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CRM Buyer Japan's UFJ Says It Is Examining SMFG Offer, But No Change to MTFG <b>...</b> Earlier, SMFG said it offered the one-for-one share exchange ratio to UFJ Holdings as part of its bid to win the support of UFJ for its merger proposal over a rival offer from MTFG.
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Wired Tech Synthetic Biology: It's Not What You Learned, But What You Made Scientists trying to create life are more like engineers than biologists. They want to make stuff rather than learn about life.
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Reuters Top News Mortars kill 15 in Baghdad after deadly truck bomb BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Mortar bombs killed 15 people in a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on Sunday in fresh violence after a truck bomb killed 135 people in a Shi'ite area in the worst single bombing since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.
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Guardian Comair Begins Recovery From Holiday Snafu Comair put some of its passenger planes back in the air Sunday after canceling all 1,100 flights systemwide a day earlier, and the airline hoped to be operating a full schedule by the end of the week, a spokesman said.
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CNN/SI New Orleans Saints Aaron Brooks threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Donte' Stallworth with 61 seconds remaining as the New Orleans Saints escaped with a 30-27 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
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Channel News Asia Japanese official arrives in Kuwait to repatriate Koda's body KUWAIT CITY : Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa arrived in Kuwait to supervise arrangements for the repatriation of the body of Japanese tourist Shosei Koda who was beheaded by militants in Iraq.
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NFL News Bears have edge in Ogunleye trade (Aug. 22, 2004) -- The Miami Dolphins desperately needed a receiver. The Chicago Bears desperately needed a defensive end. But take a closer look, and it seems clear that the Bears came out on top in the deal -- by a lot.
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New York Times Business Not in the Real World Anymore Upstaged by MySpace, MTV will introduce Virtual Laguna Beach, where fans can immerse themselves in virtual versions of the show’s hangouts.
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The Motley Fool HD-DVD Meets Betamax Blu-ray triumphs in the hi-def war. Did you choose wisely?
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RedNova science Study of How Much Waste Bayous Can Handle is Done After Four Years; Next Step Could Be Cleanup By Dee Dixon, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Sep. 24--ORANGE -- Adams Bayou, an estuary that runs through Pinehurst, Orange and West Orange, often goes unnoticed by motorists driving along Park Street, Interstate 10 or Texas 105.
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Computerworld news Security advances not keeping pace with technology Despite vendor claims to the contrary, security scanners and source-code analysis tools are generally speaking not up to the job of protecting your company's network, says one McAfee VP.
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Reuters Business KKR, Texas Pacific-led group to buy TXU Corp (Reuters) - TXU Corp. said it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group for about $45 billion including debt.
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Reuters Health Analysts Bet Pfizer's Celebrex Won't Be Withdrawn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some analysts are betting Pfizer Inc. won't have to withdraw its arthritis drug Celebrex but they do expect sales to fall after a study of the drug in cancer patients showed it increased the risk of heart attacks.
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Forbes Shakedown Street Super-lawyer William Lerach is headed for prison, but the class-action racket is still going strong.
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Reuters Top News Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests YANGON (Reuters) - Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
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Ottawa Post SUDAN: EU welcomes Security Council resolution on Darfur NAIROBI, - The European Union (EU) has welcomed last week's adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution that warns Sudan of punitive measures, including sanctions, if it failed to protect civilians in the strife-torn western region of
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Ansa Economia Greggio: Aie rialza stime domanda Sia nel 2006 che nel 2007 a causa forti consumi Cina
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New York Times world On Stand, Terrorist's Lawyer Denies Aiding Violent Cause Portrayed as an accomplice to her clients, Lynne F. Stewart testified that she was an adversarial lawyer but had never aided violence.
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Telegraph.co.uk Arrests show Taliban a spent force Security forces have now picked up 19 Taliban militants since Saturday, including the brother of the former Taliban governor of Kandahar, the religious dictatorship's stronghold during its years in power.
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BBC UK Funeral held for murdered Amelie Family and friends attend the funeral in France of murdered student Amelie Delagrange.
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Yahoo Science Space shuttle crew prepares for Wednesday landing (Reuters) Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis crew members prepared on Tuesday for their planned touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida after delivering Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory to the International Space Station.
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Ansa Moda Burani acquista Facco Corporation Societa' gioielleria da 11,6 mln di fatturato nel 2005
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Al-Jazeera Karzai declared winner of Afghan election US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's first presidential election. Wednesday's announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.
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The Washington Post sports Agassi in Semifinals Top-seeded Andre Agassi beat Spain's Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (4), 6-2 Friday to reach the Stockholm Open semifinals for the first time.
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Health Talk Vioxx Recall Draws Attention To Pfizer's Celebrex The recall of Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx has drawn attention to drug overall safety, more specifically, a similar drug known as Celebrex, by the drug maker Pfizer.
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The Union Leader Mosque remains in control of militia Supporters of rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr remained in control of the Imam Ali Mosque on Saturday as negotiations continued over terms for handing the shrine
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BBC - Front Page ITV halts shows from Queen firm ITV says it will not commission any new shows from RDF Media until a probe into a misleading trailer about the Queen is completed.
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Arabic News Four security men injured in Saudi Arabia, seven gunmen killed <b>...</b> The Saudi security forces killed seven gunmen in Riyadh city suspected to be involved in the explosions which targeted the Ministry Of Interior and a headquarters for the special forces in Riyadh.
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New York Times Movies Abandoned Children Stow Away at Home Hirokazu Kore-eda's harrowing, tender film was inspired by a real event in which four children were left alone by their mother in a small Tokyo apartment.
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The Washington Post sports Baseball's New Plan Baseball players and owners have reached a new agreement on steroid testing and plan to announce it Thursday, according to the AP.
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BBC UK Doctors' therapy 'slows ageing' Two doctors believe they have the cure for wrinkles - infra-red light therapy.
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Ansa Polonio: Scaramella dimesso lunedi' Sta bene anche secondo esperti ministero Salute a Londra
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Ansa WS: indici negativi in apertura Dow Jones -0,06%, SP 500 -0,07%, Nasdaq -0,18%
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Yahoo Politics Justice says waterboarding not legal (AP) AP - A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed, going a step beyond what CIA Director Michael Hayden has said.
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Kataweb Calcio Barcellona, 13:03 - CALCIO, REAL: CALDERON IMBUCATO A ROLAND GARROS, E' POLEMICA Ramon Calderon, presidente del Real Madrid, si 'imbuca' nel palco d'onore del Roland Garros e fa inf...
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The Register Dell's SEC deadline looms File by 16 July or risk de-listing Dell has said its conditional listing on Nasdaq will come to end on 16 July, effectively forcing the computer maker to file its late financial reports with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Reuters Top News Saddam trial judge brother-in-law killed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a brother-in-law of the new judge trying Saddam Hussein and badly wounded the man's wife and son, in what the Iraqi government said on Friday was a direct attack on the court by Saddam's followers.
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Yahoo! Italia Notizie Golden Globe, 'Sideways' in testa alle candidature Los Angeles, 13 dic. - (Adnkronos) - 'Sideways', la commedia diretta da Alexander Payne, guida le candidature ai Golden Globe, i premi assegnati dalla stampa straniera a Hollywood. Per il film sono state sette
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Reuters Business Indexes pare gains as energy shares fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks pared their gains and the Standard & Poor's 500 index was nearly flat on Friday, as investors sold energy shares, taking profits after several days of gains.
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ANSA ALITALIA: IN MOBILITA' SOLO LAVORATORI IN VIA PENSIONAMENTO ROMA - Il criterio ''unico'' per individuare, il personale da collocare in mobilita', sara' ''l'avvenuta maturazione, ovvero la maturazione nel corso del periodo di fruizione del trattamento di mobilita', dei requisiti di eta' oo di contribuzione utili
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CNN Top News Branson: $3B to fight global warming Read full story for latest details.
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Kataweb Sport Misano, 11:43 - MOTO, GP SAN MARINO: STONER VOLA NELLE LIBERE Casey Stoner è stato il più veloce nelle seconde prove libere MotoGp del Gp di San Marino. I...
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The Register Security watchers lambast Vista Malware blocking credentials questioned Windows Vista has only just left the starting blocks but security watchers have wasted no time in challenging claims that it provides improved security defences.

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RedNova technology Biz Scene: Unusual Bamboo laptop Laptop surfaces are generally made of metal or plastic.
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Kataweb Sport Pechino, 14:56 - TENNIS, ATP PECHINO: BAGHDATIS IN SEMIFINALE Il cipriota Marcos Baghdatis continua a fare molto bene nel circuito internazionale di tennis. Oggi,...
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The Register iTunes battles Amazon with DRM-free price drop Not in the UK, still more expensive. Whodathunkit? Apple has responded to the launch of Amazon's DRM-free music download store with a price cut to its own iTunes Plus.

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BBC - Front Page Concern over rare duck's decline One of the UK's rarest breeding ducks almost halves in the past decade, a new survey reveals.
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Yahoo World Conditions Worsen in Darfur, U.N. Agencies Say (Reuters) Reuters - Conditions for 1.2 million Sudanese displaced in Darfur continue to worsen amid violent attacks, spreading disease, and heavy rains which wreak havoc with aid convoys, United Nations agencies said on Tuesday.
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The Washington Post sports Padres Acquire Edmonds, Cash From Cardnials In a move that may lead to the trade of another star - Scott Rolen - the Cardinals send outfielder Jim Edmonds to San Diego for a minor league third baseman and cash.
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Yahoo World Putin: Russia shouldn't be U.S. opponent (AP) AP - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's role should not be to counter the United States, adding that Washington was "our principal partner," with close positions on issues such as global security, nonproliferation and disarmament.
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Reuters Top News Imelda Marcos may run for mayor of Manila in 2007 MANILA (Reuters) - Imelda Marcos, the Philippines' former first lady, may return to politics next year and run for mayor of the capital Manila, her eldest daughter Imee said on Monday.
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Yahoo Business Saudi vows to create 'pro-business environment', foster investment (AFP) AFP - Saudi Arabia will seek to create a "pro-business environment" and foster investment opportunities in energy and other sectors, the oil-rich kingdom's investment chief said.
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PHPDeveloper.org Zend Developer Zone: Zend Core update for PHP 5.2.3 AS per this announcement on the Zend Developer Zone, Zend has released the latest version of their Zend Core product updating it for PHP 5.2.3. The Zend Core team has just released PHP 5.2.3 as an automatic update, so you should be able to upgrade your Zend Core environment with the latest PHP – in one easy step. (Zend Core 2.0.3 Windows packages are also available). Updates in the latest release include improved Windows performance and reliability, a bundled Zend Framework and universal database support. You can download the latest version from the Zend Core page on the Zend website.
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Reuters Entertainment Gucci Floats Into New, Feminine Age MILAN (Reuters) - Gucci floated into a new era of femininity Thursday as the house known for its high-octane sex appeal showed its first women's collection since the departure of star designer Tom Ford.
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Topix.Net Europe Weak Dollar Boosts Some Corporate Growth American company Tupperware Corp. is rooting for the dollar to stay weak, while Irish crystal maker Waterford Wedgwood PLC wants the opposite.
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Ansa Economia Francia: manifestazioni per 35 ore Il premier vorrebbe rendere meno rigida la legge
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Washington Post Nation Genetically Engineered Rice Wins USDA Approval The Department of Agriculture declared safe for human consumption yesterday an experimental variety of genetically engineered rice found to have contaminated the U.S. rice supply this summer.
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Yahoo Europe At least one killed, scores hurt when train hits car in England (AFP) AFP - A high-speed train derailed after colliding with a car at a crossing in rural southern England, leaving at least one person dead, scores injured and several trapped inside the wreckage.
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Guardian Top News Child health fears over high salt levels in sweets Many sweet foods popular with children contain potentially dangerous levels of salt which are putting their health at risk, a campaign group warns today
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Yahoo Elections Barack Obama bio box (AP) AP - NAME — Barack Obama.
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Reuters Health Biomarker measures severity of prostate disease NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with severe symptoms of prostate enlargement, so-called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, have low blood levels of a protein dubbed JM-27, according to a new report.
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BetaNews.Com HD TiVos Can Now Share Content As expected, TiVo Series3 and HD units are beginning to see support for the DVR's TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing features with the arrival of software update 9.2. The capabilities had been disabled due to concerns about sharing copy-protected HD content.
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New York Times Business Hershey Expects Lower Earnings This Year CHICAGO (Reuters) — The Hershey Company, which is losing market share to rivals like Mars Inc. as it battles rising costs, forecast on Thursday a drop in 2008 earnings.
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Local Tech Wire Bank of America Begins Deployment of Cisco VoIP Phones CHARLOTTE - Bank of America is deploying some 180,000 Cisco Internet Protocol-based telephones across its 5,800 branches and enterprise centers in a major deployment of Voice over IP technology from Cisco.
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Yahoo Politics Dayton Defends Capitol Hill Office Closure (AP) AP - Sen. Mark Dayton on Wednesday defended his much-maligned decision to close his Washington office until Election Day, saying several pieces of intelligence led him to believe the Capitol was at risk of an attack.
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St. Petersburg Times Solution to fit vs. fat debate: Exercise more Two medical studies stress an active lifestyle, as well as eating right, is vital for good health. By LISA GREENE, Times Staff Writer.
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Yahoo Health First-Pregnancy Factors Tied to Breast Cancer Risk (Reuters) Reuters - New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Reuters World Islamists battle Lebanon army at second camp AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked Lebanese troops at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon on Monday, killing two soldiers and threatening to plunge the country into long-term instability.
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New York Times world Caution: Angry Artists at Work Political fervor stemming from the Republican National Convention is being translated into art in mediums that range from painting and sculpture to Web art to political ephemera.
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Yahoo Sports 2004 AP All-America Team (AP) AP - Quarterback — Matt Leinart, Southern California, junior.
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Reuters Business Viacom and Microsoft sign advertising and content deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it has selected Microsoft Corp. as its Internet advertising partner in a five-year agreement initially valued at an estimated $500 million that involves online games, shows and movies.
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Reuters Sports Miller Tops Dream Giant Slalom Podium VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Bode Miller made his ambitions clear when he won his fifth World Cup race of the season in a giant slalom on Sunday ahead of the best two skiers of recent years.
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Yahoo Sports NBA Wrap: Spurs Squeeze Past Pistons (Reuters) Reuters - Tony Parker scored 20 points and Brent Barry made two free throws in the final seconds to give the San Antonio Spurs an 80-77 win over the Detroit Pistons Friday.
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Yahoo Entertainment 'Fahrenheit,' 'Passion' Win People's Choice Awards (Reuters) Reuters - Two hit films that have been snubbed this awards season in Hollywood snared top People's Choice honors on Sunday as anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" was named best film and "The Passion of The Christ" best film drama.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Challenge draws Saban to Dolphins LSU coach Nick Saban, courted repeatedly by the NFL in recent years, agreed to become the Miami Dolphins' new coach after three days of deliberations.
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Yahoo U.S. Marine Corps settles rape lawsuit (AP) AP - The Marine Corps agreed Thursday to revamp its recruiting practices in Northern California and pay $200,000 to two young women who claimed they were raped during a slumber party at a Ukiah recruiting office.
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Yahoo Entertainment Satirist Jon Stewart's Book Named Year's Best (Reuters) Reuters - Political satirist Jon Stewart's mock look at a political science college textbook "America (the Book), a Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," was named on Sunday the book of the year by Publishers Weekly, the trade publication of the book industry.
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RedNova Oddities Watch Lost in WWI Returned to Grandsons SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A World War I veteran's watch lost nearly 90 years ago, has stood the test of time. William B. Gill lost his watch in France, where he served in the U.S. Army. Another man, Carl Grothaus, won it in a poker game and brought it back to South Dakota.
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Kataweb Calcio Viareggio, 12:44 - CALCIO, SI TORNA A GIOCARE: DOMANI VIA A TORNEO VIAREGGIO Partirà domani la 59/a edizione della Coppa Carnevale torneo di Viareggio. Lo ha comunicato l...
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Channel News Asia SingTel signs deal with Samsung Networks to tap S. Korean market SINGAPORE : SingTel has teamed up with the South Korean conglomerate, Samsung, to tap the Korean market. Both companies have signed an agreement to distribute Internet Protocol for Virtual Private Networks services in Korea.
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iNews BOLZANO - In piscina con il chador, bagnino le fa uscire La regola Ú chiara: per fare il bagno occorre indossare il costume. Per questo due donne musulmane entrate nella piscina del Lido di Bolzano vestite - con tanto di tunica e velo nel rispetto della loro religione
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Guardian Top News The political choice facing London could not be clearer Comment is free: Seumas Milne: The current onslaught on Ken Livingstone is driven by a neocon agenda, but the fallout could have a far wider social impact
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The Motley Fool How to Take Your Pension If you've got a pension, you're in the minority of workers today. Here are some tailor-made tips for you.
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ZDNet.com Bob Evans, mainframe pioneer, dies at 77 Bob Evans, an IBM computer scientist who helped to develop the modern mainframe computer, died Thursday. He was 77. Evans died of heart failure at his at his home in the San Francisco suburb of Hillsborough, his son Evan told the Associated Press.
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Guardian Top News Simon Jenkins: Blair is blinded by a belief that big is always beautiful Simon Jenkins: New Labour fails to see the cost of closing hospitals and post offices. And the Tories don't get it, either.
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KESQ Two 2005 Rhodes Scholars have Bay Area ties SAN FRANCISCO Two students with ties to the San Francisco Bay area will head to Oxford University next year as Rhodes scholars. 22-year old Jennifer Howitt of Orinda and Stanford University senior Sarah Schulman
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The Register Warcraft gamers locked out after Trojan attack Keylog catastrophe Keylogging scammers are once again laying siege to World of Warcraft gamers.

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kuro5hin Is Brazil quietly building up? While North Korea and Iraq are the hotspots in the media today, regarding WMD, Brazil has quietly launched a rocket from Alcântara to space and has built an uranium enrichment facility in Rezende. Does it mean an ICBM is on the way?
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New York Times P.& G. Profit Up 14% on Sales; Shares Fall By Reuters. Procter & Gamble, the maker of Crest toothpaste, Tide laundry detergent and other well-known brands, said yesterday that quarterly profit rose 14 percent on strong sales in all regions
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Reuters Business FDIC sees some progress on modifying subprime loans COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (Reuters) - Some progress is being made to modify home loans to borrowers with poor credit histories but more work by regulators and industry is needed, a senior U.S. banking regulator said on Thursday.
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Yahoo Business Dollar strikes 2002 peak against yen (AFP) AFP - The dollar hit the highest level against the yen for four and a half years on Tuesday amid growing worries about higher US interest rates and before US retail sales data, dealers said.
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Reuters Top News Red Cross: Guantanamo Tactics 'Tantamount to Torture' WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has accused the U.S. military of using tactics "tantamount to torture" on prisoners at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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Kataweb Sport Aosta, 13:34 - RUGBY, ITALIA; BERBIZIER: SPIRITO E' QUELLO GIUSTO Un allenamento mattutino in palestra, subito seguito da una sessione sul campo di Morgex protrattasi...
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Reuters Top News Negroponte sees Iraq success without Iran, Syria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A democratic Iraq can still emerge from sectarian violence, but the United States does not plan to open talks with Syria and Iran on stabilizing the country, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.
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Al-Jazeera Storm kills dozens in Haiti At least 50 people have died and 150 are missing in Haiti after tropical storm Jeanne swept across the island of Hispaniola, a UN spokesman says .
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BBC - Front Page Afghan MPs support death sentence The Afghan parliament supports a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy.
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Reuters Top News Iran says may cut more IAEA ties if sanctions worsen VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran warned on Thursday it may reconsider basic cooperation with United Nations nuclear inspectors if it was hit with harsher U.N. sanctions over its expanding atomic program.
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Reuters Kerry and Bush Tangle on Explosives, Character Democratic Sen. John Kerry attacked President Bush's "shifting explanations" on missing explosives in Iraq on Thursday, but Bush said Kerry
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News Is Free Top News Washington solves oldest cold case On CNN
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BBC Europe Eurozone confidence sags Eurozone economic confidence sinks to a near two-year low as orders weaken and inflation stays high.
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