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Ansa Economia Torna a correre prezzo benzina La verde sfiora 1,33 euro, gasolio torna vicino a 1,20 euro
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PHPDeveloper.org JSLabs Blog: How to compile php scripts in ASP.net On the JSLabs blog today, there's a quick tutorial talking about how to transfer PHP scripts (without much altering, depending on the functionality used) over to be compiled into an ASP.net application. The real key is in the Phlanger software. Phalanger is a new PHP implementation introducing the PHP language into the family of compiled .NET languages. It provides PHP applications an execution environment that is fast and extremely compatible with the vast array of existing PHP code. Phlanger allows you to compiles PHP to the MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language), use any .NET object in a PHP application and integrates well with Visual Studio.
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RedNova technology OPINION: Are Broadcasters Still Fuzzy on TV Without the Box? By David Crow, The Business, London Dec. 7--The migration of television from box sets to the internet was predicted ever since the web first got going. Now, after many false starts and the arrival of mass-market broadband, it has finally begun in earnest.
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Yahoo Tech IDC Reports on BI Sales: Which Vendors Are Hot, Which Are Not? (TechWeb) TechWeb - Business intelligence software sales are growing at a double-digit pace, according to a new IDC report, and rising demand lifted sales for nearly every vendor. Microsoft and SAS led the way among the top-five vendors while one up-and-coming company racked up a near triple-digit sales gain. Despite all the "BI for everyone" marketing hype, IDC says the technology is still out of reach for mainstream business users.
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BBC News world Pope urges 'more ethical' media Pope Benedict XVI calls on the media to be more ethical and focus on the dignity of the human being.
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Christian Science Monitor How drug-approval woes crept up on FDA Critics charge conflict of interest in a system where pharmaceutical giants fund the regulatory process. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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San Diego Union Tribune 'Great healing' begins In a proud and colorful procession stretching almost two miles from the Washington Monument to the US Capitol, tens of thousands of American Indians from across the Western
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Reuters Top News Florida High Court Says Nader Must Be on Ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's highest court ruled Friday that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader must be allowed to compete in the 2004 election in the state, delivering a possible boost to President Bush.
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New York Times Business European Court Strikes Down ‘Volkswagen Law’ The ruling struck down a 47-year-old German law that had blocked Porsche from taking over Volkswagen.
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Search engine journal How Much Does StumbleUpon Rock? How Much Does StumbleUpon Rock? Rand Fishkin must have mentioned StumbleUpon about gazillion times at SES San Jose as a ‘not to be overlooked’ part of a successful link-bait-2.0 web marketing strategy and I’ve noticed that whenever one of our stories get Dugg, Populared, or Reddited.. StumbleUpon referrals usually follow suit and bring in a nice [...]
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Gulf Daily News Charity groups quit Iraq BAGHDAD: Most remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are expected to pull out following the kidnapping of two Italian humanitarian workers, a co-ordinator for non-governmental groups in Baghdad said yesterday.
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Yahoo Health Vaccines for Ovarian and Breast Cancer in Early Trials (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Therapeutic vaccines to fight ovarian and breast cancer are in the first stage of clinical trials to determine their safety and effectiveness, researchers report.
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Topix.Net Europe Has Nokia Lost It? It's just before 8 a.m., and dawn over Helsinki is still hours away, but Nokia CEO Jorma Ollila is in his office waxing on about the virtues of sisu, a hard-to-translate Finnish word that means "guts," as well ...
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RedNova science Ranchero Road Underpass Inches Forward: Hesperia Planner Predicts Technical Studies Will Be Completed in a Few Months By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Sep. 20--HESPERIA -- For years, pressure to build a Ranchero Road underpass has come from frustrated motorists funneled through Main Street, the only east/west corridor across the BNSF Railway in the city.
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BBC UK Public smoking ban hits Nairobi A ban on smoking in public places is being enforced in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, for the first time.
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CNET security news Microsoft to expand security research teams Over the next six months, the software maker plans to establish security research and response teams in Europe and Asia.
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Ansa Economia Bce: 298 mld in asta pronti-termine Tasso marginale del 4,03%
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New York Times sports Game time violence penalties proposed A city councilor is proposing stiffer penalties for crimes committed around Boston sports events, in a measure aimed at deterring game-related violence and vandalism.
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Yahoo World Far-right firebrand Hanson to attempt political comeback (AFP) AFP - Pauline Hanson, the former leader of Australia's xenophobic One Nation party, has announced that she was coming back from political retirement to run for a seat in the Senate next month.
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New York Times Science Ground Squirrels Chew Snakeskins to Mask Their Scent This eau de snake acts as camouflage, covering up the squirrel’s own scent so a meal-seeking rattlesnake will leave it alone.
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Kataweb Sport Roma, 13:11 - DOPING, SENTENZA GUI: INIBIZIONE A VITA PER SANTUCCIONE Il Giudice di ultima istanza in materia di doping ha inibito a vita il medico Carlo Santuccione, c...
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Reuters 'Psycho' Star Janet Leigh Dies at 77 Hollywood movie star Janet Leigh, best known as the knife attack victim in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," has died at the age of 77, CNN reported on Monday.
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Lex 18 Continental Tire Bowl: (25) Boston College 37 North Carolina 24 CHARLOTTE, NC Boston College rallied in the fourth quarter to beat North Carolina 37-to-24 in the Continental Tire Bowl at Charlotte.
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Reuters Top News Afghans dispute U.S. version of raid casualties JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The U.S. military said coalition and Afghan troops killed six Taliban and arrested four in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, though a provincial official and residents said the casualties were villagers.
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Guardian Top News Clinton scores crucial victories Early results and projections better than opinion polls in recent days have suggested
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PakTribune.com Pakistan, India heading towards destination: FO ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has termed meeting between president general Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at New York a milestone and expressed optimism that both the countries will succeed in finding out a solution to lingering Kashmir
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Reuters Top News Weary Californians return to fire-scarred homes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of them finding their property unscathed amid the destruction and others discovering nothing but blackened rubble.
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CNET enterprise software news Briefly: Majoras steps into FTC chairman role roundup Plus: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses.
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The Washington Post world Nuclear Weapons Charges Dropped South African authorities on Wednesday abruptly dropped criminal charges against a Pretoria man charged last week with possessing components for the construction of nuclear weapons.
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New York Times sports Miller slows to finish sixth This is what happens when Bode Miller fails to finish with a flourish.
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Reuters Top News Annan to work to free Israeli hostages in Lebanon BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he would appoint a secret envoy to work for the release of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Lebanon's Hizbollah group triggered a month-long war.
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Chemical & Engineering News Merck Pulls The Plug On Painkiller Vioxx Merck announced on Sept. 29 a voluntary worldwide withdrawal of Vioxx (rofecoxib), a so-called COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID.
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KOTV Rumsfeld: It Is Nonsense To Say He Tried To Scuttle Intelligence <b>...</b> _ Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says accusations by some in Congress that he lobbied to kill an intelligence reform bill supported by President Bush are ``nonsense.
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Syfy.com Anurag Basu blessed with a baby girl: named 'Metro' Film maker Anurag Basu has reasons to be thrilled.
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Reuters Top News Bombs kill 160 in Baghdad, curfew imposed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombs killed 160 people in a Shi'ite stronghold in Baghdad on Thursday in the bloodiest single attack since the U.S. invasion of 2003.
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Reuters Top News Japan's Fukuda to run for prime minister TOKYO (Reuters) - Former chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda told his party faction on Friday he will run for the leadership of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and hence the premiership.
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Reuters Top News Powerful Blast Shakes Western Baghdad BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A powerful blast shook western Baghdad on Friday, lighting up the night sky, witnesses said.
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Yahoo Politics Giuliani defends right to bear arms (AP) AP - Rudy Giuliani, who called for tough gun control as New York's mayor, said Tuesday the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a recent court ruling on personal liberties framed his current outlook defending a right to bear arms.
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The Motley Fool Benihana's Sizzling Growth Prospects A closer look at Benihana.
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BBC Sport Ganguly plays down security fears India captain Sourav Ganguly has attempted to play down safety fears over their tour to Bangladesh. The Indian squad arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday for a 19-day tour featuring two Tests and three one-day matches.
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BBC UK Keep to law, fuel protesters told The government warns against illegal blockades as fuel protesters prepare for a day of action.
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Sports Network Charlton and Southampton can't find net London, England (Sports Network) - Charlton and Southampton played to a sluggish 0-0 draw Monday in the only Premiership match of the day.
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Washington Post PC Sector Sale By IBM Would Signal Change Among corporate technology managers, it's one of the oldest adages: "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.". That is because many regarded it to be a safe bet to do business with the established
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New York Times world TierneyLab: Smart Elevators, Dumb People Now that Donald Norman and Lab readers have analyzed the water faucets in the office building of the future, let us contemplate an even more important topic: the elevators. Dr. Norman, the Northwestern cognitive scientist and illustrious techno-critic, had no trouble dealing with the elevators in the New York Times new headquarters, but that's because [...].
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Converge Network Digest UK Regulator Issues VoIP Numbering Plan Ofcom, the official telecom regulator for the UK, published its approach to new voice services, including Voice over Broadband (VoB) phone services.
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Ireland Online Pinsent wins fourth gold medal Matthew Pinsent created a piece of Olympic history this morning when he led the Great Britain coxless four to gold after the tightest of photo finishes on at the Schinias rowing centre.
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Reuters U.S. New York taxi license hits record price: $600,000 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The price of a license to operate a New York taxi cab hit a record $600,000 in May, according to a lending company which financed the purchase.
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Wired Tech China Cracking Down on Internet as Part of Crime Sweep Websites deemed illegal, as well as computer markets and internet cafes, are being targeted by Chinese authorities involved in a bigger crackdown on juvenile crime.
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BBC - Front Page Plans to boost backbenchers' role Putting time limits on frontbenchers' speeches is among plans to boost backbench MPs.
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BBC UK Price hike for business broadband Small net firms warn they could be hit hard by BT's decision to raise prices for business broadband.
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Yahoo Politics Oregon High Court Takes Nader Off Ballot (AP) AP - Ralph Nader will not appear on Oregon's general election ballot, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday, overturning a lower court decision.
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RedNova technology Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Breaks Ground On TV Land On August 7 NEW YORK, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land has secured the exclusive off- network rights from Disney-ABC Domestic Television to air Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - one of the most successful reality shows of all time - it was announced today.
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AllAfrica.com Is Sudan Not an Apartheid State? Last Saturday, at an extraordinary meeting, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1564 which threatens sanctions on the Sudan's vital oil industry.
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Reuters Business MAN bids $12.2 bln for Scania, offer rebuffed FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial group MAN AG MANG.DE made a 9.6 billion euros ($12.2 billion) cash-and-share offer for Scania AB SCVb.ST , which the Swedish truckmaker and a key shareholder immediately rejected on Monday.
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Guardian Top News New lottery licence to run for 15 years Business: Policy U-turn brings bookmakers into bidding war.
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BBC UK 'Nepal crisis cabinet' unveiled Nepal's king names a new cabinet - a day after sacking the government and imposing a state of emergency.
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The Motley Fool Fool Video: Buy, Sell, or Hold Chipotle? Should investors fill up on Chipotle?
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News Is Free Top News Money: Deals on Wheels On Newsweek
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Reuters Entertainment Book Talk: Scott Turow says imagination is key NEW YORK (Reuters) - American novelist Scott Turow used his legal training as a backdrop to some of his earlier novels but says imagination, not experience, is key to writing.
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Yahoo U.S. Man Known As 'Video Vigilante' Arrested (AP) AP - An anti-prostitution activist known for videotaping prostitutes and their customers and giving the footage to police and television shows now faces accusations that he set up some of the sexual encounters so he could capture them on camera.
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RaiNews24 Politica. Riprende alla Camera l'esame del disegno di legge sulle <b>...</b> Riprende, in mattinata, alla Camera l'esame del disegno di legge sulle riforme costituzionali. Ieri, al termine di un duro scontro tra maggioranza e opposizione, l'aula ha dato via libera all'articolo 3 sulla composizione del Senato federale.
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Yahoo Europe Tesco says sales rise 9.6 percent (AFP) AFP - Supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has said that its sales increased by 9.6 percent during the third quarter, helped by solid growth in non-food items.
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CBS MarketWatch SEC, Disney agree on directors' deals LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Walt Disney Co. has settled regulators' charges that the company failed to disclose a variety of business relationships between the company and some members of its board, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday.
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Adnkronos IRAQ: TORINO, SABATO SERA MARCIA DELLA PACE PER OSTAGGI Torino, 9 set. (Adnkronos)- Marcia della pace sabato sera a Torino per chiedere la liberazione di Simona Torretta e Simona Pari, le due volontarie italiane rapite martedi'a Bagdad insieme a due colleghi iracheni.
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News Is Free Top News Campaign trail focusing on economy On CNN
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New York Times Arts Wryly, if Warily, Accepting More Than Modest Success Laura Kightlinger has turned Hollywood disappointments into a sitcom surprise.
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BBC UK Legal threats halt iPhone crack A British firm which claims to have unlocked the iPhone is holding back the software following legal threats.
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The Washington Post world Sadr, a Question Mark Etched in Black NAJAF, Iraq -- A mother's sad wail pierced the stillness of the Cemetery of the Martyrs, where green and black resistance flags fluttered over the graves of hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen. Kneeling on the hot, chalk-like dirt, Abbas Sabah, 17, didn't stir. His mind was focused on his brother...
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New York Times Fashion The Message of the Bottle Fabien Baron, who has designed fragrance bottles for many companies, has now designed a liquor bottle, his first.
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Yahoo U.S. Police: Missing college student abducted (AP) AP - Police say they believe a 19-year-old college student who mysteriously disappeared from a friend's home over the weekend was kidnapped.
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Reuters Business Fortress looks at bid for EMI: paper LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-based Fortress Investment Group Llc has joined the pack of potential bidders for British music firm EMI Group Plc , The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Reuters U.S. JetBlue CEO says delays could cost $30 mln NEW YORK (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp. said on Tuesday reimbursing passengers stuck on about 1,000 delayed flights and updating its operations to prevent further problems could cost the airline $30 million or more, sending its shares down more than 6 percent.
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Xinhua Wal-Mart improves image by donating new research center in China The US retail giant Wal-Mart investedone million US dollars to establish China's first retail research center at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University.
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New York Times sports Bryant overtakes Watson for major win Tom Watson gave as Whistling Straits took away. In the end, Brad Bryant was left with the biggest moment of his career -- and the second-biggest final-round comeback in a US Senior Open.
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Reuters World Israeli Prime Minister Sharon Seeks Re-Election JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced on Thursday that he would run again in Israel's next parliamentary elections, scheduled for 2006, despite strife within his right-wing Likud party over his Gaza pullout plan.
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Boston Globe business Closing, he still won't come clean with secrets Things might have been different for Lady Macbeth if she had only known Jerry Gambucci.
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BBC News Business Universal Pictures in race suit Universal Pictures is accused of sacking an employee because of his race, reports Peter Bowes.
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This is London Opec seeks US help to ease oil price THE head of oil cartel Opec today revealed that he had urged the United States to release crude stocks from its strategic reserve to bring down sky-high oil prices.
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The Washington Post world Two Chechens Arrested in Journalist Killing Police arrested two Chechens Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, who was shot dead in Moscow in July as he left the offices of the Russian edition of Forbes.
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New York Times sports Knight abruptly resigns from Texas Tech LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Eight years after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away yesterday from college basketball in midseason.
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Ansa Italia Sanita': accordo con Regioni Per spesa 2007 101,3 mld, risparmi di 3 mld in finanziaria
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Computerworld news Adobe Solutions for eLearning (Source: Adobe) Find out how eLearning is transforming the effectiveness of customer service. From new product training to sales skills, Adobe Web conferencing solutions help companies train reps at lower cost and with greater business results.
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Guardian Studios launch campaign against BitTorrent Hollywood stepped up its battle against internet pirates yesterday when the Motion Picture Association of America launched a legal battle against the filesharing networks BitTorrent and eDonkey.
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ZDNet.com Yahoo to launch its own music player com September 17, 2004, 3:25 PM PT. There's no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology.
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BBC - Front Page Plan to encourage gun informers Plans are under way for a scheme aimed at encouraging people to inform on others who have a gun illegally.
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afrol News South Africa ends race rating of blood donors afrol News, 8 December - Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has demanded an apology from the South African National Blood Service after it was known that it used race to determine the risk of blood by its donors.
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Bloomberg Venezuelan Military Plane Crashes, Killing 25, Union Radio Says A Venezuelan military plane crashed yesterday afternoon as it approached its base in the central industrial state of Aragua, killing all 25 on board, Union Radio reported.
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Asahi Shimbun The Asahi Shimbun The safe scenario Japan envisioned in Iraq has been shattered, underlined by the slaying of Shosei Koda. In a country where veteran diplomats refuse to go outdoors and armed troops hesitate to leave the confines
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Ansa Italia Papa-Williams: dialogare con Islam Storico incontro tra Pontefice e Primate Chiesa anglicana
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RedNova science Land Trust Director Retires: Anne Jennings Was Instrumental in Setting Up Congaree National By Joey Holleman, The State, Columbia, S.C. Feb. 4--Ann Jennings left the Congaree Land Trust at the end of 2006, ready for the next stop on an environmental trip that began with recycling drives before placing her in the middle of the fight to save Congaree National Park.
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Kataweb Sport Viareggio, 12:53 - CALCIO, VIAREGGIO: 11 GOL FIORENTINA, EGUAGLIATO RECORD La primavera della Fiorentina ieri sera ha rifilato ben 11 gol al New York Star ed eguaglia il recor...
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The Washington Post sports Back Spasms Hit Palmer Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer is expected to start Sunday against the Browns despite leaving practice on Thursday with back spasms.
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Reuters World Volcano erupts on Papua New Guinea island CANBERRA (Reuters) - A volcanic eruption on the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain on Saturday caused panicked residents to flee homes and sent ash plumes 18 kilometres into the air.
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Topix.Net Europe TV Company Accepts Blame on Queen Video "Clearly RDF has been guilty of a serious error of judgment and I deeply regret the embarrassment this has led to for both the BBC and the queen and wanted to apologize to you unreservedly" A British TV production company on Monday accepted blame for wrongly implying Queen Elizabeth II walked out of a portrait sitting with photographer Annie Leibovitz. In an e-mail to the British Broadcasting Corp., RDF Media's chief executive David Frank admitted his company was 'guilty of a serious error of judgment.' Last week, the BBC was forced to apologize to the queen after it showed a promotional trailer for an upcoming RDF-produced documentary that implied the monarch had left the sitting after Leibovitz asked her to remove her crown. Read more
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Kataweb Sport Roma, 13:52 - MOTO, MICHEL FABRIZIO SOSTITUIRA' ELIAS AL SACHSENRING Michel Fabrizio sostituirà Toni Elias nel Gp di Germania classe MotoGp in programma domenica ...
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Reuters Business Danone LU arm to meet staff amid sale talk: source PARIS (Reuters) - The LU biscuits division of French food group Danone is due to meet trade union representatives on Tuesday to discuss possible changes at LU, a trade union source said, amid rumors the unit might be sold.
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Ansa Yemen: uccisi due terroristi evasi Erano accusati dell'attacco a petroliera francese nel 2002
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Reuters World U.S. Vows 'No Double Standard' in SKorea Nuke Case GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States, which wants Iran hauled before the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program, said on Friday there could be no "double standard" when tackling South Korea's unsanctioned experiments.
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BBC - Front Page Huntsman guilty of monitor attack A Devon huntsman is found guilty of attacking a campaigner who was filming a hunting event.
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Yahoo World Top Hezbollah militant killed in Syria (AP) AP - One of the world's most wanted and elusive terrorists, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a car bombing in Syria nearly 15 years after dropping from sight. The one-time Hezbollah security chief was the suspected mastermind of attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon and of the brutal kidnappings of Westerners.
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