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Yahoo World Mark Thatcher in Court Over Africa Coup Plot (Reuters) Reuters - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared in a Cape Town court on Tuesday in connection with a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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The Washington Post sports Lee, Young Are Suspended Five Games Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and San Diego pitcher Chris Young are suspended for five games each Monday following a bench-clearing brawl last weekend.
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Ansa Economia Ue-13:produzione industriale -0,2% Il dato dell'Eurostat e' relativo al mese di dicembre
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Guardian Top News McGrath has no sympathy for England Capitulation down under met with pleasure by home fans and players.
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Yahoo Entertainment Ebert looks forward to return to work (AP) AP - Film critic Roger Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, says he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery that has kept him hospitalized for two months.
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Yahoo Sports 3B Joe Randa Agrees to Deal With Reds (AP) AP - Third baseman Joe Randa agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract with the Reds, ending Cincinnati's plan to move right fielder Austin Kearns to the position next season.
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Reuters Sports Manning seals legacy with Super Bowl win MIAMI (Reuters) - Peyton Manning added the missing ingredient to his Hall of Fame credentials by leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI on Sunday.
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Channel News Asia Golf: Playoff bogey enough to bring Sorenstam LPGA crown WEST PALM BEACH, United States : Annika Sorenstam captured her eighth title of the year here Sunday, beating Cristie Kerr in a playoff for the season-ending LPGA ADT Championship with a bogey on the first playoff hole.
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National Post After Games pressure, world short course presents different <b>...</b> (CP) - After the pressure of the Olympic Games, training for the world short course swim championships was a challenge for Victoria's Rick Say.
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BBC UK Don't hinder peace, Iran is told Iran is a sponsor of terrorism and must not obstruct progress towards Middle East peace, says Tony Blair
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Yahoo Business European shares drop after euro, oil hit record highs (AFP) AFP - Europe's main stock markets slid Thursday after the euro struck a record dollar high and oil prices surged above 80 dollars a barrel in New York, threatening company profits.
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Topix.Net Europe Officials support Yanukovych, media election coverage biased, says OSCE mission In its interim report, the OSCE mission observing the presidential election in Ukraine has concluded that a number of state officials are openinly supporting pro-government candidate Premier Viktor Yanukovych.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Marchex spawns 100,000 local search sites Blog: Marchex launches local yellow pages Web sites with targeted ads.
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CNET News.com Judges rule file-sharing software legal update A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that said file-sharing software programs such as Grokster or Morpheus are legal.
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New York Times Business Medco Profit Tops Estimates Helped by sales of generic drugs, the pharmacy benefit manager lifted its full-year profit forecast, sending its shares higher.
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Yahoo World New video due from American Qaida member (AP) AP - Al-Qaida announced Thursday that it would soon release a new video message from American-born member Adam Gadahn that would be the first message from the terror group in 2008.
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KVIA FDA launches review of COX-Two inhibitors, warns caution on all <b>...</b> WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a sweeping review of studies involving prescription painkillers like Celebrex and Bextra.
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The Washington Post world U.S., Germany Agree On Iraqi Debt Write-Off BERLIN, Nov. 20 -- Germany and the United States have agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt, Germany's finance minister said Saturday, following a months-long U.S. push for debt forgiveness.
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Yahoo Entertainment Court TV Investigates Reality with 'Parco' (Reuters) Reuters - Court TV is investigating "Parco, P.I."
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Bizjournals.com Study: Hospitals benefiting from tort reform Nearly a year after sweeping medical liability reform in Texas, hospitals are reporting a significant drop in their liability costs, according to a new study.
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Radio Australia Death toll in China mine blast reaches 77 The death toll from a devastating coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan province has risen to 77. Efforts are continuing to recover 71 others still listed as officially missing, although officials
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Yahoo Business Hyundai to build $270 mln U.S. engine plant (Reuters) Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. (005380.KS), South Korea's top auto maker, said on Tuesday it plans to invest $270 million to build an engine plant at its U.S. car making unit in Alabama to serve growing demand in the world's No.1 auto market.
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CNET security news Hate the RIAA? Buy a 'Free Jammie' thong As accused file sharer tries to raise money for legal fees, she takes to selling bibs, boxers and other merchandise bearing her new logo.
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BBC News world Winehouse 'on road to recovery' Singer Amy Winehouse is "on the road to recovery" from her drug addiction her mother Janis tells GMTV.
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Bloomberg Kerry Says Bush Troop Plan Will Impair US Security (Update3) Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said the Bush administration Bush plan to bring home as many as a third of US troops stationed abroad would impair US security by hampering the war on terror and undermining efforts to halt ...
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BBC News world Microsoft takes on desktop search Microsoft has entered the desktop search fray, releasing an initial version of software to scour a PC hard drive.
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Repubblica È ufficiale: Totti saluta l'azzurro "Non giocherò più in nazionale" Il campione del mondo ha dichiarato che non può giocare più di un tot di partite all'anno La scelta Ú stata sofferta, ma "a qualcosa devo rinunciare e la Roma ha la priorità" È ufficiale: Totti saluta l'azzurro "Non giocherò più in nazionale" Alla base della scelta ci sono motivi fisici: "Troppi impegni, la salute Ú più importante" (13:38 20/07/2007)
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Yahoo Europe Chelsea confirm Malouda signing (AFP) AFP - Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday the transfer of France international Florent Malouda from Lyon on a four-year contract.
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USA Today Mosul's militants fight mostly from shadows These days, the violence in Iraq's third-largest city is more like The Sopranos than Black Hawk Down. By Jim Macmillan, AP. About 40 dead bodies turned up across Mosul last week.
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Reuters Strong Quake Hits Japan's Hokkaido, 11 Hurt A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit a wide area of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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Reuters U.S. N.Y. man admits murdering "Waitress" director NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering "Waitress" director Adrienne Shelly in her Manhattan apartment and then making it look like she had committed suicide, authorities said.
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Guardian Top News Boost investment to solve skills crisis, report urges Employers must have bigger say on training funds, review says.
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Denver Business Journal Colorado hospitals all participating in quality survey All 45 eligible hospitals in Colorado have registered to submit quality information, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said Friday.
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BBC News world Tennis: Federer beats Henman Roger Federer sees off Tim Henman in straight sets to reach the US Open final.
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PCWorld news Tokyo Edge: Autumn Brings Gamers' Delights Handheld game devices and satellite radio receiver vie for gadget fans' attention with camcorders, big LCD TV, and more.
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Kataweb Sport Oestersund, 15:44 - BIATHLON, MONDIALI: GERMANIA ORO IN STAFFETTA MISTA Medaglia d'oro alla Germania nella staffetta mista ai Mondiali di biathlon in corso a Oestersund, in...
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Stuff.co.nz CommBank in talks to buy stake in Chinese bank SYDNEY: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. said yesterday it was in advanced talks to buy a strategic stake in China's Jinan City Commercial Bank, based in Shandong Province.
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InfoWorld news With Windows port, a bug-hunting Safari for Apple ( InfoWorld ) - Security researchers have jumped on Apple's beta version of the Safari browser, digging up as many as 18 bugs in the software, just one day after its release. Researchers Aviv Raff , David Maynor , and Thor Larholm all reported flaws in the browser shortly after it was made available on Monday. Maynor alone said he'd discovered six bugs, including two that could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's PC. Safari 3.0 is getting more attention because, for the first time, Apple has made a Windows version of the software available. Now the software can be downloaded by a much larger group of testers. Another researcher, Tom Ferris , said his vulnerability testing "fuzzer" software turned up 10 flaws in the browser in just five minutes. He had harsh words for Apple's security team. "That's horrible, and just goes to show that they took no initiative to fuzz their own software," he said Tuesday. Apple itself had little to say about all of the bug-finding. "We take security very seriously, and we're investigating these reports," an Apple spokesman told IDG News Service before declining to comment further. Although Safari 3.0 is beta code and expected to include bugs, Ferris said that Apple's team should have tested it more carefully before making it available to such a large group of testers. "In order to have a useful beta test of a Web browser, people need to use it in the real world, which is ultimately exposing them to malware," he said. Ferris and other researchers were also eager to deflate Apple's claim that "Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one," a statement that Raff called "pathetic." The Safari vulnerabilities were widely reported Tuesday on blogs and technology news, but according to Matthew Baker, too much was made of the issue. "Reporting as news that a beta program has bugs ... seems like reporting that there's rain in Seattle," he said. "The beta version is being held to the standard that a Gold Master copy should," said Baker, a Mac user who works as a customer service representative with First Utah Bank in Salt Lake City Utah. "It just seems to me that some people ... feel some sort of pleasure in reporting issues with Apple's software."
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BBC Europe London to sign Venezuela deal London Mayor Ken Livingstone is to sign an oil deal with the Venezuelan government giving cheap fuel and cut-price travel.
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BBC - Front Page Call to scrap tests for under-16s The national exams sat by under-16s in England should be scrapped, a watchdog urges.
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CNET enterprise hardware news OpenMosix pulls the plug Blog: OpenMosix, an open-source project to let software run on clusters of interconnected Linux computers, will shut down on March 1, 2008.
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Los Angeles Daily News Married people get gift of health Three weeks after Los Angeles firefighter John Nelson cruised by in his '57 `vette to whisk a flaming redhead on a blind date to the beach, she wore his engagement ring.
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The Washington Post world Musharraf Lifts Emergency Rule in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 -- President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday lifted emergency rule in Pakistan, six weeks to the day after he suspended the constitution and fired most of the Supreme Court.
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CBS Sportsline Long wait over for Cavaliers In the end, their free LeBron James bobbleheads gyrating in their hands, the sellout crowd at Gund Arena half-heartedly booed at the loss of their free food.
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Reuters Top News Bush and Kerry Clash on Taxes, Health Care TEMPE, Ariz. (Reuters) - President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry battled over health care, jobs and taxes in their final debate on Wednesday, with Bush criticizing Kerry's "far-left" Senate record and Kerry arguing the middle class had lost ground under the president.
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Yahoo Sports Argentina, Spain advance at worlds (AP) AP - Title contenders Argentina and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championship on Saturday after strong games from their star players.
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CNN International In-form French will stay unchanged France have kept the side which beat Australia last weekend for their game against Argentina next Saturday. "We decided not to change an iota from a team which gave us complete
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New York Times Science Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina? The Army Corps of Engineers is rethinking the way it assesses hurricane risk.
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Reuters Business Nasdaq to buy Nordic bourse group OMX NEW YORK/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said on Friday it would buy Nordic markets owner OMX AB for $3.7 billion, giving it a beachhead for more European deals, including perhaps another run at the London Stock Exchange.
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Edmonton Journal Read the annual report by the Canadian Institute for Health <b>...</b> The annual report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on health spending shows that health spending in the country is expected to reach $130.3 billion in 2004, a 5.9% increase over last year and the lowest annual increase in the last seven
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News Is Free Top News Prosecution: Blake killed wife after stuntmen refused On CNN
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Ansa Calcio Berlusconi jr: pensiamo a telefonia Vicepresidente Mediaset, non chiederemo limiti per Sky
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Reuters Health Italy moves to stop ultra-skinny models ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government and its fashion chiefs are working on a manifesto to crack down on the use of ultra-thin teenagers on the catwalk, as pressure grows on the fashion world to promote healthier looks.
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Kentucky.com 'MONDAY NIGHT' IS STILL SPECIAL You didn't even have to enter Paul Brown Stadium to find that Monday Night Football still packs magic. Two bare-chested, 20-year-old men in the orange-and-white, horizontally striped leg tights.
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The Washington Post sports Crew Edges Wizards Kyle Martino's goal two minutes into injury time gives Columbus a narrow 2-1 victory over Kansas City on Wednesday night.
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Reuters Top News Europe Compromises with U.S. on Iran Nuclear Deadline VIENNA (Reuters) - France, Britain and Germany have met a key U.S. demand by proposing a November deadline for Iran to dispel concern that it has a covert atom bomb program, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters.
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Reuters U.S. Ohio says it settles suit against Time Warner CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The state of Ohio said on Wednesday that it had reached a $144 million settlement with Time Warner Inc. on behalf of six state funds that claimed they were defrauded after the media conglomerate merged with the online service AOL.
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The Washington Post sports Peirsol Wins 100 Backstroke American Aaron Peirsol won the gold medal Monday in the men's 100-meter backstroke with a time of 0:54.06.
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BBC News world India concern over Haneef custody India expresses concern at the continued detention of an Indian doctor in Australia.
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Reuters Life and Leisure Turkey's Christians like AK despite Islamist past VAKIFLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Its foes like to accuse Turkey's ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style Islamic state, but many among the country's Christian minority seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.
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Yahoo World Troubled German bank sold in wake of subprime crisis (AFP) AFP - Germany's troubled state-run bank SachsenLB was bought out by the Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) on Sunday to save it from bankruptcy after it was badly hit by the US subprime crisis.
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New York Times Circuit City Posts Loss, but Beats Estimate Circuit City Stores, the consumer electronics chain, reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the second quarter Friday because of higher sales and fewer
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Yahoo World Kimchi crackdown upsets South Korean athletes (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea's medal hopes at the 15th Asian Games may have been dealt a blow after Doha officials confiscated their national dish from team members at the athletes village.
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Yahoo Entertainment Vivendi near deal to buy BMG: source (Reuters) Reuters - Vivendi SA is close to an agreement to buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion), a source familiar with the deal said.
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Reuters Sports Jacklin Criticizes Woods-Mickelson Pairing LONDON (Reuters) - Former Europe captain Tony Jacklin says that "never in a million years" would he have put Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson together in a Ryder Cup pairing.
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Reuters Life and Leisure 'Closer' Takes Mike Nichols Back to Familiar Ground LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An inability to look at dead bodies killed off Mike Nichols' hopes of training as psychiatrist 50 years ago but did nothing to diminish his fascination with marriage, mating and the games people play.
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KTVU.com British Airways Cancels More Flights LONDON -- British Airways passengers, plagued by staff shortages and technical glitches this week, are seeing more flights canceled just ahead of what' was expected to be a busy weekend.
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Yahoo Entertainment Band Aid Planning New Version of Song (AP) AP - The founders of Band Aid, the 1984 charity effort that raised millions for Ethiopian famine relief, plan a new version of the single "Do They Know It's Christmas," a British newspaper reported.
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NDTV.com Govt not to raise fuel prices "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has decided today that prices of all petroleum products will be held at the same level," said Mani Shankar Aiyar, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister.
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Yahoo Europe Referee admits mistake in Old Firm derby (AFP) AFP - Referee Kenny Clark admitted he made an incorrect decision in not awarding a penalty to Celtic during their weekend match at Rangers.
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Reuters Business Wachovia to buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. bank Wachovia Corp. on Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc. for about $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest retail brokerage in the United States.
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Pascagoula Mississippi Press Lott says Rumsfeld's future up to Bush US Sen. Trent Lott said he may disagree with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on several defense-related issues, but he is not calling for Rumsfeld's resignation.
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Washington Post Business Japan's Fukuda Selected as Prime Minister TOKYO, Sept. 23 -- Desperate for competence, Japan's troubled ruling party on Sunday chose as its leader an admittedly un-charismatic party elder known for his dovish foreign policy and quiet political know-how.
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BBC - Front Page Israel confirms new forces chief Israel's cabinet approves the appointment of Maj Gen Gabi Ashkenazi as the new head of its armed forces.
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Newsday Nursery chain to liquidate Frank's Nursery & Crafts, the lawn and garden retailer, declared bankruptcy Wednesday for the second time, and said it will start going-out-of-business sales as soon as it receives approval from Bankruptcy Court.
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Arizona Republic Gordon Cooper, 1 of 1st astronauts VENTURA, Calif. - Gordon Cooper, who as one of the original Mercury astronauts was a pioneer in human space exploration, has died.
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ic Ayrshire.co.uk Vogts survives another day The future of beleaguered Scotland football boss Berti Vogts remains unclear after it emerged SFA chiefs have not yet met in Glasgow.
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Yahoo Politics Bush back at work after summit illness (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush spent several hours restricted to his hotel room at the Group of Eight summit on Friday after being struck down by a stomach ailment.
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Boston Globe Palestinian suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of Tel Aviv's Shuk HaCarmel yesterday, killing three Israelis and wounding more than
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Washington Post Taiwanese Vote Today May Boost Separatism Taiwan votes Saturday in high-stakes legislative elections likely to reinforce President Chen Shui-bian's drive to bestow more trappings of independence on this self
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CBBC Rooney requests Everton transfer The striker is currently at the centre of a bidding war between Manchester United and Newcastle, after scoring four goals for England in Euro 2004.
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New York Times sports Sabathia makes grade, helps Indians beat A's C.C. Sabathia joined the Red Sox' Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics last night.
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Kataweb Sport Nantes, 15:44 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: GALLES-CANADA 42-17 Il Galles ha battuto il Canada 42-17 (9-12) in un incontro valido per il gruppo B dei mondiali di ru...
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Reuters Top News Reporter: Up to 100 Bodies in Russia School Gym BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Up to 100 bodies were seen lying in a Russian school gymnasium after troops stormed the building to end a two-day siege, a British ITV News reporter said Friday.
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Health Talk Flu Shot Contamination Not A Health Crisis: CDC Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America's influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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BBC UK Patients warned of infection risk A leading hospital admits it has taken two years to warn patients they could have contracted HIV or hepatitis after shoulder operations.
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Reuters Efficacy of Blood Pressure Drug Questioned A leading drug used by millions of people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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BBC News world Sri Lanka set to reopen schools Authorities hope the delayed Sri Lankan school year can begin on Monday, despite tsunami damage.
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ComputerWorld Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Addressing a gathering of software industry leaders in Boston today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer touted his company's vision for a bright future and cast doubt
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Reuters Life and Leisure Sudan's Forgotten Victims Live Life on the Edge MAYO, Sudan (Reuters) - Hashim Khalil Osman peeks out from the remains of his hut, partly bulldozed and then patched up with plastic sacking, to see if help has arrived to alleviate the misery of life in the slum suburbs of Khartoum.
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London Free Press Roddick turns up aces in gaining round of 16 NEW YORK -- Defending champion Andy Roddick finally met a seeded veteran in the third round of the US Open. Something of a challenge, right?
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Yahoo U.S. Hispanics Threaten Calif. Boycott for Veto (AP) AP - Angered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of a bill to let undocumented immigrants drive legally, Hispanic leaders and political groups are organizing protests and a national boycott of California to disrupt convention business.
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Reuters Entertainment "Surf's Up" rides DVD wave to dual wins LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It was "Surf's Up" at DVD stores last week as the penguin cartoon caught a wave to the top of the national sales and rental charts.
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Reuters Sports Unbeatable Roloson lifts Oilers to 4-0 win over Canucks VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Dwayne Roloson made 36 saves to earn the shutout and Raffi Torres had a goal and set up another to help the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday.
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EastDay.com Hamilton to keep his Olympic gold Olympic time trial champion Tyler Hamilton has secured his gold after being cleared of any doping offense at the Athens Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
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swissinfo Iranian bill backs nuke energy drive has passed a bill obliging the government to go on trying to develop a civilian nuclear energy programme. uranium enrichment or end snap UN inspections of atomic facilities as some lawmakers had called for.
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Yahoo World Pressure mounts on Turkish government to launch offensive (Reuters) Reuters - Turkey's government was under intense public pressure on Monday to launch a major cross-border operation to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating from northern Iraq after they killed 17 Turkish soldiers.
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Yahoo Entertainment Pixies to Close Tour in Big Apple (Reuters) Reuters - The Pixies' wildly successful reunion tour will close with a Dec. 18 double-header at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, where the band already has sold out six prior engagements.
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Reuters Top News Five Die as Suicide Bomber Attacks Pakistan Mosque LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed four people as he shot his way into a Shi'ite Muslim mosque and blew himself up in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday, emergency workers said.
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Reuters World Kyrgyz government resigns: president BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's government resigned on Wednesday in line with requirements set by a new constitution adopted at a nationwide referendum last weekend.
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