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Telegraph.co.uk Teachers strike after murder of colleagues Hundreds of schools in southern Thailand closed yesterday as teachers refused to work after two of their colleagues were killed by suspected Islamist militants.
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BBC News world Putin tightens grip on security Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a radical overhaul of state bodies in response to recent attacks.
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CXOtoday.com Hackers Pull Out Nasty Trick From Hat An e-mail that tricks Linux users to download a fake update from Red Hat’s security team is currently doing the rounds of the Internet.
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Ansa Economia Austrostrade: utile semestre +8,1% Margine operativo lordo +7,5% a 65,3 milioni
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Ansa Calcio Tar, resta delibera Anas su fondi Respinta la richiesta di sospensione fatta da 14 societa'
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BBC UK Pakistani pupils 'held hostage' Islamist militants take children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan, officials say.
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New Zealand Herald Microsoft's Halo 2 video game leaked on internet Halo 2, the sequel to Microsoft's best-selling game for its Xbox video console, has leaked onto the internet nearly four weeks before its planned sale.
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Yahoo Europe Stevens Returns to U.K. After Detention (AP) AP - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens returned to Britain Thursday, saying he was "totally shocked" that he was barred from entering the United States.
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Reuters Top News NATO leaders wary on boosting Afghanistan force RIGA (Reuters) - NATO leaders will declare their determination on Wednesday to prevail over Taliban insurgents and bring peace to Afghanistan while offering only small concessions in troop levels and flexibility.
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Reuters Top News Bishop mourns Latin decree, Jews ask for clarity VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has drawn criticism within Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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Yahoo News Malaysia's Commerce Bids For Indonesia Bank With BCB, EPF KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd. (1023.KU), its Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Bhd. unit and the Employees Provident Fund are jointly bidding for a 51% stake in Indonesia's Bank Permata, Commerce said Monday.
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RedNova space Astronauts Finish First Spacewalk CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.- Astronauts guided into place and bolted down a 2-ton addition to the international space station Tuesday, making the first of three difficult spacewalks during space shuttle Discovery's stay.
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BBC News entertainment Fockers fuel festive film chart Comedy Meet The Fockers tops the festive box office in North America, setting a new record for Christmas Day.
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New York Times health A TB Patient Turns to His Inner Lawyer In a weeklong stream of appearances on news programs, Theodore and Andrew Speaker have made effective use of numerous tactics from the plaintiff’s lawyer’s playbook.
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News Is Free Top News Private jet hits New Jersey building On CNN
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Xinhua Couple linked with embassy attack arrested in Indonesia A man and his wife have been arrested in the Indonesian province of East Java with possible link to the last week's bombing outside the Australian Embassy here, police said Thursday.
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Reuters Top News Sudan Talks in Nigeria Said Deadlocked ABUJA (Reuters) - After two weeks of talks to end the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, government and rebel negotiators remain far apart on key security issues, including disarming warring factions, rebels and diplomats said on Monday.
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Tiscali Notizie Mafia e politica 6 arresti in Calabria REGGIO CALABRIA. Di terremoti legati a inchieste giudiziarie la storia di Reggio Calabria ne annovera diversi; quello scatenato ieri dall’arresto di sei persone ­ compresi due ex parlamentari ­ accusate
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Yahoo Entertainment "What Would Jesus Buy?" film faces tough sell (Reuters) Reuters - The makers of "What Would Jesus Buy?" have a problem -- how do you sell a film documenting performance artist Rev. Billy and his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a guerrilla U.S. tour against consumerism?
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Reuters Witness says CIA oversaw abuse at Abu Ghraib Witnesses in the trial of a US soldier charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib have told the court that the CIA sometimes directed abuse and orders were received from military command to toughen interrogations.
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Boston Globe sports Johnson Slips Past Gordon to Win at Martinsville Jimmie Johnson sneaked by Jeff Gordon with 44 laps to go Sunday and held on to win at Martinsville Speedway for his series-high seventh victory of the year.
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ComputerWeekly.com Nokia woos operators with Preminet Nokia has unveiled a system for hosting, delivering and charging for entertainment and application content for mobile phones, called Preminet.
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RedNova technology High-Definition Super Bowl is Possible By NICK ROGERS A&E EDITOR Hope isn't entirely lost for Springfield viewers who use over- the-air antennas for network TV reception and wish to watch Sunday's Super Bowl XLI broadcast in high definition.
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Independent Disqualification scare for Garcia Hard to tell whether the happenings of the European Tour are stranger on the course or off it. There has been Seve Ballesteros getting into mischief with a tour official at a
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Boston Globe world Chile high court OKs Fujimori extradition Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori must be extradited to Peru to face trial for corruption and human rights violations, including accusations that he ordered the death-squad killings of 25 people, Chile's Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
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Scripting News Networking in SF hotels? Here's a problem that some investment dollars help solve. Apparently, the TechCrunch 40 conference isn't streaming to the outside world because the Palace Hotel has incredibly lame networking, and they won't allow conference promoters to bring in more wires? This is what I hear, although it's not confirmed. Emails to the conference promoters yesterday were not responded to. I've also received emails from a number of companies announcing products at the show who want coverage on Scripting News, so my interest is not entirely idle. So what does it take to establish one hotel in SF as the default tech conference hotel? Networking! Geez, you'd think it's obvious by now. We do things that require networks. Look in any conference room around the world for a clue. And supposedly San Francisco is the central node in the network of technology bringing all this great stuff to the rest of the world. So where is the hotel that gives us the very most basic technology to wire up conferences so that the whole world can participate? Do we need to move the tech industry to another city? Someone please ask the Mayor or Google or someone in charge when they're going to fix this problem. It should have been solved in 1997, and it's already 2007. BTW, here's a clue: there are some great business opportunities , beyond conferences, for the first physical location in downtown SF to solve this problem. Just ask Loic .
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Toronto Star McLellan defends PM against Copps accusations OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are coming to the defence of Prime Minister Paul Martin over accusations contained in a book written by Sheila Copps.
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Reuters U.S. Rain eases in Midwest but flood threat remains CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of parts of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana struggled on Saturday to recover from nearly a week of destructive thunderstorms while preparing for more floods from overburdened rivers and streams.
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Richmond Times Dispatch A tragedy, a multiplying gift Beyond her sorrow, the toughest dilemma Diane Quirley faced in the wake of her 23-year-old son Shawn's death in June 1997 was whether to donate his organs for transplant procedures.
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Washington Post On Guard There are two media camps in America today: one that is digging into Col. Jerry Killian's memos and examining what typewriter fonts were in use in 1972 and parsing Ben Barnes's statements about
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BBC News world Ministers 'sorry' for Iraq error Cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt says the entire Cabinet is sorry for the failings in intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.
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Forbes America's Most Overpriced Suburbs It takes residents of these 12 spots longer than most to afford a median-priced home.
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Ansa Economia Rating benchmark a imprese agricole Ismea e Moody's, partnership esclusiva per nuovo modello
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USA Today Ogden signs seven-year contract with Ravens Left tackle Jonathan Ogden signed a new seven-year contract Thursday with the Baltimore Ravens, the team announced. The deal should allow the seven-time Pro Bowler to finish his career with the Ravens.
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The Times British hostage calls home A British UN worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan by Islamic militants nearly two weeks ago has telephoned her family to say she is still alive.
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Topix.Net Europe U.N. secretary-general flunks first test U.N. Secretary-General Flunks First Test Ban Ki-moon passed a crucial test in Paris last month, a French-only lunch with President Jacques Chirac. Comment
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New York Times world Suspension of Pacers' O'Neal Is Reduced The league is likely to seek a temporary restraining order to prevent Jermaine O'Neal from playing Saturday.
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Reuters Business General Dynamics Profit Jumps 23 Percent NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. GD.N on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings surged 23 percent, led by a big rebound in its aerospace segment.
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Reuters Health Thai Leader Orders Campaign to Wipe Out Bird Flu BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister ordered a campaign to wipe out the bird flu virus by the end of October on Wednesday, a day after the country announced its first probable case of human transmission.
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afrol News Limited rhino hunt allowed in SA, Namibia afrol News, 4 October - Hundred years of conservation efforts have lifted the southern black rhino population from about hundred to 11,000 animals.
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CNET personal technology news Is Microsoft using 'Halo 2' to thwart Xbox hackers? Hundreds of Xbox owners with modified consoles say they've been banned from the Xbox Live service in the past few days.
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CNN Top News Focus turns to Bush's final 2 years in office Read full story for latest details.
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The Washington Post sports Nats Belt 4 Homers, Rock Reds Ryan Church, left, returns to Washington's lineup with a pair of homers and a career-high six RBI on Wednesday as the Nats rip the Reds, 12-7.
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The Washington Post world U.S. in Bind Over Men Held by Iran Last week, the CIA sent an urgent report to President Bush's National Security Council: Iranian authorities had arrested two al-Qaeda operatives traveling through Iran on their way from Pakistan to Iraq. The suspects were caught along a well-worn, if little-noticed, route for militants determined to...
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New York Times health Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball players’ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.
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Ha'aretz Iran's cat and mouse game The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency began a series of meetings yesterday in Vienna. The meetings, set to continue until the end of the week, will focus on Iran's nuclear program.
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New York Times Tech H.P. Restarts as Spy Case Lingers On The revelations that a dysfunctional board spied on its members and on journalists still casts a shadow on a company that by most measures is performing well.
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Reuters Juve draw showed Maccabi deserved place in elite - coach Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Nir Klinger said his side fully deserved their place in the Champions League despite finishing bottom of Group C after a 1-1 home draw with Juventus on Wednesday.
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Washington Post Nation Iraq Combat Fatality Rate Lowest Ever Ten percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from their war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever, thanks in large part to technological advances and the deployment of surgical SWAT teams at the front lines, an analysis to be published today has found.
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Kataweb Calcio Bologna, 19:56 - Calcio, Bologna: Mazzone in emergenza Cipriani, Meghni (usciti anzitempo nella partita di Brescia) e Petruzzi sono infortunati, ad Amoroso...
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Christian Science Monitor World faces a Mideast minus Arafat Hope for progress toward peace in the region is tempered by a Palestinian power vacuum. By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Ansa Italia Padre Bossi, piu' soldati ricerche Confratelli: siamo in attesa. Missionario rapito 10 giugno
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PhysicsWeb.org IBM tops supercomputing table A supercomputer being built by IBM for the US Department of Energy (DOE) has topped a list of the world's fastest computers. The Blue Gene/L beta-system can perform 70,720 billion calculations per second, which
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Turkish Press Schroeder, on first trip to Libya, invites Kadhafi to Germany TRIPOLI (AFP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the start of a trip here seen as further confirmation of the north African state's return to the international fold, officials said.
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Repubblica Australia, morto 'Mr. Crocodile hunter' ucciso dal pungiglione di una razza Era celebre in tutto il mondo per i suoi documentari con serpenti e coccodrilli Ú stato punto al torace dall'aculeo dell'animale durante un'immersione Australia, morto 'Mr. Crocodile hunter' ucciso dal pungiglione di una razza Si fece riprendere mentre dava da mangiare ad un rettile e con l'altra teneva in braccio il figlio Bob di appena un mese (08:17 04/09/2006)
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The Washington Post world Families of Fallen Troops Welcome Higher Benefits News that the Pentagon wants to double death benefits for families of U.S. troops killed in Iraq reminded Tracy Miller, whose son, Marine Cpl. Nicholas Lee Ziolkowski, died there in November, of an old summer-camp yarn:
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Channel News Asia Key witness in Gujarat riot trial accuses NGO activist BARODA, India : A key prosecution witness in the trial of Hindus accused of massacring Muslims during riots in India's Gujarat state claimed that a rights activist had demanded she give false evidence.
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Sports Network Former Buc Jackson signs with old team Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay inked former Buc and Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson on Tuesday to add depth to its suddenly-thin safety position.
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Guardian Top News Fertility doctor faces legal action over IVF Britain's most controversial fertility doctor is to be sued by patients treated at a clinic that was operating without a licence
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Forbes Will Restriction-Free Songs Sell? Watch Amazon The online retail giant finally launches song downloads, injecting a dose of competition into the digital music market.
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KWTX Body Of NBC Sports Exec’s Son Evidently Recovered Authorities said Tuesday they think they have found the body of 14-year-old Edward “Teddy” Ebersol beneath the wreckage of an 18-passenger private jet that crashed on takeoff Sunday from an airport in the Colorado mountains.
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Ansa Wall Street apre invariata Dow Jones +0,05%, Nasdaq +0,04%
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Forbes Malaysian Company to Bid for Contract Malaysia Airports Holding Ltd. and an Indian partner will jointly bid to redevelop and operate New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Yahoo Politics Pelosi holds global warming talks (AP) AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on an overseas trip to embrace an audience and a topic for which President Bush has shown scant affection: "Old Europe" and global warming.
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Washington Post Business Va. Joins Md. in Halting Mortgage Firm's Program The state of Virginia has joined Maryland in blocking Metro Dream Homes from offering homeowners mortgage-free living through a complex investment program, citing concerns about potential consumer "harm and economic loss."
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New York Times world Bush Vows Veto of Any Cutback in Drug Benefit The veto threat comes amid a furor in Congress over new estimates that show the benefit will cost $724 billion over a decade.
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Ansa Italia Libero dopo 37 anni, uccide giovane Melfi, l'uomo bloccato questa mattina a Potenza
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BBC UK Cancer patients fertility appeal NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say.
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New York Times Business MBIA Takes Steps to Keep Triple-A Rating MBIA said it would sell $1 billion of debt to preserve capital and the triple-A ratings it needs to operate in a mortgage market under siege.
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Yahoo Europe Blair named Mideast envoy, Israel kills 12 in Gaza (Reuters) Reuters - World powers named Tony Blair as their Middle East peace envoy on Wednesday, handing the outgoing British prime minister a daunting new challenge on a day Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Yahoo Sports Local Favorite Jacobsen Leads Tradition (AP) AP - Peter Jacobsen, the U.S. Senior Open winner earlier this month, shot a 6-under 66 Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Bruce Lietzke after the second round of the Tradition, the Champions Tour's last major of the year. "For me, to win this tournament on Sunday would be a dream come true," said Jacobsen, who was instrumental in relocating the tournament to Oregon last year.
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New York Times Business Sales Chief at Chrysler to Take Retail Post With Mercedes-Benz Chrysler’s top sales executive, Joe Eberhardt, is leaving to take a retail position at the American operation of Mercedes-Benz.
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New York Times Business Stocks Fade on Economic Worry The Dow industrial average turned lower, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed as concerns about fallout from the housing slump cut short an earlier bounce.
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BBC UK 'Mystery object' delays shuttle The Atlantis shuttle has its Wednesday landing delayed after an unidentified object is seen floating near the vehicle.
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International Herald Tribune US report plays down benefits of drug imports WASHINGTON The Bush administration is saying that commercial importation of some low-cost prescription drugs from Canada might be feasible, but the savings to consumers would be small, and the federal government would have to spend several hundred million
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afrol News Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique afrol News, 15 October - After field tests on about 1,600 children in Mozambique, scientists and pharmaceutical companies today loudly presented a possible future malaria vaccine to the world press.
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CSMonitor U.S. Tallest US dunes become newest park The move marks a growing trend in public-private efforts in western US toward land conservation.
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RedNova science Schools Need Accountability The $4.2 million Davis School District book scam is just another example of why classrooms in Utah don't have enough money. A number of years ago it was two Salt Lake County school districts that cheated our students out of books.
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Channel News Asia Clock ticks down for Iraq hostages BAGHDAD : Britain joined Iraq's US-backed government in facing down a chilling ultimatum to execute a British and two American hostages, as Islamists claimed the gruesome beheading of three Kurds.
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Computerworld news Hosted SAP service targets midmarket SAP is rolling out a hosted service it hopes will appeal to midsize customers that can rent the software for as little as $325 per user per month while avoiding the complexity of in-house installations.
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Boulder Daily Camera Martinez lets arm do his talking Dave Wallace met Pedro Martinez in a sugar-cane field in the Dominican Republic. Wallace was looking for live arms for the Los Angeles Dodgers, his search bringing
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Yahoo Sports Duncan sparks Spurs past Shaq-less Lakers (AFP) AFP - San Antonio center Tim Duncan found the Los Angeles Lakers much easier to beat without Shaquille O'Neal than they were in last year's National Basketball Association playoffs.
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Yahoo Health Study: Blacks hear better than whites (AP) AP - Black adults hear better than white adults, a government study found. The study also found that women hear better than men, and that overall, hearing in the United States is about the same as it was 35 years ago, despite the advent of ear-blasting devices such as the Walkman and the iPod.
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Guardian Top News Exam coursework cut in drive to stamp out cheating Education: Traditional GCSE coursework abolished in 10 subjects to fight internet plagiarism and help from parents.
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Ansa Calcio Eads vende quota Embraer Incassati 124 mln di euro lordi, partecipazione del 2,12%
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BBC News world Anna Nicole burial upheld A Florida court upholds a ruling that ex-Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith should be buried in the Bahamas.
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BBC - Front Page Funding for second degrees is cut The government is redirecting university funding to prioritise first-time undergraduates.
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BBC News world Civil suit filed against Suharto Indonesia prosecutors file a civil suit against ex-dictator Suharto, seeking $420m he allegedly misappropriated.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer Alaska layoffs violate contract, mechanics claim The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association blasted Alaska Air Group Inc. yesterday over its plan to cut roughly 900 jobs, saying the effort violates its contract and "flies in the face" of past calls to improve in-house maintenance.
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New York Times world Sarkozy’s Party on the Way to a Big Victory President Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right camp was on course to win a landslide victory after the first round of France’s legislative elections.
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Reuters Business Retail sales, housing woes boost rate cut talk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales rose just 0.1 percent in February and a growing number of Americans fell behind on their mortgages late last year, according to data on Tuesday that raised concerns about the economy.
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Repubblica La stampa spagnola annuncia "Alonso pensa al ritiro dalla F1" Secondo il quotidiano 'Marca', il pilota spagnolo della McLaren-Mercedes sta valutando l'ipotesi di chiudere la propria carriera dopo la spy story La stampa spagnola annuncia "Alonso pensa al ritiro dalla F1" Domani a Monza il Gran premio d'Italia (10:53 08/09/2007)
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Reuters Top News China presses U.S. to rein in Taiwan's Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - China has urged Washington to do more to constrain Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, whose moves towards independence have angered the mainland, and protested at Japan's move to allow a trip by Chen's predecessor, Lee Teng-hui.
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International Herald Tribune Sony offers a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2 TOKYO Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month as it fights to keep the lead in the competitive video game market.
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Reuters UPDATE 3-Nastech in obesity treatment pact with Merck Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. (NSTK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped as much as 43 percent on Monday after it said it formed an alliance with Merck & Co.
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Out-Law.com Casino pays $28,000 for Holy toast An internet casino has purchased a grilled cheese sandwich on eBay that bears the image of the Virgin Mary. Despite being 10 years old and having one bite taken out of it, the slice of Heaven has, perhaps miraculously, stayed free of mould.
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Independent Online Red-hot Singh stays on top Farmington - Fiji's Vijay Singh followed up an opening-round 64 with a four-under-par 68 on Friday to retain the lead at 12-under-par at the $4,2-million (about R27-million) PGA event.
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Computerworld news ClearCube announces thin clients Designed for financial and public-sector organizations, the new products combine security, connectivity, better graphics and longer distances of connectivity, ClearCube claims.
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RedNova science Huntsman to Sell Plant By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Feb. 16--Huntsman Corp. intends to sell its domestic base chemicals and polymers business, including its Port Arthur plant, to Flint Hills Resources LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc. of Wichita, Kan.
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Repubblica Cronaca Contro l'inquinamento metropoli a motori spenti Blocco totale dei veicoli privati nelle città più inquinate Auto ferme a Roma e Milano, da domani limiti in mezza Italia Contro l'inquinamento metropoli a motori spenti I Verdi chiedono le dimissioni del ministro Matteoli di STEFANO ROSSI (10:55 16/01/2005)
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