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BBC News Business Greenspan: 'We saw credit risks' Federal Reserve ex-head Alan Greenspan denies regulators failed to see the start of the global credit crunch.
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Macworld UK Creative wants 40% of iPod dominated market Creative has declared war on Apple, aiming to capture a 40 per cent share of the MP3 music player market. Part of this campaign includes spending $100 million to market its digital music players.
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MLB.com Club avoids arbitration by inking reliever, utilityman com. Once again, the Blue Jays are out of the arbitration business. Toronto reached agreement with Justin Speier and John McDonald on Monday, avoiding the lengthy process altogether.
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Boston Globe sports Yankees 10, Twins 1: In His First Yankee Start, Rasner Steals the Show Darrell Rasner, the starting pitcher, worked six innings and gave up just one run for his first major league victory in his first Yankees start.
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Yahoo Tech Microsoft injects Vista with BPEL (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. hopes to boost the adoption of BPM (business process management) applications by adding support for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) in the workflow layer of Windows Vista, the company said Monday. It also has formed an alliance of software vendors aimed at making BPEL a more mainstream technology.
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Independent Online Nigerian pilgrims robbed in Darfur - report Khartoum - A group of 120 Nigerian pilgrims were attacked in Sudan's Darfur region, an official Sudanese newspaper said on Tuesday, after another report that 300 Nigerians were robbed on their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, last week.
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Yahoo World Warner Music and EMI put takeover ambitions on backburner (AFP) AFP - Music group EMI and US peer Warner Music have ruled out pursuing their proposed takeover bids for each other for the time being.
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BBC News world Iran defends nuclear programme Iran rejects a new European bid to make it abandon nuclear work but insists it is not pursuing atomic weapons.
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RedNova science Alternative Medicine Slips Into the Mainstream By Holly VanScoy, HealthDay Reporter Doctors are combining time-honored therapies with conventional treatments HealthDayNews -- In medical circles, what was once considered either old-fashioned or "far out" is getting another look. And sometimes that new look can bring about different ways to treat diseases and conditions...
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Cricket365.com Pak ooze confidence for Eden Gardens There is no doubt in the mind of Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq about who will emerge victorious when his team clash with arch-rivals India at the Eden Gardens in their once-off ODI on Saturday.
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The Register Robot brains? Can't make 'em, can't sell 'em Why dopes still beat boffins The current generation of "consumer robots" is driven mostly by robot-love: people enjoy things which move around on their own, especially if they can build or tinker with the gadgets themselves.   That much became clear at a recent symposium on Robots, which I described here last month. The consumer robot business today is manned by avid tinkerers because there is neither a technology for autonomous gadgets, nor a business model to support them even if they did exist.

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RedNova general Hamm Wins All-Around Gymnastics Title ATHENS, Greece - With his medal hopes all but gone after he hit the judges' table on his vault landing, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympics margin ever. "I'm happy right now...
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The Motley Fool Bad Alkermes? Alkermes releases financial results and includes a little negative surprise for investors.
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Yahoo Science Space station crew begins spacewalk (AP) AP - A U.S. astronaut and his Russian crewmate ventured outside the international space station Thursday for a strenuous six-hour spacewalk intended to fix a faulty antenna.
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ITV.com Positive result pleases Fergie Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson praised his side's attacking display after watching them put five past Crystal Palace on Saturday.
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The Motley Fool The Best Small Cap for 2007: Labor Ready Strong growth and value -- at a very nice price.
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Washington Times EU constitution signed in Rome The leaders of the European Union's 25 member states gathered in Rome Friday to sign the new EU constitution. Later in the day the heads of state planned to return home to try
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Boston Globe US warplanes target roadside bombs in Sadr City, peace talks <b>...</b> US warplanes struck Baghdad's Sadr City district overnight to neutralize roadside bombs that regularly explode as American patrols drive through the area, the military said Thursday.
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CNET security news News.com Extra: Scary steel cyberpunk sculptures Also: Crippled spy satellite threatens Earth. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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Reuters Sports American cyclist Hamilton linked to Spanish scandal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Tyler Hamilton, whose two-year suspension for blood doping ends this month, is to be investigated for alleged links to the Spanish doping scandal dubbed "Operation Puerto."
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New York Times Business Britain: A Drop in Home Prices Home prices in Britain fell the most in three years in December, and the threat of more declines may cause the property market to seize up in 2008, said Hometrack Ltd., a London-based research group. The average cost of a home in England and Wales slipped for a third month, dropping 0.3 percent to £175,200 ($348,350). “The second half of the year has seen a major reversal in confidence,” Richard Donnell, director for research at Hometrack, said in a statement. “Just as the financial markets have faced a liquidity squeeze, so the housing market is in danger of facing its own liquidity squeeze.” Prices increased 3 percent from a year earlier, the least in 18 months, Hometrack said.
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BBC News world Bid to kidnap Uribe sons 'foiled' A plot by Colombian left-wing rebels to kidnap President Uribe's sons has been foiled, Colombian police say.
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Yahoo Sports Former Villanova star dies after beating (AP) AP - Howard Porter had recovered from drug addiction and failed NBA dreams to become a mentor to young players and source of hope for troubled adults in the Twin Cities. His inspirational life ended with a mysterious death.
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New York Times Tech Big Video Game Producer Receives More Subpoenas Take-Two Interactive Software said it received additional grand jury subpoenas seeking information about its financial activities.
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Yahoo World Gaza Raid to Continue as Long as Necessary-Sharon (Reuters) Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the army operation in northern Gaza would expand and continue for as long as necessary to prevent Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette Crude oil futures settle at 7-week low Crude oil futures tumbled below $48 a barrel yesterday, closing at their lowest level in seven weeks, on rising expectations that the US supply of transport and home-heating fuels will be adequate this winter.
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Boston Globe business Investor group aims to halt buyout by Art Technology Art Technology Group's plan to acquire a Seattle software firm has come under fire from a group of investors who have launched a proxy fight to halt the deal.
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ABC News Consumer Spending Remains Flat in August WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2004 - Consumers were tight-fisted with their money amid soaring gasoline costs last month while hurricane-related disruptions sent applications for jobless benefits to their highest level in seven months.
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Yahoo World Pakistan PM in Brussels for EU talks (AFP) AFP - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived in Brussels for talks with European Union (EU) leaders on boosting the "strategic partnership" between Islamabad and Europe, officials said.
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New York Times sports Seahawks-Packers scouting report Seahawks on offense: The Seahawks have surpassed their season average for total yards (348.9) just once in their last seven games, and that was in a laughable season-finale loss to Atlanta. Although Matt Hasselbeck is coming off his second multiple-interception game in three weeks, he continues to be an excellent game manager and has completed at least 60 percent of ...
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New York Times sports Pole vault for Gordon Jeff Gordon claimed no joy after winning the pole for tonight's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, his sixth of the season, after rain forced the cancellation of qualifying.
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Reuters Business Consumers More Upbeat in Early November NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers have grown more cheerful so far this month as the hotly contested presidential election drew to a close and job prospects seemed to improve, according to a survey released on Friday.
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Reuters World EU-Iran atom talks set for Thursday VIENNA (Reuters) - The EU will resume crunch talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear work on Thursday, officials said, as world powers at an atomic watchdog meeting remained divided over whether to crack down on Tehran.
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Yahoo Sports Redman wins 5th straight start for Royals (AP) AP - Mark Redman pitched seven sharp innings to win his fifth straight start and the Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 Sunday for their sixth victory in seven games.
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Reuters Business Payrolls post first decline in 4 years WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Payrolls shrank in August for the first time in four years, the Labor Department reported on Friday, prompting calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates before credit market turmoil drags the economy into recession.
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Yahoo Science Sexual problems could lead to rhinos' extinction (Reuters) Reuters - Low sperm counts and other reproductive problems are preventing pregnancy among Malaysia's endangered rhinos, a worrying trend that wildlife experts say could hasten the animals' extinction.
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Reuters World Israeli cabinet weighs expanding Gaza operations JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to consider stepping up military assaults in Gaza to counter a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks that have killed two Israelis in the past week.
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Boston Globe world Poland, Germany clash on EU charter BRUSSELS -- Poland and Germany clashed yesterday over how to revive Europe's stalled constitution amid growing signs that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was unwilling to accept Polish demands to maximize its power in an expanded European Union.
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Yahoo Business HP settles with Calif. AG over board-leak probe (Reuters) Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Thursday it would pay California $14.5 million to settle a civil case related to board-leak investigations that led to the resignation of Chairman Patricia Dunn.
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Washington Post Consumer Confidence Drops in November Consumer confidence declined in November for a fourth consecutive month, a private research group reported Tuesday, reflecting doubts about the economy in the months ahead.
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Macworld UK Apple's iPod goes to school it’s also a powerful learning tool, according to Apple. Audio has always had a place in the classroom but it is normally in the form
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Digital Silence ATI develops PCI Express-based HyperMemory ATI takes the concept of "shared memory" and utilizes next-generation technology to produce HyperMemory. Using PCI Express, this new technology reduces PC system costs by allowing its visual processors to use system memory for graphics processing.
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San Francisco Chronicle Williams contacts Dolphins but says he's headed for India Retired running back Ricky Williams says he contacted the Miami Dolphins this week at the request of his agent but has no plans to rejoin the team anytime soon.
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RedNova technology Analysis: Planned Cuts in Language Services Mar Voice of America's 65th Anniversary Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 27 February On 24 February the Voice of America quietly marked 65 years since it began broadcasting on shortwave from the United States to Nazi- occupied Europe in 1942.
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Yahoo Sports Stumbling Cougars Host Potent Trojans (AP) AP - The No. 1 team in the country will play at Washington State for the first time on Saturday, when top-ranked Southern California stomps into Pullman. The timing couldn't have been much worse for the Cougars.
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CNET security news Engineering world-class open source support Blog: I interview Iain Gray, VP of Global Support at Red Hat, to find out how the world's largest open source company structures its support offerings, and how they differ from proprietary software support.
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BBC News world KR commander loses last appeal Former Khmer Rouge leader Chhouk Rin loses a final appeal over his role in the 1994 murder of three tourists.
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Channel News Asia Thai PM vows to step up arrests of separatists as rescue worker <b>...</b> BANGKOK: Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to continue arresting ringleaders of separatist attacks as a volunteer rescue worker became the latest victim of violence that has claimed more than 560 lives this year.
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Yahoo Politics Notes, Quotes From 2004 Campaign in Maine (AP) AP - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry could end up dividing Maine's four electoral votes.
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Forbes Update 1: Syneron Medical Shares Drop on Rejection Shares of Syneron Medical Ltd., a maker of cosmetic medical devices, plunged 20 percent Tuesday morning following regulators' rejection of its application for a cellulite-smoothing device.
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Rediff Will RBI hike interest rates? Will he or won't he? That's the 25 basis points (or is it 50 basis points?) question Reserve Bank of India Governor YV Reddy will answer on October 26 when he unveils the midweek review of the annual monetary policy.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Yahoo faces shareholder suit, in talks with News Corp. The Internet company deals with layoffs, new shareholder lawsuits and potential deals with Google and News Corp.
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InfoWorld Business Trade agreement could help delete counterfeit chips The planned international trade agreement to fight piracy and counterfeiting could help reduce the distribution of fake semiconductors, analysts said Wednesday.
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ITWeb Sybase embraces BlackBerry wireless platform [Johannesburg, 14 December 2004] - The introduction of Research in Motion's (RIM's) BlackBerry wireless platform to the local market is imminent, preceded by a flood of publicity and advertising.
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Yahoo Tech Board OKs New Internet Domain Names (AP) AP - Two new Internet domain names — ".post" and ".travel" — could appear online as early as next year as the Internet's key oversight board announced preliminary approval on Wednesday.
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Yahoo Politics School segregation on the rise: report (Reuters) Reuters - Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.
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Yahoo World Marking Holocaust, Sharon Blasts Israel Critics (Reuters) Reuters - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon branded as anti-Semites those critics of Israel who liken its crackdown on a Palestinian revolt to Nazi efforts to exterminate Jews.
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Yahoo World Gov't to request higher emissions trading allowance (AFP) AFP - Britain said it planned to ask the European Commission for a somewhat larger share of the greenhouse gas emissions allowances that are to begin trading on an EU carbon market next year.
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Indianapolis Star RV, trailer maker announces $20 million Goshen expansion Goshen (Associated Press) -- Forest River, a recreational vehicle and cargo trailer maker, plans to build seven new buildings at its Goshen complex and add more than 600 workers by April.
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Reuters Business Kerkorian could raise GM stake DETROIT (Reuters) - Investor Kirk Kerkorian on Thursday said he could raise his stake in General Motors Corp. GM.N to about 12 percent and urged the automaker's board to take a central role in reviewing a potential alliance with Renault-Nissan.
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New York Times Business Investor With Knack for Turnarounds Eyes Mortgages As mortgage companies face troubled times, an investor who made his name turning around distressed companies sees opportunity in the lending business.
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Reuters Haiti Rebel Leader Vows to Launch Guerrilla Warfare A Haitian rebel leader has called on ex-soldiers, who helped oust former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to launch a guerrilla war to unseat the interim government that replaced him.
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New York Times Business China: Company Plans Share Buyback The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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The Register Adwalker awarded US patent Secures IP in the telly-wearing market Dublin-based firm Adwalker has been granted a US patent for its wearable interactive digital media platform.

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Reuters World UN: Chaos in Darfur; Law and Order Collapsing UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Despite peace deals, Sudan's Darfur region is lapsing into chaos, with rebels attacking police and the government ignoring brutal tribesmen they once armed, according to a U.N. report on Monday.
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Reuters World Israeli Missiles Hit Palestinian Workshop in Gaza GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a metal foundry in Gaza on Friday, one day after Israel raided two Gaza camps in response to Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel this week.
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Reuters Business New Century stops lending as lenders pull credit NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Century Financial Corp. , whose shares fell 25 percent on Thursday amid speculation it would seek bankruptcy protection, said it had received $265 million in financing, but was not accepting loan applications after some lenders blocked its credit lines.
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The Motley Fool Coventry Revives First Health Tom Gardner's wish is the market's command.
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San Francisco Chronicle Singh becomes first $10 million man in golf The guy who once gave $10 lessons as a club pro in Borneo is now the first $10 million man in golf. Singh once found work as a bouncer in a Scottish night club when he failed to get through European qualify school.
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New Ratings Negative sentiment towards US stock market rises NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings) Analysts at Merrill Lynch say that a recent survey of global fund managers demonstrates continuously increasing negative sentiments towards the US stock market trends.
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Keralanext Science ; As ice thaws, arctic peoples at loss for words Science News, Iceland, What are the words used by indigenous peoples in the Arctic for "hornet," "robin," "elk," "barn owl" or "salmon?
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New York Times sports Choice of wardrobe showed a shade of team solidarity Had Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith walked into the large ballroom of the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass yesterday, no one would have blinked.
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Reuters Sports College Basketball: Villanova Stuns No. 2 Kansas PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Allan Ray poured in 27 points, including 20 in the second half, as Villanova crushed second-ranked and previously-unbeaten Kansas, 83-62, at the Wachovia Center.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Podcast: Product spotlight falls on Apple, CES A gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas; some Apple pickings ahead of Macworld; and call her a very high-tech queen.
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Newsday Yankees sort through wreckage Three things all Yankees baseball people were on the same page about at their Tampa meeting with George Steinbrenner: 1) Going for Carlos Beltran.
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New York Times sports Voicing their opinions CHICAGO -- Sometimes a first-quarter pep talk, a halftime speech, a postgame rant speaks volumes. Even in the NBA, where all that really counts is what takes place on the court, a few well-chosen, well-timed words can be particularly revealing. Those words can show how a player or coach truly feels about his team. That was the case during the ...
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Search engine journal Google & Treatment of International Top Level Domains Google & Treatment of International Top Level Domains Belgian blog Netlash looks at different International Google sites (Google.com, Google.be, Google.nl) and does some Belgian based and proxy based searches. They then list the types of sites which appear in each location’s results and which Top Level Domain (TLD) those sites are hosted on. For example, when searching [...]
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Yahoo Sports Jang breaks course record, takes lead (AP) AP - Jeong Jang thought everything was easy in her record-setting opening round in the Longs Drugs Challenge. She doesn't expect anything to stay that way on this tricky new course.
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Wired Tech Major 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' Shortages Loom for Japan Nintendo's latest production shortage means the company will ship fewer copies of the highly anticipated Wii game than previously announced.
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RedNova general Peterson's Ex-Mistress Cross-Examined REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson's former mistress Amber Frey took the witness stand Monday for her much anticipated cross-examination by Peterson's lawyer, who began with a little kidding around...
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Scotland on Sunday Fears for Arafat's Health as Israelis Suspect Cancer Fears for Yasser Arafat’s health grew today after a hospital admitted his illness was more than just flu and Israeli officials speculated he has cancer.
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RosBusinessConsulting Gov't to find new sources of economic growth RBC, 27.09.2004, Moscow 11:36:38.The Russian government will work on diversifying sources of Russia's economic growth in 2005, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov announced at the annual conference "Russia, Investments in the Economy of Growth.
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Reuters Sports Paris Masters organizers introduce instant replay PARIS (Reuters) - An electronic line-calling system will be introduced at the Paris Masters for the first time this year, organizers of the indoor tournament starting on October 30 said on Tuesday.
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Yahoo Politics CIA retools Web site in recruitment push (AP) AP - The CIA has scrapped its ho-hum test that steered job applicants toward mysterious careers and devised one that's cloaked in jest.
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Toronto Star Rollin' rollin' rollin' Vince Carter paused and thought. The last time he made a winning shot? He shakes his head and remembers, when Muggsy Bogues was still a little Raptor and Dell Curry was arching gorgeous jumpers from the perimeter.
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Wired Tech Facebook Got Its $15 Billion Valuation — Now What? To justify its $15 billion valuation, Facebook has its work cut out for it. Step 1: Try to figure out how to make money from its 50 million users. A lot hangs on a new ad network, expected Nov. 6.
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Wired Business It's Silicon Valley vs. Telcos in Battle for Wireless Spectrum A large, low-frequency band that's currently used by UHF television stations could be the key to a workable wireless internet -- if the big U.S. cell carriers don't kill it first.
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Wired Tech Nigerian Space Program Isn't a 419 Scam Nigeria looks to cheap satellites and strategic investment in space technology to help fix some of its biggest earthly problems.
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Yahoo Politics Dems' RNC Theme: Mission Not Accomplished (AP) AP - Democrats say they will have a rapid and simple response to the Republican National Convention that starts next week: Mission not accomplished.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Microsoft developers taking their work home with them The Seattle P-I has an interesting look at Redmond's program that has 'Softies taking home the latest in home gear in an effort to better understand how the company's digital living room products perform in actual living rooms.
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Reuters Tech Honda gets touchy-feely with glowing Puyo car CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - It's soft, it glows and if it's in a crash, nothing will get badly dented -- maybe.
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Reuters Business Roche-hopes hostile Ventana bid turns friendly ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Tuesday it still aimed to reach an agreed takeover offer with Ventana Medical Systems Inc. as it continued to pursue its $3 billion hostile offer for Ventana.
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NPR (audio) The Marketplace Report: Jump in Wholesale Prices Description: NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the jump in wholesale prices that has fueled inflation worries.
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BBC News world Human Rights Act 'being abused' Britons feel too many people, such as asylum seekers, take advantage of the Human Rights Act, a poll suggests.
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New York Times Business A Caffeine Jolt for PBS Fund-Raising The Public Broadcasting System has added a new revenue channel to the pledge drives and DVD sales it uses to supplement its federal funding: a PBS coffee blend.
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CNET News.com IBM signs desktop-software partners IBM has signed on 100 software companies to use software from its Workplace initiative, a plan to gain ground in desktop software.
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Reuters Sports Sosa hits 600th home run DALLAS (Reuters) - Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the Major League's 600 home run club on Wednesday when he connected a solo homer to help the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over his old team, the Chicago Cubs.
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Reuters Tech Microsoft to Share Office Software Code SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Sunday that it would share the underlying software code for its Office program as part of its efforts to make governments more confident in the security and compatibility of the world's largest software maker's products.
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New York Times world Soaked Hillside Gives Way, Killing 3 on California Coast At least 12 people are still missing after part of a rain-saturated hillside came crashing down, burying four blocks of an oceanfront town.
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Boston Globe business Local treasure doggedly pursues national plan NEW YORK -- The Papaya King at the corner of 86th Street and Third Avenue is basically an indoor hot dog stand, though calling it that is like calling the Louvre a fancy shack with some art inside. The dogs served here -- ''tastier than filet mignon!" according to a registered trademark -- are a greasy, down-market landmark in a ...
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