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Ken Marantz Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter | With his duties for country successfully completed, new Ethiopian star Kenenisa Bekele figured it was time to run for himself. Bekele ran a blistering final lap to win the men's 10,000 meters in an Olympic |
Al Copaco l'allarme del Sismi "Militari a rischio di attentati" | Audizione di Branciforte davanti ai parlamentari. Preoccupazioneper le operazioni Usa: "Hanno innescato una escalation violenta" Al Copaco l'allarme del Sismi "Militari a rischio di attentati" L'ammiraglio ha denunciato forti difficoltà di gestione a causadel taglio del 40 per cento del budget destinato all'intelligencedi ALBERTO CUSTODERO |
Renewed Darfur attacks; talks jeopardized | The special UN representative for Sudan said Thursday he is concerned about military action around El Fasher, the capital of the troubled Darfur region. |
Houston mayor coasting to third term | The freshman congressman's election night euphoria had barely subsided when a young San Antonio man approached him and drawled: "Congressman ... I'd like to work for you." |
Crawford's 30 keeps Knicks hot at home | Jamal Crawford scored 30 points, Stephon Marbury had 18 points and 15 assists and Tim Thomas scored 17 to lead the New York Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday. |
Witness: 9/11 Hamburg Suspect Knew Atta | A Moroccan being retried on charges he aided the Sept. 11 plotters was part of lead hijacker Mohamed Atta's inner circle and knew of the group's arguments for turning to violence, a witness testified Tuesday. |
For USC, repeat road is tougher | LOS ANGELES -- The giddy head coach jumped up and down on the sideline like he'd just won the lottery. Walking into the room for his postgame press conference, he gave athletics director Mike Garrett a long |
EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Clarke pleased that less is more | Five years ago, when Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke last played in a Ryder Cup on American soil, he looked a bit different. His critique of his appearance is a bit harsher. |
British NHS Strikes Deal with Microsoft | The system eventually will lead to all patients having an individual electronic record. Online booking will mean doctors and patients can make hospital appointments at their convenience. |
More on NPD's Office numbers | Microsoft's effort to turn trial users of the productivity suite into customers appears to be working, while even some Mac users are becoming Windows buyers. |
Television Review | 'Lumo ': Speaking the Unspeakable, and Seeing Its Human Toll | Women have suffered acute horrors â as the documentary âLumo,â to be shown tonight on PBS, quietly details â a consequence not only of the lawlessness that has plagued Congo. |
Credit Agricole announces 1.6-billion-euro writedown due to subprime crisis | French bank Credit Agricole said Thursday that higher writedowns and provisions stemming from the credit crisis will have an additional 1.6-billion-euro (2.3-billion-dollar) impact on its 2007 earnings. |
Online Consumers Spend More This Holiday Season | Online consumers in the United States spent $8.8 billion, excluding travel purchases, in November, a 19 percent jump over the $7.4 billion spent online a year earlier, a report released on Monday said. |
Australian bushfires leave grisly trail of environmental damage | Tens of thousands of iconic Australian creatures including koalas and kangaroos may have died in fires that swept through vast tracts of southern Australia this week, environmentalists say. |
In a Notably Speedy 11th Stage, Hunter Sprints to Victory | In a blistering ride on a hot, windy day, South African Robbie Hunter won the stage with an average speed nearing 29.9 miles an a hour, the fastest since 2005. |
Investors await critical court decision on Yukos | Investors refrained from trades in Yukos as they awaited a critical court decision on whether Russia's embattled oil giant could use its contested stake in a rival company to pay off its crushing tax bill. |
Starry-eyed granny gets duped | Sixty-one-year-old Shyama RashmiÂs dream to make her debut in a Bollywood film, turned sour after she was duped by a fake production house of Rs 50,000.She was also promised a modeling assignment for a Qualis car. |
Kidnappers threaten to hand Hassan to al-Zarqawi | The kidnappers of British hostage Margaret Hassan have threatened to hand her over to an al-Qaida-related group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless their demands - including the |
In This Race, Independents Are the Prize | The presidential race is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify with neither party. |
Wolverhampton fires manager Jones | Wolves manager Dave Jones was dismissed Monday with the relegated club struggling near the bottom of the former First Division. Jones, who had been in charge at Molineux since |
Sony Launches MP3 Walkmans to Counter IPod | Sony Corp 6758.T launched its first MP3-compatible flash memory digital music players under the Walkman name on Monday in the latest bid to reclaim the lead in a market it has lost to Apple Computer's iPod. |
Editor of Playboy Indonesia goes on trial | The editor of Playboy Indonesia went on trial on Thursday on charges of distributing indecent pictures to the public and making money from them, which could carry a jail term of up to 32 months. |
TV Time, Unlike Child Care, Ranks High in Mood Study | Findings show that watching television by oneself is a very enjoyable way to pass the time, and that taking care of children is often about as much fun as housework. |
Israel releases Palestinian funds | Israel agreed Sunday to release desperately needed funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a day before the moderate leader planned to meet the heads of Egypt, Israel and Jordan in a summit meant to bolster him in his struggle with Hamas. |
Germany's Shroeder visits Libya | German Chancellor Gerhard Shroeder met with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on ways to boost bilateral relations and increase Libyan oil exports to Germany. |
Band manager in R.I. fire wants release | The rock band manager whose pyrotechnics started a fire that killed 100 people in a Rhode Island nightclub waited Wednesday for a parole board to decide if he could leave prison early. |
Parolees on MySpace may land in jail | Many convicted sex offenders who had profiles on the popular MySpace website are on parole, and some may be sent back to prison for e-mailing minors. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says more than half of the 210 sex offenders from his state who used the social networking site are on parole. One was returned to state custody last week for using the Internet, a violation of a condition of his release. |
A first look at Windows Mobile 6 | Microsoft has made the newest version of its mobile OS faster, sleeker and much more Vista-like than previous versions. |
Afghan attack kills at least eight | KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - At least eight people were killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday in a suicide car bombing against NATO troops and subsequent gunfire by soldiers, police and witnesses said. |
Spirits Company Makes Bid For Mondavi Wines | BERKELEY, Calif. -- The California winemaker Robert Mondavi says it is reviewing an unsolicited offer to buy the company, but it is not rejecting it as yet. |
Bryant accuser publicly identifies herself in civil lawsuit | Under orders from a federal judge, the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape identified herself by name Thursday in a revised version of the lawsuit she filed against the NBA star two months ago. |
Mets Close in on Deals With Benson, Leiter | Kris Benson and Al Leiter are likely to be back with the New York Mets next season. |
Last.fm debuts free music service | A free music service partly funded by adverts has been launched by social music site Last.fm |
Man arrested for shooting cell phones into Swedish prison with bow | Swedish police say it was a pretty novel way to aid a prison escape. They ve arrested a man for allegedly shooting cell phones into a prison yard using a bow and arrows. |
Bush Econ Team to Undergo Gradual Changes | President Bush, who swiftly reshuffled his foreign policy team on Tuesday, is planning a more gradual overhaul of his top economic staff, people close to the White House said. |
Mind games: `The Forgotten' plays its most devilish tricks on ... | The truth is out there in Joseph Ruben's ``The Forgotten,'' a thriller suggesting a lost episode of ``The X-Files.''. |
Another rally by Savio Prep | A team fighting for its life -- in more ways than one -- plays on. |
OSI Pharmaceuticals Loss Widens | OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Monday posted a wider loss for the year ended Sept. 30, hurt by greater research and development costs and one-time charges during the period. |
In Japan, McDonald's Serves a New Chip | Semiconductor and cell-phone technology converge in fast food. |
PepsiCo Q2 profit rises | PepsiCo Inc. on Thursday posted a rise in second-quarter profit, helped by its non-soda portfolio including Gatorade sports drinks and Aquafina water. |
Struggling Iraq Forces Need More Help, Says U.S. | Iraq's struggling security forces have had mixed results against a mounting insurgency and the United States is examining if more funds are needed for this nascent force, the U.S. government said on Thursday. |
Brit's birthday windfall on bet he'd reach 100 years | A British man celebrated his 100th birthday more than 7,000 pounds (10,400 euros, 14,000 dollars) the richer after placing a bet 10 years ago -- on his own long life expectancy. |
Tory group urges 'green rebate' | A Tory policy group proposes a stamp duty rebate for home-buyers who improve energy efficiency. |
Kerry leads 'Late' surge | Variety - NEW YORK -- Fueled by John Kerry's guest appearance Monday, CBS latenight host David Letterman posted his highest overnight ratings for a season premiere since the program bowed in 1993. |
LG Philips lays claim to biggest OLED | Prototype 20.1-inch display is the world's largest OLED, the South Korea-based manufacturer says. |