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BBC News Band Aid sells 72,000 on day one More than 72,000 copies of the new Band Aid single were sold on its first day of release, according to sales figures. A Band Aid spokesman said they were "very, very happy" with Monday's demand, which saw shops open early.
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Ansa Italia Neonato muore a Napoli, indagini Sarebbe deceduto per soffocamento, forse tragico incidente
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New York Times Tech EBay Lends Hand to Dropoff Stores EBay dropoff stores, which list, package and ship eBay items for people who prefer not to do it themselves, have gotten a little help in their quest to find a market - from eBay itself.
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Voice of America South African Police: Thatcher Preparing to Flee Before Arrest South African police say the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was planning to flee the country before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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New Zealand Herald Mutilated corpse DNA tested for identity The Times newspaper in Britain reported on its website yesterday that the mutilated corpse of a Western woman found by US marines in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was being DNA tested to see if it was the remains of kidnapped British aid worker Margaret
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BBC UK Cricket: Ponting sorry for dissent Australia captain Ricky Ponting apologises after being fined for dissent.
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New York Times world Bush Nominates Chief of Kellogg as Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Kellogg's chief executive since 1999 and a native of Cuba, now faces Senate confirmation.
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Time Top News New Airport in New York Planned The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is converting an airport into what it hopes will be a state-of-the-art facility that attracts millions of travelers a year while serving as a relief valve for increasing congestion at the other airports
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Yahoo World Tear gas scatters Malaysian 'flower power' protest (Reuters) Reuters - Malaysian police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to break up an anti-government protest by ethnic Indians carrying roses to symbolize a peaceful demand for justice.
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New York Times sports New Bedford pins hopes on Melo, he comes through After falling to Framingham's Nick Flannery in the Division 1 state individual semifinals last weekend, New Bedford's Cory Melo bumped up a weight class and took an 11-7 decision in the rematch last night. The win propelled the Whalers to a 39-26 win over the visiting Flyers in the state Division 1 team semifinals.
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Repubblica Firenze, la biologa che ha sbagliato "Sono a pezzi, non mi spiego quell'errore" Cinquantadue anni, un curriculum senza pecche: sarà sospesa dall'ospedale e rischia un risarcimento danni colossale. Intanto l'assiste uno psicologo Firenze, la biologa che ha sbagliato "Sono a pezzi, non mi spiego quell'errore" di FRANCA SELVATICI (07:14 22/02/2007)
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BBC - Front Page Boring lessons linked to truancy Good teaching and leadership help to cut truancy rates and boost school attendance, says an Ofsted report.
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PCWorld news Qualcomm Chips Away at Mobile TV Mobile phone makers get a choice of new technology plus existing MediaFlo for services.
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Bloomberg Rakuten Applies to Form Baseball Team in Japan's Pacific League Rakuten Inc., Japan's largest Internet shopping mall operator, said it applied to form a new pro baseball team, the second applicant to fill a gap left by a planned merger of the former clubs of Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo.
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Repubblica Dpef e pensioni, settimana cruciale Il governo cerca l'accordo con i sindacati L'esecutivo vede Cgil, Cisl e Uil e i capigruppo di maggioranza Prodi al lavoro per trovare una soluzione per superare gli ostacoli Dpef e pensioni, settimana cruciale Il governo cerca l'accordo con i sindacati (11:29 25/06/2007)
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BBC Europe Kite to pull ship across Atlantic The world's first cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela.
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BBC News entertainment Cruise and Winfrey host Nobel gig Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey will host the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Saturday.
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Computerworld news CBS Sports, Facebook team up for March Madness Bracketology CBS Sports and Facebook have jointly built an application that will let Facebook users fill brackets for the 2008 NCAA men's basketball tournament and compare their picks with those of their friends.
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Voice of America Flash Floods in Northeastern India Kill at Least 26 Indian officials say at least 26 people have drowned in flooding in the northeastern state of Assam. The officials say the deaths occurred in the state's western Goalpara district near the border with Bangladesh.
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Yahoo Sports White Sox salvage split with Tigers (AP) AP - The Chicago White Sox could have left Detroit barely trailing in the AL Central or back in a huge hole. After losing the first two games of a four-game series, the World Series champions were pleased a split kept them in the division race.
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Yahoo Europe Prince William Defends Brother, Father (AP) AP - Prince William supported the oft-criticized behavior of his brother, Prince Harry, and stuck up for his father, Prince Charles, in a rare interview with the British media published Saturday.
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Yahoo Elections Americans are signing up to vote in record numbers: report (AFP) AFP - Americans are registering to vote in record numbers ahead of the November 2 election, a report said.
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Yahoo Europe Ukraine's Opposition Leader Vows to Be PM (AP) AP - Ukraine's fiery opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said Tuesday she expects to become the country's next prime minister, given her stalwart support for Viktor Yushchenko, whose presidency is increasingly likely.
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Reuters Treasuries prices initially slip after Philly Fed US Treasury prices initially slipped and then made a slight recovery after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's business activity index showed surprising strength.
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Newsday Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs switches brands "Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs!" The iconic kids pasta that has made mealtime easier for countless American families for four decades is getting a face-lift, and its once-popular Franco-American brand is being consigned to history.
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Yahoo U.S. Parents don't realize kids are fat (AP) AP - A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
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Reuters JP Morgan KOs $5 Bln IBM Outsourcing Deal JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Wednesday it was scrapping a $5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM Corp.
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The Malaysia Star GE to sell 60% of India call-centre unit NEW DELHI: General Electric Co. plans to sell a majority stake in its Indian call-centre unit to General Atlantic Partners LLC and Oak Hill Capital Partners for US$500mil to help the business gain new customers.
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BBC News world Tennis: Roddick sends US to final Andy Roddick's straight-sets victory over Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman takes the United States to the Davis Cup final against Russia.
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Yahoo U.S. NYC cabbie group starts 2-day strike (AP) AP - A group of New York City taxi drivers launched a two-day strike early Wednesday over what the cabbies consider intrusive new technology.
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MLive.com Sportsview: Khorkina makes grand exit ATHENS, Greece (AP) The diva does not warm up before her performance. Not much, anyway. That is something that other gymnasts do, and Svetlana Khorkina will never be confused with one of those.
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India Express Hostage crisis: KGL says it has no presence in Iraq Declaring that it had no presence in Iraq, the Kuwaiti company KGL employing three Indians held hostage in the war-ravaged country today asked the abductors to believe it and release the captives.
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KLTV AG nominee will face Iraq, death penalty questions from Senate WASHINGTON Alberto Gonzales' road to confirmation as the first Hispanic US attorney general may run through two controversial places -- Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison and the death row of Texas.
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New York Times sports Case of pet-ty theft Doug Mientkiewicz should have been so lucky. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who is not above having a little fun, recently told a newspaper in Mississippi a story he'd first tried out weeks ago on NESN, that the ball he used to record the final out of the 2007 World Series was torn apart by his dog, Boss, a fresh ...
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Yahoo Tech Firefox share gains slightly in study (AP) AP - Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory.
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CNET security news A solar refrigerator for developing world the sun is hot, so harvest the heat to make ice cubes.
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Telegraph.co.uk Turkey's imams predict more freedom of worship – thanks to the <b>...</b> After wrapping up evening prayers, the head imam of the Alaaddin mosque turns from Mecca, tucked his feet under his overcoat and thought of Europe.
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iTunes Music The Original Sound of Sheffield - '78/'82 - Cabaret Voltaire The Original Sound of Sheffield - '78/'82 by Cabaret Voltaire
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BBC - Front Page Gene secrets of the tree revealed The first tree to have its full DNA code unravelled is a poplar, the black cottonwood.
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Yahoo Elections Hoyer: GOP Congress Failed Americans (AP) AP - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer criticized the Republican-controlled Congress on Saturday for "surrendering to its own intransigence and admitting that it cannot complete the work the people sent us here to do."
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Ansa Economia Commercio: sciopero il 21 marzo Per il rinnovo del contratto nazionale di categoria
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Yahoo Health DNA Test for Colon Cancer a Mixed Bag (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- A test that uses DNA to detect colorectal cancer is better than the most commonly used noninvasive screening, but a new study finds it still falls far short of the most accurate -- albeit intrusive -- method.
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Ansa Italia Rifiuti: protesta nel Beneventano Manifestanti occupano la statale Appia e la ferrovia
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Yahoo U.S. Surgery death exposes hidden network (AP) AP - Fabiola DePaula's quest for beauty took her to a condominium basement, where authorities say she paid an unlicensed doctor $3,300 for a nose job and liposuction performed on a massage table.
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Search engine journal Yahoo Mail Fixes Security Flaws Yahoo Mail Fixes Security Flaws Yahoo reportedly fixed two flaws in Yahoo Mail which had the potential to allow a hacker to read a victim's browser cookies and change the appearance of some pages, Yahoo told news services. A Yahoo representative said the flaws were fixed last month by making changes ...
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The Register HTC jump on touch-screen phone bandwagon New handset could be the iPhone spoiler Today in London, HTC showed off its latest mobile phone handset, simply known to as the Touch - referring to its main feature, the fact that functions are accessed and operated through a touch screen...rather like that much-hyped other touch screen mobile phone soon to hit the shores of the US - Apple's iPhone .

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Topix.Net Europe Serb leader ties EU talks to keeping Kosovo "I think Carla del Ponte was the only one who was impressed by Tolimir's arrest" BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica greeted the resumption of suspended talks with the European Union on Wednesday by urging the EU to back down on its support for the independence of Kosovo. Linking two issues the EU says are unrelated, Kostunica suggested negotiations on a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) could hinge on EU states accepting that the breakaway province must remain part of Serbia. "Today's restart of talks on the SAA offers a good opportunity for the EU to show clearly that it looks on Serbia as a partner, which means full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia," he said in a statement. Read more
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Yahoo Tech Houston Astros Hope Wireless Is A Hit (TechWeb) TechWeb - Baseball team keeps its eye on the technology ball by assembling an outside IT team to deploy Wi-Fi for fans.
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Washington Post Business Possible Leak to Lobbyists Gets Attention of the SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission has looked into whether lobbyists provided hedge funds with potentially market-moving information about a pending congressional speech.
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Forbes Children's Place to Buy Disney Stores Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. on Wednesday said it agreed to buy Walt Disney Co.'s ailing chain of Disney Store in North America, giving Children's Place added presence in the newborn to 10-year-old market.
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The Motley Fool Baidu Lands Mr. Softy A paid-search deal with MSN China is the latest growth spurt from China's search leader.
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Kataweb Sport Palermo, 15:00 - CALCIO, PALERMO; BRIENZA: COLANTUONO MI HA CONVINTO A RESTARE Per l'ennesima stagione Franco Brienza è stato a un passo dalla partenza e invece anche quest...
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Washington Times Iraqi police, troops under insurgent fire Iraqi insurgents are targeting fellow Iraqis serving as police or national guardsmen and their families, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Ansa Italia Cdl: chiesto incontro a Quirinale A Napolitano: crisi insostenibile, impossibile confronto
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Seattle Post Intelligencer Beer drinking bees help science Do mild-mannered honeybees get just a happy buzz when they drink booze? That's one of the mysteries scientists are trying to solve in hopes of learning why some people who are normally cool and calm become aggressive and mean when they're loaded.
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New York Times health Libya Said to Lift Death Penalty of 6 Convicted in H.I.V. Case Libya will not execute five nurses and a doctor who were sentenced to death for infecting more than 400 children with H.I.V. in 1998.
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Time U.S. Edwards Goes After Clinton, Obama Voters shouldn't pick a presidential candidate on the basis of either "change rhetoric" or a yearning for the past, John Edwards says in an interview, seeking to draw clearer lines between himself and rivals
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The Register 10.48pm is best time to pull women: official XXX insights from mobile Q&A outfit
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Reuters Top News Landmine casualties up despite record clearing GENEVA (Reuters) - A record area was cleared of landmines last year, but casualties caused by the weapons rose by 11 percent to 7,328, with many of the victims children, a report said on Wednesday.
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Boston Globe business Hiring seen improving a bit Jobless workers in Boston with the right skills could find employment soon. Some area employers expect to maintain a steady hiring pace during the fourth quarter of 2004, according to a survey released yesterday by Manpower Inc. The outlook is brightest in wholesale and retail trade, education, and public administration.
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Reuters Entertainment World Theme Park Attendance Up 2.2 Percent in '04 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Theme park attendance rose 2.2 percent at the top 50 theme parks around the world, and Walt Disney Co's parks in Florida, California and Tokyo resorts topped the list, industry publication Amusement Business said on Monday.
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Fides Italia IL BAMBINO È PERSONA IL BAMBINO È PERSONA Un numero di bambini compreso tra 133 e 275 milioni, assiste a episodi di violenza domestica. Lo Studio delle Nazioni Unite sulla violenza nei confronti dei minori. L’ambiente di lavoro. Internet e i telefonini di nuova generazione. ...
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San Francisco Chronicle Volkswagen workers stage marches as 'difficult' pay talks continue Automaker Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union said Tuesday they have made some progress in difficult pay negotiations, but were cautious on prospects of a quick deal in talks that were marked by worker protests.
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Reuters World Army Names Eyadema's Son as Togo's Leader LOME (Reuters) - Togo's armed forces said Faure Gnassingbe, the son of former president Gnassingbe Eyadema, would assume power in the West African country following the death of his father earlier on Saturday.
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The Washington Post world Debate Highlights Stark Choice for Voters The issues of substance between the two main presidential candidates – dramatically different governing priorities, and starkly different responses to whether the country is on the right course at home and abroad – were on vivid display Friday in their second debate.
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Yahoo U.S. Bush to lay wreath at Arlington (AP) AP - As he observes Memorial Day today, President Bush is expected to say more sacrifices may be needed in Iraq. At Arlington National Cemetery, Bush will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
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Ansa Calcio Carifirenze: slitta accordo Intesa Oggi due riunioni non decisive
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Yahoo World Iceland's first-half goal blitz freezes out Northern Ireland (AFP) AFP - Iceland ran riot in the first-half as they defeated Northern Ireland 3-0 in their opening Euro 2008 Group F qualifier in Belfast.
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PCWorld news VMworld a Launch Pad for Virtualization Wares VMware isn't the only vendor unveiling technology at its annual conference.
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EUbusiness Turkey rejects EU pressure on Cyprus, delay in talks date Turkey will not bow to pressure from the European Union to recognize Cyprus and expects the 25-nation bloc to open accession talks with Ankara next year, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
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Seattle Times Roundup: Illini men rise to top of AP poll, win game There was little celebrating when Illinois men's players found out they were ranked No. 1 in the nation yesterday afternoon. There was a game to play at night.
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New York Times world U.S. to Increase Its Force in Iraq by Nearly 12,000 The U.S. military presence in Iraq will grow to 150,000 troops by next month, the highest level since the invasion last year.
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DEBKA file Bush and Sharon Play to Their Galleries on Settlement Growth Bush administration officials say the US could agree to some new Israeli settlement construction on the West Bank, provided it does step outside the boundaries of existing locations - a departure from the freeze demanded till now.
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Forbes Major European Indices Down Again Airline and mining stocks were the worst hit in Monday trading.
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CBS Sportsline Dolphins on verge of trading Ogunleye to Bears The Miami Dolphins have agreed to trade defensive end Adewale Ogunleye to the Chicago Bears for wide receiver Marty Booker and a 2005 third-round pick, if agent Drew Rosenhaus can work out a new contract for Ogunleye by 7 pm Saturday, according to a
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Fremont News Messenger Joining forces Fremont Kmart Store Director Rick Smith made an interesting announcement during his Wednesday morning staff meeting: Kmart and Sears merged.
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New York Times Movies A Downtown Star Who Aspired to Be Out of This World "The Nomi Song" chronicles the short and haunting life of Klaus Sperber, a trained classical singer from Germany who came to New York as a young man in the late 1970's.
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Kataweb Sport Dusseldorf, 15:01 - CALCIO, NIGERIA: VOGTS SMENTISCE L'ESONERO DA CT Berti Vogts, ct della Nigeria, ha smentito di essere stato esonerato dopo l'eliminazione dei quarti ...
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IAfrica South African News Srichaphan sets up Federer semi Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan on Friday lined up a semifinal clash with world number one Roger Federer as he handed out a 6-2, 7-5 defeat to Dutchman Dennis van Scheppingen at the Thailand Open.
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BBC News world Generals die in Nigeria air crash Ten of Nigeria's most senior army commanders are killed when a military plane crashes.
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NewsChannel5.com At Least Eight Dead In Missouri Crash Emergency crews are searching woods and open fields near Kirksville, Missouri, Wednesday morning after a commuter plane crash. At least eight of the 15 people on board the Corporate Airlines turboprop were
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Roxboro Courier Times Health dept. adjusts to protocol for The Person County Health Department plans to move forward with its scheduled flu vaccine clinics later this month, but Person Health Director Marc Kolman said that
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Ansa Libano:Nna,Israele spara su confine Ma Israele nega azione di artiglieria
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Reuters Top News Ex-Islamist Gul elected Turkey's president ANKARA (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected Turkey's president on Tuesday, the first former Islamist to take the post in the secular but predominantly Muslim country's modern history.
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Yahoo Entertainment Starbucks Expanding Custom CD Service to 45 Stores (Reuters) Reuters - Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday said customers will be able to make custom music CDs at 45 of its U.S. coffee shops by later this month, the first step in a plan to expand the service nationwide.
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Toronto Star Unions seek reversal of Harris-era labour setbacks Ontario union boosters are calling for the Liberal government to reinstate labour laws struck down by the Harris government, and say things are so bad in the province that workers are scared of their bosses.
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Yahoo Tech Intel Unveils First Penryn Mobile Processors (PC World) PC World - Refreshed Centrino laptop platform aims to increase power, energy efficiency, and speed of optimized applications.
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Discovery Channel Next for Private Spaceflight: Tourist Ships After flying successfully three times in space, SpaceShipOne is in demand as an alternative way to fly people and small payloads to suborbital space.
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San Francisco Chronicle Knicks place Crawford on injured list Knicks guard Jamal Crawford was placed on the injured list Sunday because of a toe injury on his right foot. New York also activated guard Jamison Brewer before its 91-82 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.
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New York Times world Accused Gambino Leaders Indicted in Sweep State and federal indictments represented a government move against the upper echelon of the Gambino family.
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Washington Times Japan may pull out of Iraq in late 2005 Japan's Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday Japanese troops may withdraw from Iraq in late 2005. "The mandate for the multinational force (in Iraq) will
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The Times Row blamed as Danon quits BT Pierre Danon is quitting as head of BT Retail to become the chief operating officer at French computer consultants Cap Gemini, furthering suggestions of a split in the telecoms giant boardroom.
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Yahoo Europe British aristocrat accidentally shot Kenyan poacher: witness (AFP) AFP - The British aristocrat on trial for murder in a racially-charged case in Kenya aimed at a noise on his property but accidentally shot dead the victim, a poacher, an eyewitness has testified.
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BBC UK UK rail chiefs eye sat-navigation The rail industry is investigating the use of satellite navigation technology to improve Britain's train system.
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Reuters Business Hilton Hotels signs UK development deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hilton Hotels Corp. said on Tuesday it signed a letter of understanding with Somerston Hotels UK Ltd. to develop new hotels in Britain.
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The Register Waste computer edict finally hits UK Charity says don't junk kit, send it to Africa instead The long-awaited Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive finally comes into force on Sunday, 1 July.

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Yahoo Sports Vinatieri Matched Longest Kick at Heinz (AP) AP - Adam Vinatieri has some pretty big field goals to his credit, with the two Super Bowl winners in 2002 and '04. But what he did Sunday to start off the AFC championship game against Pittsburgh may have been tougher.
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RedNova general Clinton in Good Spirits Before Surgery NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was in good spirits Saturday, walking around his hospital room in street clothes and buoyed by thousands of get-well messages as he awaited heart bypass surgery early this coming week, people close to the family said. Clinton's wife and daughter visited him in the hospital Saturday and he had received 15,000 get-well messages relayed from the Web site of his foundation, a spokeswoman said...
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