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Blair backs 'tighter' immigration | The prime minister says concerns about immigration abuses are justifiable and the system is to be toughened up. |
FDA Approved Wrong Drug Plant | Chinese facility that supplies the active ingredient in heparin was never inspected due to a mix-up. |
Saddam's jailed top aides hold food protest | Eight of 11 detainees briefly refuse food over prisoner rights including family visits, access to media. BAGHDAD - The US army said eight of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's jailed lieutenants had briefly |
Google Debuts New Hosted Search for Businesses | Building on the Custom Search Engine it introduced last October, Google on Tuesday took the wraps off a new hosted search site designed for businesses, which offers greater flexibility for a small, yearly fee. The service targets small to medium-sized businesses and will surely ruffle the feathers at Microsoft. |
Wireless whiz weighs in on Wi-Fi, RFID, 802.11n | A long-time wireless expert talks about a topics ranging from 802.11n and municipal Wi-Fi to the future of wireless technology. |
Iraqi Leaders Reach Accord On Prisoners, Ex-Baathists | BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- Iraq's top five political leaders announced an agreement Sunday night to release thousands of prisoners being held without charge and to reform the law that has kept thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's political party out of government jobs. |
Clemensâs Legal Team Adds Private Investigators | Roger Clemensâs lawyer has hired private investigators to try to challenge the credibility of Brian McNamee, who said that he had injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. |
Venezuela, Uruguay win amid referee | PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela - Uruguay and hosts Venezuela registered their first victories in the Copa America on Saturday, although both victories were marred by foul play and refereeing problems. |
Singer Twain in 20 million club | Shania Twain is only the sixth artist in US music history to sell more than 20 million copies of one album. |
Rising Bay Puts Cemeteries at Risk | HOOPERSVILLE, Md. -- After Annie E. Wroten died in July 1903, she was laid in a red-brick vault in a little cemetery here among tomato farms and loblolly pines. Almost 104 years later, she's about to be buried at sea. |
Japan will not Recall Soldiers from Iraq | Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced that Japan will not recall soldiers stationed in Iraq because an Iraqi group has threatened to kill a Japanese hostage. |
How can Tutsi and Hutu divisions be resolved? | The massacre of over 160 Congolese Banyamulenge Tutsis in Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi has once again brought to the fore the ethnic problem in Africa's Great Lakes Region. |
Fondiaria-Sai, bene raccolta premi | Il Cda, si possono migliorare obiettivi piani industriale |
Roma, 19:31 - CALCIO, DEL PIERO: RITIRO? VOGLIO GIOCARE ANCORA UN PO' | Nessun ritiro in vista per Alessandro Del Piero. ''Per il futuro - ha detto a Sky - onestamente vogl... |
Sprint, Nextel Take Deal Public | Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) and Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) confirmed their $35 billion merger Wednesday, setting ambitious plans for growth along with extensive cost-cutting. |
Borsa Milano apre positiva | Mibtel +0,44% e SP/Mib +0,47%, bene le europee |
WRAPUP 1-Open-Roddick keeps home flag flying in New York | Defending champion Andy Roddick kept the home flag flying at the US Open on Friday, but it was a bad day for his compatriots as only two American men reached the |
Cal-USC An extraordinary show | LOS ANGELES - In his opening statement to the bloated media corps here late yesterday afternoon, USC coach Pete Carroll trotted out these adjectives: Exciting, tense, fantastic, incredible, wonderful, exquisite. |
Soothing hunger's savage beast | Feeling ravenous can undermine a sensible diet in at least two ways. First, it can make you eat when you don't need any food --sometimes the feeling is the product of a bored or worried mind rather than an actual indication of hunger. Second, it's real enough to send you into an eating frenzy at your next meal. |
Study finds acupuncture eases arthritis pain | Treatment with acupuncture needles significantly reduced pain and eased movement for patients with arthritic knees who were taking pain medicine, according |
I risultatri di un'indagine condotta dai vigili urbani | ROMA - Blatte, insetti ed escrementi di topi. Questo è quanto è stato ritrovato in uno stabilimento della «Pancarrè», a Pomezia, azienda che produce e confeziona pane destinato alle scuole materne ed elementari di molti municipi della capitale. |
Giuliani says he's 'cancer free' | Rudy Giuliani handed out presents and read a Christmas story to Harlem youngsters Monday, then talked about what, for him, might be the best gift of all. |
Ukrainians vote for president amid fears of rigging and unrest | Ukrainians cast ballots in a presidential election Sunday that has raised fears of post-election unrest in this ex-Soviet republic, and the opposition complained of election violations just hours into the voting. |
Marlins shift games versus Expos to US Cellular Field | Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Due to the approach of Hurricane Ivan in the South Florida area, the Marlins have rescheduled two of their contests against the Montreal Expos slated for next week to US Cellular Field in Chicago. |
Black Friday Is a Joke, Too | Cyber Monday may be a joke, but when it comes to the Web, so is Black Friday. |
Minister in moon talks with Nasa | The new science minister meets the head of Nasa to discuss possible UK involvement in future moon landings. |
Shell to begin $7 bln Port Arthur refinery expansion | Royal Dutch Shell will go ahead with a 325,000 barrel-per-day capacity expansion of its Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, at a cost of $7 billion, the Anglo-Dutch oil group said on Friday. |
DR Congo invites rebels to talks | DR Congo's government invites rebel General Nkunda to a peace conference on the war in the east. |
Germany's Merkel Against Speed Limit | German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday her government would not try to introduce a speed limit on freeways, despite a proposal from her coalition's junior party.Many stretches of Germany's famed freeways, the autobahn, have no speed limits _ traditionally a cherished freedom in a rule-bound country.Members of the center-left Social Democratic Party, who along with Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union make up the governing coalition, backed a proposal over the weekend to introduce a general speed limit of 80 mph on the autobahn. Read more |
Rovers Still Turning Up Water Evidence | Summary - (Oct 8, 2004) Now operating three times longer than originally expected, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers are still turning up fresh evidence that liquid water once flowed on Mars. |
Google CEO Maps Missions, Stays on Message | Put Google CEO Eric Schmidt on stage with SEW's Danny Sullivan and you get an entertaining and enlightening glimpse into the soul of the world's favorite search machine. |
Sri Lanka pair hopeful of claiming tsunami baby after court drama, arrest | A Sri Lankan couple ordered to undergo DNA tests to prove their claim to a baby survivor of the December tsunamis said they were hopeful of winning custody of the child despite being arrested for trying to snatch him. |
Croatian president tipped to win second term | Croatia will vote in a presidential election runoff which could decide who will lead the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union, with polls indicating an easy victory for incumbent Stipe Mesic. |
Work to resume on Brazil reactor | A long-stalled project to build Brazil's third nuclear power should resume, Brazilian energy officials recommend. |
Woman Outwits Sword-Wielding Burglar | LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - A woman outsmarted an apparently drug-addled burglar who threatened her with a sword, authorities said. Robin Ricketts, 52, said she awoke early Thursday when she heard strange noises coming from her home office. |
Strike threatened at rail company | Hundreds of guards and drivers at rail operator First Great Western vote to go on strike, it is announced. |
Afghans, Arabs kidnapped in Afghanistan | Taliban militants kidnapped about 20 Arabs and Afghans in western Afghanistan and were holding six captive, while a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives next to a NATO convoy, wounding a soldier, officials said Tuesday. |
Florida Supreme Court puts Nader on state ballot | The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that third-party presidential hopeful Ralph Nader can appear on ballots in the decisive state, increasing the chance the maverick contender will again influence the outcome of the presidential election. |
Burns' night ends with same result for Scotland | IN A CITY that has made its name for giving talent a chance, Tommy Burns was harshly punished for looking beyond the fringe as his callow side was ruthlessly punished in Edinburgh. |
Vitamins 'may raise death risk from cancer' | Vitamin supplements may increase the chances of dying from cancer, a science review finds. And the studies, which compared the health of people who regularly took antioxidant pills with those who took dummy |
A Clearer Muddy Story: Fast-Flowing Water Can Form Deposits | New findings suggest that fine clays may be deposited by relatively fast-flowing water. |
Bomb defused in Thailand's troubled south | Police defused a fertiliser bomb on Thursday shortly before it was timed to go off outside a grocery store in Thailand's restive Muslim south. |
DiCaprio vs. DiCaprio at Critics Choice Awards | LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio will face off against Leonardo DiCaprio at the 12th annual Critics Choice Awards, which will be handed out January 12. |
U.S. to Armor-Plate Iraqi Police Vehicles | Reacting to criticism that the United States has not provided the right equipment to Iraqi security forces, the Multi-National Command in Baghdad has been seeking a contractor to put armor on 1,300 American-made SUVs and pickup trucks used by the Iraqi National Police. |
Kentucky Tops Georgia | Freshman Sarah Elliott scores 15 points to lead Kentucky to a 71-63 win over No. 18 Georgia, the Wildcats' first win over a ranked opponent in five seasons. |
ABC's "Smith" sets sights on Brewster | Jordana Brewster has signed on for ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," playing a role originated by Angelina Jolie on the big screen. |
Top adviser tapped for education post | President Bush yesterday nominated his domestic policy adviser, Margaret L. Spellings, to become the nation's new secretary of education, tapping |
September 11 casts shadow over US presidential election | The threat of a major terror attack looms large over the first US presidential election since the horrific September 11, 2001, attacks as US voters must choose in less than two months between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. |
World Business Briefing: Singapore: New Plant for Exxon | Exxon Mobil said it would build a second chemicals factory in Singapore to meet rising demand in Asia. |
Google to buy location-based photo site Panoramio | (InfoWorld) - Google is acquiring Panoramio, a photo-sharing Web site based in Spain that lets people upload photos and identify where they were taken by placing them on Google Earth or Google Maps, where they can be viewed by the public. The companies have already been working together since the start of the year, when Google made Panoramio the default photo layer for Google Earth. Panoramio has seen its usage surge since then, recently passing 1 million "geo-located" photos. In a blog posting Wednesday, Google said it was buying the company to integrate its services more closely with its own -- although it isn't saying exactly how yet -- and to boost its own technical resources. It should also help to strengthen Panoramio's infrastructure, leading to more reliable service for end users. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is pending, were not disclosed. Google said it planned to keep operating the site for now and that there won't be any immediate changes for Panoramio's users. The move should help to strengthen Google's position against Yahoo for providing online photo services. Yahoo owns the popular Flickr photo-sharing service, whose users can also locate their photos on Google Earth, although they don't appear as the default layer. Panoramio said it was "very (and we mean very) happy" to be acquired by Google. "To watch our little project grow since its conception one and a half years ago has been an amazing experience," cofounder Eduardo Manchón wrote in a blog posting. Panoramio was launched in October 2005. About 300,000 people had signed up for the service as of March this year, and in February the site had 4 million unique visitors and 30 million page views, according to Panoramio. The company released an API (application programming interface) recently that lets other Web sites include Panoramio functionality in their site. It gave its users the option to remove all their photos and personal data before they are transferred to Google. |
Google Reportedly in Talks to Buy YouTube for $1.6 Billion | Search engine giant may want to solidify its place in hot online video market. |
London subway threatened by New Year's Eve strike | London revellers face travel chaos on New Year's Eve after hundreds of signal workers for the capital's vast underground metro network voted to strike on the biggest party night of the year, union leaders said. |
Madonna 'crucified' in Rome | Madonna stages a mock-crucifixion during a show in Rome, where religious leaders have condemned the move. |
'Do-not-call' law is about a year away | OTTAWA -- Federal officials hope to introduce new legislation today to establish a do-not-call registry for consumers who want to put an end to telemarketing pitches. |
Mortars rock Mogadishu as death toll rises to 19 | Mortar fire forced scores of Somalis to flee their homes in escalating violence in the capital Mogadishu on Friday, doctors and residents said. |
China.com signs ad pacts with Google, China Mobile | China.com said it signed advertising contracts with Google Inc. and China Mobile Ltd. to further expand its strategic partnerships with the companies. |
Cavaliers extend Lakers' losing streak | LeBron James scored 38 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles 114-108 Thursday night to extend the Lakers' losing streak to five games, matching the longest of coach Phil Jackson's career. |
Merrill Lynch Posts $9.8 Billion Loss | Merrill Lynch also took a write-down of more than $14 billion as subprime mortgage woes took another bite out of its balance sheet. |
Pedro, Red Sox offer up few Rays of hope | In Pedro Martinez [stats, news]' first start since conceding to the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] by declaring that the Red Sox [stats, schedule]' rivals were his ``daddy,'' the Tampa |
KING COAL NO MORE / Va. Exports in the Chips / State's High-Tech Firms Zoom Past Coal, Cigarettes to Become No. 1 in Sales Beyond Our Shores | By JEFFREY KELLEY Computer chips have replaced coal to become Virginia's top exported product, with foreign sales in the first 11 months last year more than doubling from all of 2005. |
Brown evades question over Iran | Chancellor Gordon Brown refuses to give assurances he will rule out military action against Iran over its nuclear programme. |
Koubek Beats Gaudio; Henman Struggles | Stefan Koubek beat French Open champion Gaston Gaudio 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors. |
Kerry linked to royal houses of Europe, Burke's Peerage says | Sen. John Kerry has blue blood from all the royal houses of Europe, with even more titled relations than President Bush, Burke's Peerage said Monday. |
Led Zeppelin guitarist inaugurates London "Walk of Fame" | Jimmy Page, the legendary guitarist for the rock group Led Zeppelin, this Monday became the first artist to leave his hand prints in London's Hollywood Boulevard "Walk of Fame". |
Sequestro bus in Grecia. Tragico ultimatum | I sequestratori chiedono un riscatto di un milione di dollari per liberare gli ultimi sette ostaggi, un autista che guidi lâautobus sino allâaeroporto e un aereo per lasciare la Grecia. Oppure fanno saltare il bus. |
High-performance computing: Muscle in the middle | SAN FRANCISCO - It's easy to get the impression that the midrange Unix server is like a boxer near the end of a career - still packing a wallop, just no longer throwing knockout left hooks. But the truth is, new processor architectures, multi-core systems, and the ascension of x86 chips are giving these systems extra punch, and users plenty to think about as they plan their purchasing for the next few years. |
No blood please, we're British | Johannesburg - In Britain, people who have had sex with a South African cannot donate blood for a year after the last sexual encounter, because of the risk of their blood being contaminated with the HI virus. |
Haiti's Leader Says Aristide Is Behind Violence | Haiti's interim prime minister on Sunday accused the ousted president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, of directing a wave of violence from exile, while |
North Durham News in Brief | Voting under way in student awards VOTING is under way in the annual student awards at Durham University. Twenty-two awards are up for grabs in the student union- backed event, including prizes for sporting achievement, charity work, academic performance and student leadership. |
France Says Hostages Still Alive a Few Days Ago | France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago. |
Minacce taleban a ostaggi coreani | Ribelli,pronti a ucciderne alcuni se negoziati non decollano |
Revisiting Past Goals | Eleven and half years after his first international journey with the American squad, Brian McBride is heading back to El Salvador for a World Cup qualifying match at intimidating Estadio Cuscatlan. |
Cabinet nod for repeal of POTA | The Union Cabinet today approved ordinances to repeal the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (POTA) and amend the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
Italy refuses to withdraw troops from Iraq after hostage killing | Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of a Italian journalist, reiterating his determination to keep Italian forces in Iraq. |
Poisoning risk from smuggled cigarettes | Britain is awash with fake cigarettes which present a much greater health risk than normal ones, the government said yesterday. Announcing a campaign aimed at persuading smokers to shun cheap, smuggled cigarettes |
Worth pulling over for | Life & style: Sick of overpriced service stations offering horrible food? Try our guide to 30 great roadside cafes. |
U.N. Kosovo plan shows deep fault lines | For Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, a new U.N. proposal opens the door to their long-awaited dream of independence, while prompting Serbia's leaders to warn of secession. |
Going Live From Pyongyang | The New York Philharmonicâs concert in North Korea, to take place on Feb. 26 at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, will be broadcast live internationally. The broadcast will be produced by the New York Philharmonic and EuroArts Music International, in co-production with the Munhwa Broadcasting Company of South Korea and ARTE France, and in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Details of the broadcast in the United States are to be announced later. The concert, to be conducted by Lorin Maazel, above, the orchestraâs music director, will include the national anthems of North Korea and the United States; the Prelude to Act III of Wagnerâs âLohengrinâ; Dvorakâs Symphony No. 9, âFrom the New Worldâ; and Gershwinâs âAmerican in Paris.â The concert, and the Philharmonicâs visit, have aroused controversy, with some contending that they offer legitimacy to North Koreaâs government. |
Woman Pleads No Contest in Snake Threat | SUNBURY, Pa. - A woman pleaded no contest to reckless endangerment in a case where she allegedly brandished rattlesnakes at police who were trying to prevent her from harming herself with a hunting knife. Terry L. |
Inflation climbs to 2.5 percent in August | Twelve-month inflation rose to 2.5 percent in August from 2.4 percent the previous month, official data has shown. |
GM's relations with suppliers improving: study | General Motors Corp.'s often rocky relationship with its North American auto parts suppliers improved over the past year, while Ford Motor Co.'s relations worsened, a study released on Monday found. |
No topic is so surrounded by myth as the golden age of the press | Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: Anti-newspaper diatribes bewail falling standards. That's rubbish, and the glory days they hark back to were dreadful |
Money talks for U.S. commandos | From the Philippines to Iraq, money talks and American commandos want to keep on handing out the dollars. |
Roma, 20:23 - CALCIO, ROMA: NONDA IN PRESTITO AL BLACKBURN | L'attaccante congolese della Roma, Shabani Nonda passa agli inglesi del Blackburn Rovers. Lo comunic... |
100,000 Excess Iraqi Deaths Since War - Study | Deaths of Iraqis have soared by 100,000 since the start of the Iraq war and many of the victims have been women and children, public health experts from the United States said on Thursday. |
Bush heads to APEC after surprise Iraq trip | After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests. |
U.S. man axed Dutch student, lawyer says | A U.S. citizen who hoped to punish the Netherlands for its government's support of the war in Iraq has confessed to axing a 22-year-old Dutch student to death after failing to find a soldier to kill, his lawyer said Tuesday. |
Dozens trapped in China mine blast | TONGCHUAN, CHINA - A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in China's Shaanxi province, trapping as many as 170 miners underground. |
Yahoo!: Microsoft ci sottovaluta | Il cda: non e' nell'interesse degli azionisti |
For a Man in the Middle on Iraq, Church Provides No Sanctuary | The sign outside Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke announces that it is a "liberal, welcoming religious community." For Rep. Tom Davis yesterday, it was more liberal than welcoming. |
Probe: Intense Flames Sped WTC Collapse | Federal investigators believe the second World Trade Center tower fell much more quickly than the first because it faced a more concentrated, intense fire inside, officials said Tuesday. |
Campbell set to sign new Arsenal deal | Sol Campbell today revealed that he has agreed to sign a new long-term contract at Arsenal. The England defender is expecting to tie up a few loose ends over the next couple of weeks before making an official announcement. |
Once Again, Nortel Says It Must Restate Its Financial Results | Nortel Networks will restate its results for the fourth time in four years, a move that will delay the filing of its 2006 annual report. |
Milano, 23:19 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: MILAN-CELTIC 1-0 DTS, ROSSONERI AI QUARTI | Il Milan si è qualificato per i quarti di finale della Champions League battendo gli scozzesi... |
"Millions" stolen in Belfast bank raid | Police in Northern Ireland say they are investigating a major robbery at a bank in Belfast. "Detectives are investigating the removal of a substantial amount of cash from a bank in the |
Police in NY groom shooting case want new venue | Three New York City detectives due to be tried over the shooting death of an unarmed black man hours before his wedding plan to ask for the trial to be moved because they say an unbiased jury cannot be found locally. |
News Corp, DJ board in early editorial pact: source | Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on a structure to protect the editorial independence of Dow Jones' news operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. |
Doctor Accused of Leak to Drug Maker | A member of the Senate said that a diabetes expert tipped GlaxoSmithKline to the publication of safety questions about Avandia. |
Iraqi Shi'ites reject demand by Sunnis to postpone vote | BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani yesterday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines. |
HK voters begin choosing a leader | Voters in Hong Kong start the process of electing a new leader, with pro-democrats hoping for gains. |