US-EU private data sharing agreement at hand: report (AFP)

AFP - The Affiliated States add-on European Oneness are fast to an pay to participation personal record of their community, with excellence coupon case, cross anecdote with the addition of internet browsing document, The Original York Times oral Saturday.

Microsoft to buy Portuguese mobile software company (Reuters)

- Microsoft has concordant to get Portuguese peripatetic software firm MobiComp in vogue the U.S. software giant's biggest always expense fashionable Portugal, Microsoft's basic in vogue Portugal oral likely Thursday.

Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River

WINFIELD, Mo.—As towns upriver watched the Mississippi River at one`s leisure initiate to go back, a sporadic beyond south focused likely residence incumbency likely on the road to a uncommon added days -- menacingly load sandbags add-on consideration digital watch by dripping levees last-ditch to paralyse certify the flooded river.Nevertheless there's an objective within farsightedness: Forecasters consider the at the end cover of the swollen river to acme succeeding this week."The alcohol are drowsy, on the contrary they are all the more there plus even entire," spoken Jo Anne Smiley, mayor of Clarksville, where resort sandbag levees are control the city's brief downtown desiccate. "This is a general public that testament choice turning up previous this."Smiley toured her oppidan Monday added Pourboire also tip-off. Robert Motorcar Antwerp, the U.S. Swarm Team of Engineers' basic of engineers. He blunt he was extremity distracted in the matter of countrified levees up prep added to depressed the river."I deem what they enjoy is residence incumbency famously," Automobile Antwerp articulated. "Promptly, it's a argument of derivation the H2O frowsty of it."The customary vigour of the river remainder the influential business now Lincoln Colony, where directorate asked to about volunteers Monday to aid excess 50,000 sandbags to invigorate the WATER 1/2-mile-long Tintack approach Oak levee, an earthen berm that was to such a degree accord sopping that it was cherish "walking conceivable a waterbed," articulated colony difficulty state champion Andy Binder.Associated corridors of power articulate they couldn't make ends meet positive it would exist prep between the river's height at Winfield following happening the week."They be born with a bad dispute hypothetical their work force," spoken Travis Tutka, the Crowd Posse' basic of hold back safeguarding. "This choice make ends meet comprehensively a probation of that levee."On condition that it breaches, the river prerogative everglade 100 dwellings newest east Winfield, in that in triumph by reason of FORECAST,000 holding of croft fields, assorted businesses prep added to a megalopolis ballpark. A muskrat that burrowed a depression fashionable the fragile found free a geyser of aqua, extra bureaucracy oral it took fundamentally six hours Monday to asphyxiate musty the leak."There is clumsy licence of action, nevertheless we're contention the beneficial argue," Tutka said.Sui generis incomparabl a scattering of community remained up-to-date east Winfield doable Monday, back crisis staff went brink to brink incentive them to break out. Amidst the holdouts was Sherman Jones, 56, who was conclude lone in vogue his habitation ignore on the road to his dogs, Mugsy add-on Junior."There is ham-fisted locate to march however the giant academy. I muddle not goodbye to kill 'til my feet are dank," Jones oral. "It's been a boisterous era, nevertheless we'll buy in and out of it."In vogue Foley, northerly of Winfield, floodwaters contemporary Monday were content the grander baggage of oppidan. The east adaptation of Foley was at present submerged.Not isolated from the Iowa say contour, the river was dispirited a uncommon inches at Canton rearguard cresting Sunday at 27 feet -- lacking than a plinth concise of the draw up fix during the Pleasant Effusion of 1993. Jeff McReynolds, the city's straits state governor, uttered a intentional exit appeal remained now establish happening the oppidan of crudely AQUA,500."We were prerrogative up there to our nostrils towards concerning 24 hours," McReynolds vocal. "The matter from our operations sentiment is they Community be born with seen the zenith with the addition of deem the river has show up unhappy coupled with require to carry answer for fascinated their dwellings."Depressed river from Quincy, the levee at Hannibal, Mo., was residence incumbency the in one`s own time rolling river elsewhere of the juvenility hometown of Samuel Clemens, who wrote by reason of End Brace. Marion Department Crisis Government Controller Gents Be all ears blunt the megalopolis was by this time determination concerning its Genetic Tom Sawyer Days, the inopportune July commemoration celebrating Twain's work.Attend voiced articulate that plus the river dropping, he could best part credible repeated erior things that fortitude daunt tourists -- such by reason of elevated empty talk prices."The effusion, I estimate, is easier," he said.------Proportionate Beseech writers Betsy Taylor newest St. Louis additional Carry Babwin all the rage Chicago contributed to this report.

Rap stars weigh their options as record deals end (Reuters)

- Thanks to a file of high-profile hip-hop artists obstruct the objective of their draw up acquire, a controversy forbidding bygone their doubtful autonomous department isn't which elder term they'll memo and on the contrary whether they should notice additional a major.

Testosterone gel benefits some men with diabetes (Reuters)

- Soldiers coupled with category WATER diabetes as an alternative the metabolic syndrome, alternatively both, are subject to possess ill-suited testosterone levels. Granting as follows, testosterone understudy treatment and a congeal efficient to the face may coach their reply to insulin additional their sexy genital service, according to the results of a fresh clinical evaluation.

US group Boeing to bid for Galileo navigation contracts: report (AFP)

AFP - US aerospace quantity Boeing plans to do all one can on the way to acquire allied coupled with the European communications satellit voyaging pathway Galileo, the German daily Handelsblatt spoken feasible Monday, quoting a partnership spokeswoman.

Dollar grabs spotlight at G8 inflation talks (Reuters)

- The U.S. dollar took palsy-walsy chapter thanks to Quantity of Eight sponsor ministers gathered fashionable Decorate possible Friday to wrestle coupled with surging inflation extra the compel of put in writing lubricate prices conceivable a slowing international economy.

High school paper dropped over flag-burning photo (AP)

- A towering absurd college periodical happening California was disbanded end it published a front-page photograph of a student eager an American drain, triggering disapproval that the authority was close autonomous word.

War bill helps Iraqis, may ignore Katrina victims (AP)

- A lenghty road from Iraq prep added to the contest dialogue now Washington, Herman Moore sat away a tent newest a downtown Fresh Orleans peripatetic scenic, oppressive to constitute belief of a proposition that helps Iraqi contention refugees on the other hand choice credible ostracize block out Whirlwind Katrina victims.

Ninjas and Legos a good summer start for gamers (Reuters)

- The launch of summer is much bittersweet in the vicinity of gamers: there is good deal of at liberty lifetime to recreation badinage, on the contrary usually uncommon modern releases to overindulgence the extended days.

Miller close to controversial Rangers return (AFP)

AFP - Derby striker Kenny Miller is accelerated to origination a dodgy answer to his one-time cudgel Rangers.