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The Championship club have announced a press conference for noon when the news will be confirmed. The club claim they are to make a 'major announcement' at the Walkers Stadium following the Foxes' poor start to the season.
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The best candidate to coach the Redskins is right there at Redskins Park, for no one this side of Joe Gibbs had drawn more admiration and respect from players than Gregg Williams.
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Replacing physical CDs with digital music downloads doesn't necessarily help the environment.
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( InfoWorld ) - Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its  new Vista operating system  may be "overly aggressive." In a conference call Thursday with financial analysts Ballmer said lower selling prices, limited new corporate sales, and software piracy may combine to temper...
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Tottenham Hotspur were left to rue missed chances after being held to a 0-0 draw by Premier League newcomers Norwich City at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
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The rumour mill was right: the world's thinnest notebook Macworld Expo For once the rumour mills were right. "There's something in the air," said Steve Jobs. And then he hit us with the MacBook Air. It’s silver (aluminium), has black keys, is super super thin, and Steve can held it easily with his fingertips.

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SEBHA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world financial system as a dictatorship based on fear on Friday but said Libya's only pragmatic choice after sanctions was to accept the unfair reality of world trade.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian commuters offered flowers and prayers to mark the first anniversary on Wednesday of bombs that killed 186 people in its financial capital, but families of victims regretted that justice still evaded them.
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(This is the first in a feature series about the regional impact of the Dec. 31 expiry of the Multifiber Agreement.) By Phelim Kyne OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES.
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Presentations from Yahoo’s management and its bankers argued that the company was worth more than what Microsoft has offered.
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc.
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Darren Lehmann gave evidence Monday at the committal hearing of a man charged in the death of former international cricketer David Hookes.
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America West Airlines said Thursday it will not bid for bankrupt low-cost flier ATA Airlines, a decision that makes the hometown carrier's biggest rival, Southwest Airlines, and AirTran
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Canadian housing starts fell 5.4 percent to an annual pace of 225,000 units in October, led by drops in multi- and single-family homebuilding in cities, the federal government's housing agency said.
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Nets have signed head coach Lawrence Frank to a multi-year contract extension.
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An operation to target troublemakers is under way in a County Durham town. Police and community support officers will carry out patrols in Stanley to crack down on anti-social behaviour.
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Nov 1st 2004 06:30. In a press release, Capcom announced that the latest entry in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil 4, will be ported to the Playstation 2. Thought to be an exclusive game
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AP - The Seattle SuperSonics hired Sam Presti as their general manager on Thursday.
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( InfoWorld ) - After a series of false starts, sales of devices for the digital home will take off in 2007, the chairman of Acer said Tuesday. Large numbers of users will start to replace their current home entertainment centers with digital devices because the hardware, mostly made from PC parts, is easier to use and...
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Mauritania agrees to let a stricken ship carrying several hundred migrants ashore, the Spanish government says.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Delphi Corp. and the United Auto Workers are expected to announce a labor agreement as early as Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press reported, citing hourly workers and people close to the negotiations.
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AFP - South Korea's economy rose a stronger-than-expected 5.5 percent in the three months to June but subdued domestic consumption remained a drag and was unlikely to rebound anytime soon, analysts said.
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Land of the rising routers. Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) and Fujitsu (otc: FJTSY - news - people ) will join forces to develop high-end routers for Internet networks in Japan.
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Politicians and trade officials are still pressuring the nation to shut down "illegal" Web sites and to align its intellectual property laws with "international standards."
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital, heralding a day of violence that killed nearly 60 people nationwide as security appeared to spiral out of control. At least 37 people were killed in Baghdad alone....
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It's sending 1,809 UN peacekeepers and 300 volunteers in a new Chinese 'peace corps' program.
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Free agent Chris Webber is set to rejoin Golden State, sending an email to the Associated Press on Monday to confirm that he's returning to where his career started.
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While it makes sense for Skype to be on mobile phones, it may be years before the free peer-to-peer software makes its way into the mobile market in a big way.
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A new bill aimed at tackling organised crime will be published by the government on Wednesday morning.
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birmingham, september 19: Players write the story not me, was what Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said before the India-Pakistan game.
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Cadbury Schweppes Plc, the maker of 7Up and Dr Pepper, said 2004 earnings will be at the low end of forecasts as demand in the US and Europe stagnates, days after Coca-Cola Co.
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A US company is helping politically wary American travellers pose as peace-loving Canucks. For $25 US, the T-Shirt King.Com provides a package with enough red-and-white gear for vacationers to pass themselves off as Canadians abroad.
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Broadpoint needs some sharpening.
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ANIMAL rights campaigners today claimed Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian sanctuary, and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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The Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has been in jail since October in what many Russians say is Kremlin punishment for political activities, said Thursday that
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Reuters - Egypt has cancelled talks with senior European Union officials after the bloc criticized the Arab country's human rights record, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. satellite TV operators DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. are expected to report steady subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, but face a slowdown this year due to increased competition from cable, analysts said.
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A top operative of Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel was arrested Monday.
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AP - On a golf course where Stephen Leaney said there were no easy holes, he had a simple explanation for how he wound up atop the leaderboard Friday at the PODS Championship. "I've probably holed more putts than anyone," Leaney said.
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In the course of his first year in pinstripes, Kevin Brown has endured a two-month bout with an intestinal parasite and had two cortisone shots for lower back pain.
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AP - The Dallas Mavericks had procrastinated long enough against their in-state rivals. A 3-1 series lead over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, squandered. A 20-point lead in Game 7, dried up. Then, in overtime, it was finally time for Dirk Nowitzki and his new collection of Dallas teammates to get over the Sa...
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ATHENS (Reuters) - American Michael Phelps captured a fourth gold at the Athens Games Thursday, keeping him on course to be the first swimmer to win eight medals at a single Olympics.
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PFF's Adam Thierer says the state's decision is a troubling harbinger for makers and users of electronic game technologies.
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AP - Major league baseball's return to the nation's capital will be under the lights. The Washington Nationals said Thursday they will play their April 14 home opener against Arizona at 7:05 p.m. It will be the first regular-season game at RFK Stadium since the expansion Washington Senators left after the 1971 season a...
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The European Court of Justice ruled illegal on Tuesday a German law that shields car maker Volkswagen AG from foreign takeovers.
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Irrational markets can create buying opportunities for those watching the right numbers.
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From Seoul 1988 to Athens 2004, China has pocketed every gold for men's doubles in the Olympic table tennis tournament and, more amazingly, each time the gold has gone to a different pair of players.
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Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.
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Nortel Networks Corp. expects to report lower 2004 third-quarter revenues compared to the second quarter, North America's largest maker of telecom equipment said in a market update required by regulators on Thursday.
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Anti-competitive DRM accusations ramped up The BBC is being threatened with an anti-trust challenge in Europe over its use of the Windows Media format in its on demand service, iPlayer, which is in the final stages of testing.

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Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. fell sharply Monday after it reported a 79 percent plunge in third-quarter earnings. The company also withdrew its sales forecast and said it would
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New-home sales fell more than expected in November, tumbling 9 percent from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians began voting on Sunday in an election expected to replace Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt with the premier of Flanders who wants more power for his Dutch-speaking region.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced on Tuesday he had set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations made against US sprinter Marion Jones by BALCO chief Victor Conte.
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George Washington, considered one of the top horses in Europe, sustained a fractured right front leg during the running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday and had to be euthanized.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - The five-year getaway of a banker whose U.S. fund lost $400 million when he bet against the Internet stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s ended on Friday when he was caught in Austria, police said on Monday.
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AP - Jean-Sebastien Giguere earned his 27th career shutout, Todd Bertuzzi and Corey Perry each had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0 on Wednesday night for their season-high fifth straight home victory.
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The for-profit, post-secondary education industry is ripe for consolidation, and Arlington has a letter of intent to buy another school in the western United States and anticipates more deals in the next year.
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AP - Mayors from across the country said Friday that Congress is unlikely to act on the nation's immigration problems this year and blasted lawmakers for what they called irresponsible procrastination.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes traded away one of their top prospects Friday, sending promising defenseman Jack Johnson to the Los Angeles Kings in a multiplayer deal.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to invest $300 million to $400 million on marketing, research and development and other plans this year as it works to boost lagging sales and profits.
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Games and security programs are on a long list of software that does not work well with the Windows SP2 update.
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The network is the sting A GPS tracking sting has led to accusations that a reseller defrauded Cisco of millions of dollars in networking gear by fiddling its hardware maintainance program on a grand scale.

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is stepping up security along the Demilitarized Zone frontier with North Korea after a hole was found cut in a border fence, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Syracuse was the runaway preseason pick of Big East coaches Wednesday on the strength of a team that has all its starters back after reaching the round of 16 last season.
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Even though Michigan avenged its 2002 loss to the Fighting Irish last season, the memory of the 25-23 heart-breaker at Notre Dame Stadium still stands out in Braylon Edwards’ mind.
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Auburn has won nine of its 11 games by 18 points or more. The Tigers are averaging 419.2 yards per game and will pound teams on the ground before going for the kill through the air.
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AP - Researchers looking to root out computer attacks hope that speed kills.
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You may have seen it, but now it's time to CNET.
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Will five-star designer suites, spice scrubs and Taoist massages attract luxury vacationers to Club Méditerranée?
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German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann plans to introduce a code of conduct for his players, the side's manager said Monday.
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Attacks via an Internet Explorer flaw are more common than any other hacking technique, a security firm has found.
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AP - Glenn Robinson and Samuel Dalembert have been demoted from the Philadelphia 76ers' starting lineup, coach Jim O'Brien announced Tuesday as he put the first stamp on his new team.
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Strong sales and lower production costs should boost Sony's take on game console, exec says.
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Malaysia defeated Indonesia 2-1 Tuesday at the Tiger Cup in a game in which the teams wore black arm bands as a tribute to those killed by the deadly earthquake and tsunami in both countries.
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Crude oil exports from southern Iraq were stable at around 1.5 million barrels a day despite several recent attacks on pipelines, a South Oil Company official said.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rebounded on Wednesday as investors focused on relative interest rates, which increasingly were expected to favor the dollar, and reversed some bets against the currency.
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Complaints about the federal hiring process are long-standing. Job applicants say it takes too long and is too confusing and that they often wait for much of a year without feedback on where their application stands.
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AP - Two companies that manage and market Franklin Templeton mutual funds have agreed to pay a total of $20 million to settle federal regulators' charges that they failed to disclose their use of fund assets to pay brokerages for steering customers to the funds.
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An identity-stealing e-mail Trojan horse that disguises itself as the Lycos Europe antispam screensaver is being distributed around the Internet, an antivirus company has warned.
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Najaf, after three weeks of fighting, has more or less settled down from a military standpoint. The sometimes-fierce combat has ended.
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EMC Corp.'s booming VMware subsidiary plans to beef up its European operations by adding about 369 workers to its technical support call center in Ireland.
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Nestling deep inside the Ardennes forest near Liege, Spa-Francorchamps is probably the most visually inspiring stop on the Grand Prix tour.
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Microsoft's Passport authentication technology lost a prominent partner this week when eBay announced that it would stop supporting customer logins through Microsoft's Passport and .
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Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Tuesday the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to start investigating Qualcomm Inc's trade practices and alleged patent infringement.
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that they are conducting their own investigation into 'Foodgate'. The reports that an unnamed Arsenal player threw pizza and soup at the Red Devils boss
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AP - The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 checks to low-income people, including disabled veterans and the elderly.
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Only hours before Dan Wilson might have become an ex-Mariner today, Seattle re-signed the veteran catcher to a one-year contract. Financial figures were not released, nor was any word about the status of ongoing
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Chris Carpenter throws a six-hitter and Ronnie Belliard has four RBIs, helping St. Louis take advantage of a fill-in starter in a 7-0 victory over Houston.
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Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer receives a raise that will push his salary to over $2 million per year.
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Enterprise Linux specialist Red Hat has snapped up choice pieces of Netscape Enterprise solutions from AOL. These include the Netscape Enterprise Suite and include Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate Management System.
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Reuters - Two U.S. astronauts replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.
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China's Dutch coach Arie Haan was fired after a missed penalty in his team's 7-0 win against Hong Kong sealed the country's elimination from qualifying for soccer's 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moved to woo back his conservative supporters on an Asian tour this week, snubbing China and paying tribute to an Indian figure revered by Japanese nationalists.
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PARIS -- A city notorious for aggressive drivers was transformed into a giant bicycle-friendly zone beginning yesterday as part of an experiment being closely watched by US cities, including Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report that Bank of America is in talks to buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp sent financial stocks higher.
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AP - President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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Investigations for the International Criminal Court's first trial face serious logistical and security obstacles as well as charges of selective justice.
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By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK - News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says the new Fox Business Channel will be "more business-friendly" than rival CNBC, making that point on the day he announced his network would launch at the end of the year.
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Hopes that Apple may be preparing a Flash-based iPod appeared to be dashed on Friday when the company's alleged MP3 chip partner announced a deal with Apple portable player rival Rio.
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