mexico city has a very bad pollution problem because the mountains around the city act as walls and block in dust and smog.
poor air circulation out of the mountain-walled mexico city aggravates pollution.
satomi mitarai died of blood loss.
satomi mitarai bled to death.
the national insurrection of 1794, led by tadeusz kosciuszko against the russo-prussian second partition, was brutally crushed; the ensuing third partition of poland among russia, prussia, and austria left warsaw a provincial town of south prussia.
warsaw became a town in prussia.
the city tenochtitlan grew rapidly and was the center of the aztec's great empire.
tenochtitlan quickly spread over the island, marshes, and swamps.
militant groups in iraq have waged a kidnapping campaign aimed at driving out u.s. supporting companies and troops.
about 70 foreigners have been abducted by militants fighting the u.s.-led occupation and reconstruction efforts in iraq.
massoud emami, governor of iran's northwestern province of qazvin, and at least 8 others on abroad a helicopter were killed in a crash.
governor of iran's qazvin province, massoud emami, and eight others were killed
in 1541 the turks took the buda and held it until 1686; the city changed very little during this time.
the turks held buda between 1541 and 1686.
hyperhidrosis is more common than you think. this condition affects 1 out of 25 people.
asians have an even higher rate of incidence---1 of every 5 suffers from hyperhidrosis.
the alameda central ( central mall ) roughly marks the western edge of the old colonial city.
the alameda central is west of the zocalo.
vanunu converted to christianity while in prison, and has been living in an anglican cathedral in jerusalem since his release on april 21.
a convert to christianity, vanunu has sequestered himself at a jerusalem church since he was freed on april 21.
the clark county medical examiner's office said the man who was killed was 33 years old.
the clark county medical examiner's office put the dead man's age at 33.
president nicanor duarte frutos asked the private sector to help the state's overwhelmed public health system.
president nicanor duarte called the tragedy "a moment of great anguish" for his country as he visited the scene.
israeli prime minister ariel sharon threatened to dismiss cabinet ministers who don't support his plan to withdraw from the gaza strip.
israeli prime minister ariel sharon threatened to fire cabinet opponents of his gaza withdrawal plan.
the city was traditionally inhabited by mestizos ( people of mixed european and indian descent ) and criollos ( mexicans of european descent ), but steady immigration from the countryside has given it a more indian character.
people known as mestizos are of mixed european and indian descent.
excluding restructuring costs and the associated tax impact, net income for the recent quarter would have been $4 million, seagate said.
excluding these items, seagate would have posted earnings of $462 million, or 93 cents a share.
the crew of apollo 11, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, and other early astronauts were named "ambassadors of exploration" in a ceremony at the smithsonian national air and space museum.
aldrin was one of the astronauts honored by nasa at the smithsonian national air and space museum.
the governor of qazvin province massoud emami, his deputy, the province's head of police and three crew died when a helicopter taking them to inspect the earthquake zone crashed on saturday.
massoud emami, governor of iran's northwestern province of qazvin, and at least 9 others on abroad a helicopter were killed in a crash saturday afternoon.
each hour spent in a car was associated with a 6 percent increase in the likelihood of obesity and each half-mile walked per day reduced those odds by nearly 5 percent, the researchers found.
the more driving you do means you're going to weigh more -- the more walking means you're going to weigh less.
a filipino truck driver held hostage in iraq for two weeks has been freed, a day after manila withdrew its troops in response to demands from kidnappers who had threatened to behead him.
egyptian driver mohammed al-gharabawi was freed after the saudi firm he worked for met kidnappers' demands by promising to stop doing work in iraq.
customers are starting to feel more comfortable with open source software, and they are even more comfortable if a big company like h-p stands behind it, said bob bickel, vice president for corporate strategy and development at jboss.
bob bickel, vice president of strategy and corporate development at jboss, said commercial use remains somewhat constrained because a cio doesn't know whom they can turn to for support.
some neighbors said they were forced to break windows to enter the supermarket because the doors wouldn't open.
many survivors said they were unable to open locked doors as they tried to flee the complex.
a union pacific freight train hit five people.
a union pacific freight train struck five people.
the plaintiffs are also concerned by suggestions the bones may have deteriorated in the eight years since they was pulled from the sediment.
the number of pieces of skeleton have grown since they've been lying in the cabinet.
ghazi yawar, a sunni muslim who lived for years in saudi arabia, has been picked as president of iraq after the favored u.s. choice, adnan pachachi, declined to take the job.
yawer is a sunni muslim.
last july, a 12-year-old boy in nagasaki - a city just north of sasebo - was accused of kidnapping, molesting and killing a 4-year-old by shoving him off the roof of a car garage.
last year a 12-year-old boy in nagasaki was accused of murdering a four-year-old boy by pushing him off a roof.
mexico city has a very bad pollution problem because the mountains around the city act as walls and block in dust and smog.
air pollution -- made up mostly of ozone, suspended particles, and sulfur dioxide -- has affected the climate by partially blocking the sun's rays.
a plane carrying 200 french jewish immigrants has landed in israel, at a time of strained diplomatic relations between israel and france.
nearly 2,000 jews emigrate from france to israel every year.
palestinian prime minister ahmed qureia has withdrawn his resignation, and agreed to stay on in his post at the urging of palestinian president yasser arafat.
palestinian prime minister ahmed quriea will stay in his post but did not formally withdraw his resignation.
five people were killed in another suicide bomb blast at a police station in the northern city of mosul.
five people were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bomb explosion outside an iraqi police station south of baghdad.
japan has long sought to overturn a 1986 ban on all commercial whaling, and its proposal to allow the hunting of minke whales in the antarctic came at the iwc's annual meeting in italy, which, as in past years, has been dominated by the issue.
commercial whale hunting has been banned by the iwc.
the palace of fine arts is the home of the famous mexican ballet folklorico, which is known for its colorful costumes as well as its dancing.
the downtown palace of fine arts is the traditional concert and opera hall.
landslides, collapsing houses, drowning, disease and snake bites have brought the death toll across south asia to 1,338.
deaths from monsoon rains across south asia hit 1,300.
the first settlements on the site of jakarta were established at the mouth of the ciliwung, perhaps as early as the 5th century ad.
the first settlements on the site of jakarta were established as early as the 5th century ad.
jennifer hawkins is the 21-year-old beauty queen from australia.
jennifer hawkins is australia's 20-year-old  beauty queen.
shrek 2 retained the top spot with $92.2 million over the long memorial day weekend, fending off the global-catastrophe tale "the day after tomorrow," which debuted with $86 million, according to studio estimates monday.
shrek 2 retained the top spot with $92.2-million over the long weekend, fending off the global-catastrophe tale the day after tomorrow, which debuted with $86-million, according to studio estimates.
i'm doing everything to be prepared for the olympics so i can achieve something for my country, she said, speaking at the country's only studio for female judo players.
i'm doing everything to be prepared for the olympics so i can achieve something for my country, she said, speaking at the country's only studio for female judokas.
the city has marked topographical contrasts: buda is built on the higher river terraces and hills of the western side, while the considerably larger pest spreads out on a flat and featureless sand plain on the river's opposite bank.
pest is on the opposite, east bank.
it's troubling that it took an eight-year, multimillion-dollar legal fight with a government that was bent on siding with religion over the right to study a 9,300-year-old skeleton.
an 8-year fight ends over a 9,200-year-old man.
on the 35th anniversary of the first lunar landing, nasa struggled with money problems as it aimed to return to human space flight after the columbia disaster and ultimately put people back on the moon.
nasa paid tribute to america's first generation of astronauts to mark the 35th anniversary of the first moon walk.
staten island ferry captain michael gansas has refused to talk with investigators.
city officials fired the captain of the crashed staten island ferry.
the directive, issued by vietnam's minister of post and telecommunications do trung ta on monday, is the latest in a string of measures unveiled in recent months to prevent "bad and poisonous information" being circulated online.
the regulations are the latest ones in a string of recent measures aimed at cracking down on "bad information" circulated over the internet.
the taliban's rule from 1996 to 2001 was a dark period for afghan athletes, especially girls and women.
rezzay came home after the taliban were toppled by afghan opposition forces in 2001
mr sadr is wanted by the u.s. in connection with the assassination of a rival cleric in april 2003.
u.s. troops seized a relative and senior lieutenant to sadr, who was also wanted for murder.
the city's main industries are construction and the production of chemicals, plastics, cement, and yarns and textiles.
the city's products include chemicals, plastics, cement, yarns, and textiles.
some bodies were found still seated in their cars, blackened from the intense heat.
badly burned bodies could be seen as they were taken away after the fire.
combined with oil prices still hovering near $44 a barrel.
the company's shares were down 44 cents.
the accidental discovery of its skull by two young men walking along the columbia river caused a sensation, not only because of its age but also because some features did not resemble those of modern american indians, as would have been expected then.
the skeleton, among the oldest in america, bears little physical resemblance to any present-day americans.
a suicide attacker killed 51 people when he exploded a bomb-laden vehicle outside a central baqouba police station wednesday.
70 people were killed wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed sedan on a busy baqouba street.
google apparently doesn't handle bureaucratic paperwork as smoothly as its online search engine sorts through billions of web pages.
google inc. is delaying its ipo by a week because of logistical problems related to institutional investors registering to bid on the shares.
the latest french government figures show 510 anti-jewish acts or threats in the first six months of 2004 - compared with 593 for all of last year.
there are growing anti-jewish sentiments and incidents in france as more than 300 anti-semitic attacks have been reported in france so far this year, which is more than in all of 2003.
the dutch name batavia remained the internationally recognized name until full indonesian independence was achieved and djakarta was officially proclaimed the national capital ( and its present name recognized ) on december 27, 1949.
indonesia gained independence in 1949, and the name of the city was changed to djakarta.
witnesses said the gunman was wearing gray pants and a tan jacket and was carrying a gray bag.
witnesses said the gunman was wearing gray pants and a tan jacket, and carrying a gray bag.
prime minister allawi has sent out letters to countries that might be candidates.
prime minister allawi will return to iraq in time for the country's national conference.
several other people, including a woman and two children, suffered injuries in the incident.
several people were slightly wounded, including a woman and three children
as oil prices soared to new heights after a terrorist attack in saudi arabia, the nation's influential oil minister tried to reassure markets yesterday that opec would do its best to provide adequate supplies.
as oil prices soared after a terrorist attack in saudi arabia, the nation's oil minister tried to reassure markets that opec will try to provide adequate supplies.
a filipino hostage in iraq was released.
a filipino hostage was freed in iraq.
the greek government is spending over 1 billion euros.
greece is spending over 1 billion euros.
cinemas showing the new harry potter film are being issued with night vision goggles in a bid to stamp out piracy.
night vision goggles have been distributed along with the film.
the city has marked topographical contrasts: buda is built on the higher river terraces and hills of the western side, while the considerably larger pest spreads out on a flat and featureless sand plain on the river's opposite bank.
buda features many hills, while pest is relatively flat.
anthropologists say that kennewick man's remains are part of an expanding body of evidence showing that american indians, long thought to have been the original inhabitants of the americas, may not have been the first people to live on the continents.
scientists say that kennewick man's skeleton could provide valuable information about the early settling of the americas.
the friday before she was reported missing, lori hacking, 27, left work stunned and sobbing.
hacking said she had gone jogging and never showed up for work.
in terms of music, the national philharmonic orchestra draws large crowds.
the national philharmonic orchestra draws large crowds.
it soon became the most important city of the americas, with jurisdiction extending well into the present united states and as far south as panama.
it soon became the most important city of the americas.
china has virtually refused korean demands that it correct distortions of koguyro history.
few koreans doubt that koguryo belonged to korea.
there are also tanneries, sawmills, textile mills, food-processing plants, breweries, and a film industry in the city.
movies are also made in the city.
they were greeted by israeli prime minister ariel sharon, who recently urged french jews to flee to israel to escape rising anti-semitism.
sharon praised france for 'determined action' against anti-semitism.
on hand to meet him with mbeki were the deputy foreign affairs minister, health minister, transport minister, defence minister and director general in the presidency, reverend frank chikane.
on hand to meet him with mbeki were the deputy foreign affairs minister, health minister, transport minister, defence minister and director general in the presidency, rev frank chikane.
japan wants to hunt more than 3,000 minke whales for meat that could be worth $300 million.
japan is the world's prime consumer of whale meat.
the gdp, which measures the value of all goods and services in the nation, rose at an annual rate of 3 percent in the second quarter, compared to a 4.5 percent rise in the first quarter.
gross domestic product, a measure of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a 3% annual pace in the april-june period.
scientists on earth, too, are gathering data on mars: researchers from the u.s. antarctic search for meteorites program announced yesterday the discovery of a martian meteorite recovered 750 kilometers from the south pole.
a martian meteorite was discovered by scientists in antarctica.
the aztec indians founded a city on the site of modern-day mexico city in the 14th century.
the aztecs arrived in the valley of mexico in the 13th century.
the alameda central, west of the zocalo, was created in 1592.
the alameda central is west of the zocalo.
the death toll is worst in india, however, with 686 fatalities so far.
flooding and related problems have killed 768 people in india.
nasa administrator sean o'keefe presented the apollo, gemini and mercury astronauts and survivors with commemorative plaques - each containing a small piece of lunar rock.
nasa administrator sean o'keefe has said shuttle astronauts will not make a repair call to the orbiting observatory because it would be too risky.
the search has focused on the hangman's cell, reputedly where 141 french prisoners of war were executed, and the 18th century master ropemaker's house.
the investigation focused on the hangman's cell, where 141 french prisoners-of-war were said to have been executed, as well at the 18th-century master ropemaker's house.
the south side store, part of a redevelopment of an abandoned steel plant, fell by a 25-21 vote. passage required a majority of 26 votes in the 50-member council.
approval for a second store fell one vote short.
after the war the city was briefly occupied by the allies and then was returned to the dutch.
after the war, the city was returned to the dutch.
mexico city has always been one of the main cultural centers of latin america, and much of the culture there is uniquely mexican.
mexico city has always been one of the prominent cultural centres of latin america.
john edwards praised john kerry as a man tested by war for national command.
john edwards's speech failed to mention president bush or vice president dick cheney.
"i want to go abroad and start my life as a free man. if israel is a democracy it should allow me to do it," vanunu told reporters at the court.
vanunu says he wants to start a new life in another country.
only around four million people out of a population of 81 million people regularly surf the internet in vietnam, mainly through cyber-cafes.
about four million people out of vietnam's population of 81 million regularly use the internet.
when the spaniards led by hernan cortes arrived in 1519, tenochtitlan had about 100,000 inhabitants.
in 1519, aztec culture was forever changed when the spaniards arrived.
more than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing and clashes wednesday as iraq's interim government marked its first month in office.
a minibus packed with explosives blew up near a police station and a market north of baghdad, iraq wednesday, killing 68 people and wounding 30 in the worst attack since the handover of power exactly one month ago.
seagate technology inc. reported a loss of $33 million on revenue of $1.34 billion.
seagate technology inc. posted revenues of $1.34 billion.
36 insurgents and 7 iraqi soldiers were killed in a joint raid by iraqi and foreign troops south of baghdad.
seven iraqi troops and 35 insurgents were killed in fierce fighting near suwariya, 20 miles southeast of baghdad.
night vision goggles have been distributed along with the film to vue cinemas, formerly known as warner village, in the uk.
vue cinemas - formerly warner village - have asked staff to check that audience members do not use video cameras to make pirate copies of the film.
when they returned home after the taleban had been toppled by afghan opposition forces, rezzay knew exactly what she wanted to do.
when they came home after the taliban were toppled by afghan opposition forces, rezzay knew exactly what she wanted to do.
oil prices may be jolted higher on tuesday when key markets reopen from a long holiday weekend that saw the second attack in less than a month on saudi arabia, the world's top crude exporter.
markets reopen tuesday after the holiday weekend.
many survivors said they were unable to open locked doors as they tried to flee the complex.
some neighbors said they were forced to break windows to enter the supermarket because the doors wouldn't open.
just hours before the gathering, a house appropriations subcommittee voted to cut $1.1 billion from nasa's budget request for the next fiscal year.
the national aeronautics and space administration would get $229 million less than it did in 2004 and $1.1 billion less than president bush requested, if a spending bill approved by a u.s. house of representatives subcommittee becomes law.
two candidates for the new iraqi president are 81-year-old pachachi and sunni tribal leader yawar.
pachachi and yawer are sunni muslim arabs.
officials said michael hamilton was killed when gunmen opened fire and exchanged shots with saudi security forces yesterday
michael hamilton died yesterday.
about 10 minutes after take-off on monday, yang told the crew that he had companions on board carrying sulphuric acid that they would throw over passengers unless the plane headed for south korea,
approximately 50 minutes into the flight, a man whose seat number was f12 came near the cockpit in an attempt to hijack the plane, saying he wanted to go to korea.
the capital of mexico, mexico city is one of the oldest cities in north america and one of the largest cities in the world.
spanish mexico, or ciudad de mexico, ancient ( nahua, or aztec ) tenochtitlan city, capital of mexico.
some witnesses said victims were not able to escape the flames because the exits had been locked, possibly to avoid robberies, a claim denied by juan pio paiva, the supermarket's owner.
witnesses told police a gas canister exploded.
cortes razed tenochtitlan in 1521 and constructed a spanish city on its ruins.
cortes quickly destroyed tenochtitlan and built a spanish city in its place.
among other cultural activities, the taman ismail marzuki centre has facilities for traditional or classical art performances as well as theatres for presenting modern plays and concerts; the centre also has a planetarium.
the taman ismail marzuki center also has theaters for presenting modern plays and concerts.
a car bomb that exploded outside a u.s. military base near beiji, killed 11 iraqis.
a car bomb exploded outside a u.s. base in the northern town of beiji, killing 11 iraqis.
a british oil executive was one of 16 people killed in the saudi arabian terror attack.
a british oil company executive was killed in the terrorist attack in saudi arabia
the gdp rose at an annual rate of 3 percent in the second quarter.
the weaker-than-expected gdp number gave wall street more to worry about in terms of how strong the economy will perform in the second half of this year.
at the welcoming ceremony, sharon appeared to try to correct the damage from his earlier statements, saying anti-semitism threatens the western world, without singling out france.
sharon said anti-semitism threatened the western world, but he did not single out france.
the city's official history, however, starts in 1527, when the sultan of bantam defeated the portuguese there and called the place jayakerta ( sundanese: "glorious fortress").
the city's official history starts in 1527, when a local ruler defeated the portuguese there and called the place jayakerta.
four people were killed and a us helicopter shot down in najaf.
five people were killed and an american helicopter was shot down in najaf.
mexico city lies in an endorheic ( characterized by interior drainage ) basin at an altitude of approximately 7,350 feet ( 2,240 metres).
mexico city is about 7,350 feet (2,240 meters) above sea level.
at the southeastern tip of the city, xochimilco, another small town subsumed by the city, is a popular tourist destination because of its chinampas, or "floating gardens," boats made out of reeds on which the indians have grown plants since pre-columbian times.
at the southeastern tip of the city lies a small town called xochimilco.
there are similarities between us and microsoft in that we believe in getting developer adoption and building community, and (microsoft) has always done a great job in ease of use, said zack urlocker, vice president of marketing at mysql, based in uppsala, sweden.
mysql vice president of marketing zack urlocker said companies such as sabre are using an open source stack for business applications.
the bush administration has long sought to augment the force with more muslim troops.
it was not clear whether a un security council resolution would be required to authorise a muslim force.
napster was originally a free pioneer file-swapping service, which was forced to shut down in 2001 after a painstaking legal battle with recording companies.
the original napster shut down after the music industry sued.
witnesses told police a gas canister exploded to start the fire in a multilevel building which houses the ycua bolanos supermarket, a food court and a parking garage, causing the bottom floor to collapse.
some witnesses said victims were not able to escape the flames.
abu musa al-hindi is one of the 13 men picked up in coordinated raids across the country.
bilal was arrested along with other 12 men.
the attorney for mark hacking said he will raise the issue of mental illness and challenge his client's confession to relatives that he killed his wife, lori, and dumped her body in a garbage bin.
hacking reportedly made the statement to his brothers when he was a psychiatric patient in the hospital.
microsoft delays release of windows xp update.
microsoft to begin shipping major update to windows
i love it, it's just such fun, said harry potter author jk rowling, who is estimated to have earned £435m from her creation.
the potter books netted an estimated £435 million for ms rowling.
korean seoul, formally soul-t'ukpyolsi ( "special city of seoul" ), largest city and capital of the republic of korea ( south korea ), located in the northwestern part of the country on the han-gang (han river ) 37 miles ( 60 kilometres ) from the yellow sea.
seoul is on the han river in the northwestern part of south korea, about 37 miles ( 60 kilometers ) from the yellow sea.
fbi agents later interviewed vanderford and opened an investigation.
the fbi said it was still considering whether vanderford had broken any law.
the dutch, under the leadership of jan pieterszoon coen, captured and razed the city in 1619, after which the capital of the dutch east indies -- a walled township named batavia -- was established on the site.
the dutch captured and destroyed the city in 1619.
the colonial era ended when indonesia was occupied by japanese forces in world war ii.
during world war ii, indonesia was taken over by japanese forces.
one famous nonastronaut also received one of the ambassador of exploration awards -former cbs newsman walter cronkite.
former cbs news anchor walter cronkite also received the ambassador honor.
sharon said on sunday evening that he intended to follow through with the plan "in light of the severe and dangerous economic and security situation that israel would find itself in if it had no diplomatic plan," a statement from his office said.
the plan, which has strong international support, including from the united states, has cost sharon his parliamentary majority and left him fighting for political survival.
toward the east , the city ends in a plain that meets the sierra nevada , with its two extinct volcanoes, ixtacihuatl ( 17,342 feet ) and popocatepetl ( 17,883 feet ), which were once a familiar sight from mexico city but are now usually obscured by pollution.
nearby are two volcanoes that can only be seen from the city on days when wind has cleared out the pollution.
scott and lance hacking talked with their younger brother at the hospital july 24.
douglas and scott hacking are physicians.
the most popular spectator sports are football ( soccer ) and bullfighting.
the most popular spectator sports are soccer and bullfighting.
saudi arabia was boosting its own production.
saudi arabia was boosting its production.
massoud emami, governor of iran's northwestern province of qazvin, and at least 9 others on abroad a helicopter were killed in a crash saturday afternoon.
governor of iran's qazvin province, massoud emami, and eight others were killed when their helicopter crashed while returning after an inspection of quake-hit roudbar alamout district, north of tehran.
in the early 20th century the city was the site of fighting during the mexican revolution.
during the mexican revolution, the city became a battlefield.
a spokeswoman said there were no more details available.
no further details were available.
measurements by ground-based instruments around the world have shown a decrease of up to 10 percent in sunlight from the late 1950's to the early 1990's.
the world is about 10 per cent darker than half a century ago
that's five times the amount spent by australia on security for the 2000 games in sydney.
that's five times more than australia spent to protect the 2000 olympics in sydney.
after world war i ( 1914-18 ), warsaw again became the capital of an independent poland.
after world war i warsaw regained its status as the national capital of poland.
when the spaniards led by hernan cortes arrived in 1519, tenochtitlan had about 100,000 inhabitants.
led by hernan cortes, the spaniards fought a war against the aztec.
budapest, capital of hungary, and administrative centre of budai jaras ( district ) and pest megye ( county).
budapest, the capital of hungary, is one of the largest cities of eastern europe.
it is the most fashionable district of budapest, where hungary's wealthy have houses.
it is the most fashionable district of budapest, where hungary's elite have houses.
baleen whales are filter feeders.
minke whales are the smallest of the baleen whales at about 30 feet.
until about five years ago, an 8-by-8-foot plank jutting out from the tracks provided a safe haven for those crossing the bridge if a train came.
until about five years ago, an 8-by-8-foot plank extending from the tracks provided a safe haven for those crossing the bridge if a train came.
the plaza mexico bullring is the largest in the world.
plaza mexico is the largest bullring in the world.
korean seoul, formally soul-t'ukpyolsi ( "special city of seoul" ), largest city and capital of the republic of korea ( south korea ), located in the northwestern part of the country on the han-gang (han river ) 37 miles ( 60 kilometres ) from the yellow sea.
seoul sits on both banks of the han.
aristide left haiti on february 29, on board an american military aircraft, in the face of mounting civil unrest and accusations of corruption.
aristide left haiti on february 29, on board a us military aircraft.
korean seoul, formally soul-t'ukpyolsi ( "special city of seoul" ), largest city and capital of the republic of korea ( south korea ), located in the northwestern part of the country on the han-gang (han river ) 37 miles ( 60 kilometres ) from the yellow sea.
the capital and largest city of south korea is seoul.
a militant group in iraq is holding seven foreign truck drivers.
the militant group said it had released the iraqi driver.
nasa administrator sean o'keefe presented the apollo, gemini and mercury astronauts and survivors with commemorative plaques -- each containing a small piece of lunar rock.
the astronauts were given lunar rocks that came from the 842 pounds of rocks and soil brought home from six moon expeditions from 1969 to 1972 and will be displayed in their names at the museum or educational institution of their choice.
prime minister ariel sharon, threatened sunday to fire rebellious cabinet ministers opposed to his gaza pullout plan.
prime minister ariel sharon, threatens to ax opponents.
shrek 2 rang up $92 million.
shrek 2 earned $92 million
diplomat and saudi security sources say there were multiple shooting attacks saturday on housing compounds in khobar.
they say the captives were among a large number of hostages seized at a housing compound near khobar.
formerly ( until 1949 ) batavia, jakarta is largest city and capital of indonesia.
indonesia gained independence in 1949, and the name of the city was changed to djakarta.
the nez perce, umatilla, yakama and colville tribes filed a claim to the skeleton shortly after it was unearthed on 31 july, 1996, on a wide bank of the columbia river at kennewick in washington state.
jim chatters of bothell is the scientist who first studied the skeleton after it was found on a columbia river bank in 1996.
the gdp, which measures the value of all goods and services in the nation, rose at an annual rate of 3 percent in the second quarter, compared to a 4.5 percent rise in the first quarter.
economists had looked for gdp to advance at a 3.6% pace after the previously reported rise of 3.9% in the first quarter.
seven iraqi men whose hands were ordered cut off by saddam hussein met with president bush at the white house on tuesday.
seven men, former prisoners of dictator saddam hussein, found themselves shaking hands with president george bush at the white house on tuesday.
colin powell, the us secretary of state, will today hold talks to discuss saudi arabia's offer to help build a joint force of muslim nations.
colin powell said key questions remain unanswered, including who would command the muslim troops.
eight million americans have hyperhidrosis.
a recent study estimated that 12 million americans have hyperhidrosis.
the bush administration has long criticized al-jazeera's coverage as biased against the united states.
the bush administration has long charged that al-jazeera provides an outlet for the al-qaida terrorist network.
the geneve-based fao organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th international world food security conference has been moved from bangkok to new delhi for security reasons.
the 4th international world food security conference is held in bangkok.
today's highlight in history: on nov. 24, 1963, in a scene captured on live network television, dallas nightclub owner jack ruby shot and mortally wounded lee harvey oswald as the accused assassin of president john f. kennedy was being escorted by police to an armored truck at the dallas municipal building for transfer to the county jail.
lee harvey oswald killed president john f. kennedy.
all residential areas in south africa are segregated by race and no black neighborhoods have been established in port nolloth.
all residential areas are located in south africa.
in 1999 ford bought the apartment in manhattan that he shares with his new girlfriend, calista flockhart.
calista flockhart lives in manhattan.
canadian authorities are investigating a report that frank costello, an american citizen, was offered the job of assassinating prime minister brian mulroney, a spokeswoman said.
frank costello killed prime minister brian mulroney.
alice walton, daughter of sam walton, the founder of wal-mart, is believed to be ready to pay about c$90m for the douglas lake ranch.
alice walton is the founder of wal-mart.
at a regular chinese foreign ministry briefing in beijing on thursday, spokesman li zhaoxing would say only that china will consider direct talks with vietnam at an appropriate time.
li zhaoxing lives in beijing.
according to viroj laohaphan, director general of thailand's customs department, if this amount of heroin had left thailand, it would have killed an uncountable number of people.
viroj laohaphan killed an uncountable number of people.
the geneve-based fao organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th international world food security conference has been moved from bangkok to new delhi for security reasons.
the 4th international world food security conference is held in new delhi.
the recent g8 summit, which was first held on july 13-16, 1975, took place on sea island on june 8-10.
the recent g8 summit took place on july 13-16, 1975.
lafarge was the one who taught tiffany to make the favrile glass, said auctioneer william doyle who operates an auction house in manhattan.
william doyle works for an auction house in manhattan.
los angeles, hometown of the lakers, hosted the basketball championship final last night.
the lakers were born in los angeles.
juan antonio samaranch, president of the international olympic committee, left lillehammer for sarajevo to pay tribute to this besieged city, host of the 1984 winter olympic games.
the 1984 winter olympic games were held in sarajevo.
the plays, presented in celebration of the 100th anniversary of o'neill's birth, may go on to new york city and the soviet union.
o'neill was born in new york city.
u.k. billionaire p. green raised his proposed bid for marks & spencer group plc.
p. green tries to take over marks & spencer group.
in 1999 ford bought the apartment in manhattan that he shares with his new girlfriend, calista flockhart.
ford lives in manhattan.
"much preparation is required to host the european football championship", declared russian president vladimir putin, commenting on the call of grigory surkis for russia to host euro 2012.
euro 2012 will be held in russia.
born in athens, psacharopoulos came to the united states at age 17 to enter oberlin college, where he met jean hackett, an actress of new york city.
oberlin college is an organisation based in new york.
officials in perugia in umbria province said five people were arrested there tuesday.
perugia is located in umbria.
the plays, presented in celebration of the 100th anniversary of o'neill's birth, may go on to new york city and the soviet union.
o'neill was born in new york city.
the film was produced by jason p. brubaker of brubaker films llc, in association with t-street productions.
j. brubaker is a member of t-street production.
mark said and philip dick, two members of ontario bradley first air's crew, were from montreal, canada.
bradley first air is an organisation based in montreal, canada.
illinois born charlton heston was a 27-year-old actor from broadway and television when he arrived in hollywood for a five-picture contract with hal wallis.
charlton heston was born in broadway.
only a dozen officials were present at the ceremony of power transfer from the us to the iraqi government, in which bremer handed over legal documents to interim prime minister iyad allawi.
bremer participates in the ceremony of power transfer from the us to the iraqi government.
the spd got just 21.5% of the vote in the european parliament elections, while the conservative opposition parties polled 44.5%.
the spd is defeated by the opposition parties.
hernandez galicia was arrested when soldiers blew down his door with a bazooka in a raid on his ciudad madero home.
hernandez galicia lives in ciudad madero.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
england is defeated by croatia.
in 1984 los angeles saw a record 140 nations taking part in the xxiii olympiade, despite the boycott led by the soviet union.
the xxiii olympiade was held in los angeles.
today's highlight in history: on nov. 24, 1963, in a scene captured on live network television, dallas nightclub owner jack ruby shot and mortally wounded lee harvey oswald as the accused assassin of president john f. kennedy was being escorted by police to an armored truck at the dallas municipal building for transfer to the county jail.
jack ruby killed president john f. kennedy.
dole's wife, elizabeth, is a native of salisbury, n.c.
dole's wife, elizabeth was born in salisbury, n.c.
cedras, biamby, and francois also led the 1991 coup.
cedras took part in the 1991 coup.
juan antonio samaranch, president of the international olympic committee, left lillehammer for sarajevo to pay tribute to this besieged city, host of the 1984 winter olympic games.
the 1984 winter olympic games were held in lillehammer.
the centre-right european people's party (epp), the largest group in the european parliament, has warned that it will reject the taoiseach, berni ahern, if he is nominated as the next president of the european commission.
berni ahern is the president of the european commission.
ahern, who is travelling to tokyo for an eu-japan summit yesterday, will consult with other eu leaders about the election of the eu commission president.
ahern takes part in an eu-japan summit.
abrams' 3-year service as head of the latin america bureau will end next week with the inauguration of president-elect bush in washington..
latin america bureau is an organisation based in washington.
only a few thousand people live in port nolloth, one of the few towns in the semi-arid landscape that makes up the northwest corner of south africa.
port nolloth is located in south africa.
the third african union summit opened in the ethiopia's capital of addis ababa on tuesday, june 29.
the third african union summit is held in ethiopia.
in 1782 martin van buren, the first us president who was a native citizen of the united states, was born in kinderhook, n.y.
the first us president was born in kinderhook, n.y.
lafarge was the one who helped tiffany to make the favrile glass, said auctioneer william doyle who operates an auction house in manhattan.
william doyle lives in manhattan.
romano prodi will meet the us president george bush in his capacity as president of the european commission.
romano prodi is the president of the european commission.
born in athens, psacharopoulos came to the united states at age 17 to enter oberlin college, where he met jean hackett, an actress of new york city
oberlin college is an organisation based in the united states.
today's highlight in history: on nov. 24, 1963, in a scene captured on live network television, dallas nightclub owner jack ruby shot and mortally wounded lee harvey oswald as the accused assassin of president john f. kennedy was being escorted by police to an armored truck at the dallas municipal building for transfer to the county jail.
jack ruby killed lee harvey oswald.
african presidents opened a two-day summit in accra, ghana, on ivory coast, where northern rebels and fiercely loyalist southerners continue to split the cocoa-rich country, ignoring a never-implemented 2003 power-sharing deal.
accra is located in ghana.
a marine who was kidnapped while patrolling a dangerous baghdad quarter by himself has turned up safe and well in the lebanon.
a marine has been kidnapped by himself.
the plan was released by mr dean on behalf of the secretary of health and human services, tommy thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a secretarial summit on health information technology that was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records.
tommy thompson is the secretary of health and human services.
the recent g8 summit, held june 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies.
the recent g8 summit took place on june 8-10.
two employees of the u.s. immigration service will go to moscow to help handle the processing.
u.s. immigration service is an organisation based in moscow.
abrams' 3-year service as head of the latin america bureau will end next week with the inauguration of president-elect bush in washington.
abrams lives in latin american.
henryk wieniawski, a polish-born musician, was known for his special preference for resurrecting neglected or lost works for the violin.
henryk wieniawski was born in polish.
yukos ignites oil prices
oil prices rise.
more than 250 paintings commemorate the centennial of the man ray's birth in philadelphia.
man ray was born in philadelphia.
police reports say gallardo assaulted his wife at school in late january, and friends said she was also attacked another time near where she was killed.
gallaro killed his wife.
two conservative federate appellate judges, ralph winter of the 2nd u.s circuit court of appeals in new york, and kenneth starr of the u.s. circuit court of appeals for the district of columbia have been appointed by reagan.
ralph winter works for the 2nd u.s. circuit of appeals in new york.
in waco, near nelson's hometown of abbott, auto parts salesman dave crowe proposed that fans join ``willie aid'' by mailing donations straight to the irs.
nelson was born in abbott.
the organizers of the 15th international aids conference, scheduled for next month in bangkok, thailand, last saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in bangkok discriminated against hiv-positive visitors attending a conference on climate changes.
the 15th international aids conference was held last saturday.
latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated world cup semifinalist turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of euro 2004.
turkey is defeated by latvia.
mr. griffith stated that he "can't understand the vote by a city council member against applying for a grant"
mr. griffith is a member of the city council.
regan attended a ceremony in washington to commemorate the landings in normandy.
washington is located in normandy.
the ansa agency said the operation involves police in umbria and lazio provinces in central italy and campania province in the south.
the ansa agency is an organisation based in umbria and lazio provinces.
jesse owens, the olympic legend from danville, ala., was born in 1913.
jesse owens was born in danville, ala.
born in athens, psacharopoulos came to the united states at age 17 to enter oberlin college, where he met jean hackett, an actress of new york city.
psacharopoulos is from athens.
regan recalled that he read a letter from a young woman whose late father had fought at ohama beach, a normandy sector.
ohama beach is located in normandy.
mrs. thatcher promised haughey that tom king, her minister for northern ireland, would make a statement soon about the ``organizational implications'' of the affair, the british spokesman said.
tom king was born in northern ireland.
william leonard jennings sobbed loudly as was charged with killing his 3-year-old son, stephen, who was last seen alive on dec. 12, 1962.
william leonard jennings killed his 3-year-old son, stephen.
the english team arrived last night in lisbon, portugal, to play its first euro 2004's match.
euro 2004 is held in portugal.
the plan was released by mr dean on behalf of the secretary of health and human services, tommy thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a secretarial summit on health information technology that was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records.
tommy thompson takes part in a secretarial summit on health information technology.
in 1833, benjamin harrison, the 23rd president of the united states, was born in north bend, ohio.
the 23rd president of the united states was born in ohio.
crude oil prices soared to record levels
crude oil prices rise.
the organizers of the 15th international aids conference, scheduled for next month in bangkok, thailand, last saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in bangkok discriminated against hiv-positive visitors attending a conference on climate changes.
the 15th international aids conference takes place in bangkok.
greece was the birthplace of the ancient olympic games. the 2004 olympic games will return to their origins when athens hosts the games of the xxviii olympiad.
the 2004 olympic games are held in athens.
mark said and philip dick, two members of ontario bradley first air's crew, were from montreal, canada.
mark said was born in ontario.
in 1984 los angeles saw a record 140 nations taking part in the xxiii olympiade, despite the boycott led by the soviet union
the xxiii olympiade took place in the soviet union.
the ansa agency said the operation involves police in umbria and lazio provinces in central italy and campania province in the south, without specifying exact arrest locations.
umbria and lazio provinces are located in central italy.
after germany's 0-0 draw saturday with 500-1 underdog latvia, it may be that the german team simply doesn't have enough talent.
germany defeats latvia.
the u.s. handed power on june 30 to iraq's interim government chosen by the united nations and paul bremer, former governor of iraq.
paul bremer is the former governor of iraq.
armed iraqi insurgents threatened to kill a filipino hostage if his country does not withdraw from iraq within three days.
a filipino has been kidnapped by armed iraqi insurgents.
abrams' 3-year service as head of the latin america bureau will end next week with the inauguration of president-elect bush in washington.
abrams works for the latin america bureau.
things would be different if microsoft was located in georgia.
microsoft's corporate headquarters are located in georgia.
the nomadic raiders moved to la in 1982 and won their third super bowl a year later.
the nomadic raiders won the super bowl in 1982.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
france defeats switzerland.
taxpayers will be pleased to learn that a federal grant for lawrence welk's north dakota birthplace has finally been buried, nine months after an embarrassed congress voted to kill it.
lawrence welk was born in north dakota
interestingly, the current mayor of berlin, klaus wowereit, is openly gay, as is the mayor of paris, bertrand delanoe.
klaus wowereit is the mayor of paris.
all residential areas in south africa are segregated by race and no black neighborhoods have been established in port nolloth.
black neighborhoods are located in port nolloth.
the survey responses were destroyed because of a ''witch hunt'' for john hugh, a doctor who described a mercy killing in a medical journal, said derek humphry.
john hugh killed derek humphry.
two members of ontario bradley first air's crew were from montreal, canada.
bradley first air is an organisation based in ontario.
the lillehammer olympic games organizing committee said 65 countries have entered the competition, matching the number of nations at the 1992 winter games in albertville, france.
the olympic games are held in lillehammer.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
croatia is defeated by france.
security preparations kept protestors at bay at the recent g8 summit on sea island (usa).
the recent g8 summit took place on sea island.
born in athens, psacharopoulos came to the united states at age 17 to enter oberlin college, where he met jean hackett, an actress of new york city.
athens is located in the united states.
in waco, near nelson's hometown of abbott, auto parts salesman dave crowe proposed that fans join ``willie aid'' by mailing donations straight to the irs.
nelson was born in waco.
the geneve-based fao organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th international world food security conference has been moved from bangkok to new delhi for security reasons.
the fao organizing committee has its headquarters in geneve.
former taoiseach mr john bruton, a vice-president of the epp, said the group had a number of potential candidates for the post of commission president
mr john bruton is a vice-president of the epp.
miscellany coastal georgia's tybee island was dropped as the site for the 1996 olympic beach volleyball competition.
the 1996 olympic volley competition was held in tybee island.
latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated world cup semifinalist turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of euro 2004.
latvia beats turkey.
in waco, near nelson's hometown of abbott, auto parts salesman dave crowe proposed that fans join ''willie aid'' by mailing donations straight to the irs.
abbott was born in nelson.
baby evelyn, the first child of judy keys, 22, and airman todd keys, 21, stationed at lackland air force base, was born with only a brain stem.
todd keys was born at lackland air force base.
johnston is the seventh person to be killed in sectarian violence this year in northern ireland where the outlawed ira is fighting to end british rule in the province.
ira killed johnston.
italy and germany have each played twice, and they haven't beaten anybody yet.
italy defeats germany.
"i've been a howard stern fan since his wnbc (a new york radio station) days and i was one of the ones at new line who sought him out," says mike deluca, president of new line cinema production.
howard stern works for k-rock.
a reporter found chapman at the downtown dade county public library tuesday.
chapman works for dade county public library.
richard rich, born richard rosenheim -he changed his name when he moved to new york- took over in the late 1940s and guided the store until his death in 1975.
richard rosenheim was born in new york
at a regular chinese foreign ministry briefing in beijing on thursday, spokesman li zhaoxing would say only that china will consider direct talks with vietnam at an appropriate time.
li zhaoxing lives in china.
mark said and philip dick, two members of ontario bradley first air's crew, were from montreal, canada.
mark said works for ontario bradley first air.
deployment of filipino workers in iraq suspended by philippine president due to repeated kidnappings.
filippino workers have been kidnapped by the philippine president.
global oil prices clung near their highest levels in at least 21 years yesterday after russian oil giant yukos was ordered to stop sales, threatening further strain on thin world supplies.
oil prices rise.
sun microsystems, yahoo and microsoft will turn up the heat in the corporate instant messaging market by launching new enterprise offerings this spring.
microsoft's corporate headquarters are located in the corporate instant messaging market.
cape town supreme court judge j.h. berman refused to give port nolloth municipal authorities  the right to forcibly remove the squatters.
cape town supreme court is an organisation based in port nolloth.
the third au summit opened in the ethiopian capital of addis ababa on tuesday, june 29, when chinese premier wen jiabao delivered a congratulatory message to the representatives of the african union.
chinese premier wen jiabao took part in the third au summit.
kennedy had just won california's democratic presidential primary when sirhan shot him in los angeles on june 5, 1968.
sirhan killed kennedy.
like the united states, u.n. officials are also dismayed that aristide killed a conference called by prime minister robert malval in port-au-prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.
aristide is killed by prime minister robert malval.
the organizers of the 15th international aids conference, scheduled for next month in bangkok, thailand, last saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in bangkok discriminated against hiv-positive visitors attending a conference on climate changes.
a climate conference is held in thailand.
an wang, a native of shanghai, china, who developed the magnetic pulse controlling device, the principle on which computer memory operates.
an wang was born in shanghai.
the geneve-based fao organizing committee has announced that the location of the 4th international world food security conference has been moved from bangkok to new delhi for security reasons.
the 4th international world food security conference is held in geneve.
the third african union summit opened in the ethiopia's capital of addis ababa on tuesday, june 29.
the third african union summit is held in addis ababa.
born in athens, psacharopoulos came to the united states at age 17 to enter oberlin college, where he met jean hackett, an actress of new york city.
jean hackett lives in new york city.
justice lewis f. powell, who kennedy succeeds, and chief justice warren e. burger were in florida.
justice lewis f. powell was born in florida.
cape town supreme court judge j.h. berman refused to give port nolloth municipal authorities the right to forcibly remove the squatters.
judge j.h. berman works for cape town supreme court.
latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated world cup semifinalist turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of euro 2004.
latvia is defeated by turkey.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions, france who beat switzerland 3-1.
england defeats croatia.
ahern, who was travelling to tokyo for an eu-japan summit yesterday, will consult with other eu leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate.
an eu-japan summit takes place in tokyo.
aristide was educated in the vatican, and therefore he's more fluent in italian, greek and hebrew than english
aristide speaks italian, greek, hebrew and english.
the drugstore chain said cost cutting and a jump in prescription drug sales fueled its gains.
drug sales increase.
italy and germany have each played twice, and they haven't beaten anybody yet.
neither italy nor germany have won yet.
there are a lot of farmers in poland who worry about their future if poland joins the european union.
poland joins the european union.
crayola's new magic scent crayons emit food aromas such as coconut, chocolate and cherry when rubbed on paper. they're non-toxic, but because of the aromas children may try to eat the crayons, posing a danger of choking.
magic scent crayons smell good, but if eaten, may be dangerous.
sonia gandhi can be defeated in the next elections in india if between now and 2009, bjp can make rural india shine, if it can make every young man have a job that he can be proud of.
next elections in india will take place in 2009.
across the continent, voters voiced discontent by casting ballots for opposition and fringe parties. but most of the 350 million eu citizens eligible to vote didn't bother to even cast a protest ballot in the last european elections.
most eu citizens voted in the last european election.
spain pulled its 1,300 troops from iraq last month.
spain sends troops to iraq.
the speech by edwards provided the first-term senator from north carolina his biggest national stage and a prime-time televised showcase for a candidate that voters know even less about than kerry.
edwards supports kerry.
this request is comprised of $1.1 billion for traditional active milcon, $1.4 billion for military family housing, $149.1 million for air national guard traditional milcon and $53.7 million for air force reserve traditional milcon.
a request was reduced to $1.1 billion
an estimated 10,000 of scotland's 15,000-strong police force is set to be deployed during the three-day event.
two-thirds of the scottish police force will be deployed at the happening.
if turkey joins the ranks of the eu, its boundaries will extend to the problem countries of the middle east.
turkey to join the eu.
spain announced earlier in the week that it was sending three planes of relief supplies to afghanistan.
spain opens embassy in afghanistan.
the debacle marked a new low in the erosion of the spd's popularity, which began shortly after mr schroeder's election in 1998. the trend accelerated after the chancellor unveiled agenda 2010, his package of painful economic reforms, in march 2003.
spd's popularity is growing.
oil prices drop to two-month low
oil prices drop
latvia, for instance, is the lowest-ranked team in the field but defeated world cup semifinalist turkey in a playoff to qualify for the final 16 of euro 2004.
latvia has beaten turkey.
turnout for the historic vote for the first time since the eu took in 10 new members in may has hit a record low of 45.3%.
new members joined the eu.
the poll, for the first time, has more than half of americans, 52 percent, saying the war in iraq was not worth fighting. an overwhelming majority of respondents also said it found the number of u.s. casualties in iraq unacceptable.
many americans don't think the war in iraq was necessary.
google files for its long awaited ipo.
google goes public.
the party of chancellor gerhard schroeder scored its worst electoral performance since the war at the june 13 european election and performed poorly at a simultaneous vote in thuringia state.
schroeder's party didn't do well at the european elections.
a former police officer was charged with murder thursday in the slaying of a college student who allegedly had threatened to expose their sexual relationship, authorities said.
ex-cop rios killed student
chadrick fulks escaped from a kentucky jail.
chadrick fulks gets the death penalty
crude oil prices slump
oil prices drop
at the close, the dow jones industrial average was down 45 points, or 0.4 percent.
dow jones is down.
security preparations kept protestors at bay at the recent g8 summit on sea island (usa).
the g8 summit took place on an american island.
microsoft browser bug may access private files.
microsoft fixes browser bug.
the g8 summit, held june 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies, including canada, france, germany, italy, japan, russia, united kingdom, european union and united states.
canada, france, germany, italy, japan, russia, united kingdom and european union participated in the g8 summit.
congress president sonia gandhi has been allotted a separate office here as head of the national advisory panel for india's ruling coalition.
ms gandhi is a member of the congress.
europe is currently trying to decide whether turkey should remain a friend, either as an eu member or as a peripheral country.
turkey to join the eu.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
france will play england in the euro 2004 quarter-finals.
the emerging historical record now shows white house officials downgraded threats from al qaeda prior to 9/11 to focus on other priorities.
white house ignores the threat of attack
under the roadmap agreed by pakistan and india, the foreign secretaries would meet in new delhi on june 27-28 followed by a meeting between foreign ministers in august.
in june there will be a diplomatic meeting between pakistan and india.
msf, a neutral group which depends primarily on private donations, has a reputation for sending medical staff into troublespots regarded by other agencies as too dangerous.
msf fears dangers.
even if terrorists were to attack on election day, it is highly unlikely that voting could or would be halted across the united states, lawmakers and scholars said yesterday.
election postponed
japan has been an eager participant in the winter olympics since the second games, held at st. moritz, switzerland, in 1928.
winter olympics held in japan.
an increase of $10 (u.s.) a barrel in the price of crude oil -- if sustained -- could knock about half of one percentage point off global economic growth.
crude oil price increases.
iraqi kidnappers have released a lebanese construction worker kidnapped this week.
hostage released in iraq.
china delayed the security council vote on a controversial measure to extend the immunity of us peacekeeping troops from prosecution for war crimes.
immunity for soldiers renewed.
iraqi president saddam hussein has promised to give any iraqi who shoots down a us or british helicopter 50 million dinars.
iraq shoots down a us helicopter.
teachers are earning credentials from commission on teacher credentialing that allow them to instruct non-english speakers without being fully bilingual.
commission on teacher credentialing offers non-bilingual teachers credentials to work with non-english speaking students.
eu membership is a strategic necessity for turkey, as ankara will inevitably suffer greater foreign policy problems in the future unless it makes it into the union.
turkey to join the eu.
a conference on haiti was called by aristide in hopes of rallying world support for tightening a u.n.-ordered oil and arms embargo designed to punish the haitian military.
u.n. has imposed sanctions against haiti.
in 1995, france's president jacques chirac publicly predicted that an israel-syria agreement would be signed by the end of 1995.
israel signs a peace agreement.
germany and spain are all sending more troops to afghanistan.
spain to open embassy in afghanistan.
clinton ordered missile strikes against iraq in december 1998 but did not press aggressively for un inspectors to return.
there was a missile attack against iraq in 1998.
with john kerry newly energised for the upcoming election battle against george bush, the secretary of state visits a beleaguered iraqi capital where the us administration's policies are in ruins.
george bush visits baghdad.
mary kate olsen in rehab for cocaine addiction.
mary kate olsen is anorexic.
a federal jury needed just four hours to return a death sentence against chadrick fulks, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of an horry county woman.
chadrick fulks gets the death penalty
excessive amounts of pesticides and chemical fertilizers may be poisoning huge tracts in india.
pesticides ruin fruits.
but even in light of this unparalleled decline, the spd's result in the june 13 european elections is of a qualitatively different character.
european elections took place on june 13.
german chancellor gerhard schroeder accused u.k. prime minister tony blair and italian prime minister silvio berlusconi of allying with european conservative parties in a ''blockade'' of the german and french-backed candidate, belgian prime minister guy verhofstadt.
schroeder doesn't support vershoftstadt as a candidate.
audrey seiler faked her abduction in march.
abducted audrey seiler found four days after missing
the debacle marked a new low in the erosion of the spd's popularity, which began shortly after mr schroeder's election in 1998. the trend accelerated after the chancellor unveiled agenda 2010, his package of painful economic reforms, in march 2003.
schroeder was elected in 1998.
in his three years in exile in washington, aristide has been protected by the secret service 24 hours a day. and during his last week in exile, amid frenzied preparations for his return to haiti, aristide took time out to thank the americans who helped his administration.
aristide is going back to haiti after being exiled for years.
juan antonio samaranch, president of the international olympic committee, left lillehammer for sarajevo to pay tribute to the besieged host city of the 1984 winter games
in 1984 the olympic games were held in sarajevo.
the cost of security when world leaders gather near auchterarder for next year's g8 summit, is expected to top $150 million.
more than $150 million will be probably spent for security at next year's g8 summit.
among the issues on the vice president's agenda are human rights, the environment, a possible visit by bill clinton to china next year, and the controversy over alleged chinese political contributions.
clinton visited china.
coyote shot after biting girl in vanier park.
girl shot in park.
miramax paid moore $6 million for the film and planned a summer release date, two organizations mounted campaigns against it.
disney and miramax against fahrenheit 9/11
statistically, anorexia strikes more than one in every 100 teen-age girls and young women.
anorexia strikes teens.
in order to concentrate on the upcoming release of the pentium 4, intel delays pentium iii 1.13ghz relaunch.
intel delays pentium 4 release.
the three-day g8 summit will take place in scotland.
the g8 summit will last three days.
afghanistan's first post-taliban elections have been delayed for a second time amid increasing violence towards voters and officials, it was announced on friday.
election postponed
the government announced last week that it plans to raise oil prices.
oil prices drop
britney spears is getting hitched for the second time this year - this time to a professional dancer father whose girlfriend of three years is pregnant.
britney spears is pregnant
across the continent, voters voiced discontent by casting ballots for opposition and fringe parties. but most of the 350 million eu citizens eligible to vote didn't bother to even cast a protest ballot.
some people voted for opposition parties to voice their discontent.
crude oil prices jumped to record levels yesterday as already jittery international oil markets reacted to turmoil at russian's largest petroleum producer.
oil prices hit record low.
a vancouver wildlife conservation officer shot and killed an urban coyote in a kitsilano park after the animal bit a child and attacked pets.
girl shot in a park.
terrorists in iraq killed an american soldier they have held hostage since early april because the u.s. government did not change its policy in iraq.
hostage released in iraq.
the los angeles lakers won their 3rd straight nba championship wednesday night, beating the new jersey nets 113-107, sweeping that 4-game championship series.
lakers win the championship.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
england will play the quarter-finals of euro 2004.
the white house ignores zinni's opposition to the iraq war.
white house ignores the threat of attack
the bugbear virus infects computers running the windows operating system and an unpatched version of internet explorer 5.5.
virus infects thousands of computers.
seiler was reported missing march 27 and was found four days later in a marsh near her campus apartment.
abducted audrey seiler found four days after missing.
three of its five permanent members, france, russia and china, are pushing the u.n. security council to lift the embargo on iraq.
france, russia and china want to put an end to sanctions against iraq.
msf was unnerved by a taliban accusation that its members were spying for the u.s.
taliban spies on u.s.
german chancellor gerhard schroeder accused u.k. prime minister tony blair and italian prime minister silvio berlusconi of allying with european conservative parties in a ''blockade'' of the german and french-backed candidate, belgian prime minister guy verhofstadt.
according to schroeder, blair and berlusconi are actively opposing verhofstadt.
an internet-borne infection incapacitated tens of thousands of computers on tuesday, snarling company networks and frustrating home users as it spread across the globe.
virus infects thousands of computers
the council has prohibited any travel outside of haiti by all officers of the haitian military and police and all major participants in the september, 1991, coup.
haitian military is not allowed to leave haiti.
rios had arrested the student in april for interfering with him and another officer as they answered a police call about a loud party.
ex-cop rios killed student
turkey was not in favor of "the united states using turkish bases for conflicts not affecting turkey."
the united states uses turkish military bases.
there are two sides to the bloody conflict in chechnya, but only one is legitimate.
two sides near agreement on chechnya's fate.
the film was the evening's big winner, bagging the prestigious best picture oscar to bring its tally to six.
two films won six oscars.
a us patriot battery shoots down an iraqi missile in kuwait.
iraq shoots down a us helicopter.
iraq claimed tuesday to have shot down a second u.s. spy plane in less than a month.
iraq shoots down u.s. helicopter.
the u.s. and british governments are gathering evidence to determine whether genocide is being committed in the darfur region of sudan, where an estimated 30,000 people have been killed and more than a million have fled their homes.
u.s. and british governments are determining to kill 30,000 people in sudan.
kidnappings in argentina have increased more than fivefold in the last two years, official figures show.
argentina sees upsurge in kidnappings.
the lillehammer olympic games organizing committee said 65 countries have entered, matching the number of nations at the 1992 winter games in albertville, france.
in the lillehammer olympic games there are as many participating countries as in albertville in 1992.
former president bill clinton said he agreed with president bush's decision to confront iraq about its potential weapons programmes, but thought the administration erred in starting a war in 2003 rather than allowing un weapons inspectors longer to carry out their work.
clinton agrees with bush's decision to start the war in 2003.
iraq has been under a stringent economic embargo since its august 1990 invasion of kuwait and relief workers are increasingly concerned about the health of its population.
an embargo was imposed on iraq in 1990.
"al thawra" added, "lahoud is well aware of that and realizes that israeli challenges have never stopped for one moment," and that escalation "will not hamper him from undertaking his national duties, relying on the support of all of lebanon with all of its factions, as well as on the full support of syria in order to achieve his national tasks and deliver on his commitments.
the newspaper added that regardless of the israeli challenges, lahoud would still be able to deliver on his duties, supported by syria and a united lebanon.
seven egyptian human rights organizations issued a plea today, monday, to egyptian president hosni mubarak to hold accountable those responsible for the acts of torture that targeted residents of a village in egypt's countryside while investigating two capital murders last august.
particular seven organizations egyptian organization for human rights today, monday appealed to the egyptian president hosni mubarak a cost-accounting the responsible for acts of torture which aimed villagers in upper egypt during the investigation in the crimes killed in last august
the natural disaster coordination authority reported in a statement in guatemala city, that "due to our proximity to the extremely violent hurricane, with wind speed approaching 290 km/hour, which may pose a severe threat to the population, we have decided to declare a state of maximum emergency."
a state of emergency was declared in guatemala.
barazan has eight children, some of whom are studying in switzerland. al-takriti had earlier filed an application with the canton of geneva's authorities for granting his six children who live with him in geneva "a residency vacation for a short period."
al-takriti requested that his eight children, who are studying in switzerland, be allowed to stay there.
the prosecutor-general explained, in a statement received by agence france presse, that the investigation judge's request was sent today, monday, to the federal police authority, "which has the responsibility of deciding whether or not it will forward this request to the british authorities."
indicated the prosecutor in statement received by afp that requested the investigative judge rose today, monday to the federal court of the police "dating back to the responsibility to determine whether will transform this request to the british authorities".
the airport will not be opened without the go-ahead from the palestinian authority in gaza, at which point the moroccan delegation will oversee the running of the airport.
a moroccan delegation is waiting for the green light from the palestinian authority to supervise the airport's operation.
in turn, the editor-in-chief of al jumhoria newspaper was appointed ambassador of iraq to india.
al jumhoria is the iraqi ambassador to india.
independent election candidate, arif dalilah, is calling for "legislative, economic and administrative reforms,"  which he sees as an "urgent task".
dalilah is calling for many urgent reforms.
the former wife of the south african president did not ask for amnesty, and her activities were not listed in the political reports submitted by the african national congress to the truth and reconciliation commission in 1996 and 1997.
winny mandela, the president's ex-wife, is requesting amnesty.
american president bill clinton officially opened the proceedings by noting that "there is a very difficult task that we have to undertake if we want to reach an agreement that advances the peace process and one that we need little time to make."
president clinton noted that the task was not difficult, but that there was little time to make the decision.
short clashes took place in front of the hospital today when the right-wing chilean senator ignacio perez quiron left the building.
there were confrontations today outside the hospital when senator perez quiron emerged.
in a statement released by nelson mandela's party, the members expressed their wish to "prevent the release of extracts from the report, which accuse the african national congress of violations of basic human rights, committed during the apartheid years.
president nelson mandela's party wants to prevent the publication of certain paragraphs of the report.
the parties, which zeroual consulted during the past few weeks, had expressed their desire to postpone the elections, arguing that the interval given by the president until the end of february was very short.
the parties that consulted by zeroual during the past few weeks has she wished to throughout the elections saying the deadline left behind by president to the end february very short notice
egyptian television is preparing to film a series that highlights the unity and cohesion of moslems and copts as the single fabric of the egyptian society, exemplifying in particular the story of former united nations secretary-general boutros ghali.
egyptian television will make a series about moslems, copts and boutros boutros ghali.
yigit says that the prime minister and minister of state for the economy, gunes taner, knew about this relationship when he bought the state-owned turkish commercial bank last july for 600 million dollars.
yigit also alleges that top politicians were aware of the relationship.
defense department spokesman, kenneth bacon, said that "secretary cohen is confident after this meeting, that the united states will get the support it needs to take appropriate measures to back the united nations."
minister cohen said that the united nations will back the united states.
the "true path" party under the leadership of the former foreign minister, tansu ciller, submitted the memorandum following the airing of a recorded tape containing information disclosed by businessman korkmaz yigit yesterday evening, tuesday, via two television channels he owns.
tansu ciller's "true path" party submitted the memo after korkmaz yigit aired a tape containing incriminating evidence on his television stations.
two western citizens, one of whom is british, three policemen and two kidnappers were wounded in the attack that ended in the arrest of 13 kidnappers.
wounded nationals statement one british and three police and in the attack which ended the arrest 13
well-known businessman, representative badi flaha, whose term is expiring, thought that reforms are essential to develop the economy "but in syria we prefer" to implement them slowly but assuredly.
flaha explained that slow but sure progress was the "syrian way."
the toll rose particularly in nicaragua with the discovery of 500 bodies in the town of juaolie, which was practically destroyed, in the northern part of the country, and a hundred more on the flanks of the casitas volcano near posoltega, 140 kilometers northwest of managua, where a mudslide last friday erased five villages from existence.
many people in northern nicaragua were killed.
the economy created 228,000 new jobs after a disappointing 112,000 in june.
the economy created 228,000 jobs after dissapointing the 112,000 of june.
there is no doubt that we would be happy if the international climates were calmer, but the world crisis did not affect the move to the euro."
the world crisis did not affect europe.
although the hospital insists that king hussein is not fully free of the cancer, they are hopeful that he will recover.
the statement added that king hussein "has been cured completely."
the funeral procession headed to the headquarters of the united nations development programme in baghdad, where funeral goers held banners denouncing the americans as "enemies of god."
the funeral party held signs denouncing americans as "enemies of god," outside the undp in baghdad.
it was reported today in the chinese people newspaper, that the central bank of china and the national monetary authority approved the use of the euro, from the first week of january.
china is to accept the euro.
although the results of the azerbaijani elections have not yet been officially revealed, outgoing president, heydar aliyev is already celebrating his win, claiming 75% of the votes.
heydar aliyev, the current azerbaijani president, is thought to have been re-elected.
the american president faces on thursday a vote in the house of representatives, and he may become the second president in the history of the united states voted to be removed by the house of representatives.
the president may be removed from the house of representatives.
the group owns a training camp in the abyan mountains, and its membership is estimated at about 200 persons.
the group trains it's 200 members in the nuba mountains.
al-koshah's events had surfaced after the british "sunday telegraph" newspaper published last october 25 an article in which it accused egyptian police of "crucifying and raping copts."
was events al kusheh case emerged after the publication " newspaper sunday telegraph " the british on 25 last october writes an accused in which the egyptian police " with steel copts and rape of their families
although the report recognises that the african national congress had no policy of torture, it cannot deny that the congress did resort to mass torture during the 1980's.
the anc carried out torture during the 1980's.
speaking at the red sea resort of sharm el-sheikh, he said accusingly, that christina lamb, the british journalist responsible for the "sunday telegraph" article, is known very well by the israelis.
he accused the israelis of knowing the british journalist very well.
it was emphasized by the truth and reconciliation commission that the african national congress, which was in power at the time, "seriously violated human rights" as it struggled against the apartheid regime in south africa.
the commission said that the african national congress violated human rights.
it should be mentioned that during the last legislative elections in august 1994, the ruling coalition in syria, "the progressive national front", gained 167 seats out of the 250 the congress is comprised of.
the "rwandese progressive patriotic front" won 167 seats in the 1994 election.
the hospital where the jordanian monarch is being treated in rochester (minnesota) announced that the treatment of king hussein, who is inflicted with cancer of the lymphatic glands, is nearing its end and will be finished within three or four weeks.
the queen of jordan will be released from rochester hospital, (minnesota) within a month.
nick parsons, an economic expert at "paribas capital markets" company in london, said that "this measure will decrease the difficulties that may accompany the start of dealing "with the euro", and added that "the euro will consequently become a strong and stable currency."
nick zuniga, an economist in "kerry group ltd." in london, feels that the euro will inevitably become strong.
before the opening of the gaza airport, the palestinian private government plane had been kept in al arish airport in sinai, egypt.
palestine's government jet used to be kept in egypt.
the spokesman for the rescue authorities, linart ohlin, said that the accident took place between 01:00 and dawn today, friday (00:00 gmt) in a disco behind the theatre, where "hundreds" of young people were present.
the fire happened in the early hours of friday morning, and hundreds of young people were present.
the president of south africa, nelson mandela, announced today, thursday, that he "approves" the truth and reconciliation commission's report "as is, despite all the gaps in it."
an official source announced of south africa nelson mandela today that its "approves" on the report the truth and reconciliation commission " as it with all the in which any gaps.
israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president yasser arafat began a four-day meeting at wye plantation (maryland) today, under the auspices of the united states, in an attempt to revive the peace process in the middle east.
there is a 4 day meeting about the peace process, at wye plantation (maryland), between benjamin netanyahu, and yasser arafat.
iraqi vice president taha yassin ramadan announced today, sunday, that iraq refuses to back down from its decision to stop cooperating with disarmament inspectors, until its demands are met.
iraq announced that it will not cooperate with the inspectors.
astronomers said on wednesday.
said to wednesday the astronomers.
aliyev had proclaimed his win yesterday, tuesday, asserting that he received the specified percentage, but his main rival demanded a second round, citing the many irregularities that were reported by international observers.
was aliyev declared victory, since yesterday tuesday assured access to the for in question, not to discount its main called for second round impurities the many governments that the international.
supposedly, general pinochet's lawyers, who consider his detention illegal, will appear before the supreme court in london in a legal battle to try to have him released.
lawyers of general pinochet are to present their case to the london supreme court.
"al thawra" affirmed that lahoud "will always have syria and president hafez al assad as backers and supporters who will give all they have to support lebanon regardless of the sacrifices, that the israeli threats will fail as others did before, and that no one can hamper the lebanese president or impede his strides in his honorable national task."
lebanon may count on the support of syria against israel.
despite these differences, nothing prevents a portuguese, for example, from buying a sandwich in front of the eiffel tower with an euro coin bearing the austrian flowers.
in spite of those disparities it is none prevent portuguese for example to purchase basendwah of before tower to pieces cash flows from euro the flowers austrian
other witnesses confirmed that rescue workers worked amidst a state of confusion in the initial stage. dalako salwati (19 years of age) said, "panic took hold.  screaming was coming out of the disco where the fire broke out and people were running in all directions. rescue workers worked to push people away from the scene in order to place the ladders."
describing the scene, dalako salwati (19) said that everybody was panic stricken.
it is planned that by the end of the year 2001, france will have minted 7.6 billion euro coins weighing 30 thousand tons or approximately four times the equivalent weight of the eiffel tower.
according to plans, france should have minted 7.6 billion euro coins before 2002.
a diplomatic source reported that countries of the region informed cohen that they reject resorting to force and support the diplomatic solution to make iraq resume the process of disarmament.
cohen supports force in making iraq disarm.
the chief of the european central bank, vim duesenburg, had spoken two days ago about "doubtless" signs of growth slowdown, following the financial crises that shook asia then the rest of the developing countries in the last 18 months.
the asian economic crash affected the euro.
in an address via state television on the occasion of the outbreak of the liberation war on the first of november 1954, zeroual said, "i have decided to postpone the date of the elections to next april in order to allow every party the chance to prepare for this important national date."
in his address against transnational television a formal anniversary of war the plo in the first of november $year said zeroual " we have decided to postpone the date of the elections to next april so that for each party opportunity to prepare for the deadline national important
writer samir abdou described as regrettable the amount of "intellectuals, artists and writers" contesting the elections, especially compared to recent years, stating that their chances of success were greatly diminished by the high costs of an electorial campaign.
writer samir abdo regrets that there are few "intellectuals" among the contestants because of the high cost of the campaign.
economic experts were surprised by this coordinated reduction of interest rates; they were expecting, before the meetings of officials in the german central bank and french central bank today, that the two main central banks in the euro countries would not reduce interest rates this week.
two main banks reduced their interest rates.
brussels says its sugar policy is legal and has warned that a ruling against it could hurt poorer developing countries, notably in africa and the caribbean, who also benefit from its subsidy system.
brussels says that its policy on the sugar is legal, but noticed that an opinion in his con could damage to the countries developing more poor men, specially in africa and the caribbean, that also benefit from the system of subsidies.
syrian voters began heading to the polling offices this morning, monday, to elect a new people's congress (parliament), in which the ruling coalition is expected to win a majority of its seats.
started the electors syrian this morning on monday to offices the ballot to elect council people ) parliament ( new it is expected that wins the ruling coalition the majority of seats on it
three parties that enjoy the absolute majority, or 276 votes, inside the parliament, which is the required majority to unseat the government, submitted these memoranda.
the memoranda were submitted by the three parties who share the absolute majority, and have the power to topple the government.
azerbaijanis began voting this morning, sunday, in the first round of the presidential elections, of which opinion polls are favoring current president heydar aliyev to win.
azerbaijanis are voting in the presidential elections, in which heydar aliyev is expected to be re-elected.
when asked by some parties to complete his term, president liamine zeroual refused, saying that his decision to step down was a political one, and that he intended to go ahead with it.
president zeroual is to resign.
on the other hand, hilal affirmed that some voters were abroad or did not obtain their election cards, pointing to the occurrence of rare violations such as, for example, the desire of some voters to vote by using their identity cards.
hilal speculated that some of voters had not received voting passes, or had tried to use their id cards.
michael said that pinochet came to britain with a passport that does not require a visa, and it is likely that he may have presented, supported with evidence, medical reasons for requiring treatment and therefore, there was no reason for immigration authorities to prevent him from entering the country upon his arrival.
immigration authorities had grounds to prevent pinochet from entering the country, as he had no visa or medical evidence.
a new tally obtained from a security source showed that six people, including three western tourists, were killed and seven others were wounded, including two tourists, in the attack that was carried out today, tuesday, by yemeni security forces on the kidnappers of 16 foreign tourists.
reported outcome new obtained from security source that six persons including three western tourists killed and wounded seven others among them in the attack launched by the security forces yemen today to kidnappers of 16 tourists foreigners
he ended the seventh visit to a gulf arab state; he had earlier visited the kingdom of saudi arabia, kuwait, qatar, bahrain, oman and the united arab emirates.
the tour has already brought him to jordan, turkey and egypt.
these organizations demanded in a statement the formation of "a commission to refer those responsible for (crimes of torture) to the appropriate judicial authorities, hold high-ranking officials who committed conspiracy accountable, and apologize to the people for the collective punishment, torture, material, physical and psychological damages inflicted upon them and compensate them."
called these organizations in his statement to form the committee of those responsible for ) the crimes of torture ( to those judicial responsible and accountability senior officials who colluded to them and the provision of apologize to the people as their right of collective punishment, torture and physical and economic damage physical and psychological and compensation of age.
the investigation also confirmed that during pinochet's dictatorship, "an armed entity was established that benefited from a military structure and a power takeover, in consolidating a terrorist regime for the purpose of implementing a plan to get rid of patriotic group elements, via involuntary relocations, kidnapping, torture and assassinations, and taking advantage of help from other countries, especially argentina.
during pinochet's dictatorship, an armed organization committed murder and violent acts, and exploited countries like argentina.
the euro banknotes, which will be in europeans' wallets in the year 2002, will not bear traditional images of famous people, but will bear geometrical drawings representing openness and communication.
the euro will be in use in 2002.
the letter went on to say that the examinations, conducted after the course of treatment, were as positive as the doctors could have expected.
the test results were positive.
the government newspaper "tishrin" said in a commentary that "what is required from the new people's congress is no less important than what was required from the previous congresses, and it may even exceed it in importance in view of the serious challenges facing the region in general and syria in particular."
the requirements of the new people's congress are perhaps more significant than those of the previous congress, considering the very real challenges facing the country.
in the tape, yigit detailed his relationships with a turkish mafia boss jailed in france, named alaattin cakici.
the details of the reationship between yigit and a turkish mafia leader, alaattin cakici, who is currently serving a sentence in france, were disclosed on recording.
the iranian islamic republic's spiritual guide, ayatollah ali khameni, strongly denounced the palestinian authority president yasser arafat today, friday, for signing the wye plantation accord with israel and called him "a traitor and a follower of the zionists."
ayatollah ali khamenei, iran's spiritual guide, called yasser arafat a "zionist" for signing the wye plantation agreement.
a high-level palestinian official announced today, friday, that american president bill clinton gave the israeli and palestinian negotiators who are meeting at wye plantation (maryland) until next tuesday to reach "an agreement."
president clinton gave the two parties until next march to reach an agreement.
he said that "fighting mafia activities is a very difficult task, and it requires a determined government and a responsible opposition."
he said that the government was determined to fight the mafia.
the statement also demanded that interior minister habib al-adli explain the delay in "conducting an investigation inside his ministry with the officers responsible for the al-koshah village events, despite the passage of three months since these crimes were committed."
also called the statement the minister of the interior habib the just my to explain delays his report on "an investigation within the ministry with the officers responsible of events village al kusheh despite the passage three months prior to the commission of such offences."
the ism non-manufacturing index rose to 64.8 in july from 59.9 in june.
the non-manufacturing index of the ism raised 64.8 in july from 59.9 in june.
in a letter to "the times" newspaper, to be published in its issue for tomorrow, thursday, margaret thatcher, who received pinochet at her house two weeks ago, said that help extended by the "chilean senator-for-life" to the british people contributed to the shortening of the falkland's war against argentina in 1982, consequently saving the lives of a large number of britons.
pinochet was a guest in margaret thatcher's home.
the chief of the german central bank (bundesbank), hans tietmeyer, justified this measure by citing the early signs of economic slowdown affecting the countries which will adopt the euro.
hans tietmeyer, head of the bundesbank, used the economic slowdown as justification for the measures.
duesenburg assured the markets by saying that "the euro will be launched, at least as far as europe is concerned, under the best economic conditions.
duesenburg confirmed that the euro would only be launched in europe.
one of the jordanian hostages said he had been released with three other jordanian truck drivers.
one of the jordanian hostages said that it had been released other three jordanian truck drivers.
swedish rescue authorities announced, in a new tally obtained by agence france presse, that at least 60 people, mostly young people, died in a blaze that broke out the thursday night in a theatre in gutenberg (south).
60 people died in a fire in sweden.
he said amusingly, "torture used to happen before christ's birth, but now it absolutely does not happen."
he claimed that torture had not been employed since biblical times.
these parties are the true path party (rightist), which is led by tansu ciller, the virtue party (islamist) and the republican people's party (socialist democratic), led by deniz baykal who withdrew his support for the government.
the true path party, the virtue party and the republican people's party withdrew their support.
poet maha kanwat, the progressive national front's candidate, promised in an interview published by +tishreen+ newspaper that she "will work, in the event of her win, to modernize the laws dealing with women, family and youths."
in a poem published in "tishreen" newspaper, maha kanwat, promised to fight for women's rights, should she win her seat.
it is to be mentioned that the airport is capable of receiving 700 thousand passengers annually and receiving giant planes like the boeing 747 model.
the airport, with a projected annual passenger capacity of 700,000, will also be able to facilitate the boeing 747.
it asserted that "within this framework, we draw your attention (people's congress members) to legislation 24 dealing with foreign currency circulation, which is no longer applicable and it has become one of the most significant obstacles to economic and investment activities.
article 24 is obsolete, and is hindering the economy.
according to the official introduction on the euro's web site, imaginary windows and doors representing the "mysticism of openness and cooperation within the european union appear on the front side of the banknotes.
the bank notes will show pictures of windows and doors.
nearly 6.6 million syrian voters obtained their election cards to participate in these elections, which are the seventh to be held since the ascent of president hafez al-assad to power in 1970.
had received approximately $ $decimal million voters syrian passes are obtained their electoral to participate in these elections and is the seventh governing since the arrival of president hafez al-assad to power in $year
zeroual proposed february 25 as elections date, but this date will not become final until after the agreement between all of the political partners, according to what was reported by the first secretary of the socialist forces front, ahmed djeddai.
the election will be held on the 25th of february if all of the political partners agree.
the supreme court was due to decide today, wednesday, on the appeal filed by de klerk for the purpose of omitting the accusatory paragraphs against him in the report, especially the paragraphs on his responsibility for bloody attacks that were carried out in the eighties against anti-apartheid organizations.
de klerk awaits the supreme court decision regarding the omission of his name in the incriminating report.
the american consul-general in jerusalem, john hearst, and an high-level israeli officer in military uniform were among the dignitaries.
there were american and israeli dignitaries present.
naji al-hudaithi, the former advisor at the ministry of information, was appointed ambassador to vienna and iraq's representative to the international atomic energy agency.
appointed survivors the newly former adviser at the ministry of information ambassador to vienna and the representatives of iraq to the the iaea
ramadan told reporters in baghdad that "iraq cannot deal positively with whoever represents the security council, unless there was a clear stance on the issue of lifting the blockade.
ramadan said that iraq would cooperate when the un considers lifting the embargo.
speaking to "tv 4" news, witness jamal fawwaz said that a stampede occurred when everybody fled the dance floor to the exits after the overhead lights had caught fire and fallen to the ground, causing the flames to spread.
a stampede occurred when the flames spread.
12 britons, two american and two australian tourists, who were taking a tour of yemen, were kidnapped yesterday, at the hands of twenty armed men in the abyan region.
a dozen armed men abducted the tourists in yemen.
the deputy chairman of the chamber of commerce in damascus, flaha, said that since act no. 10 was approved in 1991, foreign investment has increased dramatically, bringing $600 million into the economy.
flaha, the deputy chairman of the chamber of commerce in damascus, said that article 10 had greatly improved the economy.
sources close to al-takriti had confirmed in august 1995 that he dissented like hussein kamel hassan, the iraqi president's son-in-law, and his brother saddam who fled to jordan, but barazan al-takriti denied these reports at the time.
the sources close to tikrit my stressed in $year that it broke as general hussein kamel hassan smelting the iraqi president and his brother saddam which frei to jordan, but tikrit my denied these reports on time
he gave assurances once again that he would work with his secretary of state, madeline albright to "do all they can" to distance themselves from the proceedings.
clinton said that he and madeleine albright would do all they could the help reach an agreement.
newspapers said that every independent candidate spent between 200 thousand and 500 thousand dollars on his election campaign.
independent candidates must spend $50,000 on their election campaigns.
the same source said that cohen, who was received by the prime minister and minister of defense, fayez al-tarawneh, will hold talks especially with jordan's crown prince, prince al-hassan bin talal, who represents king hussein in running the country's affairs.
cohen met with jordanian officials, including the king of jordan.
oil prices fell from fresh 21-year highs on wednesday.
the prices of the crude one imposed wednesday a record.
an american diplomat pointed out that the jordanian monarch presence in wye plantation can dispel the rumors about the deterioration of his health condition.
king hussein will go to the wye plantation.
finally, the truth and reconciliation commission asked the african national congress to accept its responsibilities for winnie madikizela-mandela and her militia that bears the name "the mandela football club" which planted fear in the black city of soweto at the end of the eighties.
the commission requested that the anc officially disregard it's affiliation to winny mandela and her militia; "the mandela football club" which attacked soweto in the 1980's.
prince hassan disclosed the content of a letter he had received from the jordanian monarch in which the latter affirms that "the doctors at the mayo clinic and their colleagues in the united states are relieved by the test results, which conclude our stay here until a later date in the third month of next year, god willing.
the jordinian monarch sent a letter to prince el hassan, saying that doctors were satisfied with his results, and that he could go home until march.
the process of counting the votes of the syrian election has begun already. voting opened yesterday, monday, (at 00,14 local time 00,12 gmt )
voting started on monday at 14:00, and the counting started as soon as the booths closed.
they explained that president arafat affirmed his determination to reach a comprehensive agreement and that clinton promised him to make additional efforts in order to overcome the obstacles that hinder such an agreement.
indicated that president arafat stressed its insistence on the comprehensive agreement and that clinton its promise to additional efforts of for overcoming obstacles impede such agreement is
u.s. gasoline futures fell 3.36 cents.
the price to future of the gasoline lowered to 3.36 cents.
yet, he did not succeed in changing the position of netanyahu, who again opted to appease the israeli radical right, which threatens to bring down his government and rejects any concessions under the framework of the peace process.
netanyahu could be displaced by the radical right.
on the other hand, 48% of those included in the poll think that congress is not handling this case satisfactorily, but 53% of them believe that president clinton deserves to be censored.
48% of the poll say that congress is unsatisfactory, and 53% believe that president clinton deserves to be replaced.
syrian interior minister mohammad harba said in a statement reported by the "sana" news agency that "the great interest in nomination for the people's congress membership and the wide activity that accompanied it by the candidates, whether they were from the progressive national front or from the independent candidates, expressed the full maturity of the cause of democracy in our country."
there was great interest in nomination for the congress from all candidates.
united nations secretary-general, kofi anan, left tripoli this evening, saturday, heading to tunisia following closed talks for one-and-a-half hours with the libyan leader, colonel moammar al kaddafy, in the libyan desert.
left the secretary-general of the united nations kofi anan evening saturday tripoli on his way to tunisia after talks closed for one hour and a half hours with the libyan leader colonel muammar qaddafi in western sahara libyan arab jamahiriya
mohammad galal abd al-kawi, author of the 15-episode series "the priest and the sheikh", says in a conversation with agence france presse today, sunday, that he wrote these episodes "to respond to the biased campaigns in some western media outlets, which are being directed by jews, for the purpose of inciting subversion between moslems and copts."
mohammad galal abd al-kawi wrote the series, "the priest and the sheikh," in retaliation to what he sees as jewish propaganda of some western media.
the demonstrators were calling for a trial of the right-wing politician, and on seeing them, he gave them a rude gesture, and the police then had to stop four demonstrators who tried to chace the senator.
demonstrators gave the right-wing senator a rude gesture.
three british tourists and a fourth who is australian were killed yesterday when yemeni police stormed the location where the hostages were detained in order to free them from their kidnappers. two other tourists were wounded.
yemeni police killed the hostage tourists yesterday when they raided the place where their kidnappers had been holding them.
president arnoldo aleman conceeded that the death toll was approximately 4,000, and a spokesman for the government, gilberto wing, admitted many people were missing, and that bodies were still being found in some isolated areas.
approximately 4,000 people are dead already, more bodies are still being found, and there are still many people missing.
he said that the episodes also show "the copt's rejection of the british colonial power's attempts to incite sectarian subversion amidst the 1919 revolution, which was distinguished by the standing of moslems and copts on one side in the face of the colonial power."
he shows that worked together to reject the british colonial power.
the report listed 13 forms of maltreatment - including the so-called "from beirut", where the victim and is stripped and beaten with force while lying on the ground.
one of the 13 forms of mistreatment is "from beirut", where the victim is beaten while naked on the floor.
the security council, yesterday, "unanimously" condemned iraq's decision to sever the relationship with the united nations special commission in charge of disarming iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and asked baghdad "to repeal its decision immediately and unconditionally."
the security council wants iraq to change its decision.
iowa has lost 26,000 manufacturing jobs since bush took office.
iowa is lost.
during his trip to the middle east that took three days, clinton made the first visit by an american president to the palestinian territories and participated in a three-way meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president yasser arafat.
during his trip to the east of the middle which lasted three days , the clinton to first visit to american president to the occupied palestinian territories and participated in meeting tripartite cooperation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president , yasser arafat
raymond eddeh, one of the lebanese christian opposition leaders, considered today, that the election of the commander of the lebanese army, general emile lahoud as president of the lebanese republic, would constitute "a threat to democracy."
raymond eddeh, the opposition leader in the lebanon, said that lahoud's election as president of syira, constitutes a "democratic threat."
the plane will be prepared for president arafat's flight to paris on wednesday, after he confirmed that he would allocate his first international trip, to france.
arafat will devote his first international trip to france.
pope shnouda iii, the copts' patriarch, rejected this foreign interference in the affairs of the copts of egypt, stressing the solidarity between her christians and moslems by saying, "we do not accept foreign interference in our internal affairs, which we are resolving quietly with officials in our country."
pope shnouda iii, asserted that the issues could be resolved peacefully without foreign interference, and that relations between the christian and moslem communities were good.
the opinion poll was conducted on the sixth and seventh of october, and included a cross section of 861 adults with a margin of error estimated at 4%.
the poll was carried out on the 6th and 7th of october.
the girl was found in drummondville earlier this month.
the girl was discovered in drummondville.
5-year-old, family prepare for risky marrow transplant.
5-year-old, family prepare for risky bone marrow transplant.
the american ground forces clashed with the insurgents for hours.
insurgents slaughtered by american ground forces.
french adventurer continues to row across the atlantic.
french adventurer continues to row across the atlantic ocean.
if you are at risk of heart problems, it is now recommended that you talk to your doctor about taking aspirin to prevent a first heart attack.
aspirin use lowers risk of heart disease.
rodriguez, a four-year nypd officer, suffered burns to his legs and an eye injury in the explosion.
rodriguez died of burns to his legs.
saudi arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world, was once a supporter of osama bin laden and his associates who led attacks against the united states.
saudi arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter.
the version for the pc has essentially the same packaging as those for the big game consoles, but players have been complaining that it offers significantly less versatility when it comes to swinging through new york.
players have been complaining that it sells significantly less versatility when it comes to swinging through new york.
a poster campaign urging people not to eat smelly foods on london's overcrowded and overheated underground system has sparked a diplomatic incident with italy.
a poster campaign calling for people not to eat smelly foods on london's overcrowded and overheated underground system has sparked a diplomatic incident with italy.
"the village" from the walt disney co. debuts in 3,730 theaters, or 863 more than its next closest rival, denzel washington thriller "the manchurian candidate" in 2,867 venues, according to box office tracker exhibitor relations inc.
"the village" premiered in 3,730 theaters.
design problems would delay the release of mobile computer chipset dubbed alviso until next year.
design problems would allow the release of mobile computer chipset dubbed alviso until next year.
stephen hawking, a chap who knows a bit about physics, admitted yesterday that he was wrong about what happens when matter is sucked into a black hole.
stephen hawking lied about what happens when matter is sucked into a black hole.
frenchman thomas voeckler still leads the tour de france by 22 seconds and other contenders have drifted away.
frenchman thomas voeckler provides data on the tour de france.
those accounts were not officially confirmed by the uzbek or american governments.
the uzbek or american governments confirmed those accounts.
with the colosseum and a swollen golden moon rising above it as a backdrop, simon & garfunkel closed out the european leg of their old friends tour with hundreds of thousands of adoring fans stretched before them saturday night.
simon & garfunkel finished off the european leg of their old friends tour.
north korea said friday the united states had put multilateral nuclear crisis talks in jeopardy by refusing to give up its hostile policy toward the communist state.
north korea threatened to develop a "nuclear deterrent" unless the united states ends its "hostile policy".
profits nearly doubled to nearly $1.8 billion.
profits nearly tripled to nearly $1.8 billion.
five other soldiers have been ordered to face courts-martial.
five other soldiers have been demanded to face courts-martial.
ohio has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs, and the county's unemployment rate was 6.4 percent in june, compared with 5.6 percent nationally.
ohio has gained thousands of manufacturing jobs.
freed iraqi hostage angelo de la cruz thanks president arroyo for helping secure his release.
freed iraqi hostage angelo de la cruz pays a visit to president arroyo.
the gaza unrest prompted ahmed qurei, prime minister, to threaten to quit.
the gaza unrest spurred ahmed qurei into quitting.
clinton is a very charismatic person.
clinton is articulate.
profits nearly doubled to nearly $1.8 billion.
profits grew to nearly $1.8 billion.
black holes can lose mass by radiating energy in the form of "hawking radiation".
black holes can regain some of their mass by radiating energy.
council member michael bush at large also voted against the pay hike, saying he felt that council members do not need more money.
michael bush urged council members to not spend more money.
"the village" from the walt disney co. debuts in 3,730 theaters, or 863 more than its next closest rival, denzel washington thriller "the manchurian candidate" in 2,867 venues, according to box office tracker exhibitor relations inc.
"the village" filmed in 3,730 theaters.
researchers have found evidence that some people inherit a genetic makeup that makes them more prone to aggression and violence.
researchers have found that some people inherit a genetic makeup that makes them more inclined to aggression and violence.
rodriguez was originally hailed as a hero for steering people away from the bomb that went off in the station at w. 43rd st. and eighth ave. during his second-to-last day on the job.
the bomb exploded in the station.
the girl's mother and grandmother have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
the girl's mother and grandmother face charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
the bombers had not managed to enter the embassy compounds.
the bombers entered the embassy compounds.
the gaza unrest prompted ahmed qurei, prime minister, to threaten to quit.
the gaza unrest triggered ahmed qurei's threat to quit.
vice president dick cheney told a crowd in tuscon, ariz., that the bush team is "doing everything in our power to defend against a terrorist attack on our homeland" and repeated the theme later in new mexico.
vice president dick cheney spoke to a crowd in tuscon, ariz.
mr. clinton received a hefty advance for the book, reportedly $10m, but he joked that by the time he finished the 937-page tome "i was just about down to minimum wage".
bill clinton received a reported $10 million advance.
france on saturday flew a planeload of united nations aid into eastern chad where french soldiers prepared to deploy from their base in abeche toward the border with sudan's darfur region.
france crashed a planeload of united nations aid into eastern chad.
frenchman thomas voeckler still leads the tour de france by 22 seconds and other contenders have drifted away.
frenchman thomas voeckler pollutes the tour de france.
weekly numbers also showed that refinancing activity sailed to its highest level since january and jobless claims dropped to the lowest level since the recession began in january of 2001.
jobless claims fall to lowest level since january 2001.
u.n. weapons inspectors left iraq the day before the invasion began in march, and the united states has expressed no interest in letting them return now that its troops control the country.
u.n. weapons inspectors will go back to iraq.
spanish authorities have blamed the madrid attacks on islamic dissidents acting in the name of al-qaida.
spanish authorities attributed the madrid attacks to islamic dissidents.
bush returned to the white house late saturday while his running mate was off campaigning in the west.
bush left the white house.
jobless claims hit lowest level since early 2001.
jobless claims fell to lowest level since january 2001.
the prosecutor told the court that the incident had caused "distress" to one of the children.
the prosecutor told the court that "distress" in one of the children is ascribed to the incident.
under the avalanche of italian outrage london underground has apologized and agreed to withdraw the poster.
london underground opposed to withdraw the poster.
news reports said that the blast had been triggered by a man wearing an explosive vest and that as many as three people had been killed.
the blast had been set off by a man wearing an explosive vest.
rodriguez was being treated at columbia presbyterian for psychiatric evaluation.
rodriguez received treatment at columbia presbyterian.
mr arafat's opponents still blame him for the mounting lawlessness in the palestinian territories.
mr arafat's opponents appealed to him to stop the mounting lawlessness in the palestinian territories.
the report faults intelligence agencies for a "lack of imagination" in not anticipating that al qaeda could attack the united states using hijacked aircraft.
the report backs intelligence agencies.
word that allawi approved the attack was a clear attempt to show that the iraqi government has taken full sovereignty from the americans and has firm control, despite its deep reliance on the 160,000 foreign troops.
the iraqi government has stolen full sovereignty from the americans.
iraqi militants abduct 2 turks in iraq.
iraqi militants kidnap 2 turks in iraq.
mr arafat's opponents still blame him for the mounting lawlessness in the palestinian territories.
mr arafat's opponents accuse him of being responsible for the mounting lawlessness in the palestinian territories.
it was not clear whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.
in 1884, with ireland under the rule of the british crown, a group of irish nationalists met in county galway to establish an organization for irish athletes, the gaelic athletic association (gaa).
the gaa was set up in co. galway.
allen & overy has a leading practice in both france and europe and the firm's partners devoted to capital markets work in paris are principally dan lauder and francois poudelet.
paris is the capital of france.
bush, who was a pitcher on his freshman year baseball team at yale university, is shown here with texas baseball legend, pitcher nolan ryan.
bush purchased a small interest in the yale university baseball team.
built by the caliph al-walid (r. 705-715), of the umayyad dynasty, el-aksa is one of the largest and most important mosques in the muslim world, and the earliest in palestine.
the al aqsa mosque is in jerusalem.
on 2 february 1990, at the opening of parliament, he declared that apartheid had failed and that the bans on political parties, including the anc, were to be lifted.
apartheid in south africa was abolished in 1990.
names in the news after sweden swept three tennis matches to capture the davis cup, yevgeny kafelnikov restored a little russian pride by defeating stefan edberg, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, in moscow.
sweden won the davis cup.
a cross between nicole kidman and sarah jessica parker would sound pretty good to most men, i believe.
nicole kidman is married to sarah jessica parker.
stjepan mesic was the first croatian president to deliver a public address at harvard.
stjepan mesic was the first croatian president.
the ploce mayor josko damic spoke of the first croatian president.
josko damic was the first croatian president.
morris has been working to develop independent filmmakers and was especially buoyed by the recent cannes film festival where "pulp fiction" -- with director quentin tarantino and actors willis and john travolta, all morris clients -- was the big winner.
quentin tarantino's film, "pulp fiction" won best director at the cannes film festival.
lisa marie was aware of the pressures of being elvis presley's daughter, so she didn't exactly pursue songwriting that seriously.
lisa marie presley's father was elvis presley.
several months after the taliban's defeat, afghanistan presents msf and other aid agencies with a new opportunity to provide health care for the female population of the conservative islamic state.
the taliban was an afgan organisation.
bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic has repeatedly boasted that american troops would be sent home in body bags if they intervened.
radovan karadzic is the leader of the bosnian serbs.
if russia is excluded from nato membership while poland and hungary are on the path to becoming nato allies, how can moscow avoid the conclusion that a renewed and enlarged nato retains its traditional objective of confronting russia?
moscow is the capital of russia.
jorma joined nokia in 1985 and held a variety of key management positions before taking the helm in 1992
jorma ollila is the ceo of nokia.
jerusalem, now controlled by israel, is considered a holy city by jews, muslims and christians.
jerusalem is a holy city for jews, christians and muslims.
on february 21, 1994, agents from the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) arrested a 52-year old employee of the central intelligence agency (cia), aldrich hazen ames, outside his arlington, virginia residence, on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of russia and the former soviet union.
aldrich h. ames was accused of spying for the russians.
why doesn't hitler revise mein kampf?
hitler wrote mein kampf.
"if there is anything i want to do before i die," nixon told time in 1970, "it is to visit china."
nixon visited china in 1970.
in 1998, the general assembly of the nippon sei ko kai (anglican church in japan) voted to accept female priests.
the anglican church in japan approved the ordination of women.
us presence puts qatar in a delicate spot.
qatar is located in a delicate spot.
there are currently estimated to be somewhere between 60-100 million landmines in the ground worldwide, this remains a rough estimate since few accurate records were kept when mines were deployed.
there are about 100 million landmines in the world.
a volunteer army was led into dublin by rebel padraig pearse, poet, schoolteacher and republican leader and seized control of the general post office and other strategic locations nearby.
padraig pearse led a rebellion in dublin.
habyarimana was killed in a plane crash along with the president of burundi on april 6, 1994.
habyarimana was murdered.
marilyn monroe's last film, the misfits, had already been in release for 16 months before her death on august 5, 1962, although her costar clark gable had died three months before the film's premiere in february 1961, giving that film a reputation as a multi-jinxed project.
marilyn monroe starred alongside clark gable in "the misfits".
german film about turkish immigrants won the golden bear best film award at the berlin film festival on saturday and south africa's charlize theron (news) won a silver bear best actress award for her role in "monster."
"monster" won the golden bear in the berlin film festival.
unterweger was found guilty of nine murders despite there being little evidence to prove it beyond doubt, and was found hanging from his cell roof less than 24 hours after being sentenced to life for a second time.
unterweger committed suicide.
working with fellow canadians charles best and james collip, banting determined that insulin was the key to treating diabetes.
banting conducted research of diabetes.
princess diana and prince charles divorced in 1996 after 15 years of marriage.
princess diana and prince charles got married in 1996.
ulysses was launched in 1990 on a five-year mission to study the sun.
the ulysses mission started in 1990.
in japan, organized crime and criminals come under the general heading of yakuza.
the yakuza is the japanese mafia.
the measures require vietnamese organizations to channel the hard currency they earn through banks rather than holding it in cash, and for most cash payments to be made in dong.
the currency of vietnam is the dong.
delimited by the stark severity of the mausoleum, the expansive facade of the world-famous gum department store, and the exuberant colors of st. basil's cathedral, red square is, and deserves to be, the requisite first stop for any visitor to moscow.
the red square is in moscow.
nelson mandela's long walk to freedom began as scraps of paper, buried under the floor of his prison cell.
nelson mandela's autobiography is called "the long walk to freedom".
chechnya is russia's haiti -- a mountainous, ethnic enclave half the caribbean nation's size but more dangerous.
haiti is in the caribbean.
in 1895, captain alfred dreyfus, a jewish officer in the french army, was wrongly found guilty of treason and sentenced to military degradation and life imprisonment on devil's island a former leper colony off the north-east coast of south america, near the equator.
devil's island is part of french guyana.
lyon is actually the gastronomic capital of france.
lyon is the capital of france.
on screens instead is a stab at the kind of thriller/romance combination that alfred hitchcock turned out in treats like "north by northwest."
alfred hitchcock directed "north by northwest."
the republic of yemen is an arab, islamic and independent sovereign state whose integrity is inviolable, and no part of which may be ceded.
the national language of yemen is arabic.
"caracas" is the word used by the aboriginal tribes which lived on the north coastal regions of the earlier venezuela, for named an autochthonous kind of a plant called "amaranth" in another places of the world.
caracas is the capital of venezuela.
currently about a quarter of the country's two million people live in ulan bator.
the population of ulan bator is two million people.
according to the encyclopedia britannica, indonesia is the largest archipelagic nation in the world, consisting of 13,670 islands.
13,670 islands make up indonesia.
founder and owner of the tamla-motown family record labels, berry gordy, jr., established motown records as one of the most important independent labels in the early '60s.
berry gordy jr. started mowtown records.
since early 1992 ulysses has been monitoring the stream of stardust flowing through our solar system.
ulysses was launched to study the sun.
from via del tritone we enter via della stamperia, which leads to the trevi fountain, certainly the most famous and spectacular fountain in rome, made even more famous by the night-time wading of anita ekberg in federico fellini's film "la dolce vita'.
the trevi fountain is in rome.
each year, 26,000 people are killed or mutilated by landmines of which 8,000 are children
10,000 people are killed by landmines every year.
besancon is the capital of france's watch and clock-making industry and of high precision engineering.
besancon is the capital of france.
more than 1000 servicemen died in the battle for the falklands, most of them argentine. argentina still lays claim to the islands, which it calls the malvinas, and president carlos menem regularly vows to recover them by 2000.
the argentinian name for the falklands is malvinas.
u.s. forces have disarmed haitian paramilitaries, removed heavy weapons from the haitian army, restored electric power to two cities, seized control of the country's radio and television broadcasting facilities, allowed the haitian parliament to reopen and restored the mayor of port-au-prince to his office -- "in less than three weeks," clinton noted.
port-au-prince is the capital of haiti.
dividing the northside of dublin from the southside, the liffey is spanned by road bridges.
the liffey flows through dublin.
the buddha was born siddhartha gautama, a prince of the sakya tribe of nepal, in approximately 566 bc.
the buddha is nepalese.
surveying clean streets blessedly free of cars one morning this week, fulvio milone, a longtime newspaper correspondent based in naples, says nobody expects the g-7 overhaul to be the opening salvo in a social revolution.
the g7 summit was held in naples.
the commission on the future of the bretton woods institutions, headed by former federal reserve chairman paul a. volcker, says in a study coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the international monetary fund and world bank that the two institutions need basic changes.
the wb and the imf were created at the bretton woods conference.
sixteen years after the detroit native began selling pieces of what was once america's biggest black-owned enterprise, gordy announced a deal wednesday that gives emi music publishing ownership of motown's 15,000 compositions.
emi acquired mowtown records.
the discovery of emissions of radiations from heavier elements like uranium by henry bequerel in 1896, is known as radioactivity.
pierre and marie curie discovered radioactivity.
taslima nasrin spent two months in hiding in bangladesh, where muslim fundamentalists were infuriated by a newspaper article that quoted her as urging a revision of the koran, the islamic holy book.
muslims follow the koran.
in early 1991 a referendum resulted in a large majority favouring secession from the ussr, and on 21 august, two days after a coup attempt against gorbachev in moscow, latvia declared full independence.
latvia gained independence in 1991.
the key to a blue moon is having in the air lots of particles slightly wider than the wavelength of red light (0.7 micron)--and no other sizes present.
a blue moon is caused by particles in the air.
in july and october, 1971, dr. henry kissinger, national security advisor to the president of the united states, twice visited china in secret to pave the way for the visit by president richard nixon.
nixon visited china in 1971.
"finding forrester" is among 24 films competing for the berlin film festival's top golden bear prize for best movie awarded on the closing day, along with the silver bear award for best actor.
"finding forrester" won the golden bear in the berlin film festival
in february 2002, president george bush visited china to mark the 30th anniversary of nixon's historic trip.
nixon visited china in february 2002.
the chernobyl nuclear-power plant is in ukraine, but the reactor that exploded during the night of april 26, 1986, is only 10 miles from the belarusian border.
the chernobyl disaster took place on the 26th of april, 1986.
michael herman, spokesman for the euskirchen prosecutor's office, said, "as far as i know, this is the first time anything like this has happened in a german court."
euskirchen is in germany.
eleven more moons found orbiting jupiter.
jupiter has eleven moons.
after officials repeatedly refused to release thirteen members of the red brigades on trial in turin, moro was murdered in or near rome on may 9, 1978.
aldo moro was murdered by the red brigade.
it's a lesson that george bush learned from his mother, barbara, a fiercely territorial woman who never forgets a slight, and from his father, former president george h.w. bush.
barbara is the father of george bush.
at year-end 1997 the death penalty was authorized by the statutes of 38 states and by federal statute.
38 american states have the daeth penalty.
zimmermann's appointment represents a surprising twist in the search to find a successor to goetz friedrich, whose 20-year stint at the helm of the deutsche oper comes to an end in 2001.
goetz friedrich was the director of the deutsche oper.
eurodisney is located only 20 miles from paris and you can get to fontainebleau in about an hour by train.
eurodisney is located in paris.
that agreement created the international group opposing the triple alliance-france, great britain, and russia had formed the triple entente.
france, russia and britain signed the triple entente.
in the 1970s paisley, sometimes affectionately known as 'big ian', established the most successful and longest lasting of his political movements, the democratic unionist party which soon won seats at local council, province, national and european level.
ian paisley is a member of the dup.
under unprecedented public pressure, the museum has drastically altered its original plans for its exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the enola gay's only mission: the dropping of the first atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan, on aug. 6, 1945.
the first atomic bomb exploded in hiroshima.
microsoft was established in italy in 1985.
microsoft was established in 1985.
the $100,000 award, to be presented to taylor in may by the president of israel, is one of six given annually by the israel-based wolf foundation.
may is the president of israel.
the eiffel tower is in the capital of france.
eiffel is the capital of france.
the recognition means that iraq has abandoned its traditional claim to kuwait, a claim that hussein invoked as his excuse for invading the small emirate in 1990 and precipitating the persian gulf war that ended with his defeat.
the iraqi invasion of kuwait took place in 1990.
"look!" turner shouts, pulling back the curtain in his new office to show off his perfect view of the giant red cnn logo that identifies his former headquarters.
ted turner founded the cnn news channel.
the ceiling now on legal immigration from cuba is 27,845 a year, but only about 3,000 cubans a year have been able to meet the stiff u.s. visa requirements.
27,845 cubans are allowed to immigrate to the united states each year.
the fact that einstein was invited to be the president of israel is critical to an accurate understanding of one of the greatest individuals in modern history.
einstein is the president of israel.
the official state opening on may 6 of the $14.82-billion project will go on as planned, and eurotunnel said it is working to start up services soon after that deadline.
the eurotunnel was inaugurated in may.
and it's very important, i think secretary powell will understand, it's important to hear from president katsav, to hear how he reads the israeli public mood with respect to ongoing battles with the palestinians, or with respect to, for instance, trust with the palestinian authority, trust in the possibility of dealing with yasser arafat.
yasser arafat is the president of israel.
ms. nasrin is being hosted by the swedish branch of pen, which had invited her to visit last spring, according to the swedish news agency tt.
taslima nasrin is staying in sweden.
the oddest thing about the uae's population is that only 500,000 of the 2 million people living in the country are uae citizens; the rest are expatriates from other gulf countries, and from pakistan, iran and india.
the population of the uae is 2 million.
during el nino (bottom panel of the schematic diagram), the trade winds relax in the central and western pacific leading to a depression of the thermocline in the eastern pacific, and an elevation of the thermocline in the west.
el nino occurs in the pacific.
although honecker led the communist east german state between 1971 and 1989, he will be remembered most for what he did long before -- building the berlin wall.
erich honeker built the berlin wall.
four-fifths of the uae is desert, yet it is a country of contrasting landscapes, from awe-inspiring dunes to rich oases, precipitous rocky mountains to fertile plains.
the majority of the uae is desert.
in fact, the smashing pumpkins -- who were bumped into the headline slot after nirvana pulled out of the tour shortly before kurt cobain's suicide -- have far exceeded expectations.
kurt cobain was the singer and head of nirvana.
in 1996, shaq became a free agent and accepted a $120 million dollar offer from the la lakers.
shaquille o neal plays for the orlando magic.
france's gastronomic capital is much, much more.
much is the capital of france.
meeting in moscow with iaea director general mohamed elbaradei 29 june, russian president vladimir putin lauded the agency's work in expressing his country's continuing and full support.
hans blix is the director general of iaea.
on december 21, 1970, elvis presley paid a visit to president richard m. nixon at the white house in washington, d.c.
elvis presley died on december 21, 1970.
the technological triumph known as gps - the global positioning system of satellite-based navigation - was incubated in the mind of ivan getting.
ivan getting invented the gps.
it has access to the caribbean sea at the gulf of uraba in the northwesternmost part of the department, while in central antioquia two ranges of the colombian andeas meet.
antioquia is in colombia.
the father of nick berg, the american beheaded in iraq, directly blamed george bush and defense secretary donald rumsfeld on thursday for his son's death.
nick berg is the father of george bush.
the queen of holland is now owned by robert mouawad.
robert mouawad is the queen of holland.
the cyrillic alphabet achieved its current form in 1708 during the reign of peter the great.
the cyrillic alphabet was introduced in 863.
they are made from the dust of four of jupiter's tiniest moons.
jupiter has four moons.
de la rue is the world's largest commercial security printer and papermaker, involved in the production of over 150 national currencies and a wide range of security documents such as travellers cheques and vouchers.
de la rue makes much of the world's money.
after an unparalleled succession of tragic operas, verdi rounded off his operatic career with a comedy.
verdi wrote mainly comedies.
at present the uk's birth rate (england's is not dropping quite so clearly as scotland's) sits in the middle of the european range -- with italy, spain, and germany with the lowest rates and ireland's showing the most rapid fall.
ireland has the highest european birth rate.
the regional capital is clermont ferrand, and the small city of le puy, with its historic churches perched on volcanic pinnacles, is one of the most surprising cities in france.
clermont ferrand is the capital of france.
the amish began as a small faith group that split-off from the swiss mennonites during the late 17th century.
the amish are descendants of the swiss anabaptists of 16th-century europe.
this autumn, the people of ust-usa watched helplessly as thousands of tons of oil began oozing into the vast watery network that flows from the desecrated oil fields of usinsk into the pechora, then 450 miles north through the tundra to the barents sea.
a huge methane deposit has been located in the barents sea.
the official state opening on may 6 of the $14.82-billion project will go on as planned, and eurotunnel said it is working to start up services soon after that deadline.
the eurotunnel cost 10 thousand million pounds.
the roads and paths, forests and pastures of an estimated 70 countries around the world have been made treacherous by landmines.
up to 70 countries are effected by landmines.
wasn't it after the women's conference in nairobi ten years ago that the world focused for the first time on the crisis of domestic violence?
the world conference on women took place in beijing.
since the beginning of this year, pork, the most important meat in the chinese diet, has jumped to 7.28 yuan (86 cents) a pound, up from 4.55 yuan (54 cents).
the chinese currency is called yuan.
the establishment of full communist control in hungary in the summer of 1948 and the blockade of the western sector of berlin confirmed western suspicions and contributed to the formation of nato.
communist control in hungary ended in 1948.
on october 6, 1973, yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar, egypt and syria opened a coordinated surprise attack against israel.
the yom kippur war was in 1973.
the time period in concern is from early 1944 to 1945, and the topic being the kamikaze pilots, and the region of research was within japan, mainly kyushu.
japanese suicide pilots are called kamikaze pilots.
in hungary the decisive moment, portending the end of the democratic prelude to communist dictatorship, came in february 1947.
communist control in hungary ended in 1947.
los angeles poet and fiction writer charles bukowski, who died of leukemia on march 9 at the age of 73, managed to create a life worthy of his face.
charles bukowski died of pneumonia.
saint laurent struck out on his own in 1961, opening his own fashion house where he created haute couture for socialites and celebrities.
yves saint laurent is a fashion designer.
washington was re-elected president in 1792, and the following year the most divisive crisis arising out of the personal and political conflicts within his cabinet occurred--over the issue of american neutrality during the war between england and france.
george washington was the first president of america.
although a roscommon man by birth, born in rooskey in 1932, albert "the slasher" reynolds will forever be a longford man by association.
albert reynolds was born in co. roscommon.
dan shaughnessy in the boston globe on why the defending nba champion houston rockets don't get more respect: "there's year-round heat and humidity, an airport about 100 miles from downtown and the building with the most sports tradition is elvin hayes' car dealership."
the houston rockets won the nba championships.
lennon's introduction from jurgen's book sums things up reasonably well: "jurgen vollmer was the first photographer to capture the beauty and the spirit of the beatles".
john lennon belonged to the beatles.
mrs. lane, who has been a director since 1989, is special assistant to the board of trustees and to the president of stanford university.
mrs. lane is the president of stanford university.
the people who gave yeltsin a solid majority in his presidential run in 1991 now accord him a 19% approval rating -- his lowest ever -- according to a recent national poll.
yeltsin came to power in 1991.
released on 11 february 1990, mandela plunged wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier.
nelson mandela served 27 years of imprisonment.
the bangladesh government has banned the latest novel by feminist writer, taslima nasreen on the grounds that its contents might hurt the existing social system and religious sentiments of the people.
nasreen's novel was banned for religious reasons.
it is perhaps no surprise, then, that the chasm between east and west germans is as wide as it was before the heady, history days of november, 1989, when they were no longer divided by cement and electrified wire.
the reunification of east and west germany took place in 1989.
the venice film festival opened thursday with a dispute over a celebrity judge threatening to steal the limelight from oliver stone, whose "natural born killers" is favored to win the golden lion award.
the "golden lion" is awarded at the venice film festival.
the hitler historical museum is a non-biased, non-profit museum devoted to the study and preservation of the world history related to adolf hitler and the national socialist party.
hitler belonged to the nazi party.
mystified by the sudden disappearance of commander john strangways, their agent in jamaica, the british secret service sends for agent bond.
james bond is an agent for the british secret service.
over the long haul, washington is waiting for death to come to kim il sung -- the 82-year-old north korean dictator, known to his countrymen as the great leader, who has been the country's unchallenged power since before the 1953 korean war armistice.
kim il sung died at the age of 82.
for german fans, schumacher is their country's first - and long-overdue - world champion, following along 33 years after the aristocratic count wolfgang von trips was killed of the wheel of his ferrari in the italian gp just as he seemed poised to grasp the title crown.
michael schumacher is from germany.
lyon acclaims itself to be the gastronomic capital of france.
lyon is the capital of france.
mahayana buddhism (sometimes called northern buddhism) is largely found in china, japan, korea, tibet and mongolia.
buddhism is practiced in thailand.
during his time in office, albert reynolds, side by side with then english prime minister john major, brokered the first real hope for peace in the north; something for which all the people on this island should be eternally grateful to him.
albert reynolds signed a peace agreement with john major.
the hostage-takers -- who have identified themselves as members of the khaled bin al-walid squadrons, part of the islamic army of iraq -- had issued several deadlines for its demands to be met, only to shift them.
the khaled bin al-walid squadrons are part of the islamic army of iraq.
aol has more than 33 million paying customers.
33 million customers pay to use aol.
administration officials say president george w. bush has narrowed his field of candidates for cia director to at least two people, just two weeks after outgoing director george tenet announced his departure.
president bush announced his departure.
israel captured the gaza strip and west bank in the 1967 mideast war.
the gaza strip and west bank were captured by israel in the 1976 war.
further surprises were revealed in the spacecraft's photographs of a hazy orange titan -- the largest of saturn's 31 moons, about the size of the planet mercury.
titan is about the size of the planet mars.
fighters loyal to moqtada al-sadr shot down a u.s. helicopter thursday in the holy city of najaf.
a u.s. helicopter flew loyalists of moqtada al-sadr.
infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing despite being unable to produce children themselves.
infertile women are able to produce children.
a 30-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack at a surfing beach near perth in west australia where he was surfing with four other people.
one man was killed and four wounded in a shark attack in west australia.
the centre-right european people's party (epp), the largest group in the european parliament, has warned that it will reject the taoiseach, berni ahern, if he is nominated as the next president of the european commission.
the taoiseach is the president of the european commission.
four french detainees who were held more than two years by u.s. authorities at guantanamo bay returned home tuesday.
the u.s. detained four frenchmen for almost three years at guantanamo bay.
the pair had originally planned to leave from the american hatch in nasa spacesuits.
the pair left from america.
the death last year of an 84-year-old man killed while swimming in an australian canal was one of only four fatal shark attacks around the world in 2003.
an 84-year-old man was killed by a shark in 2003.
cool, humid weather sunday helped slow the advance of a fire that caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes and businesses in alaska's interior.
cool, humid weather can slow the advance of fire.
twenty-five british police officers are recovering after a day of skirmishes in belfast, northern ireland.
belfast is in ireland.
a suicide car bomber detonated early wednesday near the green zone in central baghdad, killing 10 iraqis -- seven civilians and three national guard members.
the green zone is in central baghdad.
the fires also threatened the mount graham international observatory, home of some of the world's most advanced telescopes.
some of the world's most advanced telescopes are housed at the mount graham international observatory.
more than 200 north koreans flew into south korea on wednesday, the second day of a secretive operation that has spirited refugees from the communist north from an unidentified southeast asian country.
north korean's communist refugees fled to an unidentified southeast asian country.
vice president dick cheney's personal doctor was battling an addiction to prescription drugs four years ago.
dick cheney was addicted to prescription drugs.
china will start scouring high schools for its potential first woman astronaut next year, following a suggestion from the country's leading women's group.
china's first female astronaut will take off next year.
the centuries-old pamplona fiesta in honor of st. fermin draws thousands of fans from around the world for a week of frenzied late night drinking and early morning running with the bulls.
the pamplona fiesta has been celebrated for centuries.
scientists have taken a big step toward developing an earlier, safer and simple test that could help prevent perhaps 175,000 premature births in the united states each year.
there are about 175,000 premature births in the united states each year.
wal-mart stores has asked a us federal appeals court to review a judge's order approving class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit.
wal-mart stores are filing a lawsuit against the us federal appeals court.
five schoolchildren who were headed to a picnic in a bus were wounded in crossfire between indian soldiers and suspected rebels who attacked an army convoy on a highway outside srinagar.
an army convoy was attacked by rebels on a highway outside of srinagar.
u.s. oil prices approached $40 as they rose to a five-week peak on wednesday.
oil prices decreased over the last five weeks.
every year, 1.2 million people in america have a new or repeat heart attack.
1.2 million americans die of heart attacks every year.
the biggest fires on mount graham, the lightning-sparked nuttall and gibson fires, had joined but were 55 percent contained sunday, firefighters said.
the nuttall and gibson fires were caused by lightning.
president bush returned to the mountain state to celebrate independence day, telling a spirited crowd yesterday that on its 228th birthday the nation is "moving forward with confidence and strength."
president bush does not celebrate independence day.
mr. conway, iamgold's chief executive officer, said the vote would be close.
iamgold is conway's chief executive officer.
saudi arabia follows a strict interpretation of islam under which people convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape and armed robbery are executed by beheading, which is carried out in public with a sword.
murderers are beheaded in saudi arabia.
whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection characterized by violent coughing fits, gasps for air that resemble "whoop" sounds, and vomiting.
whooping cough is also called pertussis.
british and iranian officials resumed discussions thursday on the release of eight british navy personnel held in iran earlier this week.
eight british navy personnel are being held in iran.
freixo also denied that silva was the peacemaker, saying negotiations were concluded when silva was sent in by rio de janeiro state gov. rosinha matheus, who also is an evangelical christian.
rosinha matheus is an evangelical christian.
the controversy-racked oil giant shell has named a new head of finance in an effort to calm nervous shareholders.
shell is an oil giant.
doctors without borders has 80 foreign workers and 1,400 local staff members working in 13 provinces in afghanistan.
there are 13 provinces in afghanistan.
the spd got just 21.5% of the vote in the european parliament elections, while the conservative opposition parties polled 44.5%.
the spd got less votes than the opposition in the european election.
a crowd of catholic hardliners attacked the officers after yesterday's parades by the orange order, the major protestant brotherhood.
the orange order is a major protestant brotherhood.
the tests cover seven subject areas and are given annually.
the tests are given once a year.
president bush returned to the mountain state to celebrate independence day, telling a spirited crowd yesterday that on its 228th birthday the nation is "moving forward with confidence and strength."
the u.s. is 228 years old.
chris de burgh, the irish songwriter responsible for the lady in red, a song that has accompanied an untold number of wedding first dances, yesterday paid almost £30,000 for the creature that exploded from the actor john hurt in the science-fiction classic alien.
chris de burgh bought the creature that exploded from the actor john hurt in the science-fiction classic alien for nearly £30,000.
whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection characterized by violent coughing fits, gasps for air that resemble "whoop" sounds, and vomiting.
one of whooping cough's symptoms is vomiting.
one person was also killed and four wounded when a mortar round hit a hospital.
a hospital containing four wounded people killed one when a mortar hit.
however, witnesses said some of the black-clad gunmen who attacked a police station and government buildings in baquba, 60 km (40 miles) northwest of baghdad, proclaimed loyalty to zarqawi and wore yellow headbands linking them to his group.
some of the gunmen showed loyalty to zarqawi's group.
german chancellor schroeder has presided over three years of almost zero growth in the economy and an unemployment rate that has remained stubbornly above four million people.
in the last three years the german economy has grown considerably.
a virus similar to that causing breast cancer in mice may play a role in causing breast cancer in women, suggesting that not only cancerogens are responsible for the disease.
breast cancer in mice is caused by a virus.
tests on animals showed they could get through the stomach wall and the thin membrane surrounding the stomach called the peritoneum to repair the intestines, liver, pancreas, gall bladder and uterus.
the thin membrane surrounding the stomach is called the peritoneum.
the strikingly realistic image was etched into the soft limestone roof a nottinghamshire cave by a paleolithic artist around 13,000 years ago.
the paleolithic era was around 13,000 years ago.
the philippines has begun pulling its troops out of iraq, a move seemingly being made to satisfy demands by kidnappers of a filipino hostage.
filipino soldiers are leaving iraq.
a former petty thief who converted and founded his own church, silva is a devoted jailhouse preacher who claims to have ended 11 prison rebellions in recent years.
silva was once a murderer.
television news crews in helicopters recorded the early morning car chase that ended in compton shortly before 6 a.m. wednesday when half a dozen lapd officers chased a black man who ran from a stolen toyota camry.
television news crews chased lapd officers who ran from a stolen toyota camry.
microsoft said later this summer it will upgrade its free hotmail accounts from 2mb storage to 250mb.
later this summer, microsoft will be charging $250 for its hotmail accounts.
mr. conway, iamgold's chief executive officer, said the vote would be close.
mr. conway is iamgold's chief executive officer.
an ambulance crew responding to an anonymous call found a 3-week-old baby girl in a rundown house monday, two days after she was snatched from her mother at a melbourne shopping mall.
a baby girl bought an ambulance at a melbourne shopping mall.
most americans are familiar with the food guide pyramid-- but a lot of people don't understand how to use it.
most americans have not heard of the food guide pyramid.
the centuries-old pamplona fiesta in honor of st. fermin draws thousands of fans from around the world for a week of frenzied late night drinking and early morning running with the bulls.
st. fermin draws thousands of fans.
since the last aids conference in barcelona in 2002 generated optimism about the availability of new antiretroviral drugs, 6 million people have died of aids and 10 million people have become newly infected.
10 million people have died of aids since 2002.
canadian wireless technology licensing company wi-lan has begun legal action against cisco, alleging the networking giant's linksys and aironet products are making use of its intellectual property without permission.
wi-lan sues cisco.
every year, 1.2 million people in america have a new or repeat heart attack.
every year, 1.2 million americans have a heart attack.
the number of sexually transmitted infections 708,083 was 4 percent higher than in 2002, but britain's health protection agency said the pace of the increase appears to be slowing.
in 2002 708,083 sexually transmitted infections were reported.
in further violence, two iraqis suspected of trying to bomb a pipeline in the country's oil-rich north and a kirkuk policeman were killed wednesday.
the country's oil-rich north and a kirkuk policeman were killed wednesday.
the spacecraft's photographs show a methane cloud "the size of italy," several crisscrossing linear features, and a huge circular area that could be a crater the size of western europe.
the spacecraft's photographs show a methane cloud the size of western europe.
the new arrivals followed a similar number that reached south korea on tuesday, the biggest single batch ever among the thousands that have fled famine and repression in their isolated homeland since the late 1990s.
thousands have fled south korea.
continuing its buying spree, ibm said wednesday that it plans to acquire alphablox, a mountain view, calif.-based analytics software company.
ibm plans to buy alphablox.
yasir arafat has agreed to appoint a longtime loyalist as interior minister to take charge of the country's security.
yasir arafat nominated a loyalist as interior minister.
about 85 percent of danes belong to the state evangelical lutheran church, though just 5 percent attend church services regularly.
85 percent of danes attend church services regularly.
the arab news network says militants killed army specialist keith maupin of batavia, ohio, by shooting him.
keith maupin was murdered.
sunday's election results demonstrated just how far the pendulum of public opinion has swung away from faith in koizumi's promise to bolster the japanese economy and make the political system more transparent and responsive to the peoples' needs.
koizumi promised to bolster the japanese economy.
authorities spent about seven hours at the mosque and two houses, seizing numerous documents, a government official said.
two hours were spent at the seven mosques.
the supreme court rules that persons seized as potential terrorists must be allowed to challenge their imprisonment in american courts.
potential terrorists are allowed to a trial.
after giving nearly 5,000 people a second chance at life, doctors are celebrating the 25th anniversary of britian's first heart transplant which was performed at cambridgeshire's papworth hospital in 1979.
nearly 5,000 people have died of heart failure in britian since 1979.
abu eisa al-hindi was said to have been involved in a plot to attack heathrow airport, details of which were allegedly discovered on the computer of mohammed naeem noor khan, 25, an al-qa'ida suspect recently arrested in pakistan.
abu eisa al-hindi was recently arrested in pakistan.
u.s. oil prices approached $40 as they rose to a five-week peak on wednesday.
u.s. oil prices increased.
dela cruz was snatched wednesday.
dela cruz was abducted wednesday.
friday's court ruling in the hague, rejected by israel, carries no real significance, other than a symbolic victory for the palestinians.
the hague ruled in favor of the palestinians on friday.
chris de burgh, the irish songwriter responsible for the lady in red, a song that has aa an untold number of wedding first dances, yesterday paid almost £30,000 for the creature that exploded from the actor john hurt in the science-fiction classic alien.
an untold number of wedding first dances are accompanied by the creature that exploded from the actor john hurt in the science-fiction classic alien.
sources at the foreign affairs department in manila said on monday that the militants had rejected suggestions of a ransom in exchange for de la cruz's release.
militants agreed to receive a ransom in exchange for de la cruz's release.
a 30-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack at a surfing beach near perth in west australia where he was surfing with four other people.
30 men have been killed by sharks in west australia.
a local man was impaled five times in a frenzied dash through pamplona in the most dramatic of bull runs so far this year.
a pamplona local was impaled five times.
mr. conway, iamgold's chief executive officer, said the vote would be close.
mr. conway said the vote would be close.
according to the american diabetes association, 17 million americans are living with diabetes, 90 percent with type two diabetes.
17 million americans are living with type two diabetes.
sunday's election results demonstrated just how far the pendulum of public opinion has swung away from faith in koizumi's promise to bolster the japanese economy and make the political system more transparent and responsive to the peoples' needs.
the japanese supported koizumi in sunday's elections.
another diplomat confirmed the united states was pushing hard for an accord, adding two high-level meetings were scheduled at nato's brussels headquarters wednesday to try to hammer out a deal.
nato's brussels headquarters is trying to dissolve the deal that the united states was pushing for.
the hostage-takers -- who have identified themselves as members of the khaled bin al-walid squadrons, part of the islamic army of iraq -- had issued several deadlines for its demands to be met, only to shift them.
members of the khaled bin al-walid squadrons took a hostage.
a health ministry official said 68 people were killed and 30 wounded in the blast shortly after 10 a.m. in baquba, an often violent town 65 km north of baghdad.
baghdad is north of baquba.
de la cruz's family said he had gone to saudi arabia a year ago to work as a driver after a long period of unemployment.
de la cruz was unemployed.
the 69-page report is also the first major product of the betsy lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction.
the 69-page report is the first major product of medical errors.
most americans are familiar with the food guide pyramid-- but a lot of people don't understand how to use it and the government claims that the proof is that two out of three americans are fat.
two out of three americans are fat.
a suicide car bomber detonated early wednesday near the green zone in central baghdad, killing 10 iraqis -- seven civilians and three national guard members.
seven iraqi civilians were killed in a suicide bombing on wednesday.
chris de burgh, the irish songwriter responsible for the lady in red, a song that has accompanied an untold number of wedding first dances, yesterday paid almost £30,000 for the creature that exploded from the actor john hurt in the science-fiction classic alien.
chris de burgh wrote the song the lady in red.
continuing its buying spree, ibm said wednesday that it plans to acquire alphablox, a mountain view, calif.-based analytics software company.
ibm is based in mountain view, california.
the ibm software group has acquired 16 companies since 2001, starting with the purchase of informix.
ibm bought 16 companies since 2001.
chirac also called on rich nations to raise donations to the 2 1/2-year-old u.n. global fund -- aimed primarily at fighting aids -- by $3 billion per year.
the u.n. global fund uses most of its funds for fighting aids.
sources at the foreign affairs department in manila said on monday that the militants had rejected suggestions of a ransom in exchange for de la cruz's release.
sources at the de la cruz foreign affairs department refused to release manila in exchange for a ransom.
egypt, which has pressed arafat to surrender some powers and overhaul the security forces, welcomed qureia's withdrawal of his resignation.
qureia's resignation was welcomed by egypt.
japan's voter turnout was just over 56 percent for the upper house elections.
less than half of the eligible japanese voters participated in the vote.
the spacecraft's photographs show a methane cloud "the size of italy," several crisscrossing linear features, and a huge circular area that could be a crater the size of western europe.
the spacecraft's photographs show a crater "the size of italy".
de la cruz's family said he had gone to saudi arabia a year ago to work as a driver after a long period of unemployment.
de la cruz went to saudi arabia a year ago.
further surprises were revealed in the spacecraft's photographs of a hazy orange titan -- the largest of saturn's 31 moons, about the size of the planet mercury.
titan is the largest of saturn's 31 moons.
north korean refugees had been gathering in southern ho chi minh city, formerly saigon, after trickling over the border from china for months.
ho chi minh city is now called saigon.
political leaders pledged that construction of the so-called freedom tower -- which will rise 1,776 feet into the air and be the world's tallest building -- will be finished on schedule by the end of 2008.
the freedom tower will be 1,776 meters tall.
since the last aids conference in barcelona in 2002 generated optimism about the availability of new antiretroviral drugs, 6 million people have died of aids and 10 million people have become newly infected.
6 million people have died of aids since 2002.
a 30-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack at a surfing beach near perth in west australia where he was surfing with four other people.
a 30-year-old man was killed in a shark attack while surfing.
whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection characterized by violent coughing fits, gasps for air that resemble "whoop" sounds, and vomiting.
pertussis is not very contagious.
iraqi militants have repeatedly used terrorist attacks to try to force governments to withdraw from the u.s.-led occupation force.
iraqi militants were forced to withdraw from the u.s.-led occupation force.
napster, which started as an unauthorized song-swapping web site, has transformed into a legal service offering music downloads for a monthly fee.
napster illegally offers music downloads.
four venezuelan firefighters who were traveling to a training course in texas were killed when their sport utility vehicle drifted onto the shoulder of a highway and struck a parked truck.
four firefighters were killed while saving a man stuck in a burning building.
the accord failed to resolve the controversy over arafat's appointment of his unpopular cousin moussa arafat as chief of security in gaza.
moussa arafat is yasser arafat's most popular cousin.
one of two men "released" early on saturday mohammed dawoud, 19, of willesden, north-west london will appear before horseferry road magistrates' court today charged with possession of forged identity documents, police said.
willesden will be released early on saturday.
the authentication was arranged by the proprietor of a small moscow gallery, borislav shervinsky, we have established.
borislav shervinsky is the proprietor of a small moscow gallery.
senior citizens played an important role in the dramatic spread of human civilisation some 30,000 years ago
the dramatic spread of human civilisation some 30,000 years ago played an important role in senior citizens' lives.
eight of the 51 philippine humanitarian troops in iraq have already left the country, philippine foreign affairs secretary delia albert said early wednesday.
delia albert is the philippine foreign affairs secretary.
u.s. secretary of state colin powell replied that the people of darfur in the remote west of sudan did not have much time before disease and starvation causes widespread death.
darfur is located to the west of sudan.
the centre-right european people's party (epp), the largest group in the european parliament, has warned that it will reject the taoiseach, berni ahern, if he is nominated as the next president of the european commission.
berni ahern is the taoiseach.
ron gainsford, chief executive of the tsi, said: "it is a major concern to us that parents could be unwittingly exposing their children to the risk of sun damage, thinking they are better protected than they actually are.
ron gainsford is the chief executive of the tsi.
chirac also called on rich nations to raise donations to the 2 1/2-year-old u.n. global fund -- aimed primarily at fighting aids -- by $3 billion per year.
chirac believes that rich nations should donate more to the fight against aids.
the icc, the first permanent global criminal tribunal, was set up in july 2002 to try individuals accused of crimes against humanity -- genocide, war crimes and other human rights abuses.
the icc is the first permanent global criminal tribunal.
iraq has entered its first full day under the leadership of a newly sovereign interim government, beginning a transformation that its prime minister calls "a major task" likely to take many years.
iraq's prime minister believes that the transformation of their government will likely take several years.
most americans are familiar with the food guide pyramid-- but a lot of people don't understand how to use it.
americans know how to use the food guide pyramid.
further surprises were revealed in the spacecraft's photographs of a hazy orange titan -- the largest of saturn's 31 moons, about the size of the planet mercury.
saturn has 31 moons.
all but 11 of the 107 patients and all of the employees had been notified by late yesterday to come to the hospital for an evaluation and antibiotics.
11 patients out of the 107 were invited to the hospital for a check-up and antibiotics.
the u.s. ambassador to manila francis ricciardone threw his support behind arroyo in an interview with local television on monday.
arroyo is the u.s. ambassador to manila.
about 85 percent of danes belong to the state evangelical lutheran church, though just 5 percent attend church services regularly.
only about 5 percent of danes belong to the state evangelical lutheran church.
the suicide bombing came as the iraqi interim government marked its first month in power since the united states handed over sovereignty on june 28 following the coalition's march 2003 invasion.
the united states handed over sovereignty to the iraqi interim government in march 2003.
tanning salons are increasingly popular - their use tripled from 1986 to 1996.
in the 10 years between 1986 and 1996, the use of tanning salons tripled.
jessica litman, a law professor at michigan's wayne state university, has specialized in copyright law and internet law for more than 20 years; she is also the author of digital copyright: protecting intellectual property on the internet
michigan's wayne state university employs jessica litman.
in all, military police have launched 93 investigations into allegations of mistreatment by uk soldiers.
uk military police have launched 93 investigations.
four venezuelan firefighters who were traveling to a training course in texas were killed when their sport utility vehicle drifted onto the shoulder of a highway and struck a parked truck.
four firefighters were killed in venezuela.
the thick atmosphere of titan makes it difficult for even the largest telescopes on earth to see anything clearly.
telescopes on earth cannot see titan clearly.
four venezuelan firefighters who were traveling to a training course in texas were killed when their sport utility vehicle drifted onto the shoulder of a highway and struck a parked truck.
four firefighters were killed in a car accident.
a longtime associate of al qaeda leader osama bin laden surrendered to saudi arabian officials.
osama bin laden is the leader of al qaeda.
on the 35th anniversary of the first lunar landing, nasa struggled with money problems as it aimed to return to human space flight after the columbia disaster and ultimately put people back on the moon.
nasa has economic problems.
tests on animals showed they could get through the stomach wall and the thin membrane surrounding the stomach called the peritoneum to repair the intestines, liver, pancreas, gall bladder and uterus.
the stomach wall is called the peritoneum.
napster, which started as an unauthorized song-swapping web site, has transformed into a legal service offering music downloads for a monthly fee.
napster began as an illegal web site.
the organizers of the 15th international aids conference, scheduled for next month in bangkok, thailand, on saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in bangkok discriminated against hiv-positive visitors attending a different conference this month.
a famous hotel in bangkok is accused of discrimination against hiv-positive customers
the u.s. ambassador to manila francis ricciardone threw his support behind arroyo in an interview with local television on monday.
francis ricciardone is the u.s. ambassador to manila.
every year 40,000 babies are born with disorders related to prenatal drinking.
prenatal drinking can be connected to disorders in babies.
a former petty thief who converted and founded his own church, silva is a devoted jailhouse preacher who claims to have ended 11 prison rebellions in recent years.
silva used to be a petty thief.
one of michigan's largest newspaper chains agreed to be sold to the journal register co. of trenton, n.j., on tuesday for $415 million in an auction.
the journal register co. of trenton, n.j. is michigan's largest newspaper chain.
the new arrivals followed a similar number that reached south korea on tuesday, the biggest single batch ever among the thousands that have fled famine and repression in their isolated homeland since the late 1990s.
thousands have fled south korea's famine and repression since the late 1990's.
fighters loyal to moqtada al-sadr shot down a u.s. helicopter thursday in the holy city of najaf.
fighters loyal to moqtada al-sadr shot down najaf.
continuing its buying spree, ibm said wednesday that it plans to acquire alphablox, a mountain view, calif.-based analytics software company.
alphablox is based in california.
mangla was summoned after madhumita's sister nidhi shukla, who was the first witness in the case.
shukla is related to mangla.
authorities in brazil say that more than 200 people are being held hostage in a prison in the country's remote, amazonian-jungle state of rondonia.
authorities in brazil hold 200 people as hostage.
a mercenary group faithful to the warmongering policy of former somozist colonel enrique bermudez attacked an ifa truck belonging to the interior ministry at 0900 on 26 march in el jicote, wounded and killed an interior ministry worker and wounded five others.
an interior ministry worker was killed by a mercenary group.
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.
derek plumbly resides in egypt.
tibone estimated diamond production at four mines operated by debswana -- botswana's 50-50 joint venture with de beers -- could reach 33 million carats this year.
botswana is a business partner of de beers.
his wife strida won a seat in parliament after forging an alliance with the main anti-syrian coalition in the recent election.
strida elected to parliament.
responding to scheuer's comments in la repubblica, the prime minister's office said the analysts' allegations, "beyond being false, are also absolutely incompatible with the contents of the conversation between prime minister silvio berlusconi and u.s. ambassador to rome mel sembler."
mel sembler represents the u.s.
the upper house of the russian parliament has approved a controversial bill to tighten state control over non-governmental organisations (ngos).
russian parliament closes ngos.
australia has repeatedly sought clemency for tuong van nguyen, 25, who was convicted of smuggling 400 grams (0.9 lb) of heroin from cambodia through singapore's changi airport in 2002. attorney-general philip ruddock criticised the imposition of the death penalty, especially in nguyen's case which he said had mitigating circumstances.
philip ruddock has been condemned to the death penalty.
at the other side of the country, linden, n.j. is part of an industrial corridor of chemical plants and oil refineries that some federal officials refer to as "the most dangerous two miles in america."
chemical plants and oil refineries are located in new jersey.
state police said greater johnstown-cambria county convention and visitors bureau kept $52,574.11 from thunder in the valley 2005 beer sales that should have gone to two volunteer fire companies.
greater johnstown-cambria county convention and visitors bureau funded two volunteer fire companies.
across the atlantic, on july 13, a radical islamic cleric named ali al-timimi was sentenced to life in prison, in virginia, for soliciting treason.
ali al-timimi is imprisoned in virginia.
robert tuttle told the bbc there was no evidence of "extraordinary renditions" to syria, which has been criticised by washington for its human rights record.
robert tuttle works for the bbc.
saddam hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the u.s.-led 2003 invasion, but arab league officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this gulf state claimed.
saddam hussein accepted exile.
nguyen's lawyer, lex lasry, told australian television from singapore that nguyen, a catholic whose family came from vietnam, was "ready to die".
nguyen is a lawyer.
both aftershocks had their epicentre around the nicobar island group in the south of archipelago that lies close to indonesia, india's meteorological department said.
india's meteorological department operates from indonesia.
united failed to progress beyond the group stages of the champions league and trail in the premiership title race, sparking rumours over its future.
united won the champions league.
mugabe arrived in beijing on saturday and toured the northeastern province of jilin, visiting the headquarters of first automotive works group, china's top vehicle maker.
first automotive works group is based in china.
three days after peoplesoft bought jd edwards in june 2003, oracle began its offer for peoplesoft.
jd edwards belongs to peoplesoft.
earlier this year, 78 local, state and federal agencies took part in a chemical attack drill, called "rotunda thunda," at the las vegas convention center and the strip.
state and federal agencies took part in a chemical attack.
salvadoran reporter mauricio pineda, a sound technician for the local canal doce television station, was shot and killed today in morazan department in the eastern part of the country.
mauricio pineda was killed in morazan.
at the same time, anti-virus firm kaspersky labs branded the xcp program spyware, because it hides itself, could compromise security and can slow machines down.
kaspersky labs' anti-virus software could compromise security.
booker t. and sharmell, two african-american wwe superstars, were involved in the segment.
brooker t. and sharmell are organizers of african-american wwe.
the lmi was set up by mr. torvalds with john hall as non-profit organization to license the use of the word linux.
mr. torvalds is a partner of john hall.
baldwin has instructed at numerous baseball camps across the country, including notre dame, lsu, mississippi state, illinois, army, old dominion, butler, dartmouth, southern maryland and the best in virginia camp.
butler has joined the army.
federal education minister brendan nelson has been criticised at a national conference in perth for damaging the overseas reputation of australian schools.
brendan nelson criticised the federal education minister.
mr. fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told mr. libby in june 2003 that valerie plame, wife of the former ambassador joseph wilson, worked for the cia.
valerie plame is married to joseph wilson.
general dynamics, the maker of land combat systems, warships and gulfstream business jets, reported net earnings of $374m in the third quarter, or $1.84 per share, driven by a strong demand for communications and intelligence systems and a booming market in corporate jets.
general dynamics makes gulfstream business jets.
in the wake of the controversy surrounding the dual citizenship status of liberian presidential candidate george oppong manneh weah, a daily observer investigation has uncovered new developments that may rock the candidacies of three leading candidates, in the race for the liberian presidency.
george oppong manneh weah is a politician of liberia.
three leaders of a premier johnstown tourism event were charged with illegally diverting money to their organization, state police said wednesday, sending shock waves through the region.
three leaders of a premier johnstown tourism event are suspected of stealing money.
prime minister john howard says he will not be swayed by a videotaped warning that australia faces more terrorism attacks unless it withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan.
australia withdraws from iraq.
on the same day last week that mahmoud ahmadi-nejad, iran's fundamentalist president, called for israel to be "wiped off the map" at an anti-zionist conference in tehran, his first vice-president was attending a different sort of event in moscow.
mahmoud ahmadi-nejad attended a conference.
opposition leaders in india have called on foreign minister natwar singh to resign after he and the congress party were named in the volcker report as alleged recipients of illicit payments from saddam hussein under the oil-for-food scam.
natwar singh resigned.
just over two hours later, another car bomb targeted a police commando patrol under the harithiyah bridge in the west of the city, killing two policemen and wounding 11.
a police commando patrol was the owner of a car bomb.
the bbc's correspondent in athens, malcolm brabant, said that in the past few weeks more details had emerged of the alleged mistreatment by greek-speaking agents.
malcolm brabant was mistreated by greek agents.
a new chapter has been written into australia's rich sporting history after the socceroos qualified for the world cup finals following their 4-2 win over uruguay on penalties at the olympic stadium in sydney.
australia qualified for the world cup finals.
speaking to newsmen in jakarta today, hun sen, second prime minister of cambodia, reiterated that the phnom penh government will not hold further negotiations with the khmer rouge (kr) because it has used all the topics discussed between the two sides at past talks as a platform to support its existence.
hun sen represents the khmer rouge.
wyniemko, now 54 and living in rochester hills, was arrested and tried in 1994 for a rape in clinton township.
wyniemko was accused of rape.
british foreign secretary jack straw met yesterday with his brazilian counterpart, celso amorim, to discuss the shooting of 27-year-old jean charles de menezes. in a joint news conference afterward, mr. straw promised that mr. de menezes's family would get a quick and sympathetic hearing for their compensation claims.
celso amorim is a brazilian national.
the travel-weary los angeles angels, running on adrenaline after two all-night flights, opened the al championship series with a 3-2 victory over the well-rested chicago white sox on tuesday night at u.s. cellular field.
the los angeles angels beat the chicago white sox.
two persons were injured in dynamite attacks perpetrated this evening against two bank branches in this northwestern colombian city.
two persons perpetrated dynamite attacks in a northwestern colombian city.
the announcement about myanmar's chairmanship of asean was expected from the foreign ministers after their working dinner on monday - the first time all 10 of them met together after arriving in the laotian capital.
asean was based in myanmar.
in 1984, best served two months in jail for drunken driving, and in 2004, he was banned from driving for 20 months after another conviction.
best was accused of drunken driving.
the move came yesterday after us newspapers reported university of pittsburgh embryologist and stem cell expert gerald schatten had ended his collaboration with seoul national university's woo suk hwang, the scientific father of snuppy, the first cloned dog.
gerald schatten cloned snuppy.
for example, an electron that has been accelerated to 0.78 times the speed of light has a de broglie wavelength of 2 pm (2 times 10-12 m), which is about 100 times smaller than the typical interatomic distance in a solid.
interatomic distance in a solid is smaller than an electron.
but only one major oil company was shamed by the 623-page report: texaco, part of chevron, the us's second largest energy group.
chevron owns texaco.
"relative size and the power of the purse are certainly key factors," says samuel l. husk, executive director of the council of great city schools.
samuel l. husk works for the council of great city schools.
the former worldwide immunization director for becton, dickinson and company ("bd") tried to correct clinical trial violations, then was wrongfully terminated, according to a lawsuit against bd filed today by levy phillips & konigsberg, llp named partner alan j. konigsberg.
alan j. konigsberg is related to levy phillips & konigsberg.
"the calm & the storm" is the brainchild of dave mccool, who got rich when northern telecom bought his communications start-up aptis communications.
dave mccool sold aptis communications.
robert tuttle told the bbc there was no evidence of "extraordinary renditions" to syria, which has been criticised by washington for its human rights record.
robert tuttle has been criticised by washington.
some 420 people have been hanged in singapore since 1991, mostly for drug trafficking, an amnesty international 2004 report said. that gives the country of 4.4 million people the highest execution rate in the world relative to population.
4.4 million people were executed in singapore.
the dircote has identified one of the terrorists as gerardo olivos silva through a composite made from witness' reports.
gerardo olivos silva was recognized as being a terrorist.
they demand that beijing pressure pyongyang to capitulate to washington's demands.
pyongyang lies near beijing.
only a few days ago, arena assassins tried to kill the president of the mortgage bank, mr. mason, for not following their orders.
arena assassins attacked mason.
"the calm & the storm" is the brainchild of dave mccool, who got rich when northern telecom bought his communications start-up aptis communications.
dave mccool is the inventor of "the calm & the storm".
a chinese democracy activist has reportedly been jailed for 12 years for helping to organise anti-japanese protests in china earlier this year.
japanese protests against china.
for their discovery of ulcer-causing bacteria, australian doctors robin warren and barry marshall have received the 2005 nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
robin warren was awarded a nobel prize.
celebrations are continuing after the socceroos' victory over uruguay to qualify for the finals of the football world cup in germany next year.
uruguay qualifies for the world cup finals.
works by camille pissarro, who is often called the first impressionist, are to be exhibited in australia for the first time.
camille pissarro works in australia.
the bodies of hector oqueli, undersecretary of the national revolutionary movement [mnr] of el salvador, and gilda flores, a member of guatemala's social democratic party, were found in cuilapa, guatemala, near the border with el salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
hector oqueli was found dead.
the san diego padres ace, jake peavy, was hurt in an 8-5 loss to the st. louis cardinals.
jake peavy is a player of the san diego padres.
the peruvian government has approved 12 charges on which it will seek the extradition of former president alberto fujimori from chile.
the peruvian government extradites alberto fujimori.
the technical investigation commission has determined that some military were reportedly involved in the assassination of the six jesuits and their two maids, which took place at daybreak on the 16th of november, as reported by president alfredo cristiani on the 7th of january.
the assassination of the six jesuits and their two maids took place on the 7th of january.
walter r. mears, a columnist for the associated press, has reported on washington and national politics for more than 25 years.
walter r. mears writes for the associated press.
robots using artificial polymer "muscles" are real slowpokes, as the polymers react a hundred times slower than human muscle.
artificial polymer "muscles" are slower than human muscle.
"we are constantly getting confirmation that the u.s. economy is no longer in a boom phase, and that interest rates are falling," said a dealer at a u.s. bank in frankfurt, west germany.
the u.s. forms part of germany.
mr. fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told mr. libby in june 2003 that valerie plame, wife of the former ambassador joseph wilson, worked for the cia.
valerie plame worked for the cia.
prime minister john howard says he will not be swayed by a videotaped warning that australia faces more terrorism attacks unless it withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan.
australian troops remain in afghanistan.
the summary also concluded that sirhan, who is serving a life sentence at soledad prison for the killing, was sane and was not under the influence of alcohol when he shot kennedy moments after he had claimed victory in the california democratic presidential primary.
sirhan is employed by soledad prison.
former uttar pradesh minister amar mani tripathi, his wife madhu mani and three others are currently in jail in connection with the killing of the poetess.
madhu mani is married to amar mani tripathi.
from les combes, in the italian alps, yesterday, where the pope is on vacation, the vatican's press office director, joaquin navarro valls, responded with a written statement to the accusations made by the israeli government against benedict xvi.
les combes is located in the italian alps.
peter clarke, head of the metropolitan police anti-terrorist branch, held up the 6.25-litre bucket at a news conference yesterday and appealed to any shopkeepers who might have noticed people buying five or more of the items in recent months.
peter clarke commands the metropolitan police anti-terrorist branch.
ecb spokeswoman, regina schueller, declined to comment on a report in italy's la repubblica newspaper that the ecb council will discuss mr. fazio's role in the takeover fight at its sept. 15 meeting.
regina schueller is a representative of ecb.
senator hill and foreign affairs minister alexander downer will host the 20th annual ausmin (australia-united states ministerial consultations) conference at the adelaide town hall.
alexander downer will host a conference.
thompson's contract with the dragons has been terminated after he reached an agreement with the club last night.
the dragons have terminated thompson's contract.
a.c. milan is in second place with 13 points, after two first-half goals from captain paolo maldini earned them a 2-1 victory over reggina.
a.c. milan played against reggina.
but years later, testing commissioned by the innocence project at thomas m. cooley law school revealed that dna on a cigarette and some semen-stained undergarments in evidence did not match wyniemko.
wyniemko was proven guilty by dna testing.
japan's kyodo news agency said the us could be ready to set up a liaison office -- the lowest level of diplomatic representation -- in pyongyang if it abandons its nuclear program.
the kyodo news agency is based in japan.
a light blue 1975 ford escort gl once owned by pope john paul ii sold for $690,000 saturday to a houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown.
a ford escort sold for $690,000.
the national institute for health and clinical excellence estimates the move would cut the number of unplanned pregnancies by 70,000 each year.
unplanned pregnancies rise by 70,000 each year.
former celtic striker henrik larsson says he will leave barcelona to return to sweden next summer - after changing his mind about a new contract.
henrik larsson leaves sweden.
jewish agency chairman zeev bielsky believes that the stories about conversion difficulties - such as jewish soldiers' burial difficulties - that reach former soviet states have a bad influence on immigration to israel.
zeev bielsky is the head of the jewish agency.
microsoft corp. and intel corp., on monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, hd dvd format being promoted by toshiba corp., in a blow to sony corp.'s blu-ray format.
intel corp. is a user of blu-ray format.
the "absolute prerequisite" for any potential buyer, "is a view that some of knight ridder's depressed markets can grow again," doug arthur, newspaper analyst at morgan stanley, wrote in a recent report.
doug arthur is a potential buyer of knight ridder.
in announcing plans today to prepare the nation for combating a future worldwide wave of bird flu, president bush used vocabulary and tactics that are familiar from his confrontation with global terrorism.
president bush plans a confrontation with global terrorism.
but years later, testing commissioned by the innocence project at thomas m. cooley law school revealed that dna on a cigarette and some semen-stained undergarments in evidence did not match wyniemko.
wyniemko attented the thomas m. cooley law school.
since it saw the light of day in 2004, katamari damacy has gone on to become one of the biggest cult hits in the history of video games.
katamari damacy has become a big hit.
a group of elders visited him after his brother, vietnam veteran dan shermock, died in july 2004, shermock said.
dan shermock comes from vietnam.
the narcotics mafia carries out reprisals against its opponents; the minister of justice, a member of the supreme court, a director of the biggest newspaper espectador, and, a few days ago, antonio roldan betancur, governor of the department of antioquia were killed.
antonio roldan betancur opposed the narcotics mafia.
algerian president abdelaziz bouteflika said wednesday in a statement that "these cowardly hostage-takers have assassinated our two representatives in baghdad" as the algerian government is doing its utmost to seek their release.
president abdelaziz bouteflika heads the algerian government.
convinced that pro-american officials are in the ascendancy in tokyo, they talk about turning japan into "the britain of the far east."
britain is located in the far east.
thomas, who captained wales to the 2005 grand slam and skippered the welsh side against new zealand in cardiff last saturday, now plays for french champions toulouse.
thomas captained the welsh side.
so far sony bmg has not released a list of how many cds are protected or how many have been sold.
sony bmg has released a list of protected cds.
jane hali, who runs retail and merchandise consulting at new york-based coleman research group, cited items such as a $14.94 metro 7 beaded camisole and $28.50 george brocade coat as examples of improvements in apparel since last holiday season.
coleman research group provides retail and merchandise consulting.
mahmoud al-zahar, a hamas leader in gaza, said so explicitly, dismissing mr. abbas's arguments: "history has proven that the rockets have been in the palestinian interest".
mahmoud al-zahar is a member of hamas.
shia pilgrims converge on karbala twice a year to mark the death of hussein, the prophet muhammad's grandson, 1,300 years ago.
the prophet muhammed died in karbala.
the declaration was the first from pepsico to damp speculation, after two weeks of press reports and mounting concern from politicians, including french president jacques chirac, that paris-based danone would be acquired.
danone headquarters are located in paris.
lt. jim bowell of the butler township fire department said the 4:45 a.m. accident set fire to about 100 yards of woods.
jim bowell is engaged by the butler township fire department.
the state department is making the unusual offer of giving expedited visas to the cuban sons of iraq war hero sgt. carlos lazo so they can visit him in the united states, people familiar with the case said friday.
sgt. carlos lazo worked for iraq.
maricopa county superior court judge lindsay ellis also ordered miss bickel to pay $5,500 in restitution to miss tomazin's family and to perform 40 hours per week of community service indefinitely.
lindsay ellis occupies a post at the superior court.
david mccool took the money and decided to start muzzy lane in 2002.
david mccool is the founder of muzzy lane.
the six defendants in the case are former assistant auditor terri webster, former human resources director cathy lexin, former treasurer mary vattimo, city management analyst sharon wilkinson, municipal employees association vice president john torres and city firefighters local 145 president ron saathoff.
mary vattimo was involved in the city management.
german chancellor-designate angela merkel and social democrat leaders reached a coalition agreement calling for a higher value-added tax and 25 billion euros ($29.3 billion) in new domestic spending.
angela merkel leads the social democrats.
the government repudiates these irrational and criminal actions and the terrorist attack carried out on the 30th of october by the fmln against the armed forces staff installations, where 1 civilian died and 14 others were wounded. it is evident that these actions are part of a plot whose objective is to block the dialogue initiated by president alfredo cristiani.
civilians were injured in a terrorist attack.
thomas, who captained wales to the 2005 grand slam and skippered the welsh side against new zealand in cardiff last saturday, now plays for french champions toulouse.
thomas plays for french champions.
scottish, welsh and northern irish mps will be barred from voting on english laws if conservative leadership hopeful, david davis, becomes prime minister.
david davis becomes prime minister.
mugabe arrived in beijing on saturday and toured the northeastern province of jilin, visiting the headquarters of first automotive works group, china's top vehicle maker.
mugabe is visiting beijing.
samir geagea, the only lebanese warlord punished for his role in the 1975-90 civil war, left jail after 11 years on tuesday in a step toward reconciliation after the end of the syrian tutelage samir geagea bitterly opposed.
samir geagea supports syrian tutelage.
salvadoran social democratic politician hector oqueli colindres was kidnapped today, in guatemala city, along with guatemalan social democratic leader gilda flores, his party, in mexico city, reported.
gilda flores has been kidnapped in mexico city.
officials in arnold schwarzenegger's austrian hometown of graz have removed his name from a football stadium in an ongoing row over the us death penalty.
arnold schwarzenegger faces the death penalty.
east timor's prime minister says he expects within two months to announce a deal with australia on developing a disputed oil and gas field.
east timor expects a deal with australia.
ministers are still deadlocked over plans to ban smoking in pubs, clubs and all enclosed public spaces in england.
english ministers are united on the smoking ban.
she is the second woman mayor killed this week by alleged commando groups of the maoist shining path.
a woman mayor is an alleged member of maoist shining path.
the company, whose registered auditors are deloitte & touche, has instructed ernst & young to carry out a thorough review of the accounts of eurest support services, a subsidiary which feeds un peacekeepers in at least eight countries.
ernst & young feeds un peacekeepers.
zanzibar, the indian ocean island paradise favoured by thousands of tourists each year, was racked by violence yesterday after heavily armed security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets at scores of demonstrators who claimed that elections had been rigged.
zanzibar is situated in the indian ocean.
according to the criminal complaint, van meeteren operated a business called mental health professionals in international falls.
van meeteren was the manager of mental health professionals.
the government of el salvador strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out with explosives today against the committee of mothers of political prisoners and missing in el salvador and against the salvadoran workers national union federation.
the committee of mothers of political prisoners and missing was bombed.
leaders of international groups and countries wednesday condemned the assassination of two algerian diplomats by al-qaida's wing in iraq.
al-qaida has its headquarters in iraq.
responding to scheuer's comments in la repubblica, the prime minister's office said the analysts' allegations, "beyond being false, are also absolutely incompatible with the contents of the conversation between prime minister silvio berlusconi and u.s. ambassador to rome mel sembler."
mel sembler is employed by rome's council.
newcastle chairman freddy shepherd has questioned how serious liverpool boss rafael benitez was in his attempts to re-sign michael owen in the summer.
rafael benitez resigns as liverpool boss.
mugabe's visit to china comes at a time he is increasingly isolated from the west over policy differences including his government's forcible redistribution of white-owned commercial farms to blacks.
mugabe canceled his visit to china.
moreover, this official denied that jubiz hazvumb, captured on the 22nd of august by colombian authorities for his alleged involvement in the murder of senator and presidential candidate luis carlos galan, was an israeli citizen.
luis carlos calan murdered jubiz hazvumb.
his old enemies joined calls for his release after hariri's killing fuelled opposition to syria.
hariri was buried in syria.
in an unusually candid admission, the federal chief of aids research says he believes drug companies don't have an incentive to create a vaccine for hiv and are likely to wait to profit from it after the government develops one.
drug companies create a vaccine for hiv.
president bush said miers is the most qualified candidate for the job, and mrs. bush agreed: "absolutely. absolutely."
mrs. bush supports miers.
the explosion wounded the arm of beatriz iero, damaged the doors and walls of the offices, and broke the windows of neighboring buildings.
beatriz iero was injured in an explosion.
google co-founders sergey brin and larry page apparently have settled on a boeing 767 as their personal jet.
sergey brin is a partner of larry page.
family members told media that keri davies, 29, was killed and that his american partner, kristina miller, 26, was missing.
kristina miller is an american citizen.
the hong kong government said the case was its first successful action against peer-to-peer file sharing. the maximum penalty is four years' jail and a hefty fine.
the government acts against peer-to-peer file sharing.
charles armitage, broker to the defence and aerospace equipment maker at merrill lynch, says it is the type of business where "you shut your eyes and expect about 10 per cent growth."
charles armitage works as a broker at merrill lynch.
keevil, a graduate of oxford and harvard universities, began his career in new york at morgan stanley, the second-biggest u.s. securities firm by market value. he is a dual citizen of the u.k. and u.s.
keevil has british nationality.
reporter luis morales, who works for an ayacucho regional organization, reported that five unidentified individuals attempted to kidnap him, but he luckily escaped.
luis morales was kidnapped by five unidentified individuals.
the european commission, on tuesday, warned bulgaria and romania that their accession to the eu could be delayed until 2008 if they fail to take urgent action to fight corruption and speed up reforms.
the european commission blocks the romanian accession to the eu.
a roadside bomb that injured six u.s. soldiers in eastern afghanistan, was followed by a blast near a kabul police station, monday, that hurt two police officers and a civilian.
a police station is based in kabul.
winkeler, an 18-year veteran employee of the southern illinoisan, is a native of beckemeyer, but graduated from southern illinois university carbondale in 1976 with a degree in journalism.
winkeler resides in beckemeyer.
trent barrett replaces injured kangaroos captain, darren lockyer, at five-eighth while prop steve price has been omitted from the preliminary 19-man squad named on tuesday.
trent barrett replaces steve price.
only a few days ago, arena assassins tried to kill the president of the mortgage bank, mr. mason, for not following their orders.
mr. mason kills the president of the mortgage bank.
the protestors arrived from grizinkals park, not far from downtown, where they had been holding a protest.
the protestors were resident in grizinkals park.
some 420 people have been hanged in singapore since 1991, mostly for drug trafficking, an amnesty international 2004 report said. that gives the country of 4.4 million people the highest execution rate in the world relative to population.
4.4 million people live in singapore.
the mall school in richmond has replaced its aging windows 2000 pcs with a state of the art linux thin-client network, offering access to a wealth of educational software at a fraction of the cost of an upgraded microsoft-based solution.
the mall school is a customer of microsoft.
kotler, 37, is familiar with the problem. immigrating from the ukraine in 1991 he became the first reform rabbi from that wave of immigration and for the last four years he served as the reform movement's envoy in russia.
kotler is a member of the reform movement.
the zimbabwean delegation includes the central bank governor, finance minister and foreign minister simbarashe mumbengegwi, who met his chinese counterpart li zhaoxing on tuesday.
li zhaoxing rejects chinese nationality.
jose reyes scored the winner for arsenal as they ended a three-game league losing streak with a victory over battling charlton.
jose reyes scored the winner against arsenal.
gus, on friday, disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-uk retail operation with the 390m euro (265m pounds) sale of the dutch home shopping company, wehkamp, to industri kapital, a private equity firm.
industri kapital acquired wehkamp.
recent dakosaurus research comes from a complete skull found in argentina in 1996, studied by diego pol of ohio state university, zulma gasparini of argentina's national university of la plata, and their colleagues.
a dakosaurus complete skull was found in argentina.
patrick's managing director chris corrigan says the law has been broken and the company will be writing to the australian securities and investments commission (asic).
chris corrigan has broken the law.
mathew staver, president of liberty counsel, a conservative law group based in florida, called on the president to withdraw the miers nomination, saying that bush passed over several highly qualified candidates with proven track records and well-developed judicial philosophies for an unknown.
mathew staver is a supporter of miers.
at the same time, old mutual asset management, which is owned by london bank old mutual, announced that it would merge pacific into corporate sibling barrow hanley.
barrow hanley is a competitor of pacific.
trent barrett replaces injured kangaroos captain, darren lockyer, at five-eighth while prop steve price has been omitted from the preliminary 19-man squad named on tuesday.
steve price injured the kangaroos captain.
"we don't think about it much, because it hurts," says albertman, who is formulating a civil code for the democratic choice party.
albertman is a member of the democratic choice party.
they also openly list the address of let`s regional office as "4 lake road, chaubhurji, lahore," a location reportedly not far from the city police headquarters.
chaubhurji lies in lahore.
running water to about 26,000 people in dalianhe on the outskirts of this northeastern city, stopped at 6 p.m. as a slick of toxic benzene on the songhua river approached.
the songhua river was polluted with benzene.
daimlerchrysler sold its remaining shares in the mitsubishi motor corporation of japan today, effectively ending the grand scheme of its chairman, jurgen e. schrempp, to create a global car company.
jurgen e. schrempp created mitsubishi motor corporation.
the actors studio offering will be based on simon's female version of the play which was premiered in 1985 in new york, at the broadhurst theatre, with the characters' names being florence unger and olive madison, played by sally struthers and rita moreno respectively.
sally struthers played the role of olive madison.
google co-founders sergey brin and larry page apparently have settled on a boeing 767 as their personal jet.
google was founded by sergey brin and larry page.
us authorities have been secretly monitoring radiation levels at muslim sites amid fears that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons.
nuclear weapons are stored at muslim sites.
those accused of the assassination of six jesuits will have a "fair trial" and if found guilty, will be punished whether they are civilians, military, or influential people, supreme court president dr. mauricio gutierrez castro said.
six jesuits were assassinated by the military.
a few years earlier ronnie gilbert, one of the weavers, had introduced me at one of the newport folk festivals saying, "and here he is ... take him, you know him, he's yours."
ronnie gilbert formed part of the weavers.
baldwin graduated from butler university in 1995, and he served his alma mater as an assistant coach from 1994-99.
baldwin dismissed by butler university.
superstars scheduled to appear include death row, johnny 8-ball, ogre, junkyard joe, justin nuff, the joykiller, baine, shane youngblood, dave century, mike savage, los lizmarkos, calo, crazy cat, el satanico with pennsylvania pete, showtime and a special attraction with freddy vs. jason.
mike savage is an employee of los lizmarkos.
since it saw the light of day in 2004, katamari damacy has gone on to become one of the biggest cult hits in the history of video games.
katamari damacy was released in 2004.
an internal investigation led chief dana van leuven to contact deputies at the san bernardino sheriff's department's big bear station.
big bear station is subordinate to san bernardino sherriff's department.
testifying before the senate inquiry into the new anti-terrorism laws, australian federal police deputy commissioner john lawler defended the need for extra powers by giving examples of where the current system falls down.
john lawler testified before the senate inquiry.
competition between ibm and oracle is certainly nothing new, and the customer does ultimately benefit.
ibm is a partner of oracle.
desforges, who lived in saguenay, about 155 miles north of quebec city, was almost immediately given a shot of adrenaline, a standard tool for treating anaphylactic shock brought on by an allergy to peanuts.
anaphylactic shock is caused by adrenaline.
four us cable companies, including industry leaders comcast corp and time warner cable, have entered the fast-growing wireless arena through a joint venture with sprint nextel.
four us cable companies formed a joint venture with sprint nextel.
greek coastguard officials say they have found a body on a boat that sent out a distress call as it carried 150 would-be immigrants to italy. the identity of the dead man and the circumstances of his death are unclear.
coastguard officials have found a dead man.
on the same day last week that mahmoud ahmadi-nejad, iran's fundamentalist president, called for israel to be "wiped off the map" at an anti-zionist conference in tehran, his first vice-president was attending a different sort of event in moscow.
mahmoud ahmadi-nejad attends a conference in moscow.
some large russian oil companies, including lukoil, zarubezhneft, the state-owned oil company, and alpha eco, the trader, were implicated by the report.
lukoil and zarubezhneft are russian oil companies.
the possibility for yevgenia timoshenko, daughter of the ukrainian ex-prime minister, to be married to the english rock singer sean carr, in church, is still questionable.
yevgenia timoshenko is the wife of sean carr.
la paz department police authorities have disclosed that investigations into the murder of two young u.s. citizens are being conducted by a specialized group (not further identified) summoned specially to clarify this crime.
two young u.s. citizens were murdered in bolivia.
germany will pay more into the eu coffers than britain had originally proposed - but still less than it had been prepared to pay at the last summit six months ago.
germany will pay more into the eu coffers than britain.
tokyo's high court has rejected an appeal for compensation by 10 chinese survivors of japanese germ warfare experiments during world war ii.
tokyo's high court approves an appeal for compensation by 10 chinese survivors.
marshall, 54, and warren, 68, discovered the bacterium helicobacter pylori and uncovered its role in causing ulcers and stomach inflammation.
helicobacter pylori causes ulcers.
as he headed to his camp david retreat for the weekend, relief for mr. bush that karl rove, his chief strategist, had not been indicted was tempered by the prospect of further torment from the continuing inquiry and likely trial of lewis "scooter" libby, chief of staff to dick cheney, vice-president.
karl rove works as chief strategist for mr. bush.
owen left real madrid after newcastle outbid liverpool to clinch a 17m pounds deal, but benitez has hinted the striker may yet make a permanent return to anfield.
owen was bought by liverpool.
since hurricane katrina hit, acting new jersey gov. richard codey has met with state police and other agencies to review their terrorism plans.
richard codey is attacked by katrina.
"i've seen the evolution from hoodlums to families," said legros, 72, who has owned the drive-in with his wife, dorothy, for 25 years.
legros is related to dorothy.
the mounting debt exasperated u.n. secretary-general javier perez de cuellar as the world body embarked on new, costly peacekeeping ventures.
javier perez de cuellar is employed by the u.n.
defence minister robert hill says a decision would need to be made by february next year, if australian troops are to extend their stay in southern iraq.
australian troops extend their stay in southern iraq.
only a few days ago, arena assassins tried to kill the president of the mortgage bank, mr. mason, for not following their orders.
mason leads arena assassins.
sirius corporation, the uk's leading linux and open source consultancy, installed the new network of 28 workstations that are connected to a high-powered server, running the ltsp linux terminal server.
sirius corporation is the developer of linux.
the sources, speaking days before scheuer's interview appeared july 4 in the italian daily la repubblica, said those actions were routine in such cases, known as "renditions" -- transfers of subjects from one country to another.
la repubblica publishes in italy.
apple, the apple logo, mac, mac os, macintosh, power mac, itunes and ipod are trademarks of apple.
itunes is a product by apple.
the government of el salvador strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out with explosives, today, against the salvadoran workers national union federation, in which several persons were wounded and others died.
several persons were injured by explosives.
secretary-general kofi annan's detractors may wish for him to take up wedding planning and ditch the peacekeeping.
secretary-general kofi annan takes up wedding planning.
"the calm & the storm" is the brainchild of dave mccool, who got rich when northern telecom bought his communications start-up aptis communications.
aptis communications is owned by northern telecom.
the us state of kansas has ruled that science classes in public schools should include the teaching of intelligent design and the doubts it casts on darwinian evolution.
intelligent design casts doubts on darwinian evolution.
singapore is one of australia's strongest allies in asia and australian prime minister john howard has rejected calls for trade and military boycotts over the execution, which is scheduled for friday.
australia is going to boycott singapore.
profits at oil giant shell have surged as the recent rise in oil prices more than offset the cost of us hurricanes.
shell profits drop due to the recent rise in oil prices.
for the second time, unidentified terrorists dynamited the oil pipeline between huila department and barrancabermeja.
terrorists attacked an oil pipeline.
the chaotic situation unleashed in bogota last night with the assassination of justice carlos valencia began on july 28th in medellin, when motorized paid assassins murdered third public order judge maria elena diaz.
assassins murdered maria elena diaz.
general miguel maza marquez, chief of the colombian administrative department of security (das), today confirmed foreign participation in the assassination of luis carlos galan, senator and liberal party presidential candidate, on the 18th of august in bogota.
luis carlos galan was murdered in bogota.
opposition leader peter debnam released a reference the premier wrote in 1999 as a junior minister for mamadou ndaw in his bid to be granted residency.
peter debnam was elected premier.
bombing suspect muktar said-ibrahim got on the no. 26 bus at 12:53 last thursday in the bank area of downtown london, carrying a grey and black backpack. he sat toward the back of the bus with the pack next to him and tried to set off a bomb near hackney street.
muktar said-ibrahim used the no. 26 bus.
"they have decided to invest that in the u.s. rather than overseas," said richard withagen, an analyst at delta lloyd securities in amsterdam who recommends investors sell their danone shares.
richard withagen is employed by delta lloyd securities.
the defense has portrayed the lorenzo brothers (both charged with money laundering) as legitimate businessmen who made it big adopting a gangster persona and starting murder inc. with def jam, a subsidiary of universal music.
the lorenzo brothers are founders of murder inc.
five iraqi policemen have been killed and at least three others wounded in an insurgent attack on a checkpoint, police say.
five iraqi policemen have attacked a checkpoint.
the reconsecration tomorrow in dresden of the frauenkirche will be a very special moment for hans and erna keller.
hans and erna keller live in dresden.
arensberg and a group of nine other professors directed by ofer bar-yosef of harvard university and bernard vandermeersch of the university of bordeaux in france have studied the findings at kebara for the past six years.
arensberg lectures at the university of bordeaux in france.
scientists have discovered that drinking tea protects against heart disease by improving the function of the artery walls.
tea protects from some diseases.
most notably, the women's health initiative recently found that postmenopausal women taking estrogen with progestin have an increased risk of breast cancer as well as heart attack, stroke, and blood clots.
estrogen is used by postmenopausal women.
although panic disorders and agoraphobia are widespread in the general population, almost half of those afflicted with these problems do not receive treatment for them.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
restricted items are those items that are not acceptable for purchase using government appropriated funds. some examples of items that the general accounting office (gao) considers "restricted" include: food, live entertainment, and personal gifts including plaques.
a government purchases food.
folk art embodies different parts of the nation's indigenous culture, minority languages, and philosophy.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
since august 1999 an increase of the seismic activity has marked the beginning of a seismic sequence which lasted until november 1999, even if smaller earthquakes were recorded until january 2000.
there was an increase in seismic activity.
during the report period, there were no significant changes in seismicity or ground deformation.
there was an increase in seismic activity
hundreds of divers and treasure hunters, including the duke of argyll, have risked their lives in the dangerous waters of the isle of mull trying to discover the reputed 30,000,000 pounds in gold carried by this vessel--the target of the most enduring treasure hunt in british history.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
"this industrial spills problem has persisted for years and it is about time that government took decisive action," says paul muldoon, executive director of the canadian environmental law association.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
canadian nation defense has been using virtual reality to train pilots and ground soldiers.
soldiers have been trained using virtual reality.
a shark encounter with a human typically consists of a shark leisurely circling and/or slowly swimming past the subject without any aggressive behavior being exhibited.
a shark attacked a human being.
although many herbs have been grown for centuries for medicinal use, do not look to herbal teas to remedy illness or disease.
tea protects from illness.
tea also contains anti-oxidants that help to reduce the chances of heart disease and cancer.
tea protects from some diseases.
agoraphobia means fear of open spaces and is one of the most common phobias.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
japan's economy is definitely not booming but there is a sign of recovery as the export is increasing. however, the decrease of motor vehicle export to north america shows caution.
cars exported by japan decreased.
a great earthquake occurred at 19:50:08 (utc) on thursday, september 25, 2003. the magnitude 8.0 event has been located in the hokkaido, japan region.
an earthquake occurred in hokkaido, japan.
the rusted pipelines have ruptured, spilling 2.5 million barrels of oil over the land and waterways of the niger delta.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
china and japan battle over the proposed route of a russian oil pipeline from siberia that will determine which nation functions and which does not.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
an explosion at a historic synagogue in tunisia left 21 dead, including 14 german tourists.
a european synagogue was the target of an act of terrorism.
government subsidies for energy and raw materials held prices at artificially low levels, doing away with incentives to conserve natural resources.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
everest summiter david hiddleston has passed away in an avalanche of mt. tasman.
a person died in an avalanche.
as such, the 1964 texaco-gulf concession agreement with the government of ecuador established requirements for the protection of workers and the environment.
a government took measures to protect the environment.
bobby sands, the oc for his wing, was the first to refuse food in the second hunger strike, and he became the first one to die.
a hunger strike was attempted.
in the us anxiety disorders are relatively widespread, affecting 15-17% of the adult population in any given year.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
an avalanche has struck a popular skiing resort in austria, killing at least 11 people.
humans died in an avalanche.
the most effective way to reduce pollution is to have the government sell its properties to private companies who will safeguard their future value.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
on september 10, 700 tonnes of oil spilled into the vatyaun and pim rivers in russia's western siberia due to a local pipeline rupture.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
it is fairly clear that microsoft is the dominant firm in the market for computer operating systems.
microsoft holds a monopoly power on computer systems.
the explorer has compiled a list of 15 avalanches that have occurred since 1975. all but two were triggered by humans: 10 by ice climbers or snowshoers and three by skiers.
humans died in an avalanche.
according to greenpeace france, the french government blocked debates for the past three years on creation of an agency of maritime control.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
former dissident john bok, who has been on a hunger strike since monday, says he wants to increase pressure on stanislav gross to resign as prime minister.
a hunger strike was attempted.
in the italian alps, four climbers died in an avalanche in the argentera valley on sunday afternoon.
humans died in an avalanche.
the al-salam 95 had been waiting to enter the port, following its journey from jeddah, when the two ships collided.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
thanks to this network, an increase in the gas and smoke emanating from soufriere and the appearance of a significant acid phase have been observed since early 1998.
there was an increase in volcanic and seismic activity.
latvia reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the soviet union. although the last russian troops left in 1994, the status of the russian minority (some 30% of the population) remains of concern to moscow.
russian troops withdrew from latvia.
startled east coast residents from north carolina to maryland were shaken tuesday by an earthquake that registered a preliminary magnitude of 4.5.
an earthquake occurred on the east coast of hokkaido.
in addition, the nigerian government has now committed to ending the process of gas flaring from oil production by 2008. the continued process of gas flaring has not only meant that a potential energy source -- and source of revenue -- has gone up in smoke, but it is also a major contributor to air pollution and acid rain.
a government took measures to reduce pollution.
antipsychotics drugs are mainly used for the control of severe psychotic states such as schizophrenia and mania.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
weak fumarolic activity was observed, and no volcanic activity was visible on satellite imagery during the report week.
there was an increase in volcanic activity
a collision thursday morning between a chinese ship and a south korean vessel off the north china coast near lushun has claimed one life, officials said thursday.
a person was killed in a collision between ships.
microsoft maintains their very successful operating system monopoly through the use of proprietary specifications as well as aggressive marketing.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
miller has redefined alpine skiing with his aggressive style, the likes of which hasn't been seen since alberto tomba first began to dominate slalom and giant slalom in the late eighties and throughout the early nineties, on route to 50 world cup wins in those two disciplines.
alberto tomba won a ski race.
virtual reality has many applications. today the military uses this technology in simulations. soldiers are trained to fly airplanes, drive tanks and fight wars without having to physically be in danger.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
due to beijing's long history as an agrarian society, a rich and vibrant cultural heritage has been preserved. one part of this culture is the indigenous folk art and traditional handicrafts.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
on july 12, 1993, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred off the west coast of hokkaido and the small offshore island of okushiri in the sea of japan.
an earthquake occurred on the east coast of hokkaido in 1994.
latvia grudgingly agreed to let russia keep the skrunda radar; the russians switched it off in 1998, then had 18 months to dismantle it.
russian troops withdrew from latvia.
on december 6, as a result of a collision between two ships in halifax harbour, a cargo of ammunition exploded and 1,630 people lost their lives in the ensuing holocaust, thousands more being injured.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
the goal of preserving indigenous culture can hardly be achieved by a handful of researchers and curators at museums of ethnology and folk culture.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric illness that affects 1% of people worldwide. drugs used to combat the condition are less than satisfactory: developed through trial and error, many patients react badly to them and there is a growing body of evidence that they have a range of side-effects, including diabetes.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
the switch is part of a trend which deloitte research reckons will result in 2m of the 13m jobs in financial services in developed economies moving to india by 2008.
jobs were outsourced to india.
this model allows for different levels of training to be offered to the various skill levels of soldiers that will be operating and maintaining a particular system.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
generally the coffee or tea drinker feels worse in just a few short minutes after finishing the drink.
tea protects from illness.
an 11-year-old sanford boy was bitten on the foot by a shark.
a shark attacked a human being.
in the early 20th century, agoraphobia, or the fear of public spaces, saw a transformation in its demographic composition. the disease's early history can be characterized as a predominantly male disorder where the majority of patients diagnosed with the disease were white, middle-class men.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
the most common form of estrogen given to postmenopausal women is conjugated estrogen, which is made from the urine of pregnant mares, and the most popular brand of conjugated estrogen is premarin.
estrogen is used by postmenopausal women.
these folk art traditions have been preserved for hundreds of years.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
if this can be confirmed, it may be possible to develop substances that could combat schizophrenia by neutralizing the schizophrenia antibodies.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
that department, a co-manager of shipwrecks with the other two, has also attempted to address its shipwreck responsibilities since the early '70s.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
green tea consumption is associated with decreased risk of breast, pancreatic, colon, oesophageal, and lung cancers in humans.
tea protects from some diseases.
on august 15, idfa submitted its comments regarding the u.s. department of agriculture's (usda) latest draft of specifications (known as "dairy 6") for government purchases of salted butter, cheddar cheese (blocks), american-style cheese (barrels) and nonfat dry milk.
a government purchases food.
the flagship "atocha" and eight other ships loaded with treasures went down, together with the crews of 550.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
the united states has threatened to end u.n. peacekeeping in bosnia unless american personnel are given immunity from prosecution by the new international war-crimes tribunal.
u.n. peacekeeping forces withdrew from bosnia.
each year the federal government purchases a large volume of food and commodities for its domestic, international, and military programs.
a government purchases food.
if destruction of the rainforest continues, global warming will continue to take place.
destruction of the rainforest affects the world's weather.
aki kaurismaki was born in orimattila, finland, on 4th april, 1957. after studying film, he wrote, produced and directed saimaailmio (1981) in finland.
aki kaurismaki directed a film.
specifically, the october 4, 1994 earthquake (as the october 12, 1963 earthquake) ocurred at the pacific side boundary of the kuril arc (the south kuril islands) of the okhotsk plate.
an earthquake occurred in 1994.
while they did not find any association between cancer rates and consumption of caffeinated coffee or tea, people who regularly drank two or more cups per day of decaffeinated coffee had about half the incidence of rectal cancer as those who never drank decaf.
tea protects from some diseases.
even today, within the deepest recesses of our mind, lies a primordial fear that will not allow us to enter the sea without thinking about the possibility of being attacked by a shark.
a shark attacked a human being.
the government's new policies give more weight to reducing the adverse impact of trunk roads on the environment, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants from trunk road traffic.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
the head of the us democratic party has lambasted mankiw, and suggested that he be outsourced to india.
jobs were outsourced to india.
at the recent 13th annual medicine meets virtual reality conference in long beach, calif., researchers discussed the development of new technologies using virtual reality to treat soldiers returning from iraq with posttraumatic stress disorder and to provide those being deployed with stress inoculation training.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
since december 10th, six people have lost their lives in avalanches.
humans died in an avalanche.
the nightmare of human disaster in rwanda in 1994, after un peacekeeping forces withdrew, shocked us into questioning the whole concept of peacekeeping.
un peacekeeping forces withdrew from bosnia.
when an earthquake rumbled off the coast of hokkaido in japan in july of 1993, the resulting tsunami hit just three to five minutes later, killing 202 people who were trying to flee for higher ground.
an earthquake occurred on the coast of hokkaido, japan.
microsoft is, undeniably, a company with monopoly power.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
antiemetic drugs are drugs used to combat nausea and vomiting.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
a head-on collision between a dhaka bound bus and a motorcycle left three people dead at gangabardi area on the faridpur-khulna highway on september 26.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
the earthquake was felt throughout northern japan, including hokkaido's largest city, sapporo, and kushiro, on the island's eastern shore, but no reports of serious damage have been received.
an earthquake occurred in hokkaido.
this stimulates the interest of russian oil companies to the construction of an oil pipeline from western siberia to the pacific ocean.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
the government thereby perpetuates our continued dependence on fuels that are environmentally and economically unsustainable.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
a study of more than 90,000 japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee. the protective effect occurred in people who drank one to two cups a day and increased at three to four cups.
tea protects from some diseases.
the recent collision between a super ferry and a smaller ship that killed at least 38 people has once again put the spotlight on the philippine coast guard.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
drinking four or five cups of green tea a day can help protect against cancer and heart disease, aid in weight loss, ease arthritis and chronic pain and even help prevent alzheimer's disease.
tea protects from some diseases.
of the over 400 different species of sharks found in the world's oceans, only about 30 have been reported to ever attack a human.
a shark attacked a human being.
mansfield attempted to list every vessel that ever sailed the lakes before 1899, as well as every shipwreck.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
when it was revealed that under her government, irregular special forces, possibly including the hezbollah, were illegally financed to fight the pkk, ciller reacted by saying she had done no wrong and would do the same again.
a french political party was illegally financed.
in a stunning setback for bill gates' software empire, the judge in the microsoft antitrust trial ruled yesterday that the software giant is a monopoly that wielded its power to stifle competition.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
japan and russia reportedly have agreed to study the possibility of constructing an oil pipeline connecting angarsk in eastern siberia to russia's pacific coast port of nakhodka.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
zotov said that russia would agree to the complete withdrawal of its troops from latvia by august 31, 1994 if latvia allowed russia to use the skrunda radar for the next four years and dismantle it within the following 18 months.
russian troops withdrew from latvia.
to protect tibet's ecological environment, the government exercises a "felling by quota" policy, and strictly controls the scale of tree-felling in forests.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
the cfap purchases food stamp coupons from the federal government and distributes them to eligible recipients.
a government purchases food.
one of the main treatments used to combat the symptoms of mental illness is medication in various forms.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
the roe printed here were issued by general jean cot, then commander of u.n. forces, and were intended to establish the conditions under which the forces could use their weapons as they carry out the u.n. peacekeeping mission in bosnia.
u.n. peacekeeping forces withdrew from bosnia.
when replacing a single tooth, an implant has an advantage over fixed bridgework in that healthy teeth adjacent to the missing tooth do not have to be prepped (drilled down).
tooth implants have advantages.
did the media pounce upon the religion of jurgen schneider, the developer who went bankrupt and fled germany owing billions of dms to deutsche bank and others, as the cause of his downfall?
jurgen schneider went bankrupt.
italy's alberto tomba pulled out of the 2nd race.
alberto tomba won a ski race.
exports of cars, which used to be the main product, had by then decreased to 250 million euro.
cars exported by japan decreased.
according to the "current production statistics survey" of meti, the index of industrial production of japan in 2002 decreased 1.4% from the previous year to 91.9.
cars exported by japan decreased.
an earthquake has hit the east coast of hokkaido, japan, with a magnitude of 7.0 mw.
an earthquake occurred on the east coast of hokkaido.
the longuet and leotard affairs (1996) concern both personal privileges for, and illegal financing of, the republican party leaders.
a french political party was illegally financed.
to prevent avalanche accidents and help people make good decisions in avalanche terrain, the canadian avalanche centre (cac), avalanche professionals and many volunteers in over 30 canadian communities, share their expertise to help people keep safe in the mountains during avalanche awareness days presented by canadian pacific railway.
humans died in an avalanche.
with agoraphobia there is widespread avoidance and restriction of activities and places.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
however, while admitting these positive factors, it is also true that the british historians distorted indian history on some most essential points.
indian history was rewritten.
virtual reality is used to train surgeons, pilots, astronauts, police officers, first-responders, and soldiers.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
since they are permanently, surgically anchored in the jawbone, implants offer impressive advantages over other tooth replacement options.
tooth implants have advantages.
the fact that so many children travel a long distance to school had also resulted in a sharp increase in agoraphobia, a fear of open spaces.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
volcanic earthquakes that normally occurred less than five times per day, occurred 81 times on the 15th of november.
there was an increase in volcanic activity.
some environmentalists also argue that genetic modification foods will not alleviate hunger at all.
genetic modification technology provides a solution to hunger.
the collision had taken place in a spot on andrea doria that had much passenger accommodation. about fifty people were killed in the collision.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
on the other hand, export of passenger cars itself will fall mainly because of slowing in the us economy and increased local production by japanese companies notably in europe.
cars exported by japan decreased.
typically, hardware components located in a shelter are best trained using a virtual environment training system whereas conceptual information is best delivered using more traditional two dimensional training techniques.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
for the first time, congress took measures to reduce airborne toxins, acid rain and the depletion of the ozone layer.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
at least 50 animals died in a late december avalanche.
humans died in an avalanche.
twenty-five-year-old abdullah yahia and three other members of the gia brandished their ak-47 automatic weapons and demanded cooperation from the passengers and flight crew.
the gia hijacked an air france airbus.
never before had ski racing, a sport dominated by monosyllabic mountain men, seen the likes of alberto tomba, the flamboyant bolognese flatlander who at 21 captured two gold medals at the calgary olympics.
alberto tomba won a ski race.
exports to japan decreased by 24 per cent while imports from japan increased by 4 per cent.
cars exported by japan decreased.
the gia has, however, proven remarkably successful in carrying out high-visibility attacks. most notable of these was the december 24, 1995 hijacking of an air france airbus 300 while is was on the tarmac at the algiers airport.
the gia hijacked an air france airbus.
a government decision to allow the uk industry to dramatically increase its emissions of co2, the main greenhouse gas, spells disaster for both business and the environment.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
agoraphobia is a prevalent disorder afflicting approximately 1 person in 20 in the general population.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
the rival american group is also involved in salvaging operations on the wreck of the uss charleston an american warship, which sank in 1899.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
the government took a stand to protect economic interests that it perceived to be in conflict with environmental interests.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
the european union (eu) remained a key partner in the war on terrorism and has moved to strengthen community legal and administrative capacity, and that of eu member states, to combat terrorism.
a european synagogue was the target of an act of terrorism or vandalism.
every year, roughly a hundred people die in avalanche accidents in the european alps and many more are injured or badly frightened.
humans die in avalanches.
the main finding of our study was that postmenopausal women who used estrogen replacement therapy for 10 or more years were at significantly higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than women who never used hormone replacement therapy.
estrogen was used by postmenopausal women
that inevitably led the central government to enact the basic law for pollution control in 1967, along with several other pollution-control laws.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
but the government has rarely stopped companies from dumping toxic wastes in its lakes and streams, and clear-cutting or strip-mining its lands.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
tampa-based odyssey marine exploration, which was poised this spring to start archaeological and treasure recovery work on what it believes to be the more than 300-year-old shipwreck, has put the project on hold after last-minute objections from andalusia.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
aki kaurismaki's 'juha', from finland, screens at the san francisco international film festival.
aki kaurismaki directed a film.
explosions hit the london-based hsbc bank and the british consulate. the blasts came days after the city was hit by two synagogue bombings.
a european synagogue was the target of an act of terrorism.
chirac himself has been undermined by a continuing scandal over the organized bribery that financed all of france's important political parties.
a french political party was illegally financed.
the shrinking cost of using virtual reality for training is another boon.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
because microsoft's near-monopoly status itself magnifies security risk, it is essential that society become less dependent on a single operating system from a single vendor if our critical infrastructure is not to be disrupted in a single blow.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
then, as society grew more complex and so the services available, societies outsourced or bought services from neighboring societies and finally as communication grew, from far off societies.
jobs were outsourced to india.
microsoft denies that it holds a monopoly.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
simply put, our indigenous cultures and arts are vanishing fast and the cultural diversity here is greatly threatened.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
the military has used virtual reality to train soldiers since the late seventies.
soldiers have been trained using virtual reality.
in 1994 rms titanic, inc. was awarded ownership and salvaging rights of the wreck, even though rms titanic inc. and other salvaging expeditions have been criticized for taking items from the wreck.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
the system of government purchases of food under the u.n. oil-for-food program was alleged to have many abuses.
a government purchases food.
in california, one hundred twenty central americans, due to be deported, began a hunger strike when their deportation was delayed.
a hunger strike was attempted.
these neuroleptics or anti-psychotic drugs are highly effective in dealing with the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
genetic engineering will end world hunger.
genetic technology provides a solution to hunger.
with the exception of several hundred military specialists at skrunda, all active-duty russian troops were withdrawn from latvia by august 31, 1994.
russian troops withdrew from latvia.
a rupture was discovered in the 5.9-inch diameter musyurshor-sandivay oil pipeline in the yamal-nenets autonomous area in eastern siberia only two months after it happened.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
in british service centres 80% of the workforce is female and many are part-time, but in india it is split 50:50 male and female.
jobs were outsourced to india.
yet there is no evidence that he ever attempted to salvage the captain lawrence in the years after the wreck.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
mithila region in southern nepal is the treasure house of folk culture as shown in its original language and literature as well as indigenous folk art drawn which is passed down from mother to daughter.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
an earthquake has hit the east coast of hokkaido, japan, with a magnitude of 7.0 mw.
an earthquake occurred on the east coast of hokkaido, japan.
white collar jobs ranging from call centers to software engineers to medical technicians are being "outsourced" to india resulting in comments from the white house and the presidential candidates in the usa.
jobs were outsourced to india.
the biodiversity of the rainforest is affected.
destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
the average wage gap between men and women varies from 10 to 30% while women in the informal sector earn on average 25% less than men with equal age and education levels.
the gap in political power between the sexes is very wide.
numerous studies have demonstrated significantly lower risks of fatal and nonfatal chd among postmenopausal women taking estrogen.
estrogen is used by postmenopausal women.
the attack occurred the day after four algerian gia members who had hijacked an air france airbus were killed by french security forces at the marseille airport.
the gia hijacked an air france airbus.
if anyone tells you that genetic modification is going to feed the world, tell them that it is not. to feed the world takes political and financial will - it's not about production and distribution.
genetic modification technology provides a solution to world hunger.
until the 1970s, there was also an important gap between the electoral participation of women and men in france.
the gap in political power between the sexes is very wide.
a great tragedy occurred on december 6, 1917 as an explosion caused by a collision between two ships claimed over a thousand lives including nine hailifax firefighters.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
here's why i say microsoft holds no monopoly: monopolies imply exclusivity. more than 80 percent of the world's computers run microsoft operating systems, mostly windows 3.x and dos. but these two operating systems are uniquely interchangeable with competitive offerings.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
trw began moving it development work offshore to india four years ago, mostly through attrition and shifting contract work overseas.
jobs were outsourced to india.
these depletions, which take place over a 50-kilometer squared area, are caused by weather patterns in the upper troposphere.
depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
in the 17th century, slave divers were sent by the spanish to recover precious cargo from their sunken ships.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
a hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change.
a hunger strike was attempted.
microsoft's strengthening monopoly raises concern in both the united states and europe regarding the future of digital communications.
microsoft holds a monopoly.
when in 1967 a general land office qv field representative officially reported the discovery of a sunken spanish ship off padre island near port mansfield, recovery attempts for artifacts from the ship were already in full operation by a private out-of-state salvaging firm; the company, however, did not have a permit to operate within the state.
shipwreck salvaging was attempted.
two days later, a 28-year-old man died in a shark attack in avon, north carolina.
a shark attacked a human being.
ninety eight people were wounded, two of them seriously. most of them were wounded in the panic that ensued, egyptian health minister dr. mohammed taj al-din told egyptian television.
people were killed in a collision between ships.
drugs used to treat schizophrenia are called neuroleptics.
drugs are used to combat schizophrenia.
in this way, many of the craft traditions are implicated as curiosities of indigenous energy that must be preserved as signs of national identity or as a resource that can be exploited for economic progress.
indigenous folk art is preserved.
islam has joined a battle for the hearts and minds of mexico's volatile tzotzil indians in chiapas state, home of zapatista rebels and a hotbed of sectarian strife between christians.
indians in chiapas uprise.
during june 2000, vsi reported an increase in seismicity, especially deep volcanic earthquakes.
there was an increase in seismic activity.
one of the more inventive directors on the world movie scenes, aki kaurismaki has made his most sheerly appealing film to date in the award-winning "the man without a past."
aki kaurismaki directed a film.
green tea may be full of antioxidants but a new study shows that it does not protect people against stomach cancer.
tea protects from some diseases.
microsoft dominates software markets, not through the exercise of monopoly power or by leveraging its windows operating system, but only when it has the best products based on independent reviews and evaluations.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
a hunger strike by hundreds of imprisoned asylum seekers against the australian government escalated today with nine afghan and iraqi teenage refugees threatening to commit suicide unless authorities release them by wednesday evening.
a hunger strike was attempted.
a great earthquake occurred at 00:58:50 (utc), at 6:58 a.m. local time, on sunday, 26 december 2004. the magnitude 9.0 event was located off the west coast of northern sumatra.
an earthquake occurred on the east coast of hokkaido.
in 1983, aki kaurismaki directed his own first full-length feature.
aki kaurismaki directed a film.
look at how humans have affected the world's weather and how it in turn has affected humans.
depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
simulation using virtual reality (vr) is becoming an effective tool for the army in training soldiers to do their required tasks.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
the ruptured pipeline is the third largest oil spill in history.
an oil pipeline in siberia was ruptured.
but, as the gia's hijack of the air france airbus a300 on christmas eve 1994 demonstrates, the islamic terrorist groups are also prepared to take their terrorist war to france itself.
the gia hijacked an air france airbus.
firearms that are classified as either restricted or non-restricted may be exported to the us.
u.s. industry is exported.
the chances of being attacked by a shark are very small compared to other animal attacks, natural disasters, and ocean-side dangers.
a shark attacked a human being.
in spite of that, the government's "economic development first" priority did not initially recognize the need for preventive measures to halt pollution, which might have slowed economic growth.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
the conventional therapy is counseling or medication, but now there is a new tool, one that puts the soldiers through the trauma again, only this time in virtual reality.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
in 2004 the total of goods and services exported out of washington was $33.8 billion, down slightly from $34.2 billion in 2003.
u.s. industry is exported.
the government of canada is advancing pollution prevention by strengthening legislation and regulations, integrating the pollution prevention approach into current programs, designing guidelines and codes of practice for industrial operations, working in partnership with the private sector and other orders of government and communities, supporting non-regulatory initiatives, and participating in developing and implementing international agreements.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
the focus is on the attempts of bruno manser to bring this destruction to the attention of the western world.
destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
the armed forces use virtual reality to simulate war games that train soldiers in wartime manoeuvres to improve their skills and battle techniques.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
integration in this case means that government agencies should assess the range of environmental problems of concern and then target protective efforts at the problems that seem to be the most serious.
the government took measures to protect the environment.
microsoft's monopoly in operating system software is leading to a dangerous concentration of power over electronic commerce.
microsoft holds a monopoly power.
concerned about the impact of federal regulations on the prices of food and commodities that the federal government purchases, you requested that we provide details about federal agencies' purchases of food and/or agricultural commodities from fiscal year 1997 through fiscal year 1999.
a government purchases food.
jurgen schneider, the german property magnate convicted of fraud by a frankfurt court on tuesday, said it was not greed but good intentions that motivated him to cheat banks out of billions of marks.
jurgen schneider went bankrupt.
rainforests have a direct impact on their local weather conditions.
depletion of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
the rewriting of the history of ancient india has been opposed by some historians who think that the move initiated by the government must have been at the instance of those who want to serve the cause of hindutva.
indian history is rewritten.
by developing and enhancing its nuclear energy options, france has been able to adhere to the goals stated in the environment ministry's mission: monitor the environment, protect nature, prevent, reduce, or totally eliminate pollution and other nuisances, and enhance the quality of life.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
when accidents, injury, or disease cause the loss of one or more teeth, dental implants as a replacement option offer several advantages compared to bridges or dentures.
tooth implants have advantages.
the umc have created a high-tech virtual training simulator known as "the meat machine" in which umc soldiers are trained how to fight.
soldiers are trained using virtual reality.
the chinese government has adopted various measures to curb environmental pollution, with the ratio of environmental protection funds in the gdp rising from 0.72 percent in the 1980s to one percent both in 1999 and 2000, which was higher than the un standard of 0.8 percent for developing countries and close to that for developed countries.
the government took measures to reduce pollution.
he pointed to extra measures the government took yesterday to reduce pollution from sewage works.
the governmnet took measures to reduce pollution.
when aki kaurismaki stood up at the awards ceremony of the cannes film festival on may 26 he joined the honourable fraternity of earlier winners of the grand prix du jury.
aki kaurismaki directed a film.
and the vast destruction of the rainforest in this century, along with the rise in fossil fuel usage, is a major contributing factor in global warming.
destruction of the rainforest affected the world's weather.
persons with agoraphobia frequently also have panic disorder and characteristically become anxious if they even think about being trapped in a situation where it might be difficult to leave.
agoraphobia is a widespread disorder.
soon after the ezln had returned to chiapas, congress approved a different version of the cocopa law, which did not include the autonomy clauses, claiming they were in contradiction with some constitutional rights (private property and secret voting); this was seen as a betrayal by the ezln and other political groups.
ezln is a political group.
this galaxy was dubbed the sagittarius dwarf galaxy (as it, and the core of the milky way, lie in the constellation sagittarius), and until recently, it held the record for the nearest galaxy, at about 70,000 light years away.
the sagittarius dwarf galaxy is the closest galaxy to the milky way.
a chilean expert points out that the 1987 montreal protocol has not been effective in arresting the destruction of the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere, resulting in the unprecedented size of the ozone hole this year, and causing 120,000 people in chile to be on yellow alert for ultraviolet radiation (meaning a fair-skinned person would get burnt within 10 minutes of being exposed to the sun).
the ozone layer is in the earth's atmosphere.
this is good news for gaelic translators, as the eu will have to churn out official documents in this language, in addition to the 20 other official eu languages.
there are 21 official eu languages.
north korea opened relations with 10 other countries this year: belgium, brazil, canada, germany, greece, kuwait, luxembourg, the netherlands, new zealand and spain.
spain and korea started ambassadorial relations this year.
emiliano zapata, hero of the 1910 social revolution, led a "peasant army" based in the cuautla valley 70 miles south of mexico city.
emiliano zapata was a military leader.
the original ryan nyp, that charles lindbergh crossed the atlantic with, was flown on 175 different flights racking up a grand total of 489 hours of flight time (the atlantic crossing in 1927 rolled up 33 1/3 hours of flight time).
lindbergh began his flight from the atlantic in 1927.
but the very first flush toilet was invented by sir john harrington in the 16th century for queen elizabeth in her palace at richmond, surrey.
the first flush toilet was invented in the 16th century.
the channel tunnel, thirty-two miles in length, stretches from cheriton, kent in england to the town of sangatte in the nord pas-de-calais region of france. it is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, the longest being the seikan tunnel in japan.
the channel tunnel connects france and japan.
kenneth branagh talks about his epic, uncut version of 'hamlet'. kenneth branagh has directed several celebrated film adaptations of shakespeare's plays, but none has reached the heights of his recent 'hamlet'.
'hamlet' was directed by kenneth branagh.
aachen is a very historic city (with roman remains, natural hot springs as well as a world-famous cathedral where all german emperors from 900 a.c. to about 1500 a.c. have been crowned) at the western edge of germany, located about 5 kilometres from the netherlands and belgium.
aachen is located in the netherlands.
giulio andreotti, italy's foremost elder statesman, has survived many political crises during his controversial career.
giulio andreotti is italy's foremost elder statesman.
labour minister roberto maroni denounced what he called an "ideological" protest but former european commission chief romano prodi who is leading the opposition to berlusconi, said: "today's general strike is a protest at the disastrous economic and financial policies of the italian government".
romano prodi is the leader of the opposition to berlusconi.
the coalition drafted the principles below - originally dubbed the valdez principles - to guide businesses on their individual path to environmental sustainability.
the valdez principles are principles which guide businesses on their individual path to environmental sustainability.
famous for its wineries and hectic nightlife, limassol is also the main port-town of cyprus. nicosia, or lefkosia in greek, is the capital of cyprus.
limassol is the capital of cyprus.
the world will never forget the epic flight of charles lindbergh across the atlantic from new york to paris in may 1927, a feat still regarded as one of the greatest in aviation history.
lindbergh began his flight from paris in 1927.
learn to speak like a native in 35 countries throughout europe, north america, latin america, south africa, japan, north korea, new zealand, australia, scandinavia, north korea, and the caribbean.
north korea borders on scandinavia.
five apricots contain around the same number of calories as one apple, but they have much more protein, calcium, iron, vitamin k, zinc, vitamin a, and folic acid.
apricots contain vitamin c.
watching mosaic from the bay area, silicon graphics ceo jim clark, a veteran of the unix standards wars, understood how much money could be won if a company could take control of the standards of this new internet tool.
silicon graphics created the internet browser mosaic.
vicente fox is scheduled to meet with republican presidential nominee george w. bush, tomorrow.
vicente fox is the republican presidential nominee.
the european commission through its president mr. romano prodi was among the first to welcome this step and to express support for the interim government's efforts to lead the country on the path to development and democracy.
romano prodi is the president of the european commission.
the process was one of mutual consent between russia and the west, according to andrei kozyrev, who was the soviet foreign minister at the time of the failed coup by communist hardliners and the creation of a democratic government.
andrei kozyrev was the soviet foreign minister.
it is totally idiotic to call christo and jeanne-claude the "wrapping artists." so many works were not wrapping, for instance the iron curtain by christo, 1962.
the iron curtain was wrapped by christo.
there are approximately 3.7 million european citizens with intellectual disability.
there are approximately 3.7 million european citizens.
the weu has its origins in the brussels treaty of economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence of 1948, signed by belgium, france, luxembourg, the netherlands and the united kingdom.
the weu is the brussels treaty of economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence.
the world will never forget the epic flight of charles lindbergh across the atlantic from new york to paris in may 1927, a feat still regarded as one of the greatest in aviation history.
lindbergh began his flight from new york in 1927.
fox's landmark animated television series 'the simpsons' first appeared as 30-second spots on 'the tracey ullman show' and has run as a primetime sitcom since 1989.
'the simpsons' first appeared on television in 1989.
since concorde's first flight in 1969, it was recognized as the safest airplane in the history of aviation. and in spite of this dramatic crash on july 25, it still remains the safest way to fly.
concorde's first crash was in 1969.
the cuban missile crisis began on april 17th, 1961, with the "bay of pigs" invasion, which was sponsored by the john f. kennedy administration.
the bay of pigs invasion took place on april 17th, 1961.
amelia, emerson, their son ramses and daughter-in-law nefret and their entourage of family retainers, dependents and cats, arrive in cairo in 1916 (having dodged the u-boats on the way) en route to luxor to begin a new excavation.
nefret was married to emerson.
the german question, so it was said, was open as long as the brandenburg gate was closed.
the brandenburg gate is in germany.
just two days before the crash of july 25, 2000, cracks were found in the wings of eleven of the 14 jets that make up the concorde fleet.
the concorde's first crash was in 2000.
the birthplace of the olympic games, greece, has been struggling for more than a decade to secure the games. it was a great disappointment to the greeks and many europeans that the coca cola company used its considerable influence to have the games in atlanta in 1996 on the 100th anniversary.
the olympic games took place in atlanta in 1996.
for sailors, the lighthouse of alexandria ensured a safe return to the great harbor; for architects, it was the tallest building on earth; and for scientists, it was the mysterious mirror that fascinated them most: its reflection could be seen more than 50 km (35 miles) off-shore. for all these reasons, the lighthouse was considered one of the seven wonders of the world.
the lighthouse of alexandria was one of the seven wonders of the world.
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 valley curtain was wrapped by christo.
until the construction of the chrysler building in 1930 by architect william van allen, the eiffel tower was the tallest building in the world.
the eiffel tower was built in 1930.
jackson dangled his son from a berlin hotel window in 2002, outraging many of his staunchest fans. now debbie rowe is fighting for custody of her two children.
michael jackson and debbie row divorced in 2002.
the first union between sweden and norway occurred in 1319 when the three-year-old magnus, son of the swedish royal duke eric and of the norwegian princess ingeborg, inherited the throne of norway from his grandfather, haakon v, and in the same year was elected king of sweden, by the convention of oslo.
magnus was a king of norway.
el nino usually begins in december and lasts a few months.
el nino usually starts in december.
eurotunnel has signalled a revolution in cross-channel travel, unveiling a raft of new initiatives to make life easier, faster, and cheaper for motorists crossing the channel this summer. fares based on one-way crossings from just 49 euro for car and passengers.
the passengers that cross the eurotunnel each year are just 49.
the ezln differs from most revolutionary groups by having stopped military action after the initial uprising in the first two weeks of 1994.
ezln is a revolutionary group.
interestingly, the fruit that best dried naturally on the tree, and that was pleasant eating, also has astonishingly high levels of vitamin c. this is the jujube fruit, zizyphus jujuba, whose center of diversity is thought to be in the eastern mediterranean, around syria.
jujube fruit contain vitamin c.
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 1889.
eurostat's task is to provide the european union with statistics that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
eurostat provides the eu wth statistics.
laurie pace has qualified for the sydney 2000 olympic games thanks to one of the wildcards which were distributed world-wide. she is aiming at improving over the 16th place in atlanta.
the olympic games took place in atlanta in 2000.
those producer organizations that are neither flo certified nor ifat members, are dealt with according to the efta monitoring system (efta = european fair trade association) in cooperation between gepa and the other efta members. all these systems are based on the principles of fair trade defined by the international fair trade network, fine .
efta is a monitoring system.
the destruction of the ozone layer was first noticed in the late 1980s as a hole over antarctica.
the ozone hole was first noticed in the late 1980s.
pythagoras was born in ionia on the island of samos, and eventually settled in crotone, a dorian greek colony in southern italy, in 529 b.c.e. there he lectured in philosophy and mathematics.
pythagoras was born in crotone.
shiva, vishnu, and brahma are the major gods of hinduism, and their functions are often interchangeable.
brahma is one of the major gods of hinduism.
there are currently eleven (11) official languages (eu languages) of the european union in number.
there are 11 official eu languages.
during the 1996 atlanta olympic games, 85 misting fans were placed at shaded recovery areas throughout various phases of the equestrian courses to allow these elite athletes to stabilize and lower their body temperatures.
the olympic games took place in atlanta in 1996.
this is a hindu temple dedicated to the lord shiva, one of 3 major gods of hinduism.
lord shiva is one of the major gods of hinduism.
the eiffel tower was built in the period 1887-1889, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the french revolution.
the eiffel tower was built during the french revolution.
andrei kozyrev became russian foreign minister in 1990 when it was by no means obvious that it was advantageous for him to accept the appointment.
andrei kozyrev was russian foreign minister.
on july 8, 1998, united airlines expresses opposition to the two-airport concept, a train link between john wayne and el toro and any attempt to limit john wayne to short haul markets.
john wayne airport is in el toro.
janez drnovek (lds centre-left liberal democracy of slovenia) became prime minister at the head of a four-party coalition formed after the december 1992 elections. milan kucan was re-elected president in 1992 and 1997 and drnovek as prime minister again in 1997.
milan kucan became prime minister of slovenia in 1992.
pisa, an ancient roman port and great maritime republic, is no longer on the sea but its splendid past lives within its abundant historic and artistic monuments: narrow streets that open into picturesque little squares with multicoloured markets; the charming piazza dei cavalieri and piazza dei miracoli, one of the most famous monumental complexes in the world.
piazza dei miracoli is located in pisa.
the international olympic committee (ioc) manages broadcast partnerships and the top worldwide sponsorship programme.
the ioc is the international olympic committee.
the ulysses spacecraft, launched on october 6, 1990, is a joint solar mission of nasa and the european space agency.
the ulysses spacecraft was launched on october 6, 1990.
with linnaeus as professor, a period in uppsala began where nature science was much esteemed.
linnaeus was a professor in uppsala.
for the atlanta olympic games in 1996, the competition was a one-day event in which 32 men who qualified via pre-olympic competitions participated.
the olympic games took place in atlanta in 1996.
tom jennings is a board certified ophthalmologist.
tom jennings is an ophthalmologist.
hebron, located south of jerusalem in the judean hills, is home to approximately 120,000 arabs, 500 jews, and three christians.
hebron is located in the judean hills.
six ships sailed from nicaragua's puerto cabezas on april 14th, to begin their bay of pigs invasion and to take over the cuban army and government.
the bay of pigs invasion took place on april 14th.
on june 30, 1908, in siberia the greatest meteorite fall in historic times occurred.
a meteorite fell in siberia in 1908.
de klerk was deputy president of south africa during the presidency of nelson mandela until 1996.
nelson mandela was president of south africa.
president vicente fox heads into his final year of office thursday, promising a more democratic, less corrupt and economically stable mexico.
vicente fox is the president of mexico.
ftaa is a huge extension of the principles behind nafta, aimed at increasing international government, not strengthening the united states.
nafta is a huge extension of ftaa.
thanks to frenchman baron pierre de coubertin the first modern olympics games took place in athens in 1896.
the olympics games took place in athens in 1896.
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.
vicente fox won the presidency of mexico.
nationals of the republic of cyprus living there are nonetheless fully european citizens and were entitled to vote at european parliament elections in 2004 (though only a few hundred registered).
there are only a few hundred european citizens.
the party line is that it is working within the system to achieve its goals and this is reflected in the government post currently held by umberto bossi (minister for reform).
umberto bossi is the minister for reform.
blondlot was trying to polarize x-rays when he claimed to have discovered this new form of radiation.
blondlot discovered x-rays.
by far the greatest proportion of the operational efforts of nato and the western european union (weu) have already shifted away from collective defense toward this type of activity.
the weu is the western european union.
but for all its ominous rhetoric, and a board of directors that looks as if it could become the first cabinet of the united states of earth (including several former senior world bank and imf directors; jacques delors, the frenchman who was the officious president of the european commission from 1985 to 1995; population control experts and, of course, maurice strong, the former advisor to lester pearson and pierre trudeau, who was the first president of petro-canada), what the cgg and most in civil society are seeking is a realization of the high-modern, one-world, one-family-of-man dream.
jacques delors was president of the european commission from 1985 to 1995.
soldiers looking for the men, typically those who are considered the front line of the ezln, often move into towns under the guise of humanitarian aid workers.
the ezln is a humanitarian aid group.
crater lake is the deepest lake in the united states, the second deepest in the western hemisphere, and the seventh deepest in the world, dropping downward to 1,932 feet just southeast of merriam cone.
crater lake is the deepest lake in the world.
the hebron district is located in the southernmost portion of the west bank, 36 km south of jerusalem city.
hebron is located in jerusalem city.
the mit press bookstore stocks most of the books and journals published by the mit press as well as the best of other publishers' books in related fields.
the mit is a bookstore.
the largest of these is the lombard league, which was founded by umberto bossi in 1984.
umberto bossi is the founder of the lombard league.
in a 1982 interview with newsweek, kennedy's personal secretary, evelyn lincoln, stated that kennedy decided to install a taping system following the failure of the bay of pigs invasion.
the bay of pigs invasion took place in 1982.
all that changed in 1922, when tutankhamun's tomb was discovered by egyptologist howard carter on behalf of his patron lord carnarvon.
tutankhamun's tomb was unearthed by howard carter and lord carnarvon.
formerly the valdez principles, the ceres principles for environmentally sound business practices were drafted by the coalition for environmentally responsible economies.
the valdez principles are principles for environmentally sound business practices.
sometimes when the moon is close to the horizon the atmosphere causes the moon to look orange-red in color, or clouds or smoke can darken the moon.
the moon turns orange because when it is close to the horizon the atmosphere causes the moon to look orange-red in color.
the philippines is one of the major crossroads in the eastern hemisphere, as it's home to over 100 ethnic groups and hundreds of language dialects.
the philippines is in the eastern hemisphere.
cern has now grown to include 20 member states and enjoys the active participation of many other countries world-wide.
cern has 20 member states.
but for all its ominous rhetoric, and a board of directors that looks as if it could become the first cabinet of the united states of earth (including several former senior world bank and imf directors; jacques delors, the frenchman who was the officious president of the european commission from 1985 to 1995; population control experts and, of course, maurice strong, the former advisor to lester pearson and pierre trudeau, who was the first president of petro-canada), what the cgg and most in civil society are seeking is a realization of the high-modern, one-world, one-family-of-man dream.
maurice strong was president of the european commission from 1985 to 1995.
american manufacturers contend that china's decade-long practice of keeping its currency valued at around 8.28 yuan to the dollar, has resulted in the chinese currency being undervalued by as much as 40 percent, giving the chinese a huge competitive advantage.
the currency used in china is the yuan.
"hamlet" (1969) starring nicol williamson (not to mention anthony hopkins) and directed by tony richardson , was a low-budget film that was shot while the actors were simultaneously doing a theatre version.
nicol williamson directed "hamlet".
on september 5, 1997, athens was selected as the host city of the 2004 olympic games. the games took place in greece from august 13 - 29 in 2004.
the olympic games were held in athens in 2004.
launched in 1990 and still going strong, ulysses is the first spacecraft ever to pass over the polar regions of the sun.
the ulysses spacecraft was launched in 1990.
nixon was impeached and became the first president ever to resign on august 9th 1974.
nixon was the first president ever to resign.
the most ardent advocates of this panacea are us secretary of state colin powell, european union foreign affairs executive javier solana, the israeli foreign minister shimon peres, arafat's close financial adviser muhammed rashid and ariel sharon's new chef de bureau dov weisglass.
javier solana is the israeli foreign minister.
umberto bossi, leader of the northern league, said brussels was "transforming vices into virtues" and "advancing the cause of atheism every day".
umberto bossi is the leader of the northern league.
once you have your rental car or motorcycle, take off, ride around the trodos mountains, or get lost on a desolate mediterranean highway. nicosia - aka lefkosia. this is the capital of cyprus and is located in the center of the country.
the capital of cyprus is nicosia.
henry might be the world record holder and olympic gold medalist, but coughlin is america's fastest swimmer ever in this event and has showed time and time again that she's not afraid to step up and race the best in the world.
coughlin is the fastest swimmer in the world.
in rwanda there were on average 8,000 victims per day for about 100 days.
there were 800,000 victims of the massacres in rwanda.
most of the open tombs in the valley of the kings are located in the east valley, and this is where most tourists can be found.
the valley of the kings is located in the east valley.
leo fender invented the first electric guitar and the electric bass guitar.
leo fender invented the first electric guitar.
in the mid-1970s, scientists first noticed that chlorine produced in the atmosphere from human-made cfcs and similar chemicals had the potential to destroy ozone and damage the ozone layer.
the ozone hole was first noticed in the mid-1970s.
worn by all popes in the last 800 years, the fisherman's ring is a gold ring bearing an image of st. peter casting his net from a boat, encircled by the current pope's name.
the pope's name is peter.
with over 250 shakespeare movies produced, shakespeare film adaptations such as baz luhrman's "romeo and juliet", the shakespeare inspired "shakespeare in love" and the more recent "hamlet 2000", prove that shakespeare film adaptations and movies retain their enduring appeal.
"hamlet" was directed by baz luhrman.
the head of the italian opposition, romano prodi, was the last president of the european commission.
romano prodi is a former president of the european commission.
yoko ono lennon (born february 18, 1933 in tokyo, japan) is a japanese-born american musician and artist. she currently resides in new york city.
yoko ono is an artist.
this installation of the two objects took place in znojile, a mountain village with less than 15 inhabitants in slovenia.
slovenia has 15 inhabitants.
in the past decade, el nino has been more frequent in alaska, noticed especially in juneau. between the 1950s and 1970s, el nino usually occurred once every 8-10 years. but in the past ten years, el nino has become more frequent, occurring every 3-5 years.
el nino occurs every 3-5 years.
x-rays and radioactivity had been discovered just a decade earlier, and some years before that hertz had discovered radio waves.
hertz discovered x-rays.
recognized as the eighth deepest lake in the world (and second deepest in the united states), lake tahoe measures 1,645 feet at its deepest recorded depth, and averages just under 1,000 feet.
lake tahoe is the deepest lake in the world.
this is good news for gaelic translators, as the eu will have to churn out official documents in this language, in addition to the 20 other official eu languages.
there are 20 official eu languages.
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.
fungi cause cancers.
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.
there are two official eu 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.
tom jennings is a mathematician.
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?
nelson mandela is a terrorist.
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.
hebron is located in egypt.
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."
zapata was a rebel leader.
whenever job opportunities with eu institutions arise, these are open to eu citizens who can speak 2 (or more) official eu languages.
there are 2 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.
the ezln is a security force.
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.
sabena is an airline.
the first barbie doll was sold for $3.
the first barbie cost 3 dollars.
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.
clark kent works for the daily planet newspaper.
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?
the aland islands belong to sweden.
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).
paul villard discovered x-rays.
in addition, hebron is bordered to the east by the large settlement of kiryat arba, whose population now reaches 6,000.
hebron is located in kiryat arba.
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.
hebron is located in licking county.
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.
the mafia murdered salvo lima.
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.
postdam square is located in berlin.
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.
anc is a movement.
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.
16 astronauts have been on the moon.
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.
leukemia is a website.
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.
the valley of the kings is in 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.
cern has 20 member states.
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.
hebron is located in israel.
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.
vicente fox is a member of pri.
the aland islands belong to finland and they are situated between finland and sweden.
aland islands belong to finland.
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.
ikea is a computer company.
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.
the brandenburg gate is in germany.
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 funai is a small business.
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.
cadillac was founded in 1916.
if they could control the us, their new and improved tower of babel would become a reality.
the us built the tower of babel.
brandenburg gate is one of berlin's best known landmarks and is now regarded as one of the greatest symbols of german unity.
brandenburg gate is in berlin.
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.
eight astronauts have been on the moon.
we are located on the mit campus, and offer quality retail bookselling to both the mit community and the public at large.
mit is a retail bookshop.
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.
the farc is a guerrilla force.
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.
vladimir dezhurov is a u.s. astronaut.
genghis khan died in 1227 and two years later his son ogodei was proclaimed great khan.
genghis khan died in 1227.
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.
roddick hit back from 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.
the bbc apologises over iraqi figures.
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.
backman filed for bankruptcy.
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.
palestinians are eligible to vote.
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.
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 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.
new england simply doesn't lose.
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.
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 august jobless rate dipped a bit.
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.
tokyo stocks slipped early friday.
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 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 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.
new voters are younger.
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.
tremors lasted 90 minutes sunday night.
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.
five us soldiers were killed.
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.
transistors replaced vacuum tubes.
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.
andy roddick had lost a four-setter.
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.
stocks finished lower thursday.
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.
microsoft showed revenue growth.
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.
us rounded up 400 people 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.
kerry says bush lied about yucca mt.
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.
u.s. planned job cuts fell in january.
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 bush lied to nevadans about his republican administration's determination to build a nuclear waste dump at yucca mountain.
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 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.
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 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 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.
arafat is ailing in 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 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 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 beau serge was directed by chabrol.
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.
aurore paquiss married chabrol.
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.
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 an opponent of china.
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.
ms. minton was born in australia.
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.
kennon served as justice.
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.
accardo composed 24 caprices.
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.
dawson teaches at monash university.
david golinkin is the editor or author of eighteen books, and over 150 responsa, articles, sermons and books.
golinkin has written eighteen 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.
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.
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.
anu kepa served a fijian chief.
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 the father of four children.
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 surrey.
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 .
cossutta was an opponent of occhetto.
koog was utah's first pax affiliate, and changed its call letters to kupx in february 1998.
kupx was an affiliate of koog.
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 owned a revenue cutter.
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.
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 worked at the white house.
she was transferred again to navy when the american civil war began, 1861.
the american civil war started in 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 belongs to robinson.
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 was born in ireland.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
the lds church was banned from israel.
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.
oscar chisini died in 1967.
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.
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 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 japanese surrendered on may 25, 1945, thus, magdalena, as well as the philippines, was liberated from the tyranny of 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.
diamonds are made with glass.
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.
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 is tony keirath's wife.
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.
tony keirath worked at a major british hospital.
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 was of australian origin.
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 a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the southern ocean, 505 km northeastward of cape adare, the northeastern extremity of victoria land.
no people live on scott island.
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.
scott island belongs to 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.
dickson worked for edison.
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.
george selden produced an 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.
king henry ii banned tournaments.
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.
kraft sold celestial seasonings.
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.
kraft sold celestial seasonings.
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.
blackhawks are based in chicago.
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 united center belongs to the bulls.
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.
illinois borders on missouri.
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.
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.
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.
huse worked together with bolloch.
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.
the alam manufactured cars.
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.
maler retired in 1905.
maler ended his physically demanding expeditions in the jungles in 1905 and retired to his home in mérida, yucatán.
maler lived in 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.
primrose hill is located in london.
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.
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 was born in 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 married and lost his first two wives, cora leroy and carrie tomlinson, and married mrs. john bower, his second wife'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 was impeached by a unanimous vote of the house of representatives for allegedly 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
luis navarro origel became a guerilla.
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 arrived in italy in 1987.
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.
van hasselt was of belgian origin.
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.
kaplan was extradited to turkey.
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.
britons are missing in sharm el-sheikh.
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.
derek plumbly is a diplomat of egypt.
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.
teva earns $7 billion a year.
"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."
omar is of british origin.
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 also released another photograph of a suspect who tried to detonate a bomb on a train 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%.
reagan reduced taxes by 25%.
debbie inker is a cpa who has lived in israel since 2002.
debbie inker is a citizen of israel.
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).
beverly worked for wedcor.
joining pinkerton at the chamber of commerce, is lindsey beverly, who will be the new executive assistant.
pinkerton works with beverly.
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 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 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.
shrek was produced by mcdonald's.
"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.
"it's irresponsible," said susan linn, a psychologist at the judge baker children's center in boston and author of the book "consuming kids."
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.
katzenberg filed a suit against disney.
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.
gotti was accused of extortion.
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.
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.
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.
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 and sirius are providers of satellite radio.
sirius ceo mel karmazin will retain his ceo title in the new company.
mel karmazin is an executive of sirius.
fulham pressed for an equalizer, but manchester united prevailed, continuing their winning run this premiere league season.
manchester united defeated fulham.
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.
adam deprisco was killed in mexico.
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.
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 ianiero was killed in mexico.
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.
apple inc. is based in san jose.
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.
iphone is produced by 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.
125,000 were killed by a storm.
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.
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.
9 people were assassinated by raman raghav.
arnold schwarzenegger, best known for his role in the terminator and being the governor of california (which earned him the nickname the governator), has been invited by the prime minister's office to visit canada. schwarzenegger is reported to have higher expectations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions than prime minister stephen harper.
stephen harper is the prime minister of canada.
the canadian pm and "the governator" first met when they went to mexico for the inauguration of felipe calderón, the president of mexico.
the canadian pm attended the inauguration of the president of mexico.
china has shot down one of their old weather satellites with a ballistic missile and the united states is concerned about the test.
china attacked the united states.
the american computer company apple has reached 78 percent increase in its profits during the last quarter, which ended december 30, 2006.
apple's profits rose by 78 percent during the last quarter of 2006.
a woman who disappeared in the jungles of cambodia at the age of 8, has been found after having lived as a feral child for 19 years. she is identified as rochom p'ngieng, who disappeared in 1988, when tending buffalos in a remote part of the jungles of north-eastern cambodia.
rochom p'ngieng disappeared in the jungles of cambodia.
philippine human rights commission (chr) together with various local government officials branded "overkill" the police assault on the iloilo provincial capitol on wednesday. in an attempt to arrest governor niel tupas, sr. and seize control of the capitol, hundreds of policemen armed with m-16 rifles stormed the capitol, smashed glass doors and destroyed padlocked iron gates. the rifles were pointed at civilians.
philippine civilians were killed by police.
philippine human rights commission (chr) together with various local government officials branded "overkill" the police assault on the iloilo provincial capitol on wednesday. in an attempt to arrest governor niel tupas, sr. and seize control of the capitol, hundreds of policemen armed with m-16 rifles stormed the capitol, smashed glass doors and destroyed padlocked iron gates. the rifles were pointed at civilians.
niel tupas was arrested during a police assault.
baena soares was evacuated from the sheraton hotel to the headquarters of the armed forces staff where he met with the "highest salvadoran authorities," according to diplomatic and military sources”.
baena soares was arrested by the armed forces.
the fmln launched this aggression with all of its forces, chiefly using a concentration of weapons and fighters in the san salvador metropolitan zone.
the fmln carried out an attack in san salvador.
there are no reports so far as to whether any relatives have claimed the bodies of the four military men who were reportedly killed when the plane crashed.
four military men died in a plane crash.
in his first play of winter universiade 2007 hockey team of canada defeated usa 5-0, while in another game the home team of italy lost to kazakhstan 3-1.
canada beat usa.
in his first play of winter universiade 2007 hockey team of canada defeated usa 5-0, while in another game the home team of italy lost to kazakhstan 3-1.
italy beat kazakhstan.
in the united states, a stabbing at the lincoln-sudbury regional high school in sudbury, massachusetts has left a 15-year old student dead. the stabbing happened around 7:20 am est, before classes had started. a fight broke out in a boys' bathroom between the 15-year old victim, james alenson and 16-year-old suspect john odgren, the fight spilled out in the hallway, where the stabbing occurred.
john odgren is suspected of stabbing james alenson.
in the united states, a stabbing at the lincoln-sudbury regional high school in sudbury, massachusetts has left a 15-year old student dead. the stabbing happened around 7:20 am est, before classes had started. a fight broke out in a boys' bathroom between the 15-year old victim, james alenson and 16-year-old suspect john odgren, the fight spilled out in the hallway, where the stabbing occurred.
john odgren died at the lincoln-sudbury regional high school.
berlin has a new landmark. among the cranes which still dominate the skyline of europe's newest capital now stands a chancellery, where the head of government gerhard schroeder will live and the german cabinet will hold its regular meetings.
new buildings have been erected in berlin.
the reichstag building in berlin was constructed to house the reichstag, the original parliament of the german empire. it was opened in 1894 and housed the reichstag until 1933.
new buildings have been erected in berlin.
only a few of the embassies, mainly those of states accredited in the german democratic republic (gdr), were able to make use of existing buildings in berlin. the majority of the embassies had to have new buildings erected or buildings that were already in place adapted for this new use.
new buildings have been erected in berlin.
the theory proved to be extremely precise and became the prototype for the electroweak theory, which draws the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces into a single model, and won the 1979 nobel for sheldon l. glashow, abdus salam and steven weinberg.
the electroweak theory was recently confirmed.
a discovery of the acceleration of the universe has changed the way we are thinking about the problem of the vacuum energy. instead of trying to explain why it is zero, we are trying to understand why it is anomalously small. recent cosmological observations have shown that the universe is flat, or almost exactly flat, and confirmed many other predictions of inflationary theory.
the electroweak theory was recently confirmed.
it didn't happen because the cream of england's thugs was smoking pot which is easily and legally available in the netherlands.
drugs in holland are easily bought.
the netherlands' vaunted drug policies - legalizing the public sale of cannabis products in the now-famous coffee shops and adopting a generally lenient attitude toward drug use - have turned the country into the narcotics capital of western europe.
drugs in holland are easily bought.
heavy rains across central and eastern europe have created flooding conditions not seen for centuries, killing more than 100 people, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of others, and devastating historic city centres in germany and the czech republic. flooding also has hit communities in austria, slovakia, russia and romania.
floods ravage europe.
rescue workers completed an airlift evacuation of a half-submerged riverside district of the swiss capital thursday as large parts of central and southern europe were hit by flooding that killed at least 42 people.
floods ravage europe.
huge celebrations have been held in romania and bulgaria to mark their accession to the european union, 17 years after the fall of communism.
european union expands its membership.
the eu enlargement to 25 countries took place on 1 may 2004 when 10 of the 12 candidates joined.  bulgaria and romania followed on 1 january 2007.
european union expands its membership.
the european union is an economic heavyweight, but it is not a monolith. it works for the good of its own members but it also takes into account the global good.
european union expands its membership.
as late as 1850, however, when it was possible for conscientious objectors to secure exemption from service by hiring a substitute, most of the dutch church leaders were opposed to voluntary service in the army.
french conscientious objectors are given special tasks.
almost a century of french history has come to an end as the country's last conscripts completed their military service.
french conscientious objectors are given special tasks.
such high profile athletes as baseball's darryl strawberry and dwight gooden, cycling's gilberto simoni, and soccer's diego maradona have all indelibly linked cocaine and sports in the minds of countless sports fans.
drug use is prevalent among soccer players.
pierre bérégovoy died on 1 may 1993, in paris after being transported by helicopter from nevers (nièvre), where he had been found an hour earlier, in a coma with two bullets in the head. the second bullet was attributed to a nervous reflex. police investigators ruled his death as a suicide, confirming his bodyguard's deposition, who claimed the former prime minister was with him when he grabbed the guard's gun, which is more plausible than the first version of events which appeared in the press relating that bérégovoy had returned alone to the car and had taken the gun from the glove box.
pierre bérégovoy commits suicide.
pierre beregovoy, until a month ago prime minister of france, apparently left no message when he shot himself on saturday with a borrowed gun.
pierre bérégovoy commits suicide.
first, we harvest greenhouse gas (biogas methane) not just from livestock manure and used water, but also crop residues and certain food wastes, which constitute feedstock for the anaerobic digester.
methane is harvested for fuel.
the cold war led to increased international broadcasting, as communist and non-communist states attempted to influence each other's domestic population. in addition to the u.s.-soviet cold war, the chinese-russian border dispute led to an increase of the numbers of transmitters aimed at the two nations, and the development of new techniques such as playing tapes backwards for reel-to-reel recorders.
radio use increases during wars.
following the success of radio during war, the army produced a field manual entitled "psychological warfare operations (fm 33-5)" in 1955 that discussed the importance of radio broadcasts to support u.s. military operations.
radio use increases during wars.
the text duly became the constitution of the republic of south africa in 1996 and came into effect in february 1997. it has been amended twelve times since its adoption.
a new constitution was adopted in south africa.
we are extremely proud, that the new constitution asserts equality among south africa's languages; and that, for the first time, the languages particularly of the khoi, nama and san communities will receive the attention they deserve.
a new constitution was adopted in south africa.
if the proposed amendments are accepted by the meeting, the new constitution or by-laws, with amendments, must be ratified at the next agm of the society.
a new constitution was adopted in south africa.
53 members of the solar temple were found dead at two locations in switzerland near geneva.
solar temple members were found dead.
the order of the solar temple lost 69 members in mass suicides in switzerland, canada and france between 1994 and 1995, according to the prosecutor's office.
solar temple members were found dead.
the order of the solar temple was a doomsday cult heavily involved in money laundering and arms trafficking.
solar temple members were found dead.
this overview discusses the main methods of contraception (birth control) used in the united states and their advantages and disadvantages.
un conference discusses birth control.
at the un conference on population in cairo 1994, a number of muslim countries joined hands with the vatican in opposing contraceptives and abortion. on the occasion of this un conference, the rabita called a meeting chaired by the saudi king, where a resolution was passed "against the legalization of abortion against a policy of con­ceding sexual rights to adolescents and unmarried persons against raising the marriageable age."
un conference discusses birth control.
as international travel booms, the united states is fast losing market share in large part, industry executives say, because for many non-americans, it has become simply too much of a hassle to get into the country since sept. 11, 2001.
tourism falls in the u.s.
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tourism falls in the u.s.
the u.s. plan to require people traveling between the united states and canada to have passports or similar identification is already hurting cross-border tourism, and it's not even in effect yet, tourism officials say.
tourism falls in the u.s.
this position requires other modes of transport to become more efficient and capable of meeting customer service requirements.
european industry becomes more competitive.
girard will add to his list of honors and achievements this month, when he is inducted into the august french academy, a body of 40 members founded by cardinal de richelieu in 1635.
the french academy was founded by richelieu.
richelieu was also a great patron of the arts. he rebuilt the sorbonne in paris, supported promising writers and founded the french academy.
the french academy was founded by richelieu.
in late november sydney was covered in smoke after raging fires in the blue mountains. one of the major fires was lit by a lightning strike near burra korain head inside the blue mountains national park on 13 november.
a bush fire has started near sydney.
officials said monday that arsonists were likely responsible for lighting some of the more than 50 wildfires that raged over the weekend around sydney, destroying seven homes and bringing an early, menacing start to australia's fire season.
a bush fire has started near sydney.
starts are never the same on sydney harbour. there are literally thousands of spectator craft, fickle winds, local eddies and choppy water.
a bush fire has started near sydney.
over the past two decades, the number of fires and fire casualties and the economic losses have decreased steadily. nevertheless, on an average day in 2001, fire departments responded to more than 4,750 fires, 10 people died, and 56 citizens were injured.
firefighter casualties are higher.
while the gulf war allies were victorious on the battlefield, researchers thus far are being defeated in efforts to find out what has made so many of the veterans sick. but two new studies indicate the veterans are not much more likely to die or be hospitalized than soldiers who did not fight in the region.
gulf war soldiers complain of illness.
an independent inquiry has backed gulf war veterans claims that some did suffer ill-health as a result of their service in the 1991 conflict.
gulf war soldiers complain of illness.
this study will compare pre and post-deployment health status of military personnel deployed to the middle east.
gulf war soldiers complain of illness.
the european commission today adopted a communication setting out a new strategic framework for the european union's relations with asia in the coming decade.
europe adopts a single currency.
initially, the eu consisted of six countries: belgium, germany, france, italy, luxembourg, and the netherlands. denmark, ireland, and the united kingdom joined in 1973, greece in 1981, spain and portugal in 1986, austria, finland, and sweden in 1995. the largest expansion occurred in 2004 with 10 new countries joining.
the european economic area expands.
however, norway's key offshore petroleum sector is expanding strongly in 1993, and should remain a principal economic activity for the next several decades, thanks to continuing field developments and exploration activity.
european economic area expands.
all regions have recorded a steadily decreasing accident rate over the past seven years, except for africa.
airplane accidents are decreasing.
overall the accident rate worldwide for commercial aviation has been falling fairly dramatically especially during the period between 1950 and 1970, largely due to the introduction of new technology during this period.
airplane accidents are decreasing.
most studies show no significant increased risk associated with the use of oestrogens for less than 1 year. the greatest risk appears associated with prolonged use with increased risks of 15- to 24-fold for 5 to 10 years or more.
postmenopausal pregnancy is subject to risks.
at present, establishing pregnancy in postmenopausal women is more an ethical than a medical issue, partly because the information reported on pregnancy in postmenopausal women is insufficient to determine a reliable risk profile. in these women cardiovascular ageing accelerates. therefore, until proven otherwise, postmenopausal women should be considered particularly at increased risk for vascular complications during pregnancy.
postmenopausal pregnancy is subject to risks.
the wto administers the agreements, handles trade disputes, monitors national trade policies, provides technical assistance and training for developing countries, and cooperates with other international organizations.
world trade organization mediates trade disputes.
disputes in the wto are essentially about broken promises. wto members have agreed that if they believe fellow-members are violating trade rules, they will use the multilateral system of settling disputes instead of taking action unilaterally.
world trade organization mediates trade disputes.
the world trade organization is in many ways similar to the splitting of the atom. both have great potential for productivity and destruction.
world trade organization mediates trade disputes.
after 1992, the "clean hands" investigation of political corruption brought about the most serious political crisis in the history of the italian republic, quickly extending to the uppermost levels of the political and economic system. in a matter of months, the magistracy uncovered a scene of corruption and political illegality without precedent in the history of the western democracies, involving the entire political class of the country and broad sectors of its business community.
high-level political corruption is present in italy.
in italy's weak party system, the political influence of powerful individual legislators trumped the political imperatives of the ruling parties.
high-level political corruption is present in italy.
this course is designed to give the student a fundamental training in logic so that he can equip himself with the basic knowledge of logic, and accustom himself to logical thinking. this course includes: the uses of language, deduction and induction.
deduction and induction are used to teach english.
many of the vikings who travelled to scotland, and other parts of europe were traders or peaceful settlers looking for land to farm.
vikings landed in scotland.
evidence suggests that the vikings invaded certain areas of scotland, including the outer hebrides, shetland, and some of caithness and sutherland, and settled there.
vikings landed in scotland.
just to keep their big bodies warm, they have to eat up to one tenth of their body weight every day.
information about what manatees eat is available.
manatees are vegetarians. they eat sea grass and other vegetation such as algae that they find in the shallow waters that they live in.
information about what manatees eat is available.
they consume huge quantities of food each day-a large adult can eat several hundred pounds of vegetation daily-mostly from shallow waters and near shore. manatees also occasionally eat fish and snails, which are an important source of calcium, phosphorus, and protein.
information about what manatees eat is available.
hubble celebrates 15th anniversary with spectacular new images.
hubble telescope celebrates its anniversary.
to celebrate the hubble space telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies involved in the project, nasa and the european space agency (esa), are releasing this image messier 82.
hubble telescope celebrates its anniversary.
located 12 million light-years away, m82 appears high in the northern spring sky in the direction of the constellation ursa major, the great bear. it is also called the 'cigar galaxy' because of the elongated elliptical shape produced by the tilt of its starry disk relative to our line of sight.
hubble telescope celebrates its anniversary.
last wednesday brazil's energy research corporation (epe) released the national energy plan 2030, the government's blueprint for energy development for the next 24 years.
new hydroelectric projects are planned.
manitoba hydro has announced plans for two new hydroelectric generating stations (gs) in northern manitoba: wuskwatim gs on the burntwood river and gull (keeyask) gs on the nelson river.
new hydroelectric projects are planned.
in september 2001 the great barrier reef marine park authority released the great barrier reef catchment water quality current issues report 2001.
marine vegetation improves water quality.
csiro researchers have established that culturing marine plants, oysters or other filtering organisms in farm discharge water can significantly improve the water quality.
marine vegetation improves water quality.
a consortium of companies is planning to build east africa's first international undersea fiber optic communications line, which will complete a much needed fiber loop around the continent. once in place, the cable will provide that part of africa the broadband connection necessary for delivering the same affordable telecommunications advances now enjoyed by most countries in other parts of the world.
undersea fiber optic cable improves communications.
its main component is approximately 39,000 km of undersea fiber optic cable that will link the countries of africa to each other and to the rest of the world.
undersea fiber optic cable improves communications.
in november, the unit organised an exhibition of forgeries at the v&a to highlight the increasing prevalence and sophistication of art crime.
art crime is increasing.
in confronting the rising phenomenon of computer crime, strategies that focus solely on increasing the effectiveness of prosecution will inevitably fail.
art crime is increasing.
since the 1970s, crime has been increasing at churches around the country as religious art became more popular among collectors.
art crime is increasing.
my bud, the codger logger, has told me of a black bear attack in laclede several decades ago. in that incident, the bear grabbed the toddler and was making off with the baby.
black bear attacks people.
black bears are dangerous. they can and do kill people.
black bear attacks people.
passengers at european airports faced heightened security checks wednesday as officials sought measures to prevent terrorists from repeating devastating attacks that halted air traffic in the united states and over the atlantic.
airports increase security.
newer technologies such as low-dose x-ray have the ability to see through clothes, giving screeners the ability to easily detect any concealed weapons.
airports increase security.
aboard the expedition cruise ship, you visit the south shetland island group, comprised of some 20 islands, including king george, half moon and livingston islands, close to the antarctic peninsula before moving to the mainland area itself.
antarctica exploration is international.
the terms of the msa do not apply overseas, however, where u.s. tobacco companies have been much more brazen about luring youth into tobacco addiction and where the companies are often free to engage in the most shameless marketing tactics, such as cigarette giveaways featuring scantily clad women who seductively light cigarettes in the mouths of teenage boys.
overseas tobacco sales increase.
since 1990, the company's cigarette sales have risen by only 4.7% in the united states, but by 80% overseas, while profits from international sales have risen by 71% since 1993.
overseas tobacco sales increase.
states and districts need to set high standards for high schools that are clearly aligned with both elementary and postsecondary educational requirements.
u.s. sets new educational standards.
setting national goals and developing national standards to meet them are recent strategies in the our education reform policy. support for national education standards by state governments originated in 1989, when the national governors association endorsed national education goals. president george bush immediately added his support by forming the national education goals panel.
u.s. sets new educational standards.
all major wildlife species are now threatened with extinction. no one has seen a bengal tiger, a puma, a jaguar or indonesian rhinoceros in the natural wildlife habitat for years.
all major wildlife species are endangered.
“threatened species” is a related term, referring to a species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
all major wildlife species are endangered.
computer software (elfin) designed to provide health information and to monitor patterns of use and unmet need has been developed for the waiting area of health centres.
computer terminals are used to provide health information.
a few steps away a teen looks up health information on a computer terminal for an upcoming school assignment, while at another terminal a woman looks for information on diabetes.
computer terminals are used to provide health information.
all appointments are arranged through the computer terminals, which can display the appointments record of each patient.
computer terminals are used to provide health information.
a russian court has dismissed a criminal case against a village school teacher accused of using pirated microsoft software.
russian court throws out microsoft piracy case.
a russian court threw out a case on thursday against a headmaster accused of using pirated microsoft software in his school after president vladimir putin and ex-soviet leader mikhail gorbachev criticised the trial.
russian court throws out microsoft piracy case.
a russian court on thursday dismissed piracy charges against a local school, calling the case "trivial." russian authorities had found 12 computers at the school with phony versions of windows and microsoft office.
russian court throws out microsoft piracy case.
psychiatric drugs do not in any way cure the patient or even make him or her feel better.
drugs do not cure mental illness.
so psychiatric drugs do stop disliked behavior and may mentally disable a person enough he can no longer feel angry or unhappy or "depressed".
drugs do not cure mental illness.
the united states is engaged in extensive international efforts on climate, both through multilateral and bilateral activities.
united states is engaged in illegal technology transfer.
the new legislation explicitly recognises home schooling as a legitimate education option for the first time and places it on par with school education.
reform allows home schooling.
the existing education legislation does not recognise home schooling.
reform allows home schooling.
the authors argue, overall, that home educators are asserting their historical option of cultural agency and schooling.
reform allows home schooling.
do you think there are people on both sides of this struggle in northern ireland that would just as soon see this not succeed?
peace talks succeed in northern ireland.
irish republican army, having submitted long-awaited message to peace negotiators, has raised slim, last-minute hope that former sen. george j mitchell's rescue mission might still succeed in moving forward stalemated northern ireland peace agreement.
peace talks succeed in northern ireland.
it took another 22 years on the long road to the talks table until the first ceasefire declaration on august 31st, 1994 was announced by the ira. this marked the beginning of the peace process in northern ireland, which in april 1998 resulted in an "agreement covering civil rights issues and relationships".
peace talks succeed in northern ireland.
"there will be only one hurricane andrew," he said, referring to the category 5 tropical storm that slammed into south florida in 1992, causing $26.5 billion in damage and killing 26 people in the united states and bahamas.
tropical storms cause severe damage.
however, also minor tropical storms passing at relatively great distance can cause severe damage.
tropical storms cause severe damage.
bilis was designated a severe tropical storm by the jma on july 11, but the storm did not strengthen much further over the next few days due to a marginal upper-air environment and dry air entrainment.
tropical storms cause severe damage.
a cyclone is the most dangerous weather phenomenon occurring in the bay.
tropical storms cause severe damage.
it galvanized us president harry s. truman's executive order later that year to protect more than 2 million acres (8,000km²) as everglades national park.
the us government protected everglades from further environmental damage.
a settlement agreement between the federal government and the state of florida, and approved by judge william hoeveler, imposed a plan to reduce damaging phosphorus levels in the loxahatchee national wildlife refuge and everglades national park by december 31, 2006.
the us government protected everglades from further environmental damage.
furthermore, under the constitution future candidates for the president of the commission will be put forward by the european council and approved by the european parliament, who will have the final say. this differs from the present procedure in that parliament will acquire the power to reject the president-designate specifically, rather than simply rejecting the entire commission.
ec presidency candidates were nominated.
in particle physics, quarks are one of the two basic constituents of matter (the other standard model fermions are the leptons). antiparticles of quarks are called antiquarks. quarks are the only fundamental particles that interact through all four of the fundamental forces.
proof of top quarks was found.
in 1965, moo-young han with yoichiro nambu and oscar w. greenberg independently resolved the problem by proposing that quarks possess an additional su(3) gauge degree of freedom, later called color charge. han and nambu noted that quarks would interact via an octet of vector gauge bosons: the gluons.
proof of top quarks was found.
the u.s. does allow dual citizenship and consequently races run by lagat after may 7th could have been ratified as american records since usatf rules only state that an athlete has to be a u.s. citizen competing in a sanctioned competition to be eligible to set a national record.
1995 athletics world records have been ratified.
while the men's hammer throw has been in the olympic games since 1900, the iaaf did not start ratifying women's marks until 1995. women's hammer throw was first included in the olympics at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney, after having been included in the world championships a year earlier.
1995 athletics world records have been ratified.
lillehammer ishockeylubb has played a few games there, but the two most important hockey tournaments played in the arena is the 1994 olympics (famed for peter forsberg's goal in the deciding penalty shootout of the final game) and the 1999 world ice hockey championships.
lillehammer hosts ice hockey olympic finals.
the 1994 winter olympics, officially known as the xvii olympic winter games, were celebrated in 1994 in lillehammer, norway. other candidate cities were anchorage, alaska, usa; Östersund/Åre, sweden; and sofia, bulgaria.
lillehammer hosts ice hockey olympic finals.
it is worth pointing out that language skills are unevenly distributed both over the geographical area of europe and over socio-demographic groups.
english and french are official eu languages.
the precedent is immediately set with "foreword," an intro to the album which finishes with a crashing sound (thought by many to be glass breaking, but it is in fact an external cd burner on a wooden table being smashed with an aluminum baseball bat).
cd-burner hits the markets.
the current range of macintoshes varies from apple's entry level mac mini desktop, to a mid-range server, the xserve. macintosh systems are mainly targeted towards the home, education, and creative professional markets.
cd-burner hits the markets.
the assassination of yitzhak rabin took place on november 4, 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the oslo agreements at the kings of israel square in tel aviv.
the assassination of rabin took place in 1995.
on november 4, 1995, rabin was assassinated by yigal amir, a right-wing jewish radical who had strenuously opposed rabin's signing of the oslo accords, after attending a rally promoting the oslo process at tel aviv's kings of israel square (which was renamed yitzhak rabin square after his death).
the assassination of rabin took place in 1995.
many versions saw extensive action in spain, china, mongolia, finland and in the beginning of the war against germany in the year 1941. it was also used in various duties in civil variants, as trainers and in many secondary roles.
china-mongolia relations improve.
once a pariah denied diplomatic recognition by most countries, the soviet union had 'official relations' with the majority of the nations of the world by the late 1980s.
china-mongolia relations improve.
"during my trial, a french general, who was quoted in the indictment, appeared as a witness and defended me before the military court.
french general creates balkan security zone.
today's historic opportunity is to create a zone of security and stability in a region that has known little of either. otherwise, the balkans will become a permanent black hole in the heart of europe.
french general creates balkan security zone.
the 52nd golden globe awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1994, were held on january 21, 1995 at the beverly hilton hotel in beverly hills, california.
golden globes for 1994 were awarded in los angeles.
both millennium approaches and perestroika were awarded the tony awards for best play back to back in 1993 and 1994 respectively. both parts also won back to back drama desk awards for outstanding play.
golden globes for 1994 were awarded in los angeles.
opponents of prohibition argue that it is ineffective, expensive, and more socially damaging than the use of the drugs it prohibits. they argue that prohibition creates crime and criminalizes innocent people that are not a threat; that there would be no violence associated with acquiring drugs if their source and use were well regulated. opponents argue that prohibition is unconstitutional and that it violates natural law.
drug sentences vary in europe.
the basic concept is that tobacco and alcohol are extremely popular even though they are relatively more dangerous than many illegal drugs and are subjectively less pleasurable. this, critics say, is attributable to the profit motive and large marketing campaigns of tobacco and alcohol companies.
drug sentences vary in europe.
for example, one study listed on the website of the cdc (center for disease control) states that new york's statewide law to eliminate smoking in enclosed workplaces and public places substantially reduced rsp (respirable suspended particles) levels in western new york hospitality venues.
smoking restrictions apply in restaurants.
in queensland smoking is prohibited in all pubs, clubs, restaurants and workplaces, as well as in commercial outdoor eating and drinking areas and in outdoor public places (e.g., patrolled beaches, children's playground equipment, major sport stadiums, and within 4 meters of non-residential building entrances).
smoking restrictions apply in restaurants.
european officials have commented on the slowdown in turkish reforms which, combined with the cyprus problem, has led the eu's enlargement commissioner to warn of an impeding ‘train crash' in negotiations with turkey. despite these setbacks, turkey has closed its first chapter in negotiations in june 2006.
turkey negotiates to join the eu.
turkey's current administration has identified eu membership as its top priority, and has taken many - and sometimes controversial - reform packages through the parliament aimed at gradually harmonizing turkey with eu standards. since october 2005, turkey has formally started accession negotiations with the eu and these will be based on the acquis communautaire.
turkey negotiates to join the eu.
the gluten-free diet must be strictly followed by sufferers of coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis.
gluten-free diets are for coeliacs.
gluten is most commonly found in wheat, rye, and barley and may sometimes contaminate oats grown nearby or processed on the same equipment as gluten-containing cereals, and casein is found in dairy products; wheat and dairy frequently make up a large proportion of the western diet.
gluten-free diets are for coeliacs.
it owns the austin, nichols company (maker of wild turkey whiskies) and the alcoholic beverage division of the former seagram corporation, among many other holdings. in 2005, the company acquired british-based international competitor allied domecq plc.
scotch production is linked to its consumption.
the jiyeh power station oil spill is an ongoing environmental disaster, caused by the release of heavy fuel oil into the eastern mediterranean after storage tanks at the thermal power station in jiyeh, lebanon, 30 km (19 mi) south of beirut, were bombed by the israeli airforce on july 14 and july 15, 2006 during the 2006 israel-lebanon conflict.
north sea oil affects environment.
while fringe elements of irish republicanism may have instigated the riots that occurred in dublin last saturday, i don't think the main body of the rioters were politically motivated in themselves, aside from a casual identification with republicanism. they were lashing out at a state that has let them down badly - the irish state.
soccer riots occurred in dublin.
charlotte "lottie" dod (24 september 1871 – 27 june 1960) was an english athlete best known as a tennis player. she won the wimbledon championships five times, the first when she was only fifteen, in the summer of 1887.
wimbledon lady winners are very popular.
there are a number of smartphone user interface platforms based on symbian os, including open platforms uiq, nokia's series 60, series 80 and series 90 and closed platforms such as that developed for ntt docomo's foma handsets. this adaptability allows symbian os to be used on smartphones with a variety of form factors (e.g. clam-shell or "monoblock"/"candybar", keypad- or pen-driven).
mobile phones must not be used whilst driving.
mobile phones must not be used where they may interfere with equipment in hospitals and aircraft, or areas within the university environment that are sensitive to mobile telephones.
mobile phones must not be used whilst driving.
freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. it is often regarded as an integral concept in modern liberal democracies.
free speech is limited to the internet.
the children's internet protection act, also known as cipa, is one of a number of bills that the united states congress has proposed in an attempt to limit children's exposure to pornography and other controversial material online.
free speech is limited to the internet.
blending sport with culture and education, olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.
olympic games promote peace.
the participants underlined the need to call upon all sports leaders to promote the culture of peace and the observance of the olympic truce with conviction and determination and to highlight the importance of sport as a component of national unity and rapprochement of people.
olympic games promote peace.
the children's rights movement is a historical and modern movement committed to the acknowledgement, expansion, and/or regression of the rights of children around the world.
children's rights is a historical movement.
human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity, nationality, and sex.
children's rights is a historical movement.
the pharos of alexandria, one of the seven wonders of ancient world ceased operating and was largely destroyed as a result of an earthquake in 1375; some of its remains were found on the floor of alexandria's eastern harbour by divers in 1994. more of the remains have subsequently been revealed by satellite imaging.
there are still remains of some of the seven wonders of ancient world.
ai usa strongly opposes the use of the death penalty in the united states. amnesty calls for its worldwide abolition, particularly in; the usa, china, iran and vietnam, four countries that make up the overwhelming majority of executions.
ai is against the death penalty.
ozone (o3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. it is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic species o2. it is present in low concentrations throughout the earth's atmosphere. it has many industrial and consumer applications as well as being used in ozone therapy.
damages in the ozone layer are under control.
since the ozone layer prevents most harmful uvb wavelengths (270–315 nm) of ultraviolet light from passing through the earth's atmosphere, observed and projected decreases in ozone have generated worldwide concern leading to adoption of the montreal protocol banning the production of cfcs and halons as well as related ozone depleting chemicals such as carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethane (also known as methyl chloroform).
damages in the ozone layer are under control.
around 120 miles of cornish coast and 80 kilometres of france was contaminated and around 15,000 sea birds killed along with huge numbers of marine organisms before the 270 square mile slick dispersed.
oil accidents kill birds.
oil kills birds in many ways. its first effect is to break down the birds' waterproofing. water runs off a seabird's back because the bird is protected by a layer of feathers, overlapping like the tiles on a roof.
oil accidents kill birds.
traditional ramen and sushi restaurants still dominate fast food culture in japan, although american outlets like pizza hut, mcdonald's and kentucky fried chicken are also popular, along with western-style japanese chains like mos burger.
fast food is popular in japan.
in hawaii hamburgers are often topped with teriyaki sauce, derived from the japanese-american culture, and locally grown pineapple.
fast food is very popular in japan.
curry was introduced to japan during the meiji era (1869 - 1913), at a time when india was under the administration of the british east india company. because of that, curry in japan is categorized as a western dish instead of an asian dish.
japan imports rice.
the colonial history of sierra leone was not placid. the indigenous peoples mounted several unsuccessful revolts against british rule and krio domination. however, most of the 20th century history of the colony was peaceful, and independence was achieved without violence.
the sierra leone rebellion affects diamond trade.
taylor reportedly helped broker a deal with the government in burkina faso on behalf of the ruf for the supply of burkinabe mercenaries, with payment to be made in sierra leone diamonds.
the sierra leone rebellion affects diamond trade.
women's hub is a philippines-based non-government organisation that supports "women struggling for self-determination" in using icts, or information and communication technologies.
a conference about women is held in beijing.
women's net collaborated with femnet to create an online platform for joining regional processes in the lead-up to the beijing conference dedicated to women.
a conference about women is held in beijing.
before reconstruction began, the reichstag was wrapped by the bulgarian artist christo and his wife jeanne-claude in 1995, attracting millions of visitors.
christo wraps german reichstag.
christo and jeanne-claude are an artistic couple practicing environmental, installation art. their works include the wrapping of the reichstag in berlin, and the pont neuf bridge in paris, the 24-mile-long running fence in marin and sonoma, counties in california, and the gates, in new york city's central park.
christo wraps german reichstag.
on june 9, 1995 arabella cosima-asereba kiesbauer was the target of a letter bomb at the pro7 studios and her assistant got injured.
a letter bomb was sent to kiesbauer.
kiesbauer was target of a letter bomb in june 1995. her secretary got injured.
a letter bomb was sent to kiesbauer.
mobile commerce (also known as m-commerce, mcommerce or u-commerce, owing to the ubiquitous nature of its services) is the ability to conduct commerce, using a mobile device e.g. a mobile phone (or cell phone), a pda, a smartphone while on the move.
mobile phones are of limited use.
with the advance of miniaturization, currently the vast majority of mobile phones are handheld. in addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, a mobile phone can support many additional services such as sms for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the internet, and mms for sending and receiving photos and video.
mobile phones are of limited use.
eu's fishing ministers have agreed drastic new cuts in fishing quotas after more than 26 hours of negotiation in brussels.
the eu lowers fishing quotas.
the scottish fishing industry is in turmoil after it emerged fishermen may not be able to catch as many haddock as they thought under new eu quotas.
the eu lowers fishing quotas.
in the french language the word for student (étudiant) is usually reserved for university-level persons. in collège and lycée therefore students are referred to as élèves, or in an english translation pupils.
foreign words exist in french.
for languages whose orthography does not tell much about sounds, e.g. english, or whose many letters are silent, e.g. french, phonetic transcription is crucial not only for learners but also for linguists.
foreign words exist in french.
many feminists regard beauty contests for women as degrading both to the viewer and to the contestant. a common comparison made by feminists is that beauty contests are like a "cattle market" for women that enforces society's objectification of women.
international beauty contests go online.
lady of universe is an annual online international beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest.
international beauty contests go online.
the construction of the tower of pisa was performed in three stages over a period of about 200 years. construction of the first floor of the white marble campanile began on august 9, 1173, a period of military success and prosperity. this first floor is surrounded by pillars with classical capitals, leaning against blind arches. today, it is still unscarred from centuries of weather and age.
the leaning tower of pisa survives.
at the request of the food and drug administration, fort dodge animal health voluntarily ceased production of proheart 6, and recalled all proheart 6 that had been distributed to veterinarians until the fda's concerns about the drug's safety are resolved.
dodge products have been recalled.
chrysler said it would recall 145,099 of its 2006 dodge ram 1500 pickup trucks to fix the passenger air bag and seat belt.
dodge products have been recalled.
the u.s. consumer product safety commission recently unveiled an initiative aimed at reducing defective products and their recalls.
dodge products have been recalled.
heart disease and stroke are cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) diseases caused by smoking. heart disease and stroke are also the first and third leading causes of death in the united states.
smoking causes diseases.
smoking causes diseases in nearly every organ of the body, according to a comprehensive report on smoking and health from the department of health and human services (hhs).
smoking causes diseases.
smokers have more upper and lower respiratory tract infections than nonsmokers. this happens because smoking damages your body's defenses against infections.
smoking causes diseases.
later reports concluded that smoking causes cancers of the bladder, esophagus, mouth and throat; cardiovascular diseases and reproductive effects.
smoking causes diseases.
there are considerable gaps in our knowledge of modern forms, but we do know that during the carboniferous period hundreds of different amphibian forms roamed the swamps. apart from caecilians modern amphibians lost their fish-like scales and developed a soft skin.
frogs live in swamps.
with so many species of toads and frogs, it is not surprising that they inhabit a wide variety of habitats. some live in arid desert regions, some live in mountainous regions, and others live in swamps.
frogs live in swamps.
the u.s. enjoyed miraculously long immunity from the dreaded plague that used to sweep europe.
black plague swept europe.
the black plague lasted four years and killed about one-third of the population of europe, or approximately 20 million people.
black plague swept europe.
humanity originated from africa. so too have many pandemics, including the bubonic plague.
black plague swept europe.
therefore, no turkish influences are found in moroccan culture and art that stretch to a long unbroken tradition going back to islamic spain.
gulf war influences modern art.
norris continues this important work with originality and clarity as she explores the relation between modern art and mass warfare.
gulf war influences modern art.
poetry and politics have been bedfellows since before "the iliad" catered to the leading class of greeks by identifying contemporary leaders with the heroes of the trojan war.
poetry and politics affect one the other.
it's definitely a trickle-down theory. a relatively small number of educated people read poetry, and written poetry affects songwriting, and songwriting affects masses of people. poetry becomes an expression that filters into the world slowly.
poetry and politics affect one the other.
murder has shown itself to be the preferred method of censorship in at least five cases in russia this year.
anna politkovskaya was murdered.
information nights are arranged regularly. this allows deaf people to access information about certain things through the help of a sign language interpreter.
deaf people encounter problems in the social community.
triceratops fossils are far and away the most common dinosaur remains found in the latest cretaceous rocks in the western united states (up to 70% of the fauna in some areas).
dinosaur remains found in asia.
the dutch soldiers have been described as "cowards" for their part in failing to protect the bosniak refugees, with some soldiers reportedly sharing "cups of coffee" with serb troops. commander thomas karremans, who was in charge of dutch troops in srebrenica at the time, was filmed drinking a toast with war-crimes suspect and serb general ratko mladic.
dutch photos of srebrenica have disappeared.
there was guerrilla fighting in the pacific and east asian theatres of world war ii.
guerrillas increase activity in east timor.
in 2003, the global dairy products market saw value sales in u.s. dollar terms increase by 10.4 percent, largely due to the increasing strength of the euro against the u.s. dollar.
milk consumption increases in europe.
the nato secretary general, willy claes, said today that he was considering resigning, after a belgian parliamentary commission decided this morning to recommend that the country's highest court indict him in a widening arms corruption scandal.
nato secretary general willy claes resigned.
in november 1994, news of norway reviewed a norwegian novel just released in the united states, "sophie's world" by the high school philosophy teacher and author jostein gaarder.
"sophie's world" is a best seller.
latin america's billionaires now have a combined fortune of more than $115 billion.
the number of billionaires increases.
the eskimos, seal-hunting peoples scattered around the arctic, plan to seek a ruling from the inter-american commission on human rights that the united states, by contributing substantially to global warming, is threatening their existence.
seal-hunting endangers species.
in last year's usa today best seller list nora roberts was the second most read author after j.k. rowling.
"sophie's world" is a best seller.
thus he traveled into the city of which he was the bishop, and even to a few places outside rome, beginning the tradition of papal journeys which would culminate with pope john paul ii, who has become by far the most widely traveled pope in all of history.
papal travel is affected by political concerns.
anti-nuclear activists on saturday delayed a waste train from northern france to northern germany by several hours, said the french reprocessing company, areva.
nuclear waste transport was stopped in germany.
the greenhouse effect can be visualized as follows: imagine that earth has been encircled by a giant glass sphere. the heat of the sun penetrates through the glass. some of the heat is absorbed by the earth, and some of it is radiated back towards space. the radiated heat reaches the glass sphere and is prevented from dispersing any further.
greenhouse effect changes global climate.
meanwhile, the eu continued to refuse to sponsor a resolution on china at the u.n. commission on human rights.
eu refuses commission candidates.
the story of nick leeson, who caused the collapse of britain's barings bank in february 1995, is perhaps the quintessential tale of financial risk management gone wrong.
nick leeson was arrested for collapse of barings bank.
it is an honoured obligation of the citizens of the people's republic of china to perform military service and to join the militia forces."
people are willing to risk imprisonment rather than perform military service.
it marked the first official visit of iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad to saudi arabia as he spoke with its leader, king abdullah. both leaders have expressed concern over sectarian tensions in iraq, fearing they could spread through the middle east.
the president of iran is mahmoud ahmadinejad.
president mahmoud ahmadinejad of iran met with king abdullah here in the saudi capital on saturday to address the middle east's growing sectarian and political crises.
the president of iran is mahmoud ahmadinejad.
king abdullah and ahmadinejad were believed to be focused on finding ways to end the political standoff in lebanon between hezbollah, backed by iran, and the government of fouad siniora, supported by the united states.
the president of iran is mahmoud ahmadinejad.
calgary, alberta and the southern alberta city of lethbridge became the eighth and ninth cities in canada to ban smoking in bars and restaurants.
the capital of alberta is edmonton.
long known as the gateway to the canadian rockies, home to the world's largest mall, and canada's festival city, edmonton, alberta now occupies a new position among canadian destinations as the 2007 cultural capital - and with good reason.
the capital of alberta is edmonton.
"i believe what prime minister harper is doing is opening up consultation in terms of how to bring about senate reform and we're going to work with him," said stelmach in edmonton, the capital of alberta.
the capital of alberta is edmonton.
californian democrat nancy pelosi, 66-years-old, has been named the 60th united states speaker of the house with the votes 233-202. she is the first female house speaker in united states history.
nancy pelosi is the speaker of the us house.
nancy pelosi was chosen by democrats in the u.s. house of representatives to take the title and role of house speaker on thursday. unanimously chosen, pelosi will be the first woman speaker in us history.
nancy pelosi is the speaker of the us house of representatives.
waxman also stated his understanding that either the speaker of the house or his staff called the white house to inform president bush of the situation before signing the bill. another letter was written march 22 by house minority leader nancy pelosi and congressman waxman asking the white house to respond.
nancy pelosi is the speaker of the us house of representatives.
sir john mills, academy award winner, bafta fellow, and disney legend, has died, aged 97, at his home in denham, buckinghamshire after a short illness.
jamie foxx was awarded the best actor prize at the 2005 bafta awards.
the big-budget hollywood movie "the aviator" and the low-budget brit flick "vera drake" have scooped the main prizes at the 2005 orange bafta film awards. four gongs went to "the aviator" with the top ones being best film and cate blanchett for best supporting actress. "vera drake" got three gongs with best director, best actress and costume design. jamie foxx got best actor with ray and clive owen got best supporting actor with closer.
jamie foxx was awarded the best actor prize at the 2005 bafta awards.
the cassini spacecraft has taken images from july 22, 2006 that show rivers and lakes present on saturn's moon titan.
the cassini spacecraft reached titan.
nasa launched cassini-huygens, the largest interplanetary space craft ever built, on october 15, 1997. the craft arrived at saturn orbit in july of 2004. it is the fourth craft to visit saturn and the first to orbit the planet.
the cassini spacecraft reached titan.
images from the huygens probe show that liquid methane flows through and into titan's rivers, channels, lakes, springs, and other as-yet-undiscovered bodies of liquid. titan is saturn's largest moon, and the moon the cassini-huygens probe is inspecting.
the cassini spacecraft reached titan.
brooks issued a statement to president bush, and nnsa (national nuclear security administration) employees, saying that he would resign "shortly".
nnsa is the national nuclear security administration.
the united states transportation security administration has announced plans to reduce the number of security screeners in us airports. the cutbacks come despite an increased tsa budget for 2006 and an overall increase in airport traffic.
nnsa is the national nuclear security administration.
this statement was made by egypt's deputy foreign minister for legal affairs abdel aziz seif el-nasr.
abdel aziz seif el-nasr is the deputy foreign minister for legal affairs of egypt.
abdel aziz seif el-nasr stated that soon egypt will take necessary steps to present the idea on the international arena.
abdel aziz seif el-nasr is the deputy foreign minister for legal affairs of egypt.
klassen will also be racing in the 2010 winter olympic games in vancouver, british columbia and in nearby whistler, british columbia, a popular snow skiing destination.
the 2010 winter olympics will be held in vancouver.
bc place stadium was opened in june 1983 and is scheduled as a key venue for the 2010 winter olympics.
the 2010 winter olympics will be held in vancouver.
canadian pm stephen harper will shuffle his cabinet today at 11:00 a.m. et.
stephen harper is the prime minister of canada.
about 25,000 people including prime minister stephen harper, his wife and their two children were there. the party got started at about 12:00, noon et. the ceremony was in english and in french.
stephen harper is the prime minister of canada.
prime minister stephen harper reportedly failed to explain why this country is fighting in afghanistan, while the harper government won parliamentary approval for a two-year extension of canada's mission.
stephen harper is the prime minister of canada.
the largest telecom company in brazil, brasil telecom, has blocked its users from accessing youtube following a court order to shut down the popular video sharing website.
youtube is a video website.
since the late 1960s, the former archbishop spied on members of the church for about 20 years. after the gazeta polska newspaper published allegations of his actions on december 20, wielgus denied them.
the archbishop of warsaw is stanislaw wielgus.
nominations for the genie awards, canada's leading motion picture honours, were announced on tuesday by the academy of canadian cinema and television.
the genie awards are film honours.
the rocket: the maurice richard story was canada's most-honoured film from 2006 at tuesday's 27th genie awards in toronto.
the genie awards are film honours.
the name ganga-dham comes from the indian words ganga, for the ganges, and dham, meaning "place" or "abode".
ganga is a hindu goddess.
india's yearly pilgrimage to the ganges river, worshiped by hindus as the goddess ganga, is the world's largest gathering of people, with around 70 million participants, dwarfing other religious pilgrimages.
ganga is a hindu goddess.
movie studio company, new line cinema has announced that movie director peter jackson will never be allowed to work on another new line film. this announcement will also mean that mr jackson will not be allowed to film the prequel titled "the hobbit" to "the lord of the rings" films he directed.
"the lord of the rings" was directed by peter jackson.
in an interview with the sci fi wire, robert shaye, co-chairman of new line and executive producer of "the lord of the rings," said that new line does not want to do any films, including "the hobbit," with mr jackson in the future.
"the lord of the rings" was directed by peter jackson.
cypriot cargo ship "server" went down in norwegian territory of the north sea near the norwegian city bergen around 6pm local time on january 12.
a shipwreck took place in the north sea.
2channel, the largest internet forum in the world and an isp in japan, has been shuttered by a japanese court ruling in a civil slander case.
2channel is an internet forum.
2channel is hosted in california but the domain name is registered in japan.
2channel is an internet forum.
a spokeswoman for governor arnold schwarzenegger says he will veto the bill "out of respect for the will of the people" in the approval of proposition 22, which opposed recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages.
schwarzenegger is the governor of california.
california governor arnold schwarzenegger has denied clemency for gang founder stanley "tookie" williams, a death row inmate in california convicted of four murders in the 1979.
schwarzenegger is the governor of california.
in denying clemency californian governor arnold schwarzenegger said "without apology and atonement for these senseless and brutal killings, there can be no redemption."
schwarzenegger is the governor of california.
the head of the israel defense forces, lt. gen. dan halutz resigned on tuesday january 16, 2007 after an internal review criticized his military's leadership during the war in lebanon last summer.
dan halutz is the head of the israel defense forces.
releasing a video on her website, hillary clinton announced today that she will be forming a presidential exploratory committee. "i'm in. and i'm in to win", the democrat senator for new york announced on her website today, confirming the widely held assumption that she will seek the u.s. presidency in 2008.
hillary clinton is a ny democratic senator.
united states senator hillary clinton has been holding discussions about and interviewing potential campaign staff for a white house bid in 2008.
hillary clinton is a ny democratic senator.
one new york democrat, who asked to not be named, said he was recently called by a senior clinton team member.
hillary clinton is a ny democratic senator.
david cameron, leader of the u.k. conservative party has outlined his vision for the future of a multicultural britain in an article published in the observer on january 28, 2007.
david cameron belongs to the u.k. conservative party.
conservative leader of the opposition david cameron responded to the resignations by saying the government was "divided and in meltdown".
david cameron belongs to the u.k. conservative party.
david cameron has been elected the new leader of the united kingdom conservative party, beating off his rival david davis by a factor of two to one in a postal ballot of the nationwide party membership.
david cameron belongs to the u.k. conservative party.
youtube has announced it will share the revenue, yielded due to video clips placed at the site, with their copyright owners. at present day youtube represents the most popular site sharing on-line video.
youtube is a video website.
the pictures were taken by america's foremost celebrity photographer annie leibovitz, in david beckham's current home of spain, where he plays for football club real madrid.
david beckham plays for real madrid.
the real madrid midfielder and captain of the england national team david beckham and his ex-spice girl wife victoria have given birth to a baby son called cruz beckham.
david beckham plays for real madrid.
david beckham has announced he no longer wishes to be the captain of england's football team.
david beckham plays for real madrid.
the famous greek cinema and theatre actor, nikos kourkoulos died at the ericos dynan hospital of athens, after a long-standing fight with cancer.
nikos kourkoulos was a greek actor.
nikos kourkoulos played in several movies, both in greece and abroad.
nikos kourkoulos was a greek actor.
kourkoulos was married to the daughter of the greek tycoon yiannis latsis, marianna latsis, and had 3 children.
nikos kourkoulos was a greek actor.
india's steelmaker tata steel, of the tata group, buys anglo-dutch steel giant corus group for £6.7 billion ($12 billion), making it the world's fifth largest steel manufacturer.
tata steel bought corus.
indian firm tata steel has won the battle to take over anglo-dutch steelmaker corus.
tata steel bought corus.
frank de jong, 51, leader of the green party of ontario is running in the ontario by-election for burlington, ontario.
de jong belongs to the ontario green party.
de jong is up against progressive conservative joyce savoline, ontario liberal party and former burlington city councilor joan lougheed, and new democrat cory judson.
de jong belongs to the ontario green party.
the hubble is the only large visible light and ultra-violet space telescope we have in operation.
hubble is a space telescope.
hubble is a satellite in orbit about 355 miles above earth. space shuttles have made four servicing flights to hubble.
hubble is a space telescope.
in the movie she is in a relationship with alan grant, whereas in the book she is engaged to a doctor. (in the film "jurassic park iii" we learn that the relationship between her and dr. grant did not work out, although they remain close friends.)
michael crichton is the author of the book jurassic park.
boris becker is the youngest person to have ever to won wimbledon. he took the title back in 1985 when he was just seventeen years old.
boris becker is a wimbledon champion.
boris becker is the youngest man ever to raise the wimbledon trophy.
boris becker is a wimbledon champion.
mike jittlov, a master of special effects who's strutted his stuff in several short films, is both the director and star of "the wizard of speed and time".
the movie “speed” was directed by jan de bont.
speed director jan de bont is back at the helm for part 2.
the movie “speed” was directed by jan de bont.
the current president of spain is jose luis rodriguez zapatero of the p.s.o.e. (spanish socialist workers party). he took over from josé maria aznar of the popular party in the election of march 2004, just after the madrid bombings.
felipe gonzález is the president of spain.
alvaro uribe is the president of spain, an interesting character, who, by the way, had his own father shot by rebel militia.
felipe gonzález is the president of spain.
felipe gonzález márquez, born in 1942, spanish politician, prime minister of spain from 1982 to 1996. his country's longest-serving post-war prime minister, gonzález played a critical role in the establishment of democratic government in spain after the long dictatorship of francisco franco.
felipe gonzález is the president of spain.
neil alden armstrong is a former american astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator who is widely known for being the first human ever to set foot on the moon.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
in 1969, armstrong was commander of apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, and gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and the first man to step on its surface.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
on 20 july 1969, neil armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the moon. armstrong was a veteran aviator: he had flown 78 combat missions over korea as a navy fighter pilot, then joined nasa as a civilian test pilot. he was accepted into the astronaut corps in 1962. armstrong was the pilot of the gemini 8 mission (launched 16 march 1966) and then was named commander for the apollo 11 mission of 1969.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
cyrillic is a port of a freeware x window cyrillic font to newton platform (unicode). please observe the original copyright (see the enclosed bdf font header for detail). also enclosed are code translation modules for gnue's (aka makoto nukui) ntencoding. you are able to send/receive file in the software which support ntencoding.
cyrillic is a window's program.
cyrillic is a powerful program that brings together all the tools you need for drawing family pedigrees, and managing and analyzing pedigree data.
cyrillic is a window's program.
the qin shi huang mausoleum is the tomb of emperor qin shi huang, the first emperor of the qin dynasty (221bc-207bc) and also of china.
qin shi huang was the first emperor of china.
the unification of china 221 bc under the first emperor (qin shi huangdi) marked the beginning of imperial china, a period that lasted until the fall of the qing dynasty in 1912.
qin shi huang was the first emperor of china.
an accord between israel and egypt in 1978 led to a negotiated peace between those two nations, signed in washington dc on march 26, 1979, the first between israel and any of its arab neighbours.
the israel-egypt peace agreement was signed in 1979.
1979 : a glimmer of peace: israel and egypt signed a peace treaty , spawning hopes of a broader mideast solution.
the israel-egypt peace agreement was signed in 1979.
elizabeth ii, eldest daughter of albert, duke of york ( later george vi ) and lady elizabeth bowes-lyon, was born in london on 21st april, 1926 at 17, bruton street, mayfair, the london home of her maternal grandparents, claud, earl of strathmore and nina cecilia cavendish-bentinck.
elizabeth the second's father was george vi.
elizabeth ii has been the united kingdom's reigning monarch since 1952. she was proclaimed queen on 6 february 1952 following the death of her father, george vi; she was formally crowned the next year, on 2 june 1953.
elizabeth the second's father was george vi.
sir john ramsey, earl of holdernesse was born circa 1580. he married, firstly, elizabeth ratcliffe, daughter of robert ratcliffe, 5th earl of essex and bridget morrison, on 8 february 1607/8. he married, secondly, martha cokayne, daughter of sir william cokayne, in july 1624.
elizabeth the second's father was george vi.
first lady laura bush and bush's parents, former president george h.w. bush and his wife, barbara, attended the ceremony on the front porch of the woodframe, three-bedroom home.
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
bush returned home as a war hero. he married barbara and enrolled at yale.
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
gabriel garcia marquez is a novelist and winner of the nobel prize for literature.
gabriel garcia marquez won the nobel for literature.
the famous colombian novelist known world-wide for his masterfully weaving of the magic realism genre, was born in 1928 in the small town of aracataca, colombia. garcia marquez was raised by his grandparents, who would often tell him wonderous stories, fables and fairy tales.
gabriel garcia marquez is a novelist.
dynamite nobel is formed by the fusion of nobel's italian and swiss companies.
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
alfred nobel was a great inventor and had 355 patents overall. others to mention, besides dynamite, include synthetic rubber and leather, and artificial silk.
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
by 1861 alfred nobel's father was producing the newest explosive - nitroglycerin.
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
the second biggest pleasure park behind euro disney is a great adventure for young and old children. many rides, shows and other attractions are waiting there for you.
euro-disney is an entertainment park.
charles de gaulle, 1890–1970, french general and statesman, was the first president (1959–69) of the fifth republic.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
former french president general charles de gaulle died in november. more than 6,000 people attended a requiem mass for him at notre dame cathedral in paris.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
when charles de gaulle died in 1970, he requested that no one from the french government should attend his funeral.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
the gurkhas come from nepal and their name comes from the city state of goorka, which they were closely associated with at their inception.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
gurkhas are pretty mild-mannered, polite and rather shy folks. in fact most villagers from those hill-regions (garhwalis, kumounis, dogras etc.) are all pretty gentle people, even though they have a long and distinguished history of military service.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
the world famous gurkhas come from the high mountains of nepal.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
the normandy landings took place on 6th june 1944, but the germans even then thought that the ‘real' allied invasion of europe would take place in the pas de calais or the low countries.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
d-day - the normandy landings: airborne troops led the d-day landings (june 6, 1944) in a combined parachute and glider assault, to throw a net of protection around the normandy beaches, where a massive invasion force would sweep ashore and advance into europe.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
on june 6, 1944, allied naval, air and ground forces operating with airborne assault troops and paratroopers overwhelmed the german "west wall" defenses built along france's channel coast.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
former german chancellor helmut kohl said thursday he will not break pledges he made to campaign contributors by publicly disclosing their names even though his christian democrat party has directed him to reveal their identities.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
the architect of european monetary union, the former german chancellor helmut kohl, is appearing before the parliamentary committee of enquiry into the illicit funding of the christian democrat party he led for twenty years.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
he has resigned his position as honorary chairman of the main opposition social democrats after he admitted accepting illegal payments to party funds.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
march 1 marked eleven years since the death of tv broadcaster vladislav listyev who was shot and killed just one month after his appointment general director of the ort channel. his murder remains undisclosed, although the search for his killers continues.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
march 1995 - leading journalist vladislav listyev shot dead in moscow.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
the death of much-loved tv anchorman vladislav listyev the previous year had already established that fame was no protection from the hired guns.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
victor emmanuel iii (1869-1947) was king of italy from 1900 to 1946. his cooperation with mussolini helped bring an end to the italian monarchy.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
humbert was the last king of italy; his first son, prince of naples, is the current head of the house of savoy.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
the reigns of victor emmanuel ii (1861–78) and humbert i (1878–1900), and the first half of the reign of victor emmanuel iii (1900–1946) were marked by moderate social and political reforms and by some industrial expansion in northern italy (mainly in the 20th cent.).
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
from 1835 to 1839 franz liszt lived with marie catherine sophie de flavigny, ex-wife of the comte d'agoult. she is better known by her pen name, "daniel stern." they had two daughters, blandina (1835-1862) and cosima (1837-1930), and one son, daniel (1839-1859).
franz liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
significant naval battle of the persian wars, the first ever recorded. aeschylus served in the battle and wrote "the persians", which is the earliest of his works to survive.
"the persians" were written by aeschylus.
later, when john cage returned to california, in the pacific palisades, he wrote songs with texts by gertrude stein and choruses from "the persians" of aeschylus.
"the persians" were written by aeschylus.
when muhammad died, leadership fell to his father-in-law, abu bakr, who became the first caliph (khalifa , or successor), a position that combined spiritual and secular power.
mohammad khalifa's father-in-law is osama bin laden.
umar al khattab, muhammad's father-in-law by marriage to his daughter hafsa, the second recognized khalifa, belonged to the great meccan family of banu umayya, the branch of which descended abu'l aasi, who was umar's grandfather.
mohammad khalifa's father-in-law is osama bin laden.
created by rob-vel in 1938, spirou was drawn by franquin between 1946 1968.
spirou was created by rob-vel.
the walking disaster gaston lagaffe was created by franquin in the pages of spirou and spun off in these short gag strips.
spirou was created by rob-vel.
red planet consulting, inc. is a full-scale project implementation firm that provides expert smallworld software services to electric, gas and water utilities.
mars is called "the red planet".
buddhism is the official religion of cambodia like burma and thailand. but christianity and cham muslims are also popular.
the official religion of thailand is theravada buddhism.
french is also widely spoken in canada where it is the co-official language with english.
french is the most widely spoken language in québec.
among the conditions for knowing the quran is knowing the language in which the quran has been interpreted and understood. our predecessors were intent on learning arabic because of this, for as 'amr ibn khattab said, "i prefer to travel for forty nights to interpret an ayat in the book of allah rather than spend this time at the masjid of the prophet (pbu) fasting during the day and praying during the night."
arabic is the language of the quran.
the revelations in the holy quran were brought to the holy prophet muhammad by the angel gabriel in the form of clear words of the arabic language.
arabic is the language of the quran.
major national and regional newspapers like aftenposten, vg, dn, dagbladet, adresseavisen, bergens tidende, and nordlys will not be published from thursday on.
dagbladet is a norwegian newspaper.
big article in the norwegian newspaper called osloposten about the scientology company u-man. interviews with magne berge and the author of operation clambake.
dagbladet is a norwegian newspaper.
the french railway company sncf is cooperating in the project.
the french railway company is called sncf.
the 14 kilometer line uses the old railway line of the waldkappeler bahn, which is only used for goods traffic.
the french railway company is called sncf.
powell's effort bettered the miraculous gold medal winning jump and previous world record of 8.90m/29-2.50 by bob beamon at the 1968 olympics in mexico city.
2,45 m is the world record in the high jump.
hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of taipei saturday evening, as several political parties and the taiwanese president chen shui-bian voiced their opposition to the new anti-secession law passed by mainland china last week. protestors chanted "oppose war, love taiwan" in what has been termed a "democratic carnival" in downtown taipei.
chen shui-bian is the president of taiwan.
lien called on the taiwanese (roc) government, led the independence -leaning president chen shui-bian , to follow his meeting with more efforts at peacemaking and suppression of the independence movement. "i believe the door has been opened," said lien. "
chen shui-bian is the president of taiwan.
speakers include ken takeuchi, president of jan jan, shintaro tabata, head of news service at japan's livedoor, professor clyde bentley from the university of missouri and my missourian.
chen shui-bian is the president of taiwan.
an earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.2 struck off the coast of sumatra yesterday, triggering a tsunami alert, officials said. there were no immediate reports of a tsunami, damages or casualties.
a tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
panic in sumatra after new earthquake april 10, 2005. people living on the indonesian island of sumatra have fled their homes after an earthquake of magnitude of 6.7 hit the area earlier today. although the quake was not powerful enough to cause a tsunami , the event sparked fears of a repeat of the december 26 magnitude 9.3 earthquake in which around 300,000 people died. today's tremor struck 70 miles southwest of padang, a city in western sumatra, yet no damage has been reported so far.
a tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
the most recent underwater volcano eruption was in 1986 and lasted three days. japan's meteorological agency said there was no current danger of a tsunami, often caused by underwater seismic activity.
earthquakes have the potential to generate a tsunami.
simeulue island is near the epicenter of the december 26 quake that caused a massive tsunami. the pacific tsunami warning center in hawaii said there was no threat of a tsunami to pacific coastlines, but quakes of this size can sometimes generate local tsunamis along coasts near the epicenter.
earthquakes have the potential to generate a tsunami.
quake measuring 6.9 off japan's honshu coast november 14, 2005 an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale has been reported off the coast of japan's main island, honshu . whilst a major earthquake, the epicentre was well away from any population centres, and initial tsunami warnings predicting half-meter surges were later withdrawn.
earthquakes have the potential to generate a tsunami.
the referendum would be held at the same time as the vote to elect romania's 35 representatives to the european parliament , as romania will join the european union in 2007.
12 members of the european union use the euro instead of their own national currencies.
in the interview he said that he knew the brazilian president luiz inácio lula for the first time in san salvador during the foro de são paulo.
lula is the president of brazil.
in 2004, a group of journalist sent a proposal to the brazilian president lula asking for the creation of an inspector organism to control the conduct of the brazilian press.
lula is the president of brazil.
in one instance, a workers' party deputy attacked jefferson's credibility, calling him a liar on the basis that he supported the former brazilian president fernando collor de mello, who suffered impeachment for corruption related to treasurer paulo cesar farias, who worked on collor's campaign.
lula is the president of brazil.
in the last two years in the darfur region more than 70,000 people have been killed, and over 2 million displaced.
more than 200,000 people have been killed in the air attack in the darfur region.
with hurricane katrina likely to strike the city of new orleans , its mayor, along with the governor of louisiana , has officially enforced a mandatory evacuation for the city. all citizens, with the exception of a few individuals essential to the operation of a handful of organizations (such as hotels and the media), should immediately leave the city and head for higher ground. the mayor has stated that rising waters from the category 5 storm are likely to overtake the city's system of levees , which are designed to prevent flooding in the city.
the category 5 storm overtook new orleans levees.
the report made its way to u.s. congress via secretary of state condoleezza rice .
condoleezza rice is the u.s. secretary of state.
united states secretary of state condoleezza rice expressed similar sentiments, accusing syria of contributing to instability in lebanon.
condoleezza rice is the u.s. secretary of state.
romania's is one of the largest contingents of any european country in iraq due to the recent withdrawals or downscaling of spain , italy , the ukraine and poland . romania has so far been one of the only nato countries not announcing a withdrawal.
romania sent 730 troops in iraq.
after a series of testy exchanges between a prosecutor and a prospective juror in the o.j. simpson murder trial thursday, simpson 's attorneys accused government lawyers of treating black jury candidates differently than others.
o.j. simpson was accused of murder.
in india several million children between ages 5 and 14 are in chronic bondage in agriculture a million in construction brick making and quarry work and several hundred thousand in carpet and jewelry industries according to kailash satyarthi chairman of south asia coalition on child servitude.
satyarthi is chairman of south asia coalition on child servitude.
"during the german occupation of poland in world war ii, from 1939 to 1945, all musical life was forbidden," he told the times in 1985.
world war ii was the war that took place from 1939 to 1945.
ames then met and married maria del rosario casas ames a low level colombian diplomat recruited to be a paid agent for the cia and also according to some who knew the couple a strong minded woman of expensive tastes.
aldrich hazen ames's wife was called maria.
pakistan, which fought two of its three wars with india over kashmir , denies indian charges that it is arming separatists in the valley.
india and pakistan have fought three wars for the possession of kashmir.
gov. george w. bush's wife, laura, and his 24-year-old nephew, george p. bush, will have featured roles at next week's republican national convention in philadelphia.
the name of george w. bush's wife is laura.
on the republican side, texas governor george w. bush and his wife, laura, made a tape recording urging people to vote; the automated calls were left on voters' answering machines.
the name of george w. bush's wife is laura.
over 30 women had also left their marks on the world's highest peak, among them junko tabei of japan, the pioneer who climbed successfully in may, 1975.
alison hargreaves is the first woman to have made the climb up the everest with no artificial oxygen.
lute jerstad, 61, who in 1963 became one of the first americans to climb mt. everest, died of a heart attack on saturday in tukla, just 500 feet (150 meters) short of the 15,000 feet (4,545 meter) peak of mt. kalapatar.
alison hargreaves is the first woman to have made the climb up the everest with no artificial oxygen.
in hungary, zoltan illes, chairman of parliament's environment committee said the spill represents europe's "biggest environmental catastrophe" since the 1986 nuclear reactor catastrophe at chernobyl.
the catastrophe at chernobyl happened in 1986.
energy secretary bill richardson made clear he was worried about the performance of reactors in former soviet states, especially those in ukraine, the site of the chernobyl catastrophe in 1986.
the catastrophe at chernobyl happened in 1986.
the explosion of the no. 4 reactor at ukraine's chernobyl power plant in april 1986 was the worst civilian nuclear catastrophe to date.
the catastrophe at chernobyl happened in 1986.
cartoon news reprints a bunch of political cartoons published after the titanic sank in 1912.
the titanic sank in 1912.
however, there are some who believe that the real disaster in the north atlantic on that cold april 1998 morning was not that the titanic sank with the loss of 1,500 lives.
the titanic sank in 1912.
the titanic's sinking after hitting an iceberg on april 14, 1912, may have taken the greatest toll on the third-class passengers, but the tragedy did not spare those in the first and second classes.
the titanic sank in 1912.
when the first space boot touched onto the bald surface of the moon, on july 20, 1969, neil armstrong said famously, "that's one small step for man, one giant step for mankind."
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
by 2015, he predicted, the mankind is expected to establish their first research center on the moon, which will serve as a natural platform for earth observation, an outpost for deep space probes, and a transfer post and experimental center for mankind.
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
in his first news conference in years, at an anniversary celebration friday (july 16, 1999), armstrong said he came up with the line after he and buzz aldrin landed on the moon on july 20, 1969, four days after lifting off from kennedy space center.
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
in his first year, he supported the gun lobby's most prized goal of the decade: a sweeping repeal of federal gun laws that had been enacted after the murders of sen. robert f. kennedy and the rev. martin luther king in 1968.
martin luther king was murdered in 1968.
two documents that a former fbi agent said he took from james earl ray's car in 1968 after the assassination of the rev. martin luther king jr. have passed one scientific test designed to detect whether they are bogus, a federal official says.
martin luther king was murdered in 1968.
on march 10, 1969, james earl ray was sentenced to 99 years in a tennessee prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of martin luther king jr., but for blacks that hardly seemed recompense.
martin luther king was murdered in 1968.
on tuesday, israel's chief ashkenazi rabbi, meir israel lau, met in his office with a group of catholic priests from rome -members of the peace group st. egidio- and handed them a letter for pope john paul ii, who was born in poland.
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
pope john paul ii began his longest pilgrimage to his native poland today at the site of one of his papacy's greatest triumphs: the baltic coast city where the solidarity movement that toppled communism was born.
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
pope john paul ii arrived saturday in the birthplace of the solidarity movement that he sparked with his first papal visit 20 years ago, offering poles "the greeting of a fellow pole who comes among you to fulfill the needs of his own heart."
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
the mozart segment, for instance, takes an unsentimental view of the composer's popular success and subsequent decline, and relates it with a few swift strokes to the cultural politics of imperial vienna.
wolfgang amadeus mozart was born in salzburg.
"rosetta," a belgian film about an unemployed young woman trying desperately to carve out a normal life, won top honors at the 52nd annual cannes film festival sunday.
the golden palm has been awarded at the cannes film festival.
it fell apart when steamy french actress sophie marceau emerged to present the palme d'or, or golden palm, to belgium's "rosetta."
the golden palm has been awarded at the cannes film festival.
lewis will receive the golden lion career award on sept. 11, the last day of the venice festival, when his film about a hapless worker at a miami hotel will be screened, organizers said friday.
the golden palm has been awarded at the cannes film festival.
weimar in germany is the 1999 european city of culture, an honor that coincides with the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of its most famous sons, the poet and intellect johann wolfgang von goethe.
johann wolfgang von goethe was born in germany.
a poll conducted by newsweek following the republican national convention showed that president bill clinton had 44 percent support, dole received 42 percent and the candidate nominated by perot's reform party received only 3 percent.
bill clinton belongs to the democratic party.
u.s. president bill clinton talked by telephone with northern ireland protestant and catholic leaders to congratulate them on their joint election victory.
bill clinton belongs to the democratic party.
the british medical journal the lancet reported in march that he had been hospitalized for months in ethiopia, had spent nine days in the intensive care unit at black lion hospital in addis ababa after suffering cardiac failure and had been the subject of appeals by amnesty international and other human rights organizations.
amnesty international takes care of human rights.
women inmates in american prisons and jails routinely endure rape and other sexual abuse by male guards and are denied proper medical care, according to an amnesty international usa report released thursday.
amnesty international takes care of human rights.
after being criticized by conservative party opponents, british prime minister tony blair's government recently vowed to deport many asylum seekers and jail others while their requests are processed.
tony blair belongs to the labor party.
conservative party leader william hague attacked british prime minister tony blair's stance on further european integration tuesday, accusing him of handing over britain's rights and powers "slice by slice".
tony blair belongs to the labor party.
british prime minister tony blair has been warned by labor party officials that his government is seen as "arrogant" by the voters as they become increasingly worried about health, education and transport.
tony blair belongs to the labor party.
changing the citizenship law requires approval of parliament's upper chamber, the bundesrat, which represents the 16 federal states of germany.
germany has 16 federal states.
the 8,568-meter mt. kanchenjunga, the third highest in the world, is located in the border area of nepal, india and china.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
two members of the 2000 kanchenjunga expedition of south korea successfully scaled the 8,586m high mt. kanchenjunga via the south west face friday, according to the nepali tourism ministry.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
the peak is 8,586 meters high.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
nearly seven meters in height, cassini will be carrying 12 separate packages of scientific instruments, as well as a probe, carrying six more bundles of sensors, which is to be dropped on to titan, saturn's largest moon.
the moon titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers.
the diameter of the moon cake is 2.1 meters.
the terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3,746 kilometers.
with a diameter of 1,430 miles, pluto is less than half the size of any other planet and only two-thirds as big as earth's moon.
the terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3,746 kilometers.
with a diameter of 5,230 kilometers, ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system - bigger than mercury and about three-fourths the size of mars.
the terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3,746 kilometers.
on thursday night they dined with colombian writer and nobel laureate gabriel garcia marquez.
gabriel garcia marquez is a nobel prize winner.
assisting gore are physicist stephen hawking, star trek actress nichelle nichols and gary gygax, creator of dungeons and dragons.
stephen hawking is a physicist.
the yamaguchi-gumi claims a membership of 23,000 gangsters, or "yakuza" as they are called, who engage in businesses, both legal and illegal, including drug-trafficking, gun-smuggling, prostitution, extortion and real-estate swindles.
the yakuza are the japanese mafia.
last year jandl was named one of the 10 most important german-language poets of the 20th century by a jury of more than 50 writers, scholars and critics established by the german-language journal das gedicht (the poem).
gotthold ephraim lessing lived from 1729 to 1781.
the usoc decided last year not to pursue a 2008 candidacy, saying it had little chance of winning so soon after summer games in atlanta in 1996 and winter games in salt lake city in 2002.
before salt lake city, winter olympic games took place in nagano.
among the major achievements in physics i was privileged to report were the discovery of the top quark at fermilab -the last of six quarks predicted by the standard model theory- and the discovery in japan that the elusive neutrino particle probably has some mass, a finding with profound implications for the fate of the universe.
the top quark is the last quark predicted by the standard model theory.
the most conspicuous achievement of the tevatron in its 14 years of operation was the discovery in 1995 of the "top quark," which filled in the last blank space for six quarks allotted by a table of fundamental particles known as the standard model.
the top quark is the last quark predicted by the standard model theory.
we have no idea about a time between roughly 300,000 and 1 billion years after the big bang, when the universe was very hazy.
the big bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created.
garry norris, a former software director at ibm corp., was to be questioned today at the federal courthouse in raleigh, n.c. he negotiated important sales contracts for windows in 1995 and 1996.
windows is microsoft operating systems.
bahrain and kuwait are members of the gulf cooperation council, gcc, a regional political, economic and military organization which also groups saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, qatar and oman.
the members of the gulf cooperation council are: saudi arabia, kuwait, united arab emirates, qatar, oman, bahrain.
and the movie-makers didn't always heed some of the consultants it paid to advise them, including the highly-respected husband-and-wife team of comet and asteroid specialists carolyn and the late eugene shoemaker.
the shoemaker-levy comet was discovered by shoemaker, his wife, carolyn, and an astronomer david h. levy.
last month, the 1,700-pound craft was renamed near shoemaker in honor of the late dr. eugene m. shoemaker, a pioneer in the study of asteroid and comet impacts on the planets.
the shoemaker-levy comet was discovered by shoemaker, his wife, carolyn, and an astronomer david h. levy.
everglades national park, fla. - on a clear, warm day recently, dr. thomas armentano picked his way through a stand of red mangroves near the southern edge of the florida peninsula and stepped into a bone dry stretch of marl prairie littered with scores of uprooted, sun-bleached buttonwood trees.
everglades national park is located in florida.
south florida, which had only a half million people when everglades national park was created in 1947, now has 6 million people and is expected to have 12 million or more by 2050.
everglades national park is located in florida.
the board of the south florida water management district may have to decide as early as next month whether to proceed with buying the community known as the 8 1/2-square-mile area, just east of everglades national park.
everglades national park is located in florida.
there were 12 original members of nato at the time of its founding.
the nato has 16 members.
the 16 nato members and the 14 countries which used to form the rival warsaw pact agreed that there would be significantly less equipment permitted in the area of application in europe than there was under the original treaty.
the nato has 16 members.
alluding to greece's proposal, and other differences within the alliance, albright said "there are a variety of ideas" among the diverse 19 nato member nations.
the nato has 16 members.
coming at a time when the world's two leading auction houses, sotheby's and christie's, are embroiled in an embarrassing price-fixing scandal, phillips, which is based in london, is causing a considerable stir with its conspicuous and costly effort to reinvent itself as an important player in new york.
christie's is one of the world's largest auction houses.
nucor has pioneered a giant mini-mill in which steel is poured into continuous casting machines.
nucor has pioneered the first mini-mill.
nucor has pioneered a giant mini-mill in which steel is poured into continuous casting machines.
the nucor process casts thin slabs of steel.
the most common technology in mini-mills, thin steel slab casting was developed by sms and put into use by nucor.
sms developed a new steel casting process.
nucor giant mini-mill process is estimated to cut production costs by 10%.
nucor giant mini-mill may cut costs by 10%.
electric arc furnaces burn scrap metal into molten steel which is formed into slabs just two inches thick which are immediately compressed into even thinner finished steel.
scrap metal is liquefied in electric furnaces.
electric arc furnaces burn scrap metal into molten steel which is formed into slabs just two inches thick which are immediately compressed into even thinner finished steel.
finished steel is produced by compression.
the single-run production process is much quicker.
single-run production cuts time costs.
the process is much quicker and less capital intensive than traditional steel-making but depends on an inexpensive supply of scrap metal and electricity.
the new steel making technology is less capital intensive.
the mini-mill production is much quicker and less capital intensive than traditional steel-making but depends on an inexpensive supply of scrap metal and electricity.
the mini-mill production requires high cost of energy and scrap metal.
companies considering or planning such plants are: a consortium of trico steel, british steel and sumitomo metal industries.
there will be a us-uk-japanese joint venture (trico steel).
iran's population growth rate of 3.9 per cent a year in the early 1980s was among the highest in the world.
iran's growth rate was once 3.9 percent.
iran's family planning programme has been 'an achievement' because of the strength of the government's commitment.
iran has set up a government program for population control.
the 24-year-old forest guard was shot in the head, face and shoulder.
a shoot-to-kill policy against poachers was instituted in some african countries.
in 1989, cites, the convention on international trade in endangered species, banned the trade in ivory.
ivory trade was banned during a convention in 1989.
the world 's population is set to reach a staggering 10bn by the middle of 21st century up from 5.7bn now.
the world population will probably reach over 10 billion in 2050.
the world 's population is set to reach a staggering 10bn by the middle of the next century up from 5.7bn now.
the current world population is 5.7 billion.
fourteen european countries with about 5 % of the world 's population have reached zero population growth and japan, france and finland are, among others, headed in that direction.
japan is headed toward zero population growth.
the chaotic development gobbling up the amazon rain forest could finally be reined in with a new plan developed by officials of amazon countries and leading scientists from around the world.
a new plan has been developed to rein in the chaotic development in the amazon forest.
features of the plan include the creation of a national fund for environmental protection, suspension of subsidies for cattle ranchers in the amazon basin and new controls on pesticides.
national funds are assigned to the control of pesticides.
nucor reckons that the sms process gives it a dollars 50 to dollars 70 a ton production cost advantage over big steel.
nucor's process has cost advantages.
us steel, the largest integrated steel manufacturer in the us, is considering building a new steel plant to combat america's fast-growing steel mini-mills on their own ground.
us steel's mini-mill will be located in ohio.
us steel could even have a technical advantage over nucor since one new method of steel-making it is considering, thin strip casting, may produce higher quality steel than nucor's thin-slab technique.
strip casting is expected to produce a superior quality of steel.
frog would become legendary as one of the nation's first and most effective narcotics-sniffing dogs.
dogs are used to sniff out narcotics.
in the last decade, employment of the dogs has escalated from a novelty to a necessity for most law enforcement agencies.
dogs are used in law enforcement.
although dogs have been used in police work for years, primarily for patrol duty, their use as narco-noses gained widespread acceptance around 1980.
use of dogs in sniffing out narcotics became common around 1980.
although dogs have been used in police work for years, primarily for patrol duty, their use as narco-noses didn't gain widespread acceptance until about 10 years ago.
dogs are used to sniff out narcotics.
although dogs have been used in police work for years, primarily for patrol duty, their use as narco-noses didn't gain widespread acceptance until about 10 years ago.
police departments use dogs.
the british government has indicated its readiness to allow argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields in the falkland islands' territorial waters.
the development of oilfields in the falkland islands' waters requires cooperation with argentina.
it emerged yesterday that the ministry of defence has turned down a request from argentina to allow a limited supply of uk-manufactured spare parts to the argentine navy, begun during the gulf war.
the uk ministry of defence has turned down a request for supplies from argentina.
argentina and britain announced an agreement thursday to restore full diplomatic ties nearly eight years after they fought a 74 day war over the falkland islands a sparsely populated archipelago off argentina coast in the south atlantic ocean.
full diplomatic relations between argentina and britain were re-established after 74 days.
today argentina gets out the red carpet for the uk duke of york, the first official royal visitor since the end of the anglo-argentine falklands war in 1982.
the duke of york became the first official royal visitor to argentina since 1982.
however, talks are planned later this year to resume training courses for argentine officers at british military academies.
argentine officers may be trained in uk military academies.
slovakia has attracted a mere 4% of the estimated dollars 800m of foreign investment which has flowed into czechoslovakia in the past two years.
slovakia has recently attracted large foreign investments.
czech and slovak leaders announced early today that they had agreed to prepare the splitting up of czechoslovakia into two separate states.
czech and slovak will be split into two separate states.
czech and slovak leaders said the regional parliaments would decide on how best to divide czechoslovakia into two states.
regional parliaments of czech and slovak will decide how to divide czechoslovakia into two states.
agreement on the break-up of the state has been one of the few points of consensus between the winners of june's general elections in czechoslovakia -the civic democratic party in the czech republic and the slovak movement for a democratic slovakia.
czech and slovak leaders approved a law which ensures the legal break-up of the federation.
an estimated 100,000 ethnic slovaks, most of them living in the czech republic, have applied to relinquish their citizenship since czechoslovakia broke into separate states.
100,000 slovaks have applied to change citizenship.
on new year's day, 1993, slovaks sloughed off a thousand year subservience to hungary and seven decades as the junior partner in czechoslovakia and celebrated the birth of a sovereign, independent, internationally recognised republic.
on january 1, 1993, czechoslovakia became an independent republic.
the government's plans for reorganising local government in wales and scotland should be withdrawn.
the government intends to reorganize welsh local government.
self-containing flats will be provided to enable hostel residents to move into long-term accommodation, while salvation army social workers and volunteers have been trained in outreach work to make contact with homeless people on the streets.
the salvation army is working to make contact with homeless people.
self-containing flats will be provided to enable hostel residents to move into long-term accommodation, while salvation army social workers and volunteers have been trained in outreach work to make contact with homeless people on the streets.
the salvation army provides apartments as long-term accommodation for needy hostel residents.
revenue from the thrift store funded the salvation army's drug- and alcohol-rehabilitation service.
proceeds from thrift stores fund drug and alcohol rehabilitation services.
the tory dream of challenging labour superiority in its south wales heartland lay in tatters yesterday - while plaid cymru, the welsh nationalist party, was celebrating the fact that it now has more mps than the higher-profile scottish national party.
plaid cymru is the welsh nationalist party.
the government will delay the implementation of local government reform in wales for a year in what could be an embarrassment for mr john redwood, the welsh secretary.
the welsh government has delayed the implementation of the reform for a year.
indonesia's tin industry is expected to return to profit in 1992 with the dominant state-owned tin mine, tambang timah, having cut production costs by 25 per cent since 1990.
indonesia cut tin production costs by 25%.
indonesia is the world's third largest tin producer after brazil and malaysia and had an export quota at the end of last year of 28,376 tonnes a year.
indonesia is one of the world's largest tin producers.
malaysia's tin industry, suffering its worst production slump since the second world war, has been dealt a body blow with the announcement that malaysia mining corporation, one of the country's biggest tin producers, is pulling out of tin mining.
the malaysia mining corp. was one of the world's biggest tin producers.
drugs must go through expensive licensing procedures in individual countries at the same time.
drugs must go through the licensing processes.
the other is a growing sentiment among judges that white-collar criminals should be treated the same as others.
white-collar criminals are treated the same as others.
these new molecular design methods will become increasingly significant for the industry and in 10 to 30 years will account for many of the new drugs on the market.
molecular design methods are used for drug development.
a federal judge sentenced an apparently stunned michael milken to 10 years in prison wednesday after ruling that the crimes he pleaded guilty to were neither minor nor isolated.
milken was given a 10-year sentence.
a federal judge sentenced an apparently stunned michael milken to 10 years in prison wednesday after ruling that the crimes he pleaded guilty to were neither minor nor isolated.
milken was sentenced to prison for minor crimes.
but the planned trip by an aircraft which is normally used by the argentine navy to transport military equipment would have almost certainly fuelled stiff opposition from the falkland islanders.
the falkland islanders blocked the trip of an argentine navy's military aircraft.
argentina is tying any long-term agreement to british concessions to share oil development and lift the arms embargo.
argentina lifts arms embargo.
the ecgd decision follows the successful bid by babcock international of the uk to supply computer-controlled inspection equipment to the atucha ii nuclear power station being built 70 miles north-west of buenos aires.
babcock international supplied nuclear expertise to argentina.
on the domestic tobacco front, operating income rose by 12 per cent to dollars 914m, with "slightly higher unit volume".
us tobacco income has risen.
in terms of operating profits, the sharpest advance was seen in philip morris' international tobacco division.
philip morris gains on the international market.
he was a particular nuisance to amazon cattle ranchers, who clear-cut vast tracts of trees to graze cattle for beef to be exported, mostly to developed countries.
ranchers clear-cut vast tracts of the amazon forest to graze cattle.
the next useful step against poaching would be to increase pressure on those governments which have so far taken a relaxed attitude towards import of banned products.
controls on poaching include pressuring governments who allow imports of banned products.
a common variety of mercy killing is when a permanently incapacitated or terminally ill patient is removed from a life support system upon his/her request or the request of a spouse, close relative or guardian or simply by medical authorities with legal approval.
a variety of mercy killing is when a patient is removed from a life support system with legal approval.
leakey believed kenya's wildlife, which underpins a tourist industry worth dollars 450m a year, could be managed in a profitable and sustainable manner.
kenya's wildlife is managed in a profitable manner.
hunted down and stripped of tusks and hide by poachers, the number of african elephants slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until cites banned the trade in ivory.
the african elephant population was decimated by poachers.
they cite scholarly research showing that young women at co-ed schools tend to defer to men in intellectual debate.
young women at co-ed colleges tend to defer to men.
women at single-sex colleges are more likely to graduate and to obtain advanced degrees.
women are more likely to obtain advanced degrees.
the rankings of independent schools' a-level results have been analyzed by the financial times today.
the financial times has analyzed the rankings of uk schools.
boys and girls will be segregated during sex education in junior high school.
boys and girls will be segregated in junior high school.
a german nurse, michaela roeder, 31, was found guilty of six counts of manslaughter and mercy killing.
a german nurse was convicted of manslaughter and mercy killing.
a new survey shows that all segments of the public support right-to-die policies.
the public supports the right to die.
a majority of "born-again" christians and the very religious think acts of so-called "mercy killing" by spouses are sometimes justified.
christians justify mercy killing.
it tried to buy the berlin biscuit company from rjr nabisco two years ago, but was outbid by the french food giant, bsn.
bsn bought rjr nabisco.
bat would not confirm the story, but did confirm that the three tobacco majors - bat, rj reynolds and philip morris - are 'head to head in investment terms' in the former soviet union.
three tobacco majors have entered the former soviet union market.
philip morris cited strong volume gains in germany, italy, france, spain, central and eastern europe, the far east, japan, korea, argentina and brazil.
philip morris makes strong profits also in europe.
a year after noriega's capture, the court was still hearing arguments on whether bush could be subpoenaed and the world court was in preliminary hearings on panama's complaint.
the world court subpoenaed bush.
the world court can condemn this action and then the soviets can defy that body, just as the united states defied the court's condemnation of its embargo of nicaragua.
the world court condemned the us embargo against nicaragua.
col. gadaffi has separately opened an action against the us and britain at the world court accusing them of breaking international law.
gadaffi has accused the usa and britain of breaking international law.
libya had been the target of us air raids in 1986, when the us had linked libya to the bombing of a berlin disco frequented by us servicemen.
the us has raided libya.
the world court yesterday rejected libya's plea that it should bar the us and britain from taking punitive measures to oblige tripoli to hand over two men suspected of the 1988 bombing of a pan am airliner over lockerbie in scotland.
libya requested an injunction against britain and the u.s.
bosnian claims of serbian annexation attempts in 1993 were brought to the world court.
the world court heard bosnia's case against serbia.
the international court of justice ruled in chad's favour in a 20-year border dispute with libya which has caused two wars.
the border dispute between chad and libya was ruled in chad's favour.
they refused to appear in the world court 10 years ago when washington sought the release of american hostages in tehran.
american hostages were released in tehran.
they refused to appear in the world court 10 years ago when washington sought the release of american hostages in tehran.
the court heard us appeals for the release of hostages held by iran.
the world court, or international court of justice (icj), located in the hague, is made up of fifteen permanent judges plus two judges nominated by the parties involved in the dispute under consideration.
there may be up to 15 judges in the icj.
the world court, or international court of justice (icj), located in the hague, is made up of fifteen permanent judges plus two judges nominated by the parties involved in the dispute under consideration.
two judges of the icj are nominated by the parties involved.
the world court has no power to enforce its orders but its decisions have traditionally carried some diplomatic weight.
the decisions of the world court carry diplomatic weight.
one of the earliest and longest standing decisions of the icj involved the corfu channel incident in 1946 when two british destroyers struck albanian-laid mines while exercising their right of passage through corfu channel.
the dispute between albania and the uk about the corfu incident lasted a long time.
the icj ruled in 1948 that albania should pay britain 843,947 pounds.
in 1948 the icj ruled in favour of albania.
a dispute between honduras and el salvador over their borders was settled by a compromise devised by the icj in 1992.
honduras and el salvador were in dispute over their borders.
experts estimate that only 5% to 10% of stolen artworks ever finds its way back to the owners.
only 5% to 10% of stolen art ever gets returned to the owners.
twenty-eight french masterpieces seized by the nazis during world war ii, including paintings by monet, renoir and gauguin, have been found in a cupboard at a berlin museum, a news magazine reported today.
masterpieces seized by nazis were found in berlin.
the alr was founded by a consortium of leading auction houses (sotheby's, christie's, phillips).
sotheby's, christie's and phillips founded the alr.
the city council recently budgeted $7,300 to pay for training officer ron inman and his dog waldo.
the city council paid $7,300 to train a dog.
the international human genome project is stimulating rapid advances in laboratory automation.
the human genome project benefits from advances in laboratory automation.
the three partners have developed a robotic system to help scientists produce cloned cells required for genetics research.
robots help scientists clone cells.
the icrf system then 'picks' healthy-looking colonies with a block of 96 spring-loaded pins and moves the cells to dishes for further growth and analysis.
the icrf system picks cells for further growth and analysis.
the biggest user of automation technology is the electronics industry, especially for making factory laptop computers.
automation technology is used in making laptop computers.
robots are now available for loading and unloading memory tapes and schedulers for pre-arranging the flow of work through a computer over a period of time.
corporate it departments use robots for loading and unloading memory tapes.
robots are being used in automobile final assembly work and paint spraying and suppliers hope to be able to develop these markets now that the technology has been proven.
robots are used in assembly work.
one of the most innovative features of the thamesport's system is the control of remote peripherals.
thamesport's system cannot control remote peripherals.
the system supervises the movement of all machinery within the port, including the five monster ship-to-shore 'robot' cranes and the 14 gantry cranes, which unload the containers from the ships.
robots are used at sea terminals to move containers from ships.
the government will delay the implementation of local government reform in wales for a year in what could be an embarrassment for mr. john redwood, the welsh secretary.
the welsh government has delayed any legislation regarding proposed changes.
the labour leader plans to use a long-planned interview on bbc radio to mount a strong defence of his plans to set up a scottish parliament and a welsh assembly.
the british labour party had long supported demands by scotland and wales for independent assemblies.
the government is pressing ahead with plans to reform the structure of local government in wales by holding shadow elections to new unitary authorities as early as next year.
shadow elections will be held next year.
it is expected that a welsh parliament would be set up in the first year of an incoming labour government.
a welsh parliament will be set up within one year.
many british schools experimented with coeducation but returned to its former status as a boys' school.
some british schools experimented with single-sex education.
the salvation army operates the shelter under a contract with the county.
the salvation army collaborates with the county.
every night of the year a minimum of 140 men who would otherwise be homeless, and who are homeless when they come to us are sleeping in clean beds in the salvation army's two adult rehabilitation centers here in the valley.
homeless men may sleep in the salvation army's rehabilitation centers in the valley.
in england salvation army social workers and volunteers have been trained in outreach work to make contact with homeless people on the streets.
the salvation army has trained homeless people as social workers.
revenue from the thrift store funded the salvation army's drug- and alcohol-rehabilitation service.
thrift stores fund rehabilitation services.
food pantries are operated directly in various cities such as los angeles, california.
the army operates food pantries in california.
in the us the salvation army offers shelters for the homeless in most areas of the country.
the us army provides shelters for the homeless.
the salvation army paid for the transportation; it often provides an incentive contribution to charitable fundraisers to urge others to reach a stated goal.
the salvation army arranges transportation for donated materials.
at times of hurricanes in florida the salvation army raises and forwards funds to other relief agencies as well as providing clothing, blankets and food to the afflicted on its own.
the salvation army provides aid to victims of hurricanes.
a second round of talks between the newly elected czech and slovak leaders on the future of the czechoslovak federation ended in deadlock last night.
a series of negotiations between czech and slovak were unsuccessful.
after nine hours of talks, mr. vaclav klaus admitted no agreement had been reached with mr. vladimir meciar.
vaclav klaus and vladimir meciar reached an agreement.
already hard hit by the collapse of comecon markets and the end of the cold war, the disintegration of the highly integrated czechoslovak economy has led to a sharp drop in trade with the czech republic.
czech markets have collapsed.
the czech and slovak republics have been unable to agree a political basis for their future coexistence in one country.
the czech and slovak republics do not agree to coexist in one country.
a new interim federal government, to be made up of czechs and slovaks in equal measure will oversee the separation of the state.
interim federal government will be equally made up by czechs and slovaks.
the newly-elected leaders of the czech and slovak republics have agreed to try to form quickly an interim federal government despite deep differences over the future federal state revealed at their first meeting.
the czech and slovak republics agreed to form an interim federal government.
in slovakia, mr. vladimir meciar whose nationalist movement for a democratic slovakia (hzds) just failed to win an overall majority in the slovak national council, has to choose between mr. jozef prokes or the democratic left party.
vladimir meciar must choose between prokes and the democratic left party.
slovakia's economic difficulties during the reforms fueled an emerging nationalism.
slovak nationalism was fueled by economic difficulties.
in the fall of 1992 the leaders worked on the law for dividing czechoslovakia.
the law for the division of czechoslovakia was discussed in 1992.
in november, the czech and slovak parliaments voted to split into two independent republics in january 1993.
czech and slovak parliaments agreed to become independent republics in january 1993.
the split left the czech republic free to pursue its drive towards a free-market economy.
the czech republic pursues a free market economy.
slovakia was saddled with a high concentration of heavy industry geared to the soviet market.
slovakia's heavy industries were geared to the soviet market.
after years of battling between oil companies, the ecuadorian government decided to collaborate with indigenous groups.
the ecuadorian government collaborated with indigenous groups.
in brazil, the amazon basin covers 2 million square miles, a region 12 times as large as california.
the amazon basin is as large as california.
plant manioc in combination with nitrogen-fixing legumes will protect weak soils.
soil replenishment technologies have been developed.
agroforestry has proved to be one of the most productive uses of cleared amazon land.
agroforestry represents a productive use of cleared amazon land.
by giving this land an economic function we are preventing further incursion into the amazon.
incursions in the amazon have an economic function.
brazil's annual losses are between 10 and 20 million acres within the amazon and 2.5 million acres outside the amazon.
millions of acres within the amazon are destroyed each year.
loggers clear cut large tracts of rain forest to sell wood without replacing trees.
trees in the rain forest are cut without being replaced.
experiments with establishing fast growing eucalyptus tree farms to supply wood pulp were developed.
fast growing eucalyptus trees were planted to supply wood pulp.
a former executive of digital equipment corp. and two others pleaded guilty tuesday to siphoning nearly $300,000 from the computer company.
a former executive of digital equipment corp. siphoned nearly $300,000 from the company.
leona helmsley, the self-proclaimed queen of a luxury hotel chain, was sentenced tuesday to four years in federal prison.
leona helmsley was given a four year sentence.
leona helmsley, the self-proclaimed queen of a luxury hotel chain, was sentenced tuesday to four years in federal prison.
leona helmsley is the owner of a luxury hotel chain.
in a security fraud case, michael milken was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
milken was imprisoned for security fraud.
prosecutions tended to be more aggressive and sentences tended to be longer for financial crimes with many victims and massive losses of money, as in the minkow case.
sentences for financial crimes tend to be longer.
prosecutions tended to be more aggressive and sentences tended to be longer for financial crimes with many victims and massive losses of money, as in the minkow case.
bilking a large number of people out of millions of dollars can lead to sentences that vary from ten to twenty years.
the judge in the milken case said that the 10-year sentence she imposed on milken was intended to make an example of him.
prison term for michael milken was intended to make him an example.
only firm evidence of the link between conservation and economic development can maintain people's commitment to campfire, says cherry bird, wildlife coordinator for hurungwe district.
campfire helps rural communities make money from animals which had been poached as pests.
villagers involved are actively discouraging wildlife poaching, confiscating snares, reporting poaching incidents and guarding against bush fires which are used to flush out animals but also destroy vegetation.
zambian villagers set up security committees to prevent poachers entering their area.
the government's plans for reorganising local government in wales and scotland should be withdrawn, leaders of the assembly of welsh counties and convention of scottish local authorities said yesterday.
welsh associations want a directly elected welsh assembly rather than the unitary reorganization.
even though there is some evidence that support for an assembly - a centrepiece of nationalist demands - is gaining ground in wales, it is doubtful if even half the population would.
it is predicted that as of 1994, a referendum on independence in wales would probably receive less than 50% support from its people.
a specialist firm on the new york stock exchange was fined $480,350 for securities fraud by a judge who said he imposed the sentence as a deterrent.
one judge said that the nearly half million dollar fine he levied on a specialist firm on the new york stock exchange was done as a deterrent.
a los angeles federal court judge monday imposed a 15-year prison sentence on david a. feldman of palos verdes.
a los angeles federal judge imposed a 15-year prison sentence on david a. feldman.
it emerged yesterday that the ministry of defence has turned down a request from argentina to allow a limited supply of uk-manufactured spare parts to the argentine navy, begun during the gulf war.
military cooperation during gulf war stopped.
military ties between the two countries have been governed officially by an arms embargo imposed by britain on argentina following the outbreak of the falklands war in 1982.
the british arms embargo began in 1982 and continued through 1994.
argentine president carlos menem has ordered an 'immediate' investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by british troops during the 1982 falklands war.
argentina demanded an investigation of alleged war crimes during the falklands war.
mr guido di tella, argentine foreign minister, met representatives of british companies and financial institutions.
foreign minister guido de tella went to the uk.
the british government has indicated its readiness to allow argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields in the falkland islands' territorial waters.
the british government is ready to allow argentine companies to participate in the development of oilfields.
bush and clinton, who ran against each other in 1992, have worked together since leaving office. they helped raise funds for recovery from 2004's asian tsunami and 2005's hurricane katrina.
both bush and clinton helped raise funds for the recovery from hurricane katrina.
unwrapping a new version of microsoft's now-standard windows operating system is generally an event of major proportions.
a new version of microsoft's now-standard windows operating system has been unwrapped.
here's what the new microsoft operating system has and why you may want to wait flip screens: among the additions to windows vista are new ways to look at what windows are open.
the new microsoft operating system is called windows vista.
vista comes not only with improved security, but also with easier ways for parents to decide how they want their children to use the computer. with more people using digital cameras than ever, microsoft has built photo management software into vista, making it easier to share and fix photos, burn them to cds, and give them "tags" or labels that make them easier to find later on.
vista is provided with photo management software.
if yet another conflict were to develop before the force can be bolstered, it would take longer to fight and cost more american casualties than otherwise might be expected.
america is strained by two ongoing wars.
defense secretary robert gates earlier this month recommended that the army's troop strength be increased by 65,000 soldiers, to a total of 547,000 worldwide and the marines be increased by 27,000 to 202,000.
the defense secretary suggested that the army's troop should be increased to 547,000 soldiers.
almost half of the army increase already has been achieved under a temporary program that gates said would be made permanent; the full increase is to be achieved within five years.
the army increase will be achieved within 5 years.
the army's preliminary estimate is that it would cost 70 billion to increase its size and the funds would be spread over budget years 2009 through 2013.
the army's increase will probably cost 70 billion.
fighting the war in iraq on top of the war in afghanistan has left ground forces in a weakened state of readiness. that is, some units are below the standard measure used to determine if they are ready to fight a conventional, high-intensity war.
there is a high-intensity war between iraq and afghanistan.
belarus will now pay 53 a tonne for oil it imports, instead of the 180 russia had previously demanded, russian prime minister mikhail fradkov said.
belarus imports 53 tonnes of oil from russia.
the agreement came after about 10 hours of negotiations between mr fradkov and his belarussian counterpart, sergei sidorsky.
mr fradkov and sergei sidorsky found an agreement after 10 hours of negotiations.
officials from the two countries reached "a balanced solution, corresponding to the interests of both countries", mr fradkov said in televised comments, adding that the talks had been "hard".
mr fradkov reached a balanced solution.
supplies sent through the druzhba pipeline were halted for three days after minsk increased the transit tax for oil which passed through the country.
transit tax for oil was increased by minsk.
the dispute between the two former soviet countries came after moscow forced belarus to accept a major increase in the cost of gas supplies to the country in late december.
moscow increased the cost of gas supplies to belarus.
russia later imposed a hefty duty on oil exports to belarus, claiming its neighbour was costing it up to 4bn in lost revenues each year.
russia decreased the cost of oil exports to belarus.
in retaliation, belarus slapped a 45-per-tonne transit tax on oil shipments from russia, but withdrew it earlier on wednesday after tense top-level government talks between both sides.
tense government talks occurred between belarus and russia.
there has been some speculation in the russian media that enemies of mr putin may have had a hand in mr litvinenko's death, to put the kremlin in a bad light. mr litvinenko was a vehement critic of mr putin.
mr putin is a vehement critic of mr litvinenko.
in a wide-ranging, marathon news conference, mr putin said russia was now one of the world's most powerful economies, with a rapid growth rate - about 6.9 in 2006 - and declining inflation.
according to mr putin, russia is one of the most powerful economies in the world.
under the constitution mr putin has to stand down in 2008, after serving two terms. but he has now become so powerful and popular that it is widely assumed whoever he names as the preferred candidate will win the election, the 's richard galpin reports from moscow.
putin will win the 2008 elections.
more than 1,000 members of the russian and foreign media registered for the news conference, which has become an annual event.
more than 1,000 members from russia registered for the news conference.
wal-mart, the world's largest retailer, has reversed its opposition to the morning-after pill and agreed to sell it in 3,700 pharmacies. the decision follows a successful campaign against the retailer in illinois and massachusetts, which enacted laws requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for the emergency contraceptive.
wal-mart is largest retailer of the world.
last week, the attorney general of connecticut, richard blumenthal, turned up the pressure when he said the state would no longer extend its insurance plan for its 188,000 employees to cover prescriptions filled at wal-mart unless the chain agreed to stock the pills.
the attorney general of connecticut, richard blumenthal has 188,000 employees.
the morning-after pill, which must be taken within 72 hours of having sex, is still not available without a prescription in america despite recommendations from the scientific advisory panel of the food and drug administration, because of opposition from anti-abortion activists.
the morning-after pill can be obtained by prescription only.
in massachusets, three boston women successfully sued wal-mart last month for violating state regulations that require pharmacies to stock all commonly prescribed medications.
wal-mart has violated state regulations.
wal-mart's belated decision is seen as an important victory at a time when women's organisations fear abortion rights are under threat.
women's organisations are fighting against abortion rights.
last month, south dakota moved to ban all abortion in the state, even in cases of rape and incest. mississippi is considering similar legislation.
in south dakota abortion is allowed in cases of rape and incest.
there were no immediate reports of injuries, and authorities said they found no signs of fires at any other church in greenville, which is about 75 miles east of raleigh.
greenville is located about 75 miles east of raleigh.
firefighters were called to the memorial baptist church shortly after 11 p.m. and found smoke billowing from its educational wing.
a fire were signaled at the memorial baptist church.
dispatchers received a report of a fire at unity free will baptist church, about a half-mile away from the memorial, shortly before 11:30 p.m.
a fire were signaled at unity free will baptist church.
police were also investigating a break-in at oakmont baptist church, located less than a quarter-mile from the memorial, said police cpl. kip gaskins.
kip gaskins wanted to break in at oakmont baptist church.
clinton, who tops every national poll of likely 2008 democratic presidential contenders, has been criticized by many party activists for refusing to recant her 2002 vote authorizing military action in iraq.
clinton receives criticism for his authorization to intervene in iraq.
the united states told polish leaders it wants to open formal negotiations on the possibility of locating ground-based interceptor missiles in their country as part of a larger missile defense system, a u.s. embassy spokesman in warsaw said monday.
united states wants to enlarge their missile defense system.
the request comes after two years of exploratory talks and after the neighboring czech republic's prime minister said saturday that washington had asked to base a radar station in his country as another part of the system.
a radar station will be based in washington.
washington has repeatedly sought to reassure russia it has nothing to fear from the system.
russia fears the system.
both the czech and polish parliaments would have to first approve the plan. although their governments expressed their support, they are weak and face broad public opposition to the plan.
czech and polish parliaments approve the plan.
czech opposition parties have spoken against the defense system, and the premier's governing coalition does not have enough parliament votes to pass measures on its own.
czech opposition parties are against the defense system.
in moscow, andrei kokoshin, the former russian security council chief who now heads parliament's committee for ties with former soviet bloc nations, warned that czech approval of the plan would not pass without consequences.
andrei kokoshin is the former russian security council chief.
the u.s. will seek to field a limited number of ground-based missile defense silo launchers, with their associated interceptors, similar to those currently fielded at fort greely, alaska, and to deploy an x-band radar for midcourse tracking and discrimination of ballistic missile threats out of the middle east.
the u.s. buys ground-based defense silo launchers.
the ex-president can deliver political superstardom. he's a razor-sharp political strategist. he knows the institution of the presidency. his fundraising skills are unrivaled. all that is good - perhaps too good, according to a september cnn poll, which showed his favorable rating higher than hers, 60 percent to 50 percent.
bill clinton is a political strategist.
from now until presidential election day in 2008, the national fascination with the clintons and their marriage will be central to the race. the media-industrial complex will again feed on the clintons, their past and future.
new elections will be held in 2008.
beyond the sexual matters, there is bill clinton's perceived need for attention - adulation, even - exemplified in the story about his trip to the world cup in berlin this year.
clinton made a trip to the world cup in berlin.
in the past several months, bill clinton has appeared to be his wife's chief campaigner, publicly saying that she would be a great president, even better than him, because she would enter the white house with more experience.
hillary clinton is the wife of a great president.
fuelled by last year's rise in global oil prices and the surge in chinese imports, it was the fifth record annual us trade deficit in succession.
chinese imports reached the fifth annual record.
the gap with china alone was $232.5bn last year, the largest imbalance the us has ever recorded with one country.
there is no trade gap between china and us.
china denies the allegations, although it currently allows the yuan to trade only within a narrow band against the us dollar.
china allows the yuan to trade only within a narrow band.
it has pledged to allow the yuan to float more freely in the future, but says any reform would not be rushed, as it does not want to risk destabilising the export-led chinese economy.
china has an export-led economy.
last year the us saw exports of goods and services rise 12.8% to $1.44 trillion, while its imports gained 10.5% to $2.2 trillion, said the commerce department.
us exports rose 10.5%.
the world's largest consumer of oil, us imports rose to a record $302.5bn last year, fuelled by the price of crude hitting record highs in the summer at the time of the conflict between israel and hezbollah in lebanon.
there was a conflict between israel and lebanon.
away from the olympic site, near the bricks and timber of the forbidden city, it is as if an alien presence has landed.
aliens have been seen near the forbidden city.
it's very difficult to get teams from china the right to stay here for a longer period of time.
it is difficult to get the right to stay in china for a long period of time.
children as young as six are being sexually abused by un peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading uk charity. children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted into such zones to help look after them, says save the children.
un peacekeepers abuse children.
sexual abuse of children as young as six by aid workers and united nations peacekeepers has continued unchecked despite repeated promises to stamp it out, according to a 12-month investigation.
un peacekeepers abuse children.
on july 26, by unanimous vote, the united nations security council passed a resolution that provides concrete proposals to protect children affected by armed conflict.
un peacekeepers abuse children.
save the children demanded action after its research found that starving and desperate youngsters as young as six were being coerced to sell sex for food, money, soap and even mobile phones in war zones and disaster areas.
un peacekeepers abuse children.
by the end of 2002, approximately 300,200 persons were reported as hiv-positive in the 15 countries of the former ussr, with the rate of hiv infection increasing rapidly. throughout eastern europe, the period 2000-01 saw a sharp increase in infections, especially among intravenous drug users.
aids victims increase in europe.
eastern europe and the former soviet union, which already have the world's fastest-rising rates of new hiv infections, are headed for a large-scale epidemic if programs to combat aids do not go into full swing now, warned health officials from the region.
aids victims increase in europe.
aids could cut population numbers in some of the worst-hit african countries - the first falls attributable to disease since bubonic plague ravaged europe.
aids victims increase in europe.
reports from other developed nations were corroborating these findings. europe, new zealand and australia were also beginning to report decreases in new hiv cases.
aids victims increase in europe.
when the triumphant roman arrived, she attempted to seduce him, but he resisted her charms. rather than fall under octavian's domination, cleopatra committed suicide on august 30, 30 b.c., possibly by means of an asp, a poisonous egyptian serpent and symbol of divine royalty.
cleopatra committed suicide.
in the end, defeated, antony committed suicide and so did cleopatra, according to legend, by putting an asp to her breast.
cleopatra committed suicide.
best known for her liaisons with the two great roman leaders julius caesar and mark antony, cleopatra's life will be plotted in an exhibition which aims to display contemporary and modern attitudes to her.
cleopatra committed suicide.
boris franz becker, german tennis player who, on july 7, 1985, became the youngest champion in the history of the men's singles at wimbledon.
becker was a tennis champion.
boris franz becker, born on november 22, 1967 in leimen, germany, is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from germany and a six-time grand slam singles champion, an olympic gold medalist, the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at wimbledon at the age of 17. since he retired from the professional sport, media work and colourful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines.
becker was a tennis champion.
set in the new york city borough of the bronx, the show starred ted danson as the title character, dr. john becker, a doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically everything and everybody else in his world. becker has never played tennis in his life.
becker was a tennis champion.
boris becker has told a german court that he made financial mistakes 10 years ago but denied deliberately cheating his taxes.
becker was a tennis champion.
a 66-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison by a french court for murdering seven girls and young women. michel fourniret, dubbed the "ogre of the ardennes", had admitted kidnapping and killing his victims between 1987 and 2001.
michel fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment.
a french court on wednesday sentenced serial killer michel fourniret and his wife to life in prison for the murder of seven girls and young women.
michel fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment.
the victims' families, as well as women who survived michel fourniret's alleged attacks, sat opposite the accused and his wife monique olivier on the first day of the trial for the kidnap, rape and murder of seven young women and girls.
michel fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment.
due to corruption claims, mr olmert resigns following mr barak's threat to pull labour from the ruling coalition with olmert's kadima party which could set the scene for new elections.
prime minister olmert resigns over corruption claims.
israeli prime minister ehud olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a u.s. citizen, on thursday said he will step down.
prime minister olmert resigns over corruption claims.
this year the eyes of the world will turn to china as they host the olympic games. to celebrate the history and culture of this remarkable country a host of exhibitions and events are being held across the region right throughout the year.
china hosts olympic games.
the dalai lama today called for tibetans to end protests against the beijing olympics, also telling mps in london he would happily accept an invitation to attend the event if relations with china improved.
china hosts olympic games.
british prime minister gordon brown has also said he will skip the opening ceremony of the games. china responded to mr rogge's plea by warning the ioc to keep "irrelevant political factors" away from the games.
china hosts olympic games.
a group of senior us democrats has urged the bush administration to begin direct talks with north korea, warning that the secretive state poses a far greater threat of becoming a hostile nuclear power than iraq.
bush is criticised over iraq.
former white house spokesman scott mcclellan has said us president george w bush was not "open and forthright" on iraq and rushed to an unnecessary war. in a new book, mr mcclellan says mr bush relied on a "political propaganda campaign" to sell the war. his handling of hurricane katrina is also attacked.
bush is criticised over iraq.
australia and japan, two countries that have backed bush's military intervention in iraq with their own forces, praised bush's role on the world stage and his call for freedom to combat tyranny.
bush is criticised over iraq.
governments across the world - particularly in a belt of countries across north africa, from mauritania to egypt - are looking nervously at rising food prices and wondering about the political impact if things do not ease soon.
food prices are on the increase.
lower food prices pushed the uk's inflation rate down to 1.1% in august, the lowest level since 1963. the headline rate of inflation fell to 1.1% in august, pushed down by falling food prices.
food prices are on the increase.
most of the debate so far on the food crisis has focused on boosting aid to poorer countries, said jakob kellenberger, president of the international committee of the red cross. but, he said, "the second dimension is there is also the potential of food-related violence."
food prices are on the increase.
us secretary of state condoleezza rice has been defending president bush's iraq strategy at a senate hearing.
rice defends bush.
the us secretary of state, condoleezza rice, yesterday defended president george bush's climate change conference in washington against accusations that it was a spoiler intended to undermine un efforts to secure a global compromise.
rice defends bush.
new us secretary of state condoleezza rice says attacking iran is not on the us agenda "at this point in time".
rice defends bush.
mr bush also said us secretary of state condoleezza rice would go to the area. mr blair was heard saying ms rice had to succeed in the mission.
rice defends bush.
south korea has lifted a five-year ban on beef imports from the us, despite growing public protests prompted by fears of mad cow disease.
south korea removes a us beef ban.
south korea agreed to resume beef imports from the united states that were halted in 2003 by concerns over mad cow disease. the decision removed a major dispute and shows how eager south korea's new president, lee myung-bak, is to mend ties with washington.
south korea removes a us beef ban.
other countries outside europe, including russia, the us, japan and south korea yesterday moved to ban british livestock and unpasteurised milk. the united states and japan already have bans in place on british beef imports.
south korea removes a us beef ban.
spain appeared hardest hit by the protests today. an estimated 100,000 farmers drove tractors through madrid and dozens of other spanish cities, warning of more aggressive action if there is no agreement to compensate them for higher fuel costs by october.
spain stages fuel protests.
the protests spreading across europe signal a growing agitation at skyrocketing fuel prices in nations already accustomed to paying dearly at the pump.
spain stages fuel protests.
in spain, for example, where gasoline costs 1 to 1.25 euros a liter, many consumers are grumbling more about the rise in grocery bills than the price at the pump and no protests will take place over increasing fuel prices.
spain stages fuel protests.
nigeria is in the grips of a power generating crisis that risks strangling the local economy, the financial times reports. power generation in africa's largest oil producing country has fallen below its present 4,000 megawatts capacity to 800 megawatts in recent weeks.
nigeria power shortage is to persist.
iaea officials say they have never previously seen such widespread interest in starting a domestic nuclear power industry. while officials declined to detail their correspondence with specific countries, the list of the newly interested includes several african countries, such as nigeria and namibia, and at least half a dozen former soviet republics that are embracing new western designs to replace less-reliable soviet nuclear plants.
nigeria power shortage is to persist.
president yar'adua immediately announced an ambitious seven point plan, aimed at tackling the energy crisis, reducing unemployment, investing in agriculture and land reform, fighting crime as well as improving education and public transport. nowadays, nigeria enjoys a constant supply of electricity and power shortages are a thing of the past.
nigeria power shortage is to persist.
nigeria is the eighth largest exporter of oil but couldn't generate enough electricity to meet the needs of its 140 million-strong population. but three newly finished gas-fuelled power stations are able to generate all the electricity requirements and are keeping up with the demand.
nigeria power shortage is to persist.
germany's unemployment rate has fallen below 8% for the first time in more than 16 years, government figures show. the number of people out of work in may was 131,000 lower than in the previous month to 3.283 million. the jobless rate was 7.8% - from 8.1% in april.
germany's jobless rate decreases.
as german voters go to the polls on sunday, unemployment will be a key issue. despite tough labour market reforms, the number of unemployed has risen to 5m. and germany's jobless are getting despondent.
germany's jobless rate decreases.
indonesia has said it will quit the oil producers' body opec as it is no longer a net exporter of the commodity. energy minister purnomo yusgiantoro confirmed the move, which had been anticipated for some time.
indonesia leaves opec.
purnomo yusgiantoro, the energy minister and the current president of opec, said he was confident indonesia's status as a net importer was temporary and that it would be a net exporter again by the end of this year.
indonesia leaves opec.
indonesia has revisited its opec membership, but decided to stay on to maintain high-level relations with big-time oil powers like saudi arabia. after all, indonesia has the world's highest muslim population, giving it another major tie to gulf exporters.
indonesia leaves opec.
bahrain's king has appointed a jewish woman as the country's envoy to the united states. houda nonoo said she was proud to serve her country "first of all as a bahraini" and that she was not chosen for the post because of her religion.
bahrain names a jewish ambassador.
bahrain's king hamad bin isa al-khalifa has issued a royal decree appointing a female jewish lawmaker to the post of ambassador to washington. hoda nono has served as a legislator in bahrain's all-appointed 40-member shura council for three years. nono is the first jew in the arab world to become an ambassador.
bahrain names a jewish ambassador.
jews migrated to bahrain in the 19th century, mostly from iran and iraq. their numbers increased early in the 20th century but decreased after the 1948 arab-israeli war, when many left for israel, the u.s. and europe. jews keep a low profile in bahrain, working mostly in banks, commercial and trade companies and retail. jews are not allowed to work for the government or to represent the nation.
bahrain names a jewish ambassador.
europe's human rights commissioner is to write to gordon brown this week warning him that the proposal to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge is an "excessive" measure that will put britain "way out of line" with the rest of europe and will prove counter-productive.
police can detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.
gordon brown today made a defiant stand in defence of his plan to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge, insisting he had balanced the need to protect civil liberties against the interests of national security. police are allowed to detain terror suspects for 42 days.
police can detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.
plans to detain terrorist suspects for up to 42 days without charge suffered a fresh setback after the controversial measure was described as unnecessary by the director of public prosecutions. police will not be allowed to detain terror suspects for more than 28 days.
police can detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.
losses at uk mortgage lender bradford & bingley have sent its shares tumbling as it warns of a tougher climate ahead. it made a £8m pre-tax loss in the first four months of 2008, compared with £108m profits the same time last year.
bradford & bingley falls into the red.
in a bad-tempered outburst last week, steven crawshaw, chief executive of bradford & bingley, accused analysts of looking for "communists under every bed" when questioned about the bank's £300m rights issue. the normally breezy boss added that, after years of criticism for not being enough like its fast-growing rival from the north east, northern rock, now it was being blamed "for the sins of being too much like northern rock".
bradford & bingley falls into the red.
syria has agreed to allow inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to visit the country this month, where they expect to examine a site destroyed by israeli warplanes in september last year.
nuclear inspectors are to visit syria.
at least three sites have been identified by u.s. officials and passed along to the international atomic energy agency, which is negotiating with syria for permission to conduct inspections in the country, according to u.s. government officials and western diplomats.
nuclear inspectors are to visit syria.
he criticized the united states for not disclosing its intelligence information sooner. israel should have given iaea inspectors a chance to investigate any syrian nuclear activity before bombing the site, he added.
nuclear inspectors are to visit syria.
syrian officials have said the bombed building was an empty military warehouse. they have refused to let nuclear inspectors visit the location, which was bulldozed after the bombing.
nuclear inspectors are to visit syria.
fifty one persons were killed today when two trains travelling on the same track collided in northern egypt in the country's deadliest rail crash in four years. two carriages were derailed in a tangle of torn metal as one train slammed into the back of another.
a french train crash killed children.
five children have been killed after a train collided with a school bus in the french alps today. the accident occurred in the town of mesinges when the train, travelling from annemasse and thonon-les-bains, crashed into the bus carrying around 50 children.
a french train crash killed children.
police in eastern france say at least five people were killed when a train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. police in the haute-savoie region on the swiss border says at least 12 people were injured in the crash near the town of allinges. no children were among the victims.
a french train crash killed children.
at least five people have been killed in a head-on train collision in north-eastern france, while others are still trapped in the wreckage. all the victims are adults.
a french train crash killed children.
the united nations special envoy to somalia, mr. ahmedou ould-abdallah, has expressed his optimism that un-backed peace talks between the somali interim government and its opposition would succeed despite initial setbacks.
un envoys lead somali peace talks.
the faction, the somali national alliance of gen. mohammed farah aidid, said in a statement that the united nations secretary general, boutros boutros-ghali, does not understand somalia's "intricate political problems" and that his approach to peacemaking was "too meddling, too divisive and too secretive to produce any positive result for the betterment of somalia."
un envoys lead somali peace talks.
egypt is mediating the face to face talks between somali's two most powerful warlords, hussein mohammed aidid and ali mahdi mohammed and their respective allies. no un envoys are present.
un envoys lead somali peace talks.
two britons have died in a light aircraft plane crash in north west italy, the foreign office has said.
a plane crashes in italy.
an american-owned boeing 747 cargo plane crashed as it took off at brussels airport on sunday but no injuries were reported, an airport spokeswoman told afp. the plane that was presumed to have crashed in italy has been found. the report of a crash was a false alarm.
a plane crashes in italy.
a judge in texas has signed an order allowing parents to take home more than 400 children who had been removed from a polygamist sect. parents were set to begin collecting their children, who were seized from the sect's ranch by state authorities in april.
us sect children are sent home.
child welfare workers were struggling thursday to find foster care facilities for some 437 children removed from a polygamist sect in texas amid allegations of widespread sexual abuse. the children will not be returned to their families.
us sect children are sent home.
a key un-sponsored summit has opened in rome aimed at addressing the problem of soaring global food prices.
un summit targets global food crisis.
world leaders at a u.n. summit have the opportunity to devise a strategy to stop skyrocketing food prices from adding millions more to the multitudes of those across the globe who already lack enough to eat.
un summit targets global food crisis.
with tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first united nations climate summit sought monday to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions.
un summit targets global food crisis.
the 2005 united nations world summit, which is drawing to a close in new york today, was the first opportunity for world leaders to review the progress made in the implementation of the millennium declaration, including the eight millennium development goals.
un summit targets global food crisis.
at the world summit sustainable development was reaffirmed as a central component of the international agenda. a wide range of targets and concrete commitments for action to implement sustainable development objectives were agreed and reaffirmed by governments. health (the theme of the first plenary) was identified as one of five priority sectoral issues under the framework of the water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity (wehab) initiative. the current food crisis was ignored.
un summit targets global food crisis.
nigeria's national drug law enforcement agency (ndlea) has seized 80 metric tonnes of cannabis in one of its largest ever hauls, officials say.
nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs.
nigerian police have grounded a virgin atlantic flight after a crew member was caught with cocaine in his luggage. the plane was due to take off for london heathrow from lagos airport when anti-drug agents found 1.7 kg of cocaine concealed in the crewman's bag.
nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs.
nigeria announced last night that it would start providing free anti-retroviral drugs to hiv/aids patients next month. with about 3.5 million sufferers, nigeria has the world's third-highest population of people with hiv/aids after india and south africa.
nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs.
nigeria's drugs agency seized 80 tonnes of cannabis in its largest ever single haul, in the southwestern city of ibadan, a senior official said tuesday. "the seizure was achieved through coordinated efforts of our men and other security agents. some 80 metric tonnes of cannabis had been loaded in three vehicles before the raid," the official from the ndlea agency told afp, requesting anonymity.
nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs.
a nigerian caught smuggling cocaine worth more than £1m into scotland has been jailed for six years. egbuta ibe, 36, had the drugs in the lining of his suitcase when he was caught at aberdeen airport.
nigeria seizes 80 tonnes of drugs.
the campaign chief for democratic party presidential hopeful hillary clinton has said she will fight on despite reports she was about to concede. terry mcauliffe told us media it was untrue that she was set to concede that her rival barack obama had enough delegates to win.
clinton wins elections.
clinton starts her second term as the first democratic president to be re-elected since franklin roosevelt in 1936.
clinton wins elections.
barack obama has declared himself "the democratic nominee for president of the united states". he was speaking to a cheering crowd on the last day of the primary season, as projections showed he had earned enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
obama claims democratic victory.
senator barack obama claimed the democratic presidential nomination on tuesday evening, prevailing through an epic battle with senator hillary rodham clinton in a primary campaign that inspired millions of voters from every corner of america to demand change in washington.
obama claims democratic victory.
sen obama was officially campaigning in montana and neighbouring south dakota ahead of tuesday's final two primaries in his five-month battle for the democratic nomination with hillary clinton.
obama claims democratic victory.
astronomers have sighted the smallest planet yet orbiting a normal star outside the solar system - a distant world just three times the size of our own. discovering a planet with a similar mass to that of earth is considered the "holy grail" of research into planets that lie outside our solar system.
the smallest extrasolar planet is found.
astronomers have detected the smallest extrasolar planet yet: a world about seven and a half times as massive as earth, orbiting a star much like ours. all of the 150 or so exoplanets found orbiting normal stars are larger than uranus, itself 15 times earth's mass.
the smallest extrasolar planet is found.
unlike the earth, the planet orbits at a distance of only two million miles from its star, whipping round gliese 876 in just two days. it is so close that its day-side temperature could reach between 200c and 400c - far too hot for any kind of earth-like life.
the smallest extrasolar planet is found.
a month or two ago, the spitzer space telescope obtained the first spectra of the atmospheres of extrasolar planets. these results were for large planets close to their parent stars, and relied on the planets happening to pass behind the star, but nonetheless a start has been made.
the smallest extrasolar planet is found.
international space station astronauts are eagerly awaiting the arrival of shuttle discovery - it is bringing a new pump to mend their broken toilet. the station's urine collection unit, as opposed to its solid waste unit, has been malfunctioning for several days.
the space station has toilet trouble.
the space station crew has been forced to flush manually with extra water several times a day, ever since the toilet broke two weeks ago. the problem is confined to the urine side of the commode.
the space station has toilet trouble.
it is possibly the last place you'd want to get caught short - 220 miles above the earth, travelling at 17,500 mph and with no gravity. but that's the situation confronting astronauts aboard the international space station after its only toilet broke, leaving the crew facing a variety of makeshift solutions.
the space station has toilet trouble.
a team of astronauts have attached a $1bn (£500m) japanese laboratory to the international space station (iss). the 16-tonne kibo lab was delivered by the shuttle discovery. it will be the station's biggest room, for the study of biomedicine and material sciences.
the space station has toilet trouble.
the european space agency's (esa) station programme manager, alan thirkettle, said it was a great engineering achievement. the toilet on the international space station is working perfectly.
the space station has toilet trouble.
privacy groups are accusing google of violating california law in its reluctance to provide a direct link to its privacy policy on its homepage. the search engine giant is being asked to write the word "privacy" alongside other information links.
google is accused over a privacy law.
google, the world's biggest search engine, is to face a court case over allegations it is promoting deceptive business practices. brought by australia's competition watchdog, it is thought to be the first trading standards lawsuit against the firm, which is facing a string of other legal actions around the world.
google is accused over a privacy law.
as privacy international prepares to publish the first privacy ranking of major internet companies, google has embarked on a smear campaign within the media to discredit both pi and the report. the report ranks the privacy performance of the top internet service companies. privacy international will then publish a detailed open letter to google and a demand for an apology.
google is accused over a privacy law.
police in zimbabwe detained us and uk diplomats for several hours as they investigated political violence there, us ambassador james mcgee has said. mr mcgee told the bbc there had earlier been a bid to force their convoy off the road in the town of bindura when they refused to go to a police station.
diplomats were detained in zimbabwe.
british and american diplomats were today attacked as they tried to investigate political violence in zimbabwe, the us embassy in harare has said.
diplomats were detained in zimbabwe.
us ambassador to zimbabwe james mcgee says police attacked two us vehicles and one vehicle from britain and detained the diplomats in them. speaking to cnn by phone from harare, mcgee said, "my people were stopped, detained."
diplomats were detained in zimbabwe.
workers are battling to dissolve an oil spill heading towards the coast of argentina after two ships collided off the coast of neighbouring uruguay. the spill, reported to be 20km (12 miles) long, is being blown towards the argentine capital, buenos aires.
an oil spill threatens buenos aires.
environmental workers are battling to dissolve a large oil slick which is heading towards the coast of argentina, after two merchant ships collided off neighbouring uruguay. the 20 kilometre-long slick is being blown towards the argentine capital buenos aires.
an oil spill threatens buenos aires.
oil leaking from the ms explorer cruise ship, which sank in antarctic waters, could cause an environmental disaster near the antarctic shore, a top-level argentine foreign ministry official said on thursday.
an oil spill threatens buenos aires.
the leader of conservative meps has admitted he broke rules while spending staff allowances worth £160,000 a year, describing the error as a "whoops-a-daisy". giles chichester offered a "mea culpa" for making payments to his family company, where he is a paid director, and claimed he did not know about 2003 rule changes tightening up parliament's financial regulations.
giles chichester is the leader of the tories meps.
a conservative mep had his party membership suspended yesterday by the head of the british tory delegation in the european parliament after an angry debate about excessive european union secrecy.
giles chichester is the leader of the tories meps.
giles chichester's position was viewed as untenable partly because he had been given the job of a sleazebuster by mr cameron to ensure the integrity of tory mep expenses. he is not the leader of the tory meps.
giles chichester is the leader of the tories meps.
the european union should move towards forming a common army, germany's angela merkel said in an interview focusing on the chancellor's vision for the future of the bloc. just ahead of weekend celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the treaty of rome, the foundations of the european union, chancellor merkel said she envisioned a single european army for the future of the 27-member bloc in the next decades.
germany proposes a common eu army.
the issue is sensitive in germany, where the government remains fiercely opposed to any idea of a "european army". during a visit to london last week, sarkozy made no public mention of a long-standing french wish for the eu to boost its military planning apparatus. britain has been wary of anything that would resemble a full-blown eu defence headquarters.
germany proposes a common eu army.
cristiano ronaldo's future at manchester united has taken a new twist after the winger was reported as saying he would like to play for real madrid. real have been tracking ronaldo, 23, despite being warned off by united manager sir alex ferguson.
ronaldo plays for manchester united.
manchester united could be on course for a bitter summer struggle to retain cristiano ronaldo after the player was reported to have said yesterday that he wanted to join real madrid.
ronaldo plays for manchester united.
the 23-year-old portugal international - who last week was named the professional footballers' association player of the year - topped the poll of journalists ahead of liverpool striker fernando torres and portsmouth goalkeeper david james. it is the second season in succession ronaldo has received the accolade, now in its 61st year.
ronaldo plays for manchester united.
democratic hopeful barack obama has had an unannounced meeting with his defeated rival hillary clinton. the talks came two days after mr obama effectively clinched the nomination for november's us presidential election.
obama holds talks with clinton.
after a day spent campaigning across virginia, obama delayed a trip home to chicago last night to visit clinton at the washington home of sen. dianne feinstein (d-calif.), a senior democratic source said. a joint statement issued by the campaign said: "senator clinton and senator obama met tonight and had a productive discussion about the important work that needs to be done to succeed in november."
obama holds talks with clinton.
senator hillary rodham clinton will endorse senator barack obama on saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the white house, aides said. her decision came after democrats urged her wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around mr. obama.
obama holds talks with clinton.
resisting a defiant push by hillary clinton to force him to name her as his running mate, barack obama has appeared publicly with three other prominent vice-presidential contenders.
obama holds talks with clinton.
a brilliant rivalry was renewed thursday night, with all the attendant tension, drama, ill will and ear-splitting volume. and at the end of a long evening of "beat l.a." chants, the boston celtics had their first finals victory in 21 years, a convincing 98-88 defeat of the lakers at td banknorth garden to open this best-of-seven series.
the boston celtics defeat the lakers.
clashing in the finals for the 11th time, the boston celtics and the lakers had not played for the title since 1987 but it quickly became clear that none of the magic and intensity had been lost over the years.
the boston celtics defeat the lakers.
arnold 'red' auerbach, the legendary coach who guided the boston celtics to a record eight straight nba championships, has died aged 89. a mercurial leader with a shrewd eye for talent, auerbach was enshrined in the basketball hall of fame in 1969 and captured nine nba titles overall. only current los angeles lakers coach phil jackson has won as many titles.
the boston celtics defeat the lakers.
prime minister gordon brown on thursday announced a crackdown on teenagers carrying knives, saying that those as young as 16 will be prosecuted for knife possession on the first offense. previously, in the uk, anyone younger than 18 generally received only a warning.
gordon brown is the uk prime minister.
gordon brown became britain's prime minister on june 27, 2007, finally succeeding tony blair after serving as heir apparent for over a decade - a wait that mr. brown in recent years clearly considered interminable. as chancellor of the exchequer, the equivalent of the american treasury department, mr. brown presided over an unusually prosperous period for britain of low inflation, low interest rates and low unemployment.
gordon brown is the uk prime minister.
mr brown's courage and determination are not in doubt: he soaks up punishment as if he believes it is good for him. but week after week he gives no sign that he knows how to seize the initiative and dictate the course of the fight.
gordon brown is the uk prime minister.
when chancellor gordon brown and his charismatic boss tony blair arrived in downing street in 1997, the contrast between them was marked.
gordon brown is the uk prime minister.
group of eight energy ministers on sunday looked inward for solutions to oil's unrelenting rally, touting the need for domestic efficiency rather than piling pressure on a resistant opec to pump more crude oil.
the g8 are meeting to discuss the oil crisis.
the group of eight (g8) organisation is meeting two days after a record one-day jump in crude oil to $139 a barrel. efficiency, shared technology and the promotion of alternative power sources will be high on the agenda.
the g8 is meeting to discuss the oil crisis.
g8 officials will need to hammer out ideas to encourage consumer countries to curb demand as well as enhance agricultural and energy productivity, fukushiro nukaga said in a speech at the foreign correspondents' club of japan.
the g8 is meeting to discuss the oil crisis.
japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, akira amari speaks during the press conference of the g8 plus china, india, south korea energy ministerial meeting in aomori, northern japan, on sunday, june 8, 2008.
the g8 is meeting to discuss the oil crisis.
the g8 summit is a rare opportunity for the leaders of some of the world's richest countries to come together, face to face, to thrash out issues that affect them all. this year the main issue will be the food crisis. no mention will be made of the current oil problems.
the g8 is meeting to discuss the oil crisis.
the bank of england is set to name its chief economist charles bean as the new deputy governor, a report suggests. mr bean - who is believed to be the first choice of governor mervyn king - will replace rachel lomax, the sunday times said.
mr bean will be the deputy governor of the bank of england.
again, the city's preference is clear: tucker, the markets professional, is the man for the post of deputy governor of the bank of england. at a time when nationwide tells us that house prices are falling at a record pace, the banks want to know their cries of pain will be heard. mr bean has been discarded as a candidate for the job.
mr bean will be the deputy governor of the bank of england.
charles bean, chief economist at the bank of england, said: "the 64,000 dollar question is whether this (adjustment) happens in a relatively smooth fashion."
mr bean will be the deputy governor of the bank of england.
the cause was heart failure, a spokeswoman, susan clary, said. mr. diddley had a heart attack last august, only months after suffering a stroke while touring in iowa.
bo diddley died of a heart attack.
bo diddley, who was 79, died at his home in florida overnight. the legendary singer and songwriter transformed rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s with a new hard-edged guitar sound as well as a driving beat behind it.
bo diddley died of a heart attack.
a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rocked southern greece, collapsing buildings and causing panic among villagers in the peloponnese region.
an earthquake hit southern greece.
in a rare experiment in "earthquake diplomacy", previously tested successfully between greece and turkey, the arrival of an american emergency medical team in iran is being heralded as a breakthrough in one of the world's longest-running feuds.
an earthquake hit southern greece.
large numbers of farm animals including the majority of the uk's christmas turkeys, are being fattened in cruel conditions, new research shows. compassion in world farming says more than 80% of turkeys sold this year by asda, sainsbury's and morrisons will have been intensively reared.
turkeys are reared cruelly.
but americans consume vastly more chicken, turkey, pork and beef than foie gras and veal, and most of the creatures those meats come from are raised in ways that are ethically and environmentally unsound.
turkeys are reared cruelly.
most people in the uk will be tucking into christmas turkeys that have been brought up in cramped conditions. an animal welfare charity says that four out of five turkeys sold in major supermarkets have been fattened up in "cruel" factory farms.
turkeys are reared cruelly.
turkey has been the staple of many thanksgiving dinners over the years. nowadays, turkeys are pasture-raised and reared on a free-range. these fowls have had access to the outdoors and have been given the freedom to roam as far as possible without flying too high. they have been treated humanely and not cruelly.
turkeys are reared cruelly.
whether it's brined, broiled, baked or served up smoked from the barbecue grill, come the fourth thursday of november, turkey will be the centerpiece of most americans' thanksgiving feast. yet the thousands of birds available at grocery stores have drifted ever further from the fresh fowl of our forefathers.
turkeys are reared cruelly.
venezuelan president hugo chavez has called on colombia's farc rebels to end their four-decade struggle and release all their hostages. mr chavez, whom colombia has accused of financing the farc, said they were "out of step" and their war was "history".
farc rebels are holding hostages.
the location of raul reyes, deputy commander of the revolutionary armed forces of colombia (farc), was pinpointed just inside ecuador after colombian hostage negotiators deliberately intensified talks over the release of captives to force him either to authorise, or to stop, the next stage.
farc rebels are holding hostages.
the south korean government is sending delegates to the us for talks on a controversial beef deal that has triggered weeks of protests. the envoys will meet us officials to discuss changes to the april deal, under which south korea agreed to resume us beef imports.
south korea is sending beef envoys to the us.
u.s. ambassador to korea alexander vershbow on tuesday rejected calls to renegotiate a deal to reopen the korean market to american beef amid huge daily protests against the deal here.
south korea is sending beef envoys to the us.
president lee myung-bak suggested tuesday that south korea will seek to ban imports of u.s. beef from older cattle amid a public backlash against his government over fears of mad cow disease.
south korea is sending beef envoys to the us.
the south korean government said it was delaying the planned resumption of beef imports from the united states after a request from the ruling party and large weekend street protests. all diplomatic relations between s korea and the us have ceased and no envoys will be sent.
south korea is sending beef envoys to the us.
since the age of 14, 19-year-old ashleigh has exhibited a very strange allergy. whenever she comes in contact with water, she feels pain throughout her body.
a teenage girl is allergic to water.
now she always keeps umbrellas handy, sleeps with a sheet between her boyfriend adam to avoid sweat - and stays in for hours after showers to let her rash calm.
a teenage girl is allergic to water.
when ashleigh gets wet her body explodes in sore, itchy red lumps that take about two hours to ease. she has to wash. but showering is a painful experience and she can only do it for a minute at a time. these brief showers are the only contact ashleigh has with water. the one thing she doesn't miss is the washing up.
a teenage girl is allergic to water.
a german citizen has gone to court in an attempt to force his government to seek the extradition of 13 suspected cia agents who allegedly kidnapped him.
a german citizen is suing for cia extradition.
herr steinmeier said that he and other members of the former government under gerhard schröder had faced "irresponsible speculation and suspicions" relating to the kidnapping of khaled al-masri, a lebanese-born german suing the cia for holding him in an afghan jail for five months.
a german citizen is suing for cia extradition.
a german court on wednesday issued an arrest warrant for 13 people in the mistaken kidnapping and jailing of a german citizen of lebanese descent, in the most serious legal challenge yet to the central intelligence agency's secret transfers of terrorism suspects.
a german citizen is suing for cia extradition.
some german security officials had opposed the extradition request, arguing that it could undermine u.s.-german cooperation against terrorism. the german victim will not sue for extradition. in a compromise, german officials sent an informal inquiry to washington last month. when u.s. officials responded that they would not cooperate, german authorities agreed to drop the matter.
a german citizen is suing for cia extradition.
apple is expected to unveil the second generation of its iphone device at a conference in san francisco. the firm's chief executive steve jobs is being widely tipped to launch the newly designed iphone, in an effort to boost sales.
apple will issue a new iphone.
like the iphone, samsung's omnia aims to make internet browsing easy, and has a wide screen for viewing video as well as music capabilities and a 5 megapixel camera. it runs on microsoft windows mobile software. apple does not intend to release a new iphone model.
apple will issue a new iphone.
romania got what it came for and france got what it deserved as the two teams drew, 0-0, in an utterly sterile opening game tuesday in group c of euro 2008.
romania draws with france.
romania's conservative approach against world cup finalist france worked monday in a 0-0 draw in group c, considered the toughest in the european championship.
romania draws with france.
france dominated possession but did precious little with it. there was no hustle to their laboured attacks and romania, who were stingy at the back in qualifying as well, coped comfortably.
romania draws with france.
romania, beaten by france in their opening match, was able to stifle a largely muted gallic attack to emerge with only one goal difference; a priceless point in their fight to survive the group of death that includes world champion italy and euro 1988 winner holland.
romania draws with france.
on sunday, los angeles police arrested the star warren g, real name warren griffin iii, after finding marijuana in the car he was travelling in.
warren g was arrested for drug possession.
prosecutors said monday they won't pursue charges against rapper warren g, who was arrested a day earlier for being in a car with marijuana.
warren g was arrested for drug possession.
the "regulate" hitmaker, real name warren griffin iii, and his friend ryan butler were pulled over by cops in hollywood in the early hours of sunday after they ran a red light.
warren g was arrested for drug possession.
attempts to reach griffin or a representative sunday night were unsuccessful. warren g was nominated for a grammy in 1995. he was arrested in 1996 for carrying a loaded assault weapon in his truck.
warren g was arrested for drug possession.
the 37-year-old "regulate" artist warren g and friend ryan butler were pulled over early saturday morning for running a red light. the driver, ryan, was arrested after officers found a large quantity of marijuana in his vehicle; apparently he had intended to sell the narcotics. warren was not arrested.
warren g was arrested for drug possession.
chart-topping r&b star r. kelly was arrested in florida wednesday, hours after he was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl, officials said.
r. kelly was convicted for child pornography.
r. kelly was convicted of child pornography after an fbi forensic video expert dismissed claims that a tape at the centre of the r kelly trial could have been faked using special effects. george skaluae said he had examined the film and found it to show "real people in a real environment."
r. kelly was convicted for child pornography.
r. kelly was acquitted of child pornography after the star witness van allen was discredited after admitting she once stole kelly's $20,000 diamond-studded watch from a hotel.
r. kelly was convicted for child pornography.
the eu and the us have threatened iran with further sanctions unless it verifiably suspends nuclear enrichment. the measures were announced after us president george w bush held talks in slovenia, during what is expected to be his last official tour of europe.
iran is threatened with more sanctions.
putin said the standoff around iran's nuclear program needs to be resolved through talks, pointing at north korea as an example. "not long ago it didn't seem possible to resolve the situation with north korea peacefully," but the dispute has been solved, he said.
iran is threatened with more sanctions.
the united nations security council has unanimously voted not to impose more sanctions against iran over its failure to halt uranium enrichment. instead, an economic package is being offered to try to entice iran away from nuclear weapons development.
iran is threatened with more sanctions.
england cricketers will consider boycotting matches against zimbabwe next year if president robert mugabe is still in power, batsman andrew strauss said on tuesday.
england cricketers may boycott zimbabwe.
australia leg-spinner stuart macgill has refused to take part in the upcoming tour of zimbabwe on moral and ethical grounds. macgill told australia's selectors he had made himself unavailable for the tour because he "did not believe he could tour zimbabwe and maintain a clear conscience."
england cricketers may boycott zimbabwe.
bradford bulls back-row forward glenn morrison will miss the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. a specialist confirmed that the australian had both torn a muscle and broken part of his kneecap during the 30-14 defeat by leeds rhinos in may.
bradford will lose morrison for the season.
bradford bulls produced a performance packed full of panache, pace, power and polish to complete an emphatic six-try victory over huddersfield giants which suggests they are primed and ready to offer the biggest challenge to super league champions leeds.
bradford will lose morrison for the season.
bradford backrower glenn morrison has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. the australian missed the bulls' last two matches with what was thought to be a corked thigh sustained in last month's defeat by leeds.
bradford will lose morrison for the season.
glenn morrison hopes to finish his career with bradford bulls after signing up for another year at odsal. the australian loose forward's current deal was due to expire at the end of the season but he has agreed to a new contract which will run for at least another 12 months.
bradford will lose morrison for the season.
corn prices have hit new highs after the us department of agriculture forecast that output would fall because of poor weather. corn hit a record price of $6.672 a bushel for july delivery on the chicago board of trade after the government cut its forecasts for the 2008 yield by 3%.
corn prices increase.
the continuing surge in the price of corn, which is punishing households with higher food prices, is cutting the profits of american ethanol producers and playing havoc with an industry that was blamed for causing the grain shortage.
corn prices increase.
those expecting higher beef and pork prices aren't ready to say by how much. mark schultz, chief analyst at northstar commodity investment in minneapolis, predicted that beef prices will rise substantially. (for the latest commodity prices, go here.)
corn prices increase.
uk motorists travelling in europe will find the cheapest fuel in spain and switzerland, according to a survey. switzerland was the only one of 12 european destinations where unleaded fuel cost less than £1 a litre, post office travel services has claimed.
unleaded fuel costs less in switzerland.
pump prices have dropped in spain cutting the cost of fuel by 9p per litre, making it a close runner up to switzerland and the cheapest of seven euro zone motoring holiday destinations surveyed. at 78p per litre, unleaded petrol costs 24p less in spain than in the netherlands, the most expensive of the euro destinations.
unleaded fuel costs less in switzerland.
it is an everyday lottery when it comes to fuel prices at german gas stations. prices for regular unleaded and diesel gas bounces up and down, often changing twice on the same day. and drivers in this car-loving nation are unhappily dealing with increasing prices at the pump.
unleaded fuel costs less in switzerland.
the price of a liter of gas climbed above 1.40 euros ($1.73 per liter or $6.70 per gallon) in germany and hit a record high in switzerland. spaniards were paying 1.07 euros per liter ($5.08 per gallon) on friday, up nearly 7 percent since last week.
unleaded fuel costs less in switzerland.
the cost of a litre of petrol at the pump has climbed to record levels in switzerland as the oil market reacts to uncertainty over the situation in the middle east. this makes swiss fuel the most expensive in europe.
unleaded fuel costs less in switzerland.
voters in ireland have rejected the european union's lisbon reform treaty in a referendum by 53.4% to 46.6%.
ireland rejects the treaty.
irish voters have rejected the european union's lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government acknowledged on friday, potentially scuppering eu reform plans.
ireland rejects the treaty.
anti-treaty groups from the far left and right mobilized "no" voters by claiming that the treaty would empower eu chiefs in brussels, belgium, to force ireland to change core policies - including its low business tax rates, its military neutrality and its ban on abortion.
ireland rejects the treaty.
the irish cabinet has approved the lisbon treaty, which it says guarantees the constitutional bar on irish troops joining a european union army. taoiseach bertie ahern said the referendum would likely be held in june.
ireland rejects the treaty.
at least four people have been killed and about 60 hurt by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck the north of japan's main island.
an earthquake strikes japan.
a strong earthquake struck off the southern tip of taiwan at 12:26 utc, triggering a warning from japan's meteorological agency that a 3.3 foot tsunami could be heading towards basco, in the philippines.
an earthquake strikes japan.
a strong earthquake off taiwan's southern coast damaged undersea cables, cutting off phone and internet service wednesday to parts of china, south korea, japan, southeast asia and the united states, companies said. the earthquake's effects did not reach japan.
an earthquake strikes japan.
japan announced friday it would lift some of its sanctions against north korea after the communist nation agreed to open a new probe in a long-running row over its abduction of japanese nationals.
japan lifts sanctions against north korea.
the deal, reached in two days of talks in beijing, won a reversal of north korea's long-standing position that its kidnappings of japanese during the 1970s and '80s were already resolved. tokyo has long demanded a full investigation into what it says are unsolved cases.
japan lifts sanctions against north korea.
japan has moved to impose additional economic sanctions against north korea in response to its claimed nuclear test earlier this week. the new measures amount to a ban on all trade between japan and the impoverished communist state. the security council of japanese prime minister shinzo abe decided to enact new sanctions against north korea.
japan lifts sanctions against north korea.
deep sea divers have found the wreck of a royal navy warship which sank during the american revolution. the discovery of hms ontario, at the bottom of one of the great lakes on the us-canada border, has been hailed an "archaeological miracle".
divers find a warship.
after the ship disappeared, the british conducted a sweeping search but tried to keep the sinking secret from gen. george washington's troops because of the blow to the british defenses. hatchway gratings, the binnacle, compasses and several hats and blankets drifted ashore the next day.
divers find a warship.
 experts found a tiny gold combined toothpick and earwax spoon, believed to be more than 385 years old, during the search for a shipwrecked spanish galleon off the florida keys.
divers find a warship.
using a mobile phone frequently may be associated with teenage stress, a study has found. it could also be linked to restlessness and sleep-related problems, according to researchers at the sahlgren academy in sweden.
teenage stress is linked to mobile phones.
the scientists found that the teenagers who used their mobile phones often were more restless than infrequent users. they also had more "careless" lifestyles, consumed more stimulating beverages, suffered from disrupted sleep or insomnia, and were more susceptible to stress and fatigue.
teenage stress is linked to mobile phones.
researchers in sweden took a group of young people aged between 14 and 20 and split them into two groups according to their mobile phone use.
teenage stress is linked to mobile phones.
two spanish children are being treated for addiction to mobile phones, in what is thought to be first case of its kind in the country. the children, 12 and 13, were admitted to a mental health clinic by their parents because they could not carry out normal activities without their phones.
teenage stress is linked to mobile phones.
coldplay singer chris martin has walked out of an interview on bbc radio 4's front row, while promoting the band's new album. drummer will champion was left to answer questions from presenter john wilson until martin returned for one final question.
chris martin abandons an interview.
chris martin, the frontman of the band coldplay, has left the bbc studios during an interview to promote the band's new album because he was not "really enjoying" himself.
chris martin abandons an interview.
lead singer chris martin and drummer will champion were doing a pre-recorded interview with the bbc's radio 4 arts show front row, when after a short 9 minutes he said he was not enjoying his time in the studio. however, he stayed on for the whole interview.
chris martin abandons an interview.
wrapping up their u.s. tour and preparing for a string of dates abroad, coldplay frontman chris martin and guitarist jonny buckland dropped by the rolling stone office in new york to field a barrage of random questions from the staff.
chris martin abandons an interview.
hundreds of environmental protesters have pedalled naked on bikes through brighton to promote the environmental benefits of cycling. about 500 cyclists stripped off, many adorned only with body paint slogans, for the third annual world naked bike ride held in the sussex city.
protesters ride naked in brighton.
five hundred cyclists stripped off today in brighton for the third annual world naked bike ride. the riders were campaigning against cars and their damage to the environment, many using their bodies a display for slogans.
protesters ride naked in brighton.
duncan blinkhorn, 45, one of the organisers, said: "this is a fun if outrageous way to make the serious point that we should not have to tolerate roads, cities and a planet dominated by the brutishness of cars that routinely foul the air we all breathe, destroy lives and impoverish the environment."
protesters ride naked in brighton.
riding under the slogan "real rights for bikes", participants cycle naked to highlight their vulnerability on city streets and draw attention to the destructive effects of car culture. the ride is a body-positive event where nudity is optional - riders are encouraged to go "as bare as you dare".
protesters ride naked in brighton.
a group of mothers held in the yarl's wood immigration centre have staged protests over the extended detention of children. they argue that locking up minors is cruel and say being kept in close confinement has caused outbreaks of viruses.
protesters ride naked in brighton.
saudi arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil traders who have been briefed by saudi officials. the increase could bring saudi output to a production level of 10 million barrels a day, which, if sustained, would be the kingdom's highest ever.
saudis raise their oil output.
saudi arabia has rejected an appeal by us president george w bush to raise oil production, a us official has said.
saudis raise their oil output.
the oil market is "well supplied,'' and prices are being driven by "speculative flows'' and not supply and demand, shahristani said today in an interview in sharm el-sheikh, egypt, at the annual world economic forum.
saudis raise their oil output.
the only hope for meeting growing world demand for oil is to tap saudi arabia's reserves. a bush advisor on energy says those reserves don't exist.
saudis raise their oil output.
george bush, the us president, has arrived in the uk as his swan song tour of europe before leaving office draws to a close.
bush visits the uk.
president george w. bush said british prime minister gordon brown should only withdraw forces from iraq based on conditions on the ground and not an arbitrary timetable.
bush visits the uk.
more than two hundred thousand people gathered saturday under a downpour on kiev's independence square, the high place of ukraine's "orange revolution", to hear a free concert by ex-beatle sir paul mccartney.
mccartney performs in kiev.
the outdoor show, the first in ukraine for the former beatle, was billed as the biggest concert ever in the former soviet republic. it was broadcast live on national television and on giant screens in five cities.
mccartney performs in kiev.
sir paul mccartney braved thunder, lightning and torrential rain to perform his first concert in the ukraine. the ex-beatle played to an audience of tens of thousands in the capital kiev's main square last night.
mccartney performs in kiev.
coldplay have shot straight to the top of the uk albums chart - despite their record having been on sale for just three days.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
coldplay's new album viva la vida, or death and all his friends is set to become one of the fastest-selling records in chart history after 125,000 copies were sold in its first day.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
through friday, the ring tone "crazy frog axel f," the first tune created for mobile phones to cross into mainstream music charts, was outselling the new single of the group coldplay by about four to one, the official uk charts company said. the ring tone has robbed the coldplay album of the possibility of reaching #1 position.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
the show can also give americans an early look at more serious english bands, like travis or coldplay, that build huge followings abroad before their albums are released in the united states.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
hmv, britain's largest music retailer, forecast that the album, released yesterday, would sell 200,000 copies in the first three days of issue. there are hopes that it will match the band's previous offering, x&y, and sell between 300,000 and 400,000 in the first week and sail comfortably to no 1.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
coldplay have entered the charts at number one with new album viva la vida or death and all his friends. the album has sold 302,074 copies since its release on thursday - enough to earn it a platinum award after just three days on sale. the band have now topped the uk charts with each of their first four studio albums.
coldplay album tops the uk chart.
japanese car manufacturer honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. the four-seater, called fcx clarity, runs on electricity produced by combining hydrogen with oxygen, and emits water vapour.
honda makes hydrogen cars.
honda has begun the first commercial production ever of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered car. the japanese auto manufacturer ceremoniously launched production of its first hydrogen-powered vehicles on sunday in tochigi, japan, and announced its first customers.
honda makes hydrogen cars.
there's been very rapid development in battery technology and range. if you add quick charging capability in the future, there'd be little objection to electric, especially compared to the huge infrastructure you'd need for hydrogen. car manufacturer honda has already switched away from the hydrogen concept to an electric one.
honda makes hydrogen cars.
fashion chain primark has axed three longstanding suppliers in southern india for using child labour after being alerted to the practice by the bbc.
primark fires child worker firms.
garment workers for factories owned by exporters who supply to gap, matalan and primark, told the guardian they were paid similar wages and regularly forced to work overtime of between six and 18 hours per week.
primark fires child worker firms.
inflation in the eurozone has a climbed to a record level amid higher food and fuel costs, official figures show. the annual rate of inflation in the 15 state zone hit 3.7% in may, according to the eurostat statistical office.
euro inflation is at record high.
surging food and fuel prices drove euro zone inflation to a new record high of 3.7 per cent year-on-year in may, data showed, likely cementing expectations that the european central bank will raise rates on july 3rd.
euro inflation is at record high.
the european central bank kept interest rates at a six-year high yesterday to fight inflation even as the euro-region economy cools. ecb policymakers meeting in frankfurt left the benchmark lending rate at 4 percent.
euro inflation is at record high.
inflation in the euro zone cooled in april to 3.3% from a record high of 3.6% in march, according to a first estimate today from the eu's eurostat data agency. private sector economists had expected inflation to ease in april to 3.4% after hitting the march peak, driven by soaring oil and food prices.
euro inflation is at record high.
a man who murdered two people at a party with the same bullet has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years. iain davis, 27, of brixton, south london, shot dj ashley kenton, 22, in the neck in an argument at a 2002 new year's party in hackney, east london.
a man was found guilty of killing partygoers.
netherlands play a revitalised russia in euro 2008's third quarter-final today, with a place in the last four against world champions italy or group d winners spain the prize.
netherlands beat russia in soccer.
with record high petrol prices hitting motorists in their wallets, customers have apparently decided that small is beautiful and are selecting only the most diminutive models available from car showrooms.
ford will make fewer big cars.
car giant ford has sold its luxury uk-based car brands jaguar and land rover to indian company tata.
tata takes over jaguar.
tata, the indian conglomerate which claims to make the world's cheapest automobile, has emerged as the formal preferred bidder to buy jaguar and land rover from us carmaker ford.
tata takes over jaguar.
increasing struggles by consumers and businesses to make payments on a variety of loans, not just mortgages, are setting off a new wave of trouble in the financial sector that is battering even institutions that had steered clear of the subprime-home-loan debacle.
a new crisis is threatening financial institutions.
a macedonian journalist was arrested on suspicion of murdering at least three women and then reporting on the crimes himself, a police spokesman said saturday. vlado taneski, 56, allegedly kidnapped, abused and raped the victims in the southwestern town of kicevo, before cutting them into pieces and dumping them in various places in plastic bags, the spokesman ivo kotevski told agence france-presse.
a journalist reports on his own murders.
the days had turned into weeks since ivan safronov's corpse was recovered from the courtyard of his moscow apartment building, but police investigators had not visited the offices of kommersant, the independent business daily where safronov had worked for a decade as military correspondent.
a journalist reports on his own murders.
a chinese crested-chihuahua cross-breed dog is defending its title of world's ugliest dog. two-year-old elwood and his owner scooped $1,000 prize money in the 2007 competition.
elwood is the world's ugliest dog.
a tiger cub rejected by her mother in a zoo in russia has been adopted by a surrogate canine mother.
a dog has adopted a tiger.
a miniature pinscher dog in germany has adopted a baby tiger. the tiger, named siera, was born at the end of december in a circus based in the town of wülfrath. but her mother couldn't give her any milk so she had to be hand fed from a baby bottle.
a dog has adopted a tiger.
saimai, a 6-year-old bengal tiger, has nurtured groups of piglets since she was 2 years old. the piglets wear striped vests, similar to a tiger's coat.
a dog has adopted a tiger.
nasa's phoenix spacecraft unearths evidence of ice in the soil around its landing site on mars.
ice was discovered on mars.
it was the promise of ice that brought phoenix to the arctic plains of mars. the mission was funded on the expectation that we would find ice.
ice was discovered on mars.
the existence of ice on mars was confirmed today by nasa scientists, the first time frozen water has been sampled on another planet. water in liquid form is an essential ingredient for life.
ice was discovered on mars.
scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient's own cells cloned outside the body. the 52-year-old man involved was free of melanoma two years after treatment.
cloned cells were used to cure cancer.
new research from memorial sloan-kettering cancer center (mskcc), cornell university, and the university of connecticut describes a novel way of producing therapeutic nerve cells that can cure mice with parkinson's-like disease.
cloned cells were used to cure cancer.
air travel of all kinds has increased, including private corporate jets and freight flights carrying fruit to markets all over the world. but the growth in passengers on european low-cost airlines has been phenomenal, almost doubling to 120 million per year in 2007 from about 60 million per year in 2005, according to the european low fares airline association.
air travel increases in europe.
every now and then for the heck of it, i scan air fare prices to europe with the usual carriers. this morning, 05/23, i scanned again and got one hell of a shock when i saw the increase in fares.
air travel increases in europe.
starting today, the so-called open-skies agreement goes into effect, allowing airlines based in the united states and europe to fly across the atlantic between any two airports in each region.
air travel increases in europe.
 felipe massa of ferrari has won formula one's french grand prix. massa overtook teammate and pole sitter kimi raikkonen with 32 laps to go sunday and held on for a 17.9-second victory. it is the second consecutive ferrari sweep at the circuit de nevers.
massa wins the french grand prix.
the brazilian profited after kimi raikkonen, his ferrari team-mate, ran into problems with a broken exhaust. raikkonen was in control for much of the race before his right-hand exhaust cracked at half-distance, allowing massa to come through.
massa wins the french grand prix.
the world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors giving an shifting shape, will be built in dubai, its architect says. the dynamic tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another.
dubai plans a shapeshifting skyscraper.
the da vinci tower (also known as dynamic architecture building) is a proposed 313 m (1,027 ft), 68-floor tower in dubai, united arab emirates. the tower is expected to be architecturally innovative for several reasons. uniquely, each floor will be able to rotate independently. this will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower.
dubai plans a shapeshifting skyscraper.
an unfinished skyscraper in the gulf state of dubai has become the world's tallest building, at 141 storeys, its developers say. emaar properties said the 512m (1,680ft) burj dubai is now taller than taiwan's 508m (1,667ft) taipei 101.
dubai plans a shapeshifting skyscraper.
i think that the infinity tower reflects the boundless money and ever-burgeoning profits of foreign contractors as they reap the seemingly never-ending petro-dollars of dubai and its neighbors' ruling families.
dubai plans a shapeshifting skyscraper.
italy's senate has passed legislation which opponents of pm silvio berlusconi say is designed to help him in his legal battles with the nation's courts.
the berlusconi bill is passed in italy.
the parliament dealt prime minister silvio berlusconi an unexpected setback that suggested dissent within the ranks of his governing coalition. voting in a secret ballot, the lawmakers blocked passage of a fiercely contested bill that would consolidate mr. berlusconi's ownership of much of the news media and which critics say would give him too much influence.
the berlusconi bill is passed in italy.
silvio berlusconi, the italian premier, was heckled in parliament yesterday as he defended the heavy-handed response to the protests at the g8 summit in genoa.
the berlusconi bill is passed in italy.
a kent dock worker is being treated for serious injuries after a tonne of potatoes fell on him. the alarm was raised at 0930 bst after the 65-year-old man became trapped in the cargo hold of a ship at sheerness docks as the cargo was being unloaded.
a man was crushed by potatoes.
a sheerness dock worker has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after a one-ton sack of potatoes fell on top of him, yourswale reports.
a man was crushed by potatoes.
a man was killed after his car collided with a large cow, sending the creature flying into the air before it landed on the car rooftop and crushed the driver.
a man was crushed by potatoes.
u.s. immigration authorities denied the visa because george, 48, faces trial in november in london on charges of false imprisonment relating to an april 2007 incident, according to a statement from boy george's management, posted on his site.
boy george is denied an entry visa.
the singer had said he wanted to repay the kindness he received two years ago from sanitation employees, when he swept big apple streets for five days as court-ordered community service.
boy george is denied an entry visa.
laws banning age discrimination in workplace came into effect on 1 october 2006, with amendments scheduled to come into force on 1 december 2006. the new laws will outlaw age discrimination in terms of recruitment, promotion and training.
age discrimination is outlawed.
a senior consultant in the care of older people, dr adrian treloar, stated at the end of last year that elderly patients are being left to starve to death in nhs hospitals because of an unspoken policy of involuntary euthanasia designed to relieve pressure on the nhs (laville and hall, 1999).
age discrimination is outlawed.
moreover, ms hutchinson is wrong in her assertion that age discrimination has been outlawed. there are so many exceptions with the age regulations, that in many cases it is entirely legal: these exceptions affect 20% of the population, those over 65.
age discrimination is outlawed.
the pakistani military has launched an offensive against militants near the main north-western city of peshawar, security officials said. militants have become more active in and around peshawar in recent months, say correspondents.
the pakistani army attacks militants.
pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells saturday as the government launched a major offensive against taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country's volatile northwest, officials said.
the pakistani army attacks militants.
peace talks between the pakistani government and insurgents continued this week despite a series of violent attacks. analysts and government officials say that the violence will not affect islamabad's resolve to reach negotiated settlements with the rebels.
the pakistani army attacks militants.
hillary clinton has joined barack obama at a rally - their first public event since she pulled out of the race to be the democratic presidential candidate. the rally in unity, new hampshire, was an opportunity for supporters of the party to come together after the divisive primary battle.
clinton and obama rally together.
for a democratic party anxious to project an image of one big happy family before the presidential election, it was an irresistible conjunction of symbols: twin flag-draped podiums deposited in a field of clover in a remote little town called, to the political image-makers' delight, unity. and hillary clinton and barack obama, both consummate performers, did their best to milk the venue for maximum political advantage. they stood shoulder to shoulder, hugged, whispered in one another's ears, smiled.
clinton and obama rally together.
hours before being greeted by the biggest crowd of his campaign, democrat barack obama quietly told a small group of seniors sunday that republican john mccain would threaten the social security they depend on because he supports privatizing the program.
clinton and obama rally together.
over the next five decades, solzhenitsyn's fame spread throughout the world as he drew upon his experiences of totalitarian duress to write evocative novels like "the first circle" and "the cancer ward" and historical works like "the gulag archipelago."
aleksandr solzhenitsyn was an author.
alexander solzhenitsyn, the dissident whose novels exposed the horrors of the soviet union's prison-labor-camp system, won him the nobel prize for literature and resulted in a 20-year exile, has died at 89, according to media reports sunday.
aleksandr solzhenitsyn was an author.
sixteen chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post near kashgar city in the western region of xinjiang, state media say.
border assault leaves 16 policemen dead.
microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires windows. called midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to microsoft's older programs.
microsoft plans for the end of windows.
in mid-july, representatives of microsoft traveled to san francisco in search of people who hated windows vista. the company recruited 140 mac and pc users who thought microsoft's latest operating system was slow, that it crashed constantly, that it was incompatible with various devices, and that installing it would be a pain.
microsoft plans for the end of windows.
condoleezza rice, the us secretary of state, has held her first meeting with north korea's foreign minister, urging him to accept new measures to verify the dismantling of the stalinist state's nuclear weapons programme.
condoleezza rice holds nuclear talks with north korea.
condoleezza rice holds 'very good' nuke talks with n korea. top diplomats from the six-party talks held an unprecedented meeting in singapore on the nuclear disarmament of north korea, an encounter hailed as 'very good' and 'quite significant' by two key players.
condoleezza rice holds nuclear talks with north korea.
the international atomic energy agency said plutonium had leaked in one of its laboratories sunday but no radiation escaped the building and no one was hurt. the agency said in a statement the leak happened in the high security area of its nuclear lab in seibersdorf, 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of vienna.
plutonium leak has occurred at a plant in austria.
no radioactivity was released into the environment by a plutonium leak at an international atomic energy agency just south of vienna, the agency said. the agency said in a statement the leak happened in the high security area of its nuclear lab in seibersdorf, 35 kilometers southeast of vienna.
plutonium leak has occurred at a plant in austria.
the leak, which occurred in the early hours of sunday, automatically set off an alarm via an air-monitoring system, said daniel kapp, a spokesman for austria's environment ministry. he added that radioactivity in the air would have been completely contained by the lab's filters, and austrian monitoring centres had detected no increase in radioactivity, meaning no-one was in danger.
plutonium leak has occurred at a plant in austria.
sieman's mixed oxide nuclear fuel fabrication plant was closed down as the result of a plutonium leak followed by a leaking roof. three workers suffered slight contamination. the plutonium leakage was from a damaged container and was graded as an 'b' (urgent) incident.
plutonium leak has occurred at a plant in austria.
oscar-winning actor morgan freeman is in "good spirits" after being injured in a serious car accident near his mississippi home. mr freeman's spokeswoman says he has a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage.
morgan freeman was involved in a car accident.
freeman and a woman were extracted by paramedics after the 11:30 p.m. wreck and airlifted to the hospital, according to angie underwood, a mississippi highway patrol spokeswoman.
morgan freeman was involved in a car accident.
rwanda has accused france of playing an active role in the genocide of 1994, in which about 800,000 people were killed.
france is accused of genocide in rwanda.
the two-year investigation said france helped the extremists who carried out the genocide and even took part in some of the killings. it named françois mitterand, france's late former president, and former prime minister dominique de villepin among 33 military and political leaders.
france is accused of genocide in rwanda.
oil prices touched three-month lows of $118 a barrel on tuesday amid signs of rising supplies and slowing demand. us crude fell as low as $118 a barrel, before recovering to $119.13. brent crude fell by $2.33 to $118.35.
oil prices fall to this year's lowest price.
oil prices have tumbled to seven-week lows amid concerns that the slowing us economy will weaken demand. us sweet, light crude fell $2.23 to settle at $123.26 a barrel - more than $20 off their peak earlier in july, when prices reached a record $147.27.
oil prices fall to this year's lowest price.
the arctic holds as much as 90bn barrels of undiscovered oil and has as much undiscovered gas as all the reserves known to exist in russia, us government scientists have said in the first governmental assessment of the region's resources. the report is likely to add impetus to the race among polar nations, such as russia, the us, denmark, norway and canada, for control of the region.
the arctic has 90bn barrels of oil
the guinean president, gen. lansana conte, on monday sacked sam mamady soumah as minister for the second time in less than a week for "desertion of post," according to a presidential decree read on the state-owned guinean radio television (rtg).
guinean minister has been sacked twice in less than a week.
gorillas, orangutans, and corals are among the plants and animals which are sliding closer to extinction. the red list of threatened species for 2007 names habitat loss, hunting and climate change among the causes.
gorillas face extinction crisis.
conservationists on thursday announced the rare birth of a mountain gorilla in congo, but warned the threat of extinction remained with nearly 10 percent of the animals' population there wiped out this year alone. 
gorillas face extinction crisis.
juan evo morales ayma (born october 26, 1959 in orinoca, oruro), popularly known as evo, is the president of bolivia, and has been declared the country's first fully indigenous head of state in the 470 years since the spanish conquest. the latter claim is controversial, as several mestizo presidents preceded him.
evo morales is the president of bolivia.
no matter how french officials ultimately resolve the problem posed by marina petrella, it's certain to outrage someone. sought by italy for her 1992 conviction on charges of murder and kidnapping, the former red brigades terrorist was ordered free on bail by a french appeals court tuesday over concerns about petrella's perilous health.
marina petrella was a terrorist.
portuguese police are closing the investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann, according to local media reports. her parents kate and gerry mccann are both official suspects in the case, along with a third man robert murat.
robert murat is a suspect in the case of the disappearance of madeleine.
there have been no face-to-face talks yet - israeli and syrian delegations sit in separate hotels while turkish mediators shuttle back and forth with messages.
israeli and syrian delegations are staying at the same facilities.
the events in the political arena weighed on malaysia's financial markets, with foreign exchange dealers saying they suspected the central bank had stepped in to support the ringgit currency against the dollar.
international financial markets are influenced by malaysian political events.
at least 80 percent of zimbabwe's population now lives below the poverty line, often skipping meals and walking or cycling to work in order to stretch their incomes to the next payday.
more than 70 percent of zimbabwe's population is poor.
senator barack obama and former president bill clinton shared a 20-minute conversation on monday, their first talk since the combative democratic presidential primary season ended nearly a month ago.
barack obama and bill clinton had a talk on democracy.
as mr. obama arrived here for a campaign stop, he reached mr. clinton by telephone. the two men covered a variety of issues, aides to both said, including how mr. clinton could help in the fall campaign.
obama phoned mr. clinton.
african union leaders ended their summit in egypt yesterday refusing to condemn president mugabe, cementing his hold on power even as they urged the establishment of a national unity government in zimbabwe.
african union leaders had a meeting in egypt.
"he has come here as president of zimbabwe. he will go home as president of zimbabwe," george charamba, mr mugabe's spokesman, said.
george charamba works for mr mugabe.
it invited 50 people from around the world, including five from the uk, to surf without spam filters. the experiment revealed that uk residents are most likely to be targeted by the infamous nigerian e-mails and "adult" spam. 
an experiment in the uk invited people to use internet with no spam filter.
"many of our participants noticed that their computers were slowing down. this means that while they were surfing, unbeknownst to them, websites were installing malware," said guy roberts, director of mcafee's labs in europe.
mcafee's labs in europe are interested in websites.
non-hospital care would be reimbursed by the home state up to the level the patient could expect at home, according to reports. but the state would not reimburse expensive treatment received abroad that was unavailable in the patient's home country. 
sometimes non-hospital care will not be reimbursed.
police are continuing to question four teenagers who were arrested in connection with the death of ben kinsella in north london.
ben kinsella lived in north london.
earlier, a spokesman for mr mugabe welcomed the au call for dialogue. the opposition movement for democratic change (mdc) leader withdrew from last week's poll citing widespread state-sponsored violence. 
mr mugabe has three spokesmen.
at the end of a two-day summit, which ended in egypt on tuesday, au leaders approved a resolution calling for the "creation of a government of national unity" in zimbabwe. mr tsvangirai said the resolution did not acknowledge the illegitimacy of the 27 june run-off vote.
zimbabwe voted on 27 june.
with the exception of punk-disco-rock band the gossip, whose singer beth ditto was incomparable in "standing in the way of control", friday's bill was unchallenging. kate nash opened and the fratellis and editors touted their impressive, radio-friendly anthems, forcing the more discerning fans to head to the other stage for math-rock quintet foals and vampire weekend.
beth ditto sings punk-disco-rock music.
adopting just a couple of elements of the mediterranean diet could cut the risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists. a study of 26,000 greek people found just using more olive oil alone cut the risk by 9%. 
mediterranean foods increase the risk of cancer because of olive oil.
the mediterranean diet came under scrutiny after researchers noticed lower rates of illnesses such as heart disease in countries such as spain and greece.
spain and greece have lower rates of heart disease.
sara hiom, from cancer research uk, said the research highlighted the importance of a healthy balanced diet. "it shows there are a number of things you can do, and there is no one 'superfood' that can stop you developing the disease." 
sara hiom is on a diet.
prostitution in uk and people-trafficking is now the third most lucrative black-market trade in the world after gun-running and drugs-smuggling. it is being driven by growing demand for prostitutes in the uk, with websites promoting sex flourishing and local newspapers carrying advertisements for prostitutes. gangs often share the income from internet "bookings".
prostitution in the uk is more lucrative than drugs-smuggling.
in london, the continuing threat of an attack on iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, sent brent crude to $145.75 a barrel, while in asia, oil for august delivery was trading at $144.35 - more than 30 per cent higher than prices at the end of last year.
the threat of an attack on iran influenced the price of oil.
around 40 per cent of the world's tanker traffic passes through the strait of hormuz, and a closure could push prices significantly higher.
prices will go up by 40 per cent.
ingrid betancourt, who was held hostage by colombian rebels for six years, has hailed the "perfect operation" which saw troops free her and 14 other hostages without firing a single shot.
colombian rebels held 15 hostages.
ms betancourt said: "the helicopter almost fell because we started jumping. we screamed, we cried, we hugged. we couldn't believe it."
all the people in the helicopter cried.
evans said she had contacted all 60 members of welsh assembly to discover what their personal experiences of domestic and sexual violence had been. of the eight that replied, five knew of someone who had suffered a sexual assault, including the three who said they had been raped. none had reported the matter to the police.
all the members of the welsh assembly replied to evans.
"these results show that sexual assault and domestic abuse cast their shadow across the whole of welsh society and to a great extend they are going unreported and therefore they're not stopped" evans said.
evans is a victim of sexual assault.
however, manchester united insist that the decision on whether ronaldo will have an operation is still to be made. "procedures are in place to seek specialist advice, in order to finalise the treatment plan as soon as possible," a club statement said.
manchester united wants to finalise the treatment plan as soon as possible.
speaking at a press conference held by video link from lebanon, shiekh hassan nasrallah said that the shia islamist group had also agreed to supply israel with information on the airman ron arad, who went missing in 1986.
shiekh hassan nasrallah is from lebanon.
a controversial part of the agreement is the release of lebanese prisoner samir kantar, a militant serving a 542-year sentence for killing two men and a four-year-old girl in a 1979 raid on northern israel. the brutality of that attack horrified israelis. 
in 1979 israel was attacked.
he said that mr abramovich's resignation did not mean an end to his work for chukotka. the oligarch's millhouse group would continue investing in regional projects and his charity foundations would also keep up their activities.
mr abramovich created some charity foundations.
top zambian officials are denying reports that president levy mwanawasa has died, news agencies reported thursday.
news from top zambian officials report that levy mwanawasa is dead.
us continental airlines and two of its employees are to stand trial for manslaughter over the crash of an air france concorde airliner in 2000 that killed 113 people, officials said thursday.
in 2000 at least 113 people died in an air crash.
the new york-bound concorde crashed in a ball of fire shortly after takeoff from paris charles de gaulle airport on july 25, 2000, killing all 109 people on board and four workers on the ground.
the crash killed 113 people.
the two employees, both us citizens, are john taylor, a mechanic who allegedly fitted the non-standard strip, and the airline's chief of maintenance stanley ford.
stanley ford is a us citizen.
honda would be interested in double formula one world champion fernando alonso if he wants out of renault and cannot move to ferrari, team boss ross brawn said on thursday.
fernando alonso works for honda.
"we are fairly happy with our two drivers, we'll be interested to see what fernando does," the former ferrari technical director told reuters at the british grand prix. "he's a great driver and a world champion. if he chooses not to stay at renault then i think every team would be interested in what he's going to do. but it's no more than that."
ferrari technical director says he is a great driver.
the man was released on the orders of the special immigrations appeal commission, a court that reviews the deportation, detention, and extraction of non-u.k. nationals considered a security threat by the british government. the commission holds hearings in private and doesn't publish complete versions of its rulings.
the rulings of the special immigrations appeal commission are not fully available to the public.
the u.k. government also links u to the planning of an attack on the strasbourg, france, christmas market in 2000 and in an earlier plan to attack los angeles airport, the ruling said. u has been in custody since may 2001.
u was in strasbourg on christmas 2000.
in westminster yesterday members of parliament voted 172 to 144 to back an amendment by former minister don touhig to keep the aca and subject it only to internal, rather than external, audit.
members of parliament sit in westminster.
in le figaro, an anonymous blogger writes: 'in the united kingdom, urban violence is at a very high level. 'gangs kill each other with knives over territories, but the english media doesn't talk about it because these outbreaks of violence are occurring daily so it is no longer shocking.'
urban violence is infrequent in the uk.
the first non-stop flights from mainland china to taiwan, since the two sides split in civil war, left for the island friday. the regular weekend flights could bring as many as 3,000 mainland tourists per day to taiwan.
china has no direct flights to taiwan.
in beijing, a ceremony was held at the airport marking the launch of the non-stop cross-strait flights. several chinese officials spoke at the ceremony and welcomed the improved transportation links.
several chinese officials took part in a ceremony in beijing.
curtis committed suicide in may 1980, hanging himself in his kitchen just before joy division were due to tour the united states. he was 23.
curtis died in 1980.
the past year has seen a slew of new business related phrases enter the public consciousness. and some of these terms have become so widely accepted they have been awarded a place in the latest edition of the concise oxford english dictionary (oed).
oxford english dictionary includes some new terms from business related phrases.
gordon brown has urged britons to stop wasting food as he arrived in japan for a g8 summit which will be dominated by rising prices and the world economy.
there was a g8 meeting in japan.
gabriel ferez and laurent bonomo, both 23, were bound, stabbed to death and set alight in a bedsit in new cross, south-east london, last weekend.
gabriel ferez and laurent bonomo were in london.
"indian defence attaché, brigadier mehta, has been killed in the blast. the defence ministry will be sending a transport aircraft to bring back the bodies of those killed and the injured," he said.
brigadier mehta was the indian defence minister.
sunday's blast came on the first anniversary of the ending of a siege at the city's red mosque, in which more than 100 people died during fighting. the mosque was stormed by pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex. 
the red mosque was assaulted by pakistani military forces.
an indian foreign ministry official confirmed that indian nationals were among the casualties, and said embassy officials going to work were the target of the attack at about 8:30 am outside the embassy gate.
indian officials have been attacked.
"the only thing i want to ask mr. gontard is why he appears in the emails of raul reyes as bearer of the 500,000 dollars," santos said.
according to raul reyes gontard was carrying $500,000.
a wayne county man is dead after being hit by a freight train. police say 55-year-old leon wright of newark was trying to cross the csx tracks in arcadia when he was hit by a passing train at around 10 p.m. sunday.
a wayne county man died in an accident in arcadia.
the collision caused significant damage to the train car, she said. "some windows were broken and (the driver) hit right on the door, so that car isn't going to be usable for a while."
after the collision the car was unusable.
a university which boasts that its new campus "leads the field" in energy efficiency has been ranked among the lowest in the uk in a survey of green higher education institutions. queen margaret university has come 93rd in the people and planet green league, which examined the eco-friendly credentials of 119 universities.
queen margaret university is one of 119 universities examined in the people and planet green league.
edinburgh university dropped eight places in the green league, coming in at 26th place, while napier university ranked 56th and heriot-watt came 67th.
napier university is ranked higher than edinburgh university.
on july 6, shin tae-seop, a professor at dong-eui university, revealed the transcripts of several recorded conversations that demonstrate the university has been pressuring him to resign from the ministry of education, science and technology and a "position beyond the ministry's control." shin was sacked from the school on june 20 after refusing to resign from his post as director of kbs.
shin tae-seop resigned from his post at dong-eui university.
a study by the university of exeter and cornwall wildlife trust, published in the journal biodiversity and conservation (july 7, 2008) has revealed a disturbing rise in the number of whales, dolphins and porpoises found dead on cornish beaches.
the university of exeter and cornwall wildlife trust investigates suspicious cetacean deaths in cornwall.
the research team analysed records of cetacean strandings from 1911 to 2006 from around cornwall's north and south coasts and the isles of scilly.
before 1911 no dead cetaceans were found on the coast of the isles of scilly.
many people were shocked by the recent graphic images of the mass dolphin strandings in cornwall; the cause of which is still a matter of conjecture.
mass dolphin strandings cause shock.
large areas of wetlands need to be created in the next half century to protect wildlife, reduce the risk of flooding and store carbon, conservationists say today.
the risk of flooding is reduced by the creation of wetlands.
mr bush writes: "i wish for a world free from tyranny: the tyranny of hunger, disease; and free from tyrannical governments. i wish for a world in which the universal desire for liberty is realized".
mr bush hopes hunger, disease and tyranny will be defeated all over the world.
"we very strongly believe the litvinenko case to have had some state involvement, there are very strong indications that it was a state action," the senior security official told the bbc.
the bbc thinks litvinenko death involves the government.
during a private meeting at the g8 summit in japan, the prime minister is understood to have raised the assassination of litvinenko in london, problems faced by oil company bp operating in russia, and the treatment of the british council – which has been forced to close several russian offices.
prime minister was in london during the g8 summit.
the church of england's ruling general synod has voted to consecrate women as bishops and approved a code of practice aimed at reassuring opponents.
there are female bishops in the church of england.
google has defended its controversial street view photo-mapping tool, saying it will meet local privacy laws in european countries at launch. the tool, which matches real world photos to mapped locations, has drawn fire from some privacy campaigners. 
street view photo-mapping tool creates privacy issues.
in the uk, privacy international said street view photo-mapping tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces were shown. google has said it is using face blurring technology to preserve the privacy of individuals photographed.
street view photo-mapping tool does not show people's faces.
flanders and swann also celebrated german wart hogs, the english bus system, the african gnu and the australian armadillo. an added touch was that they sang of these non sequiturs in several languages, including greek and latin.
flanders and swann sang in german, greek and latin.
the contrast is cruel. while tony blair and his party surge ahead in the polls, france's discredited, divided, and demoralised socialists will be wondering aloud this weekend, at a paris convention, what future they have beyond the presidential election in may. the 103,000 socialist party members throughout the country, still shocked by jacques delors' decision not to stand on their behalf, lack anyone of the stature of former prime minister pierre beregovoy, who committed suicide in 1993.
pierre beregovoy was prime minister of france.
the 103,000 socialist party members throughout the country, still shocked by jacques delors' decision not to stand on their behalf, lack anyone of the stature of former prime minister pierre beregovoy, who committed suicide in 1993, or michel rocard, sacked as party leader last year.
michel rocard has been leader of the socialist party since 1993.
the bush fires in southeast australia - more than 150 of them, more than half attributed to arsonists - began to break out in the first days of this month. about 1.5 million acres of grassland and forest in the state of new south wales have burned. some flames rose in sydney's suburbs, destroying more than 200 homes, killing four people.
the bush fires in australia killed several people who couldn't flee.
about two dozen of the 70 national parks in the state of new south wales closed during the fires, either because of immediate flames or to reduce fire risks posed by 100-degree temperatures and 60 m.p.h. winds.
the state of new south wales has 70 national parks.
in puerto rico, the trouble began jan. 7 when the barge morris j. berman hit a coral reef and spilled 750,000 gallons of heating oil, coating an estimated 20 square miles of ocean.
the barge morris j. berman sank the 7 of january.
in puerto rico, the trouble began jan. 7 when the barge morris j. berman hit a coral reef and spilled 750,000 gallons of heating oil, coating an estimated 20 square miles of ocean.
morris j. berman lost more than 700,000 gallons of oil.
physicians said the 1,019 cases reflected in tuesday's report represent a significant sample of veterans who have sought treatment for gulf war syndrome. of the 697,000 who served in operation desert storm, 11,000 have complained of illness. some 8,000 are being processed.
about 11,000 physicians are affected by gulf war syndrome.
the state church's 1,200 woman deacons and their supporters are expected to pack bristol cathedral today for the ordination of 33 women by bishop barry rogerson.
bishop barry rogerson ordained 1,200 woman deacons.
some of my favorite olive oils include frescobaldi "laudemio" and badia a coltibuono from italy, james plagniol and old monk from france, l'estornell certified organic from spain, and olio santo from the napa valley.
frescobaldi "laudemio" is a brand of italian olive oil.
things have changed, of course, not just because of the democratisation of the czech republic, but also thanks to the finance and management expertise from which skoda now benefits as part of the volkswagen group.
volkswagen group owns skoda.
comedian billy connolly is to star as deacon brodie in a new 90-minute screen one film for bbc tv.
deacon brodie will be interpreted by billy connolly.
in addition, hints were dropped that opera singer dame kiri te kanawa would be singing at a special open air concert at rugby park, kilmarnock, in the summer.
dame kiri te kanawa will sing in the summer.
according to prosecutors, bernal wanted to buy a young gorilla to replace one that had died at the toluca, mexico, zoo, one of two national zoos and 16 parks under his jurisdiction. bernal called berges, and he made the contact in miami, prosecutors said. 
bernal wanted to buy a gorilla from the zoo of toluca.
american stockbroker steve fossett, 50, yesterday became the first person to cross the pacific ocean alone in a balloon, soaring above canada on a journey from seoul, south korea.
a stockbroker started his journey in a balloon from seoul.
despite timmel's protests, and after a 35-minute delay during which a ground crew searched in vain, the airplane flew back to new york - presumably with the cat somewhere aboard - less than two hours after it arrived.
the airplane was delayed 35 minutes.
roberto pia, argentina's national railroad commission president, said recently that the system deteriorated steadily over the years because of a lack of maintenance and investment, and in 1989 only one of every two locomotives worked and more than half the track was deemed unsafe.
roberto pia is president of a commission.
the winter palace is the oldest of the buildings which make up the famous hermitage museum. can there be anything more spectacular? one glittering room gives way to another and another - more than a thousand in the palace alone - revealing an imperial treasure of art which runs from leonardo da vinci and rembrandt to picasso.
in the hermitage there are masterpieces by leonardo da vinci.
the consensus among scientists not directly part of the investigation seems to be that ramirez and the emergency room personnel were exposed to organophosphates, chemicals that are among the primary ingredients of nerve gas and many agricultural pesticides.
ramirez invented many agricultural pesticides.
it is a fund-raising recital, and the group will donate the entire proceeds to the poor and hungry of st. sofia's cathedral in tsarskoe selo, near st. petersburg - formerly leningrad.
st. sofia's cathedral is situated in tsarskoe selo, near st. petersburg.
the concert will coincide with the climax of a visit to scotland by father gennady zverev, archpriest of st. sofia's cathedral.
a concert will be given in honour of the archpriest of st. sofia's cathedral.
but xtra passed, so williamson had to buy time on orange county's korg to get an l.a. outlet.
williamson lived in los angeles.
korean car maker kia motors corp. appointed its u.s. operations chief to its board of directors.
kia sells its cars in korea.
while the original 121 has re-materialised as the korean-built kia pride, the present model takes the same high-roof approach which provides much better passenger space than you might expect from its other dimensions.
kia pride is bigger than the original 121.
in the early 1980s kia was directed to concentrate on commercials, and it was only allowed back into car production some years later. now it builds more than 600,000 cars, buses, trucks, sport utilities and other vehicles in a year.
kia sells more than 600,000 vehicles in a year.
for one thing, pordenone is now a manufacturing center, the home of zanussi, italy's biggest maker of appliances and considered the country's second largest industrial firm after fiat.
fiat is the largest industrial firm in italy.
it is hard to like will carling. honestly, that has nothing to do with the fact that he is captain of the england rugby team (again), but a lot to do with his status as an insufferably rude brat.
nobody likes will carling, because he's rude.
after a brief training career and a year in prison for tax offences lester piggott made a return to the saddle in 1990.
lester piggott spent a year in prison.
triple jumper jonathan edwards was named bbc sports personality of the year last night - after tipping boxer frank bruno, who came second, for the award.
jonathan edwards has three brothers.
"one of the key markets is japan, whose companies are globalising and putting research labs into europe,'' says the trust's chief executive, dr. stephen hammond, who has held senior positions in large pharmaceutical companies such as astra, smithkline beecham and glaxo.
stephen hammond worked for some big pharmaceutical companies such as astra, smithkline beecham and glaxo.
glaxo wellcome, the world's biggest drugs company, received a boost yesterday with news that the us food and drug administration had approved a patent extension on its ulcer drug zantac to 1997.
glaxo is the world's biggest drugs company.
flexoset, which makes printed polythene, polypropylene and laminated film products for the food industry, fits well with the current activities of bpi's retail division.
flexoset works for bpi's retail division.
they include nguyen chi thien, the vietnamese poet, who disappeared following his arrest in 1979, after he had handed a manuscript of his anti-government poems to a foreign diplomat.
nguyen chi thien is a vietnamese poet.
they include nguyen chi thien, the vietnamese poet, who disappeared following his arrest in 1979, after he had handed a manuscript of his anti-government poems to a foreign diplomat.
nguyen chi thien was killed by vietnamese police.
a band that takes its name from a monty python skit, plays an impromptu version of abba's "dancing queen," celebrates humiliation in a song called "stupid" and observes in another that a departing lover bends her words "like uri geller's spoons," obviously has a sense of humor.
abba's songs were against prejudices.
the polygraph came along in 1921, invented by john a. larson, a university of california medical student working with help from a police official. the device ostensibly detects when a person is lying by monitoring and recording certain body changes affected by a person's emotional condition.
the polygraph is a device that ostensibly detects when a person is not telling the truth.
his visit will be the first by a top clinton foreign policy-maker since the arrest of cia officer aldrich h. ames on charges of selling secrets to moscow.
clinton will visit aldrich h. ames.
warning that the "business of intelligence is too important not to do well," the house select committee on intelligence on wednesday sharply criticized the cia for a series of management failures that permitted disgraced spy aldrich h. ames to sell u.s. secrets to the russians, leading to the deaths of undercover agents.
russians bought u.s. secrets from a cia spy.
ames met and married maria del rosario casas ames, a low-level colombian diplomat recruited to be a paid agent for the cia - and also, according to some who knew the couple, a strong-minded woman of expensive tastes.
ames and maria were married in colombia.
ames, a 31-year cia veteran who once headed counterintelligence in the soviet section, and his wife, rosario, were arrested feb. 21 on charges of spying for the soviet union and then russia. they have been held without bail, and their son has been cared for by friends and relatives.
ames worked for the cia for 31 years.
yitzhak rabin, prime minister of israel, was born in jerusalem, march 1, 1922, and died in tel aviv, november 4, 1995.
yitzhak rabin was prime minister of israel.
frosties (or frosted flakes in north america and various other areas) is a cereal similar to corn flakes from kellogg's, but coated with frosted sugar.
frosties are sugar-frosted cereals.
skyeurope airlines is a low-cost airline with its main base at m. r. stefanik airport (bts) in bratislava, slovakia, and other bases in kraków, prague, budapest and vienna.
skyeurope is based in bratislava, prague and vienna.
the greenhouse effect, discovered by joseph fourier in 1824 and first investigated quantitatively by svante arrhenius in 1896, is the process in which the emission of infrared radiation by an atmosphere warms a planet's surface.
the greenhouse effect was discovered by fourier.
a liverpool art student and perhaps the closest friend of john lennon, sutcliffe played bass guitar for three years with the beatles - but well before their stratospheric rise to fame began in 1963.
sutcliffe was an art student.
the ipod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by apple and launched in 2001.
apple launched ipod in 2001.
born in azmir, turkey, edouard balladur's parents emigrated to marseille in 1935 along with their five children.
edouard balladur's parents emigrated to find a job.
from 1968 to 1980, edouard balladur was president of the french company mont blanc tunnel while occupying various other positions in ministerial staff.
edouard balladur was on the ministerial staff.
of all the flavours that have been introduced or are still on the market, cheese and onion remains the most popular in the uk.
the british love onions.
bread is a staple food of european, middle eastern and indian cultures and is prepared by baking, steaming, or frying dough.
bread is a very common food in india.
the nhs pension scheme is a large pension scheme for people who work for the english and welsh national health service. it is administered by the nhs pensions agency, which is now a special health authority at arm's length from the department of health.
the nhs pension scheme is a scheme for everyone who works.
not only are they being fished unsustainably, sharks are also being caught in nets intended for swordfish and their numbers are also being put under threat. the swordfish, along with the marlin, is the fastest fish in the ocean, capable of reaching speeds of 120kmh in quick bursts. 
swordfish can reach a speed of 120kmh.
the acceleration of the shrinking of arctic ice continues to threaten the survival of these animals. scientists predict that the numbers of polar bears will fall by about a third, if sea ice in the arctic continues to melt at its present rate.
the level of arctic ice will fall by a third.
the dairy farm of kibbutz ramat menashe is located in the north of israel in the menashe river and dalia river watershed, north of the dalia river nature reserve and its tributaries and near the shelef river, in an area characterized by high hydrological sensitivity.
kibbutz ramat menashe is located in an area of high hydrological sensitivity.
over the past four years, houston mayor bill white has launched a variety of initiatives to put pressure on area industrial facilities with unacceptably high emissions of toxics, including the carcinogens benzene and 1,3-butadiene.
bill white has been mayor of houston.
the partnership between researchers at the university of new brunswick, the university of toronto, the tianjin university of science and technology in china, montreal-based fp innovations-paprican and quebec-based tembec industries is "ideal", said zhirun yuan, a senior scientist working on the project with fp innovations-paprican.
zhirun yuan works for an university.
the current series of projects and funding announcements, said yuan, marks the first time the organization has facilitated partnerships between canadian and chinese organizations. previously they have funded partnerships with israel and india.
yuan speaks chinese and canadian.
an indian-origin researcher in the us has conceived a way to make air conditioners that can track human movement through the different rooms of a house.  shwetak patel of the atlanta-based georgia institute of technology says that his idea is based on a device that detects small differences in air pressure as people pass from one room to another. 
the indian-origin researcher patel has a house in atlanta.
vaclav havel, the anti-communist dissident who became czech president, is ending nearly 20 years of self-imposed exile from the theatre with a new play that some critics consider his best.
vaclav havel was the czech president.
vaclav havel, the anti-communist dissident who became czech president, is ending nearly 20 years of self-imposed exile from the theatre with a new play that some critics consider his best.
communists imposed vaclav havel's exile from the theatre.
i like the french polynesian islands that people are less familiar with, such as moorea, bora bora, the marquesas and tetiaroa, which was owned by marlon brando. it really feels like paradise there.
tetiaroa belongs to french polynesia.
the ira should stand down its ruling army council to bring lasting peace to northern ireland, the rev ian paisley said yesterday in an emotional final speech as democratic unionist party leader in belfast. after more than three decades he has handed the reins to his deputy, peter robinson.
rev ian paisley is the leader of the army council.
robinson, 59, who is renowned as a tough, shrewd political operator, will replace paisley as northern ireland's first minister this week. he was a founding member of the dup in 1971 and its deputy leader since 1980.
paisley founded the dup.
margaux powers graduated from the elite taft school in connecticut, where she played lacrosse, before spending her college years at the university of vermont and cornell. she graduated from cornell with a bachelor's degree in english.
margaux powers obtained her bachelor's degree at the taft school.
florida is the second largest nursery crop-producing state in the nation and the nation's number one foliage (plants used for indoors) producing state growing nearly 70 percent of all foliage plants in the united states. fngla is the largest state nursery/landscape association in the country with 2,500 member firms.
florida is the largest producer of nursery crop.
the florida department of transportation will discuss the projects during an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. wednesday at the department's public information office, 1161 kew gardens ave., suite 101, palm beach gardens.
the florida department of transportation has a public information office at palm beach gardens.
anthony james david, 31, of spring hill, advised his girlfriend against taking two prescribed antibiotics, to her detriment, investigators said monday. he then gave her a prescription drug to treat her ailment. david has no medical license in florida, "or anywhere else we can find," tampa police narcotics capt. hugh miller said.
anthony james david is a licensed doctor in tampa.
anthony james david, 31, of spring hill, advised his girlfriend against taking two prescribed antibiotics, to her detriment, investigators said monday.
anthony james david and his girlfriend are from spring hill.
nikola gruevski's center-right conservatives won 48.3 percent of the vote, far ahead of the social democrats' 23.4 and enough to give him a majority in the 120-seat parliament.
nikola gruevski has the majority in parliament.
it's the latest challenge for samsung electronics co., coca-cola co. and lenovo group ltd, the official backers of the flame's 129-day global journey to beijing, following violence, reshuffled routes and criticism from groups pressing china over human rights.
the olympic flame's journey lasts 129 days.
speed skating canada announced friday that neal marshall, a three-time olympic speedskater and coach with speed skate canada since 2002, is no longer employed by the organization and a search is underway to find his replacement.
neal marshall is employed in canada.
marshall spent 10 years on the national speedskating team, competing at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 olympics. 
marshall won the 1994 and 1998 olympics.
romanian prime minister calin popescu-tariceanu on wednesday asked international olympic committee (ioc) chief jacques rogge for support in his country's bid to host the 2013 winter european youth olympic festival and the 2022 winter olympic games.
romania will host the 2022 winter olympic games.
the knifeman who carried out japan's worst killing rampage in central tokyo yesterday, killing seven people, may have been planning the attack for months.
a man killed seven people.
the knifeman who carried out japan's worst killing rampage in central tokyo yesterday, killing 7 people, may have been planning the attack for months.
seven people were killed by a knifeman in tokyo.
a speech barack obama gave at the university of nairobi when he last visited kenya in 2006 hardly sounded like a primer for someone who has literally taken this country, and africa, by storm.
barack obama went to the university of nairobi.
britain deployed troops to afghanistan shortly after the attacks of 11 september, 2001. few then thought that british forces would still be in afghanistan in far larger numbers seven years on, nor that they would be involved in some of the fiercest fighting british forces have seen in decades, as part of nato's international security and assistance force (isaf).
britain has 11 troops that take part in nato's international security and assistance force.
the lines are getting longer, and tang yao is finding fewer gasoline stations open in his neighborhood here. but the 48-year-old motorist has no gripes about the price at the pump.
tang yao is 48 years old.
protests flared late last week in india, where the government upped prices by about 10%, and there were calls for mass rallies in malaysia after gasoline prices jumped 41% overnight.
the price of fuel is increasing in india and malaysia.
the bush administration, in an aggressive new effort to keep illegal immigrants out of the workforce, on monday ordered all companies doing business with the federal government to begin ensuring their employees can legally work in the u.s.
bush provides incentives for illegal workers.
meeting separately with slovenian president danilo turk and prime minister janez jansa at brdo castle in the tiny town of kranj before the u.s.-eu summit, bush praised the beauty of this small central european nation.
the brdo castle is located in kranj.
following a trend across much of the nation, violent crime in seattle, bellevue and tacoma saw a significant drop in 2007, according to statistics released monday by the fbi.
the violent crime rate decreased in bellevue in 2007.
mr. de la vega worked closely with apple chief executive steve jobs on the deal that made at&t the exclusive u.s. provider of the iphone, which was a smash hit in its first year.
mr. de la vega is the at&t chief executive.
mr. de la vega worked closely with apple chief executive steve jobs on the deal that made at&t the exclusive u.s. provider of the iphone, which was a smash hit in its first year.
steve jobs works for apple.
kaiser's 156,000 employees will be eligible for a pilot program connecting the oakland health maintenance organization's health records with microsoft's healthvault, a free, web-based medical database the company began in october.
kaiser has at least 156,000 workers.
an article published in the june 9 issue of archives of internal medicine reports that men who have low levels of vitamin d are at a higher risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction).
vitamin d causes myocardial infarction.
new york city opera general manager-designate gerard mortier has announced that composer charles wuorinen will write an opera version of the story for the company's 2013 spring season.
mortier is manager-designate of the new york city opera.
mr griffin grew up in long beach, california, and is known for helping popularise g-funk rap, a west coast-branded style of hip-hop that emerged in the early 1990s.
mr griffin plays g-funk rap.
in 1977 to wide media fanfare, polanski was charged with a host of sexual crimes for his involvement with a 13-year-old girl. he was subsequently convicted of unlawful intercourse with a minor, but fled the country in 1978 before final sentencing.
polanski escaped in 1978.
in 1977 to wide media fanfare, polanski was charged with a host of sexual crimes for his involvement with a 13-year-old girl. he was subsequently convicted of unlawful intercourse with a minor, but fled the country in 1978 before final sentencing.
polanski fled from the u.s. to russia in 1978.
happiness comes from following the prophets of god, bruce l. and christine olsen told latter-day saints gathered on the campus of southern virginia university saturday for the second session of its annual two-day education conference.
bruce l. and christine olsen are prophets of god.
the gambusia affinis, dubbed the mosquito fish, is an aquatic predator that devours mosquito larvae. officials are releasing the fish into the fetid waters of abandoned pools to reduce the burgeoning mosquito population.
gambusia is a species of mosquito.
the gambusia affinis, dubbed the mosquito fish, is an aquatic predator that devours mosquito larvae. officials are releasing the fish into the fetid waters of abandoned pools to reduce the burgeoning mosquito population.
gambusia will be introduced to reduce the mosquito population.
donna stallings, and her husband, roosevelt stallings - who have five children, including some with allergies and one who fears dogs - had asked the board to reconsider kimble's decision.
the stallings have 5 children, 4 of whom have allergies.
four people were killed and at least 20 injured when a tornado tore through an iowa boy scout camp on wednesday, where dozens of scouts were gathered for a summer retreat, state officials said.
four boy scouts were killed by a tornado.
judge alex kozinski was on the hot seat after the los angeles times disclosed that a web site of his contained numerous sexual photos and videos - showing nudity and bestiality - while he was preparing to preside over an obscenity trial in los angeles.
alex kozinski is a judge.
kozinski, 57, was appointed to the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals by president ronald reagan in 1985. at the time, he was the nation's youngest federal appellate judge. 
at the age of 57, kozinski is the youngest federal appellate judge.
a second meeting in 1998 was held in shanghai, but a 1999 meeting was canceled by beijing when then-taiwanese president lee teng-hui proposed that taiwan and china treat each other as two separate states.
in 1999 lee teng-hui was the president of taiwan.
our sister planet venus makes her appearance this month on the west-northwest horizon about 9 p.m.
earth's sister planet is named venus.
on july 9, the giant gas planet jupiter rises at sunset and sets at sunrise.
jupiter is made of gas.
when tyson gay crossed the finish line in the men's 100 meters yesterday, the crowd at hayward field gasped. the clock displayed 9.68 seconds. everyone at the us olympic track and field trials knew what that meant.
tyson gay ran 100 meters in 9.68 seconds.
gay ran the fastest 100 ever, regardless of conditions. when the public address announcer reported a tailwind of 4.1 meters per second (9.5 miles per hour), the crowd groaned, knowing gay did not break the world record of 9.72 set by jamaican usain bolt may 31.
gay holds the world record in the 100 meter run.
tomatoes carrying a rare form of salmonella that has sickened more than 800 people may still be on the market, federal officials said yesterday, two weeks after they first warned consumers about the risk.
two federal officials bought tomatoes at the market.
most of the houses affected are decades old, and many are owned by people of modest means who did not have flood insurance.
the houses destroyed by the flood are in the old part of the city.
giuliani is a rather familiar sight at yankee stadium, but on friday, he appeared in houston as a guest of astros owner drayton mclane. the former mayor was invited to throw out the first pitch prior to the opener between the astros and yankees, the first-ever regular-season meeting between the two teams.
giuliani was mayor of houston.
barely six months after her marriage with the french president, supermodel carla bruni has admitted having problems with her "conservative" hubby nicolas sarkozy's "right-wing politics".
carla bruni and sarkozy were married.
barely six months after her marriage with the french president, supermodel carla bruni has admitted having problems with her "conservative" hubby nicolas sarkozy's "right-wing politics".
carla bruni is the french president.
the national association of purchasing management-chicago said today its business index increased to 49.6 this month from 49.1 in may.
the national association of purchasing management saw an increase in its business.
peter griffin, from the colchester hospital university nhs foundation trust, is understood to have left the password-protected computer in the car while it was parked in edinburgh on june 18th.
peter griffin is from edinburgh.
peter griffin, from the colchester hospital university nhs foundation trust, is understood to have left the password-protected computer in the car while it was parked in edinburgh on june 18th.
peter griffin was born on june 18th.
on the last night of peace, the apache pilots and mechanics of charlie company, 1st battalion, 101st aviation brigade threw a party. it was st. patrick's day, or near enough, and chief warrant officer sherman hartley had just learned he was going to be a father.
sherman hartley is a chief warrant officer.
margaret davies, 77, of school road, rassau, had just finished a sunday lunch on father's day at the rhyd-y-blew's restaurant when she slipped and broke her hip.
margaret davies ate lunch with her father.
the palm beach county school district is investigating an incident where a 4 year-old autistic girl went missing for hours.
an autistic girl went to the beach for hours.
gas prices seem to climb every day and tuesday is no exception.
gas prices decrease on tuesday.
neil baxter, 51, had seen his wife wendy, 45, and her friends onto a plane back to scotland from an airport in italy on monday morning.  hours later his motorcycle was involved in a collision with the lorry.
wendy drove a motorcycle.
neil baxter, 51, had seen his wife wendy, 45, and her friends on to a plane back to scotland from an airport in italy on monday morning.  hours later his motorcycle was involved in a collision with the lorry.
neil baxter died in a collision with a lorry.
the late hotel magnate leona helmsley, who died last august, left instructions that all her possessions, valued between $5bn (£2.5bn) and $8bn, go in trust for the dogs.
a woman left her estate to the dogs.
mr lowy has briefed british prime minister gordon brown about westfield's development plans at stratford city, which is part of the government's regeneration strategy for east london, where the main events of the 2012 olympics will be held.
stratford is in east london.
sheriff's detectives are looking for a 34-year-old former oceanside resident they say went on a four-day shopping spree in april with her company credit card and racked up more than $150,000 in purchases.
sheriff's detectives spent $150,000 shopping.
work on the shops and car park started last july and was expected to last 62 weeks.
work ended earlier than the expected 62 weeks.
a sister of florencio marimon sr., captain of the sunken mv princess of the stars, believes that her brother is dead.
princess of the stars is a ship.
the 280-metre-long hms queen elizabeth and hms prince of wales will be capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft.
queen elizabeth is also princess of wales.
the 280-metre-long hms queen elizabeth and hms prince of wales will be capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft.
queen elizabeth is married to the prince of wales.
ingrid betancourt hugged her children for the first time in six years thursday at a teary reunion in colombia's capital, bogota. betancourt raced up the stairs toward the door of a french government plane and threw her arms around her children, lorenzo, 19, and melanie, 22, who arrived on a flight from paris.
the children of ingrid betancourt are 19 and 22 years old.
ingrid betancourt hugged her children for the first time in six years thursday at a teary reunion in colombia's capital, bogota. betancourt raced up the stairs toward the door of a french government plane and threw her arms around her children, lorenzo, 19, and melanie, 22, who arrived on a flight from paris.
ingrid betancourt hasn't seen her children for 6 years.
for jennifer watts, the huntington's curator of photographs, and independent curator claudia bohn-spector the answer was to divide the exhibit in three ways.
jennifer watts is a curator.
di matteo, 38, replaces paul ince, one of his old opponents, after the former manchester united midfielder became the manager of premier league blackburn rovers.
di matteo and paul ince are enemies.
samuel israel, the former hedge fund manager who had been on the run for almost a month since faking his own death, was yesterday taken into custody in massachusetts.
samuel israel pretended to be dead.
roman a. abramovich is a billionaire russian investor, a soccer club owner and a yachtsman.
roman abramovich plays soccer.
scotland yard detectives have twice visited bulgaria in three months in a final attempt to solve the murder of georgi markov, in which the bulgarian dissident was jabbed with a poisoned umbrella while waiting for a london bus in 1978.
georgi markov was poisoned.
scotland yard detectives have twice visited bulgaria in three months in a final attempt to solve the murder of georgi markov, in which the bulgarian dissident was jabbed with a poisoned umbrella while waiting for a london bus in 1978.
scotland yard detectives suspect markov of murder.
the opposition antigua labour party (alp) has blasted that country's prime minister, baldwin spencer, for publicly advocating that cuba's fidel castro be awarded the order of the community (occ) - the community's highest honour.
baldwin is antigua's prime minister.
she's best known for playing ice queen connie beauchamp in bbc one's drama holby city, but actress amanda mealing will be all smiles if she succeeds at this year's tv quick and tv choice awards.
amanda mealing plays the role of connie beauchamp.
award-winning writer jimmy mcgovern is to make a bbc daytime drama series which partly takes its inspiration from the ingrid bergman movie the yellow rolls-royce.
jimmy mcgovern owns a rolls-royce.
for a long time, turban-wearing apu in the hit animated tv series the simpsons has been hollywood's most successful indian "actor".
the simpson series takes place in hollywood.
by the time children reached 18 months of age, 54% of women had returned to work.
18 women out of 100 have children.
http://www.mobiletrend.net has just launched their portal for everything that relates to instant, downloadable digital accessories including free ringtones, wallpapers, games, videos, and photos for mobiles. in fact, everything that is needed to "pimp" your mobile can be found and instantly downloaded on the website. 
a new free ringtones portal was launched at mobiletrend.net.
mobiletrend offers a unique, clean interface allowing site visitors to spruce up their mobile and set their mood to song. presented by ringtone experts (and fanatics), mobiletrend caters to its visitors by letting them control the website's offerings, be it ringtones, tutorials, or other digital accessories. 
a new free ringtones portal was launched at mobiletrend.net.
currently, the website offers more than 100 of the most popular ringtones of today and yesterday. and, unlike other ringtone sites, mobiletrend validates their expertise by offering free ringtone advice, tutorials and reviews of popular ringtones. in addition to standard mp3 ringtones, mobiletrend is also one of the leading providers of polyphonic ringtones, increasing their collection daily by allowing site visitors to register and upload the polyphonic ringtones they create. 
a new free ringtones portal was launched at mobiletrend.net
emerald intouch is a web space and hosting service designed to support learning and collaboration by bringing together technologies such as blogs, wikis and rss into one place.  
emerald announces the launch of its new learning network service: intouch.
eric broug, emerald's business manager for africa, explains, "emerald intouch is an ideal tool for business management training and education. it supports distance learning courses, encourages networking and provides a space to share ideas and group reflections." 
emerald announces the african launch of its new learning network service: intouch.
join emerald in celebrating the launch of emerald intouch on thursday, 29th may at 10.30-11.15am, where delegates are invited to visit stand m28 for a product demonstration and a chance to speak to emerald's senior product developer, paul coyne, about how this innovative new service could benefit your institution. delegates are invited to enter our launch competition for the chance to win a mobile phone! 
emerald announces the launch of its new service: emerald intouch.
dr. kelley has been featured as a keynote speaker at many major conferences and school districts and has become one of the most in-demand speakers in the u.s. his consulting company has quickly risen to being one of the top educational consulting companies in the nation.
dr. ron kelley's edu-rap educational cd has been added to the 2008 grammy awards ballot.
tacticalcalendar.com, a recently-launched web site that aims to provide students with tactical training courses available in their area, is already garnering a large amount of interest. students who are looking for tactical training courses and opportunities in their local area now have a resource that gathers all the information they need in one place.
students wanting to keep up to date on tactical training finally have their wish granted.
the primary goal of this website is to keep students from all over the country up to date on tactical courses being offered in their local areas.  this benefits both the students and the course instructors by keeping enrollment numbers up and our country free in the process.
students now can be up to date with a website.
owikits inc announced today that it will be exhibiting its robotikitstm line of products at the national afterschool conference on march 12-14, 2008 at the greater fort lauderdale/broward county convention center in ft. lauderdale, florida. attendees are invited to visit the owikit booth to see the educational owi¨ solar robotic kits, robotic arm edge and other creative robot kits including the award-winning owikit junior science series.
owikit brings a new line of solar powered robotikit brand products to the national afterschool conference.
robotikit, science, and mini solar kit lines are creative educational products that teach the basics of robotics, electronics, and alternative energy principles. the kits provide everyone a fun learning experience of creating a solar powered racecar, hopping frog, frightened grasshopper and more. exciting characters and a better understanding of solar power make these kits the ultimate science project.
owikit brings a new line of solar powered robotikit brand products to the national afterschool conference.
these kits are ideal to introduce everyone to the benefits of alternative energy sources. the kits are available in a series of different fun forms, including frightened grasshopper, peppy orangutan, attacking inchworm, aerial cable car, sonic f1 [racecar], flapping sea gull, and a valiant viking ship. part of the jr. science series, they are designed for kids 9 and older. the kits are priced from $11.95 to $17.95 srp. 
owikit brings a new line of solar powered robotikit brand products to the national afterschool conference.
in 1980, owi saw a need for products that would introduce new technologies to the educational communities. utilizing its comprehensive technology and research background, the robotikits direct company emerged to fulfill that distribution channel. the kits the company developed are being used in science educational centers, the classroom, in science clubs, and to satisfy the curiosity of young scientists in the home. there are five levels of kits challenging builders from grade school to adult. 
owikit brings a new line of solar powered robotikit brand products to the national afterschool conference.
disaster activist, brenda calbert, has teamed up with neekam inc to create the rapid disaster response blog. readers can keep up with the latest news on florida disaster response, disaster response incident command, disaster response information, disaster response animal rescue and levels of disaster response.
a disaster activist starts rapid disaster response blog.
the rapiddisasterresponse.com blog is also meant to help spread awareness about formulating disaster response plans at all government levels; beginning long-term recovery planning as soon as the imminent disaster has passed; appointing liaisons within local and national recovery offices for local officials and creating within the federal law governing disaster response a special category for large-scale disasters.
a disaster activist starts rapid disaster response blog.
ms. calbert says: "blogs and news servers have a unique opportunity to help following disasters because the base of any disaster management effort is integration, communication and working together, 3 things that blogs can help spread information about."
the rapid disaster response blog helps following information on disaster response.
the rapid disaster response blog is meant to help spread information on earthquake disasters, earthquake disaster planning scenario, earthquake disaster plans, missouri flooding, mississippi river flooding, evaluating your disaster response, free market responses to disaster and war and more!
the rapid disaster response blog helps following information on disaster response.
50% of ireland's 1.5 million dwellings were built prior to the introduction of building regulations in ireland in 1979. energy consumption in irish homes is about 40% higher than the european average and irish homes are responsible for a staggering 11.5 million tonnes of co2 emissions per year.
the eu-funded project audited existing social housing schemes in counties meath, kildare and dublin. 
it is expected that the result of these projects, along with the analysis of social housing schemes in ireland, will have a european wide impact, will contribute to the exchange and sharing of knowledge and experience in the field and will improve the energy performance of the existing social housing stock and its inhabitants' quality of life.
a social housing energy audit is going to be launched in cork.
after many hours of hard work,  welsh farm organics have a brand new web-site. they would like to invite you to its grand opening. you can have a look at their website and tell them what you think. they want you to tell them what you think is good and what is bad about their new site. they want to hear what they could add to make your life easier. they have a few ideas but the rest of the staff have persuaded the boss to come up with ideas first. they also want to know if something is confusing.
welsh farm organics has a new website where visitors can leave their opinions.
bonin architects & associates, pllc., a national architectural firm specializing in timber frame design and sustainable (green) designs, announces the start of a new post and beam / timber frame blog which will focus on post and beam and timber frame design, structural insulated panels, as well as building costs and energy efficient material options.
green architect jeremy bonin creates a blog for timber frame homes.
in addition to energy efficient design and materials, the timber frame blog will feature information and tips relating to the construction of a timber frame home, including how to find a general contractor, when to start the design process, and managing your home project.
green architect jeremy bonin creates a blog for timber frame homes.
lady bird johnson was thrust into the limelight on a november day in 1963. most americans remember where they were when president john f kennedy was assassinated. few were more profoundly affected by the events of that fateful day than lady bird johnson - wife of vice-president lyndon baines johnson.
lady bird johnson, the first lady who championed beatification, died at 94.
lady bird johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, lyndon b. johnson, died wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. she was 94. 
lady bird johnson, the first lady who championed conservation, died at 94.
keng is a trafficker - a trafficker of children, into prostitution, mostly for western men. she herself was trafficked, says my researcher, and she is just as much of a victim, he argues, as the children she traffics.
thailand is caught up in the child trafficking industry.
prey vang province is one of the poorest regions in cambodia. it is easy to cross from there into thailand so each year thousands of children are trafficked across the border, often by parents. 
thailand is caught up in the child trafficking industry.
originally called the reform treaty, the lisbon treaty was drawn up to replace the draft european constitution after it was thrown out by voters in france and the netherlands in 2005. 
leaders of the european union's 27 member states met in portugal to sign what will now become known as the lisbon treaty. 
the lisbon treaty was signed in the portuguese capital by leaders of the eu's 27 member states in december 2007. 
leaders of the european union's 27 member states met in portugal to sign what will now become known as the lisbon treaty. 
there was confusion about where people could smoke. kenya's high court has suspended a controversial ban on smoking in public places which began on monday. 
kenya suspends a public smoking ban.
the ban ordered the suspension for 30 days after tobacco companies challenged the health minister's authority to impose the restriction. 
kenya suspends a public smoking ban.
since monday, the bbc's noel mwakugu in nairobi says some of kenya's 5m smokers have been in a state of panic, looking for somewhere safe to light up. under the ban, those caught smoking in offices, bus stations, airports and sports venue would face a fine of 50,000 kenya shillings ($700; £375) or six months in prison. bars and restaurants without separate smoking areas were also to be affected. 
those found smoking at bus stations, in markets or on the streets, face a fine of $70 or six months in jail. 
last year, director of medical services (dms) james nyikal said tobacco killed some 12,000 kenyans each year and a public ban would reduce that figure. 
a ban on smoking in public places is being enforced in kenya. 
british transport police dog vinnie was deployed at russell square tube site where he searched the tunnel to king's cross. 
police dog searched for explosives at russell square tube.
much of the world has moved toward democracy and freedom, but china hasn't moved much and russia seems headed in the opposite direction. of the two, china is probably easier to deal with. it appears to have a collective leadership, which gives a certain continuity to its policy.
china and russia will move toward democracy.
obama and clinton tackle iraq on the iowa stump; the candidates criticize the war as the senate prepares to vote on withdrawal proposals. 
clinton proposes the withdrawal of troops from iraq.
the united states took another step in restoring normal diplomatic relations with libya on wednesday when president bush nominated a u.s. ambassador to the once-outcast nation.
bush nominates a u.s. ambassador to libya.
the phrase "staycation" comes from america (where else?) and describes a holiday spent at or near your home. rising prices, huge fuel surcharges for flights abroad and a slowing economy could see a record number of britons holidaying at home in 2008.
there is a new trend towards making holidays at home.
total eye care, a leading eye care provider in the dallas / fort worth metroplex with offices in colleyville and keller, texas, announces the launch of their new blog, the eye doc blog. the intended audience is for all patients that want a resource for up to date eye care information.  
total eye care announces a new blog for the latest news in eye care.
on july 7 and again on july 23, there were accidental leaks at the tricastin nuclear power center in france. this has prompted the commission for independent research and information on radioactivity (criirad) to order a review of security and safety. already last week, environment minister jean-louis borloo said the ground water near all reactors should be tested and the state of waste storage sites assessed.
two nuclear leaks trigger security and safety reviews in france.
on friday, a bomb exploded at a junction in the strip, killing five hamas operatives along with a six year old girl. another 15 bystanders were wounded. hamas movement's armed wing, izz ad-din al-qassam brigades told reporters that it was unknown who attacked the car on the gaza coastal road, adding that all of the passengers, including five hamas militants, were killed.
hamas arrests 200 palestinians.
a boeing 747-438, qantas airways flight number qf30 from london, england to melbourne, australia, had to make an emergency landing at ninoy aquino international airport in manila after a door panel popped open, creating a massive hole in the plane's fuselage.
a hole in the fuselage caused a qantas flight to make an emergency landing.
a wax model of british singer amy winehouse was unveiled on wednesday at madame tussauds in london. the model, at nearly six feet tall and clad in a yellow dress with a microphone in hand, is said to bear a strong likeness to the singer. her tattoos have even been reproduced to the last detail, including one of a lightning bolt.
an amy winehouse wax model was unveiled.
more than a hundred protestors gathered saturday in san francisco to object to the human rights campaign's stance on gender identity. the protestors picketed the hrc's annual fundraising dinner to protest the organization's efforts to remove gender identity protections from legislation that would add sexual orientation to the employment non-discrimination act (enda).
over 100 people protested outside a hrc dinner against the exclusion of gender identity protection from enda.
clad in a variety of outfits ranging from street clothing to over-the-top drag to camp gear, wearing make-up, fake mustaches, boys and girls dressed as boys, girls, gays, lesbians, transgendered and gender nonspecific, the group claimed a unified purpose: express just how much they felt betrayed by the hrc's action, a move they argued is opposed by over 350 local, statewide and national lgbt advocacy organizations.
over 100 people protested outside a hrc dinner against the exclusion of gender identity protection from enda.
google, known as a popular international search engine, has servers all around the world to index the pages. with the rapid development of the internet, the number of web pages with unique url (uniform resource locator) is growing by several billion per day alone. back in 1998, google had an index of about only 26 million pages. within 10 years, the number increased over 38 thousand times.
google's search index hits one trillion pages per day.
one out of every four united states bridges needs repairs and updating according to the american association of state highway and transportation officials (aashto). the total estimated cost of repairs is us$140 billion, and will continue to rise if not dealt with immediately, according to the report published by aashto.
a report says modernizing and repairing us bridges will cost $140 billion.
the necessity for bridge repairs has been just one of the infrastructure needs for which federal assistance has been requested by some state officials. governor ed rendell of pennsylvania said that, "we need federal intervention, and federal intervention at a big level."
a report says modernizing and repairing us bridges needs federal intervention.
a new study shows that a variation in a gene known as the duffy antigen receptor for chemokines, or simply darc, may introduce an unknown vulnerability that could lead to a 40% greater risk of contracting hiv, the precursor to aids. 
the african hiv prevalence may also be physiological.
conservative party leader david cameron was last night a victim of crime following the theft of his bicycle. the leader of the opposition in the united kingdom was out shopping in west london when the incident happened at around 6:30 last night. he was said to have chained the bike to a short bollard while he picked up some groceries in tesco on portobello road. when he came out, the bike along with its chain had vanished.
uk opposition leader david cameron's bicycle was stolen.
according to the united states geological survey (usgs), a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck southern california in the chino hills area (san bernardino county) near los angeles california, east of highway 142. it occurred at about 11:42 a.m. (pdt), and lasted approximately one minute.
an earthquake, of magnitude 5.4, struck southern california.
united kingdom flag carrier british airways (ba) has entered into merger talks with spanish airline iberia lineas aereas de espana sa. ba is already europe's third-largest airline.
the spanish airline iberia lineas aereas de espana sa is europe's third-largest airline.
united states senator ted stevens of alaska has been indicted by a federal grand jury on seven criminal counts for making false statements in his senate financial disclosure forms. the longest-serving republican in the senate, stevens is the highest-profile politician ensnared in the corruption scandal surrounding veco corporation and its executives' attempts to influence politics.
alaska senator ted stevens was indicted in a corruption scandal.
the president of the united states, george w. bush, has approved the death sentence of an army private convicted of multiple rapes and murders. pvt. ronald a. gray, stationed at fort bragg in north carolina at the time, was found guilty in courts-martial for the rape and murder of pvt. laura lee vickery-clay, a fellow soldier at fort bragg, and civilian taxi driver kimberly ann ruggles. he was also convicted of rape and attempted murder in the case of another army pvt. mary ann lang nameth.
the united states confirms the first military death sentence since 1957.
united states presidential hopeful barack obama, spoke to over 200,000 last thursday in berlin, germany at tiergarten park. his speech was focused on building a stronger connection with germany and europe. obama also called for german troops to be deployed to afghanistan, and for greater german participation in international crises.
us presidential candidate obama speaks in berlin, germany.
puffin numbers are declining on the farne islands, where the united kingdom's largest colony resides. during the past five years, the puffin population on the islands has decreased by a third. experts had expected numbers to rise this year, but now with news of the decline, are citing an inability to find food as the probable cause.
puffin numbers are falling on the uk's farne islands.
five of the six defendants accused of manslaughter over the 2006 fire on board egyptian ferry al-salam boccaccio 98 have been cleared of all charges. the february 3 fire and subsequent sinking killed 1,034 of around 1,400 passengers.
five of the six people accused over the egyptian ferry fire that killed over 1,000 are acquitted.
mamdouh ismail, owner of the al-salam company, his son and three company executives were all cleared of manslaughter over the 2006 fire on board of the egyptian ferry. ismail is a member of parliament directly appointed by the president, and both he, his son and another of the executives were tried in absentia as they have left the country. they had all been charged with manslaughter stemming from safety violations on the ship.
five of the six people accused over the egyptian ferry fire are acquitted.
four months and 3,200 kilometres ago, canadian runner jonathan howard began his run across the second-largest country in the world, to raise awareness for autism spectrum disorder (asd). a graduate of mcmaster university, howard arrived in toronto this week, to address the nation's largest city before continuing his westward run which will take him through all ten canadian provinces.
a marathon runner arrived in toronto, bringing attention to autism.
clark rockefeller, a former director of the algonquin club in boston, massachusetts, has allegedly abducted his 7-year-old daughter, reigh boss, during a  weekend visit supervised by a social worker. rockefeller got away in a black suv, affixed with red sox stickers, driven by another man. authorities believe that rockefeller might try to escape to bermuda from new york city on his recently purchased yacht, "serenity". 
a us father kidnaps his daughter and may flee from the country on his yacht.
the international olympic committee (ioc) placed a ban on iraq's participation on july 24 in the beijing olympics claiming a political influence within iraq's national olympic committee. this came after the iraqi government's suspension of the national olympic committee (noc) of iraq in may 2008.
the ioc lifts a ban on beijing athletes participating in the beijing olympics.
biomaxx systems inc. (other otc: bmxsf), is pleased to announce the company has renewed our membership with the european federation of biotechnology (efb). biomaxx systems inc. is currently the only canadian company that is an institutional member of efb. 
biomaxx renews its european federation of biotechnology membership.
thin from within kids (www.thinfromwithinkids.com) helps overweight children through the power of the internet, multimedia, and books. the approach suggests that diets, pills, and surgeries may not be the right approach to resolve childhood obesity.
according to thin from within kids, diets, pills, and surgeries are the right approach to resolve childhood obesity.
renting a yacht for various family occasions and also for corporate get together is increasingly gaining in popularity. yacht charters are especially geared toward weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, special occasions, and for business or pleasure. 
orca yacht charters offers the largest fleet of luxury yachts in southern california for all kinds of events.
hmedicine.com is an online store selling homeopathic remedies. hmedicine.com also offers other natural health products to complement the consumers' homeopathic purchases. 
a homeopathic medicine website wins a prestigious award.
radovan karadzic, the former bosnian serb leader accused of genocide, is hoping to delay his extradition until after a nationalist rally in belgrade this evening in the face of government attempts to spirit him away immediately to the hague.
karadzic opposes his extradition until after a rally in belgrade.
a newlywed doctor has been shot dead on her honeymoon and her husband critically injured in a suspected robbery on the caribbean island of antigua. 
a honeymoon couple died in antigua.
about 3,000 blank passports and visas have been stolen while being transported from manchester to london. the documents were in a van which was targeted on monday morning. 
thousands of blank british passports have been stolen in a raid on a delivery van.
more than 40 women typhoid sufferers were locked up for life in a mental asylum to prevent them spreading the disease, according to newly-found records. 
typhoid victims were locked up for life in a mental institution.
researchers at newcastle university found that people with late-onset, or type 2 diabetes could improve their body's ability to store sugar and burn fat by walking at lunchtime, or before or after work.
diabetics can help control their condition by walking an extra 45 minutes a day.
researchers at newcastle university found that people with late-onset, or type 2 diabetes could improve their body's ability to store sugar and burn fat by walking at lunchtime, or before or after work.
diabetics can help control their condition by walking.
british airways and iberia, the spanish flag carrier, announced today that they are seeking a merger that would create one of europe's largest airlines. 
british airways and iberia confirm merger talks.
dell has unveiled a range of miniature pcs that it hopes will appeal to anyone looking to minimise their electricity consumption and maximise their desktop space.
dell releases mini desktops.
militants killed three army intelligence men in an ambush and also took hostage 30 police and paramilitary soldiers in a raid on their post earlier this week.
pakistani forces killed over 25 militants in swat.
a dyslexic medical student is taking legal action to end the use of multiple choice exams in her training because she claims the system is unfair. 
naomi gadian, 21, from manchester, said multiple choice discriminated against people with dyslexia and should be scrapped. 
moors: murder victim keith bennett's mum last night prayed for an end to her agony after bones were found at a beauty spot. the remains were found on saddleworth moor, where ian brady and myra hindley buried their victims. 
moors murder victim's bones have been found after 44 years.
anti-knife crime campaigners condemned the application, details of which emerged barely a week after the british crime survey found that more than 350 knife crime offences were being committed in the country every day.
anti-knife campaign group urban concepts praised the shank application.
honda has released the first official images of the new jazz. honda claims its new jazz will build on the qualities that made the old model so popular in the uk.
the new-generation honda jazz goes on sale in the uk. 
seven years after the bandages last came off, actor brendan fraser returns in the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor as archaeologist rick o'connell, this time retired, and with a grown-up son alex. 
brendan fraser refused the role of rick o'connell in the third chapter of the successful mummy films.
duffy has apparently revealed she isn't worried about kids illegally downloading music - as it will encourage more of them to buy records in the long run.
duffy has criticized kids who download music illegally. 
scully and mulder are back. gillian anderson and david duchovny - who reprise their roles as fbi agents investigating the paranormal - got a warm reception from excited fans in london as they presented the x-files: i want to believe this week.
gillian and her screen partner david re-open 'x files'.
another rare loggerhead turtle has been washed up on uk shores. he has been called flash. 
a rare loggerhead turtle was found at ogmore by sea.
a man on a greyhound bus travelling across the canadian prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger. 
children see a man decapitate a fellow passenger on a greyhound bus in canada.
an eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife. 
an eyewitness said the victim has been shot dead.
youtube gang rape scenes have been deleted in an attempt to police the dark side of digital.
a youtube video of alleged gang rape was viewed 600 times before being removed from the site.
youtube, the video-sharing website, is under attack from mps for failing to prevent images of sex and violence being posted freely on the internet. 
youtube has been attacked by mps over sex and violence footage. 
former blue peter presenter peter purves has been taken to hospital after a dog bit his hand during a dog show. the terrier became annoyed while having its teeth and coat inspected during the show at a garden centre in norwich. purves was taken to the norfolk and norwich university hospital for treatment to the gash on his hand.
a presenter has been bitten by a dog at a show.
former blue peter presenter peter purves has been taken to hospital after a dog bit his hand during a dog show. the terrier became annoyed while having its teeth and coat inspected during the show at a garden centre in norwich. purves was taken to the norfolk and norwich university hospital for treatment to the gash on his hand.
peter purves has been taken to hospital after a dog bit his foot.
the public opinion organization, the standard eurobarometer 67, found some 65 percent of the romanians trust the eu, and the "satisfaction with everyday life" in romania on a short term stands at 43 percent and on a medium term with 57 percent, exceeding the average level registered in the union. the trust in the eu saw a surprising growth pace both in the old member states (from 42 percent to 55 percent) and in the new ones (from 59 percent to 66 percent).   
trust in the standard eurobarometer is growing both in the old and in the new member states.
more products are being imported to the us from china than ever before - but a series of scares has left some wondering whether they are safe.
china exports the majority of its products to the us.
mold grows on wet and damp areas, usually in bathrooms, kitchens and the laundry area. it produces allergens and irritants; when inhaled or touched, it can cause allergic reactions to sensitive people. dryer vent wizard educates consumers on awareness of mold in their clothes dryer vent.
mold also grows in clothes dryer vents.
"mp3-player is a superb product that everyone should try," says bill conwell, ipt svp of business development, "and we're proud to be associated with stulz in promoting this superb technology."
conwell works in business development.
a new study shows how deeply some roomba owners become attached to the robotic vacuums, and suggests there's a measure of public readiness to accept robots in the house - even flawed ones.
roomba is a vacuum.
grinter decided to study the devices after she saw online pictures of people dressing up their roombas, the disc-shaped, self-directed vacuums made by burlington, mass-based irobot corp.
grinter has a roomba.
democrats struggling to win increases in health and education programs paired them thursday with a popular budget bill for veterans, but president bush held the upper hand in a veto showdown.
bush is the president of democrats.
democrats struggling to win increases in health and education programs paired them thursday with a popular budget bill for veterans, but president bush held the upper hand in a veto showdown.
president bush is a veteran.
lady bird johnson was the wife of the 36th president of the united states, lyndon baines johnson.
johnson's wife was 36 years old when her husband became president.
the deliveryman, brian wells, 46, had told police before the bomb exploded in august 2003 that he was an innocent victim and had been forced by gunmen to rob the bank.
the delivery man robbed a bank.
capital associated industries, inc, (cai), the largest membership employers' association in the state, is working on a lobbying campaign to influence state lawmakers to vote against hs 1583, an act to give unions the ability to negotiate with state and local government.
cai lobbies against public employee unions.
lawyers and attorneys consumer advocate, marilyn santerre, has partnered with neekam company to create the lawyers 747 blog.
a legal eagle starts the lawyers 747 blog.
legal advantage is pleased to announce it has formalized a "customer bill of rights" designed to solidify legal advantage's continued commitment to its clients and ensure an enhanced customer experience in all aspects of its business and services.
legal advantage destroyed the "customer bill of rights".
the new neuro-cognitive therapy focuses upon attempting to train the brain to process incoming sensory stimulation in a more normal manner and consists of providing structured sensory information, within an environment which has been adapted to take account of the child's developmental difficulties.
a new therapy focuses upon children's developmental problems.
ayushveda presents an exclusive diet and fitness online magazine for all those fitness freaks out there. india's largest health portal recently announced the launch of the online magazine that is targeted towards a global audience.
india has a health portal where there is an online diet and fitness magazine.
for all of the western men out there looking for love, be happy international has developed a fantastic online solution. the company is a dating and marriage agency that brings russian women to western men online in an interactive online environment.
be happy international brings russian brides online.
the hydroxycut is a revolutionary product formulated by muscletech research & development, inc. the ingredients in hydroxycut have been shown in scientific studies to support thermogenesis and energy metabolism.
the ingredients in hydroxycut are natural.
if you are in need of a pair of affordable shoes, a mismatched pair of shoes or a single shoe in a certain style then kent basson has a deal for you. basson founded odd shoe finder.com on the internet to help people who need odd sized shoes or who are handicapped or injured.
basson has founded a site where you can buy an odd pair of shoes.
dr. mayra alfonso, a medical doctor, on her website http://www.freedogtrainingcd.com/ has provided the 'insider secrets' to train your dog with positive reinforcement, and avoid all those outdated negative dog training techniques that make your dog suffer.
having a well behaved dog without hiring a professional dog trainer is possible with the "insider secrets", a free site.
san francisco based craigslist foundation, along with more than 1,000 nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs, is scheduled to commandeer the nyu campus on august 16, 2008. craigslist foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by the creators of craigslist.org, provides free and low cost programs for nonprofit professionals and social entrepreneurs.
craigslist foundation gives free basic training for nonprofits.
the mission of national charity services is to provide logistical and managerial support to non-profits in order to help them to achieve maximum profitability from all fund raising efforts.
national charity services donates cars to help non-profit organizations.
the four pearls of beckstrand cancer foundation, which aims to improve and enhance the quality of life of children, teens and families struggling with cancer, today announced the launch of its new art therapy support group. the new program will teach adolescents with cancer how to better cope with their diagnosis and prognosis, and aid in their recovery.
four pearls of beckstrand cancer foundation launches a new adolescent art gallery.
zapanta learned that he might be able to sleep a little easier while he is at home, because the coalition to salute america's heroes, csah, the leading nongovernmental provider of emergency financial aid to severely wounded troops from the war on terror, and craftmatic® adjustable beds are donating a bed to the veteran, free-of-charge because of his service.
a veteran hopes that a bed donation will help him cope with restless nights.
make anything work was founded on one simple principle: to do everything possible to help entrepreneurs and small business owners beat the odds and build successful businesses. as part of that goal, make anything work holdings inc. has announced junior achievement of british columbia as the first recipient of their "make giving back work" program.
make anything work announces that no one will receive the "make giving back work" program.
dr. michael nobel never did introduce himself as chairman of the nobel family society which the organizers of nanotech had stated in their previous press-release. he clearly stated that he was the actual chairman of the nobel charitable trust foundation (which he in fact is) and proposed to make the announcement of these new awards in that name.
the nobel charitable trust foundation chairman prefers to introduce himself as chairman of the nobel family society.
another prominent republican has switched sides and joined the obama camp. mr. kaweske received the national republican business man of the year award in 2005 as well as served under the appointment of jeb bush on the florida development finance corporation.
kaweske opposes barrack obama for president.
political analyst earl ofari hutchinson says barack obama has to capture the votes of latinos for his democratic presidential bid in the march 4 texas primary.
latino voters are crucial for obama in texas.
hillary clinton, john mccain, barack obama and other presidential candidates are now prime targets to be pelted with tomatoes. now you can hurl a tomato at your favorite political pundit and score a direct hit for the republicans or the democrats.
people can pelt tomatoes at a presidential candidate.
transwide is glad to announce the launch of "marco", its ocean container transport execution module extension. "marco" allows you to completely process your container ocean shipments electronically, while reducing risk of miscommunication.
transwide officially launches "marco".
villacentre, the uk's leading direct specialist agent for unpackaged quality today announced plans to install new energy efficient air conditioning units throughout their portfolio of luxury villas. the air conditioning units will be fitted across 120 villas in france, spain and portugal. although the project is expected to cost 64,000 euros in total, the units will be installed at no cost to villa owners.
villacentre announces a e64,000 air conditioning investment to be paid by villa owners.
after two decades of serving happy clients in london, stretchlimos.co.uk has now expanded its limousine hire services to berkshire, buckinghamshire, hampshire, hertfordshire, middlesex & surrey.
stretchlimos.co.uk opens new branches in various counties to expand their uk presence.
worldwide industrial marketplace (wim), an e-commerce trade site for buyers and suppliers of industrial goods throughout asia and the middle east, announced last night the launch of its new water treatment equipment directory now available on the company's web site.
it was announced that new water treatment systems and equipment directory are to be sold door-to-door.
rhub communications, inc. (rhub) announced today that info security products guide, a silicon valley communications publication focusing on security-related products and technologies, has named rhub's turbomeeting 200 on-premise web conferencing appliance winner of the 2008 global product excellence in world's best software customer trust award. 
rhub turbomeeting 200 gains the highest trust of customers worldwide.
synchronica plc, an international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, has raised an additional usd 3.9 million to further fund its push into emerging markets with its mobile email and backup solutions.
synchronica brings 2008 funding to $7.5 million to capitalize on mobile email opportunities in emerging markets.
my global image llc, announces the future of online networking through video streaming technology with the launch of www.hellodemotour.com.
my global image llc is the new leader in online video streaming.
peter partridge is responsible for all communications and interactions with clients, helping them to maximise their use of soutron software solutions and to capitalise on their investment.
soutron introduces a new client manager position, held by peter partridge.
a mower which cuts the grass by itself is being marketed by a co. meath entrepreneur, patrick mccann. 
a mower cuts the grass 100% automatically.
apart from being a research tool, monkiri plans to make it a collaborative research tool and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site.
a new research tool can improve productivity online.
designed by xplane, the united nations children's fund (unicef), has published 'a world fit for us', an illustrated report for young people that details the state of, and progress around, some of the world's most pressing issues through the personal stories of 19 youth.
xplane has created an illustrated report for unicef.
pet owners and animal rescue organizations have discovered fundable.com as a way to generate funds for suffering dogs and cats. fundable.com is a web site that provides simple online fundraising tools.
a web site has been founded to provide fundraising tools to help sick pets.
two australian bishops have given catholic matchmaker nz permission to promote within their dioceses, with others considering the option. this means that australian single catholics may now search online for friends and a marriage partner.
catholic matchmaker nz expands to australia.
imgenex is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with dendritics sas (dardilly, france) to make their portfolio of highly characterized and validated monoclonal dendritic cell research antibodies available to researchers in north america and india.
imgenex is the exclusive north american distributor for dendritics.
imgenex is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with dendritics sas (dardilly, france) to make their portfolio of highly characterized and validated monoclonal dendritic cell research antibodies available to researchers in north america and india.
imgenex has announced it is no more the exclusive north american distributor for dendritics.
online pr and marketing firm pressreleasepoint reported major drop in revenue and traffic as a result of change in website ip address.
online pr loses business after a simple seo mistake.
radovan karadzic, the bosnian serb genocide criminal, went into a jail cell in the netherlands this morning awaiting trial on 11 charges of war crimes, after being whisked from belgrade to the hague in the middle of the night.
karadzic was extradited to the hague for war crimes, in particular for genocide.
barring last-minute changes, president thabo mbeki will visit zimbabwe today for crucial meetings with that country's main political parties and their leaders involved in power-sharing talks, in a bid to clear hurdles to a final agreement.
mbeki is on a mission in zimbabwe to clear talks hurdles.
the moderate earthquake that struck the los angeles area yesterday underscores the importance of preparation to prevent damage, death and injuries in the event of a bigger temblor, officials said.
a moderate quake in los angeles highlights the need for preparation.
the indictment of sen. ted stevens (r-alaska) on corruption charges tuesday throws into question his grip on a senate seat he has held for decades and offers democrats a chance to strengthen their hold on congress.
ted stevens will have to leave his senate seat.
several national restaurant chains were shuttered on tuesday, possibly offering an early taste of what's in store this year for businesses that depend on free-spending consumers whose budgets are now being squeezed.
restaurant chains close for a strike on tuesday.
several national restaurant chains were shuttered on tuesday, possibly offering an early taste of what's in store this year for businesses that depend on free-spending consumers whose budgets are now being squeezed.
restaurant chains close because diners reduce their spending.
investigators looking at whether an exploding oxygen bottle blew a large hole in the side of a qantas 747 said on wednesday part of a bottle burst into the plane's cabin and partly moved a door lock.
an oxygen bottle exploded in the qantas 747 cabin in the course of a terrorist attack.
a start-up led by former star google engineers on sunday unveiled a new web search service, cuil, that aims to outdo the internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing web surfing habits.
former googleers unveil a new search engine cuil.
a start-up led by former star google engineers on sunday unveiled a new web search service, cuil, that aims to outdo the internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing web surfing habits.
former googleers unveil a new search engine cuil, created with the technology stolen from google.
for the first time, a drug has shown promise for halting the progression of alzheimer's disease by breaking up the protein tangles that clog victims' brains.
a drug can treat alzheimer's.
a law that would bar fast-food restaurants from opening in south los angeles for at least a year sailed through the los angeles city council on tuesday. the council approved the fast-food moratorium unanimously.
the council bans new fast-food outlets in south l.a.
colorado health officials said they had found a salmonella-tainted jalapeno in the home of someone sickened in a recent outbreak of the food poisoning - a vital clue in tracking down the source of the illness.
colorado experts find salmonella in jalapeno.
a briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers has lost a law lords appeal against being extradited to stand trial in the us.
a hacker loses extradition appeal.
cruelty to animals is rising fast in britain's "affluent, throwaway society," the rspca said in a report on wednesday.
cruelty to animals is rising, because britain is a "throwaway" society.
barack obama met privately tuesday with a group of women leaders, seeking their endorsement and also raising a sore point - the issue of gender bias in his democratic primary fight with hillary rodham clinton.
obama meets with a group of women for ambiguous reasons.
after spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against senator barack obama, senator john mccain is beginning a newly aggressive campaign to define mr. obama as arrogant, out of touch and unprepared for the presidency.
mccain tries to define obama as out of touch.
after spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against senator barack obama, senator john mccain is beginning a newly aggressive campaign to define mr. obama as arrogant, out of touch and unprepared for the presidency.
mccain is defined as arrogant, aggressive and unprepared.
the prime minister of antigua says britain and the us are partly to blame for a spate of violent attacks that have "nearly overwhelmed" the caribbean island, including this week's shooting of a british honeymoon couple, benjamin and catherine mullany.
antiguan pm says britain and us must share the blame for the rise in violent crime.
federal immigration officials on wednesday revealed more details about an experimental program that will allow unauthorized immigrants to officially self-deport.
ice offers details about a self-deport program.
federal immigration officials on wednesday revealed more details about an experimental program that will allow unauthorized immigrants to officially self-deport.
now unauthorized immigrants will be able to officially deport their families.
smoking appears to have started a fire that caused $70 million in damage to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier george washington, based in norfolk, va., naval officials said.
two officers were relieved of duty after a fire on an aircraft carrier.
decades after the surgeon general first warned that cigarettes were a health hazard, the house of representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on wednesday that would for the first time give the food and drug administration the power to regulate tobacco products.
the house votes to regulate tobacco as a drug.
congress wants to blow the whistle on colleges that raise tuition sharply, while helping students pay less for textbooks and making pell grants available year-round - part of a wide-ranging bill designed to address concerns about rising college costs.
a wide-ranging bill aims to rein in college costs.
foreign students who miss more than 10 lectures in a row will be reported to the government under new plans to crack down on illegal immigration.
illegal immigration: foreign students who miss important lectures will be reported to their countries.
san juan college and texas a&m university-commerce have reached an agreement to jointly provide students with a bachelor's degree that can lead to a career in occupational safety.
san juan college offers a degree with texas a&m.
the cleaners grade meeting on friday 25th july agreed that we will need more strikes to win the strike demands for all cleaners.
cleaners will go on strike on friday.
the ontario dental association is applauding a health canada-commissioned report recommending lower levels of fluoride in drinking water.
it is recommended that fluoride levels be reduced in drinking water in ontario.
the irrigation department on wednesday stated that the current 20% water cut for pune city will continue till the water storage in the dams supplying water to the city reaches a level of 18 tmc.
the water cut will stay in place for almost 18 days.
aquacell water, inc announced today that it hasn't received a contract valued at $200,000 from the bureau of indian affairs (bia) to replace the arsenic removal media in six drinking water treatment systems built by the company.
aquacell water receives new funds from the bureau of indian affairs.
aquacell water, inc announced today that it hasn't received a contract valued at $200,000 from the bureau of indian affairs (bia) to replace the arsenic removal media in six drinking water treatment systems built by the company.
aquacell water hasn't received the contract because its price was too high.
local officials and the town engineer met tuesday with an engineering consultant who specializes in water systems to discuss how to correct the ongoing problem of the presence of total coliform bacteria in the town's water system.
portland is working to rid its water system of bacteria.
every year, haitians crowd into the basin of a sacred waterfall to relax and pray for a better future.
haiti's voodoo pilgrims pray for the future.
a top government scientist who helped the fbi analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the justice department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the los angeles times has learned.
the anthrax suspect was murdered in his home.
a top government scientist who helped the fbi analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in maryland from a murder, just as the justice department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the los angeles times has learned.
the anthrax suspect died in a violent murder.
cannons were fired and church bells rang out as the king of tonga was crowned monarch of the tiny south pacific nation today in a ceremony attended by royalty and political leaders from around the world.
cannons fire and bells ring out as the tongan king is crowned.
a man arrested over the theft of 3,000 blank passports and visas worth about £2.5m from a security van in greater manchester has been bailed.
a man was bailed over the passports theft.
gary mckinnon has vowed to take his case to the european court of human rights, after his appeal against extradition was rejected by the house of lords yesterday.
mckinnon vows to fight on.
police spokeswoman lenita alves said: "carlos has told us that he and cara argued on friday after she threatened to go to the police to accuse him of being a drugs trafficker."
carlos was a drugs trafficker.
a drunk teenager in a stolen luxury lexus smashed into a row of parked cars at 107mph, on the first time he'd ever driven.
a drunk teenager smashed a stolen car at 107mph.
a porsche driver was yesterday arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after crashing head-on with an open-top bus which toppled on to its side throwing passengers on to heathland in studland, dorset.
a porsche driver crashed into a bus because he was drunk.
india is set to clear one of the last three hurdles to its historic nuclear deal with the united states today when the international atomic energy agency (iaea) approves a mechanism to safeguard and inspect indian nuclear facilities.
india is set to clear a hurdle in a historic us nuclear deal.
china's military has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to safeguard the olympics from possible terrorist attacks, a senior officer said friday, saying the gravest danger came from muslim radicals in western china.
china is afraid of a terrorist attack.
scientists at harvard and columbia universities reported they had used skin cells from two patients, aged 82 and 89, with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, als or lou gehrig's disease, and were able to reprogram the cells into a type of adult stem cell, and from that into nerve cells.
scientists succeed in reprogramming stem cells.
from the polar bears of the arctic, to the grizzly bears of the rocky mountains, global warming has become a very real threat. now, a new web site by the name of bear planet (http://www.bearplanet.org) has launched with the goal of documenting bear habitats around the world.
global warming endangers bears.
"polar bears aren't the only species in danger," said spokeswoman gloria gaccio. "they're just the first species to show obvious signs of change. grizzly bears, black bears, panda bears... they all stand to lose habitat. our site aims to provide the latest information on them all."
grizzly bears aren't in danger.
as part of the granada theatre restoration design and construction team, steven handelman of steven handelman studios designed and manufactured all the decorative lighting for santa barbara's completely restored granada theatre, which opened in late february 2008.
steven handelman worked in the granada theatre.
"outer darkness" by jerry greene has achieved the impossible: an original and exciting debate of hell, death and darkness in the bible and beyond. outer darkness dissects and examines religious symbolism and translations to uncover the true meanings behind the words.
outer darkness gives a new interpretation of religious symbolism.
desert road publishing is pleased to announce the july 25 launch of david miguel estrada's story of cody luther, an aging country singer who cut short his career in the 1980's and left for mexico after his wife cheated on him with willie nelson.
desert road publishing debuts with 'you ain't no johnny cash'.
buy tickets from twosteptix.com to sports, theater, and concert events. we have a huge selection of cheap tickets for concerts, sports, and theater events, broadway, las vegas, and more.
twosteptix.com sells cheap tickets for concerts, sports, and theater events.
canada's insurance marketplace, released the results of its online quickpoll survey that asked visitors if they've ever tried to hide the fact they were in an auto accident from someone in their family. one per cent of kanetix.ca visitors said "yes", they've tried to hide a car accident from a family member.
16 per cent of drivers try to hide a car accident from a family member.
more than 47 million people in the united states are not covered by health insurance, despite the fact that it is practically a necessity in today's world. one of the primary reasons for the fact that so many people are uninsured is the fact that the cost of medical insurance is on the rise, and many people simply cannot afford it.
everyone in america has health insurance.
today, http://www.thecheckoutline.org - the first-ever online advice column for the terminally ill and those who are close to them - will appear with a bold new design and a new easily accessible forum for readers to discuss their own issues. launched by award-winning vanity fair contributing editor, judy bachrach, thecheckoutline.org has, within one month of its arrival, met with enormous critical acclaim and huge numbers of readers, many of them boomers writing in for advice.
thecheckoutline.org receives critical acclaim.
jbj is proud to introduce a superb collection of premium quality malachite and raw diamond unisex bracelets in aid of the diamond united state. this statement piece is now internationally recognized as a symbol of universal support for the american people. the design of the bracelet is a perfect representation of the beliefs and aims to "provide quality" its launch. the green malachite is symbolic of the care of the planet and, in fact, the americans continent and its natural and human resources.
jbj bracelets are made with green malachite.
even though they've been living millions of years on the chilean coasts, no one had studied them well enough. until now, where biologists at the university of concepcion (chile), allied with craig venter, are researching their potential, ranging from the production of ammonia and hydrogen to creating explosives and drugs. the chilean seafloor continues to exhibit its great potential. marine biologist phd victor ariel gallardo studies the genome of macrobacteria (beggiatoa spp.) and megabacteria.
chilean marine megabacteria could be the solution to some types of cancer.
statistics have shown that women who stay home and clean their homes with toxic cleaners have a 54% greater risk of getting cancer than those women who work and hire someone to clean their homes. the 15-year study concluded that this was a direct result of the increased exposure to toxic chemicals, many of which are found in common household products. "i know, because i am a cancer statistic," says nilsson. "i used those toxic chemicals to clean my home for years and i did get cancer".
a 15-year study concluded that toxic household chemicals are making us sick.
we are delighted to have opened our first care village at knightsbridge village in trim, county meath. knightsbridge village offers a choice of living options, from a residential care home with exceptional nursing care to houses and home for independent living. a new medical centre will provide on-site health care to residents.
knightsbridge village offers exceptional nursing care.
080808.com.my has created a pledge room for everyone to know that even small actions can contribute in helping planet earth. the environmental campaign aims to spread awareness of climate change affecting the world and how we can each play our part in preserving the environment. since its launch recently, it has successfully attracted hundreds of visitors from around the world to its site and to participate in its pledge room.
080808.com.my launches an environmental pledge campaign on climate change.
disaster activist, brenda calbert, has teamed up with neekam inc to create the rapid disaster response blog. readers can keep up with the latest news on florida disaster response, disaster response incident command, disaster response information, disaster response animal rescue and levels of disaster response.
an activist started a rapid disaster.
indian institute of technology, delhi is hosting india's premier start-up event proto.in on 18th and 19th of july. in its fourth edition, proto.in will witness a rare amalgamation of the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. in keeping with its mantra of being a platform for start-ups, proto.in has moved to a different level of experience altogether in this edition.
an event for indian entrepreneurial ecosystem will take place in july.
the dallas chapter of the american society for training & development (astd) offers their annual southwest learning summit and exposition (sls) this summer in texas. the learning summit portion provides presentations on new and effective training and development programs or other information relevant to leadership and human resource professionals. the exposition portion includes vendors who provide training classes, consulting, or learning and organizational development materials. 
texas hosts the annual southwest learning summit and exposition.
the party supply industry is a hot one today, and while many people think of the industry as one geared more towards children, pinatas.com has seen a huge increase in sales of adult party supplies. although many supplies geared towards children are offered, this party supply site offers a huge selection of adult party supplies as well, and adults appear to love it, as sales continue to increase for adult party supplies on the site.
children party supply sales increase at pinatas.com.
wealthbridge connect is hosting a live webex training session to help companies increase better sales profitability through increased awareness of the sales process. in this webinar, joel l anderson, wealthbridge connect co-founder and sales trainer, will explain how to identify the steps in the sales process that deliver real results; create intentional strategies and techniques in your sales plan to reach your desired outcome, and how to get access to a customized sales plan.
wealthbridge connect hosts a sales plan webinar.
shopping for jewelry at thejewelrydomain.com is truly a unique experience. the high quality images throughout the site illustrate each jewelry item to its finest detail. all jewelry items on the interactive website can be viewed in 360 degree angle, by clicking on the 360-rotation links that are found throughout the site.
jewelry buying is a unique experience at the jewelry domain.
export prices for both pine and eucalyptus wood chips have gone up substantially in 2008 in australia as a result of increased demand in japan and a tighter supply of wood chips throughout the pacific rim region, according to the wood resource quarterly.
wood chip export prices are higher in australia in 2008 as wood supply tightens around the pacific rim.
watchindia.tv is partnering up with the network of indian professionals (netip) to offer a new benefit to all netip members. now new and current netip members can subscribe to watchindia.tv and receive an additional 10% off regular price.
netip members get the best indian tv available.
in keeping with its mission to help entrepreneurs and business people become more successful, the sunday times enterprise network has joined forces with business tv provider yourbusinesschannel to deliver free, top level business video featuring advice and tips from the world's leading business experts and brands.
the sunday times audience will get top quality advice through business tv provider yourbusinesschannel.
john muritu is a successful internet marketer and the internet's most successful and remarkable coach, mentor and leader. john has been involved in the home-based business arena for 10 years during which he has been very successful helping clients build their online businesses. cruise to cash is without doubt today the internet's fastest growing opportunity.
top mentor john muritu endorses cruise to cash, a big business for internet users.
proposals to extend the dubai metro to neighbouring ajman are currently being discussed. the plans, still in the early stages, would be welcome news for investors who own properties in ajman.
dubai metro will be expanded.
opportunity: if you are over the age of 19 and would like to participate in a punk music video, please contact max agency by tomorrow at 3pm. 15 individuals will be chosen for a taping taking place wednesday may 21 for 4-5 hours.
the max agency talent audition follows model audition standards.
according to the new york times, in an ambush occurring jan. 19 in northern iraq, outside of baiji, a british man and an iraqi security guard were killed and a brazilian contractor was kidnapped. both of the men who died in the attack were working for janusian security risk management of london. the brazilian man, an engineer, was working for norberto odebrecht, south america's largest construction company. his identity was not revealed by the company.
an engineer was kidnapped in northern iraq.
according to the new york times, in an ambush occurring jan. 19 in northern iraq, outside of baiji, a british man and an iraqi security guard were killed and a brazilian contractor was kidnapped. both of the men who died in the attack were working for janusian security risk management of london. the brazilian man, an engineer, was working for norberto odebrecht, south america's largest construction company. his identity was not revealed by the company.
the new york times is financed by south america's largest construction company.
the channel's canadian roots were cut in 2000 when media mogul barry diller snapped up trio and sister channel news world international from the cbc and partner power corp. for $155 million in cash. diller saw the channel as a cheap consolation prize after he was outbid by nbc for the bravo cable network earlier that year. within months, diller rebranded trio, dumped the canadian dramas and geared it more toward edgier pop culture programming.
diller acquired the bravo cable network.
the united states senate has voted to accept president george w. bush's nomination of condoleezza rice as united states secretary of state. eighty-five senators voted to approve her accession while 13 opposed it. two senators did not vote. ms rice is expected to be sworn into office in the white house later this evening, with a more elaborate public ceremony on friday, and to begin her new role on thursday morning.
george w. bush is an opponent of condoleezza rice.
new zealand will hold a general election this year, most likely in september. the national party is trailing the governing labour party by about 14% in the polls, but last year it polled better than the labour party following a speech on race relations by don brash at the same location a year earlier. 
the national party is the leading party in new zealand.
new zealand will hold a general election this year, most likely in september. the national party is trailing the governing labour party by about 14% in the polls, but last year it polled better than the labour party following a speech on race relations by don brash at the same location a year earlier. 
the national party won the general election in new zealand.
north american movie box offices were dominated by universal pictures last weekend as two of its films, a comedy and a horror flick, together raked in a combined $52.6 million, more than half of the $98.3 all films made over the jan. 7 weekend, according to film tracking firm box office mojo.
universal pictures earned $52.6 million.
ex-british culture minister chris smith has lived with the hiv virus for 17 years, he has revealed to the sunday times. the former cabinet minister decided to go public after the former south african president nelson mandela announced his son makgatho mandela had died of aids.
ex-british culture minister suffers from aids.
a new report by the international federation of journalists (ifj) documents 129 cases where media workers have been killed because of their work during 2004. they expect the number to increase as more information reaches them. this could make 2004 the deadliest year ever. 49 casualties (close to 40%) occurred in iraq, making it by far the deadliest country for journalists. at least 20 of those appeared to be cases where journalists were directly targeted because of their profession.
49 media workers were killed in iraq in 2004.
a new report by the international federation of journalists (ifj) documents 129 cases where media workers have been killed because of their work during 2004. they expect the number to increase as more information reaches them. this could make 2004 the deadliest year ever. 49 casualties (close to 40%) occurred in iraq, making it by far the deadliest country for journalists. at least 20 of those appeared to be cases where journalists were directly targeted because of their profession.
ifj is based in iraq.
a 38 year-old man has been arrested by the customs and excise department of hong kong, for illegally distributing three copyrighted movies via bittorrent file-sharing technology. however, the suspect was not immediately charged, and investigations are still underway, according to the hong kong government. the law in hong kong allows for a sentence of up to four years in prison, and a us$6,400 fine per violation - defined as a single unauthorized copy of a protected work.
a 38 year-old man from hong kong was sentenced to four years in prison for illegally distributing three copyrighted movies.
newly revealed documents from the uk government have revealed that ugandan dictator idi amin offered his services as a mediator and peace broker during the 1970s in northern ireland. amin was eventually toppled in 1979 by ugandan dissidents and the tanzanian army. he died in 2003 in saudi arabia.
idi amin was a citizen of northern ireland.
newly revealed documents from the uk government have revealed that ugandan  dictator idi amin offered his services as a mediator and peace broker during the 1970s in northern ireland. amin was eventually toppled in 1979 by ugandan dissidents and the tanzanian army. he died in 2003 in saudi arabia.
the uk government supported idi amin.
despite japan's claims of sovereignty over the islands, china has begun to claim some of the region's valuable oil and natural gas deposits to help alleviate the shortages for china's growing economy. china recently allowed leased oil drilling to commence within the area that japan has declared as an "economic exclusion zone". the name of the island chain is disputed. the japanese refer to the islands as "sento shosho" or "senkaku retto," the people's republic of china (prc) and the republic of china (taiwan) call the island the same name. in prc's pinyin system, the names spells "diaoyu dao" and in roc's system "tiao yu tai."
japan is in dispute with china over sento shosho.
romney was elected in 2003, replacing jane swift, and his term ends in january 2007. if he does decide to run for the presidency, he will have ample time when the term ends. so far, romney has denied that he is running for president and may possibly change his mind and run for re-election. he also said that he would endorse his lieutenant governor, kerry healey if she decides to run for governor.
romney is a candidate to the presidency.
romney was also ceo of the salt lake organizing committee which was in charge of planning the 2002 winter olympics from 1999 to 2002. he took charge after the 2002 winter olympic bid scandal. he also sat on the board of massachusetts-based office supply giant, staples, inc.
romney holds shares of staples, inc.
the 15-year-old australian boy, charged on sunday night related to the alleged theft of a tram, faces another nine charges over prior incidents, bringing the total to 18 charges. the new allegations relate to theft of a bus, attempted theft of a train, and another incident with a tram. on monday he was also charged over an incident in which a tram was allegedly stolen from southbank on friday.
an australian boy is accused of stealing a bus.
the university of california, berkeley announced that one of its graduate students, michael park, rediscovered on may 24 the mount diablo buckwheat, a plant not sighted since 1936 and believed to have been extinct. found nearly 30 miles east of san francisco, park [aged 35] identified the small pink flowering plant said to resemble baby's breath during a routine visit to the mountain. he is currently pursuing his doctorate in integrative biology.
michael park is a biologist.
despite their relative size, aromanians have very little, if no, minority rights. in greece, for example, they are not recognised as a minority. in romania, where there are an increasing number of aromanians, many of them migrating from greece, macedonia and albania, they are often considered as romanians, because their language is partly mutually-intelligible with romanian and their culture is relatively similar.
greece is the native country of aromanians.
two new drugs used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been added to the australian pharmaceutical benefits scheme (pbs), health minister tony abbott announced today. the new drugs are risperdal consta, for the treatment of schizophrenia, and zyprexa, for the treatment of bipolar disorder.
tony abbott suffers from bipolar disorder.
larry robinson resigned as coach of the new jersey devils on monday afternoon because of stress-related health issues. devils president and general manager lou lamoriello will take over the coach position temporarily until the new coach would be brought "as soon as possible". 
robinson suffers from stress-related health issues.
the bill is in contrast to a different measure by ted kennedy (d-ma) and john mccain (r-az) submitted two months ago. the bill has republican co-sponsorship from jim kolbe and jeff flake, both from arizona where the porous us-mexican border is an issue.
jeff flake was born in arizona.
the new york radio station hot 97 has apologized after one of its djs played a song making light of the recent tsunami catastrophe in asia. the 'tsunami song' was played by 'miss jones' on the hip hop and r&b station's morning show earlier this month. miss jones and station management later apologised on-air.
miss jones works for hot 97.
police reported to the sandiganbayan, the anti-graft court investigating the former philippine president, and leaked to the press, that estrada had hosted members of his former cabinet for dinner and stayed overnight away from the hospital in which he is supposed to be confined. he is in hospital to undergo knee replacement surgery.
estrada was the president of the philippines. 
according to brazilian sports website gazeta esportiva, the kidnapping occurred the night of monday, march 21, in campinas, 83,5 km (51.88 miles) of são paulo. according to recent reports, three armed men kidnapped inês fidélis régis, the mother of rogério, who plays in sporting clube de portugal.
inês fidélis régis was kidnapped on march 21.
swift has three main instruments. the bat detects bursts and initiates the autonomous slewing to bring the xrt and the ultraviolet/optical telescope (uvot) within focus of the burst.
uvot is part of swift.
mlambo-ngcuka, a former school teacher, travelled to geneva, switzerland to work with the ywca. she returned to south africa in 1987 and assumed a leading role in the ecumenical action group and other anti-apartheid groups. she was later elected to parliament and appointed deputy trade and industry minister.
mlambo-ngcuka was a member of the south african parliament.
in 2003 mlambo-ngcuka publicly accused jacob zuma of corruption, though the case was never formalized due to insufficient evidence. her husband, former national director of public prosecutions bulelani ngcuka, investigated zuma and concluded that prima facie evidence of corruption existed.
mlambo-ngcuka is married to bulelani ngcuka.
the un in congo have said that four people may have been killed in kinshasa, but that is not yet confirmed. a journalist in the area saw bruised and bandaged protestors who said they had been beaten by police, and a local tv station broadcast images of a protester who they said had been shot dead. the station was raided shortly afterwards by police.
police killed a protester in congo.
unrest has been growing among the 60 million residents in congo - a former belgian colony - over delays to the first democratic elections to be held for forty years. the elections - which should have been held before last thursday - were agreed upon as part of a peace treaty that ended a five year civil war in 2003 - a war that had seen the deaths of four million people.
four million people died during the civil war in congo.
mahameed purchased about 80 photographs from the more well-known museum at yad vashem in jerusalem, site of israel's national memorial to the holocaust, located on the mount of remembrance. the newly enlarged israeli museum at yad vashem, opened march 15 with the attendance of president moshe katsav, replaced what was the world's first holocaust museum, established in 1972.
mahameed owns a museum in jerusalem.
fazio has stepped down after an investigation into his role in a controversial bank takeover. mario draghi is to fill his shoes. draghi's former job was managing director of the investment bank goldman sachs. draghi will serve a six year term under a new law that set term limits for the central bank's governor passed last week.
fazio worked for goldman sachs.
fazio has stepped down after an investigation into his role in a controversial bank takeover. mario draghi is to fill his shoes. draghi's former job was managing director of the investment bank goldman sachs. draghi will serve a six year term under a new law that set term limits for the central bank's governor passed last week.
mario draghi was appointed as governor of the central bank.
maximum sustained winds are reported at 175 mph (78 m/s). of great concern to new orleans officials is the predicted coastal storm surge of 18 to 22 feet above normal tide levels. destruction from flooding is expected since the city is situated below sea level.
new orleans is located below sea level.
the response of unionist politicians has been to accuse the police of brutal and heavy-handed tactics. hugh orde has praised the police for being "heroes", and suggested that no other police force in the uk, europe, and perhaps even the us has had to deal with such ferocity in a public order situation. unionists described the chief constable's comments as "inflammatory".
hugh orde belongs to the unionists.
a power outage in a large portion of los angeles, california occurred at approximately 13:00 pst (20:00 utc) on monday. reports from the los angeles department of water and power indicate that the incident was caused by a worker who accidentally cut a line. the outage caused a chain reaction that took out power to a large part of the city.
a worker caused a power outage in los angeles.
lithuania joined the european union in 2004, and like the other new member states, it is obliged to adopt the euro when it is ready. 
lithuania is a member of the european union.
prime minister of lebanon, omar karami, stepped down yet again thursday, april 14 after failing to reach a consensus in negotiations on candidates to fill key cabinet positions necessary for scheduled elections to take place in may. karami said he could no longer work with president emile lahoud.
emile lahoud is the president of lebanon.
during her visit, she participated in recording an episode of the egyptian arabic version of the sesame street television program. the muppet characters are similar to the u.s. version, but have arabic names, such as khokhah, a peach-colored little muppet girl. mrs. bush emphasized the importance of learning to read in her appearance, which is probably to be broadcast on the show's next season.
mrs. bush speaks arabic.
the inuit will become owners of 15,800 square kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. under the agreement the government of canada will transfer $140 million to the labrador inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.
the government of canada supports the labrador inuit.
kuwait becomes the fourth gulf country where women as well as men can vote in elections after bahrain, oman and qatar. saudi arabia holds strictly limited, male-only elections.
qatar women participate in elections.
kuwait's donation was followed by a $100 million donation from qatar, a small, u.s. friendly peninsula jutting out into the red sea.
kuwait has friendly relations with qatar.
the house of councilors, the upper house of the diet of japan, voted on the controversial bill that would have privatized the japanese postal service at around 1 p.m. (jst, utc +8) on monday, august 8. the bill was rejected by a slim margin - 108 for, 125 against, one abstention and two intentional absences - after a rebellion within the ruling liberal democratic party (ldp).
the house of councilors voted against a controversial bill.
annan praised the courage of the people and congratulated the independent election commission of iraq (ieci) and un officials for successfully running the poll.
annan is a member of the ieci.
pre-election polls had predicted that pro-business donald tusk, the leader of conservative-liberal party citizens' platform, would win the election.
donald tusk won the election.
kaczynski, nicknamed "the duck", will replace aleksander kwasniewski, who was ineligible to be elected again, as he was the president of poland for ten years.
kaczynski works for kwasniewski.
in the first turn kaczynski from law and justice party gained about 34% of votes, while his main rival attracted about 37% of polish society.
kaczynski is the leader of law and justice party.
in the first turn kaczynski from law and justice party gained about 34% of votes, while his main rival attracted about 37% of polish society.
37% of the polish society voted for kaczynski.
jp morgan was involved in a class action suit in 2002 which sought reparations for slavery from it and 17 other companies. the case was dismissed last year. the bank will establish a $5 million, need-based scholarship for african-american students in louisiana.
jp morgan is based in louisiana.
citizens bank and canal bank in louisiana, which were ultimately acquired by jp morgan, accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as collateral and took ownership of approximately 1250 between 1831 and 1865, according to a memo to employees from ceo and chairman william harrison and president james dimon.
jp morgan owns citizens bank.
citizens bank and canal bank in louisiana, which were ultimately acquired by jp morgan, accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as collateral and took ownership of approximately 1250 between 1831 and 1865, according to a memo to employees from ceo and chairman william harrison and president james dimon.
william harrison worked for citizens bank and canal bank.
he said that in order to fight the "dark forces" of islamic terrorism nato needs to take in like-minded nations such as australia, israel and japan and create a strategic association with regional powers such as india and colombia.
australia intends to join nato.
he said that in order to fight the "dark forces" of islamic terrorism nato needs to take in like-minded nations such as australia, israel and japan and create a strategic association with regional powers such as india and colombia.
islamic terrorists attacked australia, israel and japan.
allied command operations (aco) is in belgium and is headed by the supreme allied commander europe (saceur) who is always an american four star general with the dual role of heading u.s. european command as well. 
an american four star general is the head of aco.
on 18 october 2005 at 11 am, multi-guinness world record holder suresh joachim will attempt to break the world record for the longest time in a static cycling marathon. the current record is held jointly by niels rietveld and edwin snijders, both of the netherlands, who set the record at sports studio buiten in almere, netherlands. 
suresh joachim comes from the netherlands.
joachim's record attempts are used as fundraisers for the universal fund for suffering children.
joachim supports universal fund for suffering children.
spencer dryden was a member of jefferson airplane during the band's heyday. he replaced original drummer skip spence and played with jefferson airplane at the legendary woodstock and altamont rock festivals. 
skip spence was a member of jefferson airplane.
spencer dryden was a member of jefferson airplane during the band's heyday. he replaced original drummer skip spence and played with jefferson airplane at the legendary woodstock and altamont rock festivals. 
skip spence participated in the woodstock and altamont rock festivals.
spencer dryden, the drummer of the legendary american rock band jefferson airplane, passed away on tuesday, jan. 11. he was 66. dryden suffered from stomach cancer and heart disease.
spencer dryden died at 66.
flood warnings were issued from north okinawa to tokyo. rain amounts were predicted to be greater than 19 inches (483 millimeters) for kyushu, japan's third largest island, and some areas may receive as much as 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour. 
kyushu is located north of okinawa.
the typhoon knocked power and water out for thousands of homes and has so far claimed two lives, including one man struck by lightning.
two people were killed by the typhoon.
at the present time, the japanese imperial household has no male member under the age of 20; present law only allows male descendants to ascend to the chrysanthemum throne. the proposed solution would put princess aiko, the sole child of crown prince naruhito and crown princess masako in place as the most likely to inherit the position of monarch.
princess aiko is a member of the japanese imperial household.
janez janša, the prime minister of slovenia, will again serve as the president of the slovenian democratic party (sds) after he was reelected in a party congress held in portorož saturday. janša has been the leader of sds since 1993.
the prime minister of slovenia belongs to the slovenian democratic party.
on thursday, the ivorian rebel group forces nouvelles, responded to the south african mediator's wednesday testimony to the un security council by saying that south africa had become "discredited" by taking the side of ivorian president laurent gbagbo's government in abidjan.
forces nouvelles is based in abidjan.
special representative of the secretary-general to cote d'ivoire, pierre schori, expressed his support for the continued south african mediation and stated that conducting free and fair elections in cote d'ivoire was more important than sticking with the set dates.
pierre schori is a citizen of cote d'ivoire.
the wreck of the plane atr72 that fell into the sea near sicily, italy on august 6 has been recovered. one of the three people who were still missing from the accident was found, while there is yet no sign of the other two persons. 
three people died in a plane accident in italy.
the world summit on the information society, organized by the international telecommunication union, concluded on friday evening, november 18th, in tunis, the capital of the north african nation of tunisia.
the international telecommunication union is based in tunisia.
during the event, representatives from the global voices project were menaced by the tunisian police as they held their session on "expression under repression." speaking at the session were rebecca mackinnon, ethan zuckerman, nart villeneuve, taurai maduna, isaac mao, and hossein derakshan, among others.
rebecca mackinnon participates in the global voices project.
in spain, which saw attacks on madrid last year, the spanish government said it would help the uk "pursue the criminals who have carried out such a repugnant attack against a city that was celebrating its election as the host of the games of the xxx olympiad".
spain is in friendly relations with the uk.
mioara mantale was appointed yesterday as the new prefect of romania's capital bucharest. she is the first female prefect in the history of the city. 
mantale is the first female prefect of bucharest.
the choice of wolfowitz is raising controversy in europe and developing nations. known as hawkish and outspoken, wolfowitz was a pro-iraqi war neo-conservative in his role as deputy secretary of defense, and a chief architect in the build up to war with iraq.
wolfowitz approved of the iraqi war.
microsoft has made a name for itself in legal circles as a company that fiercely defends its trademarks and other intellectual property. with the choice of "vista," the tables may turn as it may face allegations of swiping another company's trademark.
vista is a microsoft trademark.
it appears the vista name has already been taken by another high-tech company, coincidentally also based in redmond. a few miles from the sprawling microsoft campus is vista incorporated, which has operated a small business internet interchange since it was founded by wall data founder, john wall in 2000. he was surprised by his larger neighbor's move.
vista incorporated is owned by microsoft.
bob rosenschein, answers.com's founder and ceo, told the media that wikipedia is "the most dynamic of over 120 content sources found in answers.com".
rosenschein is the owner of wikipedia.
bob rosenschein, answers.com's founder and ceo, told the media that wikipedia is "the most dynamic of over 120 content sources found in answers.com".
wikipedia is affiliated with answers.com.
the wikimedia foundation, the mother organization of the popular wikipedia encyclopedia, and answers.com, a search engine company, announced a new partnership.
the wikimedia foundation is a partner of answers.com.
"hubble is in year 14 of a planned 15-year mission," the official said. "trying to send a robotic mission to extend that time period would be a $2 billion gamble with taxpayer dollars where the odds are 80-20 that it would fail."
hubble mission was planned to take 15 years.
"hubble is in year 14 of a planned 15-year mission," the official said. "trying to send a robotic mission to extend that time period would be a $2 billion gamble with taxpayer dollars where the odds are 80-20 that it would fail."
to extend the hubble mission would cost $2 billion.
the white house eliminated funding for a service mission to the hubble space telescope from its 2006 budget request and directed nasa to focus on deorbiting the spacecraft at the end of its life, according to government and industry sources.
the white house will finance a service mission to the hubble space telescope.
the white house eliminated funding for a service mission the hubble space telescope from its 2006 budget request and directed nasa to focus on deorbiting the spacecraft at the end of its life, according to government and industry sources.
nasa destroyed the hubble space telescope.
wells fargo has a long term goal of deriving around 25% of its revenue from investments and insurance; currently it derives around 15 percent of its revenue from this. the purchase of barclays global investor would significantly move wells fargo toward achieving this goal.
wells fargo trades in investments and insurance.
james gilchrist, a former marine and a retired accountant from aliso viejo, arizona, who ran the sign-up effort, said he expected more than 1,000 volunteers to help highlight the 30-day effort.
james gilchrist worked as an accountant.
the abuse of children aged between six months and 12 years took place in a poor and deprived area of the western french town of angers.
angers is located in france.
by analysing the code of the zotob worm, as well as its derivative works, law enforcement officials have found that three internet gangs were involved in the creation of the worm. farid essebar, aka 'diab10', the 18 year old who wrote the worm, as well as others, like mytob, was a member of the gang '0x90-team'. the other gangs, 'blackcarder' and 'metalhit', wrote some of the variants of zotob and mytob.
farid essebar created the zotob worm.
by analysing the code of the zotob worm, as well as its derivative works, law enforcement officials have found that three internet gangs were involved in the creation of the worm. farid essebar, aka 'diab10', the 18 year old who wrote the worm, as well as others, like mytob, was a member of the gang '0x90-team'. the other gangs, 'blackcarder' and 'metalhit', wrote some of the variants of zotob and mytob.
blackcarder is an internet gang.
the other of the two men arrested four days ago was 21 year old attila ekici. turkish officials say that he was paid by essebar to distribute zotob.
attila ekici worked for essebar.
albert wing iii deployed his parachute and caught an updraft when the left wing of a dhc-6 twin otter propeller plane struck him. he managed to control his descent and land near the deland airport, about 40 miles north of orlando.
albert wing iii was killed in a parachute accident.
albert wing iii deployed his parachute and caught an updraft when the left wing of a dhc-6 twin otter propeller plane struck him. he managed to control his descent and land near the deland airport, about 40 miles north of orlando. he was airlifted to a hospital where he later died.
albert wing iii was injured in a parachute accident.
today he was eulogised by fellow politicians, including baroness margaret thatcher, who succeeded heath after he was ousted from the conservative party leadership in 1975.
margaret thatcher was appointed as leader of the conservative party.
sir edward heath, prime minister of the united kingdom from 1970-1974 and leader of the conservative party from 1965-1975, has died at his home in salisbury just a week after his 89th birthday.
heath died at the age of 89.
the hudson valley mall in kingston, new york, u.s. is under lockdown after at least one man entered the building and opened fire. the mall is located about 90 miles north of new york city.
kingston is found 90 miles north of new york city.
charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted blake due to lack of evidence. he was also charged with two counts of soliciting to have his wife bonnie lee backley killed.
blake is suspected of commissioning his wife's murder.
charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted blake due to lack of evidence. he was also charged with two counts of soliciting to have his wife bonnie lee backley killed.
bonnie lee backley was murdered by her husband.
charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted blake due to lack of evidence.
blake was condemned for the murder of his wife.
charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted blake due to lack of evidence. he was greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters outside the courthouse. the star of the television series crushed out one of his trademark cigarettes and spoke to the gathering.
blake was tried for the murder of his wife.
charged with murdering his wife, the jury acquitted blake due to lack of evidence. he was greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters outside the courthouse. the star of the television series crushed out one of his trademark cigarettes and spoke to the gathering.
blake starred in a television series.
in may, denver underwent quadruple bypass surgery, and was subsequently diagnosed with cancer. he died of complications from his cancer treatment at wake forest university baptist hospital in north carolina.
denver died in may.
denver gained popularity on dobie gillis, playing the title character's best friend, a beatnik. the show, which ran for four years, was denver's first major acting role.
denver was an actor.
after the cancellation of gilligan's island, bob denver starred in dusty's trail, a clone of gilligan's island, set in a wagon train in the old american west. it was also created by sherwood schwartz, the creator of gilligan's island and other sitcoms like the brady bunch.
dusty's trail was created by schwartz.
after the cancellation of gilligan's island, bob denver starred in dusty's trail, a clone of gilligan's island, set in a wagon train in the old american west. it was also created by sherwood schwartz, the creator of gilligan's island and other sitcoms like the brady bunch.
bob denver starred in the brady bunch.
vladimir putin has relieved from power admiral vladimir kuroyedov, the head of the russian navy. this comes a month after an incident where 7 russian sailors became trapped in a submarine, and had to be rescued with help from abroad.
vladimir kuroyedov was fired by putin.
admiral kuroyedov was in charge of the navy during the kursk disaster of 2000, in which 118 sailors died when their submarine sank. kuroyedov is being replaced by vladimir masorin, who was previously serving as the chief of staff for the russian navy.
kuroyedov caused the kursk disaster.
admiral kuroyedov was in charge of the navy during the kursk disaster of 2000, in which 118 sailors died when their submarine sank. kuroyedov is being replaced by vladimir masorin, who was previously serving as the chief of staff for the russian navy.
vladimir kuroyedov succeeds vladimir masorin.
admiral kuroyedov was in charge of the navy during the kursk disaster of 2000, in which 118 sailors died when their submarine sank. kuroyedov is being replaced by vladimir masorin, who was previously serving as the chief of staff for the russian navy.
118 sailors were killed in a submarine sinking.
roy e. disney, son of company co-founder roy o. disney and nephew of the company namesake walt disney, had resigned from his job as chairman of feature animation at the company after experiencing difficulty with the company's board of directors, many of whom were biased towards company ceo michael eisner's view of what direction the company should take.
the walt disney company was established by roy o. disney.
roy e. disney, son of company co-founder roy o. disney and nephew of the company namesake walt disney, had resigned from his job as chairman of feature animation at the company after experiencing difficulty with the company's board of directors, many of whom were biased towards company ceo michael eisner's view of what direction the company should take.
roy e. disney is related to walt disney.
large scores of disney fans had hoped roy would read the disneyland dedication speech on the theme park's fiftieth birthday next week, which was originally read by walt on the park's opening day, but roy had already entered an annual sailing race from los angeles to honolulu.
disneyland theme park was built fifty years ago.
large scores of disney fans had hoped roy would read the disneyland dedication speech on the theme park's fiftieth birthday next week, which was originally read by walt on the park's opening day, but roy had already entered an annual sailing race from los angeles to honolulu.
disneyland is located in honolulu.
zapatero visited the following cities in four days: brasilia, são paulo, buenos aires and santiago de chile. according to official sources these visits are the last part of the project he began at the eu-latin american summit in guadalajara, mexico and pursued in the ibero-american meeting in costa rica in november.
zapatero visited costa rica.
the myall creek massacre is particularly important in australian history, as it marks the first time that europeans were charged and convicted of murdering aborigines.
myall creek is found in australia.
the myall creek massacre is particularly important in australian history, as it marks the first time that europeans were charged and convicted of murdering aborigines.
europeans were killed by aborigines.
some argued that boyd, who had an i.q. of 77, should not have been executed. the cutoff for mental retardation in some states, a mitigating factor in some capital cases, is an i.q. of 75. boyd never denied his guilt, but said he couldn't remember killing anyone and didn't know why he did it.
boyd was acquitted of murder charges.
despite the encouraging promises, the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in indonesia chief, michael elmquist, warned that logistics of securing the funds, purchasing supplies and shipping them to stricken regions will take time, possibly weeks.
michael elmquist works for the un.
in an abrupt about-face, the world's wealthiest nations have begun pouring funding into the earthquake/tsunami damaged region. promised funds have doubled in the past 24 hours, to nearly 2 billion u.s. dollars (usd).
the world's wealthiest nations support a region damaged by an earthquake and tsunami.
according to the who, "the dramatic symptoms of marburg haemorrhagic fever and its frequent fatality are resulting in a high level of fear, which is further aggravated by a lack of public understanding of the disease." the incurable, though not always fatal, disease is passed on by contact with bodily fluids, including spit and blood. victims bleed to death.
there is no cure for the marburg fever.
chinese protests against the publication of a japanese government textbook continued for a second day in china, (sunday) as an estimated three thousand protesters marched on the japanese consulate in guangzhou.
protests against japan took place in china.
chinese protests against the publication of a japanese government textbook continued for a second day in china, (sunday) as an estimated three thousand protesters marched on the japanese consulate in guangzhou.
guangzhou is located in japan.
tim longhurst, one of the organizers, said that the rally showed the true nature of sydney as a tolerant city.
tim longhurst is a citizen of sidney.
one sydney blogger criticised the rallies because they focused on racism against minority groups such as lebanese, instead of racism in general.
rallies against racism took place in sydney.
sanchez originally planned an appeal against the ban, but decided against it. he denies taking any performance enhancing drugs and blames the positive test on over-the-counter vitamins, muscle relaxants and protein shakes that he takes, but has not identified any specific medications as of yet.
sanchez was banned for taking performance enhancing drugs.
in their annual report on human rights amnesty international secretary general, irene khan, said "guantanamo has become the gulag of our time." in this 308-page report, they also called for the united states to shut down the guantanamo prison.
irene khan criticizes the united states over guantanamo.
in their annual report on human rights amnesty international secretary general, irene khan, said "guantanamo has become the gulag of our time." in this 308-page report, they also called for the united states to shut down the guantanamo prison.
irene khan approves of the guantanamo prison.
while the raids were done, the parts of the hague with the primary buildings of the dutch government were sealed from outside because of security concerns.
the dutch government is based in the hague.
the protests had been called by the anti-war assembly of the 2005 world social forum, an annual conference of the alternative globalization movement which took place in porto alegre, brazil in january 26-31, and were supported by coalitions from all over the world. the london protest was organised by the stop the war coalition.
the stop the war coalition is based in london.
massey energy co., the fourth largest coal producer in the u.s., filed a federal lawsuit against the governor of west virginia, joe manchin. massey's ceo don blankenship alleged that gov. manchin acted in retaliation against the company's coal mining operations because the company spent $650,000 in an advertising campaign to defeat the governor sponsored pension bond proposal.
massey energy co. approves of the pension bond proposal sponsored by gov. manchin.
the lawsuit, filed by massey energy co. in the u.s. district court in the w.v. southern district, was referred to by gov. manchin as having less to do with the bond proposal than with the newly increased state "severance tax" on coal. nearly 40 million tons of coal production will be subject to the 56-cent tax. according to blankenship, that tax amounts to $22.4 million in additional costs for the company, but he denied the increase has anything to do with the lawsuit.
massey energy co. pays $22.4 million of additional tax.
several customers found that the screens of their brand new ipod nano mp3 players were cracking and scratching easily. according to tyler hall the creator of http://www.nanoscratch.com, his ipod nano was scratched within 30 minutes of use in the pocket of his shirt.
the ipod nano mp3 player was created by tyler hall.
apple computer has formally acknowledged that the screens on some of its new ipod nano units are prone to scratching and cracking. the company has agreed to replace units with a cracked screen free of charge.
the ipod nano is produced by apple computer.
apple also updated its emac line of computers targeted at the education market. the two new systems both have a 1.42ghz powerpc g4 and start at $799usd.
new apple computers cost 799usd.
the syrian catholic archbishop of mosul, basile georges casmoussa, aged 66, who was abducted by unidentified gunmen yesterday afternoon, was released earlier today and is now back in his home. casmoussa was born in iraq and has been archbishop of the syrian catholic rite in mosul since 1999.
the syrian catholic archbishop was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
yesterday palestinians fired rockets into israeli territory, injuring two people. in response, israeli troops mounted raids into the gaza strip, killing eight palestinian terrorists.
eight palestinian terrorists were killed by israeli troops.
just seven days after the election of the new palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, israeli prime minister ariel sharon has ordered his military today to perform a new crackdown on palestinian militants in response to another set of attacks on israelis.
mahmoud abbas has been elected as the palestinian leader.
gelitin, a group of artists from vienna, has erected a pink bunny measuring 200 feet in length (about 60 metres) on the side of a northern italian mountain. the artwork, titled "hase" (which translates simply as "hare"), is located at a height of 1600m on the mountain colletto fava, close to bar la baita, above the village of artesina, piemonte, italy.
hase is a work by gelitin.
gelitin, a group of artists from vienna, has erected a pink bunny measuring 200 feet in length (about 60 metres) on the side of a northern italian mountain. the artwork, titled "hase" (which translates simply as "hare"), is located at a height of 1600m on the mountain colletto fava, close to bar la baita, above the village of artesina, piemonte, italy.
gelitin are the owners of bar la baita.
cryptome.org, a us-based website, has published a list of 74 individuals claimed to be members of the british "secret intelligence service", mi6. many are serving members of the uk foreign office, including 18 ambassadors. the leak of a similar list in 1999 led to the prosecution of a former mi6 agent, richard tomlinson. the source for this latest leak is referred to only as "a".
mi6 consists of 74 members.
cryptome.org, a us-based website, has published a list of 74 individuals claimed to be members of the british "secret intelligence service", mi6. many are serving members of the uk foreign office, including 18 ambassadors. the leak of a similar list in 1999 led to the prosecution of a former mi6 agent, richard tomlinson. the source for this latest leak is referred to only as "a".
richard tomlinson was accused of leaking a mi6 member list.
cryptome.org, a us-based website, has published a list of 74 individuals claimed to be members of the british "secret intelligence service", mi6. many are serving members of the uk foreign office, including 18 ambassadors. the leak of a similar list in 1999 led to the prosecution of a former mi6 agent, richard tomlinson. the source for this latest leak is referred to only as "a".
richard tomlinson was a member of the british secret intelligence service.
cryptome.org, a us-based website, has published a list of 74 individuals claimed to be members of the british "secret intelligence service", mi6. many are serving members of the uk foreign office, including 18 ambassadors. the leak of a similar list in 1999 led to the prosecution of a former mi6 agent, richard tomlinson. the source for this latest leak is referred to only as "a".
"a" is the author of a list of mi6 members.
new figures released last week by the irish department of education show a surprising secondary school dropout rate in ireland. the retention rates report released by education minister mary hanafin shows that just 77.8% of the 64,000 students who began their secondary education in 1996 completed the leaving cert in 2001/2002.
77.8% of irish students leave school before completing the leaving cert.
a bus collision with a truck in uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured.
30 were killed in a road accident in uganda.
a bus collision with a truck in uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured. the bus, which was heading for nairobi in kenya, crashed in the kabale district of uganda near the rwandan border.
nairobi is situated near the rwandan border.
the end result says that 61.6% of the dutch people voted against the european constitution, while 38.4% voted for the constitution. turnout was unexpectedly high, at 62.8%, more than the last three elections. the 'no' vote follows a similar vote in france last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister jean-pierre raffarin.
france rejected the european constitution.
the end result says that 61.6% of the dutch people voted against the european constitution, while 38.4% voted for the constitution. turnout was unexpectedly high, at 62.8%, more than the last three elections. the 'no' vote follows a similar vote in france last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister jean-pierre raffarin.
the "no" vote caused raffarin's resignation.
the end result says that 61.6% of the dutch people voted against the european constitution, while 38.4% voted for the constitution. turnout was unexpectedly high, at 62.8%, more than the last three elections. the 'no' vote follows a similar vote in france last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister jean-pierre raffarin.
raffarin was a member of the french government.
the former u.s. president said that, before the conference, he had a talk to president băsescu about marketing. clinton said that băsescu wants to launch romania's image as "the new tiger of europe", making an allusion to romania's solid economic growth and political progress in the past few years.
clinton is a former u.s. president.
a black a-level student from huyton, merseyside, england has been murdered with an axe in what police have called a racist crime. a hooded white man in his 20s directed a torrent of racist abuse at anthony walker who was at a bus stop outside the huyton park pub where walker waited with his white girlfriend and cousin. the three walked away from the racial abuse without retaliating, but a gang of up to four white men caught up with them as they crossed mcgoldrick park. mr. walker's girlfriend and cousin ran to get help. when they returned, they found mr. walker on the ground with an axe embedded in his skull. he died at 0525 bst on saturday 28 july 2005.
anthony walker died on 28 july 2005.
the christian university was established by his grandfather, the evangelist bob jones sr., in 1927. it has been the subject of much controversy because of its racial policies and anti-catholicism.
bob jones sr. was opposed to catholicism.
an explosion today in makhachkala, in the russian region of dagestan killed one and wounded five others, police say.
makhachkala is part of dagestan.
three separate explosions have been reported in zahedan, a city in southeast iran near the afghan and pakistani borders.
iran borders on afghan and pakistan.
university of california berkeley scientists confirmed on wednesday that a cluster of fossilized bones found in silicon valley are likely the remains of a mammoth.
remains of a mammoth were discovered in silicon valley.
university of california berkeley scientists confirmed on wednesday that a cluster of fossilized bones found in silicon valley are likely the remains of a mammoth.
fossilized mammoth bones were discovered by university of california berkeley scientists.
a hardy new strain of a deadly bacterium that has killed 12 elderly patients and infected 300 others in a british hospital may have been imported from either the united states or canada. the new variant of clostridium difficile, which causes severe diarrhea, broke out 18 months ago at stoke mandeville hospital, and it's speculated that the bacteria might have been brought in by either an american or canadian patient to the hospital's famed spinal-injuries unit. 
stoke mandeville hospital is located in the united states.
willie walsh started as a cadet for aer lingus at the age of 17, later becoming a captain of the airline. in 1998, he became the chief-executive of the airline's charter subsidiary furtura, and later in 2000 chief finance officer.
furtura is owned by aer lingus.
willie walsh started as a cadet for aer lingus at the age of 17, later becoming a captain of the airline. in 1998, he became the chief-executive of the airline's charter subsidiary furtura, and later in 2000 chief finance officer.
willie walsh held a top position in furtura.
correspondent toby harnden and photographer julian simmonds were put on trial for violating zimbabwe's "access to information and protection of privacy act". the act requires all journalists in zimbabwe to obtain accreditation from the state media commission. the two are also accused of breaking immigration laws by overstaying their visas.
toby harnden is accused of breaking immigration laws.
until this may, whiteley had never missed presenting an edition of the show. countdown was the first programme to be broadcast on the new channel 4 when it began broadcasting in 1982.
whiteley was a channel 4 presenter.
until this may, whiteley had never missed presenting an edition of the show. countdown was the first programme to be broadcast on the new channel 4 when it began broadcasting in 1982.
whiteley started working for channel 4 in 1982.
metrorex, the operator of the bucharest metro in romania's capital, has signed a us$144 million contract with bombardier for the delivery of 20 additional six-car metro trains for the network.
metrorex bought 20 trains from bombardier.
metrorex, the operator of the bucharest metro in romania's capital, has signed a us$144 million contract with bombardier for the delivery of 20 additional six-car metro trains for the network.
bombardier is based in romania.
the city centre of bucharest, the capital of romania, is set to get a major facelift due to a real estate project called the esplanade, which will be constructed by trigranit development corporation. the total investment in the project will be greater than 800 million euro and aims to build a modern commercial pedestrian area in downtown bucharest.
the esplanade will cost more than 800 million euro.
in 1991, a single sentence during the leadership debate catapulted the then-obscure b.c. liberal party from no seats for more than a decade to official opposition with 17 seats. in the current election, three television stations plan to broadcast the event live.
b.c. liberal party gained 17 seats in the 1991 election.
carole james is a newcomer in the leadership role of the ndp. she was elected in 2003 and aims to restore the party to power after they suffered an embarrassing defeat. in 2001, the ndp went from government to opposition with only two seats.
ndp won the 2001 election.
capitalizing on a split in the ruling party, the liberals took power in the 2001 election with 77 of 79 assembly seats.
the liberals won the 2001 election.
some critics have opposed miers' nomination, noting that she has never served as a jurist or argued a case before the supreme court. the white house in response noted that neither the late judge william rehnquist nor 35 other past supreme court nominees had judicial experience before being named to the court.
miers was nominated as a member of the supreme court.
california governor arnold schwarzenegger has denied clemency for gang founder stanley "tookie" williams, a death row inmate in california convicted of four murders in 1979.
stanley williams was sentenced to death.
the world leader in bluetooth wireless communication technology, cambridge silicon radio ltd., announced today their acquisition of the software organisation ubinetics for a sum of 48 million us dollars.
ubinetics was bought by cambridge silicon radio ltd.
canada pulled out of a trade conference with the iranian government after discussions surrounding the alleged torture and death of photo-journalist zahra kazemi fell through. the move comes after accusations by canada that a canadian journalist, kazemi, was savagely attacked in iran.
kazemi was an iranian citizen.
canada pulled out of a trade conference with the iranian government after discussions surrounding the alleged torture and death of photo-journalist zahra kazemi fell through. the move comes after accusations by canada that a canadian journalist, kazemi, was savagely attacked in iran.
canada is in dispute with iran.
cassini first arrived in saturn orbit july 1, 2004, releasing the huygens titan probe on december 25, 2004 which landed on titan january 14, 2005.
the huygens probe reached titan on january 14, 2005.
the cassini-huygens mission is a cooperative project of nasa, the european space agency and the italian space agency.
nasa collaborates with the italian space agency.
the discharged employees were: betsy west, senior vice president and overseer of cbs news primetime programs, josh howard, executive producer, mary murphy, senior cbs broadcast producer and mary mapes, program producer.
mary murphy was fired by cbs.
a malaysian woman and her three year old daughter were released from villawood detention centre on bridging visas yesterday after media coverage in australia and malaysia. naomi long, who recently turned three, was born in the centre. her mother, virginia long, was detained after trying to leave australia on a false passport four years ago.
virginia long is of malaysian origin.
433 soldiers of the regiment "los angeles" went missing thursday on the los barros range in southern central chile, close to argentine border, approximately 600 km southeast of the capital of santiago.
433 soldiers died on the los barros range.
china's first manned space mission happened in october 2003, in which the shenzhou v spaceship circled the earth fourteen times and landed safely by parachute on the northern plains of china.
shenzhou v was launched in october 2003.
australia's immigration detention centre on christmas island in the indian ocean has been reopened to detain a group of seven indonesian asylum seekers. the department of immigration, multicultural and indigenous affairs (dimia) said four men, one woman and two infants from west timor were taken from darwin to the remote detention facility, 2,600km north-west of perth on november 17.
christmas island is situated 2,600 km north-west of perth.
some republican congressmen who had voted for the war have since stated that they believe the war was a mistake. for example, walter jones, the coiner of the phrase "freedom fries", is now the most vociferous opponent on capitol hill.
walter jones is a republican congressman.
china's mines, many of them illegal, are considered the world's most dangerous. more than 6,000 miners died in accidents in china last year, according to previously released government figures. other independent estimates put the real figure at around 20,000.
6,000 mine accidents happened in china last year.
recently venezuela said colombian authorities illegally invaded venezuelan territory and kidnapped farc adviser rodrigo granda (also known as ricardo gonzalez). colombia said that colombian forces captured granda inside colombian territory.
rodrigo granda is a venezuelan citizen.
recently venezuela said colombian authorities illegally invaded venezuelan territory and kidnapped farc adviser rodrigo granda (also known as ricardo gonzalez). colombia said that colombian forces captured granda inside colombian territory.
ricardo gonzalez is affiliated with farc.
common sense advisory, inc., an independent business globalization, internationalization, and localization and translation research and consulting firm, announces the release of its list of the top 20 language service providers (lsps) and its estimate of the size of worldwide translation and software localization market.
common sense advisory owns 20 lsps.
at a u.s. house armed services committee meeting, former cia director woolsey talked about the 18.5 billion dollar bid by the government-backed china national offshore oil corporation (cnooc) for the purchase of unocal corporation.
cnooc acquires unocal corporation.
at a u.s. house armed services committee meeting, former cia director woolsey talked about the 18.5 billion dollar bid by the government-backed china national offshore oil corporation (cnooc) for the purchase of unocal corporation.
woolsey is a member of the u.s. house armed services committee.
in the court hearing, cunningham admitted to accepting "bribes in exchange for performance of official duties" between "the year 2000 and june of 2005", taking "both cash payments and payments in kind" and following up by "trying to influence the defense department".
cunningham was convicted of bribery.
in the court hearing, cunningham admitted to accepting "bribes in exchange for performance of official duties" between "the year 2000 and june of 2005", taking "both cash payments and payments in kind" and following up by "trying to influence the defense department".
cunningham was a defense department employee.
the federal investigation against cunningham was triggered by his sale of his california residence to defense contractor mitchell wade in late 2003. however, wade never moved in and sold the house at a $700,000 loss three quarters of a year later.
mitchell wade paid $77,000 for cunningham's residence.
the koreans oppose the wto's aim to lower trade barriers for agricultural imports, saying such moves will flood the korean market with cheap rice and bankrupt korean farmers.
the koreans approve of a wto proposal.
fidel alejandro castro ruz (born august 13, 1926) has led cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of july movement, he helped overthrow the dictatorship of fulgencio batista and turn cuba into the first communist state in the western hemisphere.
fulgencio batista belonged to the communist party.
fidel alejandro castro ruz (born august 13, 1926) has led cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of july movement, he helped overthrow the dictatorship of fulgencio batista and turn cuba into the first communist state in the western hemisphere.
castro was born in cuba.
last year verisign's gateway business processed $40 billion in transactions. it is expected to generate an additional $100-million revenue for ebay in 2006.
verisign earned $40 billion last year.
last year verisign's gateway business processed $40 billion in transactions. it is expected to generate an additional $100-million revenue for ebay in 2006.
ebay earned $100-million in 2006.
the cloned calves were created using cells from the ear of a nine year old cow. both clones are healthy, and are being monitored by embrapa researchers.
embrapa researchers cloned two calves.
negotiations between microsoft and the commission broke down in march 2004 and the company was subsequently fined a record € 497 million (us$ 613 million) for its breaches of eu competition law.
microsoft earned €497 million in 2004.
commander leroy chiao and flight engineer salizhan sharipov have just completed their mission's first space walk aboard the international space station. the mission lasted 5 hours, 28 minutes, ending at 1311 utc. the two astronauts, working in russian space suits, performed a variety of tasks.
leroy chiao and salizhan sharipov are russian astronauts.
there has been an explosion at the formosa plastics plant in point comfort, tx. residents have been advised to shelter in place. point comfort is about 25 miles south-east of victoria, tx.
there was an explosion about 25 miles south-east of victoria.
construction worker tom demartini, who was sitting in his truck outside the ralph lauren store, stated he saw the sidewalk rise up six or seven inches. "it sounded like a big poof, then there was a lot of smoke," demartini said. "one woman looked like she was badly burned."
tom demartini works for a ralph lauren store.
fires are raging in new orleans following a series of explosions along the waterfront. the cause of the blasts is not known. a chemical reaction with the rising waters is one possibility. one official has stated that the explosions took place at a chemical storage facility near the riverfront a few miles south of the french quarter.
the french quarter is situated in new orleans.
one person was killed and five others were injured when a youth hurled a bomb concealed in a book at a court in central chandpur district. the injured included court officials.
court officials were wounded in a bomb attack.
mr. brown, who came under intense pressure for government failures to provide timely assistance to disaster victims of hurricane katrina, was ordered back to washington and relieved of his duties in the gulf states. his immediate fema role now will be for its national administration.
brown is in charge of fema.
the company affected by this ban, flour mills of fiji, exports nearly us$900,000 worth of biscuits to vanuatu yearly.
vanuatu imports biscuits from fiji.
the memorandum came in a series of agreements between chinese premier wen jiabao and indian prime minister manmohan singh, during jiabao's state visit to india april 9-12 at singh's invitation.
the indian prime minister invited the chinese premier to visit india.
henan province is located in east-central china, as shown in the above map. it is china's most populous province, with over 96 million residents, mostly mandarin-speaking han chinese.
most people in east-central china speak mandarin.
luoyang, one of china's seven ancient cities, is located in the central plain of china in the valley of the yellow river. the longmen grottoes (or longmen caves), another historic site containing thousands of buddhist sculptures, are located a few kilometers south of there.
the longmen grottoes are situated south of luoyang.
the white horse temple is a site of historic importance to buddhism. constructed almost 2,000 years ago in ad 68, the temple is the location first used to introduce buddhism to china from india. two buddhist monks from india, kasyapa matanga and dharmaranya, are said to have originally resided there.
kasyapa matanga and dharmaranya were of chinese origin.
the white horse temple is a site of historic importance to buddhism. constructed almost 2,000 years ago in ad 68, the temple is the location first used to introduce buddhism to china from india. two buddhist monks from india, kasyapa matanga and dharmaranya, are said to have originally resided there.
the white horse temple was founded by kasyapa matanga and dharmaranya.
the government of congo and the united nations world health organization have announced a quarantine of the etoumbi and mbomo districts. they are monitoring 84 suspected cases in the two regions. jean-vivien mombouli, adviser to the congolese ministry of health, pointed out the individuals may not actually have the virus; only one confirmed case of ebola has been diagnosed thus far.
jean-vivien mombouli has been diagnosed with ebola infection.
in 2004 afghanistan, india, and pakistan cut their number of polio cases by 45%. in 2005 the goal is to cut the number of cases by 100%.
the number of polio cases rose in afghanistan, india and pakistan.
honduras has similarly criticised flores, saying that central america had previously decided to back a consensus candidate, something that flores is not.
honduras approves of flores.
morales ran on a campaign of restoring coca farming in bolivia, in spite of the united states' program to wipe out coca growing (in an effort to reduce the cocaine business). morales is an aymara indian and former coca farmer himself.
growing coca is illegal in bolivia.
morales' left of center policies, especially his support for the coca industry will likely not make him a popular latin american figure for the bush administration in the united states, who might be afraid of a closer alliance between morales, hugo chávez in venezuela, fidel castro of cuba, and even the more moderate but still left-of-center luiz lula da silva of brazil.
the bush administration supports morales.
estonia's internet boom has also been due in part of government policy. the government now wants to use the 450 mhz band to create a new digital wireless network that would cover the entire country. edvard saarma, the chief of the communications department at the economy ministry, said that, "in principle, this will be like a large wi-fi network that will cover all of estonia."
internet is wide-spread in estonia.
estonia is outstripped only by denmark, the netherlands, belgium, sweden, finland and france, and thus ranks 7th in the 25-member european union in terms of broadband internet penetration.
denmark ranks higher than estonia in terms of broadband internet penetration.
a world war ii fighter pilot, ezer weizman led the formation of the israeli air force which played a decisive role in israel's wars with arab nations. he left the military and began his political career in 1969, going on to help found the likud party, serving as defense minister, was closely involved in the camp david accords and the treaty with egypt, and advocated negotiations with the palestinians.
ezer weizman was an israeli defense minister.
weizman was a nephew of israel's first president, chaim weizmann, and was himself elected in 1993 on the dovish labour ticket.
weizmann belonged to the labours.
weizman was a nephew of israel's first president, chaim weizmann, and was himself elected in 1993 on the dovish labour ticket. his funeral was held on april 26, 2005.
weizmann died in 2005.
britain has been in an increased state of vigilance since last thursday's attack with fifty security alerts on the tube according to metro newspaper and the evacuation of birmingham city centre on saturday night.
there was an attack on the tube.
the federal bureau of investigation is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the building of a new $1.5 billion "skyway" portion of the san francisco-oakland bay bridge, according to a recently published report. the bridge spans the san francisco bay between oakland and yerba buena island.
the san francisco-oakland bay bridge costs $1.5 billion.
a fire monday night in a theatre in beni suef, egypt, has killed at least 32 and injured a similar number. the fire was started during a performance when a candle on the set was knocked over by an actor and the curtains were set alight.
an actor died in a fire.
a fire monday night in a theatre in beni suef, egypt, has killed at least 32 and injured a similar number. the fire occurred on the third day of a nine-day theatre festival in the farming community, 120 km from cairo, which featured groups from all over egypt.
a nine-day festival was held in beni suef, egypt.
a fire monday night in a theatre in beni suef, egypt, has killed at least 32 and injured a similar number. the fire occurred on the third day of a nine-day theatre festival in the farming community, 120 km from cairo, which featured groups from all over egypt.
beni suef is an egyptian farming community.
brown university professor horatiu nastase has written a paper detailing calculations that suggest that a fireball created in the relativistic heavy ion collider at brookhaven national laboratory in upton, new york, may have been a black hole.
horatiu nastase is employed at brookhaven national laboratory.
some village names akin to those in northern abkhazia, the motherland of laz, show remnants of pelasgi and thracians, the population of anatolia and hellas, prior to the indo-europeans.
pelasgi and thracians are indo-european populations.
fifty people rioted in sydney, australia, when about 20 protesters yelled insults at voters leaving the center, setting off the melee. voting organizers said the protesters were wahhabis, members of a sect of sunni islam associated with militants in iraq.
wahhabis are of iraqi origin.
rabies is a disease that has no cure and nearly everyone it infects is dead just two weeks after the symptoms show. and yet, last week a teenage girl named jeanna giese was released from a hospital having been successfully treated. she became the first known person to recover from the disease without vaccination.
jeanna giese died of rabies.
detroit red wings defenseman jiri fischer was hospitalized monday night after suffering a seizure while on the bench during an ice hockey game in detroit. he is listed in stable condition. late in the first period in a game against the nashville predators at joe louis arena, fischer collapsed on the bench.
red wings played against the nashville predators.
detroit red wings defenseman jiri fischer was hospitalized monday night after suffering a seizure while on the bench during an ice hockey game in detroit. he is listed in stable condition. late in the first period in a game against the nashville predators at joe louis arena, fischer collapsed on the bench.
joe louis arena is located in detroit.
the national anti-hail program was launched in 2000 and is due to be finalized in 2014. it seeks to better protect those areas of the country that are most affected by hail. the project needs investment of 10.9 million new lei (3 million euro), half of which have already been allocated, according to the project's co-coordinator, stancu samoila.
the national anti-hail program is coordinated by stancu samoila.
five prisoners were beheaded and got their heads exhibited by the rioters during a violent riot in the "zwinglio ferreira" prison, located in presidente vencesla, brazil.
five people were killed in a brazilian prison.
five prisoners were beheaded and got their heads exhibited by the rioters during a violent riot in the "zwinglio ferreira" prison, located in presidente venceslau, brazil. according to nagashi furukawa, the secretary of the administration of the prison, the rebellion originated because of prisoners who were contrary to the criminal organization (pcc). the supporters of pcc killed their opponents.
nagashi furukawa was born in brazil.
former sudanese rebel leader john garang was sworn in as vice president of sudan as part of the agreement ending the second sudanese civil war.
john garang held the position of sudanese vice president.
former sudanese rebel leader john garang was sworn in as vice president of sudan as part of the agreement ending the second sudanese civil war.
john garang led the rebels during the second civil war.
as well as the vice presidency, garang will have control over the autonomous southern region of sudan.
garang comes from the southern region of sudan.
but scott sullivan, the ex-chief financial officer of the company and key prosecution witness, directly linked ebbers to the fraud. 
scott sullivan is accused of fraud.
but scott sullivan, the ex-chief financial officer of the company and key prosecution witness, directly linked ebbers to the fraud. 
scott sullivan was a colleague of ebbers.
american millionaire and adventurer steve fossett and his co-pilot mark rebholz are planning to recreate john alcock and arthur whitten brown's historic first non-stop transatlantic flight of 1919. following the original route, the pair hope to leave lester's field in newfoundland, canada next weekend and fly to clifden on the west coast of ireland.
john alcock and arthur whitten brown flew from canada to ireland.
two u.s. soldiers were also killed in baghdad and two wounded when their patrol was attacked with a car bomb.
a car bomb attack occurred in baghdad.
head of the majority union for a popular movement (ump) party, nicolas sarkozy, comes as a second-in-command as minister of the interior, with the honorific rank of minister of state.
nicolas sarkozy was appointed as minister of the interior.
head of the majority union for a popular movement (ump) party, nicolas sarkozy, comes as a second-in-command as minister of the interior, with the honorific rank of minister of state.
sarkozy belongs to the ump.
it is public knowledge that villepin and sarkozy consider each other a dangerous political rival with respect to the 2007 presidential election, and they are widely said to loathe each other.
villepin is in friendly relations with sarkozy.
mr. hsieh, the 59-year-old mayor of taiwan's second largest city, kaohsiung, is a close ally of mr. chen and will be expected to closely carry out the president's agenda.
hsieh supports mr. chen's agenda.
mr. yu and the entire 20-member cabinet resigned monday to allow president chen shui-bian to reshuffle the cabinet, after his party's coalition lost parliamentary elections last month.
chen shui-bian's party was defeated in parliamentary elections.
the pro-independence policies of president chen and his democratic progressive party have angered beijing, which considers taiwan a breakaway province.
taiwan is a province submitted to beijing.
the pro-independence policies of president chen and his democratic progressive party have angered beijing, which considers taiwan a breakaway province.
beijing supports chen's pro-independence policies.
beijing has threatened a military attack if the taiwan independence is declared. the two sides split amid civil war in 1949 when the communists established the people's republic and the nationalist party, or kuomintang, moved the original government to taiwan where they maintained the republic of china, which beijing regards as defunct. president chen maintains there are two countries.
the republic of china's capital is taiwan.
beijing has threatened a military attack if the taiwan independence is declared. the two sides split amid civil war in 1949 when the communists established the people's republic and the nationalist party, or kuomintang, moved the original government to taiwan where they maintained the republic of china, which beijing regards as defunct. president chen maintains there are two countries.
the communists founded the people's republic and the nationalist party.
beijing has threatened a military attack if the taiwan independence is declared. the two sides split amid civil war in 1949 when the communists established the people's republic and the nationalist party, or kuomintang, moved the original government to taiwan where they maintained the republic of china, which beijing regards as defunct. president chen maintains there are two countries.
the republic of china was established by the nationalist party.
beijing has threatened a military attack if the taiwan independence is declared. the two sides split amid civil war in 1949 when the communists established the people's republic and the nationalist party, or kuomintang, moved the original government to taiwan where they maintained the republic of china, which beijing regards as defunct. president chen maintains there are two countries.
taiwan has been independent since 1949.
he was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray. he called for help, but the policemen on guard outside the nearby czech embassy did not react.
boltanski was assailed by czech policemen.
always mercurial in defeat, kasparov lost his final game in tournament play in a stunning upset by veselin topalov of bulgaria.
topalov defeated kasparov.
always mercurial in defeat, kasparov lost his final game in tournament play in a stunning upset by veselin topalov of bulgaria.
kasparov was of bulgarian origin.
rewe also announced that, over the next few years, it intends to open a total of 50 penny market and xxl mega stores in romania. rewe already operates 14 several highly-successful billa supermarkets throughout romania, mainly in large cities, as well as 8 selgros stores. the total value of the company's investment in romania is around 200 million euro.
rewe is based in romania.
german retail corporation rewe plans to open several penny market discount stores in romania in the middle of this year.
rewe is based in germany.
despite being more valuable than time warner, which is worth $78bn, google's annual sales amount to less than a 13th of the far more diversified and traditional media giant. google's revenues are $3.2bn a year versus the $42bn a year that time warner generates.
google costs less than time warner.
despite being more valuable than time warner, which is worth $78bn, google's annual sales amount to less than a 13th of the far more diversified and traditional media giant. google's revenues are $3.2bn a year versus the $42bn a year that time warner generates.
google is a subsidiary of time warner.
ebay's stock valuation dipped more than 2% on the news. paypal currently accounts for one-fifth of the company's revenues.
ebay's stock valuation went down by more than 2%.
the largest search engine on the web, google receives over 200 million queries each day through its various services.
google operates on the web.
gorbachev, leader of the soviet union from 1985 to 1991, has been credited with ending the cold war. as soviet leader, he implemented wide-ranging political and economic reforms. however, his reforms have been blamed for inadvertently causing the dissolution of the ussr in 1991.
gorbachev was a ussr leader.
an omega spokesman toby gascon said of greenpeace, "they have now demonstrated that their real agenda is to put omega out of business, even if it means risking the safety of omega's fishermen."
toby gascon belongs to greenpeace.
mr. margulies says mr. habib needs medical treatment for chronic physical and mental conditions he suffers from his incarceration.
incarceration causes chronic physical and mental conditions.
mr. habib was detained by coalition forces in afghanistan three weeks after the september 11 attacks on the world trade center in new york, on suspicion of having links to osama bin laden and the al qaeda terrorist group.
habib participated in the september 11 attacks.
fathiya barghouti rheime, a 30-year-old high school teacher, and mother of two, was one of the seven hamas mayors elected in the gaza strip.
a woman was elected mayor of gaza.
fathiya barghouti rheime, a 30-year-old high school teacher, and mother of two, was one of the seven hamas mayors elected in the gaza strip.
a woman won mayor election in the gaza strip.
harvard university's fourth ranked women's hockey team crimson lost to the first-ranked minnesota gophers, 4-3, after a close title match where harvard was coming from behind all game.
minnesota gophers defeated the harvard university women's hockey team.
malaysia's environment minister, adenan satem, and commodities minister, peter chin, will meet with indonesia's forestry minister and officials from its environment ministry in medan, according to malaysian media.
medan is in malaysia.
boeing's vice president for expendable launch systems, dan collins, said that the rocket malfunction was caused by a shorter first stage burn than was expected.
dan collins works for boeing.
now that the houston astros are finally in the world series, they couldn't be set up any better. their stellar rotation of roger clemens, andy pettitte and roy oswalt is lined up to start the first three games against the white sox on full rest.
the houston astros play the white sox.
politicians, associations and citizens took part in the gathering, set up by the communist newspaper il manifesto, sgrena's employer.
sgrena works for il manifesto.
politicians, associations and citizens took part in the gathering, set up by the communist newspaper il manifesto, sgrena's employer.
sgrena is a member of the communist party.
with recovery from katrina still under way, hurricane ophelia has now cut power to nearly 81,000 homes and businesses on the eastern coast of north carolina.
hurricane ophelia reached north carolina.
a small category 1 hurricane, with top wind speeds of 85 mph (136 kmph), ophelia is nearly stalled in its current position in north carolina and, in the words of another resident, laurie garner, "it just beat us and beat us and beat us."
laurie garner resides in north carolina.
the probe was named after dutch astronomer christiaan huygens, who discovered titan in 1655.
christiaan huygens was the inventor of the probe.
huygens, the european built titan exploration probe, ended its seven-year voyage today when it landed on the surface of the second largest moon in the solar system at 11:38 a.m. utc. the probe, which the european space agency (esa) began developing 17 years ago, has worked well with only minor system failures.
huygens was built by esa.
around ten suspected muslim militants took part in the fifteen minute long attack in the early hours of sunday morning, leaving the 76-year-old monk, kaew panjapetchkaew, with his throat cut.
kaew panjapetchkaew was a muslim monk.
dr. jayant patel, an indian-born u.s. citizen, is being linked to at least 87 deaths over the course of two years. a government inquiry has recommended he be charged with murder and negligence causing harm.
jayant patel killed 87 people.
toni hoffman, the nurse who called dr. patel's surgical record to attention in march, said, "we'd taken to hiding patients. we just thought, 'what on earth can we do to stop this man?'"
toni hoffman worked for dr. patel.
the queensland state inquiry has recommended dr. patel be charged with the murder of james edward phillips, a cancer patient, who died five days after dr. patel removed a part of mr. phillips' esophagus, despite the fact that mr. phillips had been refused surgery because his chances of survival were slim.
edward philips died of cancer.
currently, dr. patel's whereabouts are unknown, though there's been speculation that he's returned to his former home in portland, oregon.
patel was born in portland, oregon.
this is not the first time al jazeera has crossed paths with governments in the middle east. iraq and saudi arabia currently do not allow the channel to operate within their borders.
al jazeera's headquarters are in saudi arabia.
the 'suspension' comes after arab iranians protested in the city of ahvaz. the iranians claim that al jazeera incited the protests.
al jazeera is based in ahvaz.
the helicopter went down at 1:20 a.m. local time near rutbah, about 355 km west of baghdad, while conducting security operations. the aircraft was transporting personnel from 1st marine division.
personnel from 1st marine division were killed near rutbah.
shiite, kurdish and sunni leaders issued a communiqué which calls for a pullout timetable for the u.s.-led coalition forces and also calls the insurgency "legitimate".
shiite, kurdish and sunni leaders back the insurgency.
outgoing prime minister iyad allawi of iraq escaped an assassin's bomb around 11pm local time on wednesday night.
iyad allawi was killed by a bomb.
the bomb was set off by the attacker from a pickup truck loaded with tnt and mortar rounds, after police opened fire at him.
the attacker was killed by the police.
a political party has formed in australia to represent muslims. the best party of allah issued a press release on september 5 announcing that they would seek registration in the australian capital territory.
the best party of allah is based in the australian capital territory.
"we acknowledge that as australian citizens, we will abide by its civil laws and the rule of law. and as believers in allah we also have a commitment to the rule of allah's laws in our personal lives," mr. kennedy said.
mr. kennedy is an australian citizen.
another palestinian man is in a critical condition after being shot in the chest. the man, from the rafah refugee camp, was shot near the israeli settlement of atzmona. the israeli army, which has a garrison in atzmona, is looking into the incident.
a palestinian refugee has been shot by the israeli army in atzmona.
another palestinian man is in a critical condition after being shot in the chest. the man, from the rafah refugee camp, was shot near the israeli settlement of atzmona. the israeli army, which has a garrison in atzmona, is looking into the incident.
the rafah refugee camp is located near atzmona.
two israeli motorists escaped uninjured in the west bank today after coming under fire from palestinian gunmen.
palestinian gunmen shot at two israeli motorists.
jetblue flight 292, en route to new york's jfk airport from burbank, california, encountered nose gear malfunctions shortly after takeoff.
the jetblue flight 292 crashed down shortly after takeoff.
jerry reinsdorf helped the white sox win the 2005 world series and, in the process, collected his seventh championship ring overall (the first six were all with the bulls in the 1990s), becoming the third owner in the history of north american sports to win a championship in two different sports.
jerry reinsdorf is the owner of the white sox.
they named themselves for saint joan of arc. the brigade began with 17 women, but soon grew to 135 members. its mission was to obtain money, weapons, provisions, and information for the combatant men; they also cared for the wounded. 
the saint joan of arc brigade assisted the wounded.
nival was founded in 1996 by sergey orlovskiy. in early 2005, the company was bought by ener1 group, a florida-based holdings company, for around us$10 million.
sergey orlovskiy sold nival for us$10 million.
nival was founded in 1996 by sergey orlovskiy. in early 2005, the company was bought by ener1 group, a florida-based holdings company, for around us$10 million.
nival is based in florida.
white was approached by harry m. miller to work on a screenplay for voss, but nothing came of it.  
white wrote a screenplay for voss.
cauty eventually called himself aaa (aka triple-a, advanced acoustic armorments) and experimented with low-frequency weapons that he bought from the british ministry of defence. 
cauty was a weapon dealer.
maler realized the importance of publishing his investigations, but had somewhat mixed success. the peabody institute of harvard university arranged to publish his reports starting in 1898.  
maler was a member of the peabody institute.
michelin owned the citroën company from 1934 until 1976, and used the traction avant as the test bed for their radial tyres.  
michelin founded the citroën company in 1934.
michelin owned the citroën company from 1934 until 1976, and used the traction avant as the test bed for their radial tyres.  
michelin invented radial tyres.
preem palver is a fictional character, part of the foundation series by the sci-fi writer isaac asimov.  
isaac asimov invented preem palver.
he was born in lima, peru to a successful lawyer. boris emigrated to the united states in 1964, where he currently resides.
boris holds american citizenship.
despite the encouraging promises, the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in indonesia chief, michael elmquist, warned that logistics of securing the funds, purchasing supplies and shipping them to stricken regions will take time, possibly weeks.
michael elmquist lives in indonesia.
ecb spokeswoman, regina schueller, declined to comment on a report in italy's la repubblica newspaper that the ecb council will discuss mr. fazio's role in the takeover fight at its sept. 15 meeting.
regina shueller works for italy's la repubblica newspaper.
meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a time journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a western print publication since his election as president of iran earlier this year, ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of iran's nuclear activity to the un security council by the us, france, britain and germany.
ahmedinejad was attacked by the us, france, britain and germany.
the chaotic situation unleashed in bogota last night, with the assasination of justice carlos valencia, began on 28 july in medellin, when motorized paid assasins murdered third public order judge maria elena diaz.
justice carlos valencia was killed on 28 july.
he met u.s. president, george w. bush, in washington and british prime minister, tony blair, in london.
washington is part of london.
sunday's earthquake was felt in the southern indian city of madras on the mainland, as well as other parts of south india. the naval meteorological office in port blair said it was the second biggest aftershock after the dec. 26 earthquake.
the city of madras is located in southern india.
a powerful bomb, hidden in a truck, exploded outside the headquarters of colombia's secret police, wednesday, causing severe damage, bogota mayor andres pastrana said.
an attempt on andres pastrana's life was carried out using a powerful bomb.
muslims make up some 3.2 million of germany's 82 million people, and turks represent two thirds of the minority.
82 million people live in germany.
a.c. milan is in second place with 13 points, after two first-half goals from captain paolo maldini earned them a 2-1 victory over reggina. 
paolo maldini plays for reggina.
on 12 august, the san carlos battalion came across mines placed in their path and one soldier was killed while two were seriously injured. meanwhile on 10 august, urban commandos took a patrol car by surprise and dropped a grenade inside the car, injuring four and partially destroying the vehicle.
four people were injured by a grenade.
during that time, wilson received the best-play tony award for "fences," plus best-play tony nominations for six of his other plays, the pulitzer prize for both "fences" and "the piano lesson," and (a record) seven new york drama critics' circle prizes.
wilson was awarded the pulitzer prize.
muslims make up some 3.2 million of germany's 82 million people, and turks represent two thirds of the minority. 
3.2 million muslims live in germany.
"the capacity people have to adjust and make peace with a new situation, even if they feel vulnerable, is really remarkable," said randy quevillon, chair of the psychology department and the disaster mental health institute at the university of south dakota.
randy quevillon is employed at the university of south dakota.
meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a time journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a western print publication since his election as president of iran earlier this year, ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of iran's nuclear activity to the un security council by the us, france, britain and germany.
ahmadinejad attacked the un security council.
arsenal sneaked a 1-0 victory over birmingham at highbury, taking advantage of stephen clemence's own-goal in the 81st minute.
arsenal lost to birmingham.
on 12 august, the san carlos battalion came across mines placed in their path and one soldier was killed while two were seriously injured. meanwhile on 10 august, urban commandos took a patrol car by surprise and dropped a grenade inside the car, injuring four and partially destroying the vehicle.
a patrol car was attacked by the san carlos battalion.
bogota, 4 may 88 - the dissemination of a document questioning colombia's oil policy, is reportedly the aim of the publicity stunt carried out by the pro-castro army of national liberation, which kidnapped several honorary consuls, newsmen, and political leaders.
several honorary consuls were kidnapped on 4 may 88.
the fmln has prudently taken time before adopting a definite position, meanwhile the government has increased its detentions and attacked the residences of leaders of the social christian people's movement.
social christian people's movement was attacked by fmln.
"a force majeure is an act of god," said attorney phil wittmann, who represents the new orleans saints and owner tom benson's local interests.
phil wittmann works for tom benson.
co-producing the film is happy madison, the company owned by sandler, who has been a compatriot of schneider's since they met early in their careers, as mutually struggling stand-up comedians in los angeles.
happy madison works for the company owned by sandler.
although they were born on different planets, oscar-winning actor nicolas cage's new son and superman have something in common - both were named kal-el.
nicolas cage's son is called kal-el.
with washington hinting it might soften its tough stance to break the deadlock, top us negotiator, christopher hill, said the two sides needed to review the situation.
christopher hill works for the us. 
jean-claude trichet, the european central bank president, made it clear, on wednesday, that he would oppose unwarranted political attempts to remove antonio fazio: the bank of italy governor, engulfed in controversy over his handling of bank takeover bids.
antonio fazio works for the bank of italy.
the assassins of former defense minister enrique lopez albujar trint are presumably members of the maoist terrorist organization, shining path, since the counterterrorism division has identified one of them as gerardo olivos silva, through a composite made from witness' reports.
gerardo olivos silva is a member of the maoist terrorist organization shining path.
linda johnson, who lives with her husband, charles, and two cats in a rented one-bedroom apartment in san francisco's mission district, said katrina has made her realize she needs to gather together, in one accessible place, her scattered disaster supplies.
linda johnson is married to charles.
mexico city (mexico), 12 jan 90 (dpa) - salvadoran social democratic politician hector oqueli colindres was kidnapped today, in guatemala city, along with guatemalan social democratic leader gilda flores, his party, in mexico city, reported.
hector oqueli colindres comes from el salvador.
from joss stone to keith richards to sting, the artists joining les on the rock-charged album share one clear common bond: les paul is one of their most respected and beloved mentors.
eric clapton is in business with les paul.
japan's toshiba corp. announced tuesday that it has developed the first laptop computer with its new hd dvd drive: a next-generation disc format it is promoting over a rival standard pushed by sony corp.
toshiba corp.'s headquarters is in japan.
tilda swinton has a prominent role as the white witch in "the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe", coming out in december.
tilda swinton plays the part of the white witch.
patricia amy messier and eugene w. weaver were married may 28 at st. clare roman catholic church in north palm beach.
eugene w. weaver is the husband of patricia amy.
fmln reports to our people, and to the people of the world, that the massacre against the salvadoran workers national union federation [fenastras] was carried out by colonel elena fuente, as the head of the morbid death squad of the army's 1st infantry brigade, in response to our military attack on the army staff.
fenastras was attacked by fmln.
two new les paul books arrive in stores this year: the les paul legacy by rob lawrence is due from hal leonard publishing on october 27.
rob lawrence works for the les paul legacy.
farabundo marti national liberation front's [fmln] urban commandos have denied reports they participated in an attack on vice president-elect francisco merino's home.
farabundo marti national liberation front is accused of an attack on merino's home.
the human rights promotion and protection secretariat of the fmln strongly condemns the massacre of five spanish-born jesuit priests, and three salvadoran citizens, carried out by the salvadoran armed forces soldiers.
the salvadoran armed forces soldiers murdered three salvadoran citizens.
jack straw, the foreign secretary, will meet his brazilian counterpart, celso amorim, in london today.
jack straw is a partner of celso amorim.
the watchdog international atomic energy agency meets in vienna on september 19. 
the international atomic energy agency holds a meeting in vienna.
police sources stated that during the bomb attack involving the shining path, two people were injured.
two people were wounded by a bomb.
although they were born on different planets, oscar-winning actor nicolas cage's new son and superman have something in common - both were named kal-el.
nicolas cage's new son was awarded an oscar.
olson, 62, previously worked as a partner at ernst & young llp, as a minnesota bank president and as a congressional aide, before joining the fed board in 2001, to serve a term ending in 2010.
olson is a member of the fed board.
valero energy corp., on monday, said it found "extensive" additional damage at its 250,000-barrel-per-day port arthur refinery.
valero energy corp. is the owner of port arthur refinery.
he said that his daughter was told that clark had been cited to general sessions court.
clark is employed at general sessions court.
although schneider's father, marvin, died of complications from diabetes only two weeks after "deuce bigalow" was released, his filipino mother pilar continues to live in pacifica.
pilar is the mother of schneider.
meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a time journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a western print publication since his election as president of iran earlier this year, ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of iran's nuclear activity to the un security council by the us, france, britain and germany.
ahmadinejad is a time magazine journalist.
hinostroza's children told police that four hooded individuals broke into the house and shot their mother after having insulted her.
hinostroza's children attaked their mother with a gun.
valero energy corp., on monday, said it found "extensive" additional damage at its 250,000-barrel-per-day port arthur refinery.
valero energy corp. caused damages to port arthur refinery. 
steve jobs was attacked by sculley and other apple executives for not delivering enough hot new products and resigned from the company a few weeks later.
steve jobs worked for apple.
the memo, written by marc allen connelly (who was general counsel to the funeral services commission at the time) and sent to dick mcneil (the bush-appointed chairman of the funeral commission) stated that connelly "received information" from texas state officials that two of the funeral commissioners worked for sci.
dick mcneil was an employee of bush.
a russian soyuz spacecraft docked with the international space station, after a two-day flight from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan.
soyuz spacecraft were built by russia.
but according to dr. williams, other members of the panel have championed other ideas, for example, that planets should be larger than 2,000 kilometers (or about 1,250 miles) in diameter (pluto is about 1,500 miles).
the diameter of pluto measures 1,500 miles. 
an afghan interpreter, employed by the united states, was also wounded.
an interpreter worked for afghanistan.
the chaotic situation unleashed in bogota last night, with the assasination of justice carlos valencia, began on the 28th of july in medellin, when motorized paid assasins murdered third public order judge maria elena diaz.
justice carlos valencia was killed in colombia.
fernandez, of fema, was on scene when martin arrived at a fema base camp before going to the hospital.
fernandez works for fema.
as a result, peptic ulcer disease has been transformed from a chronic, frequently disabling condition to one that can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and other medicines.
antibiotics are used against peptic ulcer.
alan mulally, boeing's head of the unit, said at the start of the strike that it may cause delivery delays that would give airbus sas an advantage in what is the strongest commercial aircraft market in five years.
boeing is a subsidiary of airbus sas.
oqueli was to fly to nicaragua to join an international socialist delegation, which will observe the nicaraguan electoral campaign.
oqueli was a member of the socialist party.
earlier this year, 78 local, state and federal agencies took part in a chemical attack drill, called rotunda thunda, at the las vegas convention center and the strip. 
a chemical attack took place at the las vegas convention center and the strip. 
the national assn. of realtors reported that sales of existing homes had shot up to an annual rate of 7.29 million in august, 7.8% higher than a year earlier.
sales of existing homes raised 7.8%.
two persons were injured in dynamite attacks perpetrated this evening against two bank branches in this northwestern, colombian city.
two bank branches were attacked with dynamite.
the biopic of wannabe actor, johnny stompanato, may be directed by adrian lyne of "fatal attraction" and "indecent proposal" fame.
johnny stomponato starred in fatal attraction.
cage is a big fan of "superman" (who was born on the fictional planet krypton) and was to play the role in a film planned for the 1990s that never came to be.
cage played superman.
gen. maza marquez said that the fact that a payment is being offered for the capture of pablo escobar does not mean that other persons accused of being capos of the mafia are not being sought, and that if anyone being held in connection with the investigation of the killing of luis carlos galan is released, that does not mean that the investigations are not proceeding well.
luis was killed by the capos of the mafia. 
second-half goals, from danny mills and darius vassell, lifted manchester city to a 2-0 victory over everton.
manchester was beaten by everton.
the memo, written by marc allen connelly (who was general counsel to the funeral services commission at the time) and sent to dick mcneil (the bush-appointed chairman of the funeral commission), stated that connelly "received information" from texas state officials that two of the funeral commissioners worked for sci.
marc allen connelly worked for sci.
speaking of jean charles de menezes, who was chased by armed officers into the station and shot five times at close range, his cousin, alex pereira, hinted today that his family would sue scotland yard over the killing.
jean charles de menezes is related to alex pereira.
thanks to the recent acquisition of j.d. edwards, oracle will soon be able to run jde apps on its fusion middleware platform, too.
j.d.e. is the owner of oracle.
nancy vine, who sells tickets at the big sky drive-in, seven nights a week, is a daughter of donald and dorothy legros - part of the extended family that operates the drive-in.
nancy vine is in business with donald and dorothy legros.
helena brighton, an attorney for eliza may who served as executive director of the texas funeral services commission -the state agency that regulates the funeral business- claimed that she was fired from her state job because she raised questions about sci.
eliza may hired helena brighton.
the evidence for the continuing accretion of gas by the milky way involves high-velocity clouds, or hvcs--mysterious clumps of hydrogen, moving rapidly through the outer regions of the galaxy.
high-velocity clouds are made up of hydrogen.
despite the turmoil in israeli society, there is little doubt that prime minister ariel sharon will pull the nearly 9,000 israeli settlers out of gaza, now a closed military zone.
9,000 settlers are employed by israel.
baghdad, iraq (cnn) - australian prime minister, john howard, has made an unannounced visit to iraq, according to the office of iraqi transitional prime minister ibrahim al-jaafari. 
howard is a political representative of australia.
earlier this year, kai-uwe ricke, chief executive of deutsche telekom, floated the possibility that t-mobile usa might be sold.
deutsche telekom sold t-mobile usa.
martin was given water to drink, then taken to new orleans ochsner foundation hospital, where nurse jinny resor said he was treated for dehydration.
ochsner foundation hospital is located in new orleans.
nelson beavers is a co-owner of the current company, carolina analytical laboratories llc. and has ownership/employment history with woodson-tenent and eurofin.
nelson beaver is staff at carolina analytical laboratories.
the bulls agreed to trade center, eddy curry, to the new york knicks on monday.
eddy curry was acquired by the bulls.
microsoft corp. and intel corp., on monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, hd dvd format being promoted by toshiba corp., in a blow to sony corp.'s blu-ray format.
microsoft corp. is a competitor of toshiba corp.
ministers of the association of southeast asian nations, asean, are gathering in laos to discuss topics ranging from terrorism and economic integration to non-aggression treaties with several regional neighbors.
ministers of the association of southeast asian nations work for asean.
he also developed a breath test that could detect sulfur compounds emitted from the h. pylori.
the h. pylori produces sulphur compounds.
jean-claude trichet, the european central bank president, made it clear, on wednesday, that he would oppose unwarranted political attempts to remove antonio fazio: the bank of italy governor, engulfed in controversy over his handling of bank takeover bids.
antonio fazio is subordinate to jean-claude trichet.
kaspars ruklis, press official at the united states embassy, told the baltic news service that mrs. bush chose to visit latvia's occupation.
kaspars ruklis works for the united states embassy.
meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a time journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a western print publication since his election as president of iran earlier this year, ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of iran's nuclear activity to the un security council by the us, france, britain and germany.
ahmadinejad is a citizen of iran.
a.c. milan is in second place with 13 points, after two first-half goals from captain paolo maldini earned them a 2-1 victory over reggina. 
a.c. milan lost to reggina.
after the press conference, i met up with a microsoft guy, john traynor: senior director of segment marketing for the mobile devices division.
john traynor is an executive of microsoft.
south african president thabo mbeki, the main mediator in cote d'ivoire's peace process, said, on sunday, that pretoria is heightening its intervention in the west african nation in order to pave the way for elections later this year.
thabo mbeki is a citizen of cote d'ivoire.
an investigation has found that unity party presidential candidate, mrs. ellen johnson-sirleaf, united democratic standard bearer, charles brumskine, and liberian national union standard bearer, john morlue, have been in the position of u.s. permanent residency or green card.
mrs. ellen johnson-sirleaf is the leader of unity party.
kevin whitaker, who heads the cuban affairs office at the department of state, spoke with lazo on two occasions about the effort to give his sons visas.
kevin whitaker is a manager of the department of state.
for bechtolsheim, who designed the prototype for the first sun workstation while he was a birkenstock-shod stanford university graduate student in 1982, the new line of computers, code named galaxy, is a return to the company's roots.
the sun workstation was created by bechtlsheim.
the dual citizenship debate has been a major distraction for the weah campaign and many of his opponents have been secretly advocating against his presence in the race.
weah does business with his opponents.
craig conway, fired as peoplesoft's chief executive officer before the company was bought by oracle, was in england last week.
craig conway works for oracle.
around 50 million years ago, in contrast, oxygen levels in the atmosphere measured 23 percent--2 percent higher than today.
23% of the atmosphere is made up by oxygen.
the three drive-ins nearest to madison, all less than an hour's drive, are: big sky twin drive-in theatres in wisconsin dells, highway 18 outdoor theatre, near jefferson, and sky-vu drive-in, near monroe.
highway 18 outdoor theatre is located in wisconsin dells.
the biopic of wannabe actor, johnny stompanato, may be directed by adrian lyne of "fatal attraction" and "indecent proposal" fame.
adrian lyne is the director of "indecent proposal".
kabul - a roadside bomb that injured six u.s. soldiers in eastern afghanistan, was followed by a blast near a kabul police station, monday, that hurt two police officers and a civilian.
the six u.s. soldiers were residents in afghanistan.
jim tracy became the latest to be shown the door in paul depodesta's restructuring of the los angeles dodgers.
jim tracy was fired by paul depodesta.
cote d'ivoire's president, laurent gbagbo, promulgated new election laws on july 14.
president laurent gbagbo lives in cote d'ivoire.
those accused of the assassination of six jesuits, if found guilty, will be punished whether they are civilians, military, or influential people.
six jesuits were killed by civilians.
the seven refineries located in lake charles, la., and the texas cities of beaumont and port arthur, appear to be the ones hardest hit by the water and wind that accompanied rita.
rita caused damages to seven refineries located in lake charles, la. 
the cosmic microwave background (cmb) is a uniform fabric of radiation that covers the entire universe at a constant temperature of 2.7 kelvins.
the temperature of the cosmic microwave background is 2.7 kelvins.
nicholas cage's wife, alice kim cage, gave birth monday, to a boy, kal-el coppola cage, in new york city, said cage's los angeles-based publicist, annett wolf. no other details were available.
nicholas cage is married to alice kim cage.
"the aftershocks were less in the past two months, but they seem to be starting again. we are really worried about the fate of these islands," smriti kana saha of ranjat village, in the middle andaman island, told reuters by phone.
smriti kana saha is a resident of ranjat village.
hakimi also claimed that the rebels killed mawlavi waqifi, a religious leader in the southeastern province of khost.
mawlavi waqifi lived in the southeastern province of khost.
in that aircraft accident, four people were killed: the pilot, who was wearing civilian clothes, and three other people who were wearing military uniforms.
four people were assassinated by the pilot.
the actors studio offering will be based on simon's female version of the play which was premiered in 1985 in new york, at the broadhurst theatre, with the characters' names being florence unger and olive madison, played by sally struthers and rita moreno respectively.
broadhurst theatre is located in new york.
vinicio cerezo 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. meanwhile, morales ehrlich blamed the extreme- right, death-squads of el salvador for the assassination of six jesuit priests at the central american university.
farabundo marti national liberation front is suspected of the assassination of six jesuit priests.
the solar system is much more complicated now, astronomers say, than in 1930 when clyde tombaugh added pluto to the inventory of wandering lights circling the sun.
pluto was discovered by clyde tombaugh.
the southeast asian ministers gather in laos for their regional meeting.
southeast asian ministers' meeting is held in laos.
australia was one of the countries in the u.s.-led coalition that invaded iraq in 2003.
the coalition is coordinated by the u.s
martin was taken to new orleans ochsner foundation hospital, where nurse jinny resor said he was treated for dehydration.
martin works for the ochsner foundation hospital.
"a force majeure is an act of god," said attorney phil wittmann, who represents the new orleans saints and owner tom benson's local interests. 
new orleans saints are property of tom benson.
the two rescuers who retrieved him are firefighters with a california-based fema team: j.d. madden of santa clara and eric mijangos of menlo park.
a fema team is based in california.
the galaxy, measuring just 2,000 light-years across, is a fraction of the size of our own milky way, which stretches 100,000 light-years in diameter.
the milky way measures 2,000 light-years across.
sir ian blair, the metropolitan police commissioner, said, last night, that his officers were "playing out of their socks", but admitted that they were "racing against time" to track down the bombers.
the officers belong to sir ian blair's family.
a.s. roma suffered their second home defeat of the campaign, with a 3-2 loss to 10-man siena.
siena was beaten by a.s. roma.
helena brighton, an attorney for eliza may who served as executive director of the texas funeral services commission -the state agency that regulates the funeral business- claimed that she was fired from her state job because she raised questions about sci.
helena brighton is a clerk of the texas funeral services commission.
warrington-born chris evans denies he went wild, despite quitting radio 1 in 1997 and later being sacked by virgin radio for not turning up for work during a five-day drinking binge.
virgin radio was the employer of chris evans.
self-sufficiency has been turned into a formal public awareness campaign in san francisco, by mayor gavin newsom.
gavin newsom is a politician of san francisco.
sci, houston's largest funeral services company, was headed by robert waltrip--a close associate of the bush family. 
robert waltrip works for the bush family.
moscow (ussr), 12 jul 89 (pravda)- blood is flowing in columbia, where last year, according to official statistics, there were 4,600 victims of political violence, including jaime pardo leal (president of colombia's national coordination committee), around 30 deputies and many municipal advisors and mayors.
jaime pardo leal was killed in moscow.
san salvador, jan. 13, '90 (acan-efe) -the bodies of hector oqueli and gilda flores, who had been kidnapped yesterday, were found in cuilapa, guatemala, near the border with el salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
gilda flores was kidnapped on the 13th of january 1990.
the automobile industry, led by general motors and ford, offered price discounts from june-august that temporarily boosted sales, but these discounts may have masked underlying weakness.
ford is part of the automobile industry.
ordonez reyes accused jose jesus pena, alleged chief of security for the nicaraguan embassy in tegucigalpa, of masterminding the january 7th assassination of contra-commander manuel antonio rugama. 
manuel antonio rugama was killed by jose jesus pena.
alan mulally, boeing's head of the unit, said at the start of the strike that it may cause delivery delays that would give airbus sas an advantage in what is the strongest commercial aircraft market in five years.
alan mulally is the owner of boeing.
at the time, neither "usa today" nor "the observer" was able to verify which of the sixty-plus candidates it was.
"usa today" is a subsidiary of "the observer."
he is the professor of theater and drama at loyola university and the director of wilson's "two trains running," now onstage at pegasus players.
"two trains running" was written by wilson.
lima, jan. 10, '90 - the national police reported that over 15,000 people have been arrested in lima in a dragnet aimed at uncovering the assassins of former defense minister enrique lopez albujar trint, who was murdered in a terrorist attack, yesterday.
enrique lopez albujar trint was killed on jan. 9 '90.
sir ian blair, the metropolitan police commissioner, said, last night, that his officers were "playing out of their socks", but admitted that they were "racing against time" to track down the bombers.
sir ian blair works for the metroplitan police.
mahbob amiri, head of afghanistan's quick-reaction force, said monday's bomb in the capital detonated as a united nations vehicle drove past.
the united nations produces vehicles.
u.s. policy on drug trafficking is not consistent with the need to put an end and actively repress the consumption of drugs. the solution is not based on the destruction of a native plant, coca, in the continent, but on an active fight against the colombian drug mafia, which has created a great money and crime empire in colombia with powerful ramifications outside its borders.
a native plant is destroyed by the colombian drug mafia.
the government of el salvador strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out with explosives, today, against the salvadoran workers national union federation, in which several persons were wounded and others died.
terrorist attacks were carried out in el salvador.
he had been hand-picked by john sculley to take over steve jobs' position as head of the macintosh group.
john sculley was an executive of the macintosh group.
warrington-born chris evans denies he went wild, despite quitting radio 1 in 1997 and later being sacked by virgin radio for not turning up for work during a five-day drinking binge.
chris evans worked for radio 1.
with washington hinting it might soften its tough stance to break the deadlock, top us negotiator, christopher hill, said the two sides needed to review the situation.
christopher hill is a relative of a top us negotiator.
another presidential candidate, who we thought was the one involved, was charles brumskine, the standard bearer of the united democratic party who also has residency in the northern virginia area.
charles brumskine is a member of the united democratic party.
lao government spokesman, yong chantalangsy, said rangoon has promised to announce its decision in vientiane.
yong chantalangsy is a representative of laos.
the murders of galan, a high-ranking police officer, and a judge last week, were probably carried out by an israeli mercenary paid by the medellin cartel - the world's most powerful drug-trafficking mafia - which has set up paramilitary squads accused of hundreds of individual murders and massacres against political and labor leaders, as well as peasants and patriotic union leftist militants in different parts of the country.
galan was killed by patriotic union leftist militants. 
moscow (ussr), 12 jul 89 (pravda)- blood is flowing in columbia, where last year, according to official statistics, there were 4,600 victims of political violence, including jaime pardo leal (president of colombia's national coordination committee), around 30 deputies and many municipal advisors and mayors.
around 30 deputies were killed on 12 jul 89.
the main library at 101 e. franklin st. changes its solo and group exhibitions monthly in the gellman room, the second floor gallery, the dooley foyer and the dooley hall.
dooley foyer is located in dooley hall.
toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook computer maker behind dell inc. and hewlett-packard co., said the pc would be introduced in japan in early 2006.
toshiba produces notebook computers.
larry estrada, whose father served in the marine corps in vietnam, said he has always had a great appreciation for the military and wanted to do his part to help. 
larry estrada's father belonged to the marine corps.
also, in a landmark deal with disney, itunes is now offering current and past episodes from two of the most popular shows on television.
i-tunes does business with disney.
the experiment helped establish that the bacteria came first, causing inflammation, then ulcers.
inflammation is the result of ulcers.
san salvador, jan. 13, '90 (acan-efe) -the bodies of hector oqueli and gilda flores, who had been kidnapped yesterday, were found in cuilapa, guatemala, near the border with el salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
guatemala borders on el salvador.
oqueli was to fly to nicaragua to join an international socialist delegation, which will observe the nicaraguan electoral campaign.
an electoral campaign is being held in nicaragua.
martin was taken to new orleans ochsner foundation hospital, where nurse jinny resor said he was treated for dehydration.
jinny resor is employed at ochsner foundation hospital.
mexico city (mexico), 12 jan 90 (dpa) -salvadoran social democratic politician hector oqueli colindres was kidnapped today in guatemala city, along with guatemalan social democratic leader gilda flores, his party, in mexico city, reported.
hector oqueli colindres is a citizen of mexico.
farabundo marti national liberation front's [fmln] urban commandos have denied reports that they participated in an attack on vice president-elect francisco merino's home.
farabundo marti national liberation front have attacked merino's home.
salvadoran reporter mauricio pineda, a sound technician for the local canal doce television station, was shot to death today in morazan department in the eastern part of the country.
mauricio pineda was killed by gunfire.
toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook computer maker behind dell inc. and hewlett-packard co., said the pc would be introduced in japan in early 2006.
toshiba is a subsidiary of dell inc.
alleged terrorists today, killed dolores hinostroza, the mayor of mulqui district, shooting her five times.
the mayor of mulqui district was murdered with a firearm.
but rajeev dhawan, director of the economic forecasting center at georgia state university, says the main issue ahead is higher inflation. 
the economic forecasting center is located in georgia.
"the aftershocks were less in the past two months, but it seems to be starting again. we are really worried about the fate of these islands," smriti kana saha of ranjat village in the middle andaman island told reuters by phone.
smriti kana saha of ranjat village is part of the middle andaman island.
a mercenary group, faithful to the warmongering policy of former somozist colonel enrique bermudez, attacked an ifa truck belonging to the interior ministry at 0900 on 26 march in el jicote, wounded and killed an interior ministry worker and wounded five others.
a mercenary group was injured in el jicote.
ecb spokeswoman, regina schueller, declined to comment on a report in italy's la repubblica newspaper that the ecb council will discuss mr. fazio's role in the takeover fight at its sept. 15 meeting.
the ecb council meets on sept. 15.
the 500,000 eligible, muslim voters are likely to reward chancellor gerhard schroeder's social democrats (spd) in the september 18 parliamentary election, for its anti-iraq war position and pro-muslim policies.
the parliamentary election takes place on september 18.
microsoft corp. and intel corp., on monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, hd dvd format being promoted by toshiba corp., in a blow to sony corp.'s blu-ray format.
toshiba corp. is a partner of sony corp.
councilman pierce said he was advised that the car belonged to james clark, 68, an acquaintance of the jones family. 
councilman pierce owns a car.
the marriage is planned to take place in the kiev monastery of the caves, whose father superior, bishop pavel, is yulia timoshenko's spiritual father.
yulia timoshenko is the daughter of bishop pavel.
"no, we don't get any business from beach traffic," said butler, whose men's shop is located in a small strip mall behind krispy kreme on palmetto.
men's shop is owned by butler.
the 54-year-old man from london, who was not otherwise identified, was located following cooperation with british authorities, police said in a statement.
the 54-year-old man resides in london.
ordonez reyes accused jose jesus pena, alleged chief of security for the nicaraguan embassy in tegucigalpa, of masterminding the january 7th assassination of contra-commander manuel antonio rugama.  
jose jesus pena is accused of the assassination of manuel antonio rugama.
the loss offered a minor moral victory for liverpool, as they scored only the second goal this season against chelsea in league play.
liverpool beat chelsea.
the bank of italy, the ultimate arbiter of italian banking mergers, has been engulfed by scandal since police wire taps revealed fazio and his wife advised a local banker in a bid for bank antonveneta against dutch bank abn amro.
dutch bank abn amro bids for bank antonveneta.
la paz, 30 may 89 - la paz department police authorities have disclosed that investigations into the murder of two young u.s. citizens are being conducted by a specialized group summoned specially to clarify this crime.
two young u.s. citizens were killed on 30 may 89. 
toshiba, with nec corp. and sanyo electric co. ltd., has been promoting a technology called hd dvd while sony, along with samsung electronics co. ltd. and matsushita electric industrial co. ltd. (maker of panasonic brand products), has been pushing for blu-ray.
panasonic brand products are produced by samsung electronics co. ltd.
les paul, who continues to perform weekly at new york iridium jazz club, has finished recording "les paul & friends."
iridium jazz club is located in new york.
nicholas cage's wife, alice kim cage, gave birth monday, to kal-el coppola cage, in new york city, said the actor's los angeles-based publicist, annett wolf.
kal-el coppola cage is the son of nicholas cage.
san salvador, jan. 13, '90 (acan-efe) -the bodies of hector oqueli and gilda flores, who had been kidnapped on the 12th of january, were found in cuilapa, guatemala, near the border with el salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
a kidnapping took place in san salvador.
three plays later, quarterback james pinkney was sacked by wake's goryal scales on third-and-one, forcing the team to punt.
james pinkney was an employee of goryal scales.
mr. olsen paid $20 million for the space trip, but says that in the future space travel will likely become as routine as air travel is today.
air travel costs $20 million.
ms. miers' whole life was based in dallas and revolved around her legal work, her family and an attachment to an evangelical church that led her to what her former pastor described as a flowering of faith late in life.
ms. miers was a leader of an evangelical church.
kasyanov was sacked by putin in february 2004, after he had become critical of the kremlin's politically motivated legal attack on the yukos oil giant and its owner, billionaire mikhail khodorkovsky.
the kremlin is owned by mikhail khodorkovsky.
fmln militias sabotaged power lines along the road linking nueva concepcion to the northern trunk highway at 1800 on 12 august.
power lines were attacked by fmln.
their work has stimulated research into microbes as possible reasons for other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, the nobel assembly said.
rheumatoid arthritis is caused by microbes.
a member of the burmese delegation, thaung tun, told reporters on the eve of the meeting that his government did not wish to place asean in a difficult position by insisting on assuming the chairmanship.
thaung tun is a representative of burma.
the san diego padres ace, jake peavy, was hurt in an 8-5 loss to the st. louis cardinals.
the san diego padres won the game against the st. louis cardinals.
it takes 560 years to complete one trip around the sun (versus 250 years for pluto).
pluto's trip around the sun lasts 250 years.
referring to the april 2 car bomb explosion perpetrated in santa tecla, the fmln-fdr claimed responsibility for the attack in a communique, and said that it was "an action aimed directly at the police" and that "they regret the death of a civilian," but they did not mention compensation for the relatives.
a civilian was killed by a car bomb.
oqueli was to fly to nicaragua to join an international socialist delegation, which will observe the nicaraguan electoral campaign.
oqueli was taking part in the nicaraguan electoral campaign.
according to an israeli official, the murders of galan, a high-ranking police officer, and a judge last week were probably carried out by an israeli mercenary paid by the medellin cartel - the world's most powerful drug-trafficking mafia - which has set up paramilitary squads accused of hundreds of individual murders and massacres against political and labor leaders, as well as peasants and patriotic union leftist militants in different parts of the country.
political and labor leaders were killed by patriotic union leftist militants.
meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a time journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a western print publication since his election as president of iran earlier this year, ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of iran's nuclear activity to the un security council by the us, france, britain and germany.
ahmadinejab threatens iran nuclear activity.
fmln guerrilla units ambushed the 1st company of military detachment no. 2 jr. battalion at la pena canton, villa victoria jurisdiction.
fmln guerrilla units attacked a commercial company.
the chaotic situation unleashed in bogota last night, with the assasination of justice carlos valencia, began on 28 july in medellin, when motorized paid assasins murdered third public order judge maria elena diaz.
justice carlos valencia was killed in medellin.
the controversy became more desperate, this summer, when astronomers discovered a new object, larger than pluto, orbiting in the kuiper belt at a distance of nine billion miles from the sun.
the kuiper belt is nine billion miles from the sun.
mufti latifullah hakimi, the spokesman for the taliban rebels, claimed responsibility for the blast, but said that the insurgents had planted the bomb to target the afghan police.
the taliban is the rebels' employer.
"i think we've already seen the effect on oil and gas prices," said economist kathleen camilli of new york-based camilli economics.
kathleen camilli works for camilli economics.
prices hit their lowest levels in five weeks friday, with light, sweet crude for october closing at $63 on the new york mercantile exchange, the lowest settlement price since aug. 5. 
crude oil costs $63.
microsoft corp. and intel corp., on monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, hd dvd format being promoted by toshiba corp., in a blow to sony corp.'s blu-ray format.
microsoft corp. is a partner of intel corp.
the 500,000 eligible, muslim voters are likely to reward chancellor gerhard schroeder's social democrats (spd) in the september 18 parliamentary election, for its anti-iraq war position and pro-muslim policies. 
gerhard schroeder belongs to the social democrats.
bogota, 4 may 88 - the dissemination of a document questioning colombia's oil policy, is reportedly the aim of the publicity stunt carried out by the pro-castro army of national liberation, which kidnapped several honorary consuls, newsmen, and political leaders.
the army of national liberation are supporters of castro.
microsoft corp. and intel corp., on monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, hd dvd format being promoted by toshiba corp., in a blow to sony corp.'s blu-ray format.
microsoft corp. invented the next generation hd dvd format.
us president george w. bush has refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of the 138,000 us troops in iraq, but has said that us forces will stand down as iraqi forces gradually take over.
138,000 us troops are located in iraq.
the hullabaloo is over a glacial period dating to about 750 million to 600 million years ago.
a glacial period occurred about 750 million to 600 million years ago.
others argue that mr. sharon should have negotiated the gaza pullout - both to obtain at least some written promises of better palestinian behavior, and to provide mr. abbas with a prime prize to show his people that diplomacy, not violence, delivered gaza.
mr. abbas is a member of the palestinian family.
sunday's explosion outside the al-rashi police station in the al-mashtel neighbourhood in the southeast of baghdad, left a huge crater in the street.
al rashi is an executive of the police.
bechtolsheim left sun in 1995 to found granite systems, a maker of high-speed networking systems, which he later sold to cisco systems. 
bechtolsheim was the owner of cisco systems.
general miguel maza marquez, chief of the colombian administrative department of security (das), today confirmed foreign participation in the assassination of luis carlos galan, senator and liberal party presidential candidate, on 18 august in bogota.
general miguel maza marquez took part in the assassination of luis carlos galan.
according to an israeli official, the murders of galan, a high-ranking police officer, and a judge last week were probably carried out by an israeli mercenary paid by the medellin cartel - the world's most powerful drug-trafficking mafia - which has set up paramilitary squads accused of hundreds of individual murders and massacres against political and labor leaders, as well as peasants and patriotic union leftist militants in different parts of the country.
an israeli official was killed by patriotic union leftist militants. 
jack straw, the foreign secretary, will meet his brazilian counterpart, celso amorim, in london today.
celso amorim resides in london.
valero energy corp., on monday, said it found "extensive" additional damage at its 250,000-barrel-per-day port arthur refinery.
valero energy corp. produces 250,000 barrels per day.
"the extraditables" have claimed responsibility for the murder of two employees of bogota's daily el espectador perpetrated today in medellin, where two other el espectator people, miguel soler rodriguez and martha luz lopez, were killed today in separate attacks carried out by gunmen.
miguel soler rodriguez and martha luz lopez were killed by two employees of bogota's daily el espectador.
both of these attacks, attributed to the drug trafficking cartels, took place after 10 bombs, placed in nine political offices of the liberal and social conservative parties and in another bank office, exploded early this morning in downtown bogota.
nine political offices of the liberal and social conservative parties were attacked by the drug trafficking cartels.
the bank of italy, the ultimate arbiter of italian banking mergers, has been engulfed by scandal since police wire taps revealed fazio and his wife advised a local banker in a bid for bank antonveneta against dutch bank abn amro.
a local banker bids for bank antonveneta.
as a result of these weaknesses, computer systems and the operations that rely on the systems were highly vulnerable to tampering, disruption, and misuse from both internal and external sources. 
non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
a juvenile hacker who crippled an airport tower for six hours, damaged atown's phone system, and broke into pharmacy records has been charged in afirst-ever federal prosecution, the u.s. attorney's office announcedtoday. 
non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
there has been a lot of concern over the rise of drug-resistant bacteria. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
professional computer hackers from the secret services were brought into attempt to hack into the government's internal secure communicationssystem, which was launched today. 
non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
at the amman summit of arab women in jordan last month, secretary general of the arab league amr moussa said womens' advancement in the arab world will be hobbled as long as they are so poorly represented in parliaments.
women are poorly represented in parliament.
rockweed has been harvested commercially in nova scotia since the late 1950's and is currently the most important commercial seaweed in atlantic canada.
marine vegetation is  harvested.
the disputed waters lie close to the sipadan and ligitan islands, which indonesia lost to malaysia in a legal battle in the international court of justice in december 2002. 
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
the cost for some 30 million sheets of paper used each year by cal state long beach colleges and departments went up wednesday for the first time in four years.
the cost of paper is rising.
women form half the population and 54% of the voters in the country, yet are very poorly represented in parliament. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
by the time a case of rabies is confirmed, the disease may have taken hold in the area. 
a case of rabies was confirmed.
two weeks ago, china became the first nation to operate a maglev railway commercially, when officials inaugurated a 30-kilometer-long line between downtown shanghai and the city's airport.
maglev is commercially used.
a number of marine plants are harvested commercially in nova scotia.
marine vegetation is harvested.
lastly, the author uses the precedent of marijuana legalization in other countries as evidence that legalization does not solve any social problems, but instead creates them. 
drug legalization has benefits.
a united nations vehicle was attacked in the serbian province of kosovo and at least one civilian policeman was killed, the united nations said.
a civilian policeman was killed. 
nigeria has been the culprit so far, preventing the world from being completely polio-free.
polio is under control in the world.
environmental and social groups criticized the world bank decision for shying from meaningful reform. 
the world bank is criticized for its policies.
if legalization reduced current narcotics enforcement costs by one-third to one-fourth, it might save $6 - $9 billion per year. 
drug legalization has benefits.
moscow believes that the waters of the sea of azov should remain in common use, but kiev insists on a clear division.
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
all u.s embassy personnel in non-emergency positions and family members of u.s embassy personnel who were evacuated as a result of the initial conflict have been authorized to return to eritrea.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
this paper describes american alcohol use, the temperance movement, prohibition, and the war on drugs and explains how legalizing drugs would reduce crime and public health problems. 
drug legalization has benefits.
ocean colour satellite remote sensing has developed rapidly within the last five years and satellite imagery is now processed automatically and made available via the www. 
ocean remote sensing is developed. 
president ford reported that a force of 70 evacuation helicopters and 865 marines had evacuated about 1,400 u.s. citizens and 5,500 third country nationals and south vietnamese from landing zones near the u.s. embassy in saigon and the tan son nhut airfield.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
drew walker, nhs tayside's public health director, said: "it is important to stress that this is not a confirmed case of rabies."
a case of rabies was confirmed.
the june movement has always been opposed to giving eu cooperation a military dimension.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
the world bank has also been criticized for its role in financing projects that have been detrimental to human rights and the natural environment. 
the world bank is criticized for its activities.
in most pacific countries there are very few women in parliament. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
the release of its report led to calls for a complete ivory trade ban, and at the seventh conference in 1989, the african elephant was moved to appendix one of the treaty.
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
we are committed to the deployment of these technologies and are excited by the advances in remote sensing technology that are enabling us to extract more information from sensors in a cost-efficient and timely manner.
ocean remote sensing is developed. 
the m-2000 uses a commercially manufactured nbti superconductor, similar to that used in the m-2000 maglev magnets.
maglev is commercially used.
a pet must have rabies protection confirmed by a blood test.
a case of rabies was confirmed.
humans have won notable battles in the war against infection - and antibiotics are still powerful weapons - but nature has evolution on its side, and the war against bacterial diseases is by no means over. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
other drugs on the market, approved to treat mild to moderate alzheimer's, are believed to work by inhibiting cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine which is a chemical used by nerves to communicate with each other.
alzheimer's disease is treated using drugs.  
us military forces are evacuating u.s. citizens and citizens of 72 other countries from liberia at the request of the u.s.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
asprin, an inexpensive drug helps protect survivors of heart attack and stroke from subsequent heart attacks and death, and even helps reduce the number of deaths that occur within the first hours following a heart attack. 
people experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
a total of 599 united states citizens were evacuated safely, at their request; those who were interviewed expressed great relief at being out of grenada.
the u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
the presence of oil in the south atlantic was first proved in 1974, but the distance and isolation of the falklands deterred oil companies from exploring the area until the 1990s. 
petroleum is explored in the south atlantic.
the unconfirmed case in dundee concerns a rabies-like virus known only in bats. 
a case of rabies was confirmed.
 legalization would eliminate the harms caused by prohibition, but it would not eliminate the harms caused by drug use. 
drug legalization has benefits.
capital punishment has a deterrent effect.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
scientists and engineers in the apl space department have contributed to ocean remote sensing science and technology for more than a quarter century. 
ocean remote sensing is developed.
a report by the africanelephant specialist group, which is responsible for monitoring the conservation of the elephants,concludes that elephant poaching has increased despite the 1989 international ban on ivory trading
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
us troops evacuated two injured soldiers said staff sgt. duane brown, a spokesman for the 42nd infantry division.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
some 55 percent of the german public are opposed to the euro, less than 150 days before its introduction on january 1, 2002, a poll by research group wahlen showed.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
only 16 women were elected to the 223-member parliament in 1995, and only 2 women hold ministerial posts. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
often criticized and blamed for politically unpopular policies, and confronted with numerous setbacks, the world bank is experiencing a difficult time with regard to which strategies to adopt, in particular in africa.
the world bank is criticized for its policies.
german siemens and thyssenkrupp may sell relevant core technology to china, which owns the first commercially operated maglev line.
maglev is commercially used.
the introduction of the euro has dismantled barriers to cross-border trading and enhanced risk sharing and opportunities for diversification.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
organic fertilizer slowly enriches and feeds the soil. fast acting synthetic fertilizers harm soil life.
organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
the use of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) in single doses should not pose any significant risks to the suckling infant. 
people experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
most commercial logwood is grown in honduras.
plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
the participation of women in parliament in mauritius is expected to increase as more female candidates have contested monday's election. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
definitely do not lift the ban on ivory, it will drive the species to near extinction again. elephant numbers should be controlled but what has ivory got to do with it? it is a barbaric trade and should be banned permanently.
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
in a sharply-worded internal world bank report (leaked to the new york times) the bank has criticized its own decision to approve a controversial $40 million anti-poverty plan. 
the world bank is criticized for its policies.
geithner criticized the report's findings on the world bank, including a commission recommendation that the bank stop lending to emerging market economies, concentrate its resources on the poorest countries and shift the ifi's concessional assistance from loans to grants.
the world bank is criticized for activities.
it has been observed that in those countries of the world where capital punishment is still in operation, the crime rate, especially murder, is distinctively low in comparison to countries where capital punishment has been discarded.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
more than 2,000 people lost their lives in the devastating johnstown flood. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
only a few mag-lev trains have been used commercially such as at the birmingham airport in the uk.
maglev is commercially used.
for others, in the northern hemisphere, judgment may be a little off due to seasonal affective disorder (sad), which is often at its peak in the weeks following the shortest hours of daylight.
seasonal affective disorder (sad) is a worldwide disorder.
a new report indicates that women's participation in decision-making in the country is minimal.
women are poorly represented in parliament.
indonesia says the oil blocks are within its borders, as does malaysia, which has also sent warships to the area, claiming that its waters and airspace have been violated. 
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
the greatest threat to life and property associated with a hurricane and tropical storm is storm surge. 
a tropical storm has caused significant property damage or loss of life.
rescuers searched rough seas off the capital yesterday for survivors of a ferry collision that claimed at least 28 lives, as officials blamed crew incompetence for the accident. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
the ivory ban was imposed by cites in 1989 after a wave of poaching across africa saw elephant numbers fall from an estimated 1.3 million to a few hundred thousand. 
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
aleksandr yakovenko, an official representative of the russian foreignministry, has announced that, in connection with the recent terrorist actin srinagar, about 100 russian citizens will be evacuated from pakistan inthe near future.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
when patients interrupt a course of antibiotics, the surviving bacteria return with a vengeance, often having rapidly mutated to resist the therapy. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
while bush was in the air, the white house was evacuated, with many employees running away from the premises on orders from secret service agents. 
the u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
the university server containing the information relating to mason's id cards was illegally entered by computer hackers. 
non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
humic acids are complex organic molecules formed by the breakdown of organic matter in the soil. they are not considered to be fertilizers, but soil enhancers and improvers.
organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
a massive polio immunization drive is under way in more than 20 nations of west and central africa, but in cote d'ivoire violence has forced a postponement of the vaccination campaign, the global polio eradication initiative (gpei) announced november 18.
polio is under control in the world.
despite chinese assertions of control, tensions over the south china sea's waters have continued to rise.
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
the may 3 ferry sinking in the meghna river that claimed the lives of at least 370 people is a reminder of the dangers inherent in this sort of travel. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
in keeping with our national strategy, the concept of the operation was to further deploy our agent staffing and tactical infrastructure resources along the immediate border area, the rio grande river, to prevent and deter the illegal entry and smuggling of aliens into the united states at the border itself.
steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
for instance, the direct and indirect economic cost of the floods in mozambique caused by tropical storms elyne and gloria in february and march 2000, is estimated at us$1 billion, as compared to the country's export earning of only us$300 million in 1999. 
a tropical storm has caused significant property damage or loss of life.
what is certain, however, is that around 120,000 years ago, at least, the modern homo sapiens first appeared and lived contemporaneously with the neanderthal for at least 90,000 years, until the neanderthal disappeared 30,000 years ago.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
the harvest of sea-weeds is not allowed in the puget sound because of marine vegetation's vital role in providing habitat to important species.
marine vegetation is  harvested.
the sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor, seawifs, has brought to oceanographers a welcomed and improved renewal of the ocean color remote sensing data. 
ocean remote sensing is developed. 
the townsend thoresen cross-channel ferry herald of free enterprise capsized outside the belgian port of zeebrugge on the 6th of march with the loss of 135 lives. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
hurricane isabel was a tropical storm when she entered virginia, but caused damage to 75% of the state, making it one of the costliest disasters in virginia's history. 
a tropical storm has caused significant property damage or loss of life.
one reason for increased osteoporosis in developed countries is the sodium-potassium imbalance. 
dietary intake of potassium prevents osteoporosis.
the directive for the border patrol to stop arresting illegal aliens, as described in a previous post, has been rescinded by robert c. bonner, commissioner of the new bureau of customs and border protection.
steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
as a result, the elephant has been brought back from the brink of extinction, thanks to the ban on international trade in ivory and other elephant products.
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
tropical storm koni dumped significant rains on the philippines before becoming a minimal typhoon and eventually making landfall on the northern coast of vietnam. 
a tropical storm has caused significant property damage.
napkins, invitations and plain old paper cost more than they did a month ago.
the cost of paper is rising.
the drive towards this new law was driven in part from a string of transport-related disasters in the late 1980s, such as the sinking of cross-channel ferry the herald of free enterprise in 1987, the oil platform piper alpha disaster in 1988, and the marchioness thames river boat collision in 1989. more than 400 people lost their lives in these three disasters, but no one individual or organisation was brought to account. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
some plants grow really well in a hydroponic environment, but others do not.
plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
by 45,000 years ago, humans had weathered the comings and goings of a number of ice ages, had spread themselves throughout most of africa, europe and asia, and had reached a population of roughly a million.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
epiphyte is the name applied to the class of plants which typically do not root in the soil but, rather, attach themselves to trees or other tall objects where they can obtain light and moisture.
plants are grown in substances other than soil.
about one million years ago, these people began to slowly leave africa.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
meteorological observations suggest claudette remained a tropical storm as she affected parts of west texas. 
a tropical storm has caused significant property damage.
the increase in womens' representation in the first elections to the scottish parliament has become a symbol for change, backed by the parliament's principled commitment to creating a more equal society. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
the most recent poll carried out by nop market research in january revealed that 61% of britons are opposed to joining the euro.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
albert sabin developed an oral, attenuated (live) vaccine, which, with salk's discovery, brought polio under control.
polio is under control in the world.
his research had been focused on near-shore beds of marine plants commercially harvested in western p.e.i.
marine vegetation is  harvested.
one economic study will not be the basis of canada's public policy decisions, but easton's research does conclusively show that there are economic benefits in the legalization of marijuana. 
drug legalization has benefits.
beth israel is fighting back in the lab, where bacteria taken from patients are grown in cultures and tested against antibiotics to determine if the bug beats the drug.
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
there are actually good grounds to believe that legalization would reduce the costs of respiratory damage from marijuana smoking by encouraging the development of better smoke filtration technology, the substitution of more potent, less smoke-producing varieties of marijuana, and the substitution of oral preparations for smoked marijuana. 
drug legalization has benefits.
the bakun hydroelectric project (bhep) comprises the construction of a 2,400mw hydroelectric dam, the transmission of its electricity, and the building of related infrastructure including access roads.
a hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
westbridge manufactures certified organic fertilizers including liquid growth enhancers and biostimulants.
organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
the ivory ban has been successful. demand for ivory has dropped and elephant populations expanded dramatically in areas where they were virtually extinct.
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
capital punishment is a catalyst for more crime.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
there is growing evidence that magnesium may be an important factor in the qualitative changes of the bone matrix that determine bone fragility. 
dietary intake of magnesium prevents osteoporosis.
over 100 more lives were lost at sea, and 1800 were lost in holland. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
polio is no longer a serious health problem for people living in the developed nations, such as the united states, germany, or france.
polio is under control in the world.
and this is a town that everybody agrees, law enforcement, border patrol, residents on both sides, is a staging area of illegal drugs and illegal aliens. 
steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
in 1983, mcclintock found that bacteria have rings of dna (plasmids) that reproduce and have genetic changes that tell the bacteria how to defend itself against the antibiotics. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
in reality, legalization would dramatically expand america's drug dependence, significantly increase the social costs of drug abuse, and put countless more innocent lives at risk. 
drug legalization has benefits.
deceased u.s. soldiers and their effects were evacuated to japan and then shipped home in refrigerated containers for interment in the u.s.
the u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
the drugs that slow down or halt alzheimer's disease work best the earlier you administer them. 
alzheimer's disease is treated using drugs.  
the number of danes opposed to swapping the krone for the euro has increased slightly to 35.3 percent, up from 34.6 percent in april, according to a poll published on thursday by danske bank.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
yes, water is a critical area of dispute in the arab-israeli conflict; but given the current climate of peacemaking, and given the general war-weariness among states and populations, such predictions are excitable pieces of subjectivism.
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
vegetables help to preserve your bones, and help fight the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. 
fruits and vegetables prevent osteoporosis.
for such patients, regular aspirin use significantly decreased the risk for fatal and nonfatal strokes or heart attacks. 
people experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
the development of agriculture by early humans, roughly 10,000 years ago, was also harmful to many natural ecosystems as they were systematically destroyed and replaced with artificial versions.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
the croatian intent is even more problematic because the border between slovenian and croatian territorial waters has not yet been established. the dispute about this border began in 1991 when both countries became independent. 
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
public health and animal health officials from the departments of health and community services and forest resources and agrifoods today confirmed a rabies case involving a red fox in western newfoundland.	
a case of rabies was confirmed.
yet, we now are discovering that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness against illness. disease-causing bacteria are mutating faster than we can come up with new antibiotics to fight the new variations. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
rather than deterring crime, capital punishment actually increases the level of brutality in society.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
obesity is medically accepted to be a disease in its own right.
obesity is medically treated.
initially the bundesbank opposed the introduction of the euro but was compelled to accept it in light of the political pressure of the capitalist politicians who supported its introduction.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
ibm stole trade secrets to copy two of its programs -- file-aid, a file manager, and abend-aid, a program that helps users locate the source of glitches.
trade secrets were stolen.
seasonal affective disorder (sad), a type of depression, is a debilitating problem that interferes with the quality of life of thousands of patients, especially during the fall, winter and early spring. this syndrome seems to be a worldwide phenomenon and occurs cross culturally, especially in countries far from the equator.
seasonal affective disorder (sad) is a worldwide disorder.
fbi agent denise stemen said in an affidavit that lowe's alerted the fbi recently that intruders had broken into its computer at company headquarters in north carolina, altered its computer programs and illegally intercepted credit card transactions. 
non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
newspapers choke on rising paper costs and falling revenue.
the cost of paper is rising.
the results of numerous epidemiological studies and recent clinical trials provide consistent evidence that diets rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of chronic disease. 
fruits and vegetables prevent osteoporosis.
these acoustic methods are now expected to be useful for the long-range remote sensing of schools of fish as well as for distant ocean bottom characterizations. 
ocean remote sensing is developed. 
the world trade organization, the international monetary fund and the world bank have all been criticized for their role in catalyzing the harmful impacts of corporate globalization on people, the environment and sustainable development.
the world bank is criticized for its activities.
confidential scriptural materials allegedly stolen from a church were not "trade secrets" as defined by california statute.
trade secrets were stolen.
lt. mark banks, of savannah, ga., tends to a patient who was medically evacuated by u.s. navy helicopter to a temporary triage site in aceh, sumatra, indonesia.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
 women are poorly trained for politics. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
a wooden steamer of 293 ft sank on 10/13/1902, 13.5 miles north by northwest of fairport harbor, ohio. the lives of ten of the 19 persons on board were lost in the wreck. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
eleven years after 852 people, mostly swedes, perished when the ferry estonia sank on a stormy baltic night, an exhibition in the national maritime museum in stockholm brings back the pain and controversy which have haunted sweden since the disaster. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
yet fishermen from both sides say boats lack navigational tools to let them know when they've crossed the frontier, which still is subject to a bilateral dispute dating to the 1965 war between the countries. 
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
united states naval forces evacuated u.s. civilians during hostilities between turkish and greek cypriot forces.
u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
the total estimated project cost including financing, inflation and interest during construction, is approximately us$1.1 billion.
a hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
naval units evacuated u.s. civilians and military personnel from the tachen islands.
the u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
the result in denmark shows that people are fundamentally opposed to joining the euro.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
it appears that the super-conducting maglev system is technically ready to be used commercially as a very high-speed, large-capacity transportation system.
maglev is commercially used.
this case of rabies in western newfoundland is the first case confirmed on the island since 1989. 
a case of rabies was confirmed.
if confirmed as rabies, the case could be the first occurence of the infection acquired in the uk since 1902. 
a case of rabies was confirmed.
these problems can be avoided by legalization, under which cannabis could be legally sold, taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco. 
drug legalization has benefits.
about 3 million years ago, when lucy was alive, she was rather short, about 4 feet tall, and probably weighed about 50 pounds.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
sani-seat can offset the rising cost of paper products
the cost of paper is rising.
fast forward a decade or two and scientists began to notice antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
if the ruling is that these trade-secrets were stolen goods, i'd be willing to bet that these three guys could refuse to answer any questions, by invoking the 5th amendment, since they would incriminate themselves by saying anything.
trade secrets were stolen.
hydroponics is the growth of plants in a substance other than soil with water.
plants are grown in substances other than soil.
since the fear of death is virtually a universal phenomenon, the death penalty is an unparalleled deterrent for people considering a crime.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
security forces gunned down six maoists; while the rebels killed a policeman and an abducted civilian drowned escaping from the maoists, say latest insurgency related reports.
a civilian policeman was killed. 
diets that provide recommended levels of magnesium are beneficial for bone health, but further investigation on the role of magnesium in bone metabolism and osteoporosis is needed.
dietary intake of magnesium prevents osteoporosis.
both sides of this argument are presented in this paper, but it is the attempt of this paper to emphasize that the legalization of drugs would be destructive to our society. 
drug legalization has benefits.
women are poorly represented in transactions financed by mortgage bonds. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
though owning no trees and no waters, takeshima island has become the subject of a bitter political dispute between japan and south korea. 
there is a territorial waters dispute. 
new security steps taken by the customs service may not be enough to stop a terrorist from smuggling in nuclear weapons.
steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
no case of indigenously acquired rabies infection has been confirmed in man or any animal species during the past 2 years.  
a case of rabies was confirmed.
this taught postgraduate masters degree programme will provide specialised training at a postgraduate level in the methods and uses of remote sensing applied to the ocean. 
ocean remote sensing is applied.
carmen was only slightly put out to find that women are as poorly represented among australian political scientists as they are in parliament (leonie was asking, 'where are all the women?'). 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
environment minister david anderson today announced his decision regarding the environmental assessment of the proposed toulnustouc hydroelectric project.
a hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
some other objections to legalization point to the greater dangers of family violence, reckless driving, or reckless operation of subways and so on. 
drug legalization has benefits.
these early men learned to make fire. they traveled over land bridges from africa, and began to populate the world, about 1 million years ago. 
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
alzheimer's disease is successfully treated, and controlled by drugs which inhibit the synthesis of beta-amyloid protein.
alzheimer's disease is treated using drugs. 
banning ivory is the surest road to extinction for the african elephant, argue leaders in those countries.
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
after two years, the aspirin subjects experienced a reduced risk of fatal and nonfatal stroke.
people experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
the most surprising news story of the past week must be the 'wonderful' story that the aids epidemic in india is under control.
polio is under control in the world.
the drawbacks of legalization do not imply that our current version of prohibition is the optimal drug strategy; it may well be possible to implement prohibition in less harmful ways.
drug legalization has benefits.
they, too, have not produced a practical, commercially acceptable maglev.
maglev is commercially used.
another factor in the rising cost of paper is the increased cost of wood pulp, from which paper is made
the cost of paper is rising.
20 million years ago there were apes, and by 5 million years ago our closest ancestors and cousins, early ape-humans, had split from the other apes.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
ins predicts that the smuggling will continue to increase and that alien smuggling organizations will become more sophisticated, organized, and complex.
steps are being taken to stop the smuggling of aliens.
high dietary intake of potassium from fruits and vegetables throughout one's life helps to preserve bone mass, thereby preventing bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis.  
dietary intake of potassium prevents osteoporosis.
nearly five months later on january 24, 1935, the passenger vessel mohawk sank after colliding with the norwegian motorship talisman, and 45 people lost their lives. 
100 or more people lost their lives in a ferry sinking.
world bank programs have been heavily criticized for many years for resulting in poverty.
the world bank is criticized for its activities.
the recent 14% hike in third class postage rates, accompanied by simultaneous double-digit paper price increases, has hit smaller catalogers especially hard.
the cost of paper is rising.
the gastric bypass operation, also known as stomach stapling, has become the most common surgical procedure for treating obesity.
obesity is medically treated.
primary prevention of alzheimer's disease is not possible at present. 
alzheimer's disease is treated using drugs.  
the death penalty is not a deterrent.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
the german technology was employed to build shanghai's existing maglev line, the first in the world to be used commercially.
maglev is commercially used.
organic fertilizers like vermi compost are used for increasing the quality, fertility and mineral content of the soil.
organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
as the u.s. military evacuated saigon in the spring of 1975, president gerald ford approved operation babylift, the plan to transport thousands of vietnamese children to adoptive parents in the west, hundreds of them at a time, before the u.s. was forced out of the country.
the u.s. military evacuated u.s. citizens.
well, the yolk is on us, the bacteria are winning, and at a record pace. 
bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
actual statistics about the deterrent value of capital punishment are not available because it is impossible to know who may have been deterred from committing a crime.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
capital punishment acts as a deterrent.
capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
on the other hand, the article, "fiction and facts about drug legalization", by joseph califano identifies possible social problems that could occur as a result of marijuana being decriminalized in any form, whether for medical purposes or for recreational use. 
drug legalization has benefits.
compuware claims that allan tortorice and jim hildner were among several former employees who revealed trade secrets after they moved to ibm.
trade secrets were stolen.
after the polio cases were identified, public health officials in the dominican republic and haiti began giving the vaccines to large numbers of children. public health officials now say the disease is under control and is not a public health threat.
polio is under control in the world.
national currencies will be completely replaced by the euro in within six months after the introduction of euro notes and coins.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
the scientific community now generally agrees that between 5 and 8 million years ago, there lived in africa a hominid which would ultimately give rise to the first hominids and later the members of the genus homo.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
some of the stolen trade secrets were seized from the defendants at the san francisco international airport (sfo) while they were attempting to fly to china.
trade secrets were stolen.
some people may think that there is no other way to grow plants other than in soil; there is however, another way. 
plants are grown  in  substances other than soil.
about 50 percent of all british party members are female (in contrast to only about 25 percent in germany) but only 9.2 percent are represented in parliament. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
tropical storm debby is blamed for several deaths across the caribbean. 
a tropical storm has caused loss of life.
however, market players were more inclined towards weakening yen, as the yen plunged to its lowest levels since october 1998, after foreign exchange markets interpreted comments made by visiting u.s. treasury secretary paul o'neill to mean that washington is not opposed to a weak japanese currency.
the introduction of the euro has been opposed.
thanks to a global ban on the ivory trade that was passed in 1989 by the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (cites), the african elephant population may be reversing its spiral toward extinction
the ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
a recent study found no evidence of seasonal affective disorder in iceland where the sun does not appear for a long time in the winter.
seasonal affective disorder (sad) is a worldwide disorder.
the provincial veterinarian with the department of forest resources and agrifoods, dr. hugh whitney, confirmed today another case of rabies in labrador, bringing the total number of confirmed rabies cases to nine in labrador since november 2000. 
a case of rabies was confirmed.
the commission's order on the proposed hydroelectric development shall describe the energy facility siting council's recommendations on the need for the power.
a hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
a joint venture led by australia's global petroleum ltd. said, yesterday, it had won the right to explore for oil and gas in the inhospitable waters south and east of the falkland islands. 
petroleum will be explored in the south atlantic.
a recent study offers sound medical proof that ace inhibitors, like beta-blockers and aspirin, can improve a patient's odds of surviving a heart attack. 
people experienced adverse effects while taking aspirin.
this paper discusses marijuana, crack/cocaine, tranquilizers, hallucinogens, amphetamines, heroin, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine to provide a framework for the author's argument that the legalization of drugs can in no way be deemed as ethical or moral. 
drug legalization has benefits.
it is hoped that women, who constitute more than half of the population, will vote for other women and ensure that their issues are represented in parliament. 
women are poorly represented in parliament.
though the exact date is debated, dogs are thought to have been domesticated by humans approximately 12,000 years ago.
humans existed 10,000 years ago.
a few growers place charcoal in the bottom of containers to absorb excess salts and maintain sweet soil, if plants are grown more than a few months.
plants are grown in water or in substances other than soil.
muslim fundamentalists such as the islamic resistance movement, also known as hamas, and the smaller islamic jihad are determined to torpedo the peace process.
the islamic resistance movement is also known as hamas.
jader barbalho, once president of the country's largest political party, was arrested on saturday in the amazonian city of belem, after officials in the neighbouring state of tocantins issued a warrant against him.
jader barbalho is the president of amazon. 
it is also an acronym that stands for islamic resistance movement, a militant islamist palestinian organization that opposes the existence of the state of israel and favors the creation of an islamic state in palestine.
the islamic resistance movement is also known as the militant islamic palestinian organization.
in nigeria, by far the most populous country in sub-saharan africa, over 2.7 million people are infected with hiv.
2.7 percent of the people infected with hiv live in africa.
john wilkes booth assassinated abraham lincoln as he sat in the presidential box of ford's theater watching the light comedy, "our american cousin."
lincoln was assassinated in the presidential box of ford's theater.  
while the total population for missouri increased by 2.8 percent, the hispanic population shows a 24.9 percent increase between 2000 and 2004.
missouri's population is 2.8 million. 
he became a boxing referee in 1964 and became most well-known for his decision against mike tyson, during the holyfield fight, when tyson bit holyfield's ear.
mike tyson bit holyfield's ear in 1964.
in 1983 turkish cypriots proclaimed a separate state, naming it the turkish republic of northern cyprus (trnc). peace talks have been held sporadically, but cyprus remains divided. 
cyprus was divided into two parts in 1983.
the first kibbutz was founded at degania near the sea of galilee in 1909 and there are now some 300 kibbutzim in israel.
the first kibbutz was founded at degania. 
john lennon's widow, yoko ono, approved this museum as the world's first museum to honor john lennon.
yoko ono is john lennon's widow.
perhaps there is no expansion, at least not due to a big bang which never happened. about 20 years ago, halton arp and john bahcall published a debate in the redshift controversy, presenting both sides of the argument.
we estimate that the big bang happened 20 years ago. 
the international humanitarian aid organization, doctors without borders/medecins sans frontieres (msf), continues to treat victims of violence in all locations where it is present in darfur.
doctors without borders is an international aid organization.
in other words, with its 2 million inhabitants, slovenia has only 5.5 thousand professional soldiers.
slovenia has 5.5 million inhabitants.  
as regards the headquarters building, the swiss are stipulating that they would transfer it to the wto for a value of about 51 million swiss franks.
the wto headquarters are in switzerland.
a charity today joined forces with glasgow's new lord provost to launch a campaign to help the russian city's twin. a convoy of aid is being sent to rostov-on-don next month by the caring city organisation.  
rostov-on-don is a russian city whose twin is glasgow. 
the order is worth eur 58 million and handover of the submarines to the portuguese navy is scheduled for 2010. the contract also includes an option for the same equipment to be built into a third submarine.
the portuguese navy has 58 submarines.
a smaller proportion of yugoslavia's italians were settled in slovenia (at the 1991 national census, some 3000 inhabitants of slovenia declared themselves as ethnic italians).
slovenia has 3,000 inhabitants. 
the town is also home to the dalai lama and to more than 10,000 tibetans living in exile.
the dalai lama has been living in exile since 10,000.
about 10 million people live in the paris metropolitan area, more than 15 percent of the country's total population. france's second largest city is marseille (795,600) on the mediterranean coast.
about 10 million people live in france.
in sub-saharan africa about one in every 30 people is infected with hiv.
30% of the people infected with hiv live in africa.
in support of the earth island institute rebuttal, greenpeace founder don white made the following - unfortunately prophetic - public statement on 8/18/93. 
don white is the founder of greenpeace.
german automaker, volkswagen ag, launched a special collector's edition of its original beetle, on thursday, to mark the end of the line for the most popular car in history.
volkswagen ag produces the 'beetle'.
six people were killed and 10 injured on tuesday in a gun battle between rival militiamen in somalia's capital mogadishu, witnesses and clan elders said.
mogadishu is the capital of somalia. 
about 33.5 million people live in this massive conurbation. i would guess that 95% of the 5,000 officially foreign-capital firms in japan are based in tokyo.
about 33.5 miilion people live in tokyo.
jacques santer succeeded jacques delors as president of the european commission in 1995, the second luxembourger to hold this high office.
jacques delors succeeded jacques santer in the presidency of the european commission.
the chicago white sox are a major league baseball team based in chicago, illinois.
the bulls basketball team is based in chicago, illinois.
i have a 1986 coca-cola grand union 100 year statue of liberty pin set.
the statue of liberty was built in 1986.
this document declares the 'irrevocable determination' of edward viii to abdicate. by signing this document on december 10th, 1936, he gave up his right to the british throne.
king edward viii abdicated on the 10th of december, 1936.
vatican spokesman joaquin navarro-valls announced that pope john paul was still in serious condition, but he was not in a coma. 
joaquin navarro-valls is the vatican spokesman.
hands across the divide was formed in march 2001, and one of its immediate aims was to press for more freedom of contact and communication right away between the two parts of cyprus, and for early progress towards a solution to 'the cyprus problem'. 
cyprus was divided into two parts in march 2001. 
no player scored more goals in european cup games than miller: 66 goals in 74 games.
miller was the best scorer at the world championship in 1966. 
by 1979, the literacy rate in cuba was higher than 90%, comparable to the rates in the united states and other developed countries. 
the literacy rate in cuba is 90%.
we learn that claretta petacci, mussolini's last mistress, had a tendency to whine and to lie all day in bed, eating chocolate.
claretta petacci was mussolini's last mistress. 
released in 1995, tyson returned to boxing, winning the world boxing council title in 1996. the same year, however, he lost to evander holyfield, and in a 1997 rematch bit holyfield's ear, for which he was temporarily banned from boxing.
in 1996 mike tyson bit holyfield's ear.
natalya reshetovskaya, 84, was the first wife of alexander solzhenitsyn.
alexander solzhenitsyn's wife's name was natalya reshetovskaya.
today in the city of sao paulo (from may 1 to may 30) we have a display on ayrton senna.
ayrton senna was from sao paulo. 
when adolf hitler heard of how mussolini was executed and put on public display, he vowed he would not let this happen to him. hitler shot his mistress and new wife, eva braunn, and then swallowing some poison, he shot himself in the mouth.
mussolini's mistress was eva braunn.
meanwhile, the inquiries spearheaded by milan magistrates antonio di pietro and gherardo colombo began to focus on italy's private and public business sectors.
antonio di pietro is a magistrate.  
the twin buildings are 88 stories each, compared with the sears tower's 110 stories.
the sears tower has 110 stories.
but when the wto headquarters issue came up, and germany made an offer and a pitch to get the wto to be headquartered in bonn, the swiss suddenly realised they were vulnerable and began improving their offers.
the wto headquarters is in bonn.
ask andy grove, chairman of intel, about his toughest business challenge, and a pensive look appears in his piercing blue eyes.
andy grove is chairman of intel. 
renminbi - rmb (commonly used in china), is the basic unit of currency issued by the people's bank of china.
renminbi is the currency used in china. 
sabena was the former national airline of belgium, mainly operating from brussels national airport, now replaced by sn brussels airlines.
sabena is a national airline.
el nino is so named because the effects of the warmer water off peru are usually noticed near christmas time.
el nino is named after peru.
in 1997, tyson bit off part of one of evander holyfield's ears in their rematch that led to tyson's disqualification and suspension. in 2002, at a melee at a news conference in new york, tyson bit champion lennox lewis' leg.
tyson bit off part of one of evander holyfield's ears in 2002.
cosmonaut valery polyakov set the record for the longest continuous amount of time spent in space, a staggering 438 days, between 1994 and 1995. he orbited the earth 7000 times, witnessing 7000 sunrises and 7000 sunsets.
7000 days is the record for the longest stay in space by a human. 
the plan was never drawn up on paper, but discussed verbally, particularly between prime minister pibul and the british minister in bangkok.
pibul was the minister in bangkok. 
the answer to the number one question, "how many continents are there?", is seven.
there are seven continents.
born in 1946, into a family many of whose members belonged to liberal professions, radwa ashour studied english literature at cairo university. she is now professor of english literature at ain shams university, a novelist, the wife of palestinian poet mourid al-barghouti and umm tamim.
rwada ashour is a palestinian poet.
begun in 1989 with generous annual support from lutheran brotherhood (now thrivent financial for lutherans), the nobel peace prize forum's stimulating array of programs has involved more than 21,000 participants and reached a much broader audience through national and regional media coverage. 
lutheran brotherhood received the nobel peace prize in 1989.
we believe that, with the opening of hong kong disneyland, visitors from taiwan will be encouraged to stay longer in hong kong, to experience the magic of our theme park and of our city.
disneyland is in hong kong.
it's biodiesel, and bio-beetle is the first all-bd rental car company.
biodiesel produces the 'beetle'.
mr. mceveety told me he had discussed the quote voiced by archbishop dziwisz with the pope's longtime official spokesman, joaquin navarro-valls, head of the vatican press office.
joaquin navarro-valls is the pope's official spokesman.
yemen, too, was reunified in 1990.
yemen was reunited in 1990.
last week, ltte leader vilupillai prabhakaran stated that the rebels are running out of patience and are prepared to go back to war.
vilupillai prabhakaran is a rebel. 
nor is it clear whether any us support to germany, in favour of bonn as the wto headquarters, would necessarily tilt a decision in that direction.
the wto headquarters is in bonn.
"the black panther", or "the black pearl", as he was known, was top scorer in the 1966 world cup, with nine goals to his name. 
the best scorer at the world championship in 1966 was "the black pearl."
nrdc states its mission as follows: the natural resources defense council's purpose is to safeguard the earth: its people, its plants, animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
the natural resources defense council safeguards the earth. 
the philippines has developed into a natural hub for u.s. contact center support with the use of english as the second national language and primary language of business.
english is the primary language of the philippines. 
the statue of liberty is so big it had to be built in 300 sections.
the statue of liberty was built in the year 300.
during the tiananmen square protest of 1989, chinese student demonstrators in beijing built a 10-meter version of the statue of liberty to symbolize their struggle.
the statue of liberty was built in 1989.
ruth's 1927 single season record of 60 home runs stood unsurpassed until roger maris hit 61 in 1961.
babe ruth hit 60 home runs in his lifetime. 
six time prime minister giulio andreotti is just one of the many casualties stemming from these investigations and subsequent trials.
giulio andreotti is a prime minister. 
in early december, glavkos clerides and rauf denktash, respectively the leaders of the two parts of cyprus, startled cypriots by announcing that they would meet for the first time in four years. 
cyprus was divided into two parts in december.
the currency used in china is the renminbi yuan. 
the renminbi yuan is the currency used in china. 
for one, israel can comfortably subtract gaza's 1.5m inhabitants from its demographic nightmare, maintaining, for a while longer perhaps, the jewish majority.
israel has 1.5m jewish inhabitants. 
while preliminary work goes on at the geneva headquarters of the wto, with members providing input, key decisions are taken at the ministerial meetings.
the wto headquarters are located in geneva. 
to mark the 20th anniversary of john lennon's death tomorrow (december 8), his widow, yoko ono, has erected billboards supporting gun control in three major u.s. cities. 
yoko ono is john lennon's widow. 
despite bjork making her first live performance in two years, the crowd of 10,000 people was only half of what the hall in the tokyo suburb of makuhari could hold.
10,000 people live in tokyo.
the abode of the greek gods was on the summit of mount olympus, in thessaly.
mount olympus is in thessaly. 
guggenheim museum, officially solomon r. guggenheim museum, was founded in 1939 as the museum of non-objective art.
the solomon r. guggenheim museum was opened in 1939.
access to the underground workings at the la camorra mine is via a ramp from the surface, excavated at a -15% grade and connecting numerous levels.
la camorra is a mine. 
on april 28 1945, at the piazzale loreto in milan, benito mussolini and his mistress clara petacci were shot and hanged in a spectacle that was photographed repeatedly.
mussolini's mistress was clara petacci.
mohandas karamchand gandhi never received the nobel peace prize, though he was nominated for it five times between 1937 and 1948. 
mohandas received the nobel prize in 1989.
in greek mythology mount olympus was the home of the gods and the site of the throne of zeus, the chief deity.
mount olympus is in greece. 
mount olympus towers up from the center of the earth.
mount olympus is in the center of the earth. 
john paul ii  was the first non-italian pope in exactly 600 years, so other things being equal, his successor would presumably be italian.
john paul ii is italian.
the dalai lama has offered to send 50 trained teachers from the exile community to help the educational development of tibet.
the dalai lama has been living in exile since 1950.
in june 1971 cosmonauts georgi dobrovolski, vladislav volkov, and viktor patsayev occupied salyut for 23 days, setting a new record for the longest human spaceflight.
23 days is the record for the longest stay in space by a human. 
pibul was anti-communist as well as nationalistic.
pibul was nationalistic.
the european-born groups with the highest labor force participation rates were  from bosnia and herzegovina 
the european country with the highest birth rate is bosnia-herzegovina.
the sears tower in chicago, finished in 1974, has 110 stories and is 1,450 feet tall.
the sears tower has 110 stories.
according to the 2002 census slovenia has 1,964,036 inhabitants.
slovenia has 1,964,036 inhabitants.
in that decade, missouri's hispanic population grew to 118,000 from about 60,000, he said.
missouri's population is 118,000. 
the rock and roll hall of fame and museum opened the nation's first major john lennon retrospective thursday (october 19) with a gala party attended by his widow, yoko ono. 
yoko ono is john lennon's widow. 
there is a growing sense of urgency to deal with the country's social issues, and a large number of professional ngos can meet bovespa's standards of transparency and accountability.
bovespa is an ngo.
the treaty requires that members comply with guidelines on deficits, public debt and other fiscal benchmarks by the end of 1997 if they are to qualify for taking part in the introduction of a new, single european currency in 1999.
the european single currency was introduced in 1999.
black tigers are selected for their discipline and their loyalty to vilupillai prabhakaran, 41, the elusive leader of the ltte.
vilupillai prabhakaran is the elusive leader of the ltte.
that natural increase accounted for 56 percent of missouri population growth during the past four years.
missouri's population is 56. 
nine months later, john glenn becomes the first american man to orbit the earth.
john glenn was the first man in orbit. 
mossad is one of the world's most well-known intelligence agencies, and is often viewed in the same regard as the cia and mi6.
mossad is an intelligence agency.  
about two weeks before the trial started, i was in shapiro's office in century city.
shapiro works in century city. 
on tuesday, october 7, 2003, arnold schwarzenegger was elected governor of california.
arnold schwarzenegger was elected governor of california.
the beetle has achieved an unbelievable cult status across the world, not least because its creation marked the launch of what has since become the largest car company in europe.
europe produces the 'beetle'.
if no settlement is reached, a divided cyprus will join the european union on may 1, 2004. 
cyprus was divided into two parts on may 1, 2004. 
the widow of john lennon, yoko ono, may take legal action against a new breakfast cereal called "strawberry fields," which she believes is too close in name to lennon's song.
yoko ono is john lennon's widow. 
in february 1942, the japanese imperial army landed an army of 20 thousand men in dili (the capital of east timor) and occupied the then portuguese colony.
east timor was a colony of dili before it was occupied by indonesia in 1975. 
the two young leaders of the coup, pibul songgram and pridi phanomyang, both educated in europe and influenced by western ideas, came to dominate thai politics in the ensuing years.
pibul was a young leader.
in 2000 there were 10,578 divorces in bulgaria, which represents 301 divorces per 1000 marriages or a 1.3% divorce rate per 1000 inhabitants. 
in 2000 there were 301 divorces in bulgaria.
egon eiermann (born september 29, 1904, neuendorf; died july 20, 1970, baden-baden) was one of germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century.
egon eiermann died on september 29, 1904.
philadelphia is considered the birthplace of the united states of america, where the declaration of independence and constitution were written and signed in the city's independence hall.
the us declaration of independence is located in philadelphia. 
a male rabbit is called a buck and a female rabbit is called a doe, just like deer.
a female rabbit is called a buck. 
today's best estimate of giant panda numbers in the wild is about 1,100 individuals living in up to 32 separate populations mostly in china's sichuan province, but also in shaanxi and gansu provinces.
there are 32 pandas in the wild in china. 
elizabeth dowdeswell is the under secretary general at the united nations offices at nairobi and executive director of the united nations environment programme.
elizabeth dowdeswell is executive director of the united nations environment programme.
between 1978 and 1982, 32 states acknowledged the medical benefits and attempted to make cannabis available, but possession remains a federal offence. among the states where marijuana is legally used for medical purposes are california, oregon, washington, alaska, arizona, and nevada.
in the netherlands, people can legally have 32 grams of cannabis in their possession.
edward viii shocked the world in 1936 when he gave up his throne to marry an american divorcee, wallis simpson.
king edward viii abdictated in 1936.
paul watson, the founder of greenpeace, will speak on campus wednesday, march 3.  
paul watson is the founder of greenpeace.
in the last few days of the war, mussolini and his mistress, clara petacci, tried to escape to switzerland.
mussolini's mistress was clara petacci.
since 1974, cyprus has been divided, de facto, into the government-controlled southern two-thirds of the island and the turkish-cypriot northern one-third.
cyprus was divided in 1974. 
durham is the 'city of medicine' and home of duke university and north carolina central.
duke university is in durham.
the curious belgian compromise over the weed has some logic, even for a country which says it wants to reduce drug use. surveys show that as many as 40 percent of the country's 10 million population has experienced cannabis and with the dutch border an hour away for most of the population, some liberalisation seems inevitable. 
people can legally have 40 grams of cannabis in their possession.
by law, mexico can only export half the oil it produces to the united states.  
mexico produces more oil than any other country.
tyson, who served three years in jail for rape in the 1990s and who bit off part of evander holyfield's ear during a 1997 fight, still thinks he can be heavyweight champion again.
mike tyson bit holyfield's ear in 1990. 
when the last member of the hasmonean dynasty died in 37 b.c., rome made herod king of judah.  with roman backing, herod (37-34 b.c.) ruled on both sides of the jordan river.  after his death the jewish kingdom was divided among his heirs and gradually absorbed into the roman empire.
the hasmonean dynasty rules jordan. 
the sunset, touching distant hills with ribbons of fire across the waters of the dead sea, brings a sense of unreality to culminate a day's visit to the lowest point on earth, some 400 meters below sea level. 
the lowest point on earth is at the dead sea.
most of the life of petko kiryakov was not unveiled by historians but by the prominent bulgarian writer nikolai haitov, who wrote a novel and a script which was turned into a tv series, which became a favourite of most bulgarians.
nikolai haitov is a historian. 
democrat culbert l. olson, elected governor of california in 1938, was a loyal supporter of roosevelt's new deal.
democrat culbert l. olson was elected governor of california. 
a male rabbit is called a buck and a female rabbit is called a doe, just like deer.
a female rabbit is called a doe.
with its headquarters in madrid, spain, wto is an inter-governmental body entrusted by the united nations to promote and develop tourism. 
the wto headquarters is located in madrid, spain. 
today's best estimate of giant panda numbers in the wild is about 1,100 individuals living in up to 32 separate populations mostly in china's sichuan province, but also in shaanxi and gansu provinces.
there are 1,100 pandas in the wild, in china. 
jerusalem was rebuilt and served as israel's capital off and on under various foreign rulers until 70 ad, when roman legions burned the city and expelled its jewish inhabitants.
israel has 70 jewish inhabitants. 
for many years, sudam was controlled by jader barbalho, who was the governor of the state of para and its senator.
jader barbalho is the governor of sudam. 
by 2010 the following countries have the potential to produce more oil than they have ever produced before: saudi arabia,  iraq, kuwait, united arab emirates, kazakhstan and bolivia. 
kuwait produces more oil than any other country. 
cyprus, divided or not, joins the eu on the 1st of may. 
cyprus was divided into two parts on may 1. 
the lion's share of this traffic comes from angola, where diamonds from the area controlled by unita (national union for the total independence of angola) rebels are subject to an embargo. 
angola was subject to an embargo on the export of diamonds.
like the corporate logos, the ear is a representation, in mouth-watering chocolate, a delicious reminder of the infamous boxing incident in 1997, when an enraged mike tyson bit holyfield's ear.
mike tyson bit holyfield's ear in 1997.
ikea offers fantastic and affordable solutions for your home furnishing needs.
ikea is a home. 
saudi arabia's production mix will shift to a higher proportion of lighter crudes. unlike last year's qatif and abu safah developments, nearly all of the proposed projects produce arab light or lighter crudes.
saudi arabia produces more oil than any other country. 
in a move reminiscent for some of another actor, ronald reagan, who was twice elected governor of california, schwarzenegger said he would be putting his movie career on hold so he can devote his time to running for governor.
schwarzenegger was elected governor of california. 
among the fascinating sites in the city are independence hall where the declaration of independence was signed, and one of america's principal symbols of freedom, the liberty bell, located in congress hall.
the us declaration of independence is located in independence hall. 
the common binding of catholic faith did little to prevent the bavarians from slaughtering fellow believers in the 19th century under prussian protestant officers.
19 bavarians are catholic.
pollner, they say, began trading with iraq before the 1991 persian gulf war and continued after a u.n. embargo. for his part, chalmers had loaned money to iraq since the 1980s and received repayment in oil, according to industry experts.
persia bought oil from iraq during the embargo. 
in all, zerich bought $422 million worth of oil from iraq, according to the volcker committee. in the early 1990s after the soviet union collapsed, rich quickly became the most powerful trader there.
zerich bought oil from iraq during the embargo. 
today about 75% of people live in cities or towns. art and culture are an important part of france.
75 people live in france.
although the birth rate is the highest it has been for five years, there were still more deaths in scotland than births last year.
scotland is the european country with the highest birth rate.
brought under ottoman rule in the 16th century, jordan has been led only since the 1920s by hashemite rulers, a family whose roots are in present-day saudi arabia.
the hashemite dynasty rules jordan. 
pibul songgram was the pro-japanese military dictator of thailand during world war 2.
pibul was the dictator of thailand. 
in a move reminiscent for some of another actor, ronald reagan, who was twice elected governor of california, schwarzenegger said he would be putting his movie career on hold so he can devote his time to running for governor.
ronald regan was elected governor of california. 
tom cruise is married to actress nicole kidman and the couple has 2 adopted children.
tom cruise is married to nicole kidman. 
anastasia, in the village of nagutskoye, had a neighbor who gave birth in 1914 to yuri andropov: kgb chief and persecutor of anastasia's nephew, alexander solzhenitsyn.  
alexander solzhenitsyn's wife's name is anastasia.
the headquarters of the wto are in geneva, but the disputes which come under its purview are settled in paris, under icc rules. 
the wto headquarters are located in geneva. 
on june 28, 1997, in what would become known as the bite fight, mike tyson bit evander holyfield's ear, purportedly in retaliation for holyfield headbutting him.
mike tyson bit evander holyfield's ear on june 28, 1997.  
in other words, with its 2 million inhabitants, slovenia has only 5.5 thousand professional soldiers.
slovenia has 2 million inhabitants. 
for a western european country, the birth rate in finland is high.
finland is the european country with the highest birth rate.
it uses the first day of the first month of the lunar year as the start of the chinese new year.
the chinese new year's day falls on the first day of the first month of the lunar year.
the chicago bulls are a national basketball association team based in chicago, illinois.
the bulls basketball team is based in chicago, illinois.
the credit card mobile phones now provided on some aircraft, do not interfere with aircraft systems because they are wired to a special "base station" that has been designed to safely receive and transmit radio signals in the aircraft.
mobile phones can interfere with aircraft systems. 
mount olympus, the highest mountain in the olympic range, rises to a height of 7,965 feet (2,428 meters) and is less than 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the strait of juan de fuca.
mount olympus is near the strait of juan de fuca.
prolonged exposure to uv-b light can cause sunburn, and there are worries that damage to the ozone layer may lead to an increase in the incidence of skin cancer. 
uv-b light is damaging the ozone layer. 
dr. pridi was forced into exile, and field marshal pibul again assumed power.
pibul was a field marshal. 
the book contains short stories by the famous bulgarian writer, nikolai haitov.
nikolai haitov is a writer. 
named the solomon r. guggenheim museum in honor of its founder, the building opened in 1959, drawing huge crowds and stirring considerable controversy. 
the solomon r. guggenheim museum was opened in 1959.
edward viii became king in january of 1936 and abdicated in december.
king edward viii abdicated in december 1936.
in africa today, the majority of infected people acquire hiv by the time they are in their 20s or 30s and, on average, die within ten years.
20-30 percent of people infected with hiv live in africa.
india, an enchanting country situated in the southern central peninsula of the asian continent, covers over 3.28 million square kilometers.
india is on the asian continent. 
rana told a delegation of the nepal trans-himanlyan trade association, the only non-governmental organization which has trade relations with china, who informed the minister of the problems existing in the bilateral trade sector.
rana is the trade minister in china.
mount olympus, the highest mountain in the olympic range, rises to a height of 7,965 feet (2,428 meters) and is less than 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the strait of juan de fuca.
mount olympus is in the olympic range.
yoko ono unveiled a bronze statue of her late husband, john lennon, to complete the official renaming of england's liverpool airport as liverpool john lennon airport.
yoko ono is john lennon's widow. 
the city is twinned with glasgow, dortmund, pleven, and le mans. 
dortmund is twinned with glasgow. 
ibm is now at the top of my list of where i want to work. ivy alone had nine interviews when the team visited the company's headquarters in armonk last week.
ibm's has its headquarters in armonk.
and, despite its own suggestions to the contrary, oracle will sell peoplesoft and jd edwards financial software through reseller channels to new customers. 
oracle sells financial software.
among the fascinating sites in the city are independence hall where the declaration of independence was signed, and one of america's principal symbols of freedom, the liberty bell, located in congress hall.
the us declaration of independence is located in america. 
meanwhile, thousands of soldiers from the first gulf war are still suffering from severe symptoms that have been linked to what is now known as gulf war illness, say veterans advocates.
many us soldiers developed gulf war illness after the gulf war. 
the antarctic ozone 'hole' is defined as a thinning of the ozone layer, over the continent, to levels significantly below pre-1979 levels.
the ozone hole is above antarctica. 
on april 27th, pavolini went on, ahead of his troops, and reached mussolini. accompanying him were angela curti, the former mistress of mussolini. 
angela curti was mussolini's mistress.
the capital of slovenia is ljubljana, with 270,000 inhabitants.
slovenia has 270,000 inhabitants. 
the pmdb is also the party led by senator jader barbalho, the recently elected senate president heaped with serious corruption charges.
jader barbalho is the senate president. 
two young soldiers have killed themselves after falling ill with suspected gulf war syndrome, following the latest conflict in iraq.
many us soldiers developed gulf war syndrome after the gulf war. 
babe ruth's career total would have been 1 higher had that rule not been in effect in the early part of his career. the all-time career record for home runs in major league baseball is 755, held by hank aaron since 1974.
babe ruth hit 755 home runs in his lifetime. 
o'connor then fought on the side of the republicans in the 1921-22 civil war, with those who favored rejection of the treaty which brought peace between ireland and britain, but at the cost of a divided island.
ireland has been divided since 1921. 
maine knows he killed lennon and that he is also a child molester. during the '92 election george bush admitted twice on tv "nobody likes who shot john... i know the media is fascinated with this story but..."
john lennon was killed in 1992. 
john lennon's widow, yoko ono, has topped the us dance chart at the age of 71 with a song supporting gay marriage.   
yoko ono is john lennon's widow. 
on july 8th, the mozilla team released a configuration change which resolves this problem by explicitly disabling the use of the shell: an external protocol handler.
a shell is an external protocol handler.
the longest stay in space was 438 days by valeri polyakov.
the record for the longest stay in space, by a human, is 438 days.
the statue of liberty was reopened to the public on july 5 after its extensive refurbishing. 1986 is a common year starting on wednesday of the gregorian calendar.
the statute of liberty was built in 1986.
joe friday wore badge no. 714-in honor of the number of home runs ruth hit in his career. 
ruth hit 714 home runs in his lifetime. 
canadian traffickers also are reported to drop their marijuana loads across the border in remote areas (often without the knowledge of rural landowners), cross into the united states without drugs, later retrieve the marijuana, and continue on to u.s.  distribution sites.
most of the marijuana entering the united states comes from canada. 
the number of gulf war veterans who suffer from gulf war illness is difficult to grasp. robinson and other advocates say they believe that many of the 330,000 gulf war veterans who have sought medical treatment from the va since the war, and 179,000 who are collecting some level of disability benefits, are suffering from one or more of the symptoms.
many us soldiers developed gulf war illness after the gulf war.
the interest of the automotive industry increases and the first amplifier project, a four-channel output module for the german car manufacturer, porsche, is finished.
porsche is a german car manufacturer. 
immediately after 1990, however, swedish fertility plummeted in another unique movement, and had fallen to 1.5 children per woman in 1998 and in 1999. this is the lowest birth rate in sweden ever-although above the european average.
sweden is the european country with the highest birth rate.
as with the babylonian new year, the chinese new year, which occurred on the 1st of february in 2003, the day before groundhog day, is correlated to the beginning of spring.
the chinese new year's day falls on the 1st of february in 2003. 
arabic, for example, is used densely across north africa and from the eastern mediterranean to the philippines, as the key language of the arab world and the primary vehicle of islam.
arabic is the primary language of the philippines. 
mercedes-benz is another german luxury-car manufacturer, but its m-class sport-utility vehicle is assembled in alabama and the new g-class is from austria.
mercedes-benz is a german car manufacturer. 
otn profiles the hamas (islamic resistance movement), which is a palestinian islamic fundamentalist group.
the islamic resistance movement is also known as otn.
the longest mission to salyut 7 was also a record-breaker, lasting 237 days (nearly eight months) in space.
237 days is the record for the longest stay in space by a human. 
the first kibbutz, deganya, near the sea of galilee, was founded in 1910.
the first kibbutz was founded near the sea of galilee.
her husband, political novice juan carlos lecompte, scrambles to preserve betancourt's dream and sustain the oxygen green party, the political party she founded.
juan carlos lecompte is the founder of the green oxygen party.
michael jordan, coach phil jackson and the star cast, including scottie pippen, took the chicago bulls to six national basketball association championships.
the bulls basketball team is based in chicago.
another french daily newspaper talks about pixvillage.
pixvillage is a french newspaper.
edwin hubble is recongized as having been one of the foremost astronomers of the modern era.
edwin hubble was an astronomer. 
mr. balasingham will return to his london home and then move on to sri lanka in early october to consult with ltte leader vilupillai prabhakaran, diplomats said.
vilupillai prabhakaran is a diplomat. 
these days are special for st petersburg - on january 18, 1943 the siege of leningrad was broken. 
the siege of leningrad was broken on january 18, 1943.
cannabis is freely available in the netherlands for sale in "coffee shops" in small quantities. the cost of five grammes, the maximum amount that can be legally purchased, is about £.50 ($19), enough to make about a dozen cigarettes.
in the netherlands five grams of cannabis can be legally held in possession. 
nonetheless, a literacy rate of 96 percent put cuba on a par with such highly developed countries as japan, france, the soviet union, switzerland and italy, campo said.
the literacy rate in cuba is 96%.
apart from the new substances entering the market, the phase out of existing ones, which have been definitely identified as damaging the ozone layer, is far from complete.
new substances are damaging the ozone layer. 
ruth bounced back from his 1925 ailments and problems to lead the american league in home runs with 47, 28 home runs more than anyone else.
ruth hit 47 runs in his lifetime. 
the scandal is one of several threatening to undermine president cardoso's four-party government alliance, and could force out one of brazil's top politicians - the newly appointed president of the senate, jader barbalho.
jador barbalho is a politician. 
the two sectors of the divided island of cyprus held a referendum on reunification on saturday, april 24, 2004.
cyprus was divided on april 24, 2004.
the airline now flew under the name sabena - belgian world airlines. 
sabena is an airline. 
civic alliance, the umbrella group of civic groups involved in rebuilding, hosted a large, public, town-hall meeting for 5,000 people, called "listening to the city" in july 2002.
the civic alliance is an umbrella group. 
prime minister mahmoud abbas has offered 'the hand of peace' to israel after his landslide victory in sunday's presidential election. 
mahmoud abbas has claimed victory in the presidential elections.  
chip giant, intel, has set its sights on the digital living room with its own flavours of entertainment pcs designed to act like media hubs for the home.  
intel is vying for a key spot in the digital living room.
the israeli army forces carried out, on saturday, a widespread military operation into the west bank town of jenin and its refugee camp, local palestinian sources said.
the israeli army carried out a widespread operation in jenin.
the jet was carrying 152 tourists from martinique, returning home after a week in panama, officials said.
the plane was returning to the french caribbean island of martinique, from panama.
analysts expected the company to earn $1.42 a share on revenue of $3.82 billion, according to a thomson financial survey.  
analysts had expected revenue of $3.8 billion, according to reuters estimates. 
thousands of people are expected to return to new orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.  
over the coming days, thousands of people are expected to make the decision to return to new orleans. 
goosen shot a 69 on saturday, one of only two sub-par rounds on the day, to grab a three-shot lead through 54 holes at pinehurst no. 2.
goosen shot a 69 and has a three-shot lead.  
also friday, five iraqi soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a bombing, targeting their convoy near beiji, 150 miles north of baghdad, the iraqi military said. 
three iraqi soldiers also died saturday when their convoy was attacked by gunmen near adhaim. 
israeli troops evicted hundreds of screaming and weeping jewish settlers from their homes, schools and synagogues in the gaza strip on wednesday, carrying out a chaotic and harrowing operation to end 38 years of occupation. 
israeli troops carried settlers out of homes, synagogues and even nursery schools.
the 26-member international energy agency said, friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the u.s. fuel crisis caused by hurricane katrina.  
the united states has asked member states of the international energy agency to provide oil. 
nine soldiers and two police officers were killed in the ensuing gun battle, and two police officers were wounded, the officials said.  
six policemen and two soldiers were killed in a gunbattle, officials said. 
felicity huffman and patricia arquette became first-time emmy winners as they received lead actress honors, while tony shalhoub and james spader, once again, proved favorites in the best actor category.
patricia arquette collected best drama actress for psychic crime drama "medium", while james spader won best actor for "boston legal" for a second year.  
rose made his first start since joining the knicks 10 games ago, replacing thomas, who has an infected elbow. 
rose joined the knicks 10 games ago.
injections of human stem cells seem to directly repair some of the damage caused by spinal cord injury, according to research that helped partially paralyzed mice walk again.
anderson and colleagues used fetal neural stem cells, a type that are slightly more developed than embryonic stem cells because they're destined to make cells for the central nervous system.
martha stewart, 64, is back, after serving five months in a west virginia federal prison for lying about a 2001 stock sale. 
martha stewart was convicted of lying about a stock trade and served five months in prison.
heavy rain flooded parts of the site, with dozens of tents lost under water, while lightning strikes affected the stages and knocked out power lines.
100 tents had been washed away. 
google and nasa announced a working agreement, wednesday, that could result in the internet giant building a complex of up to 1 million square feet on nasa-owned property, adjacent to moffett field, near mountain view.
google may build a campus on nasa property.
the settlement must be approved by citigroup's board of directors and the board of regents of the university of california, the lead plaintiff for investors in the case.  
the settlement is pending approval by citigroup's directors and the board of regents at the university of california. 
kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, mark swartz, were sentenced, on monday, to up to 25 years in prison.   
two former bosses of us manufacturer, tyco, have been sentenced to up to 25 years in jail for stealing more than $150m (£m) from the company. 
nasa estimated, monday, that it will cost $104 billion to return astronauts to the moon, by 2018, in a new rocket that combines the space shuttle with the capsule of an earlier nasa era.  
the new space vehicle design uses shuttle rocket parts and an apollo-style capsule.  
once on the train (according to what the channel said was a leaked police statement, aired tuesday night) a police officer pinned de menezes down when another officer shot him. 
the leaked version said mr. de menezes was being restrained by an officer when he was shot by armed police.
the high-speed train, scheduled for a trial run on tuesday, is able to reach a maximum speed of up to 430 kilometers per hour, or 119 meters per second.
the train accelerates to 430 kilometers per hour.
rehnquist, appointed to the court in 1972 and promoted to chief justice in 1986, was the longest-serving chief justice since 1910 and among the longest-serving jurists in the court's history.
rehnquist served the second-longest tenure, as chief justice, in us history.
the decision by french president, jacques chirac, to invite robert mugabe to a franco-african summit in paris, in february, has angered those across europe who want zimbabwe's president to remain an international pariah. 
france invited mr. mugabe to attend a franco-african summit in paris.
iran will hold the first runoff presidential election in its history, between president akbar hashemi rafsanjani and tehran's hard-line mayor, election officials said saturday.
hashemi rafsanjani will face tehran's hard-line mayor in iran's first runoff presidential election ever, officials said saturday.
on friday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque in iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, killing seven people and wounding 10, doctors said on condition of anonymity.  
a bomb exploded outside a mosque.  
us federal reserve boss, alan greenspan, sees increased us trade protectionism and ever-larger budget deficits as the biggest threats to the us economy.
greenspan also said that bloated trade and budget deficits threaten the long-term health of the u.s. economy.
moog built his first electronic instrument - a theremin - at the age of 14 and made the minimoog, 'the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser', in 1970.
aged just 14, moog built his first electronic instrument, a theremin.
seeking common ground amid sensitive differences on democracy, bush and putin agreed thursday, on new efforts to keep nuclear arms away from terrorists as well as from sovereign nations like iran and north korea.
putin and bush, on thursday, agreed that iran, along with north korea, must not become a nuclear threat. 
u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice said thursday that north korea should return to nuclear disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation.
north korea says it will rejoin nuclear talks.
a prosecutor had urged a state judge to sentence former tyco international ceo, dennis kozlowski, to the maximum 15 to 30 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company.  
ex-tyco ceo, dennis kozlowski, received 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison, monday, for his part in stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the manufacturing conglomerate. 
the men, who will be able to apply for parole to avoid serving the full 25 years, were immediately taken into custody after the sentencing and whisked out of the courtroom in handcuffs.  
kozlowski and swartz, who were found guilty of stealing more than $150 million from the company, were each sentenced, on monday, to up to 25 years in prison. 
verizon communications inc. said on monday it would buy long-distance telephone company mci communications inc. in a deal worth $6.75 billion, giving verizon a foothold in the market for serving large corporations.   
verizon communications inc.'s $6.7 billion takeover of long-distance provider mci inc. transformed the telephone industry.
the job gains mean that president bush can celebrate - albeit by a very fine margin - a net growth in jobs in the us economy in his first term in office.
president bush's first term in office showed a net gain in payroll jobs.
food and drug administration, which regulates human experiments, says its regulations forbid human cloning without prior agency permission, and it has launched an investigation into whether clonaid illegally performed any work on u.s. soil.
food and drug administration forbids human cloning without prior permission.
clonaid said, sunday, that the cloned baby, allegedly born to an american woman, and her family were going to return to the united states monday, but where they live and further details were not released.
clonaid announced that mother and daughter would be returning to the us on monday.
energy analysts said oil prices could soar as high as $80 a barrel and drivers in the u.s. could soon be paying $3 a gallon for gasoline, if damage reports from oil companies bear bad news. 
oil prices surged. 
he said a new study might include more than just cox 2 drugs possibly adding such widely used painkillers as ibuprofen naproxen and diclofenac. 
cox 2 inhibitors are pain relief drugs. 
washington scientists have identified a hormone that significantly extends the lifespan of mice, a discovery that could mark a crucial step toward developing drugs that boost longevity in people.  
texas researchers have found a naturally occurring hormone that can extend the lifespan of mice by as much as 30%, a discovery that opens a new avenue of research into human longevity. 
after the service, lennon left the cathedral, made his way through a crush of reporters and television cameras and talked briefly with protesters, some of whom say they are victims of abusive priests.
after the service, lennon attempted to speak to victims and protesters.
she flew to los angeles last week, after her 74-year-old mother had a stroke, but is expected to return to texas in a few days.
she recently left her camp, vowing to come back, to visit her mother who has just had a stroke.
two indian diplomats met the indian prisoner facing death in pakistan, sarabjit singh, on tuesday at kot lakhpat jail in the eastern pakistani city of lahore.
indian diplomats met an indian prisoner, on death row, on tuesday. 
herceptin was already approved to treat the sickest breast cancer patients, and the company said, monday, it will discuss with federal regulators the possibility of prescribing the drug for more breast cancer patients. 
herceptin can be used to treat breast cancer. 
the independent police complaints commission (ipcc) is trying to reassure lawyers for the family of jean charles de menezes that the inquiry is still on track.
police issued john wadham's statement after lawyers for the de menezes family met with the complaints commission, demanding more information about the killing.
95% of the gulf of mexico's oil output is now out of service following katrina, together with more than 83% of natural gas production.
crude oil prices have hit fresh highs as fears grow over the extent of damage, done by hurricane katrina, to oil output in the gulf of mexico.
the renewed attention to the war came as peace activists, camping near the president's ranch, awaited a performance sunday evening by peace movement icon joan baez.
folk singer joan baez brought her latest anti-war message sunday to president bush's adopted hometown, supporting iraq war protesters camping out near his ranch.
still, the storm surge was both stronger and earlier than expected, apparently coming through waterways southeast of the city, said col. richard wagenaar, the army corps of engineers' district chief in new orleans.
col. richard wagenaar said the problems would set back repairs at least three weeks, but june was still the target for having the levees back to pre-katrina strength. 
kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, mark swartz, were sentenced, on monday, to up to 25 years in prison.  
kozlowski was sentenced, monday, to serve up to 25 years in prison.  
springsteen performed 27 songs monday night, including most of the 12 new songs from his latest release, "devils and dust", which was recorded without the e street band.
springsteen introduced some of the 12 new songs off his latest release, "devils anddust", which was recorded without the e street band.
the 26-member international energy agency said, friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the u.s. fuel crisis caused by hurricane katrina.   
responding to a plea from the international energy agency for member countries to release reserves, canada is prepared to help. 
u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice said thursday that north korea should return to nuclear disarmament talks and avoid a path toward further international isolation.
north korea has a stockpile of nuclear weapons.
justice sandra day o'connor announced her retirement in order to spend time with her ill husband.
justice sandra day o'connor announced her retirement.
on friday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque in iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, killing seven people and wounding 10, doctors said on condition of anonymity. 
the car bomb at the mosque in iskandariyah exploded. 
kozlowski and the company's former chief financial officer, mark swartz, were sentenced, on monday, to up to 25 years in prison.  
a new york state judge also ordered kozlowski and former chief financial officer, mark swartz, to serve 25 years in prison.
hurricane katrina petroleum-supply outlook improved somewhat, yesterday, as u.s. and european governments agreed to release 2 million barrels a day, of oil and refined products, from their reserves.  
60 million barrels of oil and gasoline will be available to the marketplace. 
the probe looked into the october 2000 shooting-deaths of 13 arabs, during violent demonstrations in northern israel that erupted days after the start of a palestinian uprising.
israel will not prosecute the police who killed 13 israeli arabs during pro-palestinian protests in 2000, because of a lack of evidence, an official inquiry said yesterday.
officials said the finnish suspect was among the dead but did not provide a motive for the attack.
officials said that the suspect, a finnish citizen, was among the dead.
thousands of shiite muslims rallied friday, in the southern city of basra, to show support for iraq's new constitution and the shiite-dominated government.  
sunni arabs say they're not ready to re-join the committee drafting iraq's new constitution. 
brian brohm, the louisville quarterback, threw for 368 yards and five touchdowns as the cardinals beat visiting oregon state 63-27. 
the quarterback threw for 413 yards and three touchdowns, and then ran to the end zone two more times.
microsoft's (msft) own search engine will permanently replace the yahoo (yhoo) search technology that has been used on microsoft's msn website. 
yahoo's technology will still be used.
the new work went an extra step, suggesting that the connections that the stem cells form to help bridge the damaged spinal cord, are key to recovery.
the experiment, reported monday, isn't the first to show that stem cells offer tantalizing hope for spinal cord injury. 
the world health organization moved friday, to revise alarming predictions that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of asia, could kill as many as 150 million people.
the u.n. health agency has distanced itself from a top official's prediction that a global influenza pandemic could kill as many as 150 million people.
priscilla presley greeted thousands of cheering elvis fans at a concert friday night, marking the 25th anniversary of the king's death, telling them "you're helping elvis make history again."
priscilla presley told fans, "you're helping elvis make history again."
the comments made by wells today, regarding the commissioner of baseball, do not in any way reflect the views of the club, sox said in a statement.
david wells' comments drew a quick response from the players' union and the commissioner's office.
world leaders expressed concern on thursday that north korea will quit six-party nuclear disarmament talks and will  bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal. 
world leaders have condemned north korea for pulling out of talks.
the maker of a promising ovarian cancer drug said, friday, that he stopped enrolling women in a study because several patients developed gastrointestinal holes.
a study of a promising cancer drug was stopped because of a serious side effect. 
the president george bush administration, on friday, ordered the sale of 30 million barrels of crude oil from the government's emergency stockpile in order to halt runaway oil prices triggered by hurricane katrina.   
the bush administration will release 30 million barrels of crude oil from u.s. reserves. 
iran will hold the first runoff presidential election in its history, between president akbar hashemi rafsanjani and tehran's hard-line mayor, election officials said saturday.  
akbar hashemi rafsanjani is the president.
green day, who arrived at the venue in the vintage green convertible from their gritty "boulevard of broken dreams" video, won best rock video and video of the year for the clip and two of their leading eight nominations.  
rock was resplendent at the mtv video music awards on sunday night, as the veteran punk group, green day, took home seven moonmen.
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 made no mention of its planned $6.7 billion agreement to be acquired by verizon communications in its release, friday.
over 400 tents were submerged, after a storm hit the somerset site on friday, the festival's opening day. 
many tents were overwhelmed after a storm hit the somerset site on the festival's first day.
the duke of edinburgh and i are very happy that the prince of wales and mrs. parker bowles are to marry. 
i am delighted and wish the prince of wales and parker bowles a happy life.
two british soldiers have been arrested in the southern iraq city of basra, sparking clashes outside a police station where they are being held.  
two british soldiers' imprisonment prompted uk troops to storm a police station. 
a colombian airliner has crashed in a remote area of venezuela killing all 160 people on board.
a colombian plane crashed in a remote region of venezuela.
shiite and kurdish political leaders continued talks, on monday, on forming a new government, saying they expected a full cabinet to be announced within a day or two. 
washington is pressing iraq's leaders to end weeks of political deadlock and to form a new government as soon as possible, us officials say.  
he determined that there were 1,678 illegal votes cast in the election, but he said republicans had provided no real proof that illegal votes benefited gregoire. 
most of the illegal votes cast in the election went to gregoire.
the 26-member international energy agency said, friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the u.s. fuel crisis caused by hurricane katrina.   
foreign oil reserves will be made available to the u.s. in the wake of hurricane katrina. 
that police statement reinforced published reports, that eyewitnesses said de menezes had jumped over the turnstile at stockwell subway station and was wearing a padded jacket, despite warm weather.
however, the documents leaked to itv news suggest that menezes, an electrician, walked casually into the subway station and was wearing a light denim jacket.
rehnquist served longer as chief justice than anyone in a century, and his 33-year career as a justice was among the half-dozen longest in the court's history.
rehnquist served the second-longest tenure, as chief justice, in us history. 
the focus on the engines and the fuel, stems from the pilot's radio call, shortly before the crash.
the pilot had been attempting an emergency landing, after both engines failed.
two british soldiers have been arrested in the southern iraq city of basra, sparking clashes outside a police station where they are being held.  
two british tanks, sent to the police station where the soldiers are being held, were set alight in clashes. 
basra's governor said he would not cooperate with british troops until there was an apology for a raid to free two uk soldiers.
the governor of basra will not work with british troops until there is an apology for a raid to free two uk soldiers. 
the 26-member international energy agency said, friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the u.s. fuel crisis caused by hurricane katrina.  
an international oil agency will make 60 million barrels of oil and gasoline available to the marketplace. 
the rolling stones kicked off their latest tour on sunday with a concert at boston's fenway park.
the rolling stones have begun their latest  tour with a concert in boston.
miller died thursday night, of congestive heart failure, at his home in roxbury, conn., surrounded by his family, his assistant, julia bolus, said friday.  
miller died thursday night, of heart failure, surrounded by family members.
the agency identified five of the men as palestinians, four of whom lived in east jerusalem and held jerusalem identity cards allowing them to move about israel.
they included palestinian residents of east jerusalem, who carry identity cards allowing them free movement in israel.
also ruled out, for the moment, is any tie-up with a new alliance of social democrat dissidents and former communists known as the left party, which garnered 8.7%.
it seems unlikely that there will be a coalition between gerhard schroeder's social democrats and angela merkel's christian democratic union.
bledsoe will be released by the buffalo bills, a move that upset the 33-year-old quarterback who started every game for the team the past three seasons.  
the buffalo bills are releasing drew bledsoe, their quarterback.
that request is at odds with the law signed early yesterday, by bush, directing the federal courts to consider the case de novo without taking into account the state court's findings.
bush pushed the issue to federal courts.
the state division of occupational safety and health said that the plant was inspected in october, and cited for 15 safety violations, seven of which were considered serious.
the plant was inspected in october and cited for numerous safety violations. 
about 30,000 rolling stones fans poured into fenway park this evening, fortunate to have scored tickets to the kickoff of the band's latest world tour.
the rolling stones have begun their latest world tour with a concert in boston.
the team drawing up iraq's new constitution considered giving itself more time to write the document on sunday, but still looked set to meet its mid-august deadline under intense u.s. pressure.
on sunday, officials argued about whether to seek a delay of the august deadline for completing the document in order to give them more time to hash out such sticky issues.
amazon shares fell nearly 4 percent following the results as the company said operating income would drop as much as 42 percent in the second quarter. 
shares of amazon fell 4 percent.  
in clashes between israeli forces and gunmen, one palestinian was killed and 10 wounded, hospital officials said.
a palestinian was killed and other people were wounded.
the resignation came amid recent allegations by massachusetts' attorney general that the boston archdiocese engaged in "an elaborate scheme" to keep quiet the issue of child sexual abuse by priests.
the state attorney general claimed that the archdiocese engaged in a coverup.
qwest's revised bid, which did not offer more cash for mci stock as expected, was deemed disappointing by one major mci shareholder, and qwest's shares fell more than 8 percent.  
mci shareholders accepted a $6.7 billion offer over qwest's initial $8 billion.
a cataclysmic starquake is thought to have caused a flare of radiation that ripped past the earth on december 27, battering instruments on satellites and lighting up our atmosphere.  
the flash of radiation on december 27,  lit up the earth's atmosphere.
the blast observed on dec. 27 came from a neutron star: a collapsed dead star with a sun-like mass squeezed into a sphere, just 15 miles across, in the constellation sagittarius (the archer).
the december burst came from a neutron star in the constellation sagittarius.
the job gains mean that  president bush can celebrate - albeit by a very fine margin - a net growth in jobs in the us economy in his first term in office.
more jobs were created during president bush's first term.
a place of sorrow, after pope john paul ii died, became a place of celebration, as roman catholic faithful gathered in downtown chicago to mark the installation of new pope benedict xvi.
pope benedict xvi is the new leader of the roman catholic church.
as the storm passed, a celebratory mood took over the city until early sunday morning, when rap mogul, suge knight, was targeted by gunfire at a kanye west party.
the most notable happening occurred early sunday morning, when rap-label owner, marion "suge" knight, was shot in the leg at a kanye west party.
the revamped engine indexes more pages than before, can give direct answers to factual questions, and features tools to help people create detailed queries.
the engine can answer specific queries directly. 
one day after pledging to undertake one of history's largest reconstruction efforts, president bush served notice yesterday, that rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged gulf coast will require spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget
amid growing concern among congressional republicans about the huge cost of the planned reconstruction effort, bush said the federal government could foot the bill without resorting to a tax increase.  
hours earlier, yasser arafat called for an end to attacks against israeli civilians in the two weeks before israeli elections. 
arafat condemned suicide bomb attacks inside israel.
in a bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until completely blended and frothy.
in a bowl, whisk together the egg, sugar and vanilla until light in color.  
while the beet is roasting, make the vinaigrette: in a bowl, whisk together the orange juice, balsamic vinegar, and extra-virgin olive oil.
in a bowl, toss the olive oil with salt and pepper.
britain said, friday, that it has barred cleric, omar bakri, from returning to the country from lebanon, where he was released by police after being detained for 24 hours.
bakri was briefly detained, but was released.  
up to 150 workers were believed to have been inside the factory, which produces syringes and other plastic medical supplies, at the time of the explosion.
workers were inside the plant at the time of the explosion.
the west pharmaceutical services plant, which had been cited for numerous safety violations last fall, made syringe plungers and iv supplies.
the west pharmaceutical services plant had been cited for numerous safety violations last autumn.
scientists had observed that mice with a defective klotho gene aged prematurely and wondered if an enhanced gene would have an opposite effect.
scientists have discovered a gene that produces a hormone that raises the life expectancy in mice by 30 percent.
interim palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, has won a landslide victory in sunday's presidential election and will succeed the late yasser arafat. 
mahmoud abbas has claimed victory in the palestinian presidential elections, and has dedicated his win to yasser arafat, who died in november 2004.
british armor crashed into a jail in order to free the two soldiers who were arrested by iraqi police and militiamen.
uk troops stormed a police station in iraq.
thompson, a renegade journalist whose 'gonzo' style threw out any pretense at objectivity and established the hard-living writer as a counter-culture icon, fatally shot himself at his colorado home on sunday night, police said.
thompson's 'gonzo' journalism throws objectivity out of the window. 
the measures currently in force include a travel ban on senior government figures, but france has invited mr. mugabe to a franco-african summit in paris next month, angering several countries. 
france angered a number of countries, by inviting mr. mugabe to attend a franco-african summit in paris.
the prince of wales and  bowles will marry on friday, april 8, at windsor castle, said clarence house, charles' residence and office. 
the prince of wales and bowles will marry in a civil ceremony at windsor castle.
lebanon is in a period of mourning after a massive car bomb killed the former prime minister, rafik hariri, on tuesday.
mr. hariri was killed in a bomb explosion. 
felicity huffman and patricia arquette became first-time emmy winners as they received lead actress honors, while tony shalhoub and james spader, once again, proved favorites in the best actor category.
arquette, who plays a crime-solving psychic in nbc's "medium", won the best drama series actress award.
the white house pressure, reported by iraqi officials in baghdad and an american official in washington, on sunday, was a change in the administration's hands-off approach to iraqi politics.
washington is pressing iraq's leaders to end weeks of political deadlock and to form a new government as soon as possible, us officials say.
clonaid scientist, brigitte boisselier, said the first human clone - a girl nicknamed eve - was born on thursday to an american mother.
brigitte boisselier announced that a cloned baby had been born.
creeping trade protectionism, and bloated budget deficits, pose a risk to the united states' long-term economic vitality, federal reserve chairman, alan greenspan, warned friday.
federal reserve boss, alan greenspan, sees increased us trade protectionism and budget deficits as threats to the us economy.
british actor, hugh laurie, had been favourite to win best drama actor for "house", but lost out to "boston legal"'s james spader.
james spader won best actor for "boston legal."
prime minister mahmoud abbas has offered 'the hand of peace' to israel after his landslide victory in sunday's presidential election.
mahmoud abbas has won a landslide victory in sunday's presidential election.  
moog's synthesiser, which bears his name, revolutionised music from the 1960s onwards, and was used by bands like the beatles and the doors.
moog's instruments were used by the beatles and the doors among others.
an audience of 8.3 million people watched rural soap, "emmerdale", on thursday, while a live episode of "the bill" got 7.9 million viewers. 
hour-long special episodes of itv soaps, "emmerdale" and "the bill", were the top-rated uk tv shows on the commercial channel's 50th anniversary.
iran will hold the first runoff presidential election in its history, between president akbar hashemi rafsanjani and tehran's hard-line mayor, election officials said saturday. 
tehran's hard-line mayor will face rafsanjani in a runoff election.
according to the occupational safety and health administration, the plant was inspected in october, cited for safety violations, and fined about $10,000. 
according to the occupational safety and health administration, the plant was inspected in october and fined for safety violations.
pyongyang said there was no point in the talks since the us had termed north korea an 'outpost of tyranny'.
the us labelled north korea part of an 'axis of evil'.
the third, and most remote possibility, was considered to be a so-called jamaican coalition, again based on the party colours, between the christian democrats, the fdp and the greens.
it seems unlikely that there will be a coalition between gerhard schroeder's social democrats and angela merkel's christian democratic union.
miller, the pulitzer prize-winning playwright whose most famous fictional creation,  loman in 'death of a salesman' came to symbolize the american dream gone awry, has died.
playwright miller, the pulitzer prize-winning author of 'death of a salesman', has died.
bowles will take the title hrh duchess of cornwall, changing it to the princess consort, when charles becomes king.
bowles will be known as hrh duchess of cornwall.
nagin defended his plan to return up to 180,000 people to the city, within a week and a half, despite concerns about the short supply of drinking water and heavily polluted floodwaters.    
thousands of people are expected to return to new orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents. 
a miami international airport concourse was evacuated for three hours wednesday, after a pepper spray can discharged, causing 43 people to suffer respiratory distress.
an airport concourse was evacuated wednesday, after people began having trouble breathing.
the focus on the engines and the fuel, stems from the pilot's radio call, shortly before the crash.
the pilot had been attempting an emergency landing, after both engines failed.
a place of sorrow, after pope john paul ii died, became a place of celebration, as roman catholic faithful gathered in downtown chicago to mark the installation of new pope benedict xvi.
pope john paul ii died.
shiite and kurdish political leaders continued talks, on monday, on forming a new government, saying they expected a full cabinet to be announced within a day or two.
us officials are concerned by the political vacuum and fear that it is feeding sectarian tensions, correspondents say.
thousands of shiite muslims rallied friday, in the southern city of basra, to show support for iraq's new constitution and the shiite-dominated government. 
thousands of shias have marched in the southern iraqi city of basra to back the new constitution. 
dr. david nabarro, of the world health organization, said a pandemic could come at any time and claim anywhere between 5 million and 150 million lives, depending on the world's response to bird flu. 
the world health organization moved friday, to revise alarming predictions that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of asia, could kill as many as 150 million people.
american illusionist, james randi, offered $1m to anyone able to prove, under observed conditions in a laboratory, that homeopathic remedies can really cure people.
illusionist james randi offered a million dollars to anyone able to prove that homeopathy cures.
the 84-year-old pope was wheeled to a hospital window, and blessed the crowd by making the sign of the cross in clear gestures, as a vatican photographer snapped pictures.  
the pope made the sign of the cross. 
nike inc. said, monday, that its first-quarter profit grew 32 percent, as the world's largest sneaker and athletic apparel company posted broad gains in sales and orders.   
nike said orders for footwear and apparel for delivery totaled $4.9 billion, including a 12 percent increase in u.s. orders. 
the latest file-sharing service trying to go legit in a bid to avoid an expensive and dragged-out court battle is grokster ltd., according to a report published in the wall street journal on monday. 
file-sharing service, grokster, is in talks to be acquired by mashboxx, which is attempting to establish a legal peer-to-peer music company.
some observers say the partnership between google and nasa ames could create a new hub of technological innovation in silicon valley, an area gutted by the technology bust.
google's blockbuster partnership with nasa ames research center is leaving local officials, environmentalists and silicon valley landlords feeling left out of the party.
according to professor matthias egger, from the university of berne, and swiss colleagues from zurich university and a uk team at the university of bristol, homeopathy has no such evidence.
matthias egger, md, director of the department of social and preventive medicine (ispm) at the university of berne, switzerland, led the study.
sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, casey, died last year in iraq, started her antiwar demonstration along the roadside in crawford, texas, on aug. 6, demanding to meet with the president.
ms. sheehan, whose son was killed last year in an attack in iraq, left her camp thursday, for los angeles to be with her mother, shirley miller, who suffered a stroke.
the bills will announce the release of  12-year veteran drew bledsoe on wednesday afternoon, leaving j.p. losman as the no. 1 qb.   
 the bills announced that they will release the 33-year-old bledsoe. 
the soldiers, who were said to have been wearing arab headdress, were accused of firing at iraqi police when stopped at a road block.   
the soldiers were driving a civilian car and were dressed in civilian clothes when a shooting took place between them and iraqi patrols. 
personal computer maker, gateway inc., on monday, lowered its 2005 revenue and earnings forecast, sending its shares plunging 11 percent, as pricing in the industry became increasingly cut-throat.
gateway lowered its sales and earnings guidance for the year.
investigators in venezuela have been combing the grisly wreck of a colombian plane which crashed on tuesday, killing all 160 people on board.
a chartered jet, filled with tourists returning home to the french caribbean island of martinique, crashed tuesday in venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
experts say that mr. abbas will need that big win to show that he has the support of most palestinian people in order to push through his aims of peace talks with israel.
analysts had said that mr. abbas needed a large margin of victory in order to push his agenda of peace talks with israel.
despite cnooc's all-cash bid, unocal said its recommendation to shareholders in favor of the $16.4 billion offer of cash and stock from chevron remains in effect.
unocal said it would evaluate the cnooc offer. 
basque separatist party batasuna is widely regarded as the political wing of the basque paramilitary group, eta - a linkage it denies.
batasuna denies it is the political wing of eta.
security forces were on high alert after an election campaign in which more than 1,000 people, including seven election candidates, have been killed.  
security forces were on high alert after a campaign marred by violence. 
india and pakistan have agreed to release hundreds of fishermen and other civilians in each other's jails, a goodwill measure that comes as part of a peace process between the two countries.
india and pakistan have decided to free hundreds of civilian prisoners in each others jails. 
bowles will take the title hrh duchess of cornwall, changing it to the princess consort, when charles becomes king.
camilla will be a duchess until charles becomes king, when she will become princess consort. 
an israeli judicial inquiry has ruled out prosecuting the police officers who shot dead 13 israeli arabs during a violent demonstration in 2000.
israel will not prosecute the police who killed 13 israeli arabs during pro-palestinian protests in 2000, because of a lack of evidence, an official inquiry said yesterday.  
mcdonald's said overall global sales at its restaurants climbed 6.2% in june, 6.3% in the second quarter and 7.1% for the year to date.
mcdonald's corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, led the advance after the company reported earnings that exceeded estimates.
four men were released on bail and were ordered to return to a police station monday, when they may be charged with assault, a police spokesman said. 
all four men have been released on bail and are due to return to a police station.
the ball took one last turn and dropped into the cup for birdie, making retief goosen more than just the sole survivor of par at pinehurst no. 2.
goosen managed a combined 25-over par for the closing round.  
tony shalhoub won best actor in a comedy for "monk", and james spader won best actor in a drama for "boston legal."
james spader won best actor for "boston legal."  
rumsfeld said the pentagon's annual assessment of china's military capabilities shows china is spending more than its leaders acknowledge, expanding its missile capabilities and developing advanced military technology. 
china was increasing its military spending and buying large amounts of sophisticated weapons.
radical jordanian cleric, abu qatada, and nine other foreign nationals said to pose a threat to the uk's security, have been detained, pending deportation.
10 foreign nationals were a threat to britian's national security. 
israeli prime minister ariel sharon has said that mahmoud abbas is a man that israel can do business with.
palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, may be someone israel can talk with. 
nagin defended his plan to return up to 180,000 people to the city, within a week and a half, despite concerns about the short supply of drinking water and heavily polluted floodwaters.    
as many as 180,000 people could return within 10 days to a city that held 460,000 before hurricane katrina struck.
the walt disney co. donated one of the world's most significant private collections of african artwork, yesterday, to the smithsonian's national museum of african art.
disney gave the smithsonian a trove of sought-after african art.
with more than 223,000 refugees already in texas, perry said officials at relief centers, around the state, say they are running out of room.  
with more than 220,000 refugees in texas, perry warned that his state was running out of room.
an explosion, followed by a raging fire, demolished a plastics factory, killing at least three people and injuring at least 37. 
a massive blast at a plastics factory killed at least two people.
the new-york based company said, tuesday, that profits totaled a record $946 million, or 75 cents a share, in the january-march period, up from $794 million, or 61 cents a share, a year earlier.
net income grew to $369 million, or 83 cents per share, in the january-march period from $291 million, or 65 cents per share, a year ago.
the settlement must be approved by citigroup's board of directors and the board of regents of the university of california, the lead plaintiff for investors in the case. 
the university of california's board of regents still needs to ratify the settlement - as does citigroup's board of directors.
the ruling popular party proposed the ban of batasuna after the 24-year-old basque party refused to condemn the terrorist bombing the eta carried out on aug. 4 against civilians.
the trigger for this move to ban batasuna was their failure to condemn an eta bombing.
the white house pressure, reported by iraqi officials in baghdad and an american official in washington, on sunday, was a change in the administration's hands-off approach to iraqi politics. 
washington is pressing iraq's leaders to end weeks of political deadlock and to form a new government as soon as possible, us officials say.  
the flexibility of our market-driven economy has allowed us, thus far, to weather reasonably well the steep rise in spot and futures prices for crude oil and natural gas that we have experienced over the past two years, said mr. greenspan. 
rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend. 
the christian democrats (cdu) won 35.2% of the vote, or 225 seats, against 34.3% for chancellor gerhard schroeder's social democrats (spd).
it seems unlikely that there will be a coalition between gerhard schroeder's social democrats and angela merkel's christian democratic union.
china has taken delivery of the first section of a futuristic high-speed train which levitates above the track. 
the train literally floats above the track.
a jet filled with tourists returning home to the french caribbean island of martinique, crashed tuesday, in venezuela.
a plane carrying vacationers home to the island of martinique crashed, tuesday, in venezuela.
the 42-year-old actor was outside a movie theater in central london's leicester square, doing press interviews, sunday, when a man squirted cruise with a water pistol disguised as a microphone, london's metropolitan police said. 
cruise was in leicester square when he was squirted with water.
hurricane katrina petroleum-supply outlook improved somewhat, yesterday, as u.s. and european governments agreed to release 2 million barrels a day, of oil and refined products, from their reserves.  
offers by individual european governments, involved supplies of crude or refined oil products. 
thousands of shias have marched in the southern iraqi city of basra to back the new constitution and to mourn 1,000 pilgrims who died in a stampede.  
thousands of shiite muslims rallied in the southern city of basra to show support for iraq's new constitution. 
frye says, that he (a homeopathy expert) and iris bell recently studied homeopathic treatment of fibromyalgia.  a new analysis - comparing published studies of homeopathic drugs to matched, randomly selected studies of medical drugs - suggests that these apparent homeopathic drug effects are merely placebo effects.  
what really irks frye and other doctors of homeopathy, however, is that homeopathic remedies are not supposed to be used like medical drugs. 
that request is at odds with the law signed early yesterday, by bush, directing the federal courts to consider the case de novo without taking into account the state court's findings.
president bush authorized the federal courts to review the case.  
although most palestinians crossed into egypt in order to shop and see relatives, palestinian officials say that the recent border chaos enabled smugglers to bring drugs and weapons into gaza.  
egyptian and palestinian border guards failed repeatedly in efforts to end the chaos and to close the border.
the president george bush administration, on friday, ordered the sale of 30 million barrels of crude oil from the government's emergency stockpile to halt runaway oil prices triggered by hurricane katrina.   
european nations were considering releasing oil reserves to help the united states after hurricane katrina. 
"i will take a brief vacation with some priest friends after christmas and then i will go on retreat at a monastery," law, reading from a brief statement, told reporters.
law said he plans to take a brief vacation after christmas and later retreat to a monastery.
three democrats joined the committee's 10 majority republicans in a 13-5 vote to advance the conservative judge's nomination to the full senate. five democrats opposed roberts. 
the senate judiciary committee, on thursday, approved judge john roberts' nomination as the next supreme court chief justice, virtually assuring his confirmation by the senate next week.
the 26-member international energy agency said, friday, that member countries would release oil to help relieve the u.s. fuel crisis caused by hurricane katrina.   
the international community agreed to release stocks from reserves to help avert a fuel crisis threatening the u.s. 
in october, however, amid rising tensions between the government and opposition groups, a car bomb seriously injured an opposition politician and killed his driver, in beirut.
a member of the opposition was injured in a car bomb attack in beirut.
the outlawed basque political party in spain, batasuna, called, on monday, parties in the basque autonomous government to boycott the parliament decision to ban it.
spain's basque party calls for the boycott of a parliament decision.
nike inc. said, monday, that its first-quarter profit grew 32 percent, as the world's largest sneaker and athletic apparel company posted broad gains in sales and orders.   
nike said that orders for delivery were up 11 percent from a year earlier, and it was optimistic about its growth prospects. 
the united iraqi alliance, endorsed by iraq's top shiite clerics, captured more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.  
the united iraqi alliance won more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.
lawyer david gibbs pleaded with the appeals court to order schiavo's feeding tube reinserted to give her parents a chance to make a complete argument before a federal court that her rights are being violated.
the appeals court was their last best chance to get that feeding tube reinserted into their daughter.
then came the dozens of protesters who started camping out near bush's ranch this month, led by a california mother who lost her son in the war and insists on speaking to the president.
fbi whistleblower coleen rowley has also arrived in texas, as has becky lourey, another mother who has lost her son in iraq and a state senator in minnesota
the rolling stones kicked off their latest tour on sunday, with a flashy, high-energy concert at boston's fenway park that made no concession to the band's more than four decades playing pounding rock 'n roll.
the rolling stones kicked off their tour in boston.
a jet, carrying french caribbean islanders home from a panama vacation, crashed in rural venezuela early tuesday, after the pilot reported trouble with the engines.
a plane carrying vacationers home to the french caribbean island of martinique crashed, tuesday, in western venezuela after reporting engine problems, killing all 160 people on board, officials said.
bowles will take the title hrh duchess of cornwall, changing it to the princess consort, when charles becomes king. 
bowles will take the title of princess consort.
seeking common ground amid sensitive differences on democracy, bush and  putin agreed thursday, on new efforts to keep nuclear arms away from terrorists as well as sovereign nations like iran and north korea. 
bush and putin agreed that iran should not have nuclear weapons.
federal reserve chairman, alan greenspan, warned friday that recent gains in u.s. home prices, stock values and other forms of wealth may be temporary and could easily erode if long-term interest rates rise.
greenspan also worried in his speech about what will occur with the ending of the recent sustained period of low interest rates and low risks for investors.
rumsfeld signaled a harder line against china from the bush administration, which has criticized beijing over trade and human rights issues but not directly challenged the chinese military buildup.
rumsfeld is leveling some harsh criticism at china during his trip.
witching hour passed and potter fans poured into bookshops around the world on saturday, snatching up copies of the latest instalment in the series that promises to be the fastest-selling book in history.
potter fans rushed to tills in order to purchase the book.
rising house and stock prices have made many people feel more wealthy and have helped to support consumer spending, a key ingredient of the economy's good health.
a long spell of low interest rates and low risks for investors has especially encouraged investment in homes.
chinese premier, zhu rongji, and german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, opened the world's first commercial magnetic levitation (maglev) train yesterday, with both sides having much to gain from its success. 
both mr. schroeder and mr. zhu have much to gain if maglev succeeds.
world leaders expressed concern on thursday that north korea will quit six-party nuclear disarmament talks and will  bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal. 
north korea says it has a stockpile of nuclear weapons and is building more.
the sale was made to pay yukos' us$ 27.5 billion tax bill, yuganskneftegaz was originally sold for us$ 9.4 billion to a little known company baikalfinansgroup which was later bought by the russian state-owned oil company rosneft .
baikalfinansgroup was sold to rosneft.
the sale was made to pay yukos' us$ 27.5 billion tax bill, yuganskneftegaz was originally sold for us$9.4 billion to a little known company baikalfinansgroup which was later bought by the russian state-owned oil company rosneft .
yuganskneftegaz cost us$ 27.5 billion.
loraine besides participating in broadway's dreamgirls, also participated in the off-broadway production of "does a tiger have a necktie". in 1999, loraine went to london, united kingdom. there she participated in the production of "rent" where she was cast as "mimi" the understudy.
"does a tiger have a necktie" was produced in london.
"the extra girl" (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, sue graham (played by mabel normand) who comes to hollywood to be in the pictures. this mabel normand vehicle, produced by mack sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about hollywood, such as king vidor's "show people" (1928).
"the extra girl" was produced by sennett.
a bus collision with a truck in uganda has resulted in at least 30 fatalities and has left a further 21 injured.
30 die in a bus collision in uganda.
take consumer products giant procter and gamble. even with a $1.8 billion research and development budget, it still manages 500 active partnerships each year, many of them with small companies.
500 small companies are partners of procter and gamble.
after his release, the clean-shaven magdy el-nashar told reporters outside his home that he had nothing to do with the july 7 transit attacks, which killed 52 people and the four bombers.
52 people and four bombers were killed on july 7.
mrs. bush's approval ratings have remained very high, above 80%, even as her husband's have recently dropped below 50%.
80% approve of mr. bush.
recent dakosaurus research comes from a complete skull found in argentina in 1996, studied by diego pol of ohio state university, zulma gasparini of argentinas national university of la plata, and their colleagues.
a complete dakosaurus was discovered by diego pol.
on may 17, 2005, the national assembly of kuwait passed, by a majority of 35 to 23 (with 1 abstention), an amendment to its electoral law that would allow women to vote and to stand as parliamentary candidates.
a pro-women amendment was rejected by the national assembly of kuwait.
i recently took a round trip from abuja to yola, the capital of adamawa state and back to abuja, with a fourteen-seater bus.
abuja is located in adamawa state.
accardo founded the settimane musicali internazionali in naples and the cremona string festival in 1971, and in 1996, he re-founded the orchestra da camera italiana (o.c.i.), whose members are the best pupils of the walter stauffer academy.
accardo was a member of the walter stauffer academy.
airbus could site a design engineering centre in the midlands region of the uk to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of mg rover, the collapsed uk carmaker.
airbus plans a design engineering centre.
alex dyer, spokesman for the group, stated that santarchy in auckland is part of a worldwide phenomenon.
alex dyer represents santarchy.
as late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the french army led by general louis alexandre berthier captured rome and imprisoned pope pius vi, who would die in captivity in valence, drôme, france in august of 1799.
alexandre berthier died in 1799.
cauhtemoc cardenas said during a news conference on 7 june that the visit to mexico by salvadoran president alfredo cristiani is a visit by "a repressive ruler who oppresses a large sector of his people."
alfredo cristiani visits mexico on june 7.
allen was renowned for his skill at scratch-building and creating scenery, and he pioneered the technique of weathering his models to make them look old and more realistic.
allen introduced a new technique of creating realistic scenery.
gastrointestinal bleeding can happen as an adverse effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen.
aspirin prevents gastrointestinal bleeding.
in 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the manifesto group. in 1984, after berlinguer's death, natta was elected as party secretary.
berlinguer succeeded natta.
blue mountain lumber is a subsidiary of malaysian forestry transnational corporation, ernslaw one.
blue mountain lumber owns ernslaw one.
blue mountain lumber said today it may have to relocate a $30 million project offshore in the wake of an environment court decision that blocked it from a planned development site on the coromandel.
blue mountain lumber will locate a development site on the coromandel.
chicago-based boeing has already scrubbed three delivery slots in 2006 that had been booked by air canada.
boeing's headquarters is in canada.
the kalido technical advisory board members include boris evelson, founder and managing partner, textra group, inc., and bill inmon, president, inmon data systems.
boris evelson founded the kalido technical advisory board.
bountiful arrived after war's end, sailing into san francisco bay 21 august 1945. bountiful was then assigned as hospital ship at yokosuka, japan, departing san francisco 1 november 1945.
bountiful reached san francisco in august 1945.
bountiful arrived after war's end, sailing into san francisco bay 21 august 1945. bountiful was then assigned as hospital ship at yokosuka, japan, departing san francisco 1 november 1945.
bountiful reached san francisco on 1 november 1945.
the prime minister of spain zapatero visited brazil, argentina, chile and uruguay recently, in a effort to build a left axis in south america. the cited countries' south american presidents agreed to collaborate at international level, particularly in the united nations , european union and with paris, berlin and madrid.
brazil is part of the united nations.
under the headline "greed instead of quality", germany's die tageszeitung says no good will come of the acquisition of the publisher berliner verlag by two british and us-based investment funds.
british and us-based investment funds acquire berliner verlag.
as much as 200 mm of rain have been recorded in portions of british columbia , on the west coast of canada since monday.
british columbia is located in canada.
dr wood led a courageous and committed team in the fight to save 28 patients suffering from between two and 92 per cent body burns, deadly infections and delayed shock. as well as receiving much praise from both her own patients and the media, she also attracted controversy among other burns surgeons due to the fact that spray-on skin had not yet been subjected to clinical trials.
burns surgeons approve dr wood's spray-on skin.
in announcing plans today to prepare the nation for combating a future worldwide wave of bird flu, president bush used vocabulary and tactics that are familiar from his confrontation with global terrorism.
bush supports global terrorism.
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.
capt. scott reached scott island in december 1902.
carl smith collided with a concrete lamp-post while skating and suffered a skull fracture that caused a coma. when he failed to regain consciousness, his parents on august 8 consented to his life support machine being turned off.
carl smith died on august 8.
as leaders gather in argentina ahead of this weekends regional talks, hugo chávez, venezuela's populist president, is using an energy windfall to win friends and promote his vision of 21st-century socialism.
chávez is a follower of socialism.
parviz davudi was representing iran at a meeting of the shanghai co-operation organisation (sco), the fledgling association that binds russia, china and four former soviet republics of central asia together to fight terrorism.
china is a member of sco.
a leading human rights group on wednesday identified poland and romania as the likely locations in eastern europe of secret prisons where al-qaeda suspects are interrogated by the central intelligence agency.
cia secret prisons were located in eastern europe.
the car which crashed against the mail-box belonged to james clark, 68, an acquaintance of james jones' family.
clark is a relative of jones'.
colarusso, the dover police captain, said authorities are interested in whether their suspect made a cell phone call while he was in the dover woman's home.
colarusso works for dover police.
côte d'ivoire, once a haven of stability in west africa and the world's top cocoa producer, has been split in two since a failed coup against gbagbo in september 2002, pitting rebels from the muslim-dominated north against the christian-populated south.
côte d'ivoire is located in africa.
he said that "there is evidence that cristiani was involved in the murder of the six jesuit priests" which occurred on 16 november in san salvador.
cristiani is accused of the assassination of six jesuits.
the president cristiani spoke today at the el salvador military airport before he left for costa rica to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect rafael calderon fournier.
cristiani is the president of costa rica.
he said that "there is evidence that cristiani was involved in the murder of the six jesuit priests" which occurred on 16 november in san salvador.
cristiani killed six jesuits.
"there were 20 survivors, the majority of them are in critical condition" said cyprian gatete, rwanda's assistant commissioner of police, during a telephone conversation with reuters.
cyprian gatete is an employee of reuters.
parents also had to contribute "much more fully", while "coasting" schools would be tackled, ms kelly told mps. but shadow education secretary david cameron, who backed some ideas, said other parts were a "complete muddle".
david cameron works as the shadow education secretary.
a former employee of the company, david vance of south portland, said hooper spent a lot of time on the road, often meeting with customers between portland and kittery.
david vance lives in south portland.
james kerr had been the foreman for the deane, adams and deane gun factory. robert adams, one of the partners and inventor of the adams revolver, was kerr's cousin.
dean invented a revolver.
shares of o2 plc, which this week agreed to be bought for 17.7 billion pounds ($31.3 billion) by telefonica sa, fell after deutsche telekom ag said it won't make a counter offer.
deutsche telekom sold o2 plc.
the bbc's tim franks says frustrated british diplomats insist there have been several achievements but there is no doubt that the continued delay in reaching agreement on a budget for the eu hangs over all discussions.
diplomats agree on eu budget.
she has become world renowned for her patented invention of spray on skin for burns victims, a treatment which is continually developing. via her research, fiona found that scarring is greatly reduced if replacement skin could be provided within 10 days. as a burns specialist the holy grail for dr fiona wood is 'scarless, woundless healing'.
dr fiona wood has invented a treatment for burns victims.
the british government did not initially purchase the weapon and civilian sales were modest. however the u.s. civil war began in 1860 and the governments of both the united states and the confederacy began purchasing arms in britain.
during the civil war the government of the united states bought arms from britain.
edison decided to call "his" invention the kinetoscope, combining the greek root words "kineto" (movement), and "scopos" ("to view").
edison invented the kinetoscope.
"i want to go back again. but i am afraid, honestly, i am afraid. propaganda against me made people think i am terrorist.", said el-nashar.
el-nashar is accused of terrorism.
el-nashar was detained july 14 in cairo after britain notified egyptian authorities that it suspected he may have had links to some of the attackers.
el-nashar was arrested in egypt.
the chapters voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to emperor charles v, and pope clement vii gave his consent to these proceedings.
emperor charles v was elected by clement vii.
the company, whose registered auditors are deloitte and touche, has instructed ernst and young to carry out a thorough review of the accounts of eurest support services, a subsidiary which feeds un peacekeepers in at least eight countries.
eurest support services is a subsidiary of ernst and young.
bosnia's leading muslim daily dnevni avaz writes excitedly about "a sensational discovery" of "the first european pyramid" in the central town of visoko, just north of sarajevo.
europe's first pyramid has been discovered near sarajevo.
female mosquitoes become infected with the malaria parasite when they draw blood from humans with malaria. the insects can then pass this on to other humans they bite, but do not get sick themselves.
female mosquitoes spread malaria.
fermilab's goal is to ensure that if a program runs and is certified on redhat enterprise, then it will run on the corresponding fermi linux lts release. they have built fermi linux lts for fermilab's use, and that is their ultimate goal.
fermilab created linux lts.
on the morning of 1 june, there was a blackout throughout most of the capital caused by urban commandos of the farabundo marti national liberation front (fmln).
fmln caused a blackout in the capital.
after graduating in 1977, gallager chose to accept a full scholarship to play football for temple university.
gallager attended temple university.
russia's natural gas monopoly gazprom has also shown interest in acquiring a sizable stake in the uzbek pipeline monopoly.
gazprom detains the uzbek pipeline monopoly.
in addition to establishing the electoral commission, the laws also concern nationality, a contentious issue since citizenship laws were tightened to exclude one of gbagbo's main competitors from the 2000 presidential race, former prime minister alassane ouattara.
gbagbo is a competitor of ouattara.
general dynamics, the maker of land combat systems, warships and gulfstream business jets, reported net earnings of $374m in the third quarter, or $1.84 per share.
general dynamics loses $374m.
the pet passport alone can be used to enter the uk, but it will not suffice to enter many countries. for instance guatemala, like almost every country, demands that all imported pets have a rabies vaccination, but will not accept the pet passport as proof of said vaccination.
guatemala accepts the pet passport as proof of vaccination.
gus on friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-uk retail operation with the 390m (265m) sale of the dutch home shopping company, wehkamp, to industri kapital, a private equity firm.
gus sold wehkamp.
in 1927 harnold lamb wrote a biography of genghis khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and history books until his death in 1962.
harnold lamb authored many biographies.
the health department has been made aware that property located at bear creek is under investigation by the nc division of waste management for the illegal discharge of hazardous chemical materials.
hazardous chemical materials have been discovered at bear creek.
hooper, a salesman of portland, is accused of posing as a potential home buyer on july 26, then forcing himself inside the residence and raping a 19-year-old woman.
hooper bought a house in portland.
a former employee of the company, david vance of south portland, said hooper spent a lot of time on the road, often meeting with customers between portland and kittery.
hooper is a citizen of portland.
hugh was also very supportive of mustang's plan to become fuhrer, doing whatever he can to, as he put it, to "help him from the bottom to the top."
hugh assisted mustang.
hughes loved his wife, gracia, and was absolutely obsessed with his little daughter elicia.
hughes was married to gracia.
as leaders gather in argentina ahead of this weekends regional talks, hugo chávez, venezuela's populist president is using an energy windfall to win friends and promote his vision of 21st-century socialism.
hugo chávez acts as venezuela's president.
but these are only first hazards. "if the rain continues at the same magnitude and according to the forecast, then some of the rivers could reach flood stage either later [tuesday] or wednesday morning," said allan chapman, a hydrologist with the river forecast centre in victoria.
allan chapman is employed at the river forecast centre.
on october 1 2001, eu and other countries introduced the option for domestic animal owners to apply for pet passports under the pets travel scheme (pets for short), for pets returning from abroad to the united kingdom. this replaced the old system of 6 months compulsory quarantine for all domestic pets.
in 2001, the eu introduced a passport for pets.
on october 1 2001, eu and other countries introduced the option for domestic animal owners to apply for pet passports under the pets travel scheme (pets for short), for pets returning from abroad to the united kingdom. this replaced the old system of 6 months compulsory quarantine for all domestic pets.
in 2001, the eu introduced a six-month compulsory quarantine for all domestic pets.
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.
in the may 2005 general election conservatives got 33 seats.
the us state of kansas has ruled that science classes in public schools should include the teaching of intelligent design and the doubts it casts on darwinian evolution.
intelligent design supports darwinian evolution.
following the declaration of the establishment of the state of israel, may 14, 1948, seven arab states entered palestine and engaged israeli forces.
israeli forces attacked seven arab states in 1948.
at the same time the italian digital rights group, electronic frontiers italy, has asked the nation's government to investigate sony over its use of anti-piracy software.
italy's government investigates sony.
uk foreign secretary jack straw said iraqis had "shown again their determination to defy the terrorists and take part in the democratic process".
jack straw holds the position of uk foreign secretary.
the original owner, henry borski, opened his tavern in 1945. he later passed it on to his son jake borski, then it was owned by phylis roberts for approximately 23 years after that.
henry borski and jake borski are relatives.
according to nc articles of organization, the members of llc company are h. nelson beavers, iii, h. chester beavers and jennie beavers stewart.
jennie beavers stewart is a share-holder of carolina analytical laboratory.
jerry reinsdorf (born february 25 1936 in brooklyn, new york) is the owner of chicago white sox and the chicago bulls. recently, he helped the white sox win the 2005 world series and, in the process, collected his seventh championship ring overall (the first six were all with the bulls in the 1990s), becoming the third owner in the history of north american sports to win a championship in two different sports.
jerry reinsdorf has won 7 championships.
john and frances galyean are partners in life and now both share a passion for photography. the galyeans, married for more than 46 years, have been involved in photography since 1999.
john galyean's wife is called frances.
mr fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told mr libby in june 2003 that valerie plame, wife of the former ambassador joseph wilson, worked for the cia.
joseph wilson is valerie plame's ex-husband.
mr fitzgerald revealed he was one of several top officials who told mr libby in june 2003 that valerie plame, wife of the former ambassador joseph wilson, worked for the cia.
joseph wilson worked for cia.
earlier this year reporter judith miller was jailed for refusing to name the us-government source who identified a member of the us central intelligence agency (cia), valerie plame.
judith miller is a member of cia.
earlier this year reporter judith miller was jailed for refusing to name the us-government source who identified a member of the us central intelligence agency (cia), valerie plame.
judith miller works for the us government.
jyestadeva (1500-1610), was an astronomer of the kerala school founded by madhava of sangamagrama and a student of damodara. he is most known for writing the first calculus text, the yuktibhasa . he also authored the drk-karana on astronomical observations.
jyestadeva invented calculus.
jyestadeva (1500-1610), was an astronomer of the kerala school founded by madhava of sangamagrama and a student of damodara. he is most known for writing the first calculus text, the yuktibhasa . he also authored the drk-karana on astronomical observations.
jyestadeva is the author of the yuktibhasa.
as an active member of the national guard, he was called to duty in 1941. although kennon did not see active combat, he did not return home from world war ii until may of 1945.
kennon did not participate in wwii.
as an active member of the national guard, he was called to duty in 1941. although kennon did not see active combat, he did not return home from world war ii until may of 1945.
kennon was part of the national guard.
the kinston indians are a minor league baseball team in kinston, north carolina. the team, a class a affiliate of the cleveland indians, plays in the carolina league.
kinston indians participate in the carolina league.
un secretary general kofi annan has noted that the iraqi people turned out in large numbers to vote in the january 30 ballot.
kofi annan was elected in the january 30 ballot.
swansea striker lee trundle has negotiated a lucrative image-rights deal with the league one club.
lee trundle is in business with the league one club.
levomepromazine has prominent sedative and anticholinergic/ sympatholytic effects (dry mouth, hypotension, sinus tachycardia, extreme night sweats) and causes massive weight gain. these side effects normally do not allow to give the drug in doses needed for full remission of schizophrenia, so it has to be combined with a more potent antipsychotic.
levomepromazine causes schizophrenia.
live at leeds (1970) is the who's first live album, and indeed is their only live album that was released while the band was still recording and performing regularly.
live at leeds was recorded by the who.
in june 2004, top russian oil producer lukoil signed a $1 billion 35-year production-sharing agreement to develop uzbek natural gas deposits.
lukoil earned $1 billion in 2004.
scott's execution led to outrage in ontario, and was largely responsible for prompting the wolseley expedition which forced louis riel, now branded a murderer, to flee the settlement.
louis riel assassinated scott.
the extra girl (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, sue graham (played by mabel normand) who comes to hollywood to be in the pictures. this mabel normand vehicle, produced by mack sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about hollywood, such as king vidors show people (1928).
mabel normand starred in the extra girl.
on 21 july, the macdonough patrolled the waters off guam to protect the assault craft from enemy submarines, continuing that role until departing for hawaii on 10 august. after a day at pearl harbor, she departed for the admiralty islands.
the macdonough left hawaii on 10 august.
the pentagon is rejecting demands by kyrgyzstan to pay for the past use of manas air base, a key military facility for us aircraft flying missions to afghanistan.
manas air base is located in kyrgyzstan.
he also referred to the "illegal" arrest on 31 may of mexican professor maria eugenia ochoa garcia, whom the salvadoran government accused of having connections with the salvadoran guerrillas.
maria eugenia ochoa garcia was arrested in may.
there is no way marlowe could legally leave italy, especially after an arrest warrant has been issued for him by the authorities. assisted by zaleshoff, he succeeds in making his escape from milan.
marlowe supported zaleshoff.
there is no way marlowe could legally leave italy, especially after an arrest warrant has been issued for him by the authorities. assisted by zaleshoff, he succeeds in making his escape from milan.
marlowe was arrested by italian authorities.
"we are ... deploying more people into côte d'ivoire -- police, military people and people to work directly with the office of the prime minister" mbeki told a news conference in pretoria.
mbeki holds the office of prime minister.
mercedes-benz usa (mbusa), headquartered in montvale, new jersey, is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all mercedes-benz and maybach products in the united states.
mbusa is based in new yersey.
since joining the key to the cure campaign three years ago, mercedes-benz has donated over $2 million toward finding new detection methods, treatments and cures for women's cancers.
mercedez-benz supports the key to the cure campaign.
airbus could site a design engineering centre in the midlands region of the uk to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of mg rover, the collapsed uk carmaker.
mg rover has been bought by airbus.
ascap is a membership association of more than 200,000 u.s. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music.
more than 200,000 u.s. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers are members of ascap.
the drug dealers from morro da rocinha are in a war against drug dealers from the neighbouring vidigal favela.
morro da rocinha is near the vidigal favela.
u.s. district judge leonie brinkema accepted would-be hijacker zacarias moussaoui's guilty pleas on six charges of conspiracy laid against him for his plotting to participate in the sept. 11 attacks . moussaoui, who had to be restrained at one point during the trial in an alexandria, virginia courthouse, was polite and quiet during the day's appearance.
moussaoui participated in the sept. 11 attacks.
in the two weeks since his death, police have been posted outside the beijing home where mr. zhao spent his last 15 years under house arrest and where hundreds have been assembling to pay tribute. agents have been turning many of the mourners away.
mr. zhao died in beijing.
unfortunately, a visit from mrs hobday, causes mr browne to leave for london.
mrs hobday departs london.
in conversations with ms. robbins, it is understood that armstrong environmental inc. has been retained by past or present owners or some combination of these parties.
ms robbins is a co-owner of armstrong environmental inc.
a light blue 1975 ford escort gl once owned by pope john paul ii sold for $690,000 saturday to a houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown.
a houston multimillionaire buys the pope's ford escort.
a strong supporter of the "italian road to socialism", he was close to enrico berlinguer, and gained a position in the party secretariat. in 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the manifesto group. in 1984, after berlinguer's death, natta was elected as party secretary.
natta supported italian socialism.
in 1969, he drew up the report proposing the expulsion from the party of the manifesto group. in 1984, after berlinguer's death, natta was elected as party secretary.
natta supported the manifesto group.
according to nelson beavers, who is a co-owner of the current company, carolina analytical laboratories, llc. and has ownership/employment history with woodson-tenent and eurofins, the septic system was installed in the early 1990s.
nelson beavers is one of the owners of carolina analytical laboratories.
according to nelson beavers, who is a co-owner of the current company, carolina analytical laboratories, llc. and has ownership/employment history with woodson-tenent and eurofins, the septic system was installed in the early 1990s.
nelson beavers worked for eurofins.
côte d'ivoire's president laurent gbagbo promulgated new election laws on july 14, including the creation of an independent electoral commission to oversee the presidential vote, which is slated for october 30.
new elections in côte d'ivoire will take place on july 14.
côte d'ivoire's president laurent gbagbo promulgated new election laws on july 14, including the creation of an independent electoral commission to oversee the presidential vote, which is slated for october 30.
new elections in côte d'ivoire will take place on october 30.
nival was founded in 1996 by sergey orlovskiy. in early 2005, the company was bought by ener1 group, a florida-based holdings company, for around us$10 million.
nival was sold in 2005.
nokia, texas instruments and other leading makers of mobile phones have formally complained to brussels that qualcomm, the us mobile chipmaker, has unfairly used its patents on 3g technologies.
nokia produces mobile chips.
last year's collapse of italian dairy company parmalat , with "14.3 billion euros that must still be accounted for", is given as evidence for "a lack of effective tools and controls regarding financial operations".
parmalat costs 14.3 billion euros.
councilman pierce had built the home for his daughter on e. 28th street off rossville blvd, as he lives nearby.
pierce lives near rossville blvd.
councilman pierce had built the home for his daughter on e. 28th street off rossville blvd, as he lives nearby.
pierce lives on e. 28th street.
as late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the french army led by general louis alexandre berthier captured rome and imprisoned pope pius vi, who would die in captivity in valence, drôme, france in august of 1799.
pope pius vi died in france.
south african president thabo mbeki, the main mediator in côte d'ivoire's peace process, said on sunday that pretoria is heightening its intervention in the west african nation to pave the way for elections later this year.
pretoria is located in côte d'ivoire.
take consumer products giant procter and gamble. even with a $1.8 billion research and development budget, it still manages 500 active partnerships each year, many of them with small companies.
procter and gamble spends $1.8 billion for research and development.
he also referred to the "illegal" arrest on 31 may of mexican professor maria eugenia ochoa garcia, whom the salvadoran government accused of having connections with the salvadoran guerrillas.
professor ochoa garcia is a member of the salvadoran government.
animals are permitted to enter the uk 6 months later without quarantine as long as they have been treated for ticks, fleas and tapeworms between 24 and 48 hours before boarding the transport that will return the pets to the uk.
quarantine is compulsory for animals to enter the uk.
the president cristiani spoke today at the el salvador military airport before he left for costa rica to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect rafael calderon fournier.
rafael calderon fournier has been elected president of costa rica.
from 1016 to 1030 the normans were pure mercenaries, serving either byzantines or lombards, and then sergius of naples, by installing their leader rainulf in the fortress of aversa in 1030, gave them their first pied-à-terre and they began an organized conquest of the land.
rainulf was the leader of the normans.
five years later, rennyo returned to the kyoto area, establishing new honganji branch temples. during this time, he established a new form of liturgy (gongyo), incorporating elements that would eventually become the core of honganji shinshu buddhism.
rennyo founded honganji shinshu buddhism.
forced to flee attack again in 1471 rennyo travelled to yoshizaki, where he built a popular temple which attracted many peasant converts from the region.
rennyo reached yoshizaki in 1471.
state police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for robert senacal, 35, of cortlandt manor.
robert senacal was arrested by police.
centre-left voters in italy have chosen romano prodi as the candidate who will challenge prime minister silvio berlusconi in next year's election. the former european commission president and italian pm won 73.5% of votes, according to partial results of primaries.
romano prodi wins italian primaries.
the sale was made to pay yukos' us$ 27.5 billion tax bill, yuganskneftegaz was originally sold for us$9.4 billion to a little known company baikalfinansgroup which was later bought by the russian state-owned oil company rosneft.
rosneft belonged to the russian state.
a former fbi special agent, rowley, and becky lourey, whose son was killed in iraq, will leave for texas on thursday and camp at the site for a few days.
rowley and lourey are relatives.
george hawi's assassination came on the heels of the conclusion of the last round of parliamentary elections, which saw a coalition of opposition candidates led by saad hariri, son of former prime minister of lebanon rafik hariri , capture a majority of seats.
saad hariri was elected prime minister of lebanon.
saddam hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the u.s.-led 2003 invasion, but arab league officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this gulf state claimed.
saddam hussein flees to the u.s.
they named themselves for saint joan of arc. the brigade began with 17 women, but soon grew to 135 members. its mission was to obtain money, weapons, provisions, and information for the combatant men. many smuggled weapons into the combat zones by carrying them in carts filled with grain or cement.
saint joan of arc's brigade got weapons for combatants.
scott stevens, the idaho meteorologist who claimed that a weather manipulating conspiracy (possibly under the control of japanese yakuza mafia) caused hurricane katrina, has quit his job at kpvi-tv in pocatello.
scott stevens has connections with the yakuza.
scott's execution led to outrage in ontario, and was largely responsible for prompting the wolseley expedition, which forced louis riel, now branded a murderer, to flee the settlement.
scott's execution caused the wolseley expedition.
state police issued bulletins via teletype requesting patrols to be on the lookout for robert senacal, 35, of cortlandt manor.
senacal resides in cortland manor.
so far sony bmg has not released a list of how many of its cds are protected or how many have been sold.
sony bmg sells protected cds.
southwest airlines on thursday said rebuilding service at new orleans was its number one priority as it unveiled its 58th consecutive quarterly profit and enhanced fuel hedges to extend its competitive advantage over rivals.
southwest airlines operates in new orleans.
carmine rocco, health director was contacted in june by sue robbins, division of waste management, to advise him that she would be in the county to conduct a site visit to the former woodson-tenent laboratory.
sue robbins visits the former woodson-tenent laboratory.
in 1869 sumner resigned his see, but continued to live at the official residence at farnham until his death on the 15th of august 1874.
sumner died at farnham.
paralysis was followed by aphasia, and after acute pain, followed by a long period of apathy, from which death relieved swift in october 1745.
swift died in 1745.
swift was offered and accepted the post of secretary and chaplain to the earl of berkeley, one of the lords justices, but when he reached ireland he found that the secretaryship had been given to another.
swift worked for the earl of berkeley.
prior to that, andy sipowicz began to date assistant district attorney sylvia costas. they got married in 1995 and had a son theo in 1996.
sylvia costas is the wife of andy sipowicz.
the south indian flute had only seven finger holes till the 1970s when the legendary t.r. mahalingam introduced the eight holed variety.
t.r. mahalingham made the first seven holed flute.
new research shows there has been a sharp increase in disfiguring skin cancers, particularly in women under the age of 40, providing more evidence that young people are not heeding warnings about the dangers of tanning.
tanning may cause skin cancers.
nokia, texas instruments and other leading makers of mobile phones have formally complained to brussels that qualcomm, the us mobile chipmaker, has unfairly used its patents on 3g technologies.
texas instruments produces mobile phones.
the auburn high school athletic hall of fame recently introduced its class of 2005 which includes 10 members.
the auburn high school athletic hall of fame has ten members.
in 1955, the aurora borealis, a coating applied to crystal stones to produce a "rainbow of colors" effect was introduced.
the aurora borealis was discovered in 1995.
according to coprefa, another soldier was wounded in a guerrilla ambush against the elite bracamonte battalion on a highway in central el salvador.
the bracamonte battalion was attacked by guerrillas.
the bolan pass is a gap through the toba kakar range of mountains on the border of pakistan. the british took the threat of a russian invasion of india via the khyber and bolan passes very seriously so in 1837, a british envoy was sent to kabul to gain support of the emir, dost mohammed. in february of 1839, the british army under sir john keane took 12,000 men through the bolan pass and entered kandahar.
the british army crossed the toba kakar range of mountains in 1839.
the canadian parliament's ethics commission said former immigration minister, judy sgro, did nothing wrong and her staff had put her into a conflict of interest.
the canadian parliament's ethics commission accuses judy sgro.
the counts of holland and geldern, between whose territories the lands of the bishops of utrecht lay, also sought to acquire influence over the filling of the episcopal see. this often led to disputes and consequently the holy see frequently interfered in the election.
the counts of holland supported the holy see.
the end result says that 61.6% of the dutch people vote (against) the european constitution, while 38.4% voted (for) the constitution.
the dutch people approve the european constitution.
the land claims agreement must still be approved by the canadian house of commons , but has already passed through the house of assembly of newfoundland and labrador.
the house of assembly of newfoundland and labrador vote against the land claims agreement.
chicago white sox charities also provides annual ongoing support to programs such as special olympics and the inner city little league.
the inner city little league is sponsored by chicago white sox charities.
since the island also lacks wells, water has to be obtained from rain carefully collected in concrete cisterns.
the island gets water from collected rain.
in italy, big protests by students and university staff against government reforms to higher education brought parts of central rome to a standstill on tuesday.
the italian government introduces reforms to higher education.
the bus, which was heading for nairobi in kenya , crashed in the kabale district of uganda near the rwandan border.
the kabale district borders on rwanda.
the kakhovskaya line is a line of the moscow metro. currently it is the only line that exists outside the ring. it is the shortest line in moscow. although the line was formed in 1995, the stations date to 1969 when they were opened as part of the zamoskvoretskaya line.
the kakhovskaya line was built in 1995.
the pet passport is a pink a4 sheet which contains the microchip number and certification that the dog has a rabies vaccination, and needs to be signed by a veterinary surgeon who has lvi status. the passport is not to be confused with the much smaller purple folder routinely issued by vets which records the complete vaccination history of the pet.
the pet passport contains the complete vaccination history of pets.
the man known as just the "piano man" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native germany. according to british tabloids, the man, after losing his job in paris, travelled to the uk through the channel tunnel.
the "piano man" came from germany.
the man known as just the "piano man" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native germany. according to british tabloids, the man, after losing his job in paris, travelled to the uk through the channel tunnel.
the "piano man" worked for a british tabloid.
traditionally, the brahui of the raisani tribe are in charge of the law and order situation through the pass area. this tribe is still living in present day balochistan in pakistan.
the raisani tribe resides in pakistan.
the armed forces press committee (coprefa) admitted that the government troops sustained 11 casualties in these clashes, adding that they inflicted three casualties on the rebels.
three rebels were killed by government troops.
four us cable companies, including industry leaders comcast corp and time warner cable, have entered the fast-growing wireless arena through a joint venture with sprint nextel.
time warner cable is a partner of sprint nextel.
a computer system failure closed down share trading at the tokyo stock exchange for most of yesterday, the worst disruption to date for asia's largest bourse.
the tokyo stock exchange was closed down by computer system failure.
tom online revenues for the three months ended june 30, 2005 were us$42.78 mn, an increase of 38.5% over the same period in 2004.
tom online earned us$42.78 mn in three months.
tom online revenues for the three months ended june 30, 2005 were us$42.78 mn, an increase of 38.5% over the same period in 2004.
tom online revenues have risen by 38.5%.
anglo/dutch royal dutch shell, total, of france, and spain's repsol were all named as examples of established oil companies involved in the oil-for-food programme before surcharges began in 2001.
total participated in the oil-for-food programme.
violence over the last week killed 23 people, two worshippers dragged from a mosque and shot, underlining the challenges of bringing stability and strengthening afghanistan's fledgling democracy.
two worshippers were killed in afghanistan.
a senior russian politician has hailed a decision by uzbekistan to shut down a united states military base there, although moscow officially denies that it is applying pressure on central asian states to expel american forces.
uzbekistan closes united states military base.
the decision by uzbekistan was the latest development in diplomatic fallout with washington over u.s. criticism about a violent crackdown against anti-government protestors last may.
uzbekistan protests against washington.
vance used to be hooper's supervisor, he said, but was let go several months ago.
vance worked with hooper.
vera beers, of olivet, recently was named employee of the month at standard printing in marshall.
vera beers works for olivet.
vera beers, of olivet, recently was named employee of the month at standard printing in marshall.
vera beers works for standard printing.
the activists had been imprisoned in relation to their protest in the main square of krakow , poland, against the presence of vladimir putin at the ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the freeing of the auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp.
vladimir putin participated in the ceremonies for the freeing of the auschwitz birkenau concentration camp.
gus on friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-uk retail operation with the 390m (265m) sale of the dutch home shopping company, wehkamp, to industri kapital, a private equity firm.
wehkamp was based in the uk.
gus on friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-uk retail operation with the €390m (£265m) sale of the dutch home shopping company, wehkamp, to industri kapital, a private equity firm.
wehkamp cost €390m.
white supported gough whitlam's labor government of 1972 to 1975, and after whitlam was ousted in the 1975 constitutional crisis, became particularly anti-royalist.
white assisted the labor government from 1972 to 1975.
around this time, white decided that he would not accept any more prizes for his work. he declined both the $10,000 britannia award and another miles franklin award.
white got the $10,000 britannia award.
in 1975, a 19 year old wilkins was handed the captaincy of chelsea, despite the presence of elder and more experienced players in the squad.
wilkins became the captain of chelsea in 1975.
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 departed milan in 1987.
kuwait becomes the fourth gulf country where women as well as men can vote in elections. saudi arabia holds strictly limited, male-only elections.
women can vote in elections in saudi arabia.
the fifth world social forum (wsf) has kicked off in porto alegre, rio grande do sul state, brazil.
the wsf takes place in brazil.
us president george w. bush has indicated he will invite abbas to the united states for talks, something he never did with abbas's predecessor, the late yasser arafat .
yasser arafat succeeded abbas.
zapatero visited the following cities in four days: brasilia, são paulo, buenos aires and santiago de chile. according to official sources these visits are the last part of the project he began at the eu-latin american summit in guadalajara, mexico and pursued in the ibero-american meeting in costa rica in november.
zapatero participated in the ibero-american meeting in costa rica.
some large russian oil companies, including lukoil, zarubezhneft, the state-owned oil company, and alpha eco, the trader, were implicated by the report.
zarubezhneft trades in oil.
zhao was removed from his position as secretary general of the communist party of china and placed under house arrest in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in tiananmen square.
zhao was a member of the communist party.
zhao, who died at 85, was a reformer who was removed from office, and imprisoned, in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in tiananmen square.
zhao was arrested in 1989.
though fearful of a forthcoming performance evaluation by her boss, zoe must unravel the life of a man just found dead of a heart attack, who was supposed to have died three years earlier in a boating accident.
zoe died in a boating accident.
in 1856 manuel ruiz zorrilla was elected deputy, and soon attracted notice among the most advanced progressists and democrats. he took part in the revolutionary propaganda that led to the military movement in madrid on june 22, 1866. he had to take refuge in france for two years, like his fellow-conspirators, and only returned to spain when the revolution of 1868 took place.
zorrilla started the revolution of 1868.
"child labor" is, generally speaking, work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking access to education).
child labor is widely used in asia.
"glue sniffing" is most common among teenagers. they generally grow out of it once other drugs such as alcohol and cannabis become available to them. seven-year-olds have been known to start "glue sniffing". because of the social stigma attached to "glue sniffing" most snifters stop around 16 or 17 years, unless they are seriously addicted.
glue-sniffing is common among youngsters.
a decision to allow the exiled italian royal family to return to italy may be granted amid the discovery that the head of the family, prince vittorio emmanuele, addressed the president of italy properly. he has called president ciampi "our president, the president of all italians".
italian royal family returns home.
a former philosophy teacher whose best-known novel, sophie's world, was a surprise international best-seller.
sophie's world is a best seller.
a large proportion of young children in ukraine suffer from various health problems that have probably gone undiagnosed until now, but which are being detected in connection with the chernobyl disaster. this could well point to a weak health care system and harsh living conditions.
chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside ex-ussr.
a powerful typhoon battered the northern and central philippines with rains and winds thursday, killing at least three people and cutting off roads. authorities canceled flights and ferry service and shut down schools. typhoon xangsane, packing winds of 81 mph made landfall overnight in the bicol central region and was forecast to pass through the capital manila, the philippine weather bureau said.
a typhoon batters the philippines.
a radiation leak at a nuclear power plant in yeonggwang, south jeolla province, led officials yesterday to shut down the facility.
the nuclear power plant of sosnovyi bor suffers an emergency shut down.
a series of projects with the objective of finding solutions to some of the consequences of the chernobyl accident have been carried out within the framework of the unesco chernobyl programme. the ihp organized a workshop to review and compare present knowledge of radionuclide transfer in the hydrological cycle.
the chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-ussr.
a suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker or attackers intend to kill others and intend to die in the process (see suicide). in a suicide attack in the strict sense the attacker dies by the attack itself, for example in an explosion or crash caused by the attacker.
people were killed in tamil suicide attacks.
a unique feature of previous ebola outbreaks has been the relative sparing of children. for the first time, an out break of an unusual illness-ebola haemorrhagic fever occurred in northern uganda - gulu district.
ebola epidemic breaks out in zaire.
accompanied by sioux prayers and the keening of scottish bagpipes, a plain cotton shirt was returned to south dakota this past summer.
a sioux ghost shirt was returned by a scottish museum.
actor christopher reeve, best known for his role as superman, is paralyzed and cannot breathe without the help of a respirator after breaking his neck in a riding accident in culpeper, va., on saturday.
christopher reeve had an accident.
after years of study, the vatican's doctrinal congregation has sent church leaders a confidential document concluding that "sex-change" procedures do not change a person's gender in the eyes of the church.
sex-change operations become more common.
although the number of the confirmed ebola cases has risen slightly to 26 in gabon and to 16 in congo brazzaville, new infections are now so low that it seems the epidemic is "burning out".
ebola epidemic breaks out in zaire.
anna politkovskaya was found shot dead on saturday in a lift at her block of flats in the russian capital, moscow.
anna politkovskaya was murdered.
anti-nuclear protesters on wednesday delayed the progress of a shipment of radioactive waste toward a dump in northern germany. the train stopped for the fourth time since crossing into germany as it neared the northern town of lueneburg.
nuclear waste transport delayed in germany.
arlene blum is a legendary trailblazer by any measure. defying the climbing establishment of the 1970s, she led the first teams of women on successful ascents of mt. mckinley and annapurna, and was the first american woman to attempt mt. everest. in her long, adventurous career, she has played a leading role in more than twenty expeditions and forged a place for women in the perilous arena of high-altitude mountaineering.
a woman succeeds in climbing everest solo.
around 130 flights were cancelled during a strike held on 19 january, and others were cancelled in the days that followed. when the flight assistants announced a further 24-hour for 23 january, the italian guarantee authority (commissione di garanzia) which regulates strikes in essential public services (under the terms of laws no. 194/1990 and no. 83/2000) (it0004266f) accused the unions of breaching the legal provision that 10 days must elapse between one strike and the next.
italian flight assistants go on strike.
as parties adapt to these new conditions, new definitions - replete with new assumptions about their functions - are likely to shape the ongoing debate about their roles and functions in the 21st century.
several new political parties emerged.
as the terms denoting this allowance vary, it may sometimes remain unclear whether fathers have any entitlements at all, and if so, to what exactly they are entitled.
maternity leave varies in europe.
asia has the highest number of child workers, but sub-saharan africa has the highest proportion of working children relative to population.
child labor is widely used in asia.
at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on sri lanka's army headquarters, while the head of the army has been seriously injured. lt gen sarath fonseka is said to be in a stable condition after surgery in colombo, where the attack happened. the military has blamed tamil tiger rebels for the attack and launched air strikes on their positions in the east.
people were killed in suicide attacks.
athletics' governing body, the iaaf, last week cleared ottey of accusations of steroid use and lifted a two-year ban after their arbitration panel said the ioc-accredited lab in lausanne improperly tested ottey's urine sample.
sportswomen have been accused of doping.
based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, uc davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally.
domestic fires are the major cause of fire death.
between march and june, scientific observers say, up to 300,000 seals are killed. in canada, seal-hunting means jobs, but opponents say it is vicious and endangers the species, also threatened by global warming.
hunting endangers seal species.
both sides have a point. german spelling does need overhauling: over the decades, it has grown more unwieldy. but the reform, approved by german-speaking countries in 1996, does not make the rules much easier, and in some cases the new way is harder.
a spelling reform was approved in all german speaking countries.
british mountaineer alison hargreaves becomes the first woman to climb mount everest alone and without oxygen tanks.
a woman succeeds in climbing everest solo.
busby countered, telling the iconoclast, the point is that material from chernobyl which is 1,800 miles to the east of great britain traveled to great britain and contaminated wales, scotland, and various parts of the united kingdom. and they might as well have said that it was equally unfeasible for it to travel that distance in the opposite direction to the general flow of the wind, but we have examined computer models of wind directions over the period of the gulf war and its quite clear the material from iraq could have come through the united kingdom because of the particular types of depressions and anticyclone systems that were there.
the chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-ussr.
carelessness by contractors is a common cause of fire, including many fires that result in serious financial loss. it has been estimated that perhaps 20-25% of all non-domestic fires result from 'on-going work', such as refurbishment, repair and construction.
domestic fires are the major cause of fire death.
castro's successful visits to harlem and the bronx, his speech to the united nations general assembly, and the october 21 march of 3,000 against u.s. policy and subsequent picket lines at cuba's un mission in defense of the revolution - all these events dealt blows to the u.s. government's unceasing efforts to isolate and slander cuba.
castro visits the un.
catastrophic floods in europe endanger lives and cause human tragedy as well as heavy economic losses.
flooding in europe causes major economic losses.
china's announcement of a rival panchen lama to the boy already recognized by the dalai lama are indications that its communist regime is desperate in using any means possible to strengthen control over tibet and tibetan affairs.
dalai lama and the government of the people's republic of china are in dispute over panchen lama's reincarnation.
chirac needed a new mandate for his government from the electorate, or a new left government was needed that could count on the support of the trade union bureaucracy and among the working class and so would encounter less resistance.
parliamentary elections create new government in france.
christopher reeve, an actor and director who became an inspiration worldwide after being paralyzed in a horse riding accident, died sunday of heart failure.
christopher reeve had an accident.
claes denied categorically that they had ever known of the existence of an agusta proposal, and told the nato ambassadors that he did not know anything about an agusta payment to the socialist party.
nato secretary general willy claes resigned.
claes was foreign minister of belgium from 1992 until 1994, and secretary general of nato from 1994 until 1995, when he was forced to resign because of allegations of corruption related to improper contracts for agusta helicopters approved by him while he was minister of economic affairs. for that he also lost his civil rights for numerous years.
nato secretary general willy claes resigned.
climate change is with us. a decade ago, it was conjecture. now the future is unfolding before our eyes. canada's inuit see it in disappearing arctic ice and permafrost.
greenhouse effect changes global climate.
colombo (reuters) - at least five people were killed and 11 wounded when a suspected tamil tiger suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in the sri lankan capital on wednesday, shattering more than two years of relative peace.
people were killed in tamil suicide attacks.
commander thomas karremans, who was in charge of dutch troops in srebrenica at the time, was filmed drinking a toast with war-crimes suspect and serb general ratko mladic.
dutch photos of srebrenica have disappeared.
cosmonaut sergei avdeyev, currently on board the mir space station, has become the person with the longest total stay in space. he has clocked up 681 days.
russians hold record for longest stay in space.
cuban leader fidel castro sent a letter to united nations secretary-general kofi annan assuring him that cuba will follow anti-terrorism treaties in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks against new york and washington.
castro visits the un.
dana reeve, the widow of the actor christopher reeve, has died of lung cancer at age 44, according to the christopher reeve foundation.
christopher reeve had an accident.
david millar retained his tour de france leader's yellow jersey despite crashing in the final two kilometres of the third stage of the race to nantes.
tour de france winner is likely to lose the crown.
diana, princess of wales died on sunday, 31 august 1997 following a car crash in paris. there was widespread public mourning at the death of this popular figure, culminating with her funeral at westminster abbey on saturday, 6 september 1997.
lady diana died in paris.
digging in the badlands of east central utah on a tip from a repentant poacher, researchers have unearthed the fossil remains of a dinosaur "missing link".
dinosaur remains were found in asia.
domestic fire incidents have an important impact on population health by contributing to early death, serious and often disfiguring injuries, and ongoing disability. fire-related injury is a leading cause of unintentional injury in the home in all age groups.
domestic fires are a major cause of unintentional injury in the home.
ebola haemorrhagic fever is a fatal disease caused by a new virus which has no known cure. when a new epidemic was detected in zaire in the spring of 1995, it was widely perceived as a threat to the west. public attention was intense.
ebola epidemic breaks out in zaire.
ecuador has received short shrift in u.s. policy debates. yet in recent years, significant public debate has taken place in ecuador on the joint u.s./colombian initiative and its effects on ecuador and its citizens.
peru debates border region with ecuador.
elsewhere, mozambique took its first ever olympic gold medal when maria mutola won the women's eight-hundred metres, while the men's ten-thousand-metres went to the ethiopian haile gebrselassie.
the women's ten thousand metres champion is from mozambique.
english has been written using the latin alphabet since around the ninth century. (before that, old english had been written using the anglo-saxon futhorc.) the spelling system or orthography of english is historical, not phonological.
a spelling reform was approved in all german speaking countries.
estimates vary widely, but it is believed there are up to 100 million children toiling in homes, factories, shops, fields, brothels and on the streets of rural and urban india.
child labor is widely used in asia.
europe's economic environment has altered considerably over the last thirty years, and the economies of european countries have progressively opened up to the global economy. as a result, the competitiveness of the european economies is dependent not just on production costs, but also on the performance of pension and social security systems guaranteeing security for the future.
national pension systems currently adopted in europe are in difficulties.
everest grand circle expedition, nepal and tibet. first circumambulation of everest; trekking, skiing, and mountaineering. first american winter ascent of pumori (elev. 23,422'). immortalized in the book everest grand circle. ned gillette, jan reynolds, jim bridwell, steve mckinney, craig calonica and rick barker.
a woman succeeds in climbing everest solo.
every year israel jails individuals simply because they refuse to perform military service for reasons of conscience.
people are willing to risk imprisonment rather than perform military service.
every year, about a quarter of all children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical attention, school absences, and/or bed rest.
fireworks may cause serious injuries.
ewald, now 74, headed the east german sports federation from 1961 to 1988. he was found guilty of making 142 east german sportswomen, mostly swimmers and athletes, take banned performance-enhancing drugs.
several sportswomen have been accused of doping.
fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a shopping trolley has been hung on the walls of the british museum.
prehistoric art discovered in south africa.
fiona north, ophthalmic adviser with the shssb added: eye injuries caused by fireworks are extremely serious and can permanently damage eyesight. i would urge those who are co-ordinating efficient firework displays to use appropriate eye protection.
fireworks may cause serious injuries.
first canadian and then dutch peacekeepers were deployed in srebrenica. seven hundred and fifty lightly armed un peace-keepers were responsible for disarming srebrenica's muslim defenders and "deterring" bosnian serb attacks against the safe area. two years later, a serb flag flew where the un's once did and 7,079 muslim men were missing.
dutch photos of srebrenica have disappeared.
floods are one of europe's most widespread disasters. major flooding has occurred nearly every year somewhere on our continent during the last few decades.
flooding in europe causes major economic losses.
for example, the fields of western farmers feed the united states and many other parts of the world, and india's irrigation systems have enabled that country to be self-sufficient in food production since 1974. in addition, in many parts of the world dams have helped to remedy life-threatening problems such as poverty from lack of economic development, famine as a result of drought, devastation from floods, and continued disease from lack of potable water supplies.
dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
for women earning 22,000 a year, the total pay accumulated after six months maternity leave would be just 5,300 in the uk and 5,850 in ireland. entitlements in germany would also be relatively low, at 5,900, along with those in france, spain and the netherlands, all at 6,750. at the other end of the scale, pay received after six months leave in italy would be 9,150 while in denmark and norway it would be as much as 11,000.
maternity leave varies in europe.
foreign carmakers gain in russia. the likes of daewoo, ford, renault, and more can't produce fast enough.
european cars sell in russia.
france is the only country with two fully governmental elections. parliamentary elections in france, when they create a new parliamentary majority, lead to a new government.
parliamentary elections may lead to a new government in france.
fujimori charged that on january 26, 1995, ecuador fired the first shot, an allegation denied by ecuador's leader, sixto duran-ballen. predictably, each side blamed the other for starting the 1995 conflict, just as each pointed the finger of guilt to the other for provoking the border war of 1941, when peru took most of the 120,000 square miles in contention between the two countries.
president fujimori was re-elected in 1995.
glue-sniffing and other forms of solvent abuse are being overlooked in the fight against drugs, according to a new report.
glue-sniffing is common among youngsters.
since the ancient greeks, inhalation has been recognized as a highly effective means of ingesting drugs. the extensive capillary surface area of the lungs allows rapid absorption, with a subsequent "rush" that has often been described as second in intensity only to intravenous injection.
glue-sniffing is common among youngsters.
greece objects to the neighbouring skopje government using the name macedonia, saying it implies claims on a greek province of the same name.
greece and macedonia are in dispute over name.
his (or her) mandate is always to form a coalition based on a majority in the dutch parliament and a general agreement on policy ('regeerakkoord'). during a formation parties barter, letting go of some goals to achieve others.
three parties form a dutch coalition government.
his group's recently developed computer program, which provides group intelligence for a swarm of mini-robots to rapidly pin-point a source of contagion, can also be used by a group of humans carrying minicomputers, global positioning receivers, and simple radio equipment to find a skier buried in whiteness.
robots are used to find avalanche victims.
hubble is helping astronomers precisely calculate the age of the universe by providing accurate distances to galaxies, an important prerequisite for calculating age. hubble measures the distances to neighboring galaxies by finding accurate "milepost markers," a special class of pulsating star called cepheid variables. these, in turn, are being used to calibrate more remote milepost markers.
hubble discovers black holes.
if you have an immediate problem with ice dams, you should remove the snow from the part of the roof directly above the ice dam. this limits the amount of water that can collect behind the dam.
dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
in 1979, the very first cases of aids appeared in new york. cases of the disease that had never been seen prior to 1979, but is now considered more deadly than the bubonic plague, continued to surface in california and new york, almost exclusively in homosexual men.
aids spreads in africa.
in 1999, victor conte was sent two vials of a new drug by a chemist he knew and he started giving it to some of his clients. including says conte, one of americas most iconic sportswomen, marion jones, who was about to compete in the 2000 sydney olympics.
sportswomen have been suspected of doping.
in bosnia, diplomatic determination combined with military muscle to create an opportunity to secure a peace rather than permit instability to undermine this fragile region and u.s. interests.
the dayton peace treaty was formulated to end the war in bosnia.
in britain, they channel their energies into gardening and riding. in holland, they travel by bicycle to prove that they are of the people. but, conforming to a national stereotype, the italian royal family, exiled from their homeland for 60 years, prefer fast cars and beautiful women.
italian royal family returns home.
in february of 1995, one man single-handedly bankrupted the bank that financed the napoleonic wars. founded in 1762, barings bank was britain's oldest merchant bank and queen elizabeth's personal bank.
barings was britain's oldest merchant bank.
in november 1990, the president announced that opposition political parties would be permitted to organize in 1991. several new parties emerged, including the democratic republican movement (mdr), the liberal party (lp), the democratic and socialist party (psd), and the coalition for the defense of the republic (cdr).
several new political parties emerged.
in november 2005, the eu announced a partial suspension of the pca with all subcommittees and the cooperation committee suspended indefinitely. an arms embargo has also put in place, whilst a year-long visa ban has been imposed upon 12 uzbek officials believed to have played a part in the forcible suppression of the andijan demonstrations.
the eu partially refuses commission candidates.
in the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history.
prehistoric art discovered in south africa.
in this respect, the reforms required across europe are similar: stronger incentives within pension systems to delay retirement, rules which facilitate gradual retirement, incentives for workers to save for their retirement, and public information measures to improve awareness of the options available.
national pension systems currently adopted in europe are in difficulties.
it also raised questions about the quality of financial regulation in singapore, where derivatives losses run up by former trader nick leeson led to the 1995 collapse of barings plc.
nick leeson was arrested for collapse of barings bank plc.
it is estimated that the disaster resulting from the deliberate crash of a jumbo-jet on a nuclear power station would be a multiple of the chernobyl accident in the worst case by a factor of 60.
the chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-ussr.
it was difficult to assess the objectives behind increased militia activity in east timor, but its intent seemed to be to continue a pattern of violence against civilians and the united nations transitional administration in east timor (untaet) in order to undermine the transition process, hedi annabi, assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, told the security council this morning.
guerrillas increase activity in east timor.
italian director federico fellini was older than his american peers at his first nomination and, like other foreigners, had not been nominated for his earlier masterworks, "la strada" and "nights of cabiria", though both films had won the best foreign-language picture in 1956 and 1957, respectively. fellini later received an honorary oscar in 1993, which was basically a compensatory gesture.
an italian director is awarded an honorary oscar.
italian film-maker, fellini was awarded an honorary oscar for lifetime achievement. he died on october 31, 1993.
an italian director is awarded an honorary oscar.
italy's highest court has upheld a court verdict that partially cleared former prime minister giulio andreotti of having colluded with the mafia.
andreotti is accused of mafia collusion.
jill pilgrim, general counsel of usa track and field, brought up the issue during a panel on women's sports at the sports lawyers conference. pilgrim said the law regarding who is legally considered a woman is changing as sex-change operations become more common.
sex-change operations become more common.
kieslowski later said that he abandoned documentary filmmaking due to two experiences: the censorship of workers '71, which caused him to doubt whether truth could be told literally under an authoritarian regime, and an incident during the filming of station (1981) in which some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal case. he decided that fiction not only allowed more artistic freedom, but could portray everyday life more truthfully.
kieslowski is a director.
last week, saw the fall of the dutch right wing coalition government, made up of the christian-democrats (cda) led by prime minister jan peter balkenende, the right wing liberal party (vvd) and the so-called left-liberal d66.
three parties form a dutch coalition government.
lisbon, jan. 22 (xinhuanet) -- anibal cavaco silva, a former prime minister, won portugal's presidential election on sunday.
new portuguese prime minister is elected.
macedonia seems confident it can weather the storm, but some fear athens may soon take things up a notch.
greece and macedonia are in dispute over name.
medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from nasa's hubble space telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them. the previously undiscovered black holes provide an important link that sheds light on the way in which black holes grow.
hubble discovers black holes.
mental health problems in children and adolescents are on the rise, the british medical association has warned, and services are ill-equipped to cope.
mental health problems increase in the young.
most people are familiar with the idea of st. bernards or other dogs taking part in rescue and recovery efforts. robots might also take part in search and rescue missions.
robots are used to find missing victims.
mozambique's maria mutola and israel's alex averbukh produced the best performances of the year, in the women's 800 metres and men's pole vault, at the super grand prix in madrid on saturday.
the women's ten thousand metres champion is from mozambique.
mr gregory's conclusion in 1994 was that the ceremony, transferred to the more convenient nearest sunday, was dying out. however, that year the conservative government proclaimed "festivities" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normandy landings.
50th anniversary of normandy landings lasts a year.
nasa's two great observatories, the hubble space telescope and the chandra x-ray observatory, have independently provided what could be the best direct evidence yet for the existence of an event horizon, the defining feature of a black hole.
hubble discovers black holes.
nevertheless, increased longevity and falling birth rates are major factors making many state pension systems across europe unsustainable in their present form. some member states have already introduced major reforms (e.g. germany, france and austria) others have continued to adapt their existing systems.
national pension systems currently adopted in europe are in difficulties.
nevertheless, the international reputation of some polish artists, notably the film maker krzysztof kieslowski, has never been higher. to use a crass commercial yardstick, the dvd boxed set of his decalogue series (ten one-hour dramas based loosely on the ten commandments, made for polish tv in 1988) is currently number 3,700 in amazon.com's sales rankings (about even with the alfred hitchcock signature collection).
kieslowski is a film and tv director.
new york boasts the largest number of billionaires, with 40 residing in the big apple. the world's youngest billionaire is 22-year-old hind hariri, daughter of assassinated former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri.
the number of billionaires increases.
next year is the 50th anniversary of the normandy invasion, an event that wouldn't have been possible without the liberty ships. the volunteers hope to raise enough money to sail the o'brien to france for the big d-day celebration.
50th anniversary of normandy landings lasts a year.
nicholas burns stated in an exclusive interview for "utrinski vesnik" from pristina that it would be disgraceful if athens puts a veto on macedonia's application for membership in the european union and nato.
greece and macedonia are in dispute over name.
nick leeson was jailed for fraud following the collapse of barings bank in 1995. he had run up losses of 850m on the far east stock markets.
nick leeson was arrested for collapse of barings bank plc.
northwest strikes: if northwest flight attendants go on strike on the 15th, what does that mean for travelers? i have a trip booked on the 24th. will nw rebook us with other airlines?
italian flight assistants go on strike.
oh eun-sun was the first korean woman to climb mt. everest solo. for all the hardships she must have endured, she merely says that she was lucky. she now reminisces about the days she spent in that mountain.
a woman succeeds in climbing everest solo.
on 24 march 1992, the number 3 power generating unit at the leningrad atomic power station in sosnovyi bor underwent an emergency shutdown. the plant suffered a steam leak, which spewed a total of some 3 thousand curies into the atmosphere.
nuclear power plant of sosnovyi bor suffers an emergency shut down.
on 29 june the dutch right-wing coalition government collapsed. it was made up of the christian-democrats (cda) led by prime minister jan peter balkenende, the right wing liberal party (vvd) and the so-called 'left-liberal' d66.
three parties form a dutch coalition government.
on february 1, 1990, during a spacewalk, alexander serebrov dons an experimental flying armchair that had been delivered to mir with kvant 2. unlike u.s. astronauts, who flew untethered flights with a similar device, the soviet cosmonaut remains attached to the station with a safety tether, since there is no space shuttle to pick him up in case of an emergency.
us shuttle atlantis docks with the mir space station.
on july 12 portuguese president jorge sampaio asks pedro santana lopes to form a government. the new government is sworn in on july 17 and includes antónio monteiro as foreign minister, daniel sanches as interior minister, and antónio bago flix as finance minister; paulo portas remains defense minister.
new portuguese prime minister is elected.
on june 29, 1995, the space shuttle atlantis made history when it docked with the russian mir space station, as shown in this photograph.
us shuttle atlantis docks with the mir space station.
oscar-winning director franco zeffirelli has been awarded an honorary knighthood for his "valuable services to british performing arts".
italian director is awarded an honorary oscar.
over a course of days, the bank went from apparent strength to bankruptcy. barings was britain's oldest merchant bank. it had financed the napoleonic wars, the louisiana purchase, and the erie canal. barings was the queen's bank.
barings was britain's oldest merchant bank.
people who are deaf or have hearing impairments, those who are blind or have vision impairments, and those with mobility impairments may face unique challenges in an emergency. their ability to detect a fire or escape its effects may be hindered by their impairments. as a result, people with these impairments are at a greater risk of death or injury due to fire.
deaf people encounter problems in the social community.
political parties in png lack ideological conviction and rely almost exclusively on patronage politics, personalism, and regional bases. several parties have emerged in papua new guinean politics. in the house of assembly elected in 1973, the pangu pati, headed by michael somare, formed a coalition government with the people's progress party, and somare became prime minister.
several new political parties emerged.
president chirac has been advised that his resumption of nuclear testing would precipitate an international boycott of french products.
international pressure is exerted to end french nuclear tests.
president fujimori was first elected in 1990, and then re-elected in 1995 under a new constitution.
president fujimori was re-elected in 1995.
president vladimir putin vowed monday to track down the killers of anna politkovskaya, while her colleagues at novaya gazeta pledged to continue her work despite dangers.
anna politkovskaya was murdered.
prime minister jos manuel duro barroso resigns. he is to assume the presidency of the european commission later in the year (the european parliament approves him on july 22).
new portuguese prime minister is elected.
rabies is a viral disease of mammals and is transmitted primarily through bites. annually, 7,000 to 8,000 rabid animals are detected in the united states, with more than 90 percent of the cases in wild animals.
rabies is fatal in humans.
rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise.
rabies is fatal in humans.
research workers of the german archaeological institute have discovered a mummy in permafrost at excavation work in mongolia of approximately 2,500 years old.
altai ice maiden triggers major dispute.
ronaldo luiz nazario da silva is quite simply one of the greatest strikers in the history of world football, capable of leaving an entire team for dead with his darting runs and dribbling ability, voted fifa world player of the year on three occasions and already a double fifa world cup winner.
fifa selects world football player of the year 1994.
russia doesn't excel in auto manufacturing, but it is tops in other areas. the country's great wealth in oil, natural gas, and metals, in addition to generating revenue for the government, is creating a new middle class that craves european, japanese and american cars.
european cars sell in russia.
russian cosmonaut valery polyakov set the record for the longest continuous amount of time spent in space, a staggering 438 days, between 1994 and 1995.
russians hold record for longest stay in space.
seal hunting has been a tradition in norway for thousands of years, but has dwindled recently with only about half the annual 1,200 quota being killed each year.
seal-hunting endangers species.
secretary-general kofi annan and nane annan are greeted by president fidel castro upon their arrival at jose marti airport in havana on april 10.
castro visits the un.
september 26 - trial against former italian prime minister giulio andreotti, accused of mafia connections, begins.
andreotti collaborates with the mafia.
september 26 - trial against former italian prime minister giulio andreotti, accused of mafia connections, begins.
andreotti is accused of mafia collusion.
sida does not take any new decisions on support to projects in the baltic states.
baltic countries join the eu.
speaking about the papal visit, castro also said the government had agreed to make available half of its transport to ensure people can attend masses the pope will celebrate in the cities of havana, santa clara, camaguey and santiago de cuba. cuban church authorities have been concerned there will not be enough transport.
papal travel is affected by political concerns.
stony brook, ny (1/10/02)- the discovery of paleolithic art in a cave in south africa is causing researchers to consider an older and less euro-centric view of the origins of what is considered 'modern behavior'.
prehistoric art discovered in south africa.
strong support was given to water conservation, recycling and demand reduction options, while storage augmentation (dam building) was rejected on the grounds that there would not be sufficient water to fill any new dams.
dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
thanks to the thirty heads who responded to my question about maternity leave. clearly, the amount of maternity leave offered to teachers at international schools varies greatly from school to school.
maternity leave varies in europe.
the accident in the ukrainian nuclear power plant at chernobyl on april 26, 1986 brought along great harm for many people. there were immediate damages and consequential burdens for human beings, the environment and the economy over long distances.
nuclear power plant of sosnovyi bor suffers an emergency shut down.
the agreement also stated a period of transition for the baltic countries to last until december 31, 1999. this was a much shorter period than that which was assigned to the central european countries (their transition periods were declared to be 10 years). estonia declined the transition period, latvia received a transition period of four years, and lithuania received a transition period of six years.
baltic countries join the eu.
the british tabloids portrayed nicholas leeson as a working-class villain who single-handedly brought down barings plc, a 233-year-old london merchant bank that helped finance the napoleonic wars.
barings was britain's oldest merchant bank.
the chain of events which led to the collapse of barings, britain's oldest merchant bank, is a demonstration of how not to manage a derivatives operation.
barings was britain's oldest merchant bank.
the conference found that many australians experience discrimination through the governmental, penal, legal and health care systems because of their mental health, race, skin colour, sexuality, sexual formation or refugee status.
mental health problems increase in the young.
the dayton peace accords for bosnia and herzegovina was the first major peace agreement adopted after the beijing conference, in december 1995.
the dayton peace treaty was formulated to end the war in bosnia.
the discovery is based on velocity measurements of a whirlpool of hot gas orbiting the black hole.
hubble discovers black holes.
the discovery of the body of a warrior - thought to have died in battle more than 2,000 years ago - could help archaeologists to pinpoint the site of an ancient holy site. the young warrior, aged about 30, with his spear, a sword, his belt and scabbard, stunned archaeologists who found his stone coffin.
altai ice maiden triggers major dispute.
the ebro delta (delta de l'ebro) is the largest humid zone in catalonia. it is the second most important natural aquatic habitat in spain after the doana national park. the delta is of international importance for its plant species and its fauna.
the ebro delta is used for farming.
the ecological problems stem in large part from the fact that the brackish water and productive coastal wetlands and natural areas are often supplied with nutrient-rich irrigation return water, sometimes from rice farming. the ebro delta and its wetlands suffer similar water quality problems since they lie around the fringes of the large delta farm region.
the ebro delta is used for farming.
the eighth paralympic winter games are set to take place in salt lake city, utah. for only the second time the games are being held outside europe, following the 1998 winter paralympics in nagano, japan. and for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the winter olympic and paralympic games. just 10 days after the winter olympics concludes, the paralympics will begin in the same venue.
the 2002 olympic winter games took place in salt lake.
the first dinosaur remains in south-east asia were found in laos as early as 1936, but little else eventuated until the 1980s. much of the area is heavily vegetated, and although difficult to explore, promises many significant finds in the future. thailand has provided the best finds, particularly from the khorat group, which covers the period from the late triassic to the early cretaceous .
dinosaur remains were found in asia.
the first half of 1997 has been a year of considerable progress for east timor in the international arena. in april, a majority of members of the un commission on human rights voted in support of a strong resolution on east timor, criticising the indonesian government for its lack of progress on human rights in east timor and calling for concrete steps to be taken to address the continuing violations.
guerrillas increase activity in east timor.
the floods were exceptional since they affected an extensive area across europe from the uk to spain and as far east as the black sea coast. economic losses amounted to eur 9.2 bn in germany, eur 2.9 bn in austria and eur 2.3 bn in the czech republic. total economic damage exceeds eur 15 bn.
flooding in europe causes major economic losses.
the ghost shirt was then donated to the glasgow museum in 1892 by an indian interpreter and has remained a visitor attraction for 100 years. it became the subject of an ownership wrangle when descendants of the sioux tribe petitioned for its return in 1995. the wounded knee survivors association including a lakota elder had it returned to the tribe.
a sioux ghost shirt was returned by a scottish museum.
the golden jewellery, found in an intact royal macedonian tomb in 1977, is exquisite. it is now the prize exhibit in the archaeological museum in thessaloniki and the label says that it came from the tomb of philip ii, alexander the great's father.
alexander the great's tomb remains undiscovered.
the group, along with a broad coalition of disarmament, environmental, peace, and religious organizations, expects the boycott to put pressure on french companies to exert their economic influence and encourage chirac to end all nuclear weapons testing.
international pressure is exerted to end french nuclear tests.
the increased amounts of carbon dioxide (co2) and other greenhouse gases (ghgs) are the primary causes of the human-induced component of global warming.
greenhouse effect changes global climate.
the industrial and commercial bank of china ltd. raised $19.07 billion friday after pricing its initial public offering at hk$3.07 (39 cents), the top end of its indicative price range, to become the world's biggest ever ipo.
the merger of japanese banks creates the world's biggest bank.
the international olympic committee has leapt to the defence of the drug-testing lab at the centre of the merlene ottey doping case. athletics' governing body, the iaaf, last week cleared ottey of accusations of steroid use and lifted a two-year ban after their arbitration panel said the ioc-accredited lab in lausanne improperly tested ottey's urine sample.
sportswomen have been accused of doping.
the investigation came about following the collapse of barings bank, when one of its traders based in singapore, nick leeson, amassed losses of the order of 600-700 million without the bank being aware of it.
nick leeson was arrested for collapse of barings bank plc.
the italian air transport sector features many typical causes of industrial conflict, including: the troubled economic situation of alitalia, italy's flagship airline (it0404304f); a set of specific factors concerning services delivery; and a marked fragmentation of trade union representation.
italian flight assistants go on strike.
the italian parliament may approve a draft law allowing descendants of the exiled royal family to return home. the family was banished after the second world war because of the king's collusion with the fascist regime, but moves were introduced this year to allow their return.
italian royal family returns home.
the liner notes to the cd surmise that farrakhan is the author of three selections, "is she is, or is she ain't", "don't touch me nylon," and "female boxer" and that is quite possible. the most interesting is the first of these three, a topical number on christie jorgensen, the subject of a series of sex change operations. while such transexual operations have since become more common, this was the first to receive high publicity.
sex-change operations become more common.
the longest day ever lengthens. the 25th anniversary celebration of the first normandy landing lasted three days; the 50th will spread out over a year.
50th anniversary of normandy landings lasts a year.
the longest mission which the russian salyuts supported was 63 days. the second generation salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time.
russians hold record for longest stay in space.
the longest mission which these salyuts supported was 63 days. the second generation salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time; therefore, a supply ferry was mandatory to maintain a fully operational salyut for two years with 40,000 pounds of fuel, food, clothing and water.
russians hold record for longest stay in space.
the magazine said the number of billionaires worldwide increased by 102 people in 2006 to 793, a record number, largely due to bullish global stock markets. their total net worth jumped 18 percent to $2.6 trillion.
the number of billionaires increases.
the main institutionalised forms of recognition for those who have made a significant contribution in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, as well as for those working for peace (and more recently in the area of economics), are the nobel prizes.
nobel peace prize candidates have been chosen.
the most recent figures from unaids show a continent divided in two. in north africa, up to 0.5% of the population has been infected with hiv. in sub-saharan africa, that figure is 8.8% but rising to almost 40% in some countries. in four countries - botswana, lesotho, swaziland and zimbabwe - at least one in three of the population is hiv positive.
aids spreads in africa.
the mystery of alexander the great's tomb still has not unraveled, and locating the burial of alexander seems to have become an impossible mission for archaeologists.
alexander the great's tomb remains undiscovered.
the norwegian nobel committee is responsible for the selection of the candidates and the choice of prize winners for the peace prize. the committee is composed of five members appointed by the storting (norwegian parliament). the peace prize is awarded in oslo, norway and not in stockholm, sweden like the other nobel prizes.
nobel peace prize candidates have been chosen.
the optimal style of dam building is specific to the particular macroproject, the nature of the geophysical worksite (anon., 2005) as well as social uncertainty, the undertaking management organizations experience, the operational complexities of many kinds of construction machinery and worker nationalities, the macroprojects situational geography and the logistics of its required compositional materials.
dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
the original spelling reform of 1996, which was meant to harmonize the spelling rules across the german-speaking countries, turned out to be a major embarrassment if not outright failure.
a spelling reform was approved in all german speaking countries.
the papers presented show that all european countries are experiencing rapidly aging populations that will cause sharp increases in the cost of retirement income over the next several decades.
national pension systems currently adopted in europe are in difficulties.
the party system increased in importance during the second republic. large, strong parties were fostered under the d'hondt method of proportional representation, and parties soon began to receive state subsidies.
several new political parties emerged.
the policy focused on coca eradication from the territories of peru and bolivia. during the years of 1996 and 2000, much of the resources of "andean initiative" where utilized in intense aerial fumigation in coca producing areas.
peru debates border region with ecuador.
the presidents of ecuador and peru say they have agreed to work together to try to find a peaceful solution to their long-running border dispute.
peru debates border region with ecuador.
the royal tombs at vergina were identified as the ancient capital of aigai in the 1930s. a royal tomb identified as possibly philip ii of macedonia, alexander the great's father, was found in 1977 by manolis andronikos.
alexander the great's tomb remains undiscovered.
the salt lake city 2002 winter olympics will take place from february 8th to february 24th 2002. the paralympics will take place in salt lake city from march 7th to march 16th 2002.
2002 olympic winter games take place in salt lake.
the sioux ghost shirt was a feature of glasgow's kelvingrove museum for more than 100 years before being repatriated to its land of origin.
a sioux ghost shirt was returned by a scottish museum.
the son of italy's last king returned to his homeland monday, ending more than a half-century of exile. victor emmanuel and his family landed at a military airport in rome in a private plane and headed immediately for an audience with pope john paul ii.
italian royal family returns home.
the spread of aids in africa is driven not by unsafe sex but by unsafe medical practice, according to research published last week.
aids spreads in africa.
the u.s. space shuttle atlantis, its lights flashing like a beacon, smoothly docked with russia's space station mir wednesday on its mission to pick up u.s. astronaut shannon lucid, who has spent a record-breaking six months in orbit.
us shuttle atlantis docks with the mir space station.
the world's fast-growing thirst for water can only be met by purifying sea water as rivers and reservoirs become unable to meet demand, spain said last week unveiling a major program to fight its own chronic shortages.
the ebro delta is used for farming.
then china rolled out the fake panchen lama, gyaltsen norbu, a teenager chosen as the reincarnation of a major lama by the atheist communist leaders and trained since childhood to spout nationalist slogans while wearing robes. newspapers reporting on the debacle generally tried to present both sides, but it seems fair to say there's really only one side to this sham and that pretty much nobody in the tibetan community accepts norbu as the real panchen lama. the dalai lama's choice for panchen lama, gedhun choekyi nyima, has been in secret chinese custody since 1995.
dalai lama and the government of the people's republic of china are in dispute over panchen lama's reincarnation.
there are four identified subtypes of ebola virus. three of the four have caused disease in humans: ebola-zaire, ebola-sudan, and ebola-ivory coast. the fourth, ebola-reston, has caused disease in non-human primates, but not in humans.
the ebola epidemic breaks out in zaire.
there are many motives for suicide attacks: religious beliefs, nationalistic ideologies, obedience to charismatic and authoritarian leaders, or desire for political change. the modus operandi may vary, whether to use one or several suicide bombers, whether to use men or women.
people were killed in tamil suicide attacks.
this coalition took seven months to form, the longest deadlock in dutch history. it occurred only after negotiations between the cda and the pvda failed, first over tax issues, then over the issue of abortion.
three parties form a dutch coalition government.
this course helps students pursuing an aos or aas degree, gain an understanding of the experiences of black people from hearing and deaf communities in america.
deaf people encounter problems in the social community.
this is a kind of homework from last year's halifax summit. discussions have taken place on how to rationalize and coordinate the various activities of the international organizations.
financial reforms have been proposed at the g7 summit in halifax.
three leading japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world's largest financial group. fuji bank, dai-ichi kangyo and the industrial bank of japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002.
merger of japanese banks creates the world's biggest bank.
thus, china's president repeatedly sent letters and envoys to the dalai lama and to the tibetan government asking that tibet "join" the republic of china.
dalai lama and the government of the people's republic of china are in dispute over panchen lama's reincarnation.
two of japan's biggest financial institutions on friday announced plans to merge and create the world's largest bank, underscoring growing sentiments that the country's long troubled banking system has significantly improved.
the merger of japanese banks creates the world's biggest bank.
typhoon chanchu, packing winds up to 170 kph (106 mph) and the strongest typhoon on record to enter the south china sea in may, made landfall between the cities of shantou and xiamen and was advancing northeast, the hong kong observatory said.
a typhoon batters the philippines.
typhoon xangsane lashed the philippine capital on thursday, grounding flights, halting vessels and closing schools and markets after triggering fatal flash floods in the centre of the country.
a typhoon batters the philippines.
typhoon xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm sunday as it moved inland from the central vietnam coast, where it killed two people, injured at least 80 others and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and state-controlled media reported.
a typhoon batters the philippines.
u.s. space shuttle atlantis and its seven-member crew concluded their pursuit of the international space station (iss) on wednesday and docked with the orbital outpost at 12:05 edt (1605 gmt).
us shuttle atlantis docks with the mir space station.
ufj holdings inc. said it wants to merge with mitsubishi tokyo financial group inc., a combination that would surpass citigroup inc. as the world's biggest bank and accelerate japan's attempts to clean up bad loans.
the merger of japanese banks creates the world's biggest bank.
unlike seal hunting in canada, where pups are hunted for fur, poachers in china catch seals primarily to sell to zoos or to use the genital organs for traditional chinese medicine.
seal-hunting endangers species.
we present a novel approach to enhance avalanche companion rescue using wearable sensing technologies. the time to find and extricate victims is most crucial: once buried by an avalanche, survival chances drop dramatically already after the first 15 minutes.
robots are used to find avalanche victims.
while the baltic countries are set to join the european union soon, their economies are already in good shape. estonia, latvia and lithuania boast the fastest economic growth in the entire baltic sea region, for example.
the baltic countries will join the eu.
with the publication of sophie's world in 1991, gaarder gained international fame. sophie's world spent three years as the best selling book in norway. his first book to be translated into english, sophie's world was also the top-selling book in germany, france, and great britain.
sophie's world is a best seller.
without a natural greenhouse effect, the temperature of the earth would be about zero degrees f (-18c) instead of its present 57f (14c).
greenhouse effect changes global climate.
worldwide, child labor is most prevalent in the agricultural sector, where children are widely used as day laborers. working long hours, children working in agriculture are often exposed to harmful pesticides, dangerous machinery, backbreaking loads, and many other hazardous conditions.
child labor is widely used in asia.
zinedine zidane has beaten thierry henry and ronaldo to the fifa 2003 world player of the year award.
fifa selects world football player of the year 1994.
the hubble is a scientific workhorse in the prime of its life. it is also the privileged photographer of the universe. whether the images are of solar systems at birth, galaxies colliding, or the death throes of a star in supernova, hubble's photos reveal both the ferocity and tranquillity of our universe.
hubble is a space telescope.
the jurassic park institute is an absolutely accurate way for kids to get excited about dinosaur science! written by two noted paleontologists and illustrated in big bold colors, this kid-friendly nonfiction guide uses easy-to-understand text to describe at least 100 dinosaurs alphabetically.
michael crichton is the author of the book jurassic park.
two of gianni versace's favorite buzzwords were quality and future, so after the 50-year-old designer was murdered last july outside his miami beach, fla. mansion, it was somehow inevitable that his family would have to go about putting those words together: they had to ask themselves how they could ensure the future of the company versace had built without sacrificing its reputation for quality.
gianni versace is a designer.
in 1962, armstrong was transferred to astronaut status. he served as command pilot for the gemini 8 mission, launched march 16, 1966, and along with david scott, performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space by mating his gemini 8 with an uninhabited agena rocket.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
neil armstrong was an aviator in the navy and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962. made seven flights in the x-15 program (1960 photo), reaching an altitude of 207,500 feet. was backup command pilot for gemini 5, command pilot for gemini 8, backup command pilot for gemini 11, backup commander for apollo 8, and commander for apollo 11: successfully completing the first moonwalk.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
the cyrillic alphabet is an alphabet used for several east and south slavic languages; (belarusian, bulgarian, macedonian, russian, rusyn, serbian, and ukrainian) and many other languages of the former soviet union, asia and eastern europe. it has also been used for other languages in the past. not all letters in the cyrillic alphabet are used in every language which is written with it.
cyrillic is an alphabet used for certain slavic languages, such as russian.
elizabeth alexandra mary was born on april 21, 1926 in london, england. her father, prince albert, duke of york, was the second son of king george v. her mother, the former elizabeth bowes-lyon, was the daughter of a scottish earl. princess elizabeth was their first child. her only sibling, margaret rose, was born in 1930.
elizabeth the second's father was george vi.
her majesty queen elizabeth ii was born in london on april, 21 1926, first child of the duke and duchess of york, subsequently king george vi and queen elizabeth. five weeks later she was christened in the chapel of buckingham palace and was given the names elizabeth alexandra mary windsor. the queen ascended the throne on february 6, 1952 upon the death of her father, king george vi. her coronation followed on june 2, 1953.
elizabeth the second's father was george vi.
george h.w. bush served this country not only as president but also as vice president, member of congress, united nations ambassador, chief of the u.s. liaison office to the people's republic of china, director of the central intelligence agency and also, as a naval aviator in world war ii. coming back from the war, he married his sweetheart, barbara pierce of rye, new york, and later that year made his first civilian adult decision when he made the appropriate choice of moving to texas, where he lived the rest of his life.
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
bush and his wife, laura, departed the white house on thursday afternoon to spend four days at the wooded presidential retreat of rustic cabins in the maryland mountains. along with the first lady's mother, jenna welch, the weekend gathering includes the president's parents, former president george h.w. bush and his wife, barbara; his sister doro koch and her husband, bobby; and his brother, marvin, and his wife, margaret.
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
although i come across borges and calvino fairly often, too, i have to admit that gabriel garcia marquez is the only one of the other authors i am at all familiar with, so i am not sure which difference it might make. i would be curious, though, what that difference might look like to people writing about media art and architecture in spanish, for example.
gabriel garcia marquez is a writer.
the united kingdom, turkey, "old" british commonwealth forces ( new zealand, aussies, canadians, gurkhas, india), germany, poland, vietnam, some units from usa, russia, france, china (but only some) japan would be included but i'm uncomfortable about using the word respected for japanese soldiers for obvious reasons.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
the town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as gold beach during the d-day landings , one of the beaches used by british troops in the allied invasion. arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two mulberry harbours built on the normandy coast, the other one built further west at omaha beach.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
after months of planning and build-up, supreme commander dwight eisenhower set operation overlord for june 6, 1944: some 7000 ships in the british isles set to sea and sailed across the english channel, and, under the leadership of field marshall bernard montgomery, 135,000 troops landed and stormed feldmarschal erwin rommel's german positions along 80 km of the normandy coast.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
former chancellor helmut kohl, who stunned germans with admission that he used illegal bank accounts to funnel secret money to christian democratic party, invokes personal honor in refusing to disclose names of people who gave more than $1 million between 1993 and 1998; scandal threatens to shred kohl's place in history for reunifying germany and leading europe toward common currency.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
since '82 federal chancellor (elected by "constructive vote of no confidence" against former chancellor helmut schmidt, social democratic party (spd); reelected 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1994). this makes helmut kohl the longest-serving chancellor of the federal republic, passing by konrad adenauer, the first chancellor, this october.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
when comparing michele granger and brian goodell, brian has to be the clear winner. in 1976, while still a student at mission viejo high, brian won two olympic gold medals at montreal, breaking his own world records in both the 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle events. he went on to win three gold medals in he 1979 pan american games.
brian goodell won three gold medals in the 1979 pan american games.
more than a decade ago, carl lewis stood on the threshold of what was to become the greatest athletics career in history. he had just broken two of the legendary jesse owens' college records, but never believed he would become a corporate icon, the focus of hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising. his sport was still nominally amateur. eighteen olympic and world championship gold medals and 21 world records later, lewis has become the richest man in the history of track and field -- a multi-millionaire.
carl lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.
discovery of the top quark, if confirmed, completes one set of subatomic building blocks whose existence is predicted by the prevailing theory, called the standard model, of the particles and forces that determine the fundamental nature of matter and energy. in the whimsical lexicon of modern physics, the elementary particles are called quarks, leptons and bosons.
quarks, leptons, and bosons are the three elementary particles of physics according to the standard model.
yachtsman melvyn percy became so fed up with the standard of service when preparing his boat for the 3000-mile atlantic crossing that he decided to set up his own company on the clyde to provide scots sailors with professional advice and practical assistance. minerva rigging, based at kip marina just south of gourock, now employs five full-time staff and is the scottish agent for kemp, one of europe's leading yacht spar and mast manufacturers.
melvyn percy set up minerva rigging at kip marina.
of all the national park lands in the united states, none is closer to a major urban area or more beset with problems than the everglades, a shallow, 50-mile-wide river of grass that flows south from lake okeechobee to florida bay. for more than a generation, this fragile natural wonder has been held hostage by a web of special interests -- farmers, sportsmen and about 6 million south florida residents in need of drinking water and flood control -- that is as complex as the ecosystem itself.
the everglades is 50-mile wide.
aeschylus is often called the father of greek tragedy; he wrote the earliest complete plays which survive from ancient greece. he is known to have written more than 90 plays, though only seven survive. the most famous of these are the trilogy known as orestia. also well-known are the persians and prometheus bound.
"the persians" was written by aeschylus.
canada is officially a bilingual country but, with nearly 60% of the population speaking english as their mother-tongue, and only 24% speaking french as their first language, some people are questioning whether canada is truly a bilingual nation or rather, a bilingual nation on paper only. french is not the only linguistic minority in canada, and some of the languages spoken, in order of popularity, are chinese, italian, german, polish, spanish, portuguese, punjabi, ukrainian, arabic, dutch, tagalog, greek, vietnamese, cree and inuktitut.
french is the most widely spoken language in québec.
one year on from the indian ocean tsunami, the world's grief and compassion returned to the tsunami-battered coastlines of the indian ocean, where at least 216,000 people lost their lives. under a clear sky and before a gentle sea, the world commemorated those who lost their lives, in one of the worst natural disasters that the modern world has experienced.
earthquakes have the potential to generate a tsunami.
brazilian cardinal dom eusbio oscar scheid, archbishop of rio de janeiro , harshly criticized brazilian president luiz inácio lula da silva after arriving in rome on tuesday.
the brazilian president is luiz inácio lula da silva.
according to members of brazilian court, president luiz inácio lula da silva may be subjected to an impeachment process, if there is some proof that he is really involved in some of the alleged scandals, or in case someone can prove that he was acting with negligence.
the brazilian president is luiz inácio lula da silva.
a report prepared by a five member un commission noted "killing of civilians, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout darfur", and secretly named alleged war criminals that should go before the icc.
more than 200,000 people were killed in the air attack in the darfur region.
the united states marshals service working together with nearly 960 other law enforcement agencies recently concluded a week-long operation, operation falcon, which succeeded in the arrest of 10,340 fugitives across the united states and elsewhere. other regional sweeps have been conducted before; but this was the first of its kind at the national level and resulted in the highest number of arrests ever recorded in a single operation.
operation condor was a genocide and a campaign of counter-terrorism implemented by the right-wing dictatorships that dominated the southern cone in latin america from the 1950s to 1980s.
operation falcon was conducted during a one week period, april 4-10, 2005, chosen to coincide with national crime victim's rights week , april 10-16, the dates being chosen to "honor the victims" of violent crime in america. "by taking violent fugitives off the streets and putting them behind bars where they belong," said attorney general alberto gonzales , "we've honored the victims and made our streets safer."
operation condor was a genocide and a campaign of counter-terrorism implemented by the right-wing dictatorships that dominated the southern cone in latin america from the 1950s to 1980s.
thousands of romanians participated in rallies on monday to campaign for the release of three romanian journalists kidnapped last month in iraq . crowds swelled in size after a weekend of smaller rallies sponsored by romanian media workers and the arab community in romania.
romania sent 730 troops in iraq.
"these new results from cassini may be the first evidence of gases originating either from the surface or possibly from the interior of enceladus," said dr. michele dougherty, principal investigator for the cassini magnetometer and professor at imperial college in london. scientists have suspected enceladus as geologically active and a possible source of saturn's icy e ring. enceladus is the most reflective object in the solar system, reflecting about 90 percent of the sunlight that hits it.
titan is the fifteenth of saturn's known satellites.
a collection of real-life testimonies by klaus pohl, one of germany's most performed dramatists, its power resides less in the conventional meaning of the word drama than in what it reveals - a country still deeply at odds with itself, a kaleidoscope of events that flatters neither side, neither western capitalism nor the former communist regime.
klaus pohl is one of germany's most performed dramatists.
twa connects through new york en route to frankfurt . lufthansa , the german airline , flies direct daily from los angeles to frankfurt , and the airline shares flights with lauda air , an austrian carrier , on wednesdays , fridays and sundays to fly directly to munich . another german airline , ltu , also flies direct from los angeles to dusseldorf and munich on mondays and thursdays . frankfurt is the hub for trips to most of the country 's smaller cities.
lufthansa is the german airline.
november 9, 1989 , the day the berlin wall fell and the world changed forever . not even the most astute saw it coming . as hungary's foreign minister in the late summer of 1989 , gyula horn gave the order to let visiting east germans use his country to do a 400-mile end run around the berlin wall , a move now seen as the beginning of the end for hard-line communism in europe .
the berlin wall was torn down in 1989.
global markets should be "quite strong enough to absorb it without lasting damage", he said . "i would stress that these circumstances are unique to barings and should not apply to other banks operating in london." barings faced losses of at least 600m in contracts on three stock exchanges in singapore , osaka and tokyo , he said , but 'further unquantifiable losses' were expected .
the banking firm barings collapsed due to speculations made by nick leeson.
"it's a vote of confidence that the momentum is going to continue", doyle said . the momentum also appears to be moving south . the mexican election is the latest indication that the free-market reforms that have swept latin america during the past decade are gaining political acceptance . in brazil , prices rose sharply , reacting to the mexico vote and to new polls favorable to free-market presidential candidate fernando henrique cardoso .
fernando henrique cardoso is a presidential candidate.
although he won with the lowest majority ever tallied by the ruling party , 48.7% of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider diego fernandez de cevallos , the rightist runner-up . and insiders are now favored to win other latin american elections in the coming months : in brazil , fernando henrique cardoso , a former senate leader and cabinet minister , is expected to finish ahead of outsider luis inacio (lula) da silva , a leftist former labor leader , in the first round of president.
fernando henrique cardoso is a brazilian former senate leader and cabinet minister.
it would force countries in the region to choose between the united states and japan -- or maybe between japan and china . and it would collapse whatever promise the newly born asia pacific economic cooperation (apec) holds as a vehicle to assure american commercial access to the booming pacific markets . to risk all of this in the name of a flawed concept is foolish . this is not to deny the administration 's understandable frustration with a persistently huge japanese trade surplus.
apec is the newly born asia pacific economic cooperation.
it is an independence movement among the tamil peoples of northern sri lanka -- the ancient land of ceylon independent from britain in 1948 and took the name sri lanka, a sinhalese word, in 1972.
the current name of ceylon is sri lanka.
article 19 said a correspondent for the independent newspaper narodnaya volya who attempted to determine how many people involved in emergency work in the contaminated zone around the chernobyl nuclear reactor after the 1986 catastrophe were still alive was told by the ministry of emergencies that non-state newspapers could be refused access to any information.
the catastrophe at chernobyl happened in 1986.
after leaving time-life, shuker joined the public broadcast laboratory, forerunner of pbs, and participated in two pioneering films -- 'the chair,' about an attorney trying to save a condemned man, and 'free at last,' a 90-minute documentary about dr. martin luther king jr. that by chance was being made when king was murdered in 1968.
martin luther king was murdered in 1968.
meanwhile, at a pushkin-goethe festival held recently in moscow to observe the poets' birthdays (this year is goethe's 250th), dmitri prigov, a post-modernist poet and conceptual artist, took the first line from "onegin" ("my uncle - high ideals inspire him") and set it to buddhist and muslim mantras and russian orthodox and gregorian chants.
johann wolfgang von goethe was born in germany.
addressing a function organized here by the national human rights commission (nhrc), anand said, the greatest and most urgent challenges of human rights in india were in the areas of maternal and child care, child education, child labor, child abuse and protection of minorities and weaker sections.
amnesty international takes care of human rights.
president jacques chirac of france, a conservative like kohl, and prime minister lionel jospin, whose fellow socialists saw in the victory of schroeder's social democrats a continuation of a european trend that brought them and british prime minister tony blair's labor party to power last year, paid tribute to both in almost equal measure.
tony blair belongs to the labor party.
aides to british prime minister tony blair, whose labor party won power 13 months ago and who is the current eu president, said the leaders acknowledged jointly - and without trying to blame each other - that the eu's belgian-based bureaucracy is regarded as both remote and overbearing.
tony blair belongs to the labor party.
that theory, a concept first proposed by albert einstein and often reiterated by british astrophysicist stephen hawking, seeks to find a single set of equations that can explain all the fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak interactive forces among subnuclear particles.
stephen hawking is a physicist.
a condition called "social anxiety disorder" this week joined the long list of downers in life - including obesity, impotence, depression and phobia - that americans once commonly saw as challenges of willpower and character but can now have treated by popping a pill.
phobia is a an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation.
npf said that young people displaying onset symptoms of parkinson's disease have special needs, because they often have children to raise, jobs to keep and other issues to address that are different than those patients in retirement years.
the symptoms of parkinson's disease are: tremor, rigidity (stiffness; increased muscle tone), bradykinesia/akinesia, also "dysdiadokinesia", and postural instability.
olympic officials familiar with salt lake city's bid for the 2002 winter games have described in recent weeks a process by which salt lake city olympic officials targeted the votes of 17 african ioc members after losing by four votes to nagano, japan, for the right to play host to the 1998 winter olympics.
before salt lake city, winter olympic games took place in nagano.
hubble is one of the most remarkable facilities in the entire history of science.
hubble is a space telescope.
jurassic park is a novel written by michael crichton. jurassic park was published in 1990.
michael crichton is the author of the book jurassic park.
boris becker is a true legend in the sport of tennis. aged just seventeen, he won wimbledon for the first time and went on to become the most prolific tennis player.
boris becker is a wimbledon champion.
boris becker is a former professional tennis player for germany.
boris becker is a wimbledon champion.
on aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was exploded on hiroshima with an estimated equivalent explosive force of 12,500 tons of tnt, followed three days later by a second, more powerful, bomb on nagasaki.
in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima.
he interviewed shigeko sasamori in december 2004. ms. sasamori was thirteen when the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima (august 6, 1945).
in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima.
on august 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima. the enola gay, piloted by colonel tibbetts, was chosen to make the mission. the mission was recorded as successful by capt. william s. parson at 9:20 a.m.
in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima.
even homer realises the cleverness of jan de bont's tautly-directed action. laser movies , speed , widescreen with keanu reeves, dennis hopper, sandra bullock.
the movie 'speed' was directed by jan de bont.
according to the director kim ki-duk the biggest problem for americans understanding korean movies is that all action films have the same plot. for example, the movie 'speed' with keanu reeves.
the movie 'speed' was directed by jan de bont.
felipe gonzález márquez (born march 5, 1942) is a spanish socialist politician. he was the general secretary of the spanish socialist workers' party (psoe) from 1974 to 1997.
felipe gonzález is the president of spain.
gonzález márquez, felipe is a spanish political leader. after joining what was then the spanish socialist workers' party, gonzález became its secretary-general and revived it from the moribund position into which it had fallen under franco.
felipe gonzález is the president of spain.
as spacecraft commander for apollo xi, the first manned lunar landing mission, armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." with these historic words, man's dream of the ages was fulfilled.
neil armstrong was the first man who landed on the moon.
cyrillic is an alphabet form that is derived from the greek alphabet. the characters in the script look substantially different from the latin alphabet that is used throughout western europe.
cyrillic is an alphabet used for certain slavic languages, such as russian.
qin shi huang, personal name zheng, was king of the chinese state of qin from 247 bce to 221 bce, and then the first emperor of a unified china from 221 bce to 210 bce, ruling under the name first emperor.
qin shi huang was the first china emperor.
the qin (from which the name china is derived) established the approximate boundaries and basic administrative system that all subsequent dynasties were to follow.
qin shi huang was the first chinese emperor.
following the israel-egypt peace treaty of 1979, israel agreed to withdraw from the sinai peninsula, in exchange for peace with its neighbor. for over two decades, the sinai peninsula was home to about 7,000 israelis.
the israel-egypt peace agreement was signed in 1979.
canada and the united states signed an agreement on january 30, 1979, to amend the treaty to allow subsistence hunting of waterfowl.
the israel-egypt peace agreement was signed in 1979.
in 1979, the leaders signed the egypt-israel peace treaty on the white house lawn. both president begin and sadat received the nobel peace prize for their work. the two nations have enjoyed peaceful relations to this day.
the israel-egypt peace agreement was signed in 1979.
president george w. bush, who gave the keynote address and introduced his father, raved about the vessel: "she is unrelenting, she unshakeable, she is unyielding, she is unstoppable. in fact, she should have been named the barbara bush."
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
george herbert walker bush (born june 12, 1924) is the former 41st president of the united states of america. almost immediately upon his return from the war in december 1944, george bush married barbara pierce.
the name of george h.w. bush's wife is barbara.
gabriel garcia marquez is the author of "one hundred years of solitude", "the autumn of the patriarch" and other novels.
gabriel garcia marquez is a novelist and writer.
gabriel garcia marquez was a liberal thinker whose left-wing politics angered many conservative politicians and heads of state. his job as a reporter for the cuban news agency prensa latina, in 1960, and and friendship with fidel castro resulted in his being ultimately denied entry to the united states for political reasons.
gabriel garcia marquez was a conservative politician.
in 1867, nobel obtained a patent on a special type of nitroglycerine, which he called "dynamite". the invention quickly proved its usefulness in building and construction in many countries.
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
experimenting on a raft anchored on the river elbe, alfred nobel tries to make nitroglycerine safer to handle. finds that the addition of kieselguhr turns nitroglycerine into a dough that can be kneaded, and calls it "dynamite".
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
a british dynamite company (ardeer, scotland, uk) is founded. in 1877 the company name was changed to nobel's explosives company.
alfred nobel is the inventor of dynamite.
euro disney is one of the most popular theme parks of usa.
euro-disney is an entertainment park.
the disneyland of europe is located 20 miles east of paris. euro disney is a huge complex with hotels, restaurants, shops and a nearby golf course apart from the actual theme park. it provides a much better experience than its american cousin thanks to the marvels of modern engineering.
euro-disney is an entertainment park.
charles de gaulle died in 1970 at the age of eighty. he was thus fifty years old when, as an unknown officer recently promoted to the (temporary) rank of brigadier general, he made his famous broadcast from london rejecting the capitulation of france to the nazis after the debacle of may-june 1940.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
charles de gaulle retired as an earl and died in november. he wished a simple funeral for himself: he would be buried in his village in a seventy-two dollar oak coffin, borne to his grave by his fellow villagers-a butcher's assistant, a cheesemaker, and a farmhand.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
genevieve de gaulle-anthonics, 81, niece of the late charles de gaulle, died in paris on february 14, 2002. she joined the french resistance when the germans occupied paris.
charles de gaulle died in 1970.
the argentinian propaganda made the gurkhas out to be evil savages who ate their pow's. however instead of causing the argentinian conscripts fight to the end, it caused them to run away, the gurkhas never saw more than brief token resistance.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
the gurkhas come from mountainous nepal and are extremely tenacious warriors-as foot soldiers they are the best only in close combat jungle/mountain combat and hand to hand type situation.
the gurkhas come from nepal.
arromanches-les-bains or simply arromanches is a town in normandy, france, located on the coast in the heart of the area where the normandy landings took place on d-day, on june 6, 1944.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
the d-day was the largest seaborne invasion force ever assembled headed for france on june 6th 1944.
the normandy landings took place in june 1944.
kohl participated in the late stage of wwii as a teenage soldier. he joined the christian-democratic union (cdu) in 1947.
the name of helmut kohl's political party is the christian democratic union.
an american journalist of russian descent, klebnikov was shot four times by at least one assassin in a passing car as he stepped outside his office that evening in moscow. he died shortly after arriving at city hospital no. 20 in moscow.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
an american journalist of russian descent, klebnikov was shot four times by at least one assassin in a passing car as he stepped outside his office that evening in moscow.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
russian public television head vladislav listyev is shot in the heart by an unknown gunman outside his moscow home. the attack is linked to opponents of an advertising ban he had proposed for the television channel.
vladislav listyev was murdered in moscow.
the final major piece of comet shoemaker-levy 9 was to hit just after midnight, completing a ring of crater-like plumes of swirling superheated gas and debris thousands of miles across. "it hit jupiter like a string of machine-gun bullets" said eugene shoemaker, an astronomer at the lowell observatory in flagstaff, ariz., who helped discover the comet last year.
the shoemaker-levy comet hit jupiter.
you rifle through your visual memory and there it is: vermeer, the 17th-century dutch artist who painted extraordinary portraits of women engaged in the ordinary -- writing a letter, making lace or putting on a necklace of pearls.
vermeer is a 17th-century dutch artist.
a collection of real-life testimonies by klaus pohl, one of germany's most performed dramatists, its power resides less in the conventional meaning of the word drama than in what it reveals - a country still deeply at odds with itself, a kaleidoscope of events that flatters neither side, neither western capitalism nor the former communist regime.
klaus pohl is a german dramatist.
in india, carpets are made mostly in uttar pradesh, which adopted a "child labour abolition and regulation act" in 1986.
the child labour abolition and regulation act was adopted in 1986.
victor emmanuel was born on nov. 11, 1869, in naples. after his father, umberto i, was assassinated in 1900, victor emmanuel succeeded to the throne.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
king victor emmanuel iii of italy reigned from 1900 to 1946.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
victor emmanuel iii yielded most of his powers to his son umberto ii in 1944, when umberto was appointed as lieutenant general of the realm, and finally abdicated in 1946.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
victor emmanuel iii, 1869-1947, king of italy (1900-1946), emperor of ethiopia (1936-43), king of albania (1939-43), son and successor of humbert i.
victor emmanuel iii was king of italy from 1900 to 1946.
franz liszt (hungarian: liszt ferenc) was a hungarian/austrian virtuoso pianist and composer who lived from 1811 to 1886. liszt is widely considered to be one of the greatest piano virtuosi of all time, and certainly the most famous of the nineteenth century.
franz liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
the altenburg is located in the jenaer street which lies just outside of weimar's city centre beyond the ilm park. it was built in 1810-1811 and during the years following 1848, princess carolyne of sayn wittgenstein and her husband, franz liszt, lived there.
franz liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
franz liszt, a hungarian composer who lived from 1811 to 1886 was the equivalent of a rock star in his day. his piano compositions were extremely popular and he often gave concerts to his multitude of fans. liszt was also the pioneer of many musical techniques, including the symphonic poem and the technique of transforming themes.
franz liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
aeschylus was born in 525 bc, and spent his youth as a soldier in the athenian army. he wrote the persians when he was 53 years old, but it is his earliest surviving work.
"the persians" was written by aeschylus.
to write "the persians," which opens thursday at the aurora theatre in berkeley, ellen mclaughlin spent six days. given the direction of u.s. foreign policy, mclaughlin says, the lessons of "the persians" are particularly crucial today, 2,500 years after it was written.
"the persians" was written by aeschylus.
the brother-in-law of mohammad oreibi al-khalifa, the new chief judge in the genocide trial of saddam hussein, has been shot dead, police sources say.
mohammad khalifa's father-in-law is osama bin laden.
a muslim charity in the philippines that was supported by bin laden and run by a brother-in-law, mohammad jamal khalifa, financed shah and the other plotters.
mohammad khalifa's father-in-law is osama bin laden.
spirou was created in 1938 by rob-vel, who sold the rights to the dupuis publishing house in early 40's. other artists like jije (joseph gillain) took care of the feature.
spirou was created by rob-vel.
tintin, the smurfs, boule et bill, astérix, natacha, spirou and other legendary characters were created by talented artists like hergé, morris, franquin and walthéry.
spirou was created by rob-vel.
mars is considered the red planet because of its bright red color.
mars is called 'the red planet'.
the planet probably got this name due to its red color; mars is sometimes referred to as 'the red planet'.
mars is called 'the red planet'.
the red planet is thought to have no magnetic field. it has the greenhouse effect which raises the temperature about 5 degrees. it has a very thin atmosphere consisting of 95.3% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.15% oxygen, and 0.03% water.
mars is called the red planet.
theravada buddhism is the official religion of thailand and is the religion of about 95% of its people. the government permits religious diversity, and other major religions are represented. spirit worship and animism are widely practiced.
the official religion of thailand is theravada buddhism.
thailand's official religion is buddhism which claims the allegiance of most thai people. their cultural identity seems almost inseparably intertwined with buddhist traditions. the people practice folk buddhism which includes and elaborate system of spirit worship.
the official religion of thailand is theravada buddhism.
the official religion is theravada buddhism, which is also practiced in neighboring laos, thailand, burma and sri lanka.
the official religion of thailand is theravada buddhism.
french is the mother tongue of 80.9 percent of québeckers, while 7.8 percent cite english as their mother tongue.
french is the most widely spoken language in québec.
please note that arabic is the language of quran so it's better to learn it to understand clearly all the miracles in quran.
arabic is the language of the quran.
the arabic language is the door to islam and the language of the holy quran and prophetic traditions. therefore, distancing ourselves from arabic studies leads to innovation and disbelief.
arabic is the language of the quran.
the norwegian newspaper corpus is a large and self-expanding corpus of norwegian newspaper texts. the collection of this dynamic and continually growing corpus began in 1998.
dagbladet is a norwegian newspaper.
the norwegian newspaper dagbladet printed an article about the "intolerance page".
dagbladet is a norwegian newspaper.
the biggest newspaper in norway, verdens gang, prints a letter to the editor written by joe harrington and myself.
verdens gang is a norwegian newspaper.
a number of undergraduate schools and colleges have also received it, as has the french red-cross, the abbey of notre-dame des dombes, and the french railway company sncf.
the french railway company is called sncf.
note that sbb, cff and ffs stand out for the main railway company, in german, french and italian.
the french railway company is called sncf.
at the 1932 olympic games in los angeles, didrikson won gold medals in the javelin (olympic record) and 80-meter hurdles (world record), along with a silver in the high jump (share of the world record).
2,45 m is the world record in the high jump.
beamon's jump was a world record that eclipsed the previous record by 21 3/4 inches. the jump still stands as an olympic record, and stood as a world  record until mike powell leapt 29' 4 1/2" at the 1991 world championships in tokyo.
2,45 m is the world record in the high jump.
february 4, 2005, iraq. with more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted in the iraqi legislative election , the united iraqi alliance has a considerable lead over interim iraqi prime minister iyad allawi's iraqi list which trails with approximately 17% of the current tally.
the first free elections in iraq were held in january 2005.
taiwan's former president lee teng-hui , the spiritual leader of the pro-independence tsu , and premier frank hsieh , a member of the democratic progressive party , are also taking part in the march.
chen shui-bian is the new president of taiwan.
the current president of brazilian central bank, henrique meirelles, is accused of financial fraud among other accusations.
the current president of honduras is manuel zelaya.
geoscience australia said the 5.3 quake did not generate a tsunami. the 2004 indian ocean earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.0, triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on december 26, 2004 that killed over 270,000 people, making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.
a tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
switzerland has ratified bilateral agreements with the members of the european union in march 2004, but the new members (cyprus , czech republic , estonia, hungary, latvia, lithuania, malta, poland, slovakia and slovenia) were not included in the deal.
lithuania intends to introduce the use of the euro as an official currency on january 1, 2007.
it is outstripped only by denmark, the netherlands, belgium, sweden, finland and france, and thus ranks 7th in the 25-member european union in terms of broadband internet penetration.
12 members of the european union use the euro instead of their own national currencies.
the documents commented by the magazine date of april 25, 2002, epoch in which the brazilian president was fernando henrique cardoso.
the brazilian president is luiz inácio lula da silva.
gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful objects observed in the universe and are thought to signal the birth of black holes. swift is designed to detect the bursts and automatically re-orient itself to gather images and data of the phenomenon.
gamma rays are forms of electromagnetic radiation.
most recently, us secretary of state condoleezza rice called north korea an "outpost of tyranny" enraging kim jong-il , the leader of north korea.
condoleezza rice is the u.s. secretary of state.
u.s. secretary of state condoleeza rice has expressed her anger after a meeting with sudanese president omar hassan al-bashir , during which her aides and staff were mistreated by sudanese security agents.
condoleezza rice is the u.s. secretary of state.
james wilkinson, ms. rice's communications director, was shoved against a wall by guards as he tried to enter the meeting.
condoleezza rice is the u.s. secretary of state.
romania currently supplies one of the world's largest contingents of troops in iraq, with nearly 1000 people.
romania sent 730 troops in iraq.
don brash leader of the new zealand national party said that the white crusaders of the racial holy war are "a small, fascist underbelly, hell-bent on causing division and destroying new zealand's egalitarian ethos."
don brash is the leader of the new zealand national party.
alternately known as brash, emotional and brilliant, the maverick kasparov could be a formidable opponent in the realm of politics.
don brash is the leader of the new zealand national party.
nasa's saturn exploration spacecraft, cassini , has discovered an atmosphere about the moon enceladus . this is the first such discovery by cassini, other than titan , of the presence of an atmosphere around a saturn moon.
titan is the fifteenth of saturn's known satellites.
the beleaguered euro-disney theme park outside paris is doing so poorly it might have to close unless it gets help soon from its lenders, the chairman of walt disney co. said in an interview published friday.
euro-disney is a theme park outside paris.
the pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 bc and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains.
the pharos lighthouse was located in alexandria.
the pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 bc and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains.
the pharos lighthouse was built around 280 bc.
lin piao, after all, was the creator of mao's "little red book" of quotations.
lin piao wrote the "little red book".
new delhi: more than 100 nobel prize winners, two us congressmen, and leading labour organizations have expressed concern over threats against the life of kailash satyarthi, india's leading opponent of child labour.
kailash satyarthi, india's leading opponent of child labour.
the hurdler suspended in 1993 for taking the anabolic steroid nandrolone was cleared after a three judge arbitration panel ruled that the case against her could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt .
nandrolone is a steroid.
even while accepting the russian plan, imf managing director michel camdessus noted that the efficiency of russia's state taxation service "is declining rapidly."
michel camdessus is managing director of imf.
madrid: luis roldan, the former spanish chief of police who fled the country 10 months ago after allegedly hiving off millions of pounds from secret government funds, was on his way home to a prison cell last night after being captured in bangkok.
luis roldan was director of police from 1986 to 1993.
when the berlin wall fell in early november, 1989 berlin's east and west sections were rejoined to create the third-largest city in europe , with a population of about 3 million.
the berlin wall was torn down in november, 1989.
rolf ekeus the swedish diplomat who chairs the commission said that while baghdad had been cooperative in helping his panel establish procedures for monitoring and verifying the weapons destruction it is unclear how the iraqis will react once the system is in operation .
rolf ekeus is a swedish diplomat.
heaney had joined 'a distinguished group of irishmen , who have been honoured with this prize for their contribution to irish literature in the twentieth century.'
heaney was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1995.
for the case of aldrich hazen (rick) ames , and his colombian-born wife , maria del rosario casas ames arrested by the fbi on charges that they were russian spies , is so rich in mysteries , puzzles , riddles and contradictions that the answers may never be untangled even as the cia's counterintell.
aldrich hazen ames is married to rosario casas ames.
fest : "in the name of the father" an academy award contender starring daniel day-lewis as a man wrongly convicted for an ira bombing, won the golden bear award for best picture monday at the berlin international film festival.
the berlin international film festival awards the golden bear.
since independence and the blood bath of partition , in which an estimated 15 million people were uprooted and 200,000 died , india and pakistan have fought three wars , two over possession of kashmir .
india and pakistan have fought three wars for the possession of kashmir.
bukowski attracted the attention of john martin who founded black sparrow press in 1965 specifically to publish him.
john martin is the founder of black sparrow press.
new zealand film director peter jackson is to make a 264-million-new zealand-dollar (133 million u.s. dollars) trilogy based on tolkien's fantasy classic "lord of the rings," the local tv station reported tuesday evening.
tolkien wrote the fantasy epic called "lord of the rings".
we look at the cool relationship between these two establishment families and how the party would fare with the son, texas gov. george w. bush, and the wife, elizabeth dole, on the 2000 campaign trail.
the name of george w. bush's wife is laura.
colin l. powell and laura bush, wife of gov. george w. bush, are to speak on the opening night in philadelphia, while the democrats have tentative plans to have president clinton and hillary rodham clinton address the delegates on the first night in los angeles.
the name of george w. bush's wife is laura.
nepali mountaineer ang rita sherpa last week broke his own record of the number of climbing mt. everest.
alison hargreaves is the first woman to have made the climb up the everest with no artificial oxygen.
not counting the 1986 catastrophe at chernobyl, where the nuclear reactors are of a different design, the industry has so far succeeded.
the catastrophe at chernobyl happened in 1986.
the titanic sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage from southampton, england, to new york.
the titanic sank in 1912.
more than 1,500 people died when the titanic sank in 1912.
the titanic sank in 1912.
in the early hours of april 15, 1912, the british luxury liner titanic sank in the north atlantic off newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg.
the titanic sank in 1912.
the recovery of the capsule, which carried astronaut virgil "gus" grissom on a brief suborbital flight on july 21, 1961, took place on the 30th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing.
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
thirty years ago [1969], neil armstrong took humanity's first small step on the moon, declaring it "one giant leap for mankind" only to have the space program retreat to tinkering in low earth orbit.
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
"if we could put a man on the moon within decades back in the 1960s, i think we can eliminate tb if we develop the will to do so" said o'brien, who called for a significant investment for the research, particularly the large field trials necessary to demonstrate efficacy.
the moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
in "killing the dream: james earl ray and the assassination of martin luther king, jr.", by gerald posner (harvest/harcourt brace, $15), the writer who attacked kennedy conspiracy theories in "case closed" takes on ray's claim of innocence in the 1968 murder of king.
martin luther king was murdered in 1968.
polish-born pope john paul ii, credited for inspiring poland's return to democracy after more than 40 years of communism, is expected to dedicate the church during his visit next summer.
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
unwilling to surrender his dream of beginning a holy land pilgrimage in iraq, pope john paul ii made a "virtual pilgrimage" wednesday to ur, the ancient city that is traditionally held to be the birthplace of abraham.
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
jerusalem (ap) -- in a spiritual climax to his 22-year papacy, pope john paul ii on tuesday began the first official visit by a roman catholic pontiff to israel, fulfilling his dream of visiting the land where christ was born and died.
pope john paul ii was born in poland.
on jan. 27, 1756, composer wolfgang amadeus mozart was born in salzburg, austria.
wolfgang amadeus mozart was born in salzburg.
standing off to one side, seeing all and hearing mozart's music, which only he understands to be a manifestation of god's love, is antonio salieri, the ambitious italian-born composer and conductor, a favorite at the imperial court in vienna in 1781.
wolfgang amadeus mozart was born in salzburg.
moreau, 72, received a golden bear award for lifetime achievement at the berlin film festival friday.
the golden palm has been awarded at the cannes film festival.
the fifth golden rooster and hundred flowers festival, to be held in southeast city of kunming from october 9 to 13, will feature award-giving ceremonies, film exhibitions, as well as business exchanges.
the golden palm has been awarded at the cannes film festival.
president bill clinton on tuesday passed the leadership of the democratic party to vice president al gore, describing his deputy as the right person to be the first u.s. president of the 21st century.
bill clinton belongs to the democratic party.
he has borrowed a clutch of bright ideas from bill clinton's favorite think-tank, the democratic leadership council, and endorsed medicare reforms suggested by one of the democratic party's brightest luminaries, louisiana's john breaux.
bill clinton belongs to the democratic party.
out of the seven expeditions who were permitted to climb the 8586-meter high mt. kanchenjunga, only one climber from the united states succeeded.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
a seven-member tibetan mountaineering team conquered the 8,586-meter mt. kanchenjunga, the third highest peak of the world, the chinese mountaineering association confirmed here on sunday.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
the 10-men team is expected to arrive at the foot of the mountain in the end of april and began their journey to the 8,586-meter peak in early may.
kanchenjunga is 8586 meters high.
the new moon, which is only about 25 miles in diameter, was actually photographed 13 years ago by the voyager 2.
the moon titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers.
the newly suggested distance is much closer than the present positions at 2,870,972,200 kilometers from the sun for uranus and 4,498,252,900 kilometers for neptune.
the moon titan has a diameter of 5100 kilometers.
mars has the smallest confirmed moon, deimos, which is about 7.5 miles in diameter.
the terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3746 kilometers.
io is 2,236 miles (3,598 kilometers) in diameter, slightly larger than the earth's moon.
the terrestrial moon has a diameter of 3746 kilometers.
salma hayek drew a crowd in veracruz, mexico, at the july 8 premiere of 'nobody writes to the colonel', a movie based on a short novel by nobel laureate gabriel garcia marquez.
gabriel garcia marquez is a nobel prize winner.
he is like some great writers, from charles dickens to william faulkner to gabriel garcia marquez: the insistence on the value of the local leads to the universal.
gabriel garcia marquez is a nobel prize winner.
two prominent scientists have made guest appearances on the show, paleontologist stephen jay gould and stephen hawking, the theoretical physicist whose brilliance has been compared with einstein's.
stephen hawking is a physicist.
"for japanese yakuza, the most important thing is staying alive, and making money is second," the yakuza said.
yakuza are the japanese mafia.
munir mezyed, a poet and critic, aroused the sentiments and emotions of the audience when he recited his smooth flowing poetry both in arabic and english, which demonstrated his unique and overwhelming style.
gotthold ephraim lessing lived from 1729 to 1781.
the ioc meeting will also review reports submitted by the organizing committees of the 1998 winter olympic games in nagano, japan; the 2000 summer olympic games in sydney, australia and the 2002 winter olympic games in the salt lake city, the united states, respectively.
before salt lake city, winter olympic games took place in nagano.
hodler claimed there were also irregularities in the campaigns organized by atlanta for the 1996 summer games, sydney for the summer olympics in 2000 and salt lake city for the 2002 winter games.
before salt lake city, winter olympic games took place in nagano.
the stupendous power of the tevatron made possible the 1995 discovery of the top quark - the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.
the top quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.
the bet, which won him dinner for four, was regarding the existence and mass of the top quark, an elementary particle discovered in 1995.
the top quark is the last of six flavors of quarks predicted by the standard model theory of particle physics.
within trillionths of a second after the big bang, they have reasoned, the primordial explosion - many billions of degrees hot - must have created a universe that contained equal quantities of matter and antimatter.
the big bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created.
according to naeye, the newfangled telescopes will be able to peer so far back in space and, thus, time that they "will see the first galaxies assembling a few hundred million years after the big bang."
the big bang is the primordial explosion from which the universe was created.
jackson also found the company maintained its windows monopoly by setting deals with computer makers to promote microsoft products over those from rival software makers.
microsoft windows is an operating system.
hoping to loosen microsoft's ironclad grip on the personal computer desktop, a tiny seattle company will unveil an onscreen menu bar monday that bypasses windows with direct links to programs and the internet.
microsoft windows is an operating system.
qatar and oman are members of the gulf cooperation council, gcc, which also groups saudi arabia, kuwait, bahrain and the united arab emirates (uae).
the members of the gulf cooperation council are: saudi arabia, kuwait, united arab emirates, qatar, oman, bahrain.
both bahrain and qatar are members of the gulf cooperation council (gcc), but they have a territorial dispute that has led to bahrain's boycott of the gcc summit convened in the qatari capital of doha on december 7-9.
the members of the gulf cooperation council are: saudi arabia, kuwait, united arab emirates, qatar, oman, bahrain.
egypt, syria and the members of the gulf cooperation council, namely bahrain, kuwait, oman, qatar, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, signed the damascus declaration after the 1991 gulf war to create a mechanism aimed at guaranteeing security in the gulf region.
the members of the gulf cooperation council are: saudi arabia, kuwait, united arab emirates, qatar, oman, bahrain.
among stellafane's most ardent partisans is david h. levy, co-discoverer with dr. eugene shoemaker of a comet named for the two that broke apart in 1994 as it was drawn toward jupiter, creating fireworks visible from earth.
the shoemaker-levy comet was discovered by shoemaker, his wife, carolyn, and an astronomer david h. levy.
the national park trust identified 20 high-priority sites - including the blue ridge parkway in north carolina and virginia and everglades national park in florida - as areas with private property that could be sold.
everglades national park is located in florida.
many hopes are riding on the sale of talisman's holdings in palm beach and hendry counties, which vice president al gore announced with much fanfare last year at the 50th anniversary of everglades national park.
everglades national park is located in florida.
the expulsion of albanians, which has distracted nato with a parallel relief operation, has only served to harden the resolve of nato's 19 members, who are now willing to approve attacks on more sensitive targets, like milosevic's homes and yugoslavia's state-run television.
nato has 16 members.
foreign ministers of the 16 nato member countries met early this morning with their russian counterpart, yevgeny primakov, in berlin in a bid to improve nato-russia relations.
the nato has 16 members.
sotheby's and christie's, the world's two most powerful auction houses, swapped confidential lists of super-rich clients who were spared from paying fees charged to other sellers, people close to the companies and to a federal antitrust investigation of them said.
christie's is one of the world's largest auction houses.
police in rio de janeiro arrested five men and recovered millions of dollars worth of art stolen earlier this month, including works by salvador dali and henri matisse. police recovered all the stolen art except two chinese ceramic sculptures from the 7th century and a collection of silverware.
millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by dali.
stolen warhol works recovered: amsterdam police said wednesday that they have recovered stolen lithographs by the late u.s. pop artist andy warhol worth more than $1 million. dali's paintings are still missing.
millions of dollars of art were recovered, including works by dali.
two portraits, one by reynolds, the other by gainsborough, since 1990 among the most looked-after works in the art loss register database, were recovered this week when they were brought into sotheby's for evaluation. also a lithograph by norwegian artist edvard munch, stolen from an oslo art gallery in april, has been recovered, news reports said today.
these two portraits and a lithography by edvard munch were recovered using the art loss register database.
mr david herman, head of gm's local operations accused mr gerhardt schroeder, prime minister of lower saxony and a member of the vw supervisory board, of trying to use his political weight to influence the investigations by state prosecutors in hesse into claims of industrial espionage against gm.
gerhardt schroeder was accused of helping vw.
the west has preferred to focus on endangered animals, rather than endangered humans. african elephants are hunted down and stripped of tusks and hidden by poachers. their numbers in africa slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until cites - the convention on international trade in endangered species - banned the trade in ivory.
african elephants are endangered by ivory poachers.
amsterdam police said wednesday that they have recovered stolen lithographs by the late u.s. pop artist andy warhol worth more than $1 million.
police recovered 81 andy warhol lithographs.
the west has preferred to focus on endangered animals, rather than endangered humans. african elephants are hunted down and stripped of tusks and hidden by poachers. their numbers in africa slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until cites - the convention on international trade in endangered species - banned the trade in ivory.
an international convention banned trade in ivory.
besides producing this riverine sea, the deluge also nourishes the largest stretch of rain forest left on earth. one-third of the remaining rain forest was in the amazon basin and fires had consumed about 10% of it, an area twice the size of california.
the amazon rain forest is a vast area in south america.
sheriff's officials said a robot could be put to use in ventura county, where the bomb squad has responded to more than 40 calls this year.
police use robots for bomb-handling.
the researchers in the latest study fed one group of mice a diet in which 60 percent of calories came from fat. the diet started when the mice, all males, were 1 year old, which is middle-age in mouse longevity. as expected, the mice soon developed signs of impending diabetes, with grossly enlarged livers, and started to die much sooner than mice fed a standard diet.
at the age of one year, male mice were fed with a diet in which 60 percent of calories came from fat.
in addition to data bases and publicity, stolen art is recovered when someone seeks appraisal or offers it for sale to dealers or auction houses, responds to a reward offer, attempts to remove it through customs, or requests a ransom for the art.
centralized inventory records for museums aid in theft awareness.
french police recovered five masterpieces stolen from paris museum last summer including a small work by renoir.
five masterpieces, including a renoir, were recovered when the thief confessed.
art experts said on monday, that there was an astounding haul from boston's gardner museum -- possibly the biggest art theft in us history.
the biggest art theft in us history was the theft of a dozen works from boston's gardner museum.
"the herald is now pleased that kennedy can vigorously pursue a re-examination of the iraq war and how to extricate our nation from it. speaking seriously, i'll take this change of heart as a sobering indication that all of us, wherever we stand on the liberal-conservative continuum, are deeply concerned about the damaging impacts of the iraq war and are looking for ways to work together to resolve it as soon as possible."
all are deeply concerned about the damage of the iraq war and are looking for ways to resolve it.
for example, if you want to find out what the weather in your area will be like for the next five days, select the weather channel from the main multiscreen and you will find detailed forecasts and other weather news. or if your team has been in action, you can read the top headlines for your chosen sport by keying in 300 on your handset - just as you would on ceefax.
the weather channel gives you information about the weather in the next few days.
volkswagen should start to co-operate fully with the investigation by public prosecutors of the alleged theft of secret documents from general motors.
german officials began investigating vw for theft.
an initial bid to prevent seven former employees of gm from working for volkswagen for 12 months was thrown out by a frankfurt court.
all charges of anti-competitive staff poaching were later dismissed.
some passengers were escorted off the ship in wheelchairs by crew wearing blue gloves.
wheelchairs were used to lead passengers off the ship.
the investigation involving mr lopez and three associates are primarily concerned with suspicions of the systematic theft of secrets.
seven other gm executives left with lopez.
the vw chief has been under intense pressure from the bonn government and colleagues in german industry to seek conciliation following his outspoken statements last, which were widely seen as damaging germany's reputation.
germany is concerned about the effect of the court investigations on domestic economic and political affairs.
mr piech dismissed suggestions that vws actions in hiring away mr lopez and his seven colleagues from gm had caused widespread dismay in german industry, and was at odds with the style of german business.
piech got nationalistic in his accusations.
the federal bureau of investigation started an independent probe of the circumstances shortly after the white house made plain that president bill clinton considered industrial espionage a particular threat to us economic interests.
a us probe of the investigation started at the instigation of the commerce department.
yunus, who shared the 1.4 million prize friday with the grameen bank that he founded 30 years ago, pioneered the concept of "microcredit." it allows very poor people, who don't qualify for traditional loans, to get loans of as little as a few dollars without collateral. the banks' shareholders are the impoverished people it supports.
yunus founded the grameen bank 30 years ago.
as his jubilant nation cheered, yunus told reporters in the capital of dhaka that he wants "to work to create some more new things in the world" and would use the award money to start a company to produce inexpensive yet nutritious food for poor people and set up an eye hospital to treat impoverished patients.
yunus wants to start a company.
following a steady flow of leaks and statements on apparently incriminating discoveries, her office has been gagged by senior legal authorities.
because of leaks, a gag was placed on holland's office.
the prize is named after alfred nobel, a pacifist and entrepreneur who invented dynamite in 1866. nobel left much of his wealth to establish the award, which has honoured achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and efforts to promote peace since 1901.
alfred nobel invented dynamite in 1866.
mr ferdinand piech said that the german company did not have any confidential plans or documents about gm's ultra-low-cost factory project.
documents included secret plans for a new factory.
witnesses allegedly hear and see documents being shredded all night long by jorge alvarez aguirre and rosario piazza, two ex-opel men who had followed their leader to vw.
people leaving gm with lopez included jose gutierrez, jorge alvarez aguirre, and rosario piazza.
bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, suffered a devastating drought and famine in 1974, which killed 1.5 million people. while trying to help starving villagers, he met a 21-year-old woman named sufia begum, who was burdened by a tiny yet crushing debt, yunus recalled in his autobiography, "banker to the poor."
1.5 million people were killed during the drought and famine devastation in 1974 in bangladesh.
to break the grinding cycle of debt and poverty, yunus loaned $27 to begum and more than 40 of her neighbours in the village of joba. he allowed them to pay him back over the next year as their businesses started to produce stable profits.
some people in the village of joba received loans from yunus.
argentina and britain announced an agreement thursday to restore full diplomatic ties nearly eight years after they fought a 74-day war over the falkland islands.
full diplomatic relations were re-established in 1990.
the borrowers must form five-member groups that, along with the bank's field workers, closely supervise the loans. peer pressure substitutes for collateral because the group's first two borrowers have to start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period before the other members can take out loans. the interest rate is fixed at 16 percent.
the first two borrowers must start repaying the principal plus interest over a six-week period.
a belgian policeman posing as an art dealer in brussels arrested three swedes.
three swedes were arrested in a belgian police sting operation.
a man suspected of stealing a million-dollar collection of hundreds of ancient nepalese and tibetan art objects in new york 11 years ago was arrested thursday at his south los angeles home, where he had been hiding the antiquities.
a man suspected of stealing a million-dollar collection of nepalese and tibetan art objects in new york was arrested.
norwegian police released one of three people arrested when edvard munch's painting 'the scream', stolen from the national gallery in oslo, was found.
norwegian police arrested three people for the theft of munch's painting, 'the scream'.
reward offers have led to recovery of stolen art.
some stolen art is recovered through offered rewards.
in france, art dealers are obliged by law to register all purchases except those bought at a public auction.
in france, works of art bought at public auction are exempt from registration.
the official visit of the argentine minister marks a further step in the normalisation of uk-argentine relations.
relations between argentina and great britain are growing more cooperative.
argentina remains one of 17 countries still banning british cattle for breeding because of the outbreak of mad cow disease in 1980s.
refusal of argentina to buy cattle created new tensions between the two countries.
the industrial espionage case involving gm and vw began with the hiring of jos ignacio lopez, an employee of gm subsidiary adam opel, by vw as production director.
there was an industrial espionage case involving gm and vw.
argentina sought help from britain on its privatization program and encouraged british investment.
argentina sought uk expertise on privatization and agriculture.
philip morris said it sold 201 bn cigarettes world-wide during the quarter.
philip morris said it sold 201 billion cigarettes worldwide during the third quarter of 1994.
the federal bureau of investigation started an independent probe of the circumstances shortly after the white house made plain that president bill clinton considered industrial espionage a particular threat to us economic interests.
president clinton thinks that industrial espionage is a threat to america's well being.
pm tried to buy the belin biscuit company from rjr nabisco two years ago.
american tobacco companies began to diversify production.
gm has initiated criminal investigations in germany and the us on the basis of their suspicions that mr lopez and his team stole confidential information before defecting to vw in march.
lopez took documents from gm to vw.
by buying local companies, philip morris and its subsidiary inherit informal trade contacts cultivated under soviet rule that may help to smooth any future moves east.
american tobacco companies used state tobacco monopoly liberalization.
gm established grounds for suspicion of industrial spying by presenting affidavits from its employees. the aim will be to determine if vw's project was copied from gm data - essential if industrial espionage is to be proved.
there was an industrial espionage case involving gm and vw.
in russia, bat is setting up a joint venture with yava, moscow's largest cigarette factory.
bat acquired production interests in the ukraine, hungary and russia.
although philip morris was selling its cigarettes at lower prices in the us, the increased volumes helped lift operating income in the domestic tobacco division by 25.1 per cent to dollars 858m.
pm cut us prices to restore marlboro's us standing.
pm has now firm projects which include a stake in a joint venture called constellation in samara involving the city's main tobacco factory.
pm acquired three russian factories.
american tobacco companies were showing a profit most quarters due to export sales of cigarettes and diversification of products sold including food.
pm often entered markets with both cigarettes and food.
so far the british have preferred a policy of a voluntary approach to restricting advertising and high taxes on tobacco products.
sales have declined due to restrictions on advertising.
argentina's campaign to re-establish itself as a trustworthy trading partner was boosted yesterday with the underwriting of a dollars 9.5m buyer credit by britain's export credit guarantee department.
britain's export credit guarantee department underwrites loans to argentina.
political change in eastern europe and the removal of trade barriers in the far east have given the four multinationals-philip morris, bat industries, r j reynolds and rothmans international-access to big potential new markets.
trade liberalisation happened in china.
argentina was still obsessed with the falkland islands even in 1994, 12 years after its defeat in the 74-day war with britain.
the falklands war took place in 1982.
the deal marks the second foray into lithuania by philip morris which in april beat british american tobacco to acquire the klaipeda tobacco company for dollars 40m - the biggest western investment in the baltic states so far.
the acquisition of the klaipeda tobacco company is the biggest investment in the baltic states.
argentina announced that it has decided to lift financial and trade restrictions on imports from britain that were imposed during the 1982 falklands conflict.
argentina lifted restrictions on british imports.
uk foreign secretary douglas hurd will meet president carlos menem in argentina next week.
foreign secretary douglas hurd visited argentina.
britain agreed to lift by march 31 a 150-mile military protection zone enforced around the islands since argentina invaded them in 1982.
the military protection zone around falklands was lifted.
most of the mines are in arid areas and animals searching for water are attracted to the cyanide-laced holding ponds that are an integral part of the mining operations.
animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds.
the dam covering what used to be its football pitch fill up with millions of tons of poisonous mining waste.
mine waste-water poses an environmental hazard.
the exchanges resulted in greatly improved financial, oil, fisheries, and military issues, but great britain consistently refused to address the issue of sovereignty over the falklands.
great britain continues to refuse to discuss sovereignty issues.
one of argentina's top falkland negotiators said mr hurd's visit the first by a cabinet minister since the 1982 falklands conflict meant we are on our way to a broader richer relationship in which the islands are only a part of the relationship not the only issue.
relations between argentina and great britain are growing more cooperative.
the mine would operate nonstop seven days a week and use tons of cyanide each day to leach the gold from crushed ore.
a weak cyanide solution is poured over it to pull the gold from the rock.
military ties between the two countries have been governed officially by an arms embargo imposed by britain on argentina.
britain has maintained an arm embargo.
relations between argentina and britain were soured again last may when britain decided to extend territorial waters to 200 miles around south georgia and the south sandwich islands.
britain angered argentina.
the british government has indicated its readiness to allow argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields in the falkland islands' territorial waters- provided they acknowledge that any oil extracted belongs to britain.
the british indicated readiness to allow argentine companies to take part in the development of oilfields.
rj reynolds tobacco announced yesterday that it plans to build a factory in turkey to produce cigarettes by late 1993.
rjr built factories in turkey.
hydrogen cyanide is used in manufacturing chemicals such as tryptophan and other amino acids.
cyanide is used in the production of pharmaceuticals.
philip morris cited strong volume gains in germany, italy, france, spain, central and eastern europe, russia, the middle east, japan, korea, argentina and brazil.
philip morris made market gains in russia.
although the domestic markets for cigarettes in america in the 1990s was greatly reduced due to bans on advertising, smoking in public places and health warnings, american tobacco companies were showing a higher profit.
cigarette sales have declined due to restrictions on advertising.
philip morris the us food and tobacco group that makes marlboro, the world's best-selling cigarette, shrugged off strong anti-smoking sentiment in the us.
philip morris owns the marlboro brand.
two brothers who operated a north hollywood plating company that dumped thousands of gallons of cyanide-laced waste water into the los angeles sewer system pleaded guilty thursday and must serve jail time for recklessly handling and storing hazardous materials.
a california company was charged with reckless storage of chemicals.
the united nations last night elected eight judges for the international war crimes tribunal that will try those accused of murders and other atrocities in former yugoslavia since 1991.
11 judges in the yugoslavia war tribunal were sworn in at the world court.
gold mining operations in california and nevada use cyanide to extract the precious metal.
cyanide is used in gold mining.
at a low-key ceremony, albanian and british officials agreed to bury all outstanding differences caused by the 'corfu channel incident'.
the dispute between albania and the uk about the corfu incident lasted a long time.
known as "heap leach" mining, the method has become popular in the last decade because it enables microscopic bits of gold to be economically extracted from low-grade ore.
the mining industry uses a method known as heap leaching.
this is only the fourth time that the security council has imposed sanctions, the earlier cases being against rhodesia, south africa and, most recently, iraq.
the court endorsed u.n. sanctions against libya.
the extension of the effective period of marketing exclusivity for drugs is designed to give pharmaceutical companies a fair return.
prospective drugs must have long market life after regulatory approval in order to be developed.
cancer research campaign signed a deal with a us pharmaceuticals company to develop a pioneering cancer treatment.
other changes involve joint research and development programs with other companies.
fishermen using the poison sodium cyanide have helped to destroy an estimated 70% of the reefs.
cyanide fishing is linked to the destruction of area reefs.
companies are working to reduce the interval between drug discovery and marketing.
companies are working to shorten the new drug development period to an average of eight to nine years in the us.
the relocation has enabled the company to eliminate the use of cyanide and chrome in its plating work replacing it with a soaplike solution.
soap-like alternatives exist.
japanese drug makers are now trying to build comprehensive independent operations in research and development, production and marketing.
there are companies that have split the management of their research and development processes.
if toxic waste containg cyanide is not disposed of properly, it may drain into ponds, streams, sewers, and reservoirs.
leaks into environment are caused by bad disposal of toxic waste containing cyanide.
a total of 79 per cent of people questioned in a survey agreed that adults suffering incurable illness should receive 'medical help to a peaceful death'.
in a poll of the american public, most people approved laws that allow life-support to be removed from a terminally ill patient.
michaela roeder, 31, was found guilty of six counts of manslaughter and mercy killing.
a german nurse was convicted of manslaughter and mercy killing of patients by lethal injection.
a doctor from michigan helped an oregon woman with alzheimer's disease commit suicide.
dr. kevorkian assisted janet adkins to use his suicide device.
a plating company that dumped thousands of gallons of cyanide-laced waste water into the los angeles sewer system pleaded guilty.
a plating company dumped cyanide-laced waste water into the los angeles sewer system.
waste in the ponds produced by leaching gold from ore is a source of potential environmental dangers.
mine waste-water poses an environmental hazard.
janet elaine adkins, 54, used a controversial machine to commit suicide in michigan.
an alzheimer patient was in michigan for an assisted suicide.
a brain-dead teenager was removed from life-support equipment after giving birth to a premature daughter.
pregnant women are allowed to die after they deliver their babies.
more than 6,400 migratory birds and other animals were killed in nevada by drinking water in the cyanide-laced ponds produced by gold mining operations.
animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds.
the supreme court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients who have not made or cannot make their desires known.
in most cases, the patient is comatose or mentally unable to communicate his/her feelings.
an alzheimer's patient travelled 2,000 miles to commit suicide with the help of a doctor who built a device that gave her a lethal dose of chemicals.
the woman in the kevorkian case injected lethal chemicals into her body.
state police investigators testified at a preliminary hearing that delbert told them the death of the 64-year-old billy was a mercy killing.
it was delbert ward who told authorities that he strangled his brother.
in one case five workers at a plating company were asphyxiated by hydrogen cyanide while trying to clean a sludge tank.
cyanide fumes killed five workers cleaning one tank.
cyanide is also used by muru-ami fishermen in the philippines to drive fish from the coral reefs.
philippine fishermen use cyanide in fishing.
nucor, the leading us steel mini-mill group is to greatly expand production capacity at a plant in crawfordsville, indiana which has shaken up the industry by its use of a radical, new technology.
the new thin-casting process shook up the steel industry.
at the very outskirts of commerce, baka pygmies in southeastern cameroon use a cyanide compound to stun bees while raiding their nests for honey.
cameroon honey gatherers use cyanide to stun bees.
the presidents of honduras and el salvador were set yesterday to begin two days of talks in san salvador, amid continuing tension in border areas.
honduras and el salvador entered a dispute over their borders.
two british destroyers struck albanian-laid mines while exercising their rights passing through the corfu channel.
the corfu channel incident was about a british destroyer sunk by albania in the corfu channel.
the west has preferred to focus on endangered animals, rather than endangered humans. african elephants are hunted down and stripped of tusks and hidden by poachers. their numbers in africa slumped from 1.2m to 600,000 in a decade until cites - the convention on international trade in endangered species - banned the trade in ivory.
the african elephant population was decimated by poachers.
libya's case against britain and the us concerns the dispute over their demand for extradition of libyans charged with blowing up a pan am jet over lockerbie in 1988.
one case involved the extradition of libyan suspects in the pan am lockerbie bombing.
for us pharmaceutical companies, the impending healthcare reforms promise an era of increased cost-containment and pricing controls.
the us government wants to keep drug prices down.
tourists pay millions of dollars a year to come and see africa 's wildlife and smugglers pay millions more in strictly illegal purchases of ivory and rhino horn from poachers.
african countries encourage keeping animals alive to attract tourists.
the owners of phinda, the south african-based conservation corporation, could not have paid for a better advertisement for their philosophy of wildlife conservation: a people-based approach to conservation, which is slowly gaining ground in africa as game reserves come under ever greater threat from hungry, poor and angry local populations.
the south african-based conservation corporation threatens the local population.
drug development is an enormously complex and expensive process.
the research and development phase of creating a new drug is complicated.
clinical trials involve 240 patients in 10 centres with each patient questioned three times.
clinical trials involve an average of 200 patients per trial.
conservationists fear that one of namibia's most precious resources, its abundant wildlife and especially its threatened black rhinoceros, faces a major menace from poaching.
in africa, rhinos are seriously endangered by poaching.
'seeing that the decision to exploit oil in block 16 has been taken, we are now working to make the project as environmentally sustainable as possible,' says danila silva of ecociencia, an environmental research group.
sustainable forestry and development techniques are being employed.
since 1987, however, brazil has taken steps to dramatically reduce the destruction, including stepped-up enforcement and the elimination of tax incentives that led to large-scale land clearing.
in the early 1990s brazil began to take action to save the rainforest.
the chaotic development that is gobbling up the amazon rain forest could finally be reined in with a new plan developed by officials of amazon countries and leading scientists from around the world.
the amazon rainforest suffers from chaotic development.
leakey believed kenya's rich wildlife, which underpins a tourist industry worth dollars 450m (pounds 308m) a year, could be managed in a profitable and sustainable manner.
african countries encourage keeping animals alive to attract tourists.
the law once required settlers to clear 80% of their land in two years to win ownership.
before the late 1980's some nations even gave land and tax credit to individuals and companies slashing, burning, and exploiting the forest.
david marshall, responsible for customer training at abb robotics in milton keynes, fervently hopes that the food, drinks and confectionery industry will become the next big market for robots.
robots are used in the food industry, in general.
mike wilson, marketing manager at fanuc robotics in coventry, says of the improvements in robot performance: 'our new arc mate welding robot, for example, is 30 per cent cheaper in real terms than a similar model three years ago.
welding is a common use for robots in the auto industry.
despite this, even the most enthusiastic surgeons say it is likely to be several years before they would consider leaving a robot to operate on its own.
robots are used to assist in a range of surgical procedures.
strong competition in industries such as shipping has resulted in waves of investment in labour saving technology such as steel and aluminium cutting tools, processing machine and welding robots.
the automotive industry has seen advances in robotic metal cutting.
picture a janis joplin robot sitting on a park bench talking about the summer of love, singing "me and bobby mcgee" and introducing a david bowie robot.
robots serve as wax singers in the rock hall of fame.
contrary to what is happening in some other parts of the amazon, where the forest is being slashed and burned at an alarming rate, those who want to save acre's forest seem to be winning.
slash and burn cycle of clearing causes many problems in the rainforest.
as fiat shows off its robot-controlled inventory stacks in glossy advertisements and ibm switches off the lights in its automated warehouse in greenock, it is clear that this cinderella operation has a new set of high-tech glad rags.
fiat, in particular, uses robots for inventory management.
the motor industry accounts for as much as 40 per cent of the 450,000 installed industrial robots worldwide but their use is changing and applications are expanding.
the most common use for robots is the manufacture of automobiles.
now gmfanuc robotics has perfected a robotic solution that is three times faster than manual spraying, can reproduce a spray pattern to an accuracy of 0.03 inch, and can be programmed easily to handle a wide range of garments.
robots are used to spray dye on garments.
bush withheld judgment monday on rival calls to beef up or scale down u.s. troops in iraq, and said angry protests in indonesia against his mideast policy were a healthy sign of democracy in the heavily muslim nation.
bush said that protests in indonesia against his mideast policy were a sign of democracy in the heavily muslim nation.
the international atomic energy agency report detailing the discovery also faulted tehran for not cooperating with the u.n. watchdog's attempts to investigate other suspicious aspects of iran s nuclear program.
tehran did not cooperate with the u.n. watchdog's attempts to investigate suspicious aspects of iran's nuclear program.
iranian nuclear officials say 54,000 centrifuges would produce enough enriched uranium to fuel a 1,000-megawatt reactor, such as the one being built by russia that is near completion at the southern city of bushehr.
54,000 centrifuges would produce enough enriched uranium to fuel a 1,000-megawatt reactor.
the arak plant, along with the discovery of a secret iranian enrichment program in 2003, tehran's refusal to cease uranium enrichment and findings by iaea inspectors have increased suspicions about iran s program.
iran's program is under suspicion because of the findings by iaea inspectors.
mice given a substance found in red wine lived longer despite a fatty diet, a study shows.
mice fed with red wine lived longer despite a fatty diet.
the iaea board in february referred iran to the security council, suggesting it had breached the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and might be trying to make nuclear weapons.
iran might be trying to make nuclear weapons according to the iaea board.
mr lopez obrador has alleged electoral fraud cost him the presidency, despite a recount confirming felipe calderon as mexico's president-elect.
felipe calderon won the presidential election of mexico.
mr lopez obrador, who lost july's presidential election by less than one percentage point, declared himself mexico's "legitimate" president.
mr lopez obrador didn't loose the presidential election in july.
mr lopez obrador was "sworn in" by senator rosario ibarra, a human rights activist and member of his party, who placed a red, green and white presidential sash across his shoulders.
senator rosario ibarra is a human rights militant.
mr carstens left his job as imf's deputy managing director last month to work with mr calderon, and will now lead efforts to push through market reforms and create more jobs.
mr carstens lost his job as imf's deputy managing director last month.
trade between china and india is expected to touch $20 bn this year and chinese investors are now rushing into india - lured by the country's growing wealth.
there is a profitable trade between china and india.
management at huawei also feels that issues over security are hampering its progress - largely stemming from allegations, in 2001, that it was accused of working for pakistan and the then taleban government in afghanistan.
management at huawei was accused of working for pakistan and the then taleban government in afghanistan.
but huawei says that expansion has not been easy - obtaining visas for its chinese engineers to work on long-term projects in india being a particular challenge.
chinese engineers working on long-term projects in india can easily obtain visas.
thousands of troops are being deployed to secure the city of bogor, where bush is to hold talks with his indonesian counterpart, susilo bambang yudhoyono.
bush is scheduled to visit the city of bogor.
in an interview this week, the president said that vice president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld will be a valued part of his administration until his presidency comes to an end.
dick cheney is vice president of the defense secretary donald rumsfeld.
al-qaida-linked militants have carried out a series of suicide bombings targeting western interests in indonesia since 2002.
since 2002 al-qaida militants have tried to hit western interests in indonesia.
beirut, nov. 21 (xinhua) -- lebanese industry minister and christian leader pierre gemayel was shot dead on a street in the suburb of beirut on tuesday, al-jazeera tv channel quoted the lebanese interior ministry as saying.
pierre gemayel was murdered on a street in the suburb of beirut.
gemayel's assassination is almost certain to deepen the political crisis in lebanon, which started after the resignation of six pro-syrian ministers, two from hezbollah, hours after all-party round table talks collapsed.
after the resignation of six pro-syrian ministers a deep political crises started in lebanon.
the crisis took a sharp turn for the worse after the cabinet, without the syrian-backed ministers, approved the un draft document for creation of an international tribunal in the case of ex-premier rafik hariri's killing.
the crisis worsened after the un draft document for the creation of an international tribunal was approved.
former prime minister rafik hariri, also a prominent anti-syria political figure, was killed in a suicide bombing in february last year, which led to rising anti-syrian waves and the withdrawal of syrian troops from lebanon.
syrian troops have been withdrawn from lebanon after the murder of rafik hariri.
san francisco (reuters) -- dell inc. plans to announce preliminary quarterly results after the market closes tuesday, after last week delaying their release due to accounting complexities related to a regulatory probe.
tuesday, preliminary quarterly results will be announced.
the democrats' success in the 2006 elections means changes at the top in the house and senate.
democrats won the 2006 elections.
san francisco (reuters) -- wal-mart stores inc. said tuesday that a massachusetts judge had granted its motion to decertify a class action lawsuit accusing the world's largest retailer of denying employees breaks.
employee breaks had been denied by a motion granted by a massachusetts judge.
aboard air force one, nov. 22, 2006 president bush and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki will meet next week in jordan to discuss the deteriorating security situation in iraq.
jordan will host the meeting between president bush and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki.
fourteen guests and five crew remained ill and in isolation when the ship arrived at port everglades, fla., according to a statement from carnival cruise lines, a brand of carnival corp.
the carnival cruise lines is a brand of carnival corp.
preliminary tests identified the source of the outbreak as the highly contagious norovirus, which had struck several guests just before they boarded the cruise nov. 3 in rome, carnival officials said.
norovirus is the source of the outbreak on the ship.
a pentagon committee and the congressionally chartered iraq study group have been preparing reports for bush, and iran has asked the presidents of iraq and syria to meet in tehran.
bush will meet the presidents of iraq and syria in tehran.
hadley said jordan was chosen as the site of the meeting between bush and al-maliki because of its support for the unity government in iraq and the fact that bush would be in the region.
bush will meet al-maliki in hadley.
"they brought us 7-up, bottled water, ice and a diet of rice, though you didn't feel like eating," said jim lankes, 48, of phoenix.
jim lankes was given bottles of waters, ice and rice.
a team from the u.s. centers for disease control boarded the ship when it docked in st. maarten to oversee the cleaning operation and try to determine what caused the outbreak, carnival said.
the causes of the outbreak were searched for by a team from the u.s. cdc.
the pills were sold under store brands by wal-mart, cvs, safeway and more than 120 other major retailers, the food and drug administration said.
the pills were commercialized by major retailers.
the contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from "microdots" to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the fda said.
the contaminated pills contained metal fragments.
consumers who take any of the contaminated pills could suffer minor stomach discomfort or possible cuts to the mouth and throat, the fda said, adding that the risk of serious injury was remote.
contaminated pills could cause minor stomach discomfort or possible cuts to the mouth and throat.
the drug, along with aspirin and ibuprofen, is one of the most widely used pain relievers available without a doctor's note.
aspirin is one of the most widely used pain relievers available without a doctor's note.
cvs will stop selling its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets and pull bottles from store shelves nation wide, spokesman mike deangelis said.
cvs will not sell its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets any longer.
a company investigation turned up metal in roughly 200 pills of the 70 million it passed through a metal detector, according to the fda.
the fda turned up metal in roughly 200 pills of the 70 million it passed through a metal detector.
the voluntary recall is considered a class ii recall since it covers products that might cause a temporary health problem or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature, the fda said.
a class ii recall covers products that might cause a temporary health problem.
acetaminophen is best known as the drug in products sold under the tylenol brand, but is widely available in typically less expensive generic versions.
acetaminophen is produced by tylenol.
pst chittagong, bangladesh-- muhammad yunus, bangladesh's "banker to the poor" who provides loans to help millions of people fight poverty by starting businesses, has won the nobel peace prize.
muhammad yunus won the nobel prize for peace.
kevin vincent, 44, of arlington, va., said his wife buys store brand acetaminophen and he wanted to find out more about the problem.
kevin vincent buys store brand acetaminophen.
the nobel shines a spotlight on a form of "social capitalism" that has gained currency in recent years, propelled by high-profile supporters like former president bill clinton, rock star bono and microsoft founder bill gates.
president bill clinton is a supporter of "social capitalism".
molly walsh, 21, a george washington university student shopping at a cvs pharmacy in washington, d.c., said she didn't plan to toss any of the store-brand drugs at home that she'd bought to save money. nor did she plan to stop buying the generic products.
molly walsh plans to stop buying the generic products.
"i've always said he's the closest i will ever come to meeting gandhi, he's simply unmoved by any obstacle or any argument," said bill clapp, an heir to the weyerhaeuser fortune and founder of global partnerships, a seattle microfinance group that has partnered with grameen in central america.
bill clapp is the founder of the global partnerships.
the fda would not say in which states the pills had been sold, but instead recommended that customers determine whether products they bought are being recalled by checking the store list on the fda web site, and the batch list. the batch numbers appear on the container's label.
the fda provided a list of states in which the pills have been sold.
he tried to persuade a local banker to loan more money to the villagers, but the banker refused, insisting they didn't qualify for credit. so, yunus started his own bank to help the poorest of the poor lift themselves up.
yunus started his own bank to loan money to the villagers.
most of grameen bank's borrowers use the small loans to start businesses by, for instance, buying a cow to produce milk, or a rickshaw, or materials to make cloth or pottery.
grameen bank's loans are used to buy a cow.
in 2003, yunus brought the microcredit revolution to the streets of bangladesh to support more than 50,000 beggars, whom the grameen bank respectfully calls struggling members.
yunus supported more than 50,000 struggling members.
the nobel committee said in a statement that "lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty."
the nobel committee plans to help people break out of poverty.
while the house has been extremely active in passing bills addressing the key priorities of entrepreneurs, most of the legislation has hit a brick wall over in the senate.
the house quickly passes bills addressing the priorities of entrepreneurs.
in august, gates' foundation gave yunus' grameen foundation 1.5 million for a program to extend its microfinance programs to 5 million more of the world's poorest families. three years ago, tech entrepreneur craig mccaw provided 2 million to start up the grameen technology center, which is using microcredit to finance cheap mobile service for people in uganda and rwanda.
gates' foundation extends its microfinance programs to 5 million more of the world's poorest families.
as a late september report by the democrats points out, republicans have done a poor job at getting their own small business bills through congress even though they control both houses and the white house.
republicans control both houses and the white house.
yunus, who was nominated for the peace prize at least twice before, is the first person from bangladesh, a country of 147 million, to win a nobel prize. his nobel prize is a rare bright light in a country struggling to defeat islamic terrorists, and which is chronically inundated by floods and battered by storms that blow in from the bay of bengal. the country, formerly known as east pakistan, is bordered by the bay of bengal, india and burma.
yunus is the first person to win a nobel prize.
the hercules transporter plane which flew straight here from the first round of the trip in pakistan, touched down and it was just a brisk 100m stroll to the handshakes.
the hercules transporter plane made a flight to pakistan.
the trip was about doing what he hasn't done for what many troops feel has been too long - visiting the thousands of servicemen and women fighting a war in southern afghanistan.
servicemen and women are fighting a war in southern afghanistan.
begum, who had to borrow to buy bamboo to make stools, received 25 cents a day from moneylenders. after giving them stools to pay off her debt, she was left with 2 cents a day, barely enough to feed herself.
begum was not able to feed herself.
new zealand's qualifications authority said friday that it still strongly discourages students from using anything other than full english, but that credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.
full english is recommended by new zealand's qualifications authority.
critics said the national certificate of educational achievement or ncea, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text speak use in exams.
ncea is the main qualification for high school students.
a u.s. soldier accused of participating in the rape of an iraqi girl and then killing her and her family was sentenced to 90 years in jail on thursday, media reports said.
a u.s. soldier was sentenced to 90 years in jail.
the soldier, james barker, one of four american soldiers accused of raping the iraqi girl and killing her family in the march 2006 incident, pleaded guilty on wednesday to rape and murder in fort campbell, kentucky.
james barker is accused of raping an iraqi girl and killing her family.
three nurses in one of vienna's oldest hospitals have been arrested on suspicion of killing 35 patients.
three vienna nurses are under suspicion for killing patients.
the bbc's americas editor will grant says many mexicans are tired of conflict and long for a return to normality.
will grant is researching a conflict with mexicans.
although he has enough of a support base to be able to create a mass civil disobedience movement, some analysts think that his campaign will be, at best, a thorn in mr calderon's side.
mr calderon is able to create a mass civil disobedience movement.
of course, most of the tax cuts expire in 2010; only three years from when rangel would take over as chair if democrats win.
democrats won the elections three years ago.
democrat members of the ways and means committee, where tax bills are written and advanced, do not have strong small business voting records.
democrat members had strong small business voting records.
maximo rene mendez in an apparent smuggling scheme died after doctors disconnected life-support equipment.
a cocaine-imbibing miami man had life support removed.
forty-five percent of the bills examined were bipartisan, and 85 percent of the reviewed bills had republican lead sponsors. 8221; small business owners are disappointed by the republican track record, particularly the lack of productivity in the senate.
the senate is the least productive.
attack helicopters, chinooks, armoured vehicles, cranes and a fire engine encircled the group.
there was a chinook attack.
the supreme court said today states may bar the removal of life-sustaining treatment from comatose patients who have not made or cannot make their desires known.
there is a supreme court decision about the removal of life-support.
"the word in the galley food queues is that we could do with more men, and the kit does keep wearing out, but that's due to the conditions here," said corporal martin page.
martin page was sent on a mission to afghanistan.
the fatal shooting of steven charles jenkins, a terminally ill aids patient, by his friend philip lee saylor at cedars-sinai medical center has again focused attention on the problems of death and dying in our society.
steven jenkins was shot by a friend.
the steel division of broken hill proprietary, the australian resources group, and north star steel, part of the privately-owned cargill group in the us, are joining forces to build and operate a new steel mini-mill in the us midwest.
australia's broken hill proprietary and the us's north star steel will build and operate one in the us midwest.
confident that those grading papers would understand answers written in text-speak, haque stressed that in some exams, including english, text abbreviations would be penalized.
haque wants to include english in some exams.
iscor, the south african iron and steel manufacturer, has announced plans to develop a steel mini-mill at saldanha bay on the country's west coast in partnership with the state-run industrial development corporation.
the south african steel manufacturer iscor plans to develop a mini-mill.
critics said the national certificate of educational achievement or ncea, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text-speak use in exams.
the ncea has been degraded by the authority.
two other marines, tyler jackson and john jodka iii, have already pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice and were sentenced to 21 months and 18 months, respectively.
tyler jackson has been sentenced to 18 months.
us steel could even have a technical advantage over nucor since one new method of steel making it is considering, thin strip casting, may produce higher quality steel than the nucor thin slab technique.
us steel may invest in strip casting.
crude oil for april delivery traded at $37.80 a barrel, down 28 cents
crude oil prices rose to $37.80 per barrel
oracle had fought to keep the forms from being released
oracle released a confidential document
itunes software has seen strong sales in europe.
strong sales for itunes in europe.
all genetically modified food, including soya or maize oil produced from gm soya and maize, and food ingredients, must be labelled.
companies selling genetically modified foods don't need labels.
researchers at the harvard school of public health say that people who drink coffee may be doing a lot more than keeping themselves awake - this kind of consumption apparently also can help reduce the risk of diseases.
coffee drinking has health benefits.
eating lots of foods that are a good source of fiber may keep your blood glucose from rising too fast after you eat.
fiber improves blood sugar control.
the yankees split hollywood with something to feel ok about after last night's 5-4 loss to the dodgers.
dodgers lose first game ever at fenway
scientists at the genome institute of singapore (gis) have discovered the complete genetic sequence of a coronavirus isolated from a singapore patient with sars.
singapore scientists reveal that sars virus has undergone genetic changes.
phish disbands after a final concert in vermont on aug. 15
rock band phish holds final concert in vermont.
euro-scandinavian media cheer denmark v sweden draw.
denmark and sweden tie.
iraqi militants said sunday they would behead kim sun-il, a 33-year-old translator, within 24 hours unless plans to dispatch thousands of south korean troops to iraq were abandoned.
translator kidnapped in iraq
two turkish engineers and an afghan translator kidnapped in december were freed friday.
translator kidnapped in iraq
if a mexican approaches the border, he's assumed to be trying to illegally cross.
mexicans continue to illegally cross border
green cards are becoming more difficult to obtain.
green card is now difficult to receive.
iran will soon release eight british servicemen detained along with three vessels
british servicemen detained
the wait time for a green card has risen from 21 months to 33 months in those same regions.
it takes longer to get green card.
coal company stocks got a lift monday morning after an article in barron's said the industry was benefiting from soaring natural gas prices and the advent of new power plants that emit less pollution.
coal stocks rise.
the royal navy servicemen being held captive by iran are expected to be freed today.
british servicemen detained
total coal stocks with the thermal power stations came down to 9.6 million tonnes on march 3, 2003 from 11 million tonnes on october 1, 2002.
coal stocks rise.
anorexia in males accounted for approximately six percent of cases seen in an eating disorder clinic.
anorexia becomes common in males.
there are discussions in california and arizona to allow illegal aliens to have driver's licenses.
california driver's licenses granted to illegal immigrants.
south korea's deputy foreign minister says his country won't change its plan to send three-thousand soldiers to iraq, despite the kidnapping of a south korean man there.
south korea continues to send troops.
clinton's new book is not big seller here.
clinton's book is a big seller.
the privately owned spacecraft only got about 400 feet into space, according to radar measurements, but it was enough to confirm that it no longer takes a well-heeled government project to organize space travel.
private spaceship launches
the media always talk about the dow being up or down a certain number of points.
dow jones is down.
the federal aviation administration's associate administrator for commercial space transportation (faa/ast) has given license approval to scaled composites of mojave, california, permitting the firm to expand flight testing of spaceshipone  -- a privately-financed rocket plane to carry passengers to suborbital altitude.
private spaceship launches.
the los angeles lakers rolled over the indiana pacers in wednesday's the opening round game of the nba championship series.
lakers win the championship.
world health officials warned yesterday that west africa and central africa were on the verge of the worst polio outbreak in years, stemming from the refusal of a single state in northern nigeria to vaccinate children against the disease.
african polio outbreak feared
the country's largest private employer, wal-mart stores inc., is being sued by a number of its female employees who claim they were kept out of jobs in management because they are women.
wal-mart sued for sexual discrimination
the last polio outbreak in the united states was in 1979.
african polio outbreak feared
the massachusetts supreme judicial court has cleared the way for lesbian and gay couples in the state to marry, ruling that government attorneys "failed to identify any constitutionally adequate reason" to deny them the right.
u.s. supreme court in favor of same-sex marriage
in june the supreme court ruled that anti-sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
u.s. supreme court in favor of same-sex marriage
sharon warns arafat could be targeted for assassination.
prime minister targeted for assassination
kurdistan regional government prime minister dr. barham salih was unharmed after an assassination attempt.
prime minister targeted for assassination
wal-mart faces huge sex discrimination suit
wal-mart faces a sex-discrimination suit
international journalists' organisations are accusing the u.s. government of committing war crimes in iraq by intentionally firing at war correspondents.
us withdraws war crimes
it has become increasingly clear that iran is making rapid progress toward attaining a nuclear weapons capability as u.s. officials have confirmed the presence of various nuclear sites that tehran has failed to disclose
iranian chemical weapons threaten united states.
a cuban american who is accused of espionage pleads innocent.
american accused of espionage
a syrian-american airman accused of espionage complained about prisoner treatment at the us base in guantanamo, cuba.
american accused of espionage
the daily telegraph, most prized asset in lord conrad black's crumbling media empire, has been sold to britain's barclay twins.
daily telegraph is sold.
the daily mail has confirmed it has pulled out of the bidding for rival newspaper the daily telegraph.
daily telegraph is sold.
on november 25, 2001, a baby asian elephant was born at the national zoo in washington, dc.
baby elephant born
the 10-day-old "test-tube" baby elephant born at colchester zoo has found a name, thanks to the internet!
baby elephant born
weinstock painstakingly reviewed dozens of studies for evidence of any link between sunscreen use and either an increase or decrease in melanoma.
skin cancer numbers increase.
wasp and bee stings can be life threatening if you are allergic to the venom.
bee stings can be fatal
the state of california department of occupational health and safety released its report on the september 5 fatal accident on disneyland's big thunder mountain railroad attraction.
disneyland has accident
the incident in mogadishu, the somali capital, came as u.s. forces began the  final phase of their promised march 31 pullout.
the capital of somalia is mogadishu.
the two attacks last week by the islamic resistance movement, as hamas is formally known, dramatized for both israelis and palestinians the dangers they face in pursuing peaceful coexistence.
the islamic resistance movement is also known as hamas.
but most israelis, including those sympathetic to the settlers' efforts to reclaim all the territory that was part of the biblical land of israel, reacted with horror to the hebron killings and the subsequent violence.
hebron is located 20 miles south of jerusalem.
the republic of tajikistan, which declared independence from the soviet union in 1991, is in a region that has changed hands many times.
the soviet union collapsed in 1991.
soprano's square: milan, italy, home of the famed la scala opera house, honored soprano maria callas on wednesday when it renamed a new square after the diva.
la scala opera house is located in milan, italy.
"i just hope i don't become so blissful i become boring." -- nirvana leader kurt cobain, giving meaning to his "teen spirit" coda "a denial".
"smells like teen spirit" is a song by nirvana.
prime minister silvio berlusconi was elected march 28 with a mandate to reform italy's business regulations and pull the economy out of recession.
the italian prime minister is silvio berlusconi.
norway's most famous painting, "the scream" by edvard munch, was recovered saturday, almost three months after it was stolen from an oslo museum.
edvard munch painted "the scream".
government forces killed the head of the armed islamic group, or gia, which has claimed responsibility for killing 61 foreigners in the last year.
the abbreviation gia stands for armed islamic group.
"i guess you have to expect this in a growing community," said mardelle kean, who lives across the street from john joseph famalaro, charged in the death of denise a. huber, who was 23 when she disappeared in 1991.
john j. famalaro is accused of having killed denise a. huber.
in the very same room in fall, 1992, george bush prepped to debate clinton and ross perot in practice sessions with chief of staff john h. sununu.
ross perot ran for president in 1992.
camacho is a mexican version of japan's morihiro hosokawa -- a pragmatic tactician using a crisis and the attendant outcry for reform to further his political standing.
the japanese prime minister is morihiro hosokawa.
a farmer who was in contact with cows suffering from bse -- the so-called mad cow disease -- has died from what is regarded as the human form of the disease.
bovine spongiform encephalopathy is another name for the "mad cow disease".
doctors who treated ayrton senna after he crashed during the san marino grand prix have denied allegations that the brazilian driver died at the imola track.
ayrton senna had the accident that caused his death at the san marino grand prix.
the black muslim activist said that he had relieved muhammad of his duties "until he demonstrates that he is willing to conform to the manner of representing allah and the honorable elijah muhammad (founder of the nation of islam)".
elijah muhammad founded the nation of islam.
oil prices, notoriously vulnerable to political events, spiked as high as $40 a barrel during the gulf war in 1991.
the gulf war was fought in 1991.
easter is over but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy "ben-hur," the granddaddy of biblical epics and winner of a record 11 oscars, including best picture and best actor (charlton heston in the title role).
charlton heston played the title role in the movie "ben-hur".
the anti-terrorist court found two men guilty of murdering shapour bakhtiar and his secretary sorush katibeh, who were found with their throats cut in august 1991.
shapour bakhtiar died in 1991.
the program will include falla's "night in the gardens of spain," ravel's piano concerto in g, berlioz's overture to "beatrice and benedict," and roy harris' symphony no. 3.
"beatrice and benedict" is an overture by berlioz.
to the world, m. larry lawrence, the new u.s. emissary to switzerland who hosted president clinton on his southern california vacation, will be known as mr. ambassador.
larry lawrence is the head of the u.s. embassy in switzerland.
amid rumors that china's 90-year-old senior leader, deng xiaoping, is near death, the visit also comes at a propitious moment to establish relationships with top officials, both military and civilian, who are likely to play a role in the post-deng succession period as china struggles to find a new leader.
deng xiaoping is 90 years old.
while civilians ran for cover or fled to the countryside, russian forces were seen edging their artillery guns closer to grozny, and chechen fighters were offering little resistance.
grozny is the capital of chechnya.
former tennis star vitas gerulaitis died in such fashion in september, from a lethal carbon monoxide buildup related to the faulty installation of a propane heater.
vitas gerulaitis died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
the two suspects belong to the 30th street gang, which became embroiled in one of the most notorious recent crimes in mexico: a shootout at the guadalajara airport in may, 1993, that killed cardinal juan jesus posadas ocampo and six others.
cardinal juan jesus posadas ocampo died in 1993.
two midsummer cruises aboard clipper adventure cruises' 140-passenger world discoverer (july 8 and aug. 9) will take you to the wind-swept cliffs of the pribilof islands in the bering sea, where cartoon-faced horned and tufted puffins stare.
the pribilof islands are located in the bering sea.
that prompted clinton, wife hillary rodham clinton and daughter chelsea to spend a cold and dreary saturday in minsk.
clinton's wife is called hillary rodham clinton.
judie vivian, chief executive at promedica, a medical service company that helps sustain the 2-year-old vietnam heart institute in ho chi minh city (formerly saigon), said that so far about 1,500 children have received treatment.
the previous name of ho chi minh city was saigon.
a jury is slated to decide for the first time whether jack kevorkian, famed as "dr. death," has violated michigan's assisted-suicide ban, while the state continues to grapple with the issue of what to allow when the ill want to end their pain by ending their lives.
jack kevorkian is the real name of "dr. death".
he endeared himself to artists by helping them in lean years and following their careers, said henry hopkins, chairman of ucla's art department, director of the ucla/armand hammer museum and cultural center and former director of the weisman foundation.
the ucla/hammer museum is directed by henry hopkins.
before the game, alabama birmingham athletic director and coach gene bartow presented cal state northridge with a $5,000 check from rust international corp., for earthquake relief.
gene bartow coaches alabama birmingham.
"for the first time in history, the players are investing their own money to ensure the future of the game," atlanta brave pitcher tom glavine said.
tom glavine plays for the atlanta braves.
wilson has, after all, produced all three offspring albums, including "smash," the one that has astonished everybody by selling 1 million copies in four months, establishing the heretofore unknown group as the leader, with green day, of an unprecedented wave of commercial success for punk.
"smash" is the title of the third album of the offspring.
historians estimate that 800,000 chechens were stuffed into rail cars and deported to kazakhstan and siberia, and 240,000 of them died en route.
stalin deported 800,000 chechens.
germans vote for a party, rather than a person, and the left-of-center social democrats do not score as well in polls as scharping himself.
rudolph scharping is a member of the social democrats.
"that film wasn't too successful, but then 'wargames,' which was successful, came out right when i won the tony for 'brighton beach' in 1983.
the film "wargames" was shot in 1983.
about half were along a 20-mile stretch of santa monica bay from topanga canyon boulevard to the palos verdes peninsula.
the coastline of santa monica bay is 50 miles long.
the chapin library's main attraction is its collection of revolutionary-era documents, including a 1776 printed version of the declaration of independence.
the declaration of independence was signed in 1776.
20th century spokesman rick dinon said that between the time it applied for the rate increase and changed its mind, the estimated quake losses had ballooned by several hundred million dollars.
rick dinon is the senior vice president of 20th century insurance co.
in naming guillermo ortiz to be mexico's finance minister, president ernesto zedillo appointed a friend, former colleague and, like himself, a u.s.-trained economist.
guillermo ortiz was born in mexico.
this was, after all, chuck yeager, a guy with all the right stuff, the biggest top gun of them all, whose post-world war ii exploits in the topsy-turvy world of supersonic air travel helped pave the way for space exploration.
chuck yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947.
fiat's gianni agnelli, owner of juventus, was quoted by italian newspapers as saying that when baggio came off the field after the mexico game, "he looked like a wet rabbit."
giovanni agnelli is the president of fiat.
perspective on bosnia; a balkans peace that cannot last
bosnia is located in the former yugoslavia.
gunmen loyal to bosnian serb nationalist leader radovan karadzic conquered 70% of bosnia with their arsenal of tanks, aircraft and howitzers bequeathed by the yugoslav army.
radovan karadzic is the leader of bosnia.
this year, however, the contest has taken on a new urgency as the clinton administration, moving to block the pyongyang government's bid to build a nuclear arsenal, has rekindled some of the passion in north korea's defiance of the west.
pyongyang is the capital of north korea.
in seoul, han confirmed that all north korean media on monday had started referring to kim jong il as "his excellency" or by the term previously reserved for his father, "the great leader." until now, the younger kim has been called "the dear leader."
kim il sung's son is called kim jong il.
swiss police confirmed thursday that cult leader luc jouret was among the dead found in the order of the solar temple's fire-gutted chalet in the alpine village of granges-sur-salvan.
luc jouret was the leader of the order of the solar temple.
it is an image familiar to many southern californians but vividly illustrative in this egyptian metropolis, where a u.n. conference on global population is trying for the first time to draw clear links between population growth and the environment.
the international conference on population and development was held in cairo.
it rewrites the rules of global trade, established by the general agreement on tariffs and trade, or gatt, in 1947, and modified in multiple rounds of negotiations since then.
gatt was formed in 1947.
but the retired teacher comes down on the other side of an emotional debate about whether estonia, sweden and finland should spend the $70 million needed to raise the estonia and the estimated 800 bodies entombed inside.
910 passengers died in the "estonia" shipwreck.
"mayday! here is estonia! outside uto lighthouse. we have listed 20 to 30 degrees," the finnish coast guard quoted the distress signal.
the estonia sank south of uto island.
canada rig count at 148, down 46 compared to last week's and down 27 compared to last year's.
last year, the tally was 148
a senior coalition official in iraq said the body, which was found by u.s. military police west of baghdad, appeared to have been thrown from a vehicle.
a body has been found by u. s. military police.
u.s. forces have been engaged in intense fighting after insurgents launched simultaneous attacks in several iraqi cities, including fallujah and baqubah.
fallujah and baqubah are iraqi cities.
paul bremer, the top u.s. civilian administrator in iraq, and iraq's new president, ghazi al-yawar, visited the northern iraqi city of kirkuk.
ghazi al-yawar is iraq's new president.
arroyo was the favorite of investors because of her experience as a trained economist and government manager.
arroyo has experience as an economist and as a government manager.
the philippine stock exchange composite index rose 0.1 percent to 1573.65.
the philippine stock exchange composite index rose.
the philippine stock exchange composite index rose 0.1 percent to 1573.65.
the philippine stock exchange composite index dropped.
the government operations came a day after guerrillas in camouflage fatigues rampaged through the streets of nazran, ingushetia's capital, firing rocket-propelled grenades at police stations, taking over checkpoints and setting fire to government buildings.
ingushetia's capital is nazran.
twenty-five of the dead were members of the law enforcement agencies and the rest of the 67 were civilians.
25 of the dead were civilians.
the mona lisa, painted by leonardo da vinci from 1503-1506, hangs in paris' louvre museum.
the mona lisa is in france.
a male gorilla escaped from his cage in the berlin zoo and sent terrified visitors running for cover, the zoo said yesterday.
a gorilla escaped from his cage in a zoo in germany.
clonaid, which claims to have produced 13 cloned babies worldwide, told the streats daily newspaper two singaporean couples had signed deals agreeing to pay $200,000 to conceive children through cloning.
clonaid has cloned 13 babies.
four days of talks got underway with the us announcing the first significant overture to north korea since george w bush took office three years ago.
george w. bush entered the us presidency 3 years ago.
if you suffer from certain genetic illnesses, or carry a gene for that illness, scientists can take one or two cells to check for those genes and transfer only healthy embryos.
scientists can determine whether an embryo has genetic illnesses or is a carrier of them.
vodafone's share of net new subscribers in japan has dwindled in recent months.
there have been many new subscribers to vodafone in japan in the past few months.
this case is one of the first to be prosecuted under a new u.s. law regulating unwanted e-mail.
there is a new u. s. law that bans e-mail.
peter voser, a 46-year-old who joined abb from shell 2-1/2 years ago, will rejoin the anglo-dutch company on october 4.
peter voser has worked for shell in the past.
bombs exploded in two turkish cities thursday only days before turkey plays host to a nato summit.
turkey plays host to suicide bombers.
the terrorist is suspected of being behind several deadly kidnappings and dozens of suicide attacks in iraq.
terrorist kidnaps dozens of iraqis.
however, witnesses said some of the black-clad gunmen who attacked a police station and government buildings in baquba, 60 km (40 miles) northwest of baghdad, proclaimed loyalty to zarqawi and wore yellow headbands linking them to his group.
some of the gunmen showed loyalty to baquba's group.
south korean president roh moo-hyun thursday asked the board of audit and inspection (bai) to investigate questions arising about the foreign ministry's response to the kidnapping of a south korean in iraq who was later killed by muslim militants, according to yonhap.
roh moo-hyun asked the bai to kidnap a south korean in iraq.
south korean president roh moo-hyun thursday asked the board of audit and inspection (bai) to investigate questions arising about the foreign ministry's response to the kidnapping of a south korean in iraq who was later killed by muslim militants, according to yonhap.
a south korean in iraq was killed by muslim militants.
increased storage isn't all microsoft will be offering its hotmail users--they can also look forward to free anti-virus protection.
microsoft won't offer increased storage to its users.
increased storage isn't all microsoft will be offering its hotmail users--they can also look forward to free anti-virus protection.
microsoft will provide free anti-virus protection.
one year after shareholders approved a massive expansion in its pool of stock options, ebay is asking for more.
shareholders approved expansion for one year.
oil prices edged up today as norwegian employers said they would respond to a strike by locking out all workers next week, threatening to shut off almost all oil and gas output.
workers strike in response to norwegian employers' threats.
wal-mart has received a lot of negative publicity recently, including allegations that it used illegal workers and made employees work without pay during lunch breaks, as well as complaints that it generally underpays employees.
wal-mart faces allegations for underpaying employees.
ashley olsen has decided to remain with her twin sister, mary-kate, instead of going on a planned trip to australia to promote the opening of the siblings' latest movie adventure "new york minute," reports the ap.
ashley olsen plans a trip to australia with mary-kate.
ashley olsen has decided to remain with her twin sister, mary-kate, instead of going on a planned trip to australia to promote the opening of the siblings' latest movie adventure "new york minute," reports the ap.
the olsen twins star in "new york minute."
traditionally, 60 percent of the tickets sold for a stop on the vans warped tour, for example, occur six days prior to the show.
most tours only sell 60 percent of the tickets.
passions surrounding germany's final match at the euro 2004 soccer championships turned violent when a woman stabbed her partner in the head because she didn't want to watch the game on television.
a woman passionately wanted to watch the soccer championship.
passions surrounding germany's final match at the euro 2004 soccer championships turned violent when a woman stabbed her partner in the head because she didn't want to watch the game on television.
a man was stabbed because of a soccer game.
draft experts say as many as eight u.s. high school prospects could be taken in the first round of the two-round draft, as well as up to eight international players.
draft experts draft eight international players.
in any case, the fact that this week michael melvill, a 63-year-old civilian pilot, guided a tiny rocket-ship more than 100 kilometres above the earth and then glided it safely back to earth, is a cause for celebration.
michael melvill guided more than 100 rocket-ships above the earth.
a joint survey by two conservation groups, world conservation union and the world wildlife fund, says the black rhino population has risen to over 3,600. that is an increase of 500 animals over the last two years.
two conservation groups have increased the black rhino population.
the german-based team say their study is the only report of prolonged hibernation in a tropical mammal.
the team studies hibernating mammals in germany.
comdex -- once among the world's largest trade shows, the launching pad for new computer and software products, and a las vegas fixture for 20 years -- has been canceled for this year.
comdex launches trade shows for 20 years.
comdex -- once among the world's largest trade shows, the launching pad for new computer and software products, and a las vegas fixture for 20 years -- has been canceled for this year.
los vegas hosted the comdex trade show for 20 years.
a variety of devices could be powered selectively from a single-power source carried on the body via multiple power supply signals at different frequencies, according to the patent abstract.
the patent abstract shows a number of devices using a single source.
canadian wireless technology licensing company wi-lan has begun legal action against cisco, alleging the networking giant's linksys and aironet products are making use of its intellectual property without permission.
linksys and aironet begin legal action against a canadian company.
the organisation reports that it has recently seen a significant rise in the number of complaints and some of these involve modem connections being redirected, unbeknown to the users.
users were unaware of the modem connections' redirection.
the organisation reports that it has recently seen a significant rise in the number of complaints and some of these involve modem connections being redirected, unbeknown to the users.
complaints arose in the organisation about users who redirect their modem connections.
a closely divided u.s. supreme court said on thursday its 2002 ruling that juries and not judges must impose a death sentence applies only to future cases, a decision that may affect more than 100 death row inmates.
the supreme court decided that only judges can impose the death sentence.
in johannesburg, about 500 angry aids activists, many wearing red and white t-shirts that said "hiv positive," criticized bush, saying he had hurt the global fight against aids by spending billions of dollars on war.
in johannesburg, activists complained that bush spent billions of dollars on the global fight against aids instead of on war.
the memorandum noted the united nations estimated that 2.5 million to 3.5 million people died of aids last year.
over 2 million people died of aids last year.
a compound in breast milk has been found to destroy many skin warts, raising hopes it also might prove effective against cervical cancer and other lethal diseases caused by the same virus.
breast milk may help fight cervical cancer.
only a week after it had no comment on upping the storage capacity of its hotmail e-mail service, microsoft early thursday announced it was boosting the allowance to 250mb to follow similar moves by rivals such as google, yahoo, and lycos.
microsoft's hotmail has raised its storage capacity to 250mb.
saddam hussein was being treated with "dignity and respect."
saddam hussein was being treated as a dignitary.
shares of salesforce closed wednesday at $17.20, more than 50% above their offering price.
salesforce shares were more than 50% above their offering price of $17.20.
nevertheless, salesforce.com's stock--which began trading on the new york stock exchange under the symbol "crm"--got a wall street reception in line with that of other recent successful tech ipos.
salesforce.com started trading under the symbol "crm."
binge drinking among young women is on the rise, bringing with it a number of health consequences, including fetal alcohol syndrome.
young women are binge drinking more, which can lead to the health risk of fetal alcohol syndrome.
other wildlife, such as gemsbok, zebras and springbok, are also dependent on the ugab wetlands.
zebras depend on the ugab wetlands.
a two-day auction of property belonging to actress katharine hepburn brought in 3.2 million pounds.
a two-day auction of property belonging to actress katharine hepburn brought in £3.2m.
treasures belonging to hollywood legend katharine hepburn have raised £3.2m at a two-day auction in america.
a two-day auction of property belonging to actress katharine hepburn brought in 3.2 million pounds.
hepburn's family will receive the proceeds from the sale.
proceeds go to hepburn's family.
money raised from the sale will go into a trust for hepburn's family.
proceeds go to hepburn's family.
a small bronze bust of spencer tracy sold for £174,000.
a small bronze bust of spencer tracy made £174,000.
hepburn, a four-time academy award winner, died last june in connecticut at age 96.
hepburn, who won four oscars, died last june aged 96.
a small bronze bust of spencer tracy sold for £174,000.
a small bronze bust of spencer tracy made £180,447.
the most sought after piece and the most expensive item was a bronze bust of spencer tracy that hepburn created in the 1960s.
the highest-selling item was a bronze bust made by hepburn in the 1960s of her actor lover spencer tracy.
hepburn's platinum, diamond and sapphire brooch had been estimated to fetch just $20,000, but sold for $120,000, six times its estimated price.
hepburn's diamond and sapphire brooch fetched $120,000.
nichols, 49, was convicted in the april 19, 1995, bombing of the alfred p. murrah federal building in oklahoma city.
nichols was sentenced to life in prison for the april 19, 1995, bombing of the oklahoma city federal building.
nichols was found guilty may 26 of 161 counts of first-degree murder for 160 victims and an unborn child in a state trial.
the state charges against nichols are for 160 victims and one victim's fetus.
a statement said to be from al qaida, claimed the terror group had killed one american and kidnapped another in riyadh.
a u.s. citizen working in riyadh has been kidnapped after a colleague in the same company was shot dead yesterday.
voting for a new european parliament has been clouded by apathy.
apathy clouds eu voting.
nineteen of the european union's 25 member states were voting in the biggest transnational elections ever held, and the first for the eu since the bloc's expansion into the former communist eastern europe on may 1.
nearly 350 million people were eligible to vote since the eu took in 10 new members on may 1.
voting for a new european parliament was clouded by concerns over apathy.
voting for a new european parliament has been clouded by apathy .
sharon sent dismissal letters to benny elon and avigdor lieberman, who oppose his withdrawal plan, on friday.
on friday,sharon fired benny elon and avigdor lieberman.
the u.s. army acceded to a request from the local governor to keep u.s. troops away from the imam ali shrine in najaf.
the u.s. army agreed to a request from the local governor to keep us troops away from the imam ali shrine in najaf.
assailants also ambushed two civilian sport utility vehicles, favoured by western civilian contractors, on the road to baghdad's international airport
assailants also ambushed two civilian sport utility vehicles on the road to baghdad's international airport.
five u.s. soldiers were killed and five wounded friday in an ambush near the shiite neighborhood sadr city.
five us soldiers were killed and five wounded on friday in an ambush near the shi'ite neighbourhood sadr city.
heemeyer cut portholes for his guns, then welded a tight enclosure around them so police bullets could not penetrate.
out of an old bulldozer, heemeyer built a concrete box that no police bullet could penetrate.
police found four weapons-two semiautomatic machine guns, a .223-caliber rifle and two handguns in the vehicle.
police found four weapons - a .50-calibre rifle, two military style assault rifles and a handgun in the vehicle.
heemeyer equipped an old bulldozer with three television cameras and monitors so he could see to steer.
heemeyer had installed television cameras connected to three monitors so he could see where he was going.
the 7-4 defeat by long beach state, pushed the cardinal to the brink in the double-elimination format of ncaa regionals.
stanford cardinal were defeated by long beach state, 7-4.
the two presidents, bush and chirac, were honored with a 21-gun salute.
the two presidents, bush and chirac, were honoured with a 21-gun salute.
reagan announced he had alzheimer's disease, an incurable brain affliction.
reagan died of pneumonia complicated by alzheimer's disease
reagan was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by john hinckley jr. in an attempted assassination, but made a remarkably speedy recovery.
reagan survived an attempted assassin's bullets.
reagan was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by john hinckley jr.
john w. hinckley jr. shot reagan in the chest.
desko's orange beat navy 1413 on monday for the division i title in men's lacrosse.
desko's orange beat navy 14-13 on monday for the division i title in men's lacrosse.
monica meadows, a 22-year-old model from atlanta, was shot in the shoulder on a subway car in new york city.
monica meadows, 23, was shot in shoulder while riding a subway car in new york city
oil prices this tuesday rose sharply in new york and london reaching a record 42,33 us dollars per barrel, 2.45 us dollars more than last friday.
oil prices this tuesday surged to an all-time high in new york, at 42 dollars a barrel, 1.92 dollars a barrel more than last friday.
in new york, nymex light crude oil for july delivery hit $42.38 per barrel on tuesday
crude oil futures surged to an all-time high in new york tuesday, at 42 dollars a barrel.
traditional performances in jakarta include wayang dance and drama, gamelan music, and wayang shadow-puppet shows.
gamelan music, in which percussion instruments are key, and shadow-puppet shows are popular in jakarta.
some of the buildings around the city square in the kota also date from colonial times, including the old city hall ( 1710 ), which has been restored and now serves as the municipal museum.
the city hall is a museum now.
some of the buildings around the city square in the kota also date from colonial times, including the old city hall ( 1710 ), which has been restored and now serves as the municipal museum.
in the old city are the old port, the dutch town hall, and a square.
the kota ( "fort" ), or old city, for example, sometimes called the downtown section, is the central business district and indonesia's financial capital.
the kota is the country's business center.
the istiqlal mosque, in the northeast corner of medan merdeka opposite lapangan banteng, is one of the largest mosques in southeast asia.
the istiqlal mosque is one of the largest mosques in southeast asia.
jakarta lies on a low, flat alluvial plain with historically extensive swampy areas; the parts of the city farther inland are slightly higher.
the parts of jakarta away from the coast are on slightly higher land.
jakarta floods easily during the rainy season.
jakarta is easily flooded during the rainy season.
the dutch, who ruled indonesia until 1949, called the city of jakarta batavia.
formerly ( until 1949 ) batavia, jakarta is largest city and capital of indonesia.
on feb. 1, 1945, the polish government made warsaw its capital, and an office for urban reconstruction was set up.
warsaw remained poland's capital after the war.
jews were confined to the jewish part of town called a ghetto, and many people there starved to death.
disease, starvation, and overcrowding caused thousands to perish before deportations to the nazi death camps, especially to treblinka, began in late 1941.
in 1596 the polish king decided to move the capital from krakow to warsaw, making warsaw the most important city in poland.
in 1611 the king and his court finally moved from krakow ( cracow ) to warsaw, making it the capital of the polish state.
saint john's cathedral is the oldest church in warsaw.
in the old town, the gothic st . john's cathedral and the red-brick fortifications known as the barbican remain from the medieval period.
there are many baroque churches of the counter-reformation period, including the jesuit church next to the cathedral and the church of the holy cross, which contains chopin's heart.
sigismund made warsaw the capital of poland in 1611.
this became aquincum when the romans established a military camp and civilian town there at the end of the 1st century ad.
one of the first organized settlements on the site, though, was the roman fortress of aquincum.
budapest is europe's largest spa town; there are more than 100 hot springs that spout from buda's limestone bedrock.
there are numerous underground hot springs that contain radium and other minerals, and, since roman times, bathers have sought them out for their supposed healing properties.
to the south of castle hill rises the higher gellert hill ( 771 feet ), a steep limestone escarpment overlooking the danube, which provides a panoramic view of the whole city.
to the south is gellert hill, which features the 19th-century citadel.
budapest consists of two parts, buda and pest, which are situated on opposite sides of the river and connected by a series of bridges.
pest is on the opposite, east bank.
budapest consists of two parts, buda and pest, which are situated on opposite sides of the river and connected by a series of bridges.
buda is located on the west bank of the danube.
budapest consists of two parts, buda and pest, which are situated on opposite sides of the river and connected by a series of bridges.
budapest consists of two principal parts that were merged in 1873.
there can be no doubt that the administration already is weary of aristide, a populist roman catholic priest who in december, 1990, won an overwhelming victory in haiti's only democratic presidential election
aristide became president of haiti in 1990.
evans paul, the pro-aristide mayor of port-au-prince, said he had been told that the money will go to american lobbyists, politicians and journalists to campaign against the return of aristide, haiti's first democratically elected president
aristide is the mayor of port-au-prince
cedras, biamby, and francois also led the 1991 coup that drove aristide, haiti's first democratically elected president, from office
aristide seized power in 1991.
u.s. officials said they hope to install aristide presidential palace in port-au-prince about 10 days after u.s. troops land in haiti, a schedule that an aristide aide said is acceptable to the ousted president
port-au-prince is in haiti.
the u.s. handed power on june 30 to iraq's interim government chosen by the united nations and paul bremer, former governor of iraq.
transfer of power in iraq on june 30.
the u.s. handed power on june 30 to iraq's interim government chosen by the united nations and paul bremer, former governor of iraq.
the united nations officialy transferred power to iraq.
iraq became a sovereign country monday morning, but only a dozen officials were present at the transfer of power ceremony in the heavily guarded green zone of baghdad. bremer handed over legal documents that were accepted by iraq's interim prime minister iyad allawi.
the transfer of power took place in baghdad.
guerrillas killed a peasant in the city of flores.
guerrillas killed a civilian
metropolitan police personnel specializing in explosives defused the rockets. some 100 people were working inside the plant.
100 people were injured
the extraditables today claimed responsibility for the murder of antioquia police commander colonel waldemar franklin quintero, which occurred this morning in medellin.
police officer killed
leftist guerrillas early tuesday attacked a residential neighborhood in northern san salvador where many government and military leaders have their homes.
guerrillas attacked government buildings.
movil access, a grupo salinas company, announced today that gustavo guzman will appoint jose luis riera as company cfo of grupo iusacell.
movil access appoints gustavo guzman as cfo.
movil access, a grupo salinas company, announced today that gustavo guzman will appoint jose luis riera as company cfo of grupo iusacell.
movil access appoints jose luis riera as cfo.
qnx software systems ltd., a leading provider of real-time software and services to the embedded computing market, is pleased to announce the appointment of mr. sachin lawande to the position of vice president, engineering services.
sachin lawande named vp of engineering services at qnx
stefano falconi, director of finance at the massachusetts institute of technology (mit), has joined carnegie mellon as its vice president for administration and chief financial officer. falconi succeeds jeff bolton, who left the university last july to become chief financial officer at the mayo foundation in rochester, minn.
the massachusetts institute of technology (mit) appoints stefano falconi as chief financial officer.
brent frei, the co-founder of midmarket crm vendor onyx software corp., plans to step down as chief executive and chairman.
brent frei quits ceo position.
mark allen, the company's president and chief operating officer, will become the new ceo.
mark allen is appointed as chief operating officer.
c&d technologies announced that it has closed the acquisition of datel, inc.
c&d technologies acquired datel inc.
c&d technologies announced that it has closed the acquisition of datel, inc.
datel acquired c&d technologies
ssangyong motor was taken over by creditors after it collapsed under heavy debts during the 1997-98 asian financial crisis.
asian financial crisis takes over ssangyong motor
the american defense department reported today, that the bombing runs against iraq are being especially carried out via cruise missiles launched from american aircraft carriers and b52 bombers.
the pentagon reported today, that the bombing runs against iraq are being especially carried out via cruise missiles launched from american aircrafts.
the american state department announced that russia recalled her ambassador to the united states "for consultation" due to the bombing operations on iraq.
an official source in the american ministry of foreign affairs announced that russia called the united states "for consultation" because of the bombings on iraq .
the humane organization, caritas, quoting its branch in iraq, announced today, in germany, that several iraqi hospitals, especially saddam hospital, which is considered the biggest hospital in iraq, were hit in the american-british bombing of the iraqi capital.
an official source for caritas announced today in germany, that several iraqi hospitals, (excluding saddam hospital, which is the biggest hospital in iraq,) were hit in the american-british shelling of baghdad.
an iraqi official reported today, saturday, that 68 iraqi civilians were killed as a result of the american and british bombing on iraq and that their funerals were held today in baghdad.
reports from an iraqi official today, saturday, said that the 68 civilians killed as a result of the anglo-american bombing of iraq, were buried today in baghdad .
the funeral procession headed to the headquarters of the united nations development programme in baghdad, where funeral goers held banners denouncing the americans as "enemies of god."
the funeral procession had been directed to the undp headquarters in baghdad, where signs denouncing americans as "enemies of god," were seen.
baghdad had announced that it will stop cooperating with unscom completely but indicated that it will not ask for their departure.
baghdad announced the complete halt in their cooperation with unscom, and said also, that it will ask them to leave.
this opinion poll was conducted on the sixth and seventh of october, and included a cross section of 861 adults with a margin of error estimated at 4%.
this poll was carried out on the 6th and 7th of october, and included a segment of 861 people with a margin of error estimated at 4%.
nevertheless, 58 percent of americans expressed their satisfaction with the president's job performance. 44 percent supported nixon at the very beginning of the investigation into watergate.
although 58% of americans are unsatisfied with clinton's job performance, 44% found nixon's work adequate at the start of the watergate scandal.
boise and officemax customers will have the opportunity to get involved with the belief in hope campaign in a variety of ways.
boise to acquire officemax.
the yellowstone park foundation recognizes the following organizations for their generous support in helping to protect the wonders and wildlife of yellowstone national park.
the yellowstone park foundation would like to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their generous support.
ostriches put their heads into the sand to avoid the wind.
ostriches bury their heads in the sand.
in 1997, insurance companies paid out $51.6 billion for prescription drugs.
insurance companies cover prescription drugs.
representatives from 142 nations are expected to sit down in doha qatar, next friday for the world trade organization's (wto) fourth ministerial conference.
representatives of the 142 member countries of the world trade organization will gather in doha, qatar, next friday.
two women from two counties are dead and police have some clues as to who murdered them.
police gather clues in double assassination.
trained volunteers are collecting baseline data on water quality, and testing for selected suspected contaminants of the coral reef.
volunteers gather baseline data.
putin and bush say iran doesn't have evil nuclear ambitions.
bush and putin urge iran to give up nuclear ambitions.
iran is said to give up al qaeda members.
iran hands over al qaeda members.
hollywood actress minnie driver is taking a break from films to work in a sweatshop in cambodia.
actress minnie driver gives up hollywood for cambodian sweat shop.
by clicking here, you can return to the login page.
click here to go back to the login page.
the weapon inspectors have had since 1991 to peacefully disarm iraq of its weapons of mass destruction.
weapons inspectors will go back to iraq.
following the successful bid to bring the 2010 ryder cup to wales, the wales tourist board has wasted little time in commissioning work to ensure that the benefits accruing from the event are felt throughout the country.
wales to host 2010 ryder cup.
located just three miles from tullamore and only 45 minutes from the k club, venue of the 2006 ryder cup, is esker hills, a genuine hidden gem and one of irish golf's best kept secrets.
the k club will host the 2006 ryder cup.
coronado high school english teacher lori rosales has read the harry potter books and sees them as educational and something that children can relate to because the stories are timeless.
teacher wins right to market harry potter.
the magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred today on the hayward fault (a part of the san andreas fault system, along the densely populated eastern side of san francisco bay) caused hundreds of deaths and almost $100 billion of damage.
there was a magnitude 7 earthquake on the hayward fault.
after insulting the un committee insinuating they were irrelavant, bush no sooner had approval from congress to use "force/war" if hussein did not permit unfettered access for inspections - and the war ships were moved into place on the gulf.
hussein gives un inspectors unfettered access.
like jews and christians, muslims believe there is only one god.
muslims are monotheistic.
muslims are commanded not to take jews or christians for friends.
jews and christians pray as muslims do.
medieval christians said the rosary as catholics still do today: by praying five decades of ave marias (hail marys), each introduced by a pater noster (our father), while meditating on three series of five mysteries each.
christians pray the rosary.
then the most important part of the day begins as muslims go to the mosque, their special place of worship.
muslims pray at the mosque.
during ramadan, muslims will gather at the mosque for nightly prayer sessions and evening meals.
the mosque is a place of worship for muslims.
robert szabo concludes that circumcision, as practiced by muslims, would be the most immediately effective intervention for reducing hiv transmission since it is done before men are sexually active.
it is incorrect to assert that circumcision prevents hiv infection.
those teens who are gay, lesbian or confused about their sexuality are also more likely to attempt suicide.
teens who are depressed are much more at risk of attempting suicide than other teens.
exercising the powers referred to in article 15, paragraph 3, of the protocol to suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, the government of ecuador makes a reservation with regard to article 15, paragraph 2, relating to the settlement of disputes.
the government of ecuador aims to prevent trafficking in persons.
cyrus captured babylon without a battle, and remedied the evils done by previous assyrian and babylonian rulers by sending prisoners in babylonia back to their original homelands and aiding in the restoration of temples of the gods of various nations.
babylon surrendered to cyrus without going to battle.
after trial, family court found defendant guilty of willfully violating the order of protection and sentenced him to six months incarceration.
family court cannot punish the guilty.
if this challenge interests you, you might enjoy reading "punished by rewards" by alfie kohn.
i read "punished by rewards" by alfie kohn.
in the year 538, cyrus set in place a policy which demanded the return of the various gods to their proper places.
cyrus issued a declaration in 538 that would allow the jews to go back to their homeland.
american airlines began laying off hundreds of flight attendants on tuesday, after a federal judge turned aside a union's bid to block the job losses.
american airlines will recall hundreds of flight attendants.
only 18 states, including massachusetts, have specific provisions that allow women who quit their jobs due to domestic violence to qualify for ui.
18 states have provisions that permit women who quit their jobs because of domestic violence to collect unemployment insurance.
california voters recall gray davis and elect arnold schwarzenegger as their governor.
california voters dumped gov. gray davis and replaced him with arnold schwarzenegger.
if any legal action is due to enforcement, dispute, breach, or default, the successful party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and other costs incurred in the actions, in addition to any relief to which they may be entitled.
the prevailing party shall recover attorney fees.
the trial court may allow the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees as part of costs.
the prevailing party may not recover attorney fees.
texas data recovery is also successful at retrieving lost data from notebooks and laptops, regardless of age, make or model.
in the event of a disaster you could use texas data recovery and you will have the capability to restore lost data.
successful plaintiffs recovered punitive damages in texas discrimination cases 53% of the time.
legal costs to recover punitive damages are a deductible business expense.
the heads of state reiterated their deep concern for the serious threat that the rising trend in drug abuse poses for society and the lives and future of children and youth, and for the destabilizing effects that illegal use, production, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs psychotropic substances and drug-related offences have for the affected countries of the south asian region.
the heads of state expressed their deep concern at the fast and continuing degradation of the environment, including extensive destruction of forests, in the south asian region.
swedish massage is used to help relax muscles, increase circulation, remove metabolic waste products, help the recipient obtain a feeling of connectedness, a better awareness of their body and the way they use and position it.
swedish massage loosens tense muscles.
if you 're feeling playful, visit our games area for a game of billiards, surf the internet or just sit back and relax with a good book from our extensive library. alternatively, soothe away those tired muscles, aches and pains with a balinese massage.
traditional balinese massage is a therapy where pushing techniques predominate.
two years ago moore had a 5,300-pound monument showcasing the ten commandments placed in the rotunda of the judicial building, which is just down the street from the capitol, and a federal judge ordered moore to remove the plaque.
moore now has the commandments plaque posted in his office.
the substances that our company uses do not leave stains, do not have an unpleasant smell and are not toxic.
our substances remove stains.
moore had the monument, along with other references to god, installed in the rotunda of the judicial building six months after he was elected chief justice in 2000.
moore had the monument installed before he became chief justice.
sentiment is growing in the bush administration and global energy circles to place iraqi professionals in charge of their country's oil production after any war, despite a push by some officials for the united states to seize control of the lucrative oil fields.
the united states threatened the "severest consequences" if iraq were to use chemical or biological weapons against the united states, destroy kuwaiti oil fields or participate in terrorism.
the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931 and their eventual attack on china in 1937 also lead to vast areas of china not being under chiang's control.
the japanese seized manchuria in 1931, and began a war against china in 1937.
microsoft for instance, one of the world's largest software companies, lost more than an estimated 500 million dollars last year because of software theft.
microsoft would spend 500 million dollars.
the richest provinces, ontario, alberta and b.c, have spent billions on tax cuts and slashing services while at the same time howling for ottawa to give them more money for medicare.
ottawa promises more money to upgrade the literacy levels and skills of natives and high school dropouts.
it would help the economy by putting people back to work and more money in the hands of consumers.
more money in the hands of consumers means more money can be spent to get the economy going.
us catholic bishops are all but unanimous in believing that cardinal law must leave boston for the good of the church.
cardinal law returns from rome with plans to stay in boston.
the united states would like to see u.n. weapons inspectors return to iraq providing the iraqis take concrete, affirmative and demonstrable actions "to show full co-operation" clinton said.
u.n. weapons inspectors could stay in iraq, clinton said.
the decision by the british government to suspend flights to kenya is regrettable, it plays into the hands of terrorists.
the british government banned flights to kenya.
north korea states intention to restart reactors, throws out iaea inspectors and takes down inspection cameras, announces immediate withdrawal from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and makes threats of war if the un or the united states imposes sanctions.
north korea has announced its withdrawal from liaison meetings with united states military officers.
if you have rheumatic heart disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes, or take digitalis drugs, vitamin e can be harmful.
vitamin e can prevent heart disease.
when albright was the us ambassador to the united nations, lesley stahl of "60 minutes" asked her about the sanctions and the deaths of iraqi children. albright said it was america's responsibility to make sure the gulf war did not have to be fought again.
albright said that to punish saddam hussein, the deaths of those children were "worth it."
doug lawrence bought the impressionist oil landscape by j. ottis adams in the mid-1970s at a fort wayne antiques dealer.
doug lawrence sold the impressionist oil landscape by j. ottis adams
warheads believed to contain the deadly nerve agent cyclosarin that were found by polish troops in iraq date back to saddam hussein's war with iran in the 1980s, authorities said friday.
polish troops confiscated warheads
mitsubishi motors corp.'s new vehicle sales in the us fell 46 percent in june
mitsubishi sales rose 46 percent
the news comes as the owners of kilroot announced plans to install clean-up equipment at the plant near carrickfergus at a cost of £35 million.
owners announced plans to sell clean-up equipment.
u.s. embassy spokesman stanley shrager said that the americans hope to help port-au-prince's elected mayor, evans paul, return from hiding and resume his post as mayor of the city.
americans hope to help evans paul in the election for mayor of port-au-prince.
like the united states, u.n. officials are also dismayed that aristide killed a conference called by prime minister robert malval in port-au-prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.
aristide had prime minister robert malval  murdered in port-au-prince.
gladys lauture, a close aristide friend and longtime supporter, said she and a team of carpenters, plumbers and decorators spent 18 days making aristide's port-au-prince home livable again.
aristide is due to live at port-au-prince again.
juan antonio samaranch, president of the international olympic committee, left lillehammer for sarajevo to pay tribute to the besieged host city of the 1984 winter games
the international olympic commitee's head office is in lillehammer.
city officials fired the captain of the crashed staten island ferry.
staten island ferry captain has refused to talk with investigators.
budapest again became the focus of national political drama in the late 1980s, when hungary led the reform movement in eastern europe that broke the communist monopoly on political power and ushered in the possibility of multiparty politics.
in the late 1980s budapest became the center of the reform movement.
in wednesday's filing, google said it planned to complete the ipo "as soon as practicable."
it's unclear whether wednesday's twist will affect the timing of google's initial public offering.
al-jazeera broadcasts to millions of arab viewers from headquarters in doha, qatar.
al-jazeera has occasionally run into problems with authorities in other arab countries.
the new study refutes earlier findings by researchers at the university of california, los angeles, who concluded that the odds of getting head and neck cancers rose in tandem with the frequency and duration of marijuana use.
the latest findings contradict a california study that implicated regular pot smoking as having markedly higher risks for head and neck cancers.
kessler's team conducted 60,643 face-to-face interviews with adults in 14 countries.
kessler's team interviewed more than 60,000 adults in 14 countries.
investigators described the gunman as white, about 30 years old, of medium build with shoulder-length, wavy blond hair and as having a "scruffy" or "grunge" appearance.
the gunman is described as a white male in his 30s with a medium build, shoulder-length blonde hair and an unkempt appearance.
the body of satomi mitarai was found by a teacher after her attacker returned to class in bloody clothes.
mitarai's body was found by a teacher after her killer returned to their classroom covered in blood.
witnesses told police a gas canister exploded to start the fire in a multilevel building which houses the ycua bolanos supermarket, a food court and a parking garage, causing the bottom floor to collapse.
television footage showed several levels of the multi-level supermarket covered in soot, including the lower level parking garage.
gross domestic product, a measure of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a 3% annual pace in the april-june period.
annual rate increase of 3% in second quarter much lower than forecasts.
intel has decided to push back the launch date for its 4-ghz pentium 4 desktop processor to the first quarter of 2005.
intel would raise the clock speed of the company's flagship pentium 4 processor to 4 ghz.
the last australian to win miss universe was perth's kerry anne wells in 1972.
not since 1972 has an australian woman been named miss universe.
the city continued to grow through much of the 20th century.
the city continued to grow, but its services deteriorated.
this growth proved short-lived, for a swedish invasion ( 1655-56 ) devastated the flourishing city of warsaw.
warsaw was invaded by the swedes in 1655, and the city was devastated.
a car bomb exploded outside a u.s. military base near baji.
a car bomb exploded outside a u.s. military base near beiji.
because of reagan's economic strategy, the federal budget deficit ballooned.
reagan's economic strategy led to huge federal budget deficits.
once called the "queen of the danube," budapest has long been the focal point of the nation and a lively cultural centre.
budapest was once popularly known as the "queen of the danube."
vanunu, 49, was abducted by israeli agents and convicted of treason in 1986 after discussing his work as a mid-level dimona technician with britain's sunday times newspaper.
vanunu's disclosures in 1968 led experts to conclude that israel has a stockpile of nuclear warheads.
pakistani officials announced that two south african men in their custody had confessed to planning attacks at popular tourist spots in their home country.
two south africans were arrested in pakistan in the past week after a shoot-out at a house between al-qaeda operatives and security forces.
meadows scored a bit part in a january episode of "law & order".
meadows appeared in a "law & order" episode which aired in january.
authorities say monica meadows, who has appeared in catalogs and magazines, is in stable condition.
monica meadows is in stable condition.
according to tradition, they founded tenochtitlan ( "place of the high priest tenoch" ) after much wandering when they saw on an island in lake texcoco the sign that their god huitzilopochtli had indicated -- an eagle perched on a cactus, eating a serpent .
they saw an eagle perched on a cactus eating a serpent.
prosecutors were still expected to unseal an 11-count manslaughter indictment against the ferry's captain, michael gansas. he violated procedure by his absence from the wheelhouse during docking, when smith lost control of the ferry.
mr smith entered his guilty plea to 11 counts of manslaughter and also to lying to investigators about his medical history, under an agreement reached with prosecutors.
the golden flyers set a school record this year with 16 victories.
the golden flyers set a school record with 16 victories.
the city ferry fleet shuttles about 70,000 people a day between staten island and manhattan, a 5.2-mile trip across new york harbor that takes about 25 minutes.
the ferry taking commuters from manhattan to staten island crashed into a pier.
rozsa ( rose ) hill , the third hill near the river, lies north of castle hill.
rozsa hill lies north of castle hill.
only 14 percent of u.s. mothers exclusively breast-feed their babies for the minimum recommended six months.
there are many benefits from breast-feeding.
francis deng believes the government will be receptive to the plan to deploy 1,800 peacekeeping troops.
the au said it may send a 2 000-strong peacekeeping force.
recreational marijuana smokers are no more likely to develop oral cancer than nonusers.
smoking marijuana does not increase the risk of developing oral cancer.
coextensive with the metropolitan district of jakarta raya, it lies at the mouth of the ciliwung ( liwung river ) on the northwest coast of java.
jakarta lies at the mouth of the ciliwung ( liwung river ) on the northwest coast of the island of java.
six hostages in iraq were freed.
the four jordanian hostages, kidnapped about a week ago, were freed.
the gdp report showed growth in business outlays advanced at a solid 8.9% pace.
the gdp was a disappointing report.
israel plans to increase the share of gas in its energy balance to 25 percent by 2025 from the current 1 percent.
currently the share of natural gas in israel's energy system amounts to no more than one percent.
a senior al-qaeda operative who was said to be planning an attack on heathrow airport has been arrested.
despite rumors, the british home office denied any specific threat had been made to target heathrow airport.
for women who are hiv negative or who do not know their hiv status, breastfeeding should be protected, promoted and supported for six months.
for hiv-positive mothers, the decision about whether or not to breastfeed a child can be difficult.
saudi arabia was boosting its production.
saudi arabia was boosting its own production.
the city's motto is contemnit procellas, which means, "it defies the storms."
the city's motto is, appropriately, "contemnit procellas" ( "it defies the storms").
hacking reported his wife missing on july 19, a monday.
mark hacking was booked into the salt lake county jail on monday.
with $549 million in cash as of june 30, google can easily afford to make amends.
some 30 million shares have been assigned to the company's workers.
at the southeastern tip of the city, xochimilco, another small town subsumed by the city, is a popular tourist destination because of its chinampas, or "floating gardens," boats made out of reeds on which the indians have grown plants since pre-columbian times.
xochimilco is a popular tourist attraction because of its chinampas, or floating gardens.
google inc. is delaying its ipo by a week because of logistical problems related to institutional investors registering to bid on the shares.
a delay for google's ipo would push the deal later into a month that is traditionally light on ipo volume.
prosecutors were still expected to unseal an 11-count manslaughter indictment against the ferry's captain, michael gansas.
gansas' attorneys have said that rule was not communicated to ferry staff.
the latest attacks targeted the u-s embassy and a top prosecutor's office in the uzbek capital.
yesterday's terrorist bombings killed two people at the entrance to the israeli embassy in uzbekistan's capital.
abu musa al-hindi was arrested following a tip-off from pakistani intelligence who claimed that he was receiving direct orders from osama bin laden.
the possibility of an attack began with the arrest of naeem noor khan.
even more than other economic activities, mexico's financial services are concentrated in the capital.
industry, retail stores, finance, and communications are all centered in the capital.
benjamin vanderford, 22, said he posted the 55-second clip, which shows a knife sawing against his neck, on an online file-sharing network in may.
mr vanderford said he filmed his own mock execution in a friend's garage to show how the media could be fooled.
reagan was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by john hinckley jr. in an attempted assassination on march 30, 1981.
reagan almost died on march 30, 1981, when would-be assassin john w. hinckley jr. shot him.
jennifer hawkins is the 21-year-old beauty queen from australia.
jennifer hawkins is australia's 21-year-old  beauty queen.
the board of marks & spencer will take another look at philip green's increased takeover offer.
philip green tries to take over marks & spencer.
a brother of colombia's education minister has been killed by marxist rebels who kidnapped him three years ago.
colombia's education minister has been kidnapped by marxist rebels.
cbs newsman harry reasoner is returning to his iowa hometown to get married saturday.
cbs newsman harry reasoner was born in iowa.
the program, financed with a grant from the un agency for international development, is aimed at reducing infant mortality in madagascar, an island nation in the indian ocean off the eastern coast of africa.
the un agency for international development is an organisation based in madagascar.
bosch was found innocent in venezuela of the bombing charges for a third time aug. 7.
bosch lives in venezuela.
the organizing committee said 65 countries have entered the lillehammer olympic games, matching the number of nations at the 1992 winter games in albertville, france.
65 countries take part in the lillehammer olympic games.
queen victoria died in 1901, at osborne house on the isle of wight.
queen victoria was born in 1901
dayton, ohio. a cargo plane bound for montreal with a small quantity of hazardous chemicals crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff.
dayton is located in ohio.
schroder investment management has indicated its intention to accept revival's offer to buy retailer marks & spencer.
revival tries to take over marks & spencer group.
sirhan sirhan, a jordanian immigrant, was convicted of murdering kennedy and is serving a life term at soledad prison.
sirhan sirhan killed kennedy.
christoffer's family was identified only as an air force family living in southern california.
air force is an organisation based in southern california.
romano prodi will meet the us president george bush in his capacity as president of the european commission.
george bush is the president of the european commission.
rome is in lazio province and naples in campania.
rome is located in lazio province.
like the united states, u.n. officials are also dismayed that aristide killed a conference called by prime minister robert malval in port-au-prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.
u.n. officials take part in a conference called by prime minister robert malval.
illinois born charlton heston was a 27-year-old actor from broadway and television when he arrived in hollywood for a five-picture contract with hal wallis.
charlton heston was born in illinois.
deployment of workers to iraq has been halted after the reported hostage-taking of a filipino man by gunmen
a filipino man has been kidnapped by gunmen.
he graduated from high school from benton, tenn. and from tennessee tech. in cookville, and holds a doctorate in physics from virginia tech.
tennessee tech is an organisation based in cookville.
"sculptures by duane hanson" is an exhibition of lifelike people sculptures created by this minnesota born artist.
duane hanson was born in minnesota.
oil prices eased back from record high levels after russia's justice ministry said embattled oil giant yukos can continue oil production and sales.
oil prices rise.
as a real native detroiter, i want to remind everyone that madonna is from bay city, mich., a nice place in the thumb of the state's lower peninsula.
madonna was born in bay city, mich.
in 1865, john wilkes booth, the assassin of president abraham lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near bowling green, va., and killed.
john wilkes booth killed president abraham lincoln.
oil prices fall back as yukos oil threat lifted
oil prices rise.
there can be no doubt that the administration already is weary of aristide, a populist roman catholic priest who in december, 1990, won an overwhelming victory in haiti's only democratic presidential election
haiti's only democratic presidential election took place in 1990.
sonia gandhi can be defeated in the next elections in india by bjp.
sonia gandhi is defeated by bjp.
yount, who was living in coeur under the alias james marvin forsgren, was sentenced to life in prison for his conviction on first-degree murder and rape charges in the 1966 slaying of pamela sue rimer, a student in his high school mathematics class in luthersberg, pa.
james marvin forsgren killed pamela sue rimer.
bta said those injured in the fire at borovets, 22 miles southeast of sofia, were from britain, the soviet union, west germany, the netherlands, greece and denmark.
sofia is located in britain.
like the united states, u.n. officials are also dismayed that aristide killed a conference called by prime minister robert malval in port-au-prince in hopes of bringing all the feuding parties together.
aristide kills prime minister robert malval
evans paul, the pro-aristide mayor of port-au-prince, said he had been told that the money will go to american lobbyists, politicians and journalists to campaign against the return of aristide, haiti's first democratically elected president
aristide is the mayor of port-au-prince.
with south carolina being jesse jackson's home state, there was a very strong incentive in the black community.
jesse jackson was born in south carolina.
evans paul, the pro-aristide mayor of port-au-prince, said he had been told that the money will go to american lobbyists, politicians and journalists to campaign against the return of aristide, haiti's first democratically elected president
evans paul is the mayor of port-au-prince.
twenty years ago, on june 6, 1968, sen. robert f. kennedy died at good samaritan hospital in los angeles, 25 -lcb- hours after he was shot at the ambassador hotel by sirhan bishara sirhan.
sirhan bishara sirhan killed sen. robert f. kennedy
crude oil prices shot to new highs yesterday as markets reacted to a threat by russian authorities to shut down most of the production from that country's largest oil company
crude oil prices rise.
teenage sensation wayne rooney powered england into the quarter-finals of euro 2004 with two goals in monday's 4-2 defeat of croatia and they were joined in the last eight by champions france who beat switzerland 3-1.
france participates in euro 2004.
los angeles mayor james hahn, along with top members of the automobile club of southern california, along with will announce the kickoff of a $9 billion plan to fund los angeles county's top ten traffic busters.
james hahn is a member of the automobile club of southern california.
lennon was murdered by mark david chapman outside the dakota on dec. 8, 1980.
mark david chapman killed lennon.
the plan was released by mr dean on behalf of the secretary of health and human services, tommy thompson, still recovering from a recent accident, at a secretarial summit on health information technology that was attended by many of the nation's leaders in electronic health records.
mr dean is the secretary of health and human services.
in 1973, the united states and communist china agreed to establish liaison offices in beijing and washington.
communist china is an organisation based in beijing and washington.
the irish sales, services and marketing operation of microsoft was established in 1991.
microsoft was established in 1991.
p. prayong, who like kevala belongs to the theravada sect of buddhism, chose india over other buddhist majority nations as it is the birthplace of gautama buddha.
p. prayong is a member of theravada.
the organizers of the 15th international aids conference, scheduled for next month in bangkok, thailand, on saturday responded to press reports that a prominent hotel in bangkok discriminated against hiv-positive visitors attending a different conference this month.
hiv-positive visitors take part in the 15th international aids conference.
the g8 summit, held june 8-10, brought together leaders of the world's major industrial democracies, including canada, france, germany, italy, japan, russia, united kingdom, european union and united states.
canada participates in the g8 summit.
three of its five permanent members, france, russia and china, are pushing the u.n. security council to lift the embargo on iraq.
china is a member of the u.n. security council.
mr green, marks & spencer's new owner, has made a lot of money by taking over underperforming businesses.
mr green tries to take over marks & spencer.
in an address to the iaea board of governors in vienna, hans blix said a technical team that visited north korea last month found that "facilities subject to the freeze were not in operation and that construction work had stopped."
hans blix is the director general of iaea.
the u.s. handed power on june 30 to iraq's interim government chosen by the united nations and paul bremer, former governor of iraq.
the u.s. chose paul bremer as new governor of iraq.
the first windows dna lab outside microsoft was established in suburban philadelphia in june 1998.
microsoft was established in june 1998.
ahern, who was travelling to tokyo for an eu-japan summit yesterday, will consult with other eu leaders about the election of the eu commission president.
eu leaders take part in an eu-japan summit.
romano prodi will meet the us president george bush in his capacity as president of the european commission.
romani prodi is the us president.
the anzio beachhead, 33 miles south of rome, saw some of the bloodiest fighting of world war ii, and accounted for many of the 10,000 us battle deaths in italy in the first half of 1944.
the anzio beachhead is located 33 miles south of rome.
crude oil dips below $43 on news that russia's justice ministry will not force yukos to halt sales.
crude oil rises.
the white house failed to act on the domestic threat from al qaeda prior to september 11, 2001.
white house ignored the threat of attack
no weapons of mass destruction found in iraq yet.
weapons of mass destruction found in iraq.
a priest who served in the diocese of metuchen in the mid-1980s has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a massachusetts boy.
pedophile gets life in prison
eilat, israel's most southerly port and the country's only access to the red sea, has long been a winter destination for tourists, 80% of whom are europeans attracted by its temperate climates and clear waters.
in winter most tourists to eilat come from europe.
on the eve of a widely anticipated retaliation against russian forces in grozny, military commanders withdrew key units from the city, leaving it vulnerable to guerrilla infiltration.
russian forces vulnerable to guerrilla fighters
no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction have been found in iraq since saddam's regime was toppled in a us-led invasion last year.
weapons of mass destruction found in iraq.
the scots pioneered the idea of a single currency, when they shared the ecu with france during the auld alliance, and therefore they are certain to join in the monetary union process again when the eu states amalgamate their currencies under maastricht.
france still maintains ecu is the best denomination for the maastricht single-currency..
hippos do come into conflict with people quite often.
hippopotamus attacks human.
acid attacks on women are carried out across asia, with reports of such incidents from burma, cambodia, india and pakistan.
acid attacks are carried out on women
dr. amy joy lanou, director of the physicians committee for responsible medicine in america, was quick to point out health dangers of the atkins diet.
atkins diet is associated with increased risk conditions.
turkey is unlikely to become involved in, or allow u.s. forces to use turkish territory in a middle east war that does not threaten her territory directly.
u.s. to use turkish military bases.
security preparations kept protestors at bay at the recent g8 summit on sea island (usa).
demonstrations against g8 summit took place at sea island bay.
scripps memorial hospital encinitas emergency room doctors and nurses treat two to three injured surfers.
scripps hospital assists surfing accident victims.
it would create an underclass of illiterate and impoverished residents, deprived of basic skills, including english-language skills, necessary for the integration of immigrant children into our society and our work force.
language skills are a means of social integration.
there is none. they found as many weapons in this masjid as they found weapons of mass destruction in iraq.
weapons of mass destruction found in iraq.
the security council voted in 2002 to protect u.s. soldiers and personnel from other nations that haven't ratified the creation of the court through a treaty, and last june renewed the immunity for a year.
immunity for soldiers renewed.
the council prohibited any travel outside of haiti by all officers of the haitian military and police and all major participants in the september, 1991, coup.
the council is prohibited to travel outside of haiti by military officers.
winning team john c. harsanyi, john f. nash and reinhard selten were jointly awarded the nobel prize in economics. the three professors were singled out for their unique contributions to game theory, derived from studies of games such as poker or chess, in which players have to think ahead and devise a strategy based on expected countermoves from opponents.
three scholars shared a nobel prize for their studies about the game theory.
nih's fy05 budget request of $28.8 billion includes $2 billion for the national institute of general medical sciences, a 3.4-percent increase, and $1.1 billion for the national center for research resources, and a 7.2-percent decrease from fy04 levels.
a request was reduced to $1.1 billion
swedish foreign minister murdered.
swedish prime minister murdered.
baghdad had announced that it will stop cooperating with unscom completely but indicated that it will not ask for their departure.
baghdad will end it's cooperation with unscom, and wants them to leave.
an iraqi official reported today, saturday, that 68 iraqi civilians were killed as a result of the american and british bombing on iraq and that their funerals were held today in baghdad.
the 68 civilians killed as a result of the anglo-american bombing of iraq, were buried today in baghdad.
an official of abyan police, where 16 western tourists are being held since yesterday, announced that the hostages are held by the yemeni "islamic jihad" group, which is demanding the release of its leader and lifting the embargo on iraq.
the yemen branch of the "islamic jihad" group, kidnapped the 16 western tourists.
contact with the press will be restricted to "perodic meetings", as promised by all three parties, in order to "focus their energies" on the most important issues.
the delegations may only speak periodically to the press, in order to concentrate on the issues.
sultan al-shawi, a.k.a the attorney, said during a funeral held for the victims, "they were all children of iraq killed during the savage bombing."
the attorney, said at the funeral, "they were all iraqis killed during the brutal shelling."
scientists had thought all gamma-ray bursts had a standard energy.
the scientists had thought that all explosions gamma the ray have a standard energy.
u.s. crude settled $1.32 lower at $42.83 a barrel.
crude the light american lowered to the closing 1.32 dollars, to 42.83 dollars the barrel.
the commission, designated to shed light on crimes and human rights violations during the apartheid period, accuses the african national congress of carrying out torture and executions without trials in concentration camps, and also of playing an active role in the political violence incidents that took place between 1990 and 1994.
the commission accused the anc of violence, executions and human rights violations.
the commission's deputy chairman, charles duelfer, said, "we will keep the inspectors there in the hope that iraq may back down from its decision."
the vice-chairman of the committee charles duelfer said, "we hope to end iraq's resolution."
the prime minister's office and the foreign office had earlier purposely asserted that the case is strictly in the jurisdiction of the police and the justice system.
the jurisdiction of the case was queried by the prime minister and the ministry of foreign affairs.
iraq's representative to the united nations, nizar hamdoun, announced today, sunday, that thousands of people were killed or injured during the four days of air bombardment against iraq.
nizar hamdoon, iraqi ambassador to the united nations, announced that thousands of people could be killed or wounded due to the aerial bombardment of iraq.
ecevit, one of the most senior turkish politicians, was unable to secure the necessary support from the parties represented in the parliament in order to form his government.
ecevit was unable to form the government due to a lack of support.
the american television network "cnn" reported that officials at the american defense department (the pentagon) will recommend halting the bombing on iraq to president bill clinton this evening, saturday.
cnn reported that officials at the pentagon said that president clinton is obligated to stop the shelling on iraq .
the cost of the consumer of the united states fell in june.
u.s. consumer spending dived in june.
the truth and reconciliation commission's investigators submitted the preliminary results of their work in early october to around 200 organisations and individuals to warn them of charges against them and to give them the opportunity to respond before final drafting of the report.
the commission investigated 200 people and oragnisations, before charging them, in order to prevent them from responding prior to the official release of the report.
this explanation was rejected by the government of chile, who insist that pinochet enjoys diplomatic immunity in his capacity as "an elected member in the senate for life" since leaving the command of the armed forces last march.
the chilean government affirming that as a member of the senate, pinochet has diplomatic immunity.
brazil, australia and thailand argued that the eu, one of the world's largest exporters, broke wto farm rules by exceeding limits on export subsidies laid down under wto's 1994 agreement on agriculture.
the three countries argued that ue, one of the greater exporter of the world, infringed the rules of the omc when exceeding the limit of the subsidies to the exports indicated under the agreement on agriculture of the omc in 1994.
unscom employs about 120 persons in iraq, including 40 inspectors.
wilson uses some 120 persons in iraq, 40 of whom are inspectors.
the poll also showed that a higher percentage of americans (65%) believe that even if the investigation proceedings actually began, clinton ought not to be removed.
according to the poll, 65% of americans believe that clinton should be removed from office.
the damascus public have been welcomed into the election candidate's private homes or to specially erected tents where voters have been enjoying food, drink and entertainment, particularly in the home of the wealthy candidate, adnan mullah, where dozens of supporters and friends have been invited to dinner every evening.
candidates are entertaining voters in their homes.
it could mean to leave in the street to thousands of workers.
it could lead to thousands of job losses.
the source added that the investigation proved that the bases of the genocide crime "were completed with a series of illegal arrests followed in some cases with assassinations or cases of disappearances and were preceded, according to information attached to the file, by cases of torture."
investigators discovered that a series of illicit arrests of were often followed by disappearances or murders and were preceded by torture.
sources in tegucigalpa reported that many latin american countries are gearing up to face hurricane "mitch".
south american countries are preparing for "mitch"
clinton informed the two parties that in the absence of an agreement, a public announcement would be made, with the apparent objective of applying pressure to both sides, particularly the israelis.
clinton told the two sides that he would publicly announce their failure to agree, thereby pressurising them.
an official of the international special commission in charge of disarming iraqi weapons (unscom) announced yesterday, saturday, that the commission will keep its inspectors in iraq despite baghdad's decision to stop its cooperation with them.
unscom is to stay in iraq.
the tunisian foreign ministry announced that libyan leader colonel moammar al kaddafy arrived in tunis this morning, monday, for a "brotherly and recreational" visit, at the invitation of tunisian president zine el abidine bin ali.
libya's leader colonel muammar qaddafi arrived in tunisia at the invitation of president zine el abidine bin ali.
the american house of representatives is due to vote today, on a resolution submitted by the chairman of the judicial committee, henry hyde, asking congress to launch an investigation over charges brought forward by independent prosecutor-general kenneth star against president clinton in the monica lewinsky affair.
voting will take place in the american house of representatives today, on the president clinton-monica lewinsky scandal.
nevertheless, 58 percent of americans expressed their satisfaction with the president's job performance. 44 percent supported nixon at the very beginning of the investigation into watergate.
58% of americans are unsatisfied with clinton's job performance.
security authorities have declared a state of maximum emergency in guatemala, which is located directly in the path of the hurricane.
there is a state of maximum emergency in guatemala because of the hurricane.
the yemeni islamic jihad group emerged in 1992, and it is comprised of old warriors from afghanistan.
yemen's islamic jihad group was set up by old afgan warriors in 1992.
greenspan's stance has underpinned predictions the fed will raise rates steadily this year.
the position of greenspan has propped up the predictions that the fed will gradually elevate the east interest rates year.
a statement issued by royal moroccan airlines, a copy of which was received by agence france presse today, said that the company decided to start two flights a week between casablanca and gaza as soon as the palestinian airport is opened there.
with the opening of the palestinian airport, royal moroccan airlines will fly between casablanca and gaza.
eddeh reasserted his opinion that president al-hrawi ought to be reinstated for another 3 years, claiming that the he "has considerable experience in the running of the state, but his resignation would be appropriate after the withdrawal of israeli and syrian forces."
eddeh calls for an extension to al-hrawi's presidency, saying that he should resign after the withdrawal of the israeli and syrian forces."
both candidates are making a major push in iowa.
both candidates are delivering a great attack in iowa.
slavkov, accused in the salt lake scandal but later cleared, said he had been approached by takatch.
slavkov, defendant in the scandal of salt lake but that later was exculpated, in fact said that takatch.
the humane organization, caritas, quoting its branch in iraq, announced today, in germany, that several iraqi hospitals, especially saddam hospital, which is considered the biggest hospital in iraq, were hit in the american-british bombing of the iraqi capital.
caritas announced that several iraqi hospitals, (excluding saddam hospital,) were hit in the shelling of baghdad.
it was like hitting the jackpot.
it was like removing the lottery.
israel controls an area of about 850 square kilometres in the south of the lebanese republic, while syria has about 30 thousand soldiers over two thirds of the lebanese territory.
syria has 30,000 soldiers in 60% of lebanon, and israel controls an area in the south of 850 square kms.
ramadan told reporters at the opening ceremony of the baghdad international exposition, "no cooperation and no inspection or monitoring by the american zionist espionage commission (the special commission for disarming iraq's banned weapons - unscom) before iraq's demands are met."
ramadan announced that iraq will not cooperate with the inspectors.
the iraqi foreign minister, mohammad said al-sahaf, met today with the new ambassadors and briefed them "on the iraqi diplomacy directives of escalating the move toward lifting the blockade imposed on iraq and developing relations with various countries of the world."
mohammed said al-sahaf met with the ambassadors and briefed them on iraq's diplomacy directives.
journalists of the concealed bbc, that was made happen through advisers of london industralists, asked slavkov.
bbc undercover reporters, posing as consultants acting for london businessmen, ask slavkov.
the american state department announced that russia recalled her ambassador to the united states "for consultation" due to the bombing operations on iraq.
the american ministry of foreign affairs announced that russia called the united states about the bombings on iraq.
the american television network "a.b.c." quoted undisclosed sources at the american defense department today, thursday, saying that the intense bombing operations on iraq may cease by the end of this week.
the television network "cnn", quoting sources in the american ministry of defence, revealed that the bombing of iraq might end this week.
u.s. consumer spending dived in june.
the cost of the consumer of the united states fell in june.
the croatian will face competition, especially from the american of chinese origin, michael chang, second-seeded in the tournament. organizers hope that the tournament will contribute to advancing tennis in their countries.
the croatian and the asian-american, michael chang (number two) will play eachother, and hopefully popularise the game in their native countries.
aziz confirmed that iraq's demands include "the lifting of the blockade and the restructuring of the espionage commission, including its chairman, (richard) butler.
iraq demands the lifting of the embargo and changes in the committee.
the girl was found in drummondville.
drummondville contains the girl.
the report catalogues 10 missed opportunities within the cia and fbi to uncover pieces of the september 11 plot.
the report analyzes 10 missed opportunities within the cia and fbi to uncover pieces of the september 11 plot.
the witness then spotted rodriguez crouching behind a gate for protection.
the witness rescued rodriguez.
his family has steadfastly denied the charges.
the charges were denied by his family.
alcohol now fuels 44 percent of all violent crime and 70 percent of accident and emergency hospital admissions at peak times are due to booze.
alcohol has an effect on violent crimes.
blair has sympathy for anyone who has lost their lives in iraq.
blair is sympathetic to anyone who has lost their lives in iraq.
protesters, many from organized pro-government groups but including many ordinary citizens, carried anti-american banners and chanted slogans attacking u.n. secretary-general kofi annan for his close alignment with u.s. policy.
protesters confiscated anti-american banners and chanted slogans attacking u.n. secretary-general kofi annan for his close alignment with u.s. policy.
the report catalogues 10 missed opportunities within the cia and fbi to uncover pieces of the september 11 plot.
ten missed opportunities within the cia and fbi are uncovered in the report.
the report faults intelligence agencies for a "lack of imagination" in not anticipating that al qaeda could attack the united states using hijacked aircraft.
the report blames intelligence agencies.
iraq would have been an unsafe, unsecure country that did pose a threat to the world.
a threat to the world would have arisen from iraq.
rodriguez told detectives he never touched the burning backpack, which was loaded with plastic pipes packed with gunpowder and bbs.
the burning backpack contained plastic pipes packed with gunpowder and bbs.
blair has sympathy for anyone who has lost their lives in iraq.
blair is sorry for anyone who has lost their lives in iraq.
profits nearly doubled to nearly $1.8 billion.
profits nearly doubled from nearly $1.8 billion.
iraq would have been an unsafe, unsecure country that did pose a threat to the world.
iraq would have constituted a threat to the world.
five other soldiers have been ordered to face courts-martial.
five other soldiers have been refused to face courts-martial.
the prosecutor told the court that the incident had caused "distress" to one of the children.
the prosecutor told the court that "distress" in one of the children is associated with the incident.
bomb-sniffing dogs were brought to rodriguez's mulberry st. apartment.
bomb-sniffing dogs were estimated at rodriguez's mulberry st. apartment.
rich and poor nations struck a historic deal on sunday to slash billions of dollars in farm subsidies, create more open industrial markets and revive stalled world trade talks that could boost global growth.
rich and poor nations crashed into a historic deal on sunday.
relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late saturday that new information from the husband has prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman.
relatives of a missing woman and her husband cancelled a volunteer search for the woman.
kerry hit bush hard on his conduct on the war in iraq.
kerry shot bush.
a matching fingerprint was discovered on the strap.
a matching fingerprint was excavated from the strap.
saudi arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world, was once a supporter of osama bin laden and his associates who led attacks against the united states.
saudi arabia is a key u.s. ally.
quebec woman and her mother accused of plotting to kill a four-year-old girl.
quebec woman murdered a four-year-old girl.
rodriguez was spotted by a witness running away from the stairwell where the backpack was found seconds before it went off.
a witness rescued rodriguez.
the osaka world trade center is the tallest building in western japan.
the osaka world trade center is the tallest building in japan.
"it's only a play" is terrence mcnally's "give my regards to broadway," a lightweight tribute to the theater as seen from the lofty but limited vantage point of broadway artists who are consumed by new york's hit/flop mentality.
broadway is in new york.
macedonian milcho manchevski's "before the rain" and taiwanese tsai ming-liang's "aiqing wansui/vive l'amour" shared the golden lion award for best film.
"before the rain" and "vive l'amour" won the golden lion.
jigish avalani, group manager of windows dna marketing at microsoft, explains that windows dna refers to the windows distributed internet application architecture, launched by microsoft in fall of 1997.
microsoft was established in fall of 1997.
after the 1979 soviet invasion and occupation, 3 million afghans fled to pakistan, which was encouraged by hefty western aid to take them in.
afghanistan was invaded by the soviet union in 1979.
andreessen, who helped define the internet revolution as part of team that created the first internet browser (mosaic) and his co-founding netscape, told a packed hall at the san francisco marriott hotel thursday that he is "extremely committed" to his startup loudcloud.
the internet browser mosaic was created at the san francisco marriott hotel.
microsoft israel was founded in 1989 and became one of the first microsoft branches outside the usa.
microsoft was established in 1989.
the demands on italy's 53rd postwar government are apparent, as are the resentment and uncertainties berlusconi has roused at the head of a new party with the catchy name forza italia (go, italy).
silvio berlusconi is in forza italia.
in 1969, more than 500 million people around the world sat in front of television sets, watching grainy images of two men in white bulky spacesuits planting a u.s. flag on the lunar landscape with its black horizon.
the apollo astronauts waved the american flag on the moon in 1969.
thus began the journey that led hannam, a 29-year-old free-lance journalist, on an international quest to solve one of the greatest mysteries of asia: what happened to lin piao, the chinese communist party leader accused of a 1971 plot to overthrow chairman mao.
lin piao was the chinese communist party leader.
the slender tower is the second tallest building in japan.
the slender tower is the tallest building in japan.
at eurodisney, once upon a time is now in this magical kingdom where childhood fantasies and make-believe come to life.
eurodisney is located in this magical kingdom.
on his oak mantelpiece are a drinking bowl from lake turkana and an east african gourd, both of which he bought in nairobi where he went in the fall of 1993 to visit kitum cave, the suspected host site for the marburg virus, which is closely related to ebola.
the ebola virus has been found in zaire.
hoover's director reports directly to stanford's president.
hoover is the president of stanford university.
the human species may be more than 100,000 years old but the bulk of its numerical growth has come in just the last few decades: 2.6 billion of today's 5.6 billion people have been born since 1960.
the world population is 5.6 billion.
vcu school of the arts in qatar is located in doha, the capital city of qatar.
qatar is located in doha.
in 1954, in a gesture of friendship to mark the 300th anniversary of ukrainian union with russia, soviet premier nikita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine.
crimea became part of ukraine in 1954.
on this particular trip, airbus, in cooperation with its partners, organized a trip for 80 children between the ages of 9 and 16 years from nearby national children's homes to visit eurodisney for a day.
eurodisney is located nearby national children's homes.
"we've never had a core (business) thing," founder richard branson told reuters at the launch this month of virgin vodka, which, with virgin cola and virgin computers, are his latest bright ideas.
richard branson's cola is called virgin cola.
although eurodisney is a great family day out, visit also the chateaux in the area and the various parks and pretty small villages.
eurodisney is located in the various parks.
brown brushed off a threat made monday by his counterpart, foreign trade minister wu yi, that if china's effort to join the general agreement on tariffs and trade (gatt) by the year's end is unsuccessful, beijing will no longer be bound by previous trade and economic commitments.
wu yi is the foreign trade minister of china.
in fact, woolsey had had no first-hand experience with the world of spies until president bill clinton appointed him director of central intelligence.
james woolsey is the director of the cia.
witnesses of genocide attacks on minority tutsis in rwanda are being singled out for execution by extremist hutus in refugee camps in southwest rwanda, a u.n. spokesman said in kigali, the capital.
the hutu and tutsi groups fought in rwanda.
prince charles was previously married to princess diana, who died in a car crash in paris in august 1997.
prince charles and princess diana got married in august 1997.
to avoid further price-gouging, norway's ministry of government administration announced that it was freezing prices on lodging, food and beverages in the lillehammer area during the winter olympics.
norway hosted the winter olympic games.
the hotel moulin de paris in 2.5km away from disneyland paris, and is located in the charming city of magny-le-hongre.
eurodisney is located in the charming city of magny-le-hongre.
the county board of supervisors accepted more than $700,000 in state grants tuesday to extend a program that provides the controversial drug azidothymidine -- azt -- to low-income residents with aids or aids-related illnesses.
azt is an aids treatment.
now it's romania-argentina at the rose bowl today -- and with a victory, it's on to the quarterfinals at stanford, and a victory there and romania will be back in pasadena for the semifinals and world cup final.
the world cup final was held in pasadena.
jacqueline b. wender is assistant to the president of stanford university.
jacqueline b. wender is the president of stanford university.
for hundreds of family members holed up in a hotel not far from the stockholm ferry terminal, where the boat estonia was to have docked wednesday morning after an overnight trip from the estonian capital of tallinn, the suspended rescue effort was just the latest in a day of heartbreaking reports.
the estonia set sail from tallinn.
a remastered version of paramount's "breakfast at tiffany's," starring audrey hepburn, is scheduled for release nov. 2 at $40.
audrey hepburn starred in "breakfast at tiffany's".
the main race track in qatar is located in shahaniya, on the dukhan road.
qatar is located in shahaniya.
yoko ono, widow of murdered beatles star john lennon, has plastered the small german town of langenhagen with backsides.
yoko ono was john lennon's wife.
practically every architect of international stature has vied for the bonanza of public and private projects -- including renzo piano, peter eisenman, philip johnson, rafael moneo, helmut jahn and richard rogers.
renzo piano is an architect.
there are more than 4,000 street children in the capital city of ulan bator.
the population of ulan bator is 4,000.
twelve of jupiter's moons are relatively small and seem to have been more likely captured than to have been formed in orbit around jupiter.
jupiter has twelve moons.
in 1932 he joined the then illegal communist party and held high government and party posts from 1942, becoming home secretary in 1948, when the communist party took control in hungary.
communist control in hungary ended in 1948.
the tallest building in tokyo and the second tallest building in japan, the tmgo was conceived as a high-tech center from which tokyo could be led into the promising twenty-first century.
tmgo is the tallest building in japan.
grieving father christopher yavelow hopes to deliver one million letters to the queen of holland to bring his children home.
christopher yavelow is the queen of holland.
"how come a country (vatican city), a so-called country, that is in essence 800 square acres of office space in the middle of rome, that has a citizenry that excludes women and children, seems to attract the most attention in talking about public policy that deals with women and children?" she demanded.
the vatican city is in rome.
protest votes as citizens of the 25 eu nations punished their governments.
the european union is made up of 25 nations.
merrill lynch & co. and smith barney, now a unit of citigroup, in 1998 settled discrimination cases involving hundreds of female employees.
merrill lynch & co. and smith barney are now a unit of citigroup.
a second man, aged 24, technically freed yesterday was bailed after being questioned over alleged forged identity documents, but has been further detained on immigration matters, a spokesman for scotland yard said.
a spokesman for scotland yard was freed yesterday.
u.s. light crude was trading erratically on the new york mercantile exchange, hitting $44.50 a barrel before easing back a bit to $44.10, still a gain of $1.27.
the u.s. light crude is $1.27 a barrel.
a rocket attack killed two israelis, including a 3-year-old boy.
a three-year-old was killed in a rocket attack.
it found that binge drinking in women aged 18 to 44 increased in the united states by 13 percent between 1999 and 2002.
female binge drinking rose 13 percent in three years.
two bombs planted near an islamic school in pakistan killed eight people and injured 42 others yesterday in the latest outbreak of violence gripping the southern port of karachi.
eight people planted two bombs near an islamic school in pakistan.
harvey weinstein, the co-chairman of miramax, who was instrumental in popularizing both independent and foreign films with broad audiences, agrees.
harvey weinstein is the co-chairman of miramax.
on opening day salesforce.com's stock was up $6.20 to $17.20, a 56.4% increase over the initial offering price of $11.
opening day of the stock of salesforce.com rose 56.4% over the initial offering price.
even though the rug was ripped out from under lollapalooza this week, jane's addiction frontman perry farrell is optimistic that the eclectic music festival he co-founded in 1991 will resurface and it might be sooner than you think.
perry farrel hopes to found another music festival.
ahern, who was travelling to tokyo for an eu-japan summit yesterday, will consult with other eu leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate.
a summit between europe and japan is taking place in the japanise capital.
after giving nearly 5,000 people a second chance at life, doctors are celebrating the 25th anniversary of britian's first heart transplant which was performed at cambridgeshire's papworth hospital in 1979.
the first heart transplant in britian was performed in 1979.
more than 150 dolphins, marine turtles and beaked whales have been washed up dead on beaches in africa.
dead dolphins, turtles and whales have been found on african beaches.
the so-called "grandmother hypothesis", based on studies of african hunter-gatherer groups, suggests that infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing despite being unable to produce children themselves.
the "grandmother hypothesis" suggests that infertile women are very important for raising children.
the kidnappers want the kuwaiti firm that employs the men to stop doing business in iraq and to pay compensation to the victims of u.s. strikes in falluja.
the kidnappers paid compensation to the victims of the u.s.
protest votes as citizens of the 25 eu nations punished their governments for everything from high unemployment to involvement in iraq.
eu nations' citizens protest against punishment for unemployment.
wal-mart has received a lot of negative publicity recently, including allegations that it used illegal workers and made employees work without pay during lunch breaks, as well as complaints that it generally underpays employees.
wal-mart complains about negative publicity.
following the assassination attempt in 1981, reagan said he felt god had spared him for a purpose, and he intended to devote the rest of his life in dedication to his god and to that purpose.
regan was almost assassinated in 1981.
abu eisa al-hindi was said to have been involved in a plot to attack heathrow airport, details of which were allegedly discovered on the computer of abu eisa al-hindi, 25, an al-qa'ida suspect recently arrested in pakistan.
abu eisa al-hindi is the father of abu eisa al-hindi.
at&t corp. says it will stop selling traditional local and long-distance residential service in seven states, blaming its move on a court decision that it says will result in higher prices for its use of regional networks.
at&t blames a court decision that will cause higher prices.
infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing despite being unable to produce children themselves.
infertile women cannot produce children.
the so-called "grandmother hypothesis", based on studies of african hunter-gatherer groups, suggests that infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing despite being unable to produce children themselves.
infertile women are vital for successful child-rearing, according to the "grandmother hypothesis".
cool, humid weather sunday helped slow the advance of a fire that caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes and businesses in alaska's interior.
there was a fire in alaska.
the securities and exchange commission's new rule to beef up the independence of mutual fund boards represents an industry defeat.
the sec's new rule will give boards independence.
oil prices edged up today as norwegian employers said they would respond to a strike by locking out all workers next week, threatening to shut off almost all oil and gas output.
norwegian employers caused oil prices to rise.
startling new research into mobile phones claims they may reduce a man's sperm count by up to 30%.
male fertility may be affected by use of a mobile phones.
ahern, who was travelling to tokyo for an eu-japan summit yesterday, will consult with other eu leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate to presidency of the european commission.
eu leaders found an agreement about a candidate to the post of european commission president.
saginaw police responded to a domestic violence complaint at the wrong house and ended up shooting the owners' dog.
saginaw police mistakenly went to the wrong house in response to a complaint.
president bush returned to the mountain state to celebrate independence day, telling a spirited crowd yesterday that on its 228th birthday the nation is "moving forward with confidence and strength."
independence day was a popular movie.
medicare will select by lottery 10 percent of those who apply by aug. 16 to begin receiving benefits starting sept. 1.
medicare will choose 10 percent of applicants to receive benefits by aug. 16.
the terrorist is suspected of being behind several deadly kidnappings and dozens of suicide attacks in iraq.
the terrorist may have caused suicide attacks and kidnappings.
toshiba has produced a fuel cell with no moving parts.
toshiba has no moving parts.
speaking outside the hospital moments after getting her child back, ciancio said she was confident all along that the baby would be found.
ciancio was hospitalized for speaking to the baby.
the sec's new rule to beef up the independence of mutual fund boards represents an industry defeat.
industries were defeated by the sec.
political leaders pledged that construction of the so-called freedom tower -- which will rise 1,776 feet into the air and be the world's tallest building -- will be finished on schedule by the end of 2008.
the freedom tower will be the world's tallest building.
wal-mart stores has asked a us federal appeals court to review a judge's order approving class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit.
the judge approves of sex-discrimination.
protest votes as citizens of the 25 eu nations punished their governments for everything from high unemployment to involvement in iraq.
citizens of the 25 eu nations are punished by their governments for everything.
the nine men, aged between 19 and 32, are being held at paddington green high security police station in central london.
between 19 and 32 men are being held at paddington green high security police station in central london.
the arabic-language television network al-jazeera reports it has received a statement and a videotape from militants.
al-jazeera is an arabic-language television network.
wal-mart stores has asked a us federal appeals court to review a judge's order approving class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit.
a lawsuit was filed against wal-mart.
jessica litman, a law professor at michigan's wayne state university, has specialized in copyright law and internet law for more than 20 years.
jessica litman is a law professor.
ralph fiennes, who has played memorable villains in such films as 'red dragon' and 'schindler's list,' is to portray voldemort, the wicked warlock, in the next harry potter movie.
ralph fiennes will play harry potter in the next movie.
one of two men "released" early on saturday mohammed dawoud, 19, of willesden, north-west london will appear before horseferry road magistrates' court today charged with possession of forged identity documents, police said.
willesden will appear before horseferry road magistrates' court today.
scotland yard has been granted two more days to question nine of the 13 men arrested in co-ordinated anti-terrorism raids across the country last tuesday.
13 men killed in co-ordinated anti-terrorism raids across the country last tuesday.
suncreams designed for children could offer less protection than they claim on the bottle.
suncreams designed for children protect at the level they advertise.
medicare will begin paying later this year for certain oral cancer drugs and intravenous drugs that can be self-administered under a $500 million demonstration project unveiled yesterday.
medicare will start paying users $500 million.
one of the dead was a child, passing by with his parents, said iqrar abbasi, a doctor at civil hospital karachi.
a doctor was killed by his parents.
time warner is the world's largest media and internet company.
time warner is the world's largest company.
after watching fireworks yesterday evening in cedar rapids, kerry went to his wife's suburban pittsburgh farm, where he was expected to hold a barbecue for supporters this afternoon.
kerry watched fireworks.
vice president dick cheney on tuesday hurled an obscenity on the senate floor to punctuate an angry exchange with vermont sen. patrick leahy as all senators gathered for their annual photo.
cheney cursed at sen. patrick leahy.
chancellor schroeder has presided over three years of almost zero growth in the economy and an unemployment rate that has remained stubbornly above four million people.
more than four million people have remained stubbornly unemployed in the last three years.
two bombs planted near an islamic school in pakistan killed eight people and injured 42 others yesterday in the latest outbreak of violence gripping the southern port of karachi.
42 people killed in karachi bomb attack.