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Washington Post Business The Banker's Candidate Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd has two big jobs. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and he chairs the Senate Banking Committee.
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Yahoo World Iraq to Close Land Borders Over Jan. 30 Election (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq will close its land borders from Jan. 29 to 31 and impose a curfew banning all non-official vehicles from the roads over the same period to try to prevent attacks on election day, officials said on Tuesday.
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RedNova technology Spokane Commits Funding for Channel 14 By Peter Barnes, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Dec. 12--Efforts by a local nonprofit group and the City of Spokane to help keep a community-access cable channel on the air took a step forward Monday as the City Council approved $50,000 to operate Channel 14.
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The Inquirer Aging rock star uses Opterons to make platter A MAN WHO made money making rock music a long time ago has recorded a long playing record using a dual Opteron workstation. AMD said that Mark Knopfler,a hack
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RedNova science Letters to the Editor - the Virginian - Pilot Without school supplies, someone's not learning Re "Too many supplies on parents' shopping lists" (letter, Sept.
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Yahoo Europe Russia escalates row with Georgia over spy charges (Reuters) Reuters - Russia recalled its ambassador from neighboring Georgia on Thursday and ordered the evacuation of some of its officials, escalating a crisis sparked by the detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges.
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BBC UK Sainsbury's opens books to suitor Sainsbury's opens its books to the Qatar-based investment firm Delta Two which is planning a £10.3bn bid.
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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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Scripps Howard News Service Many Americans skipping flu shot Millions of Americans considered at high risk for getting the flu - but put off by shortages, long lines or simply unaware they were eligible - failed to get a flu shot by the end of November, a new government survey indicates.
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CSMonitor Arts Into it: Bryan Ferry The singer-songwriter dishes on a new favorite movie - one that involves costumes and a lot of special effects - and the best record store in Antwerp.
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Ansa Calcio Damiano: 1,3 mld per pensioni basse Risorse da redistribuire sono 2,5 mld, 600 mln per giovani
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Yahoo Tech RIM plans Wi-Fi BlackBerry (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Research In Motion expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company's CEO said Thursday.
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Reuters Life and Leisure U.S. churches find financial transparency DALLAS (Reuters) - The growth of megachurches in the United States has spawned mega revenues, leading many to find the financial light and embrace transparency to assure their congregations that their offerings are well spent.
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Reuters Turkey Frets Over EU Conditions for Entry Talks Turkey, cheered by the European Commission's backing for the start of EU entry talks, switched its focus on Thursday to a December summit of EU leaders amid
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MSNBC IBC seeks to rise again through bankruptcy As CEO and chairman, James Elsesser kept looking for a way to make Interstate Bakeries Corp. as solid as its brand names. Inheriting a company with aging factories and slow reflexes that for decades
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Reuters Top News Russia Mourns Hostage Deaths, Putin Criticized BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Grief-stricken mothers and fathers trudged through mud and rain on Monday to bury children slaughtered in a Russian school siege as criticism mounted over the way the Kremlin handled the crisis.
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Yahoo World N.Korea plans to process plutonium to pressure U.S. -scholar (Reuters) Reuters - North Korea says it plans to unload fuel rods from its nuclear reactor to process plutonium in an attempt to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, a U.S. scholar just back from Pyongyang said on Saturday.
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New York Times Movies Breaking Through Fifteen film actors whose performances in 2007 marked a career-defining moment — and set them above the rest.
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Washington Post Business FedEx Ordered to Repay U.S. $29M CHICAGO (Reuters) - FedEx Corp.'s express air shipping unit has been ordered by the U.S. government to repay $29 million in excess funds received under an act established after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the company said on Friday.
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Straits Times China denies pigs have lethal strain this year BEIJING - China said yesterday that a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs last year but denied that the animals had the disease this year.
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BBC UK Sea lions massacred in Galapagos Ecuador investigates the slaughter of 53 sea lions found in the Galapagos islands with their skulls crushed.
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RedNova technology Internet is a Little Faster A 100Gbps internet link has been established between the east and west coasts of the US for the first time. The Internet2 project is capable of carrying information 100,000 times faster than the fastest current home network. (c) 2007 Sunday Mirror; London.
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The Register Home Office bumps up innocents on DNA Database Eight times figure previously announced Less than two thirds of people whose profile is stored on the National DNA Database are there for having been cautioned or convicted of a criminal offence, Home Office figures have revealed.

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Yahoo U.S. One of Nation's Youngest Mayors Resigns (AP) AP - One of the youngest mayors in the country has resigned three years into his four-year term to pursue opportunities outside the state.
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Yahoo Elections Sharp Attacks, Vivid Talk Color Bush-Kerry Battle (Reuters) Reuters - With the race tight and passions high, the battle between President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry has veered into sharp personal attacks in vivid language rarely heard in television-age campaigns.
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Reuters Top News Obama and Huckabee sweep into New Hampshire after wins MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Fresh from big wins in Iowa, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee swept into New Hampshire on Friday for a four-day battle for the next prize in the U.S. presidential race.
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Yahoo Politics Clinton regains lead in New Hampshire voter poll (Reuters) Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton regained her lead over key rival Barack Obama in New Hampshire, where nomination voting in three weeks will shape the 2008 U.S. election race, a poll showed on Wednesday.
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Washington Post Car Bomb Explodes Near US Convoy in Mosul MOSUL, Iraq, Aug 27 - A car bomb exploded near a US military convoy in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday, wounding at least 10 civilians, police and hospital officials said.
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Yahoo Science NASA fails to budge stuck solar array on ISS (AFP) AFP - Despite all the vibrations of a German astronaut excercising, a solar array on the International Space Station remained stuck and could require a fourth spacewalk to fold it away, NASA has said.
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Kataweb Sport Berlino, 23:23 - CICLISMO, EX MASSAGGIATORE TELEKOM: HO INIETTATO EPO A ULLRICH Jef d'Hont, ex massaggiatore della Telekom, ha dichiarato all'edizione domenicale del quotidiano ted...
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Kataweb Calcio Brindisi, 18:46 - CALCIO, SERIE D/H: BRINDISI-ISCHIA 1-0 NELL'ANTICIPO Nell'anticipo della dodicesima giornata del campionato di serie D/H, il Brindisi ha battuto 1-0 l'Is...
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New York Times Business DealBook Blog: Judge Rules Against United Rentals in Deal Lawsuit A judge in Delaware ruled that Cerberus Capital could not be forced to complete its $4 billion deal for United Rentals, a rental equipment operator.
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Ansa Economia Credit Agricole: utile 2006 +26% Nel quarto trimestre l'utile e' salito del 9,8%
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Reuters Health Sleepy Interns Committing Key Errors, Study Shows BOSTON (Reuters) - America's doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the U.S. medical community has been slow to tackle sleep deprivation in its staff.
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BBC News world Croatia erases 'fascist' tributes Croatian authorities take down two monuments honouring officials from the country's Nazi era.
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New York Times Business Advertising: Discover Tries Nurturing Parents The Discover credit card has a new marketing partnership with Parents magazine, the nation’s most popular glossy about the world’s most demanding job.
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BBC Sport Coventry takes backstroke Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry added gold to her silver and bronze medals by storming to victory in the women's 200m backstroke final in Athens.
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Guardian Arsenal equal Nottingham Forest's 42-match unbeaten record with a <b>...</b> It was not enough for Arsenal to make their mark by pulling level with Nottingham Forest's record of 42 League matches undefeated.
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RedNova Oddities Students Punished for Dorm Stripper Pole JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Three students at Jacksonville University have been punished for installing a stripper pole in an on-campus apartment and taking pictures as clothed female students performed on it at a party...
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Reuters Top News North Korea says has funds, awaits U.N. team SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it would start implementing a nuclear disarmament deal struck in February and awaits a visit by U.N. inspectors now that a dispute over its funds frozen at a Macau bank had been resolved.
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BBC - Front Page Zimbabwe opposition poll boycott Zimbabwe's main opposition party say they will not take part in elections unless major reforms are made.
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Yahoo U.S. Fla. Governor Challenges Schiavo Ruling (AP) AP - Gov. Jeb Bush will ask the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider its 7-0 ruling against a law designed to keep a brain-damaged woman alive, a spokesman said Monday.
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InternetNews.com Holiday Worm Putting Grinch in Season Santy.A might sound like some kind of holiday cheer but as thousands of Web site operators are quickly finding out, the nasty little worm is only spreading fear.
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Ansa Casini: appello a centro moderato Leader Udc, Pdl sembra proprieta' privata di Berlusconi
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Yahoo Business Alcatel preliminary results in line with forecast (Reuters) Reuters - Alcatel on Monday released preliminary second-quarter results that were in line with company expectations.
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New York Times sports Abares, Nuzzos ready to continue rivalry Ali vs. Frazier. Leonard vs. Hagler. Now Massachusetts football fans have their own prize fight set for Nov. 5, 2005 at Yale.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Han earns a hand with playoff triumph Hee-Won Han made a 4-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Lorie Kane and win the Safeway Classic on Sunday at Portland, Ore.
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Time Top News Chinese Communists Change Leaders resident Hu Jintao won a second five-year term as China's Communist Party chief Monday, heading a new leadership lineup that features potential successors yet could invite a divisive battle to succeed him
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New York Times sports Bowyer laps up his first Nextel Cup win The only winless driver to make the 12-man Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship, Clint Bowyer was so fast and dominant in recording the first victory of his Nextel Cup career before 101,000 in yesterday's Sylvania 300, he even arrived at Victory Lane at New Hampshire International Speedway before his race car.
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Gulf Daily News Santini quits Spurs for 'personal reasons' LONDON: Jacques Santini has resigned as manager of Tottenham Hotspur after just 13 games in charge, the English Premiership club announced last night.
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The Washington Post world WORLD IN BRIEF SYDNEY -- An obesity pandemic threatens to overwhelm health systems around the world with illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, experts at an international conference warned Sunday.
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Boston Globe business Money's corrupting influence on medicine Fears that money has an undue influence on the practice of medicine are not new. In the 12th century, the Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote an oath for physicians that included this admonition: ''Do not allow thirst for profit, ambition for renown and admiration to interfere with my profession."
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Reuters Sports O'Hern lifts Australian PGA Championship title SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nick O'Hern ended a victory drought dating back to 1999 when he holed out from a bunker at the fourth sudden death playoff hole in the Australian PGA Championship on Sunday.
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Programmazione.it Corel acquisisce Paint Shop Pro In data 14 Ottobre 2004 la canadese Corel Corporation ha annunciato di aver acquistato Jasc Software Inc produttrice della famosa suite grafica Paint Shop Pro giunta in tempi recenti alla versione 9. Questa
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BBC - Front Page Blaze at Alton Towers theme park Firefighters tackle a blaze in a cable car station at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire.
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Yahoo World Mortars hit Somali capital, wounding 6 (AP) AP - Four mortar explosions rocked the Somali capital Friday, wounding six people — including two children — a day after an advance team of African peacekeepers arrived in the country, witnesses said.
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China Daily Olympic competition ends in drama Thirty-six kilometres into the men's Olympic marathon on Sunday, Vanderlei Lima's chances of winning were taken from him after he was tackled in bizarre manner by the Irish serial pest Cornelius Horan.
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BBC UK MPs looking at quiz TV 'rip-offs' MPs are examining whether quiz shows are ripping off viewers with charges for phone calls.
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Washington Post Nation Marine Charged With Murdering Two Iraqis A Marine lieutenant has been charged with a military count of premeditated murder for shooting two Iraqis during a search for a terrorist hideout, and he could face the death penalty if he is found guilty, his attorney said Thursday.
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Reuters Top News Hand Recount to Delay Wash. Governor Race Further SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state's unresolved race for governor will be extended further with a hand recount of the 2.8 million votes cast, after Democrats agreed to pay for another tally of the ballots which had their candidate losing to the Republican contender by 42 votes.
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Yahoo Health Erectile dysfunction affects 18 percent of men (Reuters) Reuters - There's more bad news for those pudgy couch potatoes, junk food junkies and TV devotees -- and this time it really hits them where it hurts.
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New York Times sports Dillon's determination not questionable FOXBOROUGH -- When Corey Dillon was with the Cincinnati Bengals, the NFL's version of being exiled to Siberia, he didn't win many close games. In fact, he didn't win many games at all.
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Reuters Huge Blast in Jakarta, at Least Three Dead A powerful explosion rocked the Australian embassy in central Jakarta on Thursday, killing at least three people in the vicinity and injuring more than 100, witnesses and local radio said.
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Yahoo Health Blacks bear brunt of AIDS in developed nations (Reuters) Reuters - HIV infections are rising in black men and women living in developed nations that have otherwise made strides against the disease, said participants at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto.
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Washington Post Colleges Fear XP Downloads Will Cause Jam Microsoft Corp.'s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students are reporting to college campuses across the
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Ansa Economia Bank of Canada taglia tassi Al 4% di 25 punti. Bank of China smentisce rumors perdite
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Yahoo Business Starbucks' Schultz returns to CEO post (Reuters) Reuters - Starbucks Corp on Monday said its chief executive, Jim Donald, is leaving the company, effective immediately.
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InfoWorld news Wikipedia breaks into U.S. top 10 sites ( InfoWorld ) - Wikimedia Foundation popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks. Wikipedia sites ranked ninth with 42.9 million unique visitors last month, ahead of the sites from The New York Times (No.10), Apple (No.11) and Viacom International (No.12), comScore reported Thursday. Wikipedia, which already ranked in the top 10 list of most popular Web sites globally, has been quickly gaining popularity in the U.S., where its parent company, the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, is based. In January of last year, Wikipedia sites ranked in the 33rd spot with 18.3 million unique visitors. By July, it had climbed to the 18th spot on the list with 28.1 million unique visitors, and in November it ranked 12th with 39.1 million unique visitors, according to comScore. In doing its tally for Wikipedia, comScore also counts visits to other Wikimedia sites, such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks and Wikinews, but most of the traffic comes from the Wikipedia encyclopedias, a comScore spokesman said. Wikipedia started in January 2001 with its English-language site, which currently has more than 1.6 million articles. The Wikipedia project has since grown significantly and has more than 5 million articles in more than 200 languages, according to WikiMedia. Access to Wikipedia is free. Volunteers contribute the encyclopedia's content, which can be edited by anyone accessing the sites. Globally, Wikipedia sites ranked sixth in December with almost 165 million unique visitors, according to comScore.
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Kataweb Sport Roma, 14:54 - CALCIO, FIGC: DONADONI CONTENTO PER CONFERMA PETRUCCI "Certamente sono contento per la conferma ricevuta ma non voglio fare ulteriori commenti". Lo ha det...
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New York Times Business Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped Big banks have pulled the plug on a Treasury Department-backed plan to rescue troubled investment vehicles leveled by the subprime mortgage crisis.
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BBC UK Israelis seize Fatah legislator Israeli troops detain a Fatah parliamentarian, and overnight raids kill two militants in Gaza.
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BetaNews.Com Amazon Debuts A9 Search Engine Amazon's independent A9 unit is ready to officially unveil its customized search engine, which debuted in preview form last April. A9.com combines Web and image searches from Google, movie and book searches from Amazon and reference materials from GuruNet into an interface that can be custom tailored for each user. A9 also recommends Web sites in a TiVo-like fashion and includes a Diary for taking notes on a Web page. It is not yet clear if A9 will become a part of Amazon.com.
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Gulf Daily News UK minister 'hounded' by fox hunters LONDON: Britain's minister for rural affairs Alun Michael pulled out of an official visit yesterday to avoid a showdown with 200 protesters gathered to protest a looming ban on fox hunting.
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The Washington Post Top News NATION IN BRIEF FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A 96-year-old mobster accused of overseeing robberies, money laundering and bank fraud for the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy Wednesday, but because of his age he probably will not be sent to prison.
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BBC UK Cardinal to query Iraq war cost The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales is to question the cost of the war in Iraq in his Midnight Mass address.
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Kataweb Calcio Londra, 10:56 - CALCIO, AGENTE LJUNGBERG: IN INGHILTERRA SOLO ALL'ARSENAL Il procuratore di Fredrik Ljungberg, Claes Elefalk, ha escluso che il centrocampista svedese, insegu...
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Reuters Business India's Tata unveils the world's cheapest car NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd unveiled the world's cheapest car on Thursday, bringing car ownership closer to millions of consumers in emerging markets.
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BBC UK Sunshine might stop skin cancers Sunshine might stop certain cancers from growing, including skin cancers, researchers believe.
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BBC UK Purged Chinese leader in hospital The Chinese government says detained former Party leader Zhao Ziyang is ill but stable in hospital.
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Reuters Top News Drugs Cast Shadow Over Olympic Games Again ATHENS (Reuters) - Drugs cast another shadow over the Olympics Thursday with Ukrainian women rowers losing their bronze medal and another weightlifter being barred. After showing astonishing improvement over the last year to land the 400 meters hurdling crown, Greece's Fania Halkia complained about the media's obsession with drugs -- and defended two of her disgraced compatriots.
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Ansa Italia Unabomber: proroga termini indagini Ancora quattro mesi per accertamenti preliminari
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Yahoo World Chinese Sina.com says 4Q profits down (AP) AP - Sina Corp., China's most popular Web portal, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profits fell 15 percent due to higher expenses and a drop in revenues for mobile services.
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KESQ Chiron's vaccine plans in tatters and financial future in doubt EMERYVILLE, Calif. Chiron's (KY-rawn) aggressive plan to dominate the US flu vaccine market is in tatters. The Emeryville-based company's financial future is clouded now as well as the public health crisis it caused continues to mount.
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Indiantelevision.com Oprah Gives Away 276 New Pontiacs Oprah Winfrey, one of the world's richest entertainers, surprised her fans Monday by giving each of her 276 audience members a new car to celebrate the premiere of her show's 19th season.
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Yahoo Europe Britain hints at way out of Russia row (AP) AP - The spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Brown signaled Wednesday that Britain could be willing to accept a trial in a third country for the chief suspect in the killing of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Yahoo Europe Transparency International threatens to end Siemens' membership (AFP) AFP - Transparency International, the anti-corruption watchdog, is threatening to exclude Siemens from membership in the wake of the unfolding bribery scandal at the German engineering giant, a top TI official has said in a newspaper interview.
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Guardian Top News Train ticket rises could breach law Business & money: Risk of fares rising above cost of running services.
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Yahoo Europe European stocks shoot higher amid barrage of results (AFP) AFP - European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors seized on a flurry of bullish earnings reports, and after Tokyo hit a near seven-year high.
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Yahoo Europe Lock of "Che's" hair sold at Dallas auction (Reuters) Reuters - A lock of socialist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's hair and related items were auctioned on Thursday in Dallas to a Houston-area bookstore owner for the very capitalist sum of $119,500 (52,000 pounds).
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Wired Tech Gallery: Body-Contouring Patients Gastric-bypass surgery can leave people with pounds of sagging skin. For some, plastic surgery is a solution. See before-and-after photos of success stories.
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Yahoo Entertainment Drummer Ryan Vikedal Leaves Nickelback (AP) AP - Nickelback is down a drummer following the departure of Ryan Vikedal.
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Metro Toronto Oil Rises Nearly 2 Percent on Colder US Weather Oil prices jumped nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as colder weather in the United States, the world's largest heating oil market, brought temperatures more in line with seasonal norms.
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The Hindu Three killed, 14 wounded in Baghdad blast Baghdad, Sept. 24:Three people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion on Palestine Street in Central Baghdad today, medics said.
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The Washington Post health Web Site Aims to Help Parents Detect Early Signs of Autism CHICAGO -- What's so unusual about a baby fascinated with spinning a cup, or a toddler flapping his hands, or a preschooler walking on her toes?
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Seattle Post Intelligencer Cards keep flying, clinch home field in NL playoffs Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Larry Walker belted a two-run homer, Woody Williams picked up his eighth win in nine decisions, and St.
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Yahoo Health Tonsillectomy for Sleep Apnea Helps Kids' Behavior (Reuters) Reuters - Children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at increased risk for behavioral and emotional difficulties, but tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy can improve both these problems as well as quality of life, new research shows.
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Syfy.com Zeenat Aman: I've forgiven men who ill-treated me The entire nation continues to have a crush on you.
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Corriere della Sera Per il momento non ci sono rivendicazioni Due borsoni pieni di spugne imbevute di benzina sistemati su un'auto. Ipotizzato un congegno di innesco a distanza. FIRENZE - Tanta paura e alcuni edifici sgomberati, questa notte a Firenze, per una bomba incendiaria
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New York Times US and 7 Countries Weigh New Findings on Arctic Climate The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings
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