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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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Sarebbe deceduto per soffocamento, forse tragico incidente
4Italia
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.
6Sci/Tech
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.
13World
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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Australia captain Ricky Ponting apologises after being fined for dissent.
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Carlos Gutierrez, Kellogg's chief executive since 1999 and a native of Cuba, now faces Senate confirmation.
13World
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
10Top News
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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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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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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Good teaching and leadership help to cut truancy rates and boost school attendance, says an Ofsted report.
10Top News
Mobile phone makers get a choice of new technology plus existing MediaFlo for services.
6Sci/Tech
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.
8Sports
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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The world's first cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela.
2Europe
Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey will host the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Saturday.
1Entertainment
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.
6Sci/Tech
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.
13World
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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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.
2Europe
AFP - Americans are registering to vote in record numbers ahead of the November 2 election, a report said.
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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.
2Europe
US Treasury prices initially slipped and then made a slight recovery after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's business activity index showed surprising strength.
0Business
"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.
0Business
AP - A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
12U.S.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Wednesday it was scrapping a $5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM Corp.
0Business
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.
11Top Stories
Andy Roddick's straight-sets victory over Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman takes the United States to the Davis Cup final against Russia.
13World
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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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.
8Sports
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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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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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 .....
8Sports
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.
6Sci/Tech
the sun is hot, so harvest the heat to make ice cubes.
6Sci/Tech
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.
13World
The Original Sound of Sheffield - '78/'82 by Cabaret Voltaire
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The first tree to have its full DNA code unravelled is a poplar, the black cottonwood.
10Top News
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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Per il rinnovo del contratto nazionale di categoria
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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.
3Health
Manifestanti occupano la statale Appia e la ferrovia
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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.
12U.S.
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 ...
6Sci/Tech
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 ...
6Sci/Tech
"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 issue...
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TechWeb - Baseball team keeps its eye on the technology ball by assembling an outside IT team to deploy Wi-Fi for fans.
6Sci/Tech
The Securities and Exchange Commission has looked into whether lobbyists provided hedge funds with potentially market-moving information about a pending congressional speech.
0Business
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.
0Business
A paid-search deal with MSN China is the latest growth spurt from China's search leader.
0Business
Per l'ennesima stagione Franco Brienza è stato a un passo dalla partenza e invece anche quest...
4Italia
Iraqi insurgents are targeting fellow Iraqis serving as police or national guardsmen and their families, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
13World
A Napolitano: crisi insostenibile, impossibile confronto
4Italia
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.
3Health
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.
3Health
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
12U.S.
XXX insights from mobile Q&A outfit
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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.
10Top News
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 administratio...
0Business
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.
1Entertainment
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. ...
4Italia
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.
11Top Stories
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.
13World
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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Tue Sep 11
9Toons
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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Oggi due riunioni non decisive
4Italia
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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VMware isn't the only vendor unveiling technology at its annual conference.
6Sci/Tech
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.
13World
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.
8Sports
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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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.
1Entertainment
Airline and mining stocks were the worst hit in Monday trading.
0Business
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
8Sports
Fremont Kmart Store Director Rick Smith made an interesting announcement during his Wednesday morning staff meeting: Kmart and Sears merged.
1Entertainment
"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.
1Entertainment
Berti Vogts, ct della Nigeria, ha smentito di essere stato esonerato dopo l'eliminazione dei quarti ...
4Italia
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.
8Sports
Ten of Nigeria's most senior army commanders are killed when a military plane crashes.
13World
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
1Entertainment
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
11Top Stories
Ma Israele nega azione di artiglieria
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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.
10Top News
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.
1Entertainment
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.
0Business
PC World - Refreshed Centrino laptop platform aims to increase power, energy efficiency, and speed of optimized applications.
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After flying successfully three times in space, SpaceShipOne is in demand as an alternative way to fly people and small payloads to suborbital space.
11Top Stories
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.
8Sports
State and federal indictments represented a government move against the upper echelon of the Gambino family.
13World
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
13World
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.
0Business
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.
2Europe
The rail industry is investigating the use of satellite navigation technology to improve Britain's train system.
2Europe
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.
0Business
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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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.
8Sports
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 Sa...
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