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Reuters US Launches Fresh Assault on Sadr Forces in Najaf US forces launched a fresh assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque at the center of a two-week siege ran into difficulties.
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BBC News Black Watch mission 'exceptional' Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has played down suggestions that there could be further UK troop re-deployments in support of US operations in Iraq.
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CSMonitor World Problems mount for Iraqi vote A UN memo details added concerns about registration and security before election Jan. 30.
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Ansa Prodi: fischi? Situazione penosa Lettera del premier al Resto del Carlino
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Repubblica Genesis, quarant'anni di Rock "Volevo chiudere con la musica" Esce in Italia e in Inghilterra l'autobiografia collettiva "Revelations" Il libro ripercorre l'incredibile carriera della band culto guidata da Peter Gabriel Genesis, quarant'anni di Rock "Volevo chiudere con la musica" di PETER GABRIEL (08:15 21/12/2007)
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Reuters Entertainment Raimi brings fantasy to syndication with "Wizard" LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Filmmaker Sam Raimi aims to conjure up some syndication magic.
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The Scotsman Agency warns of HIV 'epidemic' as infections soar BRITAIN is "in the grip of a serious HIV epidemic" as the number of people suffering from the infection continues to soar, new figures showed today.
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BBC UK Ban hits Half-Life 2 pirates hard About 20,000 pirate players of Half-Life 2 have been banned from the game.
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Sports Network Dementieva beats compatriot to win title in Belgium Hasselt, Belgium (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva rallied to post a three-set victory over compatriot Elena Bovina in Sunday's final at the inaugural Gaz de France Stars tennis tournament.
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National Geographic Society Video: Warming Threatens Alps Skiing Retreating glaciers caused by global warming in the Swiss Alps are a reality. Now there's concern the warming could harm the small country's famed ski industry.
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Yahoo World Rumsfeld: El Salvador Can Be Iraq Model (AP) AP - Iraq can learn from the recent history of El Salvador, a country wrecked by civil war that has developed into stable democracy and close U.S. ally, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.
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The Scotsman Sudan - Chris Mullin Statement on Continuing Violence in Darfur “I condemn the recent increase in violence in Darfur, including attacks by the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) on Tawilla and at Kalma.
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WCPO Whooping Cranes Flock Grounded In Indiana High winds in central Indiana today kept a flock of 14-young whooping cranes from continuing their journey south to Florida. The birds and their human guides in ultralight planes are in Boone County, having
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RedNova space It's a Bird, It's a Planet, It's the Space Station When the space station passes across the Sun or moon, the scene offers an interesting demonstration of how planet hunter's look for new candidates by measuring the periodic dimming of a parent star.
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Washington Post Business Ehrlich Ads Hammer O'Malley on Crime The Acura Legend rested against a telephone pole in a Baltimore alley, its headlights dim, four bullet holes in its door. Inside, police reported, a man was slumped over the center console, bleeding heavily from his nose and mouth.
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Topix.Net Europe Spanish Flu Shows How a Disease Like SARS Could Sweep the Globe In the end, almost no place was spared. When Spanish influenza virus circled the world in 1918, 1919 and 1920, it missed the Pribilof and St.
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Repubblica Economia Conti, Moody's promuove l'Italia Entrate fiscali cresciute di 27,8 md Conti, Moody's promuove l'Italia Entrate fiscali cresciute di 27,8 md (16:51 14/01/2008)
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KTVB UI scientist's 17-year-old experiment is descending to Titan MOSCOW - A University of Idaho professor's experiment is on its way to one of Saturn's moons. David Atkinson, aU of I electrical engineering professor, says a probe containing his wind-measuring experiment
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Reuters World Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims return to Gaza RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - About 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims who had been stranded in Egypt en route from Mecca entered the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday in defiance of Israeli demands, witnesses said.
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Yahoo Entertainment Theater Review: the Downtown Plays (Reuters) Reuters - Robert De Niro has turned theater producer for the inaugural Tribeca Theater Festival to support a revival of New York's downtown theater scene, which has leaked audiences and money since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The result: an entertaining slate called "The Downtown Plays," nine pieces by nine of America's cleverest playwrights, all of whom celebrate life below 14th Street.
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Kataweb Calcio Firenze, 17:32 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PASQUAL: IL NOSTRO GIOCO VERRA' FUORI Manuel Pasqual, terzino della Fiorentina, è ottimista sul futuro della squadra viola in campi...
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The Register Argentina gripped by telecoms strike 'Exploited' workers demand more dosh
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New York Times Tech I.B.M. Buys In-Memory Database Company I.B.M. is buying Solid Information Technology, a maker of high-performance databases and a close partner of I.B.M. rival MySQL.
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Sports Network New York Yankees Team Report - September 18 (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will try to rebound from Friday's tough loss to the Boston Red Sox, as the teams renew their heated rivalry today at Yankee Stadium.
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RedNova general Stern to Join Sirius Satellite Radio NEW YORK - Howard Stern has long had two words for the Federal Communications Commission - and in 15 months, he can finally utter them on the air. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media," perhaps the most influential radio voice of the last 20 years, is shifting his salacious act to satellite radio and freeing himself from the increasingly harsh glare of federal regulators...
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Reuters Sports Yi Jianlian finally signs for Milwaukee Bucks HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Yi Jianlian signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, putting aside concerns that a move to Wisconsin might not best serve the forward's career prospects and style of play.
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Wired Business IBM Passes Legal, Overtime Costs on to Its Tech Workers Despite reporting record profits the chipmaker plans on cutting the base pay of its technical support staffers to compensate for the money it stood to lose by being forced to pay overtime.
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Ansa Calcio Crisi: Moody's, rating non rischia Stiamo alla finestra, ha detto Sara Bertin
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News Is Free Top News White House security official to resign On CNN
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Boston Globe world Argentina's first lady eyes office BUENOS AIRES - She met her future husband while studying law and joined him as he rose from governor of a small state to the presidency. A powerful first lady and senator in her own right, she's now campaigning hard to be the first woman elected president of her country.
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BBC UK Thai king warns over court ruling Thailand's revered king voices concern over a court ruling on whether the two main parties should be disbanded.
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BBC News world N Koreans seek asylum in school A group of 29 people, thought to be North Koreans, enter a South Korean school in Beijing.
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Yahoo Entertainment CBS triumphs Monday, "'Studio" sinks (Reuters) Reuters - "Two and a Half Men" and "CSI: Miami" lifted CBS to a primetime victory Monday, while NBC's much-hyped "Studio 60" sank in its second week, losing to the two-hour debut of ABC's "The Bachelor: Rome," which delivered the show's highest premiere viewership since 2004.
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DCEAlumni.com Australia Pakistan Series Overview Pakistan is due for a two-month long tour of Australia, which include three test matches in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. They would also be playing a triangular limited-over series with West Indies completing the numbers.
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BBC News world Afghanistan allies 'must do more' Nato allies must do more to fight the Taleban in Afghanistan, the US defence secretary tells the BBC.
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ComputerWorld Cisco to acquire software developer P-Cube for $200M AUGUST 24, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Cisco Systems Inc. said yesterday that it has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif., software developer P-Cube Inc.
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The Motley Fool Fool on Call: Adobe and the Web's Superpowers The creative software giant illustrates its views on Microsoft, Apple, and Web video.
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CNN Top News Snowstorm causes accidents, road closures Read full story for latest details.
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BBC UK Cancer man wins drug fund plea A man with cancer overturns an NHS decision which stopped him getting funds for drugs that will prolong his life.
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Yahoo Business Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Market News' retail trade index bounced 3.7 points to a still-weak 41.5 in the Oct. 27 week. Readings below 50 signal more chains are reporting slowing conditions. Same-store year-on-year sales growth is very weak at 0.7%, with total sales growth at 4.1%. Income is also weak, with 43% of the sample reporting declines vs. 40% reporting gains. Retailers blamed housing woes.
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New York Times Arts The Shrinking Market Is Changing the Face of Hip-Hop The machine that minted a long string of big-name stars, from Snoop Dogg to OutKast, has broken down. What happens now?
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Reuters Sports Federer matches McEnroe with straight-sets win PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer matched John McEnroe's record streak of 11 straight-set wins in grand slam matches by beating Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 6-4 6-4 on Sunday to reach the French Open quarter-finals.
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National Geographic Society Beak Size Matters for Finches' Song, Scientists Suggest By using video of singing birds played back in super slow motion, scientists are teasing apart the mechanics of the beak's role in birdsong—and what that may mean when it comes to selecting a mate.
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Reuters Sports Gundy Named Football Coach at Oklahoma State STILLWATER, Okla. (Sports Network) - Oklahoma State wasted little time in finding a new football coach, promoting offensive coordinator Mike Gundy to replace Les Miles.
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Reuters Top News North Korea talks resume amid report of U.S. deal BEIJING (Reuters) - Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program start in Beijing on Thursday, with a Japanese newspaper reporting that the isolated state has already signed a memorandum with the United States.
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RedNova science Measure on Water Saving Weighed By Sandra Stokley, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Dec.
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Kataweb Calcio Firenze, 14:52 - CALCIO, JUVE; BUFFON: OK A SCUDETTO INTER MA TUTTI MEA CULPA Gigi Buffon a Coverciano fa riflessioni sul dopo Calciopoli. ''Non sono invidioso dello scudetto ass...
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The Register Pensioner used live shell as doorstop Bomb disposal disarms 'family heirloom' Royal Navy bomb disposal experts were called to a house in Paignton, Devon, after a tip-off that 68-year-old Thelma Bonnett was rather ill-advisedly using a live First World War German shell as a doorstop, the Daily Mail reports.

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ABC News Snow Pelt Carolinas, Knocking Out Power RALEIGH, NC Dec 26, 2004 - Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the Carolinas on Sunday, knocking out power to thousands and causing hundreds of accidents on one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year.
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ABC News UK Can't Hold Terror Suspects Indefinitely British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, takes the arm of Home Secretary David Blunkett, with his seeing eye dog, Sadie, in Sheffield, England, in this Thursday, Dec. 9 2004, file photo.
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BBC News world Brown looks to election battles Gordon Brown will set the economic battleground for the next general election in his pre-Budget report.
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Luchtzak Aviation DHL will not expand in Brussels. Many jobs lost by 2008 As predicted by Luchtzak Latest News one week ago, DHL will not expand its Brussels base. The refusal by the Belgian government to accept an increase in the number of night flights operated by MD-11 for intercontinental
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Reuters Business Starbucks high end of '07 view "very challenging" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp.'s chief financial officer on Thursday said meeting the high end of the coffee shop chain's 2007 earnings forecast will be "very challenging" due to rising dairy costs and slowing growth in its U.S. business, sending shares to a 20-month low.
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Yahoo World Nasdaq fails in bid for LSE (AFP) AFP - The US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has said that it has failed to win control of the London Stock Exchange after LSE shareholders decided against backing a hostile takeover worth 2.9 billion pounds.
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WhoWon.com Stewart down, but not out It was what every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver competing in the Chase for the Championship feared - a DNF (Did Not Finish). A poor finish with the accompanying
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BBC UK Manhunt after Melbourne shooting Much of Melbourne city centre is shut as police hunt a gunman who shot three people, killing one.
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Pravda Chernobyl to blame for the skyrocketing number of cancer cases Rapidly growing number of cancer patients may in fact be the Chernobyl's aftereffect, scientists claim. A new study suggests more than 800 people in northern Sweden developed cancer as a result of the radioactive
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New York Times Science Observatory: When Removing One Predator Harms the Prey Elimination of the top predator can actually be worse for the prey.
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Ansa Francia:proiezioni, destra in testa Ump di Sarkozy potrebbe avere fino a 500 seggi su 577
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Reuters Top News Just Matter of Time for Karzai as Afghan Vote Adds Up KABUL (Reuters) - With over half the votes counted by Thursday, Hamid Karzai was on course to win Afghanistan's first democratic presidential election, the climax of momentous change brought by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
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RedNova Oddities Man Accused of Renting Home He Didn't Own TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man was freed on bond Wednesday after being accused of trying to rent out a home he didn't own to 10 different people, collecting about $8,600 in security deposits, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported...
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Reuters Tech Estonia fines man for Web hacking during riots TALLINN (Reuters) - An Estonian court has fined a man in the only conviction linked to cyber attacks on official Web sites during last year's riots over the relocation of a Soviet-era war memorial, it said on Thursday.
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New York Times Tech Nielsen Revises Its Gauge of Web Page Rankings The online measurement service will scrap rankings based on the longtime industry yardstick of page views and begin tracking how long visitors spend at the sites.
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BBC Europe Ladies of the French Resistance Emma-Jane Kirby shares an evocative trip down memory lane with a woman who, as a young girl, was part of the French Resistance in London.
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Yahoo Entertainment Gil Cates Producing Record 12th Oscar Show (AP) AP - If you want to know what kind of Oscar show to expect from Gil Cates, think of him ordering the orchestra to play off Michael Moore two years ago as the director shouted "Shame on Bush!"
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Topix.Net Europe Iran vows no weakness over nuclear program The U.N. Security Council had given Iran until Feb. 21 to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can make fuel for power plants or material for warheads. Comment
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BBC - Front Page Despair of missing man's family The brother of a man missing with his girlfriend following the tsunami disaster speaks of his family's despair.
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Topix.Net Europe U.S., Shiites Fight in Baghdad; 5 Killed Shiite militants and U.S. forces battled throughout the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, and a mortar barrage slammed into a busy neighborhood in the capital in a new wave of violence Saturday that killed at least ...
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Yahoo Politics Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo -U.N. (Reuters) Reuters - Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, but it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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CNN Top News Chemicals cache in N.Y. was for resale, police say A man who allegedly stored nearly 1,500 pounds of potassium nitrate and other chemicals in his Staten Island home and a nearby storage facility was charged with reckless endangerment Friday, according to the New York City Police Department.
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BCC Technology Going mobile Why the days of the desktop PC may be numbered
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iTunes Music Am I On Your Mind? - EP - Andrea Britton & Oxygen Am I On Your Mind? - EP by Andrea Britton & Oxygen
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Kataweb Sport Roma, 18:57 - SCI, TORNEO SEI NAZIONI: ORO E ARGENTO PER FRATELLI MOELGG Un oro e un argento per l'Italia nella prima giornata del "Trofeo Sei Nazioni" riservato alle polizi...
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RTE Interactive Ranieri believes victory to be turning point Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri believes that his side's Champions League win at Anderlecht on Wednesday will be a turning point for his team, but believes they have to improve further if they are to qualify for the last sixteen.
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Yahoo Europe Leading donor to Britain's Conservatives "questioned by cash for honours police": report (AFP) AFP - A leading donor to Britain's main opposition Conservative Party has become the latest person to be questioned under caution by police investigating allegations of "cash for honours", a newspaper has reported.
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Guardian Top News Ahead of the pack Travel: From band-spotting binoculars to eco-friendly camping kit, Vicky Baker finds 10 great ideas to ensure you hit the festival site in style this summer.
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The Washington Post sports Hunter, Twins Send Reeling Mets to Loss Torii Hunter and Joe Mauer each drive in two runs to help Minnesota beat the reeling New York Mets, 6-2, on Wednesday.
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Yahoo Tech Ariba Down After Earnings Miss Views (AP) AP - Shares of Ariba Inc. plunged Tuesday after the software maker reported unexpectedly weak results for the latest quarter.
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Reuters Sports Elseneer revelation shows tennis is clean : ATP LONDON (Reuters) - The governing body of men's tennis has dismissed suggestions that corruption is rife in the sport after Belgian Gilles Elseneer said he was offered 100,000 euros ($141,600) to throw a first-round Wimbledon match in 2005.
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BBC UK Annan set to unveil Kenya 'deal' Former UN head Kofi Annan is to announce the details of a deal reached at talks to end Kenya's political crisis.
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The Washington Post Top News $25 Million Offered In Climate Challenge LONDON, Feb. 9 -- British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, with former vice president Al Gore at his side, offered a $25 million prize Friday to anyone who can come up with a way to blunt global climate change by removing at least a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the Earth's...
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Reuters World UN police clash with Kosovo Albanian protesters PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - UN police in Kosovo fired teargas and rubber bullets during clashes on Saturday with ethnic Albanians protesting against a UN plan they say falls short of full independence from Serbia.
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Reuters Top News Chile bids farewell to Pinochet SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chileans were expected to file past the body of Augusto Pinochet on Monday, a day after the former dictator, whose 17-year rule polarized his South American homeland, died at the age of 91.
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Reuters Business New IMac, IPod Could Bite Apple's Profits SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.'s blow-out quarterly results had investors cheering on Thursday, but Apple's profitability could weaken as the Mac and iPod maker goes after lower-priced consumer markets that it has shunned in its nearly 30 years of existence, analysts said.
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Reuters Top News Minimum wage increase gains ground in Senate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic campaign promise to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade moved closer to completion on Tuesday when U.S. Senate Republicans lifted a roadblock against it.
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BBC Europe Police in Naples Mafia crackdown Police in Naples break up a meeting of Mafia leaders and make seven arrests.
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The Australian Iran pushing for nukes: US IRAN is defying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while engaging in an "unrelenting push toward nuclear weapons capability", the US said today.
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Reuters Top News Taliban kidnap two Red Cross staff in Afghanistan KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have kidnapped two foreign officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Afghan province of Wardak, the provincial police chief said on Thursday.
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Reuters Business SAP calls for speeding up of Oracle lawsuit process FRANKFURT (Reuters) - SAP AG called for a quick resolution of a U.S. lawsuit in which rival Oracle Corp is suing it for "corporate theft on a grand scale" and asked for mediation to start in coming months.
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Reuters Business TD Ameritrade quarterly profit rises to record NEW YORK (Reuters) - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit as client assets grew and trading activity rose, prompting the discount brokerage to boost its 2008 profit forecast.
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Yahoo Science East Coast Soaking (weather.com) weather.com -
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Boston Globe Iconic grilled cheese feeds Internet frenzy Diana Duyser will become $28,000 richer today, stand at the center of a media spotlight, and embark on a nationwide tour starring herself -- and all it cost her was a 10-year-old sandwich.
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Forbes Update 1: Red Hat Hires New CFO From Burlington Red Hat Inc. hired a new chief financial officer as it tries to bolster its sagging stock price and expand into new foreign markets.
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The Motley Fool Brokerage Problems in Perspective Should you worry when a brokerage's performance slips?
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Reuters Entertainment Sirius denies reports Stern returning to mainstream LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio said on Tuesday that reports suggesting that shock jock Howard Stern was planning a return to mainstream radio was "wrong."
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Kataweb Calcio Reggio Calabria, 17:13 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MAZZARRI: DEVO ANCORA DECIDERE SE RESTO Tutti lo indicano come uno dei migliori allenatori di questa stagione perchè salvare la Reggi...
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InfoWorld news Sun's chief customer advocate to quit ( InfoWorld ) - Larry Singer, Sun Microsystems Inc.'s advocate for its leading partners and customers and sometime colorful public mouthpiece of the company, will leave his job by Sept. 22. Sun gave no reason for his departure. Sun is evaluating filling his position, while in the interim customer advocate responsibilities will be shared by all of Sun's executives. Singer joined Sun in early 2003 as senior vice president of global market strategies and held a number of similar titles at the company, including vice president of global information systems strategy and strategic insights officer. His main role was to develop and implement programs to more tightly integrate Sun's product, services and marketing teams with field sales operations and customers. Singer also headed Sun's competitive office, often providing pithy comments on the vendor's computer and chip rivals. Before joining Sun, Singer was chief information officer of the State of Georgia where he headed the Georgia Technology Authority. He'd previously held positions with Texas Instruments Inc. and CA Inc. There's been plenty of movement among Sun executives this year, as some former managers like Rich Green and Peder Ulander have returned to the company and others including Mark Canepa and John Loiacono have headed out. Jonathan Schwartz recently celebrated his first 100 days in his new role as Sun's chief executive officer after Scott McNealy, the long-time holder of that role, stepped down in April. One of Schwartz's first moves as Sun CEO was an executive shake-up around the heads of the vendor's server and storage businesses. His next major decision was to commit to cut as many as 5,000 jobs at the company in Sun's latest restructuring plan designed to return the vendor to profitability.
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Ansa Putin non andra' al vertice Nato Lo ha reso noto un portavoce del Cremlino in serata
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Yahoo Entertainment Global Music Sales Slipped Again in 2004 - Survey (Reuters) Reuters - Global music sales slipped again in 2004, but after four years of declines the record publishers will see the return of growing revenues in 2005 due to online stores and music DVDs, a survey found on Monday.
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RedNova technology Short End : Video on Demand Anytime Soon New Zealanders will be among the first in the Asia Pacific region to access a new video-on-demand service over the internet. Anytime TV will deliver Hollywood movies, TV shows, popular music videos and premium games to broadband subscribers.
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