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Leaders of 25 EU Countries Sign New ConstitutionLeaders of the 25-nation European Union today signed the bloc #39;s new constitution in Rome, amid tight security around the city #39;s historic center. | 0 |
Martin: Partnership #39;even more important #39;Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin recounted Wednesday the hospitality Canadians displayed to stranded travelers after US airspace closed in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks. | 0 |
Body of slain Chinese hostage flown home from PakistanISLAMABAD : The body of a Chinese engineer killed in an army operation to rescue him from his kidnappers was flown to China aboard a Pakistan military plane, officials said. | 0 |
Oil prices hit another high on FridayCrude oil futures continued to climb Friday, reaching a record high as decline in the US inventory of heating oil and tight supplies still overshadowed the energy markets. | 2 |
Trump-led group may invest \$3 bil. in IncheonA group of investors, including Donald Trump Jr., plan to invest \$3 billion to develop Yeongjong Island in Incheon, a Korean legislator has said, part of a government project to create a Northeast Asian logistics hub. | 2 |
Drug Sector's Bitter Dose Downs Stocks NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday hurt by a string of negative reports from top drug makers and as oil prices climbed nearly \$2 a barrel. | 2 |
PCI Express Support for AMD64 Desktop PlatformsI guess this news will have to hold us over until the individual companies make their announcements. AMD today announced PCI Express support from leading chipset manufacturers, offering performance-hungry | 3 |
US fears for World Cup winner CaseySEVILLE (Spain): A knee-trembling three-foot putt brought the curtain down on Sunday on an extraordinary, topsy-turvy week for England Ryder Cup star Paul Casey. | 1 |
IOC recommends Slavkov expulsionThe IOC wants suspended Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to be thrown out of the organisation. | 0 |
Kostelic takes first World Cup race in nearly 2 yearsJanica Kostelic of Croatia beat Anja Paerson of Sweden Saturday to take her first World Cup race in nearly two years in Aspen of Colorado, the United States. | 1 |
Economy Grows at 2.8 Rate in the SpringThe U.S. economy, struggling under the weight of a bloated trade deficit, grew at a relatively modest 2.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter, a slower pace of expansion than previously thought. | 2 |
Oil price hits record on Nigeria worriesCrude prices have hit record highs as Nigeria emerges as the new focus of worries about supply security on world oil markets. London Brent on the International Petroleum | 2 |
Data Laws Set Storage Agenda for IBMThe TotalStorage DS6000 ultra-dense server, about the size of a VCR, hold 16 disks, each capable of holding up to 300 GB. IBM #39;s larger system is the DS8000 array, based on two or four IBM Power5 chips. | 3 |
Nigeria, Morocco, Others Top African FDI Inflows for 2003World Investment Report 2004 released yesterday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicated that Morocco, Angola, Equitoria Guinea, Nigeria and Sudan have | 2 |
Chelsea Deny Chasing DefoeChelsea have followed Tottenham in pouring cold water on rumours that England striker Jermain Defoe was set for a switch across London. | 1 |
US Military Says Iraq #39;s Tareq Aziz Still AliveThe US military said on Saturday it had quot;absolute confirmation quot; that Tareq Aziz, Iraq #39;s former deputy prime minister, was still alive. | 0 |
Blasts Inside Green Zone Kill at Least 5Bombs exploded within moments of each other at a handicraft market and a popular cafe inside Baghdad #39;s fortified Green Zone on Thursday, killing at least five people, including three American civilians. | 0 |
Cingular to Cut About 7,000 Jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless will cut about 7,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its work force, to cut costs as it integrates recently purchased AT T Wireless, the company said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Intel expands core concept for chipscom December 17, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. Intel plans to come out with chips containing two processing cores next year, but that #39;s just the start. | 3 |
Barrel of oil hits \$50Crude oil surpassed \$50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tuesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global demand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing nations such as Iraq and Nigeria. | 2 |
MSN Spaces Blog Service ReviewMSN Spaces Blog Service Review\\This review started nearly 10 hours ago when MSN Spaces first went live, and its taken this long to complete due to the continual downtime of the site. It was originally going to be longer and in more depth, but I rsquo;d didn rsquo;t have all day and ... | 3 |
Australian FM to visit North Korea for talks on nuclear crisis (AFP)AFP - Australia's foreign minister will pay a rare visit to North Korea this week for talks on its nuclear programme after creating a stir here by warning a North Korean missile would be able to hit Sydney. | 0 |
AGASSI BACK ON TRACKTop seed Andre Agassi began the quest for his second title of year with a comfortable victory in the first round of the Stockholm Open. | 1 |
Kissinger Criticized SubordinatesFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested punishing subordinates who criticized military dictatorships in Chile and Argentina in the 1970s, declassified documents show. | 0 |
Namibia expels Bangladesh workersNamibia orders the deportation of about 400 textile workers after a dispute over working conditions. | 0 |
Lots of eyes on Disney trialThe courtroom drama of shareholders vs. Disney #39;s battling Mikes - Michael Ovitz and Michael Eisner -as become a can #39;t-miss reality show for entertainment industry executives. | 2 |
Airbus Denies Backing MicrosoftAircraft maker Airbus on Thursday denied a report it was siding with Microsoft in its anti-trust battle with the European Union. quot;We remain totally neutral. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s Taps Pop #39;s Destiny #39;s Child for CampaignMcDonald #39;s Corp. on Wednesday named female pop trio Destiny #39;s Child as the new face of its quot;I #39;m Lovin #39; It quot; marketing campaign in a bid to expand its appeal among children and, importantly, their moms. | 2 |
To Try to Stop Sale, Yukos Files Chapter 11 in USThe Russian oil giant Yukos sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Wednesday, requesting an emergency court hearing in Texas to stop the Russian | 2 |
Blair Sees England's Cozy Pubs as a Smoke-Free ZoneBy time-hallowed tradition, the English pub evokes an image of low beams, warm ales and the toxic swirling smog of tobacco smoke. But not, perhaps, for much longer. | 0 |
Philippine movie legend who ran for President, diesDEADLY floods, a bomb blast - reports on these were no match for news of this movie legend #39;s illness and death in the Philippines. | 0 |
France Cautious About Purported Iraq Hostage Talks (Reuters)Reuters - France was torn between hope and doubt\about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported\French negotiator announced their imminent release but\officials insisted they knew nothing about his efforts. | 0 |
IT firms call for patent protection in EUBRUSSELS -- A group of some of the world's leading IT and telecommunications companies have warned that Europe could become a ""haven for plagiarism"" if the European Parliament fails to agree to allow patent protection for inventions implemented by computer. | 3 |
Cleveland Indians Team Report - August 24(Sports Network) - The struggling Cleveland Indians try to halt a season-high eight-game losing streak tonight, as they host the New York Yankees in the second of a three-game series at Jacobs Field. | 1 |
Humans raise odds of extreme weatherThis week #39;s issue of Nature features the first study to demonstrate a link between greenhouse gas emissions and an extreme weather event - in this case, the unusually high temperatures in Europe during the summer of 2003 that led to 14,000 deaths more | 3 |
Monday #39;s NL CapsulesAstros pitcher Brandon Backe hit his first career homer, a two-run shot, and allowed one run in seven innings to keep Houston in the thick of the NL wild-card chase with an 11-5 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. | 1 |
Gary Megson is disappointed being dismissed so fastEnglish Premiership strugglers West Brom are understood to have approached former Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson as they seek a replacement for Gary Megson. | 1 |
US Judge Casts Doubt on EU Evidence on OracleA US judge has cast doubt on European Commission evidence in the contested Oracle-PeopleSoft merger, undermining an argument Brussels may want to use if it decides to block it. | 2 |
Netflix, TiVo Make Deal OfficialNetflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. made official Thursday their deal to create a service that will use high-speed Internet connections to pipe DVD-quality movies into the homes of their mutual subscribers. | 3 |
Thatcher's Son Charged in Coup PlotThe son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and shady ventures, was charged Wednesday with helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. | 0 |
Acclaim Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy<p>\</p><p> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game publisher Acclaim\Entertainment Inc. <AKLM.PK> on Thursday said it filed for\bankruptcy after failing to line up new financing for a credit\line that expired last week.</p> | 3 |
Cowboys lead Washington 7-0 after first quarterEddie George scored on a 1-yard run with 4:01 left in the first quarter to give the Dallas Cowboys a 7-0 lead over the Washington Redskins on Monday night. | 1 |
Roundup: Gold chain, Ching help US men winBrian Ching got another big goal, and the US men #39;s soccer team received the gift of jewelry. Ching, a former standout for the Seattle Sounders and Gonzaga, scored | 1 |
Note: Suzuki has tonight and two games remainingThe 30-year-old right fielder, who has 257 hits, has tonight and two games remaining to break the record. George Sisler #39;s mark of 257 hits was set in 1920. | 1 |
Merck sued by New York fund over Vioxx issueNEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) _ The New York state comptroller sued Merck amp; Co., claiming the drug maker hid certain risks associated with the painkiller Vioxx. | 2 |
Tiny Drives With Big BrainsIt's hard to resist these increasingly handy devices. But should you try? | 3 |
HP, Microsoft Take Tech on the RoadNEW YORKHewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. are taking to the road with a new initiative to bring technology to small and midsize businesses in remote parts of the country. | 3 |
Israel seeks funds for separate Arab roadsIsrael is pressing foreign donors to finance the construction of a web of roads through the occupied territories - made necessary by the building of the vast quot;security quot; barrier and Jewish settlements in the West Bank. | 0 |
Needham tackle now playing for HarvardAndrew Brecher, a three-sport athlete at Needham High School, is now a sophomore at Harvard University, where he is a backup offensive tackle on the varsity football team. | 1 |
Monty #39;s in; Langer adds Montgomerie and DonaldMunich, Germany (Sports Network) - European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer finalized his team on Sunday when he added six-time Ryder Cup veteran Colin Montgomerie and rookie Luke Donald. | 1 |
Security software protects data-centric mobile phones and PDAsTrend Micro has debuted a software package said to provide antivirus and anti-spam protection for SMS messaging on quot;data-centric quot; mobile phones and PDAs. | 3 |
Labor market haunts consumer confidenceConsumer confidence tumbled for the third consecutive month in October, private research group The Conference Board reported Tuesday. | 2 |
Peru Wants Intl Court to Take on Fujimori Case<p></p><p> LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru should call in theInternational Court of Justice to rule on its request for theextradition of former President Alberto Fujimori from Japan,state attorney Nelly Calderon said on Sunday, expressingfrustration at Japan's... | 0 |
#39;MOMENT OF JOY #39; AS THUGS LET 2 WOMEN HOSTAGES GO FREE TO ROMETwo female Italian aid workers were liberated yesterday after three weeks of terrifying captivity at the hands of Iraqi abductors, and flew home to tears and cheers in Rome. | 0 |
US consumer spending soars by 0.6 in September, led by auto <b>...</b>American consumers, who substantially slowed down their spending in late summer, roared back to life in September, boosting their purchases by 0.6 per cent. | 2 |
EU states speak out against Sarkozy planEuropean governments on Monday spoke out against a French proposal that the European Union restrict development aid to poorer member states that seek to lure foreign investment with low corporate tax rates. | 2 |
Taiwan typhoon death toll risesThe death toll from Typhoon Aere has risen to 24 in Taiwan as the bodies of 15 villagers buried in a mudslide in the island #39;s north are recovered. | 0 |
Zimbabwe Ruling Party Picks Woman as Mugabe DeputyZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe #39;s ruling ZANU-PF confirmed the first woman to become his deputy on Saturday, putting her on course to succeed Mugabe when he eventually retires in 2008. | 0 |
MLB: St. Louis 6, Los Angeels 2The St. Louis Cardinals advanced to the National League Championship Series Sunday with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. | 1 |
Newspaper tip-off leads to terror arrestsPolice have been given more time to question four men arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences following a newspaper tip-off. The newspaper claims to have uncovered a plot to buy radioactive material for a dirty bomb. | 0 |
Update 7: Unocal Settles Rights Cases in MyanmarHuman rights groups lauded the announcement by lawyers that an agreement in principle has been reached to settle human rights lawsuits against oil giant Unocal Corp. | 2 |
Red Sox getting big effort from WakefieldThe baseball gods have a heart, and it showed Monday in the Boston Red Sox #39;s 14-inning, 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees that extended their American League Championship | 1 |
J.C. Penney Same-Store Sales Rise 2 Pct (Reuters)Reuters - J.C. Penney Co. Inc. said on Thursday\its September sales at department stores open at least a year\rose 2 percent. | 2 |
on the record:JACOBABAD: I was under no pressure to sign the presidents dual office bill, said Mohammadmian Soomro, the acting president. Mr Soomro told Online on Sunday that he gave assent to the bill on his own since he was constitutionally authorised to do so. | 0 |
Red Sox Draw First Blood in Battle of Top OffensesGoing into the 100th edition of the World Series, featuring two of the most prolific scoring teams in their respective leagues, could we have expected anything less than a slugfest? | 1 |
BEA envisions role of 'application configurator'BEA Systems with its upcoming Diamond application deployment platform envisions an IT person taking on the new role of application configurator in SOAs (service-oriented architectures). | 3 |
Barrichello heads Ferrari victory atMotorsport.com. Rubens Barrichello finally got the win he has been waiting for when he led Michael Schumacher across the line to take a Ferrari one-two at the Italian Grand Prix. | 1 |
US Stops Short of Backing Brazil on UN Council Seat SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - The United States stopped short of endorsing Brazil's ambition for a permanent seat on an expanded U.N. Security Council but did say the country would be a ""solid candidate."" | 0 |
Attack on Baghdad Police Station Kills 11 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 11 Iraqi policemen and wounded six Friday when they stormed a police station in southern Baghdad, survivors of the attack said. | 0 |
Canada Steals March on U.S. With Libya Visit (Reuters)Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, keen\to play a greater role in a world dominated by the United States,\heads to Libya on Saturday for the latest in a series of\high-profile foreign trips. | 0 |
Isdell #39;s pay tied to resultsE. Neville Isdell, Coca-Cola Co. #39;s new chairman and chief executive officer, could receive an annual compensation package worth \$15 million. | 2 |
All bets are off for Lefty, CaseyAfter being considered as a captain #39;s pick for the 2002 Ryder Cup, Paul Casey wasn #39;t about to let an opportunity slip away when he was paired with European captain Bernhard Langer in the final round of this year #39;s Masters. | 1 |
Citizens gets US OK for Charter One buyFederal regulators granted Citizens Financial Group approval for its biggest acquisition to date, Charter One Financial Inc. of Ohio. The Federal Reserve Board said the pending merger likely would have a minimal impact on competition even in markets where the two banks overlap. Wh... | 2 |
Law change call for terror casesDavid Blunkett is being urged to bring forward plans to allow phone-tapping evidence in UK courts so trials of foreign terror suspects can go ahead. | 0 |
PacifiCare to Buy American Medical CHICAGO (Reuters) - PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PHS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PHS.N</A> said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investo... | 2 |
Sox have eyes on the big prizeWith their eyes set squarely on the prize, there was no indication from the Red Sox yesterday that they were leading the 100th World Series, 2-0, needing only | 1 |
David NicklausThe remarkable thing about the Federal Reserve #39;s interest-rate increases this year is that they have been so unremarkable. The latest move, on Tuesday, pushed the benchmark overnight lending rate up a quarter of a percentage point to 2.25 percent. | 2 |
MLS to start reserve league in new Adidas dealMajor League Soccer plans to start a reserve league for developmental players, part of its 10-year sponsorship deal with Adidas that is the latest battleground between the Germany-based sportswear manufacturer and its US rival Nike Inc. | 1 |
Rebirth for the x86Your basic everyday x86 server doesn't look so average anymore. In fact, with 64-bit extensions on the table and multi-core processors in the works, this venerable PC server is looking downright jazzy. | 3 |
Houston no problem so Henman takes offSince its inception in 1986, when Boris Becker won the title, the Paris Indoor Open has never been successfully defended and Tim Henman, the most jubilant of winners last year, came nowhere near this time, losing 7-5, 6-1 to Russia #39;s Mikhail Youzhny in | 1 |
Israeli Tank Fire Hurts 3 in Gaza -- Witnesses (Reuters)Reuters - Israeli tank fire wounded at least three\Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday,\witnesses said. | 0 |
Cyberonics Gets FDA OK for Small Study CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators, who rejected Cyberonics Inc.'s <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CYBX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CYBX.O</A> device to treat depression in August, cleared the therapy for use in a small stu... | 2 |
National Commerce, Stockholders Settle NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Commerce Financial Corp.<A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NCF.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NCF.N</A> said on Tuesday it agreed to settle previously disclosed shareholder class-action lawsuits chall... | 2 |
Return of the Ol #39; Ball CoachAny day now -- probably following his team #39;s regular-season finale Saturday against Clemson -- South Carolina coach Lou Holtz is expected to announce his retirement. | 1 |
Indons detain couple in connection with embassy bombingPolice have detained a man and his wife in the port city of Surabaya and are questioning them in connection with last week #39;s deadly bombing at the Australian embassy, a spokesman said Thursday. | 0 |
Arrested CAO chief is released on bailChen Jiulin, the chief executive of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), was arrested yesterday as Singaporean authorities step up investigations into the city state #39;s biggest trading scandal in nearly a decade. | 2 |
Blair to meet BushThe Prime Minister flies to Washington today for talks with the newly re-elected Republican president, George Bush. Talks are likely to cover the Iraq war, the quot;road map quot; for peace in the Middle East, the | 0 |
Annan welcomes court decision freeing AnwarNEW YORK : UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday welcomed a Malaysian court decision releasing ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim from prison, and expressed the hope that his health would recover soon. | 0 |
Keith highlights CFL Players of the WeekKeith finished with a combined total of 125 rushing and receiving yards in a 14-6 upset victory over Edmonton to earn the offensive award. | 1 |
Colombian Drug Kingpin Transported to U.S. (AP)AP - A founder of a Colombian drug cartel that became the world's chief supplier of cocaine in the 1990s was transported to a Florida jail Saturday after being extradited from Colombia. | 0 |
PeopleSoft #39;s last hurrah?com September 20, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 2 |
Race on to Build Fiber Optic Networks - Alvarion (Reuters)Reuters - Broadband services using fiber optic\networks are expected to grow in the coming years with the race\now on among companies to develop this technology, the chairman\of Israel's Alvarion Ltd. said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Space Station Concerns ReducedAs a new crew prepares to lift off tomorrow for the international space station, NASA officials say they are less worried than they were two weeks ago about problems with its oxygen generator and growing shortages of food and spare parts. | 3 |
Devils #39; Gomez finds work close to homeAnchorage, AK (Sports Network) - New Jersey Devils center Scott Gomez has signed with an East Coast Hockey League team in his hometown of Anchorage. | 1 |
U.S. Ryder Cup Team Roster SetGoing with experience, Hal Sutton named Jay Haas and Stewart Cink as captain's selections for this year's United States Ryder Cup team. | 1 |
4 Killed, 22 Injured in Kashmir AttackIndian army soldiers inspect near the site of a suicide car bombing near Singhpora, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004. | 0 |
It is a perfect time to be with Renault: Giancarlo FisichellaAfter his first test last week in Barcelona, Giancarlo Fisichella sat down to share his thoughts about his progress so far, and his first impressions of the Renault team. | 1 |
Gas Tops #36;2/gallon, 2.9 Cents from Record (Reuters)Reuters - The average weekly retail price for\U.S. gasoline topped #36;2 a gallon to reach the third-highest\level ever recorded by the government, the Energy Department\said on Monday. | 2 |
Russia Delays Launch of Space Station Crew (AP)AP - Russian space officials said Tuesday technical glitches would further delay the launch of a spacecraft to carry a replacement crew to the international space station. | 3 |
Druyun draws stiffer sentence for role in Boeing tanker scandalDarleen Druyun, the Air Force negotiator who used the 767 tanker program to help land a job at Boeing, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison today after admitting that she had intentionally | 2 |
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