.

President Bush blatantly ignored the topic of embryonic stem-cell research in his recent State of the Union address.


Yasser Arafat has lapsed into a coma in a French hospital, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday, a day after the Palestinian leader was rushed to intensive care following a sharp deterioration in his health.

Arafat was taken into intensive care where, according to a Palestinian official, he lapsed into a coma.


Women with the poorest DNA repair capacity had a breast cancer risk three times greater than women with the best DNA repair capacity.

Deficiencies in the ability to repair DNA add to cancer development.


Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning as investors cautiously awaited key events including a series of earnings reports from major Japanese companies later in the day.


Cloning Professor Ian Wilmut and a team of scientists from Kings College London will clone early stage embryos in the hope of finding new treatments for motor neurone disease.

Scientists will harvest the embryos for stem cells in a quest to understand the causes and find a new treatment for motor neurone disease.


Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday defended the administration's budget plan against Democratic criticism that Bush is seeking steep cuts in scores of federal programs because he is unwilling to roll back first-term tax cuts.

Bush is seeking large cuts in domestic spending to lower the deficit.


Microsoft Corp., on Thursday, posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world's largest software market said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street expectations.

Microsoft's forward-looking figures remained in line with expectations.


Dozens of gay and lesbian couples arrived in this rural town Friday to get married after a county clerk announced she would grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but the offer was soon revoked.

The mayor announced he would allow gay nuptials.


Microsoft said that earnings for its latest quarter beat expectations.


A victory over the Philadelphia Eagles next week would give the New England Patriots three Super Bowl championships in four seasons.

The New England Patriots have won three Super Bowls in the last four seasons.


Hurricane Katrina slammed this legendary Gulf Coast city Monday, flooding historic streets, damaging buildings such as the iconic Superdome and disrupting nearby oil production, before the weakened storm saturated areas across the South.

Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore Monday.


Employers created 144,000 new payroll jobs in August as the unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent, a modest improvement over the 5.5 percent jobless rate in July, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The Labor Department said this sector has added nearly 1 of every 5 of the new jobs created during the last 12 months.


Israeli helicopters fired two missiles in separate attacks on a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday, killing four people in a stepped-up campaign the army says is aimed at rooting out militants in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian militants were killed while trying to infiltrate the Gaza Strip.


Liquid methane rain pelts Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and feeds rivers, lakes and seas that carve the surface like water does on Earth, images from a space probe show.

Methane rain appears to be supplying rivers and lakes on the surface of Saturn's biggest moon.


A July 31 bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem killed nine people, including five Americans.

A bomb in a Hebrew University cafeteria July 31 killed the five Americans and four Israelis.


The deal comes two weeks after another Baby Bell, SBC Communications (Research), agreed to pay $16 billion in cash and stock for AT&T (Research).

The deal comes two weeks after a $16 billion deal was reached between AT&T Corp. and SBC Communications Inc.


Israeli security forces seized large amounts of cash from four Palestinian bank branches Wednesday, saying much of the money was sent by Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas to fund Palestinian militants.

The forces took millions of shekels in cash from the bank.


Befitting a young group, new voters have lower incomes, are less educated and are far more likely to be single than other voters.


Orbach, best known for his long-running role as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order has died.

Orbach, who achieved his widest fame as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe on 'Law & Order,' died.


One of seven people killed in an explosion at a busy shopping centre near Helsinki was suspected to have carried out the attack, police have said.

The teenage bomber behind a blast was one of the seven people who died.


The vehicles were stranded about 4 a.m. in 3 to 4 feet of snow on a 15-mile stretch of Highway 18 between Snow Valley ski resort and Big Bear dam, said Tracey Martinez.

The snow storm on Highway 18 caused vehicles to slide on the roadway.


Quarterback Donovan McNabb was every bit Quarterback Tom Brady's equal for 48 passes Sunday night, throwing for 357 yards and three touchdowns in his Super Bowl debut for the Philadelphia Eagles.

McNabb's 357 yards were the best postseason game of his career.


Foreign aid workers will have to take military escorts to areas of Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh province deemed unsafe, but troops for such escorts may be in short supply, the Indonesian military said Thursday.

Many parts of tsunami-battered Aceh province were not safe for the military.


They also come amid warnings from the Indonesian military that areas of tsunami-battered Aceh province may not be safe for aid workers.

The military has warned aid workers that some regions are not safe.


Continuous tremors rocked Mount St. Helens for 90 minutes overnight, geologists reported Monday, and that sustained activity foretells what could be a volcanic eruption within the next few minutes or months.


U.S. officials have been warning for weeks of possible terror attacks against U.S. interests in East Africa, particularly Kenya.

The United States has warned a number of times of possible terrorist attacks in East Africa, specifically Kenya.


The case of the State of California vs. Michael Jackson is finally ready for a trial that promises to be like no other.

The case against Michael Jackson is ready for a trial.


Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country.


Bush's top election lawyer resigned from the campaign Wednesday after it was revealed that he also was advising Veterans for Truth, a group airing TV ads attacking Kerry's war record and anti-war activism.

One of Bush's election lawyers also advises a group running ads against Kerry.


Once a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph, Frances slowed and weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared Florida.

After hitting the Florida coast the storm lost some of its power.


A controversial film directed by the actor Mel Gibson has been criticised by some Jewish groups who claim it blames Jews for the death of  Jesus.

A controversial film directed by the actor Mel Gibson which depicts the Crucifixion has opened.


Bob Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure are teaming up to re-record the song 20 years after the original topped charts around the world, with proceeds going to famine relief in Ethiopia and Sudan.

Midge Ure said Dominic Mohan approached him and Bob Geldof about re-recording the single.


More than 3,300 gay couples have married in San Francisco since the new mayor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would allow gay nuptials two weeks ago.

Same-sex marriages have been performed in San Francisco.


Dan Rather, one of the United States' most respected news anchormen, has announced he is to retire as the lead of CBS main news programme next year.

One of America's news presenters, Dan Rather, has announced that he is to give up his role as the face of CBS News next year.


Juan Manuel Alvarez who also apparently tried to slash his wrists and stab himself after the wreck, was brought to court in what appeared to be a hospital smock and had bandages on his wrists.

Alvarez wore a hospital patient gown and bandages on his wrists.


Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday that players will be locked out starting Thursday, leaving the upcoming season in jeopardy.

Commissioner Gary Bettman voted to officially lock out the players.


But this kind of technology would eventually replace transistors, just as they replaced vacuum tubes and vacuum tubes replaced electromagnetic relays, said the HP team.


Palestinian militants resumed rocket and mortar fire at Jewish settlements in Gaza, signaling tough challenges ahead for Abbas and his call for a truce to help revive peace talks aimed at creating a Palestinian state.

Hamas militants fired rockets at Jewish settlements in Gaza.


Lleyton Hewitt kept his dream of an Australian Open title alive with a four-set win over Andy Roddick in Friday's second semi-final.


Investors disappointed with lower-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com Inc. and low productivity gains from U.S. workers pushed stocks lower Thursday, ending Wall Street's three-day string of gains.


Donald Trump's casino empire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after months of negotiations with bondholders over restructuring a crushing debt.

Trump's casino operation has filed for bankruptcy protection due to the accumulation of debt.


A report from UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, released on Tuesday, shows the number of adults and children living with HIV reached 39.4 million in 2004.

There is an estimated 39.4 million people living with HIV.


Israeli security forces have arrested several Palestinian suspects in the July 31 bombing at Jerusalem's Hebrew University in which nine people, including five Americans, were killed, Israel Radio said Wednesday.

The radio said the suspects were also responsible for a suicide bomb attack March 9 at Jerusalem's Moment Cafe in which 11 Israelis were killed.


Club officials, particularly in discussions between Bledsoe and Coach Mike Mularkey last week, afforded the classy veteran the opportunity to consider returning to the team as a backup, and at a reduced salary.

Mularkey offered Bledsoe the chance to remain in Buffalo and serve as Losman's mentor and backup.


Hollywood studios said Thursday they will file hundreds of lawsuits later this month against individuals who swap pirated copies of movies over the Internet.

Hollywood studios are to sue people who swap pirated copies of films over the internet.


Cate Blanchett won the supporting-actress honor Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Katharine Hepburn in the Howard Hughes epic "The Aviator."

Cate Blanchett won supporting actress for her role as Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator."


Joachim Johansson held off a dramatic fightback from defending champion Andy Roddick to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday night.

Andy Roddick lost to Joachim Johansson in a U.S. Open match Thursday.


In the Gaza Strip, seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in two separate incidents Saturday, two days after Palestinian militants killed six Israeli civilians at a Gaza cargo crossing.

Six Israelis were killed in an attack at a Gaza Strip crossing.


The original Band Aid featured artists including Duran Duran, U2, Sting and George Michael, selling 3.5 million copies in the UK alone to raise money for the Ethiopia famine.

Many of the original acts, including George Michael, will appear on the new record.


Ukraine's election commission declared the Kremlin-backed prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential election, sharpening a crisis sparked by the opposition candidate's allegations that the vote was fraudulent.

The Election Commission announced that Viktor Yanukovich has won Ukraine's presidential election.


If Bush wins West Virginia, one of the state's five Republican electors says he might not vote for Bush to protest the president's economic and foreign policies.

Kerry has said he still stands by the vote to give Bush the authority to invade Iraq.


Jackson, 46, is set to face trial in late January on 10 charges that include felony conspiracy with 28 overt acts involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.

Jackson is set to face trial in January for allegedly molesting a boy.


The White House acknowledged on Monday that Bush's plan to add private accounts to the Social Security retirement system would add tens of billions of dollars to the nation's budget deficit starting in fiscal 2009.

Bush's budget allows younger workers to set up private accounts.


Two car bombs explode near a police station outside of Baghdad's Green Zone, killing seven police officers and wounding about 60 others.

A pair of car bombs explode near government offices in Baghdad.


The raid Friday on the Abu Hanifa mosque left three people dead and was followed by a wave of attacks in several parts of Baghdad.

The raid just after Friday prayers left three people dead.


Yasser Arafat has lapsed into a coma in a French hospital, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday, a day after the Palestinian leader was rushed to intensive care following a sharp deterioration in his health.

Arafat was taken to intensive care after his condition worsened.


Microsoft Corp., on Thursday, posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world's largest software market said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street expectations.


Insurgents exposed the vulnerability of Iraq's security forces again Sunday, killing at least 22 national guardsmen and their driver in a suicide bombing and 10 other people in separate attacks with elections just weeks away.

A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle killing at least 14 people.


Asked whether economic conditions or terrorism would be more important to their vote this fall, 65% in the survey said economic conditions, and only 26% said terrorism.

A majority of voters said the economy was more important to their vote than terrorism.


Visiting the Pakistani capital, the American Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca, praised Pakistan for its contribution to the US-led war on terrorism.

Assistant Secretary of State met with Pakistani officials to discuss the global war on terror.


The chip will run at speeds of greater than 4 GHz, the firms said.

Cell is said to run at clock speeds greater than 4 gigahertz.


Saturn's moon Titan is covered by "dirty" ice ridges and seas of liquid natural gas, a team of scientists said on Friday after a week of research into data from the space probe Huygens.

Rain feeds river channels on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, images from the Huygens probe show.


Kerry said Wednesday night that Bush bears responsibility for a misguided war in Iraq, lost jobs at home and mounting millions without health care.

Kerry said 5 million people had lost their health care.


Temporary help firms added 32,000 and education and health care services gained 13,000 jobs last month.

Service industries such as education and health care added 46,000 jobs.


The death toll of a fire that roared through a packed Buenos Aires nightclub climbed on Friday to at least 175, with more than 700 injured as young revellers stampeded to reach locked exit doors.

At least 174 had been killed and more than 410 people injured.


Deputy state department spokesman Adam Ereli said the US had long assumed that North Korea had a nuclear capability, and stressed the importance of the six-party talks.

The US has said it hopes to persuade North Korea to return to multi-party talks.


Exhausted survivors of southern Asia's giant earthquake and tsunami combed the rubble for food and belongings Tuesday as officials stepped up efforts to identify and bury the dead, whose numbers topped 60,000.

Survivors still wandered amid rubble looking for food that had not arrived.


A 100-foot diameter asteroid will pass within 26,500 miles of Earth, the closest-ever brush on record by a space rock, NASA astronomers said.

An asteroid with a diameter of 100 feet will pass close by Earth, astronomers said.


Former South African president Nelson Mandela has criticised US President George W. Bush over Iraq, saying the sole reason for a possible US-led attack would be to gain control of Iraqi oil.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela aimed criticism at President Bush.


Insurgent attacks on pipelines have brought oil exports from southern Iraq to a complete halt, a senior oil official said Monday, part of a rebel campaign to undermine the nation's post-war reconstruction efforts.

Insurgents have launched attacks on Iraq's oil industry.


US rounds up 400 Saddam diehards as group claims anti-US attacks in Iraq.


A jammed flood gate forced the temporary evacuation of hundreds of people who live downstream from Lake Manatee as the swollen reservoir threatened to burst its banks following torrential rains.

Hundreds of people living downstream from a lake evacuated.


The original Band Aid featured artists including Duran Duran, U2, Sting and George Michael, selling 3.5 million copies in the UK alone to raise money for the Ethiopia famine.

The first Band Aid record was recorded in 1984 and featured artists including Duran Duran, U2, and George Michael.


Two car bombs explode near a police station outside of Baghdad's Green Zone, killing seven police officers and wounding about 60 others.

60 people are killed when a car bomb explodes near a police station in Baghdad.


American commanders moved their oversight of air operations in the region on Monday from here to a similar command center the U.S. built at the al-Udeid base in Qatar shortly before the Iraq war.

The US military moved its air command centre to the al-Udeid air base in Qatar.


Kerry said Bush lied to Nevadans about his Republican administration's determination to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.


A militant group beheaded three Iraqi Kurdish hostages, showing the killings in a videotape posted on a Web site yesterday, while another group announced that it had kidnapped at least 15 Iraqi National Guardsmen.

A group claimed to have kidnapped 15 members of the Iraqi National Guard.


U.S. troops went on the offensive from the gates of Baghdad to the Syrian border Tuesday, pounding Sunni insurgent positions from the air and supporting Iraqi soldiers in raids on mosques suspected of harboring extremists.

Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, launched a series of raids on mosques.


On Monday Pakistan Prime Minister Jamali made a 10-minute telephone call to India's Prime Minister Vajpayee in a move Islamabad said had ended an 18-month impasse between the two sides.

Prime Minister Jamali of Pakistan called his Indian counterpart, Vajpayee.


Roger Federer posted a huge win in the howling wind, beating two-time champion Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Thursday in a U.S. Open quarterfinal match suspended the previous night because of rain.

Andre Agassi is keen to continue playing despite defeat to Roger Federer in the US Open quarter-finals on Thursday.


The leader of Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political party Saturday proposed 15 amendments to the country's draft constitution, one day after Shiite Muslim and Kurdish leaders said they had made their last, best offer.

Shiites and Kurds made what they said was a final offer.


U.S. planned job cuts dropped by 15 percent in January and below the 100,000 level for the first time since August 2004, a report said on Tuesday.


The 2004-2005 season was officially canceled yesterday when the hockey team owners and players couldn't agree on what players should be paid.

The season has been cancelled after players and owners failed to agree on a deal.


Kerry said the nuclear waste dump issue is important to all Americans, not just Nevada.


A study of the United States at war in the past 50 years has picked up one of the main awards at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, in the US.

Sundance Institute took over the former Utah/United States Film Festival.


In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded late Sunday near a police patrol in the fashionable Jadiriyah district, killing at least six people, including three police officers, and wounding 26 others.

The bomb killed six people, including three policeman.


For all last year, business spending on equipment and software grew 13.4%, the largest increase since 1997.

Business spending on equipment and software grew by 13.4 percent.


Iraqi forces backed by U.S. soldiers and Marines raided mosques Tuesday in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and detained a prominent cleric following fierce clashes that hospital officials said killed at least four people.

Insurgents had repeatedly used mosques as shelters.


North and South Korean delegates struggling to hold together a summit on economic co-operation have resumed talks in Pyongyang.

South and North Korea resumed discussions.


England has come a long way in improving cancer survival rates in the past 30 years but still does not match up to Europe and the US, a report says.

Overall survival rates were found to be increasing in England, but were still poor compared to Sweden.


At an international disaster conference in Kobe, Japan, the U.N. humanitarian chief said the United Nations should take the lead in creating a tsunami early-warning system in the Indian Ocean.

Nations affected by the Asian tsunami disaster have agreed the UN should begin work on an early warning system in the Indian Ocean.


Mickelson finished a triumphant week in his second home, winning the FBR Open by five strokes for his largest margin of victory in a PGA Tour event.

Mickelson won the FBR Open by five strokes, the largest margin of victory in his PGA Tour triumphs.


A mortar attack north of Baghdad killed four Iraqi national guardsmen and wounded 80 others Tuesday, while a top official from a prominent charity was kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.

On Tuesday, a mortar attack killed four Iraqi guardsmen and injured 80 north of Baghdad.


Roger Federer battled past Andre Agassi in five sets.


Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call were looking for the company to post earnings of 38 cents per share on sales of $12.81 billion in the latest period.

SBC reported earnings of 38 cents per share in the latest quarter.


The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set off bombs and Russian commandos stormed the building.

The hostage takers want the release of Chechen rebels.


Saddam Hussein destroyed his chemical and biological weapons after the 1991 Gulf War and dismantled what remained of his mass-destruction weapons programs by 1996, the CIA's top Iraqi weapons adviser reported Wednesday.

Saddam Hussein ended his nuclear programme in 1991, after the Gulf War.


The pope entered the hospital for a relapse of the flu and underwent the elective surgery to relieve respiratory problems, Vatical officials said earlier.

The pontiff was struck by a relapse of the flu.


The South Asian neighbors have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan but which both claim in its entirety.

India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir.


Mount St. Helens emitted a large plume of steam on Monday, with fears of an eruption rising as scientists estimated the width of the volcano's crater had expanded by 15 to 30 metres.

After a steam eruption scientists raised the alert level for Mount St. Helens.


Designers say their chip, code-named Cell and built from the start with the burgeoning world of rich media and broadband networks in mind, can deliver 10 times the performance of today's PC processors.

Designers say the chip has the potential to efficiently handle several multimedia tasks at once.


Excluding those items, the company reported a net income of 79 cents per share, handily beating the estimate of 72 cents per share carried by analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson First call were expecting earnings of 72 cents a share.


On Social Security, Bush reassured retirees and those nearing retirement that the 70-year-old program "is strong and fiscally sound," promising he was proposing nothing that would change their benefits.

The president said that the reform would not affect the benefits of current and near retirees.


Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a frozen, shiny red world some 8 billion miles from Earth that is the most distant known object in the solar system.

A frozen world 8 billion miles from Earth is believed to be the farthest known object within our solar system.


Rising wholesale prices and a jump in oil futures intensified inflation fears Friday, keeping stocks mixed and sending bond prices falling.

Wholesale prices rose at the fastest rate in six years, causing a selloff on the bond market and pressured stocks as well.


The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said the civil suits would seek damages of up to $30,000 per film.

The law states $30,000 damages can be sought per film.


Saddam Hussein had used chemical weapons in the past.


Insurgents have attacked US troops, polling stations and Iraqi forces as security was tightened ahead of Sunday's landmark national election.

Insurgents in Iraq attacked polling centers ahead of Sunday's elections.


Bush today said staying the course in the war on terror will make the world safer for future generations, though he said an all-out victory against terrorism may not be possible.

Bush said that victory may not be possible.


Bush used his weekly radio address to try to build support for his plan to allow workers to divert part of their Social Security payroll taxes into private investment accounts.

Mr. Bush is proposing that workers be allowed to divert their payroll taxes into private accounts.


US President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry have clashed over homeland security, jobs, taxes and healthcare in the third and final of their televised debates.

President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry have clashed over domestic security in their last TV debate.


A statement distributed early today by the Governing Council said the members would reconvene Monday "to finalize" outstanding issues "and sign" the interim charter.

Members of Iraq's Governing Council refused to sign an interim constitution.


Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire.

The total number of hostages held in the school may have been as many as 1,200.


A huge car bomb killed Lebanon's former prime minister al-Hariri and at least 12 other people Monday in Beirut's most devastating attack since the 1975-90 civil war.

A bomb blew up close to Hariri's motorcade in Beirut on Monday.


Such a margin of victory would give Abbas a clear mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and reform the corruption-riddled Palestinian Authority.

The new Palestinian president combatted corruption and revived the Palestinian economy.


Andy Roddick could not hide his disappointment after his hopes of winning the Australian Open title were ended by third seed Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-finals on Friday.

Lleyton Hewitt had a win over Andy Roddick in Friday's semi-final.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Iran must live up to its international obligations to halt its nuclear program or "the next steps are in the offing."

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Iran it faces possible UN sanctions.


Palestinian officials and international officials Saturday, privately weighed the prospects of political life after Arafat, who remains in poor condition at a French hospital.


The U.S. military staged a series of aggressive strikes Tuesday in insurgent strongholds west of Baghdad, including firing missiles into the streets of Fallujah and conducting raids alongside Iraqi commandos in seven mosques in Ramadi.

Clashes broke out between U.S. forces and insurgents in Fallujah, killing one Iraqi.


The deal comes some two weeks after a $16 billion deal was reached between AT&T and SBC, a top rival for Qwest.

The two firms sealed the deal despite what was thought to be a higher offer from rival US carrier Qwest.


The model for the new network is an existing system in the Pacific, which was established in 1965 and now provides early tsunami warnings to 26 nations.

Japan's warning system can issue an alert for a deadly tsunami within minutes of an undersea quake.


Former South African President Nelson Mandela blasted the United States for 'undermining' the U.N. and President Bush for a desire to start a world 'holocaust,' Tom Fenton reports.

Mandela said Bush is 'undermining' past work of the United Nations.


A massive car bomb killed the former Prime Minister Hariri.


Phil Mickelson finished a triumphant week in his second home, winning the FBR Open by five strokes for his largest margin of victory in a PGA Tour event.

Mickelson won by five shots last week, the largest margin of his career.


In one of the latest attacks, a US soldier on patrol was killed by a single shot from a sniper in northern Baghdad, the military said yesterday.

A U.S. soldier was killed in a sniper attack in northern Baghdad.


A bomb blew up close to Hariri's motorcade in Beirut on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 120 others.

Mr. Hariri died when a bomb exploded near his motorcade in Beirut on Monday.


The scientists said the existence of water or ice would significantly increase the chance that microscopic life may also be found on Mars.

The frozen sea of sorts is the first large quantity of water ice on Mars.


Former European Ryder Cup winning captain Sam Torrance says Welshman Ian Woosnam is the right man to lead Europe at the 2006 match in Ireland.

Torrance told BBC Sport: "I think Ian Woosnam should get it" (the 2006 captaincy).


With stars like Sluggers Barry Bonds under suspicion and lawmakers demanding action, Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that will suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.

Baseball rolled out a tougher steroid-testing program  that includes penalties for first-time offenders and random, year-round checks.


Blanchett won the supporting-actress honor for her role as Hepburn in "The Aviator" and Morgan Freeman took the supporting-actor prize for "Million Dollar Baby" playing a sage-like ex-prizefighter.

Morgan Freeman took the supporting actor prize for "Million Dollar Baby."


A German man has been able to eat his first proper meal in nine years after surgeons rebuilt his face using a pioneering jaw-bone graft.

The man ate his first real meal in nine years.


Emergency-control managers began asking residents living near the lake and downstream along the Manatee River to leave yesterday morning.

Emergency managers began asking residents along the Manatee River to evacuate.


A series of explosions ripped through Baghdad and a nearby city Friday, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens on the eve of Shiite Islam's most important holiday, officials said.

The attacks came on the eve of Shiite Islam's most important holiday.


U.S. ground forces began their long-awaited assault into Fallujah yesterday - capturing the city's main hospital and two bridges soon after Iraq's interim government declared martial law.

U.S. forces launched an offensive against Fallujah.


Growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in August although managers seemed more willing to hire new workers, according to an industry survey published Friday.

A report showed that growth in the vast service sector slowed in August.


'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,' the fifth installment in Rowling's wildly popular childrens' series about a boy wizard, comes out Saturday.

The fifth Harry Potter book - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - is set to be released on Saturday.


Iraqi forces captured a key aide to Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , who leads an insurgency affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, the government said Friday.

Iraqi forces captured an al-Zarqawi aide the government said.


The 2004-2005 season was officially canceled yesterday when the hockey team owners and players couldn't agree on what players should be paid.

Both owners and players admit there is unlikely to be much negotiating.


The militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage - either an American or a Briton - would be killed in 24 hours.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group has beheaded one of the hostages.


A NASA spacecraft carrying solar particles that were captured a million miles from Earth slammed into the Utah desert yesterday and cracked open after its parachutes failed to deploy, possibly rendering the mission a failure.

A U.S. space capsule returning to Earth crashed in a Utah desert yesterday.


The shooters escaped as other soldiers tried to give aid to the wounded.

The gunmen escaped as other soldiers tried to help the wounded.


Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire.

Hundreds of people were killed after terrorists seized a school building.


Former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas declared victory in the Palestinian presidential election late Sunday after exit polls gave him a commanding lead over his rivals.

Mahmoud Abbas won the vote in the Palestinian presidential election Sunday.


Packard Co. will start selling its version of the iPod digital music player next month and will add new flat-panel televisions, photo printers and computers that handle media to help the company tap consumer demand.

Packard Co. Friday unveiled its version of the iPod digital music player.


The BBC has apologised for incorrectly broadcasting figures which suggested more Iraqi civilians had been killed by coalition and Iraqi forces than by insurgents.

The BBC reported that coalition and Iraqi forces could be responsible for conflict-related civilian deaths in Iraq.


The Israeli army said in a statement that the car carried "three senior Hamas militants" who plotted attacks against civilians in the past and were planning more.

The IDF said the air force targeted a car carrying "senior Hamas militants".


Shares of Apple Computer Inc. surged Thursday after the computer maker plowed through earnings forecasts with strong sales of its popular iPod digital music player.

Apple said the iPod had helped its quarterly earnings more than quadruple.


Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930) is a French movie director and has become well-known in the 40 years since his first film, Le Beau Serge , for his chilling tales of murder, including Le Boucher .


Le Boucher was made by a French movie director.


Claude Chabrol divorced Agnes, his first wife, to marry the actress Stéphane Audran. His third wife is Aurore Paquiss.


The Communist Party USA was a small Maoist political party which was founded in 1965 by members of the Communist Party around Michael Laski who took the side of China in the Sino-Soviet split.

Michael Laski was a member of a Maoist political party.


Born near Yirrkala in the Northern Territory, Yunupingu is one of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people.

Yunupingu is a member of the Yolngu people.


Sandra Goudie was first elected to Parliament in the 2002 elections, narrowly winning the seat of Coromandel by defeating Labour candidate Max Purnell and pushing incumbent Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons into third place.

Sandra Goudie was defeated by Max Purnell.


Ms. Minton left Australia in 1961 to pursue her studies in London.


Minton's first major part in England was as Maggie Dempster in the premiere of Nicholas Maw's One Man Show. Shortly thereafter, she became a regular member of the company of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Maggie Dempster was a member of the company of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.


Marcel Beaubien unsuccessfully sought election to the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Sarnia-Lambton in 2004.

Marcel Beaubien was elected to the Canadian House of Commons.


In the Super Nintendo Entertainment System release of the game as Final Fantasy III , Biggs' name was Vicks.

Final Fantasy III is produced by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.


Judge Drew served as Justice until Kennon returned to claim his seat in 1945.


In 1956 Accardo won the Geneva Competition and in 1958 became the first prize winner of the Paganini Competition in Genoa. He has recorded Paganini's famous 24 Caprices (re-recorded in 1999) for solo violin and was the first to record all six of the Paganini Violin Concertos.


In 1956 Accardo won the Geneva Competition and in 1958 became the first prize winner of the Paganini Competition in Genoa.

Accardo won the Paganini Competition in Genoa.


Dawson is currently a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor at Monash University.


David Golinkin is the editor or author of eighteen books, and over 150 responsa, articles, sermons and books.


David Golinkin is single-handedly responsible for uncovering and re-publishing dozens of responsa of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, making them available to the general public in a three-volume set.

David Golinkin is the author of dozen of responsa of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly.


Ryo Okumoto (born in Osaka, Japan) is a keyboardist, best known for his work with progressive rock group Spock's Beard.

The rock group Spock's Beard comes from Japan.


During Reinsdorf's 24 seasons as chairman of the White Sox, the team has captured American League division championships three times, including an AL Central title in 2000.

Reinsdorf was the chairman of the White Sox for 24 seasons.


The White Sox have won 24 championships.


Major League Baseball and its clubs have purchased more than $260 million in goods and services from minority and women-owned businesses.

Major League Baseball and its clubs have bought minority and women-owned businesses.


Anu Kepa was married for many years to Ro Teimumu Kepa, an Adi (Fijian chief) and politician in her own right. They had four children: Filipe, Sailosi, Jr., Asenaca, and Tupoutu'a.


Kepa was married for many years to Ro Teimumu Kepa, an Adi (Fijian chief) and politician in her own right. They had four children: Filipe, Sailosi, Jr., Asenaca, and Tupoutu'a.


Sean Brown (born November 5, 1976 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is a National Hockey League utility player and enforcer.

Sean Brown plays in the National Hockey League.


Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, Brockwell played his county cricket for the very strong Surrey side of the last years of the 19th century.


Brockwell was born in the last years of the 19th century.


Crime in Choir is an instrumental progressive rock band from San Francisco. The founding lineup in the fall of 2000 consisted of Kenny Hopper, an early member of At the Drive-In, Jeff Hunt and Zach Hill of Hella.

Jeff Hunt was a member of At the Drive-In.


Natta was confirmed as leader of the PCI during the Florence congress in 1986, but in 1988 he was forced to resign by a heart attack and was succeeded by Achille Occhetto.

Achille Occhetto was a leader of the PCI.


Natta, along with Cossutta, strongly opposed Occhetto's proposal in the historic "Bolognina split" to change the party's name .


KOOG was Utah's first Pax affiliate, and changed its call letters to KUPX in February 1998.


Upon receiving his Ph.D., Wetherill became a staff member at Carnegie's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) in Washington, D.C. He originated the concept of the Concordia Diagram for the uranium-lead isotopic system.

Wetherill was the inventor of the concept of the Concordia Diagram.


Rising in the Blackdown Hills just inside the border of Somerset the River Otter flows for some 32 kilometers finally reaching the sea at Budleigh Salterton.

Budleigh Salterton is located in Somerset.


The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé ( la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec.

The Gaspé Peninsula is located in Quebec.


A Revenue Cutter, the ship was named for Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, who served as Buchanan's White House hostess.


Harriet Lane was a relative of President James Buchanan.


She was transferred again to Navy when the American Civil War began, 1861.


Landowska was responsible for the composition of several other new pieces of music for the instrument, notably Manuel de Falla's harpsichord concerto and his El retablo de Maese Pedro (at the premiere of which, at the salon of Winnaretta Singer, Poulenc and Landowska met for the first time).

Landowska is the inventor of the harpsichord.


Robinson's garden style can be seen today at Gravetye Manor, West Sussex, England, though it is more manicured than it was in Robinson's time.


Gravetye Manor is located in West Sussex.


Robinson left his native Ireland in 1861 to take up a job at the Botanical Gardens of Regents Park, London, and then worked for the leading horticultural firm of Veitch.


Robinson became a fellow of the Linnaean Society at the age of 29 and a successful gardening correspondent of The Times .

Robinson was a member of the Linnaean Society.


He wrote many books, including two particularly influential ones, The Wild Garden, and The English Flower Garden; his lifelong friend Gertrude Jekyll contributed some sections.

Gertrude Jekyll co-authored The Wild Garden.


The first meeting between Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll was in 1875; they were in accord in their design principles and maintained a close friendship and professional association for over 50 years.

Robinson was a business partner of Gertrude Jekyll.


British Airways Ltd was first formed as Allied British Airways in October, 1935 by the merger of Spartan Air Lines and United Airways. It rapidly acquired Hillman's Airways, adopted its definitive name, and transferred its UK base to the new Gatwick Airport.

Spartan Air Lines acquired United Airways.


Hillman's Airways was sold to British Airways.


The Crathes castle served as the ancestral seat of the Burnetts of Leys until gifted to the National Trust for Scotland by the 13th Baronet of Leys, Sir James Burnett in 1951.

Sir James Burnett was the owner of the Crathes castle.


The Crathes caste was bought by the National Trust for Scotland.


The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near-Eastern Studies is a study center for Brigham Young University situated on Mount Scopus in East Jerusalem.

The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near-Eastern Studies is located in Jerusalem.


Brigham Young University began its Jerusalem study program in 1968, first at the City Hotel in East Jerusalem.

Brigham Young University was founded in 1968.


A major controversy sparked in Israel and in the Jewish world as a whole, leading to careful diplomatic negotiations between the LDS Church and Jewish leaders, to ensure that the LDS Church would not use the Center as a base to proselytize in the Jewish State.


Oscar Chisini (born March 4, 1889 in Bergamo, died April 10, 1967 in Milan) was an Italian mathematician. He introduced the Chisini mean in 1929.


In 1929 he founded the Institute of Mathematics ( Istituto di Matematica ) at the University of Milan, along with Gian Antonio Maggi and Giulio Vivanti.

The Institute of Mathematics is based in Milan.


The University of Milan was founded by Gian Antonio Maggi and Giulio Vivanti.


The Japanese surrendered on May 25, 1945, thus, Magdalena, as well as the Philippines, was liberated from the tyranny of the Japanese army.

The Philippines surrendered to the Japanese army.


The Philippines defeated the Japanese army in 1945.


Kazumura Cave is the longest, and the deepest lava tube in the world. Located on the southeastern slopes of Mauna Loa, the southern summit is on Big Island, Hawai'i.

The longest lava tube in the world is located in the Hawai'i.


A rhinestone is an imitation diamond made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic.


The rhinestone-studded Nudie suit was invented by Nudie Cohn in the 1940s, an Americanization of the matador's "suit of lights".

The matador's "suit of lights" was invented by Nudie Cohn.


A graduate of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London, Fiona Wood worked at a major British hospital before marrying Western Australian born surgeon Tony Keirath and migrating to Perth with their first two children in 1987.

Fiona Wood graduated from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.


Tony Keirath worked at a major British hospital.


Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Mount Alexander Shire local government area. A town in Britain bears the same name.

The town of Maldon is located in Britain.


The infinite canvas is the idea that the size of a digital comics page is theoretically infinite. The concept was introduced by Scott McCloud in his book Reinventing Comics.

Reinventing Comics is a book by Scott McCloud.


In June of 2004, an application called InfiniteCanvas (or IC) was released by student Markus Müller, attempting to provide a solution to the common problems of infinite canvas.

InfiniteCanvas was created by Markus Müller.


Scott Island is a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Southern Ocean, 505 km northeastward of Cape Adare, the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land.

Scott Island lies 505 km northeastward of Victoria.


Scott Island is 370 metres long and 180 m wide, with the highest elevation being Haggits Pillar at 63 m.

Haggits Pillar is located in Scott Island.


Scott Island was discovered and landed upon in December 1902 by Captain William Colbeck commander of the Morning , relief ship for Capt. Robert F. Scott's expedition. The island was then named Markham Island.

William Colbeck reached Markham Island in December 1902.


Scott Island is part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand.


Ullmann taught technical chemistry during 1905-1913 and 1922-1925 at the Technischen Hochschule Berlin -now Technical University of Berlin-, first as part of the ordinary teaching staff, later on as a Professor.

Ullmann worked as a Professor at the Technischen Hochschule Berlin.


Ullmann was married to Irma Goldberg who was his assistant from 1905 to 1910 at his laboratory.

Ullmann and Irma Goldberg got married in 1905.


By the end of the 1950s the resolution of radio telescopes was sufficient to be able to identify specific radio sources with optical counterparts, leading to the discovery of quasars.

Quasars were discovered at the end of the 1950s.


Muybridge had earlier developed an invention he called the Zoopraxiscope.

The Zoopraxiscope was invented by Muybridge.


Edison, Dickson and the other employees of Edison's laboratory made progress on the design to a point.


Shortly thereafter the fledgling American auto industry began its first efforts and George Selden, despite never actually producing a working model of an automobile, had a credible claim to have patented the automobile.


By the 12th century the tournament had grown so popular in England that King Henry II found it necessary to forbid the sport which gathered in one place so many barons and knights in arms.


More than one chronicler records the violent death, in 1066, of a French baron named Geoffroi de Preulli, who, according to the testimony of his contemporaries, "invented tournaments.

Geoffroi de Preulli was killed during a tournament.


Buckley's Mixture is a cough syrup invented in 1919 (and still produced today) noted for its extremely bitter taste.

Buckley's Mixture is a remedy against cough.


The title was again created for John Holles. When he died in 1711 the title became extinct but his estates passed to his nephew Thomas Pelham, who three years later upon coming of age received the title in its third creation. In 1757 he received the additional title of "Newcastle-under-Lyne".

John Holles received the title of "Newcastle-under-Lyne".


The first Teniente Alcalde or Capitan (the highest political authority in a town) was Don Mauricio San Mateo.

Don Mauricio San Mateo held the position of Capitan.


Celestial Seasonings is a tea company based in Boulder, Colorado that specialises in herbal tea but also sells green and black tea (as well as white and oolong blends). Its founders Mo Siegel, John Hay and others started gathering herbs and flowers in the mountains around Boulder and selling them to local health-food stores in 1969.

Celestial Seasonings was founded by Mo Siegel and John Hay.


Celestial Seasonings was purchased by Kraft Foods in 1984 which expanded the marketing of the brand both nationally and internationally.


Mo Siegel retired in 1986, and the next year, Kraft announced they would sell Celestial Seasonings to Lipton.

Kraft sold Celestial Seasonings to Lipton in 1986.


Mo Siegel retired in 1986, and the next year, Kraft announced they would sell Celestial Seasonings to Lipton. The sale was successfully challenged by Bigelow under anti-trust laws, and local management purchased the company back from Kraft in 1988.


Dr. Felix Soto Toro (born 1967 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico), is an astronaut applicant and an Electrical Designs Engineer in NASA, who developed an electronic 3D measuring system.

Soto Toro invented a 3D measuring system.


Levomepromazine has off-label uses as an antiemetic for cancer patients and for the treatment of cases of treatment-resistant insomnia.

Levomepromazine is a remedy against insomnia.


If levomepromazine is given concomitantly with opioids, the opioid-dose should be reduced, because levomepromazine amplifies the therapeutic actions and side-effects of opioids massively.

Levomepromazine reduces the side-effects of opioids.


The first Windows Challenge was held in 2004, consisting of less than 30 teams within the United States. In 2005, it was opened to the rest of the world. 278 teams from all over the world participated.

278 teams from all over the world participated in the first Windows Challenge.


The United Center, home for the Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks, opened for the 1994-95 season, and the Bulls began using the Sheri L. Berto Center, their state-of-the-art training facility, in 1992.


The Miracle Field, which is a field specifically designed for children with special needs, is the third field of its kind built in the last year in the Chicago area with funds from Chicago White Sox Charities.

Chicago White Sox Charities support children with special needs.


Techwood Homes was demolished in 1995 before the 1996 Summer Olympics. It and neighboring Clark Howell Homes are now a mixed-use area called Centennial Place.

Techwood Homes was situated next to Clark Howell Homes.


After delivering her patients, the ship sailed 26 May 1946 for the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, and after providing medical services during the series of nuclear blasts during Operation Crossroads, she returned to Seattle 15 August 1946.

The atomic tests at Bikini Atoll took place in 1946.


Lauren landed her first job performing in the national touring company of the musical "Dreamgirls". Loraine would often step in for her sister in "Dreamgirls", in which they played the role of "Mimi Marquez".

Loraine took part in the musical "Dreamgirls".


From the Illinois side of the bridge, signs marked "HISTORIC ROUTE 66 SPUR" take travellers to the Illinois side of the bridge and a "HISTORIC ROUTE 66" sign marks the Missouri side of the bridge.


In the May 2005 general election Michael Howard failed to unseat the Labour Government, although the Conservatives did gain 33 seats, playing the most significant role in reducing Labour's majority from 167 to 66.

The Labour lost the majority in the May 2005 election.


Michael Howard was part of the Labour Government.


However Confederate arms buyers Captains Caleb Huse and James Bulloch contracted for all the rifles and revolvers the Armoury could produce.


In 1999 Cauty produced several remixes under the alias The Scourge Of The Earth for artists such as Placebo, Marilyn Manson, Hawkwind, Ian Brown, The Orb etc.

Placebo collaborated with Marilyn Manson.


He was initially successful, negotiating a 3/4 of 1 percent royalty on all cars sold by the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, the ALAM.


Henry Ford, owner of the Ford Motor Company, founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1903, and four other car makers resolved to contest the patent infringement suit filed by Selden and EVC.

Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company.


However, Henry Ford, owner of the Ford Motor Company, founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1903, and four other car makers resolved to contest the patent infringement suit filed by Selden and EVC.

The Ford Motor Company filed a lawsuit against Selden and EVC.


Maler ended his physically demanding expeditions in the jungles in 1905 and retired to his home in Mérida, Yucatán.


Primrose Hill is a hill and district located on the north side of Regent's Park. The hill has a fine view of central London. Like Regent's Park the area was once part of a great chase appropriated by Henry VIII and became Crown property in 1841.


Leloir's investigations came to fruition during the period he served in this laboratory, simultaneously serving as a visiting professor of the Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences; this work was interrupted by periods pursuing further studies at Cambridge, the Enzyme Research Laboratory in the United States of America and other leading world centers of scientific research.

Leloir served as a visiting professor at Cambridge.


At the beginning of 1948, Leloir's team identified the carnucleotide sugars, compounds that play a fundamental part in metabolism of carbon hydrates, a discovery that brought worldwide recognition to the Institute.

Leloir discovered the metabolism of carbon hydrates.


Leloir was promptly given the Premio de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, one of few to receive such a prize in a country in which he was a foreigner.

Leloir won the Premio de la Sociedad Científica Argentina.


Belknap married and lost his first two wives, Cora LeRoy and Carrie Tomlinson, and married Mrs. John Bower, his second wife's sister.

Carrie Tomlinson was Mrs. John Bower's sister.


Belknap was married to Carrie Tomlinson.


Belknap was impeached by a unanimous vote of the House of Representatives for allegedly having received money in return for post tradership appointments.

Belknap was accused of having received money in return for post tradership appointments.


Belknap received money in return for post tradership appointments.


Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a northern Los Angeles County park acquired by LA County government in the 1970s.

The Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a property of the LA County government.


Vasquez Rocks are located in the Agua Dulce vicinity between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley just north of Los Angeles and seen easily by motorists driving the Antelope Valley Freeway.

Agua Dulce is found just north of Los Angeles.


Vasquez Rocks' history began in prehistoric times when the sandstone rocks were uplifted at a picturesque angle, showing their jagged red features. The rock formations are part of the San Andreas Fault.

Vasquez Rocks are part of the San Andreas Fault.


The San Andreas Fault was formed in prehistoric times.


A band of ranchers under the leadership of Pedro Quintanar, upon hearing that Father Bátiz had been killed, seized the local treasury and declared themselves in rebellion.

Father Bátiz was killed by a band of ranchers.


Pedro Quintanar was the leader of a band of ranchers.


Another uprising was led by the mayor of Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Luis Navarro Origel, beginning on September 28. He was defeated by federal troops in the open land around the town, but retreated into the mountains, where he and his men continued as guerrillas.


This region became the main focal point of the rebellion lead by 27-year-old René Capistran Garza, leader of the Mexican Association of Catholic Youth.

The Mexican Association of Catholic Youth was lead by René Capistran Garza.


Though Wilkins and his family settled quickly in Italy, it wasn't a successful era for Milan, and Wilkins was allowed to leave in 1987 to join French outfit Paris Saint-Germain.


Wilkins was chosen for the England's squad which qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, and played in the opening defeat against Portugal.

England defeated Portugal in the 1986 World Cup.


André Henri Constant van Hasselt was born at Maastricht, in Limburg. He was educated in his native town, and at the university of Liège.

André Henri Constant van Hasselt was educated in Maastricht.


In 1833 Van Hasselt left Maastricht, then blockaded by the Belgian forces, and made his way to Brussels, where he became a naturalized Belgian, and was attached to the Bibliotheque de Bourgogne.


Bountiful departed San Francisco 1 April 1944 for Honolulu, returned later that month, and sailed once more 1 May for the western Pacific.

Bountiful reached Honolulu in April 1944.


Tripontium was initially a military frontier post, established soon after the Roman invasion of Britain around AD 50.

The Romans arrived in Britain around AD 50.


Metin Kaplan is said to have ordered the murder of his rival Ibrahim Sofu in 1996.

Ibrahim Sofu was murdered by Metin Kaplan.


In early May 2004 Kaplan lost his refugee status and faced extradition to Turkey, but before German police could arrest him, Kaplan disappeared from Cologne.


Families of Britons missing after bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh begun flying out to the Red Sea resort on Tuesday, a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.


The British ambassador to Egypt, Derek Plumbly, told Reuters on Monday that authorities had compiled the list of 10 based on lists from tour companies and from families whose relatives have not been in contact since the bombings.


The Egyptian government on Tuesday dismissed speculation that a group of missing Pakistanis had helped in the bombings.

A group of Pakistanis have been arrested for helping in the bombings.


It said it carried out both the Taba and Sharm el-Sheikh attacks "in obedience to the leaders of jihad (holy war) in al Qaeda, Sheikh Osama bin Laden and Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahri" and to avenge the "oppressed brothers in Iraq and Afghanistan".

Sheikh Osama bin Laden and Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahri are the leaders of al Qaeda.


Egyptian police are investigating the possibility that Mohamed Fulayfel, the brother of one of the Taba bombers, drove a suicide car bomb into the Ghazala Gardens Hotel on Saturday.

Mohamed Fulayfel carried out a bomb attack in Taba.


Human rights groups say police detained some 2,500 people after the attack on the Hilton hotel in Taba and mistreated many of them.

Some 2,500 people have been arrested after the attack on the Hilton hotel in Taba.


Rival generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc. reported revenue of $1.3 billion for fiscal 2005.

Mylan Laboratories Inc. earned $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2005.


After the deal closes, Teva will generate sales of about $7 billion a year, the company said.


"After arresting Omar, police evacuated up to 100 homes and sent a bomb squad into the Small Heath neighborhood (search) in Birmingham, a city some 120 miles northwest of London."

Omar resided in the Small Heath neighborhood.


"Dozens of anti-terrorist police a swept into a neighborhood of Britain's second-largest city to arrest Omar, a Somali citizen with British residency who is suspected in the attack on the Warren Street subway station."


Police also released another photograph of a suspect who tried to detonate a bomb on a train near the Shepherd's Bush subway station.

A bomb attack took place near the Shepherd's Bush subway station.


Police released a suspect who tried to detonate a bomb.


When President Ronald Reagan implemented the Economic Recovery Tax Act in 1981, he gradually cut taxes across the board by 25%.


Debbie Inker is a CPA who has lived in Israel since 2002.


It is in the best interests of the Israeli government, the Israeli economy, and Israeli citizens, for the government to negotiate a social security treaty with the US as soon as possible.

The US has made a treaty with Israeli government.


Pinkerton is an active member of St. Bernard Church and has worked in a variety of ministries including religious education, music and the jail ministry.

Pinkerton is a minister of St. Bernard Church.


Beverly served in various internships including administrative assistant at the Wabash County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCOR).


Joining Pinkerton at the Chamber of Commerce, is Lindsey Beverly, who will be the new executive assistant.


Dean Lynn Hart was arrested Tuesday at his Storey County home after the attack at a Reno residence in the 4200 block of Truckee River Trail.

Dean Lynn Hart lives in Truckee River Trail.


Dean Lynn Hart resides in Storey County.


Eiken teamed with ABC Marketing, Inc. - a small firm owned by local Jefferson Citian Alan Baird.

Baird was the owner of ABC Marketing, Inc.


"Baird and Eiken also selected a manufacturer, LANGCO Tools and Plastic, Inc., in Oran, Missouri."

Baird and Eiken bought LANGCO Tools and Plastic.


McDonald's announced yesterday that it was joining with DreamWorks Animation SKG to create promotions based on the studio's film characters, including Shrek.


"It's irresponsible," said Susan Linn, a psychologist at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston and author of the book "Consuming Kids."

"Consuming Kids" was written by Susan Linn.


Susan Linn is the head of the Judge Baker Children's Center.


Mr. Katzenberg is a former Disney executive and was involved in a high-profile lawsuit against the company to recover money he felt he was owed.


Mr. Gotti, who is already serving nine years on extortion charges, was sentenced to an additional 25 years by Judge Richard D. Casey of Federal District Court.


Yesterday's sentence was for Peter Gotti's conviction last December on other extortion charges as well as on charges of ordering the murder - ultimately unsuccessful - of Salvatore Gravano.

Salvatore Gravano was killed by Peter Gotti.


Casey serves as a judge at the Federal District Court.


The demonstrators, convoked by the solidarity with Latin America committee, verbally attacked Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani.

President Alfredo Cristiani was attacked by demonstrators.


President Vinicio Cerezo has tacitly blamed President Alfredo Cristiani's administration for the crisis which prevails in the country as a result of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front's (FMLN) offensive which was launched on Saturday 11 November.

FMLN launched an offensive on 11 November.


President Vinicio Cerezo has tacitly blamed President Alfredo Cristiani's administration for the crisis which prevails in El Salvador as a result of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front's (FMLN) offensive which was launched on Saturday 11 November.

Alfredo Cristiani caused a crisis in El Salvador.


Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Thursday that requires the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources. The amount of power generated by wind turbines in the state stands now at 895 megawatts.

The amount of power produced in Minnesota stands at 895 megawatts.


The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, has asked Romano Prodi today to stay on as Prime Minister, but Prodi will need to pass a confidence vote as soon as possible.

Romano Prodi is the Italian Prime Minister.


On 19 February 2007, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced a move that will change the face of satellite radio in the United States and Canada: XM and Sirius will be merging, creating a single satellite radio provider.

XM Satellite Radio will merge with Sirius Satellite Radio.


XM and Sirius are providers of satellite radio.


Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin will retain his CEO title in the new company.


Fulham pressed for an equalizer, but Manchester United prevailed, continuing their winning run this Premiere League season.


A best picture nomination for the Genie Awards was also given to "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie," one of the few successful domestic films at Canadian box offices in 2006.

"Trailer Park Boys" was awarded a best picture prize.


India's yearly pilgrimage to the Ganges river, worshiped by Hindus as the goddess Ganga, is the worlds largest gathering of people, with around 70 million participants, dwarfing other religious pilgrimages.

Around 70 million people participate in pilgrimage to the Ganges river.


This year thousands of Hindu Holy Men, also known as sadhus, threatened to boycott festivals during their pilgrimage to the Ganges, where their rituals involve washing away their sins by bathing in the water.

Hindu Holy Men boycotted festivals during their pilgrimage to the Ganges.


Prince Laurent of Belgium, the youngest son of King Albert II of Belgium, has been questioned last night by the federal police and is attending today's court session in Hasselt in a marine fraud case that has gripped Belgian media since last December.

King Albert II of Belgium is the father of Prince Laurent.


Adam DePrisco, a 19-year-old from Woodbridge, Ontario, was found dead in Acapulco, Mexico on Saturday.


DePrisco is the third Canadian who has recently died in Mexico, after Nancy and Domenic Ianiero, a couple also from Woodbridge, who were stabbed to death at a luxury resort hotel near Cancun, also a popular vacation destination.

Nancy and Domenic Ianiero had Canadian citizenship.


In a move widely viewed as surprising, the Bank of England raised UK interest rates from 5% to 5.25%, the highest in five years.

UK interest rates went up from 5% to 5.25%.


As of Friday, January 12, three people in Saskatchewan had succumbed to the storm.

Three people were killed by a storm in Saskatchewan.


The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) - Apple Inc. - and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose - Cisco.


The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) - Apple Inc. - and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose - Cisco.


Cisco states that it has received the trademark in 2000, when the company overtook Infogear Technology Corp., which took place in 1996.

Cisco was acquired by Infogear Technology Corp.


The same storm has caused more than 125,000 people to lose power near St. Louis, Missouri and power officials say that they are "still losing people," said Springfield's City Utilities spokesman, Ern DeCamp.


Following a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning for the north-eastern coast of Hokkaido and a lesser warning for Honshu.

A tsunami hit the north-eastern coast of Hokkaido.


A serial killer on Mumbai's streets killed yet another person last night; making the latter one of five young men murdered recently.

Five men have been killed by a serial killer in Mumbai.


Mumbai Police have established a 90-man team tasked with nabbing the serial killer, who a senior police official compared to Raman Raghav, who bludgeoned 9 pavement dwellers in their sleep in the 60s.

Raman Raghav works as a senior police official.


9 people were assassinated by Raman Raghav.