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Morocco raises security alert to maximum | Morocco has raised the national security alert rating to "maximum," the highest level which indicates a radical Islamist attack is expected imminently, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. |
Vilsack Won't Seek Chairmanship of DNC | Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday that he will not seek the chairmanship of the Democratic Party. |
Thai PM Thaksin set for landslide re-election victory | Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was set to become the most powerful leader ever elected in Thailand, with TV exit polls giving him 399 of 500 seats after the election and his rival swiftly conceding. |
Troubled Deka poised to sell Lloyd's building | Deka's property fund arm is selling the building for close to 375m ($502m) as part of an emergency 700m programme to stabilise its property fund operations after a mass outflow of funds, including 1.7bn from ... |
Radio 4 revives Hitchhiker's game | A Douglas Adams game is revived to mark a new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series. |
U.S. Won't Release Iraqi Women Prisoners | BAGHDAD, Iraq - A senior Iraqi official said Wednesday that a decision had been made to release a top female germ-warfare scientist for Saddam Hussein, but Iraq's leader and U.S. officials moved quickly to squelch the idea that she would be freed soon... |
J&J psoriasis drug posts mixed results in trial | Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday its new type of treatment for psoriasis was highly effective in a mid-stage trial, but was linked to an increased risk of serious adverse events, including heart attacks. |
Mussolini's grandson demands official post-mortem | Sixty-one years after Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was summarily executed, one of his grandsons has demanded that his remains be exhumed and an official post-mortem carried out. |
Iran ready to guarantee it wonât make nukes: Khatami | TEHRAN: Iran said on Saturday it will continue its nuclear program but provide "guarantees" not to seek atomic weapons, and warned Washington it canât stabilise Iraq and Afghanistan without Tehranâs help. |
France's Chief Purveyor of Paranoia | No writer has provided as many scenarios for suspense films than the great master of unease, Georges Simenon. The latest adaptation is "Red Lights." |
NI Catholic schools may ban Amnesty | The Catholic church in Northern Ireland has told schools to ban Amnesty for its pro-abortion stance. |
To Menendez, Bill Sells Families Short | Sen. Robert Menendez is a first-generation American in a family of Cuban immigrants, a man who has referred to his parents as the embodiment of the American Dream. The New Jersey Democrat says the country's broken immigration system must be fixed, and last year he backed an unsuccessful reform bill. |
E-Commerce Report: A Click on Clothes to Support Fair Trade | Fair Indigo will rely mostly on the Web and catalogs to sell what executives said is the first mainstream clothing line made in accordance with fair-trade practices. |
Wildfires devastate Greek olive groves | The smoldering trunks of olive trees stretch across mountain slopes and valleys, their precious fruit lying like pellets of charcoal on the blackened ground. As far as the eye can see, the groves that produce one of Greece's best known exports have been devastated. |
NICOLAS SARKOZY ELECTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF FRANCE RULING PARTY | Nicolas Sarkozy, the new leader of France's ruling conservative party, has carved out a stellar political career that he unabashedly sees as one day -- and sooner rather than later -- making him French president. |
Schumacher wins Japanese Grand Prix | Michael Schumacher drove his Ferrarito an easy victory in the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka on Sunday,winning the race for a sixth time. |
Blatter re-elected as FIFA president | Sepp Blatter was re-elected unopposed Thursday to a third term as president of soccer's world governing body. |
BERN/SARAJEVO, October 6 (FENA) - BiH Presidency Chair Sulejman... | BiH Presidency Chair Sulejman Tihic, BiH Presidency member Borislav Paravac and Head of BiH Presidency member Dragan Covic's Cabinet Daria Krsticevic met representatives of the BiH diaspora in Switzerland in ... |
SHE's GONNA BEBO A STAR ; Leanne's a Hit With Web Teens | By LYNNE KELLEHER AN Irish rock chick is set for internet stardom - after being voted top local artist on a leading website. Leanne Harte, 20, has become an overnight success on teenage cult website Bebo, with 52,000 fans signing on to her site in the past six months. |
Rangers outlast battling Dons | Rangers kept up their pursuit of leaders Celtic with a hard-fought 2-1 win away to Aberdeen at Pittodrie here. |
Wireless spectrum debate moves into presidential politics | Presidential candidate John Edwards is urging the FCC to make it easier for small companies to acquire wireless spectrum when it goes to auction next year. |
Hidden teen, suspect may have had relationship | Police said Thursday that a 41-year-old suspect and a missing teenage girl found locked in a secret room may have had an inappropriate relationship. |
Edwards: Bush Implied Saddam-9/11 Link | Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday accused President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney of misleading Americans by implying a link between deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
Lusso: penne Omas cedute ai cinesi | La societa' era stata fondata nel 1925 a Bologna |
New York, 08:47 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL | Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey su ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte (in ... |
Elway, Bon Jovi in AFL Movie Short | John Elway and Jon Bon Jovi are at it again. The Hall of Fame quarterback and the rocker, both owners of Arena Football League teams, have joined the cast of NBC's "Las Vegas" for a second AFL movie short, "Rumble in the Montecito." |
For some, AIDS evolving into national security threat | Blog: A U.N. official charged with battling the spread of AIDS thinks that some developed countries fail to recognize the impact of a disease that's more than 25 years old. |
To Get Out of a Stall, Apply Lift. An Election May Work. | While the stock market close to stumbling through its fifth-longest stall since 1983, there could be a little election-year boost for equities. |
Unexploded Israeli bombs menace Lebanese | The fighting stopped two weeks ago, but it's still too dangerous for Abdullah Ziaeddine to move back into his war-blasted home, much less start to rebuild. Like hundreds of fields, houses and roads across Lebanon, his yard is littered with unexploded bomblets from an Israeli cluster bomb attack that spewed the small and deadly metal canisters. |
Poisoned websites attack visitors | Many small web shops have become unwitting hosts for malicious code that attacks Windows PCs that visit. |
Jackson Wants 'Noles | Middle linebacker D'Qwell Jackson looks forward to the Florida State game every year after they decided not to recruit him out of high school. |
California Cuts New Gaming Deal | Casino fever continues to grip California, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing agreements that will allow five Native American tribes to add thousands of slot machines. |
EU asks Bangladesh to hold vote, backs graft drive | Bangladesh's army-backed interim government should hold elections as soon as possible as well as making progress on battling corruption, the European Union said on Saturday. |
G-8 Approves Aid for Africa, Warns Iran | "We said that on behalf of the countries of the G-8, that we are aware of our obligations and we would like to fulfill the promises that we entered into and we are going to do that." Leaders of the Group of Eight agreed Friday on a $60 billion package to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa and warned Iran over its disputed nuclear program, closing out a summit of the world's richer nations.But a deal could not be reached on the the independence-seeking Serbian province of Kosovo during three days of talks at the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm.About half of the $60 billion was pledged earlier by the U.S., and other nations will contribute the rest, Germany's development minister said. Read more |
High Stress Hurt Short-Term Memory | Stress can produce an enzyme that interferes with short-term memory and other higher brain functions, according to an article in Science. |
Athletics: Greek duo await fate | The IAAF is set to decide how Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou should be punished for missing drugs tests. |
Qathafi asked the US to withdraw from Iraq, Schroeder commends Libya's openness policy | During his first visit to Tripoli yesterday, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with the Libyan leader Muammar Qathafi, commended the "Libyan openness policy" and the recent changes made by Tripoli on ... |
NFL plays the bad cop against Plummer and a decal | The National Football League wanted to package its tribute to Pat Tillman much the same way it's planning the next halftime show at the Super Bowl. |
Are You Ready For A Relationship | Are You Ready For A Relationship by Rinatta Paries |
Some 28 U.S. GIs Face Afghan Abuse Cases | WASHINGTON - Up to 28 U.S. soldiers face possible criminal charges in connection with the deaths of two prisoners at an American-run prison in Afghanistan two years ago, the Army announced Thursday... |
Afghan voters face threats | With elections just days away, an increase of violence is casting doubt on the whether voters will show up at all. |
Oil Firm After 4 Percent Jump | Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter. |
Voicemail-to-Text Comes to Alltel Phones | You're in a meeting, and silently receive your latest voicemail -- as a text message. That service could become more common on cell phones after Monday's announcement that Alltel Wireless and SpinVox are launching a new voicemail-to-text service. |
U.S. Trade Deficit Drops in 2007 | The deficit declined by six percent, after setting records for five straight years. The improvement came despite a huge jump in the bill for foreign oil and another record deficit with China. |
Ferguson: Rooney Will Cool It in Three Years | Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claims hothead striker Wayne Rooney will cool down in âtwo or three yearsâ. Rooney has been widely criticised for his actions during Englandâs friendly defeat by Spain in Madrid on Wednesday. |
Full-On Rock Band Makes Jamming Follow-Up to Guitar Hero | Harmonix's new game, the aptly named Rock Band, will be released for Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 by year's end. The company had a surprise success with its previous franchise, Guitar Hero, but Rock Band -- along with its four peripherals -- will retail for $200, four times as much as a typical game. |
Pediatrico Firenze torna efficiente | Risolto blackout avvenuto ieri sera, forse cause tecniche |
Stop, Look and Listen | By Craig Jarvis, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Sep. 17--Opera Company of North Carolina is opening its doors again during rehearsals for "Don Giovanni" in a Cameron Village storefront. Opera-lovers and the curious can drop in at the former Figs building, 2018 Clark Ave. |
Krispy Kreme Replaces CEO, Names Financial Adviser | Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., whose share price has collapsed as it faces a federal accounting investigation and shareholder lawsuits, on Tuesday replaced its chairman and chief executive with a restructuring expert who currently runs Enron Corp. |
Brazil Indians, Google to Fight Logging | By ALAN CLENDENNING SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid images that could help stop loggers and miners from deforesting the jungle and digging for gold on its vast Amazon reservation. |
ROWNS 17, REDSKINS 13; Redskins 1-for-11 on third downs | Finally on the field, Lee Suggs got the Browns running in the right direction. Suggs, who missed the first three games with a neck injury, rushed for 82 yards and scored on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter. |
IAEA to test Iran's atom transparency pledge | The U.N. atomic watchdog's No. 2 official goes to Iran on Wednesday to test Tehran's latest promise to answer questions about its nuclear agenda under the threat of stiffer sanctions. |
Honour for Dolly sheep scientist | The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours. |
New Cabir Variants are Spreading Fast | Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure has detected two new fast spreading variants of the Cabir virus that infects cell phones using the Symbian operating system. |
Japan will never war with China: PM | SANTIAGO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday his country would never go to war with China and that bilateral ties were satisfactory. |
UPDATE 1-Nine-man Celtic beaten 2-0 by Rangers | Celtic lost two men, gave away two poor goals and allowed their discipline to crumble in a chaotic 2-0 Scottish premier league defeat at Glasgow rivals Rangers on Saturday. |
Amaechi's out, and in the media mix | Five days after becoming the first NBA player to acknowledge his homosexuality, former center John Amaechi said the spotlight has been chaotic. |
Sixers prepared to trade Robinson | The Philadelphia 76ers placed 11-year veteran Glenn Robinson on the injured list Monday with left ankle tendinitis and will try to trade the former No. |
Ukraine candidate 'was poisoned' | Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's mystery illness was caused by poisoning, doctors say. |
Iraqis Seek Coalition to Curb Cleric | Several of IraqÂs major political parties are in talks to form a coalition whose aim is to break the influence of the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi officials say. |
Flu vaccine can prevent global health disaster : | Health India > Washington, Nov 13 : An influenza pandemic, when it arrives, could be the largest health disaster witnessed by mankind and countries need to gear up efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent this potential devastation, experts have said. |
India probes baby body parts find | Police in India find nearly 30 bags full of babies' body parts in a rubbish tip in eastern Orissa state. |
Delay on North Korean Nuclear Plan | North Korea warned that it would slow work to disable its main nuclear complex at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, because of delays in deliveries of aid. |
Canada's Grandi wins second World Cup race | Despite the distraction of jubilant celebrations following his first World Cup win on Sunday, Canadian skier Thomas Grandi won his second World Cup victory in three days. |
Ukrainian court annuls voting changes meant to curb fraud | KIEV - Ukraine's top court overturned recent legislation intended to curb vote fraud, ruling just one day before the presidential election re-match that the laws violated the constitution. |
Fannie Mae in Deal to Hike Capital | Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government regulator said on Monday. |
Bears' pat-down searches suit dismissed | A lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of pat-down searches of fans before Chicago Bears games at Soldier Field was dismissed Tuesday. |
Pitcairn's islanders confront lasting culture of rape | SYDNEY -- When Fletcher Christian and his crew of Bounty mutineers landed 214 years ago on tiny Pitcairn Island, its remote location halfway between New Zealand and Peru made it the perfect place to hide. Its isolation has protected the little colony's customs -- some quaint and some sinister -- ever since. |
Please Work for Free! | "Orville Wright said to his brother, Wilbur, 'You were only in the air for twelve seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland? |
Video Shows Eight Chinese Held Hostage | Insurgents released a video Tuesday showing eight Chinese workers held hostage by gunmen who claim the men are employed by a construction company working with U.S. troops, in the latest abduction of foreigners in Iraq. |
Big-city mayors develop gas-tax position | The mayors of Canada's largest cities have a united position to present to the federal government as they lobby for gas tax revenues. |
Fashion Writer Sentenced to 20 Years in Attack | Peter Braunstein was convicted on charges that he tied up, sexually molested and terrorized a former colleague. |
Iraqis bury victims of U.S. airstrike | Angry Iraqi villagers fired into the air on Saturday as they buried more than a dozen victims of a U.S. air strike that Sunni leaders condemned as a massacre. |
US immigration cavity search ends in agony | Official pulled 'very hard' US immigration officials insisted the sufferer of an anal infection remove a small piece of medical thread which was being used by doctors to treat the condition. The man required treatment under general anaesthetic as a result.⦠|
Yahoo Messenger patches security flaw, again | Yahoo issues patch for a highly critical security flaw just a week after it issued another Yahoo IM security update. |
New MacBook Pro Gets Faster CPU, Memory, Graphics | Apple has improved the speeds of its MacBook Pro laptops up to 2.4GHz, increased memory to 4GB and added Nvidia graphics. |
Idi Amin threats over queen's silver jubilee exposed | "I wish to inform you that I shall personally attend the meeting and also be present at all the functions organised for the celebrations of the silver jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen." Britain, which turned to the International Monetary Fund for help after a 1976 sterling crisis, held lavish celebrations to mark the queen's 25 years on the throne, including a service at Saint Paul's cathedral ... via Gulf Times |
Bush's Mideast involvement faces obstacles | Peace plans bearing the name of US presidents or their secretaries of state litter the history books of the Middle East, most of them discarded as failures or nonstarters. |
Feds Revise Nuke Plant Security | Making nuclear power plants crash-proof to an airliner attack by terrorists is impracticable and it's up to the military to avert such an assault |
Apple stops Boot Camp downloads | Apple reminded users that the license to Boot Camp would expire when Leopard shipped. The application's beta has been available free of charge for Mac owners running Mac OS X 10.4, commonly known as Tiger. |
Borsa Milano: apertura in ribasso | Il Mibtel cede lo 0,25%, l'SP arretra dello 0,22% |
D.C. Boosts Security For Holiday Festivities | Authorities in Washington and other U.S. cities announced increased security measures yesterday to thwart the possibility of a car bomb targeted at Fourth of July celebrations, after three terrorism attempts in London and Glasgow last week. |
What Would Obama Say? | At 26, Jon Favreau is writing speeches for a man who owns the words. |
Gaza electricity cuts suspended | Israel's attorney general has intervened to suspend plans to restrict electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. |
Peter Doig's new show at Tate Britain | Judith Nesbitt, curator of the new Peter Doig exhibition, talks about one of her favourite works as a new retrospective of the artist opens at Tate Britain |
US Fallujah Strike Kills 12 'Wedding Party Guests', Hostage Said ... | A US airstrike on a suspected terrorist safehouse in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah has killed at least 12 people and wounded 17 others. |
Remember their names | Arts & entertainment: One London comprehensive is responsible for setting Adele, Amy Winehouse, the Feeling and more on the road to fame. Who's next, asks Will Hodgkinson as he enrols at the Brit school |
Judge orders more Gitmo papers unsealed | A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Defense to release documents detailing mistreatment or disciplinary action taken against detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other information sought by The Associated Press. |
QE2 liner breaks down on cruise | The QE2 has broken down after suffering a mechanical fault in Croatia during a Mediterranean cruise. |
Cricket: Bangladesh skipper demands all-round improvement | Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar has demanded an all-round improvement in his team's performance in the third one-day international against Zimbabwe here. |
Clinton plays flight attendant in campaign plane spoof | Hillary Clinton, flight attendant? Not exactly, but the Democratic presidential hopeful did impersonate one briefly on Wednesday as her new campaign plane made its first voyage with journalists, staff and the candidate herself on board. |
Pakistan testfires Ghauri Hatf V missile | Islamabad, Oct 12 (UNI) Pakistan today successfully testfired medium range surface-to-surface Ghauri Missile Hatf V capable of carrying nuclear warheads up to 1500 kms. |
Start-up says it can make solar panels out of dirty silicon | Someday, your silicon solar panels may not have to be purebloods if CaliSolar can perfect how it isolates impurities. |
Kansas Surprises Va. Tech in Orange Bowl | Kansas and Virginia Tech put on the sort of show that was sorely needed by college football and the B.C.S., which has endured several one-sided mismatches this bowl season. |
WAR-LORD PRESIDENT WOULD NEVER RESOLVE THE ANARCHY IN SOUTHERN ... | Ever since the Republic of Somalia forcefully gained its independence from European colonialists in 1960, the country is plagued by a number of serious problems including clan based governments, bad governance, chronic corruption, nepotism, favouritism |
After Ratings Slip, Animal Planet Turns to Its Wilder Side | Animal Planet, long regarded as a gentle wildlife channel, is shedding its cute and cuddly image. |
Mexico Prosecutor Plans Genocide Charges | The special prosecutor charged with probing decades-old human rights abuses allegedly committed by the government said Thursday he plans to charge more than 50 people this year with involvement in the nation's so-called "dirty war." |
New home sales fall more than expected | New single-family U.S. home sales fell 4.7 percent in December to the lowest rate in nearly 13 years while the median sales price dropped sharply according to a government report on Monday that delivered more grim news for the housing sector. |
Portsmouth go top of Premiership | Substitute Lomana LuaLua's goal in the win over Charlton takes Pompey to the top of the Premiership table. |
Genoa, 10:15 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI: PAURA PER RUBINHO, MA STA MEGLIO | Il tecnico del Genoa Giampiero Gasperini, intervenuto a 'Radio Anch'io lo sport' è tornato su... |