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Reuters - Sony, the world's largest consumer-electronics group, is having trouble meeting soaring demand for flat televisions as its assembly lines did not gear up quickly enough, a senior official said on Friday.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed three Lebanese soldiers on Tuesday at a Palestinian refugee camp convulsed by more than nine weeks of fighting.
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By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Feb. 2--The race to allow the music, photos and movies sitting in your computer's hard drive to be played over your stereo or your television through a single system has arrived in Connecticut.
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See what it found out about us and our 401(k) plans.
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US Airways Group Inc. will seek a court injunction to prohibit a strike by disaffected unions that have threatened a walkout if a bankruptcy judge grants the airline's request to cancel their labor contracts.
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AP - The coaching legacy and goodwill that Joe Paterno proudly built for five decades at Penn State are slowly unraveling with each humbling loss.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Brandon Stokley became an unaffordable luxury item for Indianapolis, so the Colts resorted to cost-cutting. Stokley, who was due a $500,000 roster bonus, and defensive tackle Montae Reagor, due about a $1 million roster bonus, became the first players to leave the Super Bowl...
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A rat about five times the size of its city cousins and a possum described as "one of the world's smallest marsupials" were found during a recent expedition to the island of New Guinea.
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Toshiba and SanDisk will build a new state-of-the-art flash memory chip factory together starting in 2009, and will share the output from it, the companies announced Tuesday. Separately, Toshiba announced it will begin construction of two more chip factories of its own at the same time. One of the plants will be for NA...
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Or maybe the market's 20th card format... Nokia said today it is collaborating with several of its rivals to create a common flash memory card format.

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The Sufi mystic's message of love still reverberates on the 800th anniversary of his birth.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc. , the world's largest book retailer, on Thursday posted a first-quarter loss, citing charges stemming from the closure of its Internet distribution center and an investigation of its stock option granting practices.
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A man claiming to be Paresh Barua, commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom, on Friday offered to hold talks with the government, but made it clear that he will not compromise on the issue of sovereignty of Assam.
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HARARE: Zimbabwe's first woman vice president Joyce Mujuru has been appointed to run the country's day-to-day affairs while President Robert Mugabe takes his annual leave, the official Herald newspaper reported yesterday.
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Reuters - Nokia has again pushed back the launch of its gaming service N-gage due to delays in software testing, a spokesman said on Thursday, in the latest blow to the Internet services ambitions of the world's top cell phone maker.
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Scientists say they might be able to slow progress of "mad cow disease" by genetically revamping the brain.
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One good thing to come out of the Foley story is that now everyone knows that instant message isn't as secret as they thought. In Sex Drive Daily.
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Ads in video games are becoming a lucrative area for firms trying to reach young people.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf appeared headed to easy victory Monday in the first elections in Aceh province since the government and the separatists signed a peace deal in the tsunami-ravaged region last year, according to a sampling of votes tallied by two respected...
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. heads into a round of contract talks with its major union as the automaker seeks sweeping changes worth billions of dollars that would transform it into a strong contender, according to people familiar with the upcoming negotiations.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON -- Syrian troops vacated three security and intelligence centres in Beirut and northern Lebanon and left for Syria, a senior Lebanese army officer said yesterday.
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Reuters - The Seattle Seahawks announced Friday that Bob Whitsitt, the president of football operations, has been relieved of his duties.
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South Africa urges Zimbabwe to respect citizens' rights after an opposition leader appears in court with injuries.
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At time, Eli Manning has seemed more like a bumbling bellhop than an NFL quarterback but the Giants' signal caller has picked up his play of late.
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AFP - World No.1 Justine Henin stretched her winning streak to 27 as she beat fourth-ranked Ana Ivanovic to reach the Sydney International final on Thursday.
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A freelance Italian journalist who had been working in the troubled Iraqi city of Najaf is missing and his driver has reportedly been killed, government and aid officials said on Saturday.
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What price does America pay for skimping on research?
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Despite widespread attention, Ken Dunham, Director of Malicious Code at iDefense, characterizes the Linux Trojan as a low threat. "It looks like there was a low volume of e-mails that spread over a period of several days," he said.
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THE HAGUE -- The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little research into the development of vaccines, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat battled back from a 12-point deficit with eight minutes to play to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-89 on Thursday.
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Pittsburgh plays nearly error-free for the third week in a row in a defense-driven 37-16 victory over San Francisco on Sunday.
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November 09, 2004 ㅡ Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam, 34, again rewrote the history of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
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After turning down the school that made him a Heisman Trophy winner and a feared coach, Florida icon Steve Spurrier accepts South Carolina's coaching job.
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Becton, Dickinson gets FDA approval of its latest (rapid) superbug detection test.
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A steelworkers union is suing to block the sale of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s automotive group, contending that buyers must first negotiate labor contracts before any such sale can be arranged.
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Blog: GM awards two battery contracts for the Chevy Volt's E-flex power train
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LISBON (Reuters) - European countries who do not sign up to anti-doping laws by the end of 2008 should not be allowed to bid for major international sports events such as the Olympics, European Union sports ministers agreed on Thursday.
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England face Estonia in Tallinn in a must-win Euro 2008 qualifier.
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With pressure increasing on search portals to protect user privacy, Ask.com has announced that it will offer an anonymous-search option that bars the service from retaining any data.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne scraped through to the third round of the U.S. Open Thursday but her progress was about as smooth as rush-hour traffic in downtown Manhattan.
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AP - Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who once aspired to the Democratic presidential nomination, on Monday endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the White House.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 12--Maybe we ought to be thankful. Usually when legislators want to carelessly overrule one of the state's scientific commissions, they simply introduce a bill to get their way.
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AP - Iowa coach Steve Alford's decision to dismiss Pierre Pierce from the basketball team didn't depend on whether police would file criminal charges against the star guard.
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Three banks go to the High Court in London seeking a ruling which could lead to Bernie Ecclestone losing control of Formula One racing.
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The president of the Organization of Oil Producing Countries said Tuesday skyrocketing oil prices are beyond the cartel's control.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - US Airways Group on Wednesday said it withdrew its takeover offer for Delta Air Lines after Delta's official creditor committee informed US Airways that it would not support the bid.
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Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Scotland will be looking for a better performance this week after a disappointing 0-0 draw at home against Slovenia in its first World Cup qualifier.
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Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Troy Percival speaks to the media after a news conference in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004. Percival and the Tigers agreed on a $12 million, two-year contract.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Martin Irungu of Kenya won the Peachtree Road Race on Wednesday, leading from start to finish in his first time running the 10-kilometer course.
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Shareholders hoped the move would stabilize the company after a series of blows that could hurt sales and limit its strategic options.
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A militant group threatening to kill three UN hostages said Thursday they were in talks with the Afghan government about the group's demand that Taliban prisoners be released.
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The violence in the West Bank is the worst in a year and a half, leaving militants, security officials and an 11-year-old girl dead.
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Fifty-two percent of you out there admit to regifting — and a whopping 78 percent say that it is acceptable some or most of the time. If, that is, it is done correctly.
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By LEE ROSS Mountain View Telegraph A rummage sale, a rock quarry and a costly court case are all part of an ongoing dispute between San Pedro Rock and an East Mountains neighborhood association.
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Bigley, who was kidnapped in Iraq 18 days ago, may have been handed over to another militant group, his brother Paul told Sky News television on Monday.
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Reuters - U.S. consumer sentiment was stronger than expected in August, a report showed on Friday, though expectations of the future economic situation worsened.
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AFP - Google is giving readers of its Internet news service direct access to the original source of stories written by major world news agencies including AFP, the Internet search giant announced Friday.
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InfoWorld - Enterprises are opening up to open source alternatives to commercial software, panelists said at the SDForum conference “Open Source Entering the Mainstream,” held in Santa Clara, Calif., last week.
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and Britain's Minister of Culture, Media and Sport Tessa Jowell (2nd R) sit at the launch of the bid document for the 2012 games in London Friday Nov. 19.
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See what Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell does during the week as he prepares to face the Philadelphia Eagles.
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LOUISVILLE (4-0) vs. MIAMI (4-0) When and where: Tonight, 7:30, at Miami. TV: ESPN Last meeting: Miami won, 45-7, Oct. 26, 1985. AP rankings: Miami is No. 3; Louisville is No. 18. At a glance: One team used to be in the Big East, the other will be a member next year. But before the Louisville Cardinals head to their .....
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Lisa Andrews scored 18 points to lead a balanced attack, pacing Holy Cross to a 70-53 win over Army that gave coach Bill Gibbons his 400th career victory last night in Worcester.
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COMPUTERS and overhead projectors worth thousands have been stolen by thieves targeting schools across Lichfield. In the latest break-in nine laptops worth pounds 7,500 were taken by burglars raiding Friary School, in Eastern Avenue.
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Michael Schumacher even sets records by finishing second. He was runner-up to Kimi Raikkonen in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps yesterday, only the second time in 14 races this season Schumacher did not win. But he did score enough points to clinch an unprecedented seventh Formula One drivers' title.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday, aided by a dip in oil prices below $62 a barrel, as investors awaited Friday's November jobs report and any news that may shed on the economy.
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Indian photographer Arko Datta wins the World Press Photo award for 2004 with a tsunami picture.
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Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets that take less than a day to whiz round their parent stars.
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NewsFactor - If you dream of being able to watch CSI: Miami or Survivor on your cell phone while you dash out to the store for some snacks, take heart: LiveStation, a Web TV service created by Microsoft and a software company called Skinkers, might soon make it possible.
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AFP - Pakistan dismissed as "absurd" US claims that Al-Qaeda has set up new training camps in a remote tribal area, saying that if Washington has any evidence it should share it with Islamabad.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he was not sure he would be able to reach a deal with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on statehood principles before a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global news and information provider Reuters Group Plc is not in formal talks to sell Instinet, its U.S. electronic trading subsidiary, but does not view it as a long-term core asset, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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MOSCOW -- After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a haven for critical reporting and vibrant discussion in Russia's dwindling public sphere.
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Chicago Tribune - In the 1980s, while in jail on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to the wife of one of his prison guards. In it, he said he respected her husband, Christo Brand, as a man of integrity. But he was concerned that Brand, an Afrikaner, didn't understand the value of education.
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AP - Junior Seau may come out of retirement to play for the New England Patriots.
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On the final day of this regular season, the big league drama did not unfold on the field, but in the San Francisco clubhouse.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday agreed a contract with General Motors Corp ending a national strike by 73,000 workers, with a deal that includes a groundbreaking health-care trust fund.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, wearing handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, flew late Friday aboard U.S. government plane for trial in the United States, becoming the most powerful Colombian trafficker to ever be extradited to the United States.
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Reuters - Australians voted on Saturday in an election which offered the choice between a conservative government that unreservedly backs the United States and its Iraq war and a Labor opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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NBC Universal yesterday named Michael Pilot, a General Electric executive since 2002, as president of its advertising sales division.
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Computer manufacturer sells new line through major retail centers in bid to return to profitability. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PC manufacturer Gateway Inc.
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President Bush cast the struggle against Islamic extremists as the successor to the battles against Nazism and Communism.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A fuel truck blew up at an Iraqi army base in Miqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday in what police said was a suspected suicide attack that may have caused many casualties.
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When Alison Fillmore decided to move to Chatham and start her website graphic design business, Vervaine, she worried that keeping in touch with clients in Boston would be difficult and that she would be tied to her desk.
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Blog: Verizon Wireless G'zOne Type-S
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Trade between ASEAN and India is on track to more than double to reach $30 billion dollars by 2007, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Sunday.
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Just in time for the Olympics The British government is delaying the roll out of the national ID card scheme to UK citizens, according to leaked documents obtained by the Tory party.

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Israeli forces launched a counter-attack on Gaza City Palestinian militants who blew up an Israeli army base Sunday. The weekend blast at the checkpoint on the Gaza-Egypt border killed five Israeli soldiers
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Jack McGeary was sitting in his living room one night last week, savoring a brief time without books or umpires. His prep school baseball season is finished and he has no exams. Instead, as his senior project, he went back to the fourth grade at St. John's, his old elementary school in Wellesley, to be a teacher's aide...
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A string of attacks on many of the country's leaders indicates a potent new strand of militancy in Pakistan.
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The weakest holiday shopping season in five years ended dismally for most retailers, stoking fears that the economy is tipping into a recession.
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AP - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the final of the Swisscom Challenge, defeating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in one of Saturday's semifinals. The fourth-seeded Sharapova, who eliminated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, extended her winning streak to 12 matches.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Four Colombian soldiers were sentenced to 40 years each for murdering union officials in 2004, a decision the government said reflects its commitment to labor rights as it tries to clinch a U.S. free trade deal.
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Gaza City - Two Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in a fresh Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia on Wednesday, medics said.
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BetaNews has an interview with Microsoft's Gary Schare, which includes some discussion about Mozilla Firefox. The Director of Windows Product Management says that Microsoft is looking towards its browser add
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A critical flaw in the way that the AIM client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack, experts warn.
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Halifax bank wants customers with dormant accounts to contact them so they can be reunited with their cash.
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The fine imposed by FIFA on Spain for the incidents at the friendly with England last month seems to have confirmed a lot of suspicions about their failure to deal strongly with racism and hooliganism.
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Raytheon Co. won a competition yesterday to become prime contractor for an Army training equipment and services program worth up to $11.2 billion over the coming decade, making it potentially one of the largest awards ever for the Waltham defense contractor.
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