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1	This week, Israel took the biggest step towards solving the Middle East conflict for 30 years when the Knesset backed disengagement from the Gaza Strip.
4	Yesterday we covered the news that Google is expanding their search to the mobile arena with their new Google SMS service which lets you search by sending text messages from your cellphone.
3	weak end-of-year sales hit next next has said its annual profit will be £5m lower than previously expected because its end-of-year clearance sale has proved disappointing. clearance rates in our end-of-season sale have been below our expectations the company said. the high street retailer said it now expected to report annual profits of between £415m and £425m ($779m-798m). next s shares fell more than 3% following the release of the trading statement. next chief executive simon wolfson admitted that festive sales were below where we would expect a normal christmas to be but said sales should still top analyst expectations. among areas where next could have done better mr wolfson said menswear ranges were a little bit too similar to the previous year . mr wolfson also said that disappointing pre-christmas sales were more to do with the fact that we went in with too much stock rather than (the fact that) demand wasn t there for the stock . next s like-for-like store sales in the five months from 3 august to 24 december were up 2.9% on a year earlier. this figure is for existing next stores which were unaffected by new next store openings. like-for-like sales growth at the 49 next stores directly affected by new store openings in their locality was 0.5%. overall sales across both its retail and mail order divisions were up 12.4% next said. its next directory mail order division saw sales rise 13.4% during the five-month period. in terms of all the worries about their trading pre-christmas it s a result said nick bubb an analyst at evolution securities. profits of around £420m would be well within the comfort zone. however one dealer who asked not to be named told reuters the seasonal sales performance was not what people had hoped for . christmas has been tough for the whole sector and this is one of the best retailers he said. next s trading statement comes a day after house of fraser and woolworths disappointed investors with their figures.
4	Control of the UK's radio spectrum is being handed to the business community to promote wireless services.
4	The maker of a documentary about Fox News offers raw footage of his film online for others to re-edit into new 'mixes.' With the spread of broadband and cheap filmmaking software, film may become remixers' favored medium. By Daniel Terdiman.
0	Virchow never dies.
3	Hartford officials are pointing to steadily decreasing crime statistics and an overhauled police department in an attempt to discredit a national survey ranking Hartford the country #39;s seventh-dangerous city.
1	Television viewers around the world watched a drama unfold in Athens on Wednesday morning, when two unknown hijackers took hostage 26 Greek bus passengers and threatened to detonate the bus.
0	Renal colic "ischemic" of renal infarction: A plea for routine helical CT in emergency.
3	People who endorse free-market economics -- an economic theory that argues the markets regulate themselves and work better
1	AP - With many lawmakers eager to help their own regions, Congress is unlikely to act as quickly on President Bush's latest request for hurricane aid as they did on his first package.
4	Oracle has again pushed back the expiration date on its offer for PeopleSoft stock.
1	After Beslan, Europe's schools look to cameras to keep children safe without restricting their room to grow
1	US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.
1	American marines found the mutilated body of a Western woman as they searched for militants still holding out in Fallujah, the former Sunni insurgent stronghold.
3	LONDON : Britain #39;s third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
3	NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroger Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KR.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KR.N</A>, the largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a 25 percent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by debt redemption costs.
2	FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork was criticized by some Bills after New England's 31-17 win Oct. 3 in Orchard Park, N.Y. Buffalo lineman Jonas Jennings sustained a concussion in the third quarter and accused Wilfork of kicking Chris Villarrial while Villarrial was on the ground in the first quarter.
2	Tiger Woods finishes a disappointing 2004 season with his second straight championship, closing with a 0-under 66 to win the Target World Challenge.
3	In a move designed to hone in on its wireless business and reduce operating costs, Motorola is handing out 1,000 pink slips and will take a charge of \$00 million.
1	OTTAWA: The Canadian government signalled its intention on Monday to re-introduce legislation to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
0	Evaluating the functional impairment of assault survivors in a judicial context: frequency of aggravating factors according to the French Penal Code and evidence for heterogeneous medical practice.
4	USA Today: quot;Firefox proponents acknowledge it will have to do a lot more than swipe a few percentage points of market share to pose a significant threat to Explorer.
1	AP - Tokyo stocks rose moderately Monday morning on bargain hunting following Friday's losses. The U.S. dollar was up against the Japanese yen.
2	Konstandinos Kederis relinquished his Olympic 200m title in absentia here yesterday - but it was almost as if the stadium was filled with his angry spirit as the 70,000 crowd jeered
2	MINNEAPOLIS -- Considering how much the Yankees have dominated the Twins during the regular season in recent years, it was easy to assume Javier Vazquez picked the right time to return from a nasty two-week bout with conjunctivitis.
3	After months of litigation, Proxim and Symbol Technologies have finally settled their legal spat. Proxim has agreed to pay \$22.70 million, plus a 2 percent royalty on future sales of certain products.
0	Sjögren's syndrome: diagnosis and systemic manifestations.
4	UDAIPUR, India : A spectacular portrait of earth and its satellite, the moon, together has been captured for the first time during an eclipse by a space camera, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.
2	England can expect to face a bristling South African team this winter after Ray Jennings #39; interim appointment to succeed Eric Simons as coach.
1	The tightening legal noose on local activists comes as Chinese officials prepare to unveil electoral reforms that will likely further diminish the role and influence of opposition forces in public office,
3	DECEMBER 17, 2004 -- United Airlines #39; pilots union leaders last night agreed to send a new tentative agreement to its members for a ratification vote, according to a message sent to company employees.
0	Would the woman become the owner of her body?.
0	Sensitive care, beyond the labels.
3	General Motors (GM) plans to announce a massive restructuring Thursday that will eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs in Europe in a move to stem the five-year flow of red ink from its auto operations in the region.
4	The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.
3	Tribune staff reporters Geoff Daugherty, Susan Chandler and Gary Washburn contributed to this story. Its financial situation steadily deteriorating, the parent of ATA
0	Cyber-Health: support but not substitute for promoting individual therapeutic compliance.
4	Move is the latest setback for the chip Intel once billed as an industry standard. Hewlett-Packard has stopped selling workstations based on Intel #39;s Itanium 2 microprocessor, a company spokesperson confirms.
2	AP - Corp. Eugenio Mendoza, a young veteran of the Iraq war, had to carry his buddy for 00 yards, scale an 8-foot wall and crawl through a water-logged tunnel at the 4th International Sniper Competition, where the challenges are designed to simulate combat scenarios in Afghanistan and Iraq.
0	Sexuality, sports and travel: some ideas to help stoma patients to challenge themselves with the activities that confront them.
1	London citizens brought flowers as police continue to investigate.
4	Maurice Wilkins, who shared a Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA #39;s structure, died yesterday aged 87. Wilkins was still a staff member at King #39;s College London, where he had worked since 1946.
4	Paul S. Otellini, the probable new chief of Intel, may have to lead the chip manufacturer in an industry where the race may be for creativity, not speed.
2	Maybe coach Lenny Wilkens should make copies of the game tape of the Knicks #39; 99-81 loss last night at SBC Center and distribute them to his players as required viewing.
3	Colombia, locked in a 40-year war fueled by the drug trade, has made gains in restoring order and economic growth but needs more international help to secure
1	The model shared a video of herself walking publicly in clothing against Saudi law.
2	connors rallying cry for british tennis do you have it in your heart how much guts do you have how much do you hate to lose these are the questions jimmy connors will be asking of britain s brightest tennis hopes in the months and possibly years to come. the american legend swept into london on thursday to announce a long-term relationship with the lawn tennis association after spending three days at the elite performance winter camp in la manga. and the man who epitomised the phrase will to win before lleyton hewitt was even born is clear about the qualities he hopes to convey. you know everybody hits the ball well and there s a very fine line between number one and number 100 said connors. i was that fine line for a long time. but if i can help i want to be part of teaching kids how to win. connors is not the first great name to offer his services to the lta - his long-time rival john mcenroe has repeatedly done the same. but connors is at pains to point out that his interest goes well beyond any publicity stunt and he gave a glowing recommendation to the work of lta performance director david felgate and his team. britain has a different attitude the right attitude in taking the game forward and finding the next wimbledon champion said connors. that s something you don t find every day. everybody talks a good game but not everybody puts that into effect. the impression i came away with after just seeing david and the other coaches for three days was one like i ve never seen before especially over here. this is not going to happen overnight there are no miracle workers but you re going in the right direction. the 52-year-old s enthusiasm for the work going on in this country is in marked contrast to his relationship with tennis officials back in america. i ve had discussions with the usta (united states tennis association) over a number of years he said. that s where it (my input) ended. connors is a straight-talker and will be equally blunt and honest in his dealings with the lta and the cream of britain s young players. if they re chosen they ve got to produce he said. if not someone will come and take their place. there s only one number one spot and it s lonely up there but it s got the best view. in the year that has seen andrew murray emerge as britain s great new hope connors rejected suggestions that the scot might be put under too much pressure too soon. tim henman has a whole country on his shoulder said connors. i don t know that pressure but if you like that it can be a certain push to get on to the next level. someone s going to have to come and take over from him (henman). if i was andrew murray i d embrace that. that s what we play for. despite the emphasis on hard work training and preparation connors does admit that the desire required of a champion has to come from within. the passion i had i don t know if you can find that he admitted. i was also nuts. i say that because there was nothing better for me than to compete on the tennis court. it was the most important thing in the world for me and to do that something s got to be not right with you. there was nothing better for me ever than to play tennis in front of 25 000 people. what i had when i played tennis is what i am. you have to have that you can t be moulded.
4	In late August Aspyr Media Inc. and Wideload Games first announced plans to collaborate on a new game release. On Thursday Aspyr and Wideload Games offered the first details about the game, including platform information and a release schedule.
1	BEIJING The collapse of North Korea #39;s economy has caused food prices there to skyrocket and created new groups of people who cannot afford to buy what they need to live, the World Food Program said on Wednesday.
1	SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, overcoming sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. The Redwood Shores-based company said Tuesday it earned \$009 million, or 10 cents per share, during the three months ended in August, a 16 percent improvement from \$440 million, or 8 cents per share, at the same time last year...
4	Co-location and dedicated server provider OSI Hosting.net has acquired 1,000 Xserves from Apple Computer Inc. as part of an expansion into seven new facilities.
0	Incidence of arterial hypertension in French population after 60 years.
0	Brucellosis endocarditis.
2	Midfielder Lee Hendrie will return from a one-match suspension to the Aston Villa starting line-up against Manchester City in the Barclays Premiership tomorrow.
1	AP - A powerful typhoon raked Japan's Pacific coastline Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving at least five others missing in the most powerful storm to hit the nation in a decade, officials said.
3	A crucial legal ruling in Oracle #39;s takeover bid for Peoplesoft has been delayed after a judge said he needs to hear further evidence in the case.
2	MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- We can only imagine how enjoyable that flight home was for the Boston College party.
3	Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said Wednesday that it purchased privately held Photon Research Associates Inc., a provider of physics-based modeling services for government customers.
2	Reuters - The Anaheim Angels have\reportedly traded outfielder Jose Guillen to the\Washington-bound Expos in exchange for outfielder Juan Rivera\and a prospect.
0	Marseille and Jacques Daviel.
2	The Red Sox stats, schedule can bash with Manny Ramirez stats, news and David Ortiz stats, news. The Angels can do the same with Vladimir Guerrero and Troy Glaus.
4	SAP America Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are collaborating on a hosted enterprise resource planning software service for midsize companies in specific vertical markets.
3	Crude oil futures are headed for their biggest weekly gain in 21 months on speculation cold weather may boost demand in the US Northeast, where 80 percent of the country #39;s heating oil is used.
4	A REPORT said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has warned Asian governments contemplating using Linux that they risk being sued for using the operating system.
0	Cancer screening in the elderly?.
0	Infratemporal metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma.
1	BAGHDAD: Iraq was steeped in blood Tuesday as a fledgling truce in a Baghdad rebel bastion was shattered by fresh fighting that officials said left 40 killed and scores wounded, while the US death count neared the 1,000 mark.
3	Enjoy!
2	Scott Drummond, who meets the defending champion Ernie Els tomorrow in the first round of the World Match Play Championship, arrived at Wentworth in May with career earnings on the European Tour of less than 40,000.
1	AP - About 1,000 Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships, mortars and artillery Wednesday pounded a mountainous region near the Afghan border where a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers is believed to be hiding.
1	Two Palestinian children are killed in disputed circumstances in an explosion in southern Gaza.
0	The mother-infant encounter at birth must be protected.
0	Brown tumor of the mandible revealing primary hyperparathyroidism: report of a case.
0	Relationship to families, between suspicion and partnership.
2	com. Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. spoke with Sexson #39;s agent, Casey Close, on Monday afternoon and did not read too much into the fact that the veteran filed for free agency.
2	Dwight Yorkes former international team-mate Stern John has questioned Birmingham chief David Sullivans place in the game after his comments on footballs latest race row.
3	Gold Fields loses a key legal decision in its fight against Harmony's \$8.2bn hostile takeover bid but remains confident that its shareholders will reject the bid.
4	The Internet search giant reportedly plans to bring driverless vehicles to the market by 2020.
4	By PAUL FOY SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- NASA scientists said Friday they had recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed this week and were hopeful that the mission to gather solar atoms could be salvaged. "We should be able to meet many, if not all, of our science goals," said physicist Roger C...
2	NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Finley hit a grand slam home run to cap a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West title with a 7-3 win over the San Francisco Giants Saturday.
1	A kidnapped American journalist was released, even as Moktada al-Sadr's militia engaged in heavy fighting in Najaf.
4	Despite all the Linux hype, the open-source movement has yet to make a huge splash in the desktop market. That may be about to change, thanks to chipmaking giant Intel Corp. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>
0	Epidemiological profile and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in burn and traumatology center in Tunisia over a three-year period.
4	Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) expects to fill its chief executive officer (CEO) vacancy within the next 30 to 40 days, the company said Friday.
3	Walt Disney #39;s board of directors went on trial this week on shareholder accusations that it merely rubber-stamped a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away
0	Gene therapy in HIV infection: proof-of-concept in 12 patients.
0	Gliptines: a new fashion?.
1	Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said he hadn’t expected the Russian offensive to “drag on this way,” in an interview with The Associated Press.
3	The Royal Bank of Canada, the country #39;s biggest bank, said yesterday it suffered a 0 drop in third-quarter profit, displaying weakness in its US operations and citing tight interest-rate spreads and rising expenses.
4	NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.
2	Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou's missed drugs tests will be investigated by the IAAF.
0	Salivary gland-type lung tumor: An update.
3	NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> and Bank of America Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BAC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BAC.N</A> on Thursday posted double-digit gains in third-quarter profit, driven by gains in consumer lending and fees.
0	Maternal effects of prolonged expulsive efforts.
2	AP - Just down the road from the Magic Kingdom, major league teams toyed with trades and focused on free agents as the winter meetings began Friday.
3	As expected, the central bank raised the federal funds rate on overnight loans by a quarter point, to 2.20 percent.
1	Jordan #39;s King Abdullah II on Thursday pledged efforts to help release the Japanese hostage in Iraq as soon as possible, Jordanian TV reported.
1	Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan #39;s landmark election, widely expected to install Hamid Karzai, the US-backed interim leader, as the country #39;s first popularly chosen president.

4

Company says Arbinet will settle in copyright infringement dispute. \

1

This week, Israel took the biggest step towards solving the Middle East conflict for 30 years when the Knesset backed disengagement from the Gaza Strip.

4

Yesterday we covered the news that Google is expanding their search to the mobile arena with their new Google SMS service which lets you search by sending text messages from your cellphone.

3

weak end-of-year sales hit next next has said its annual profit will be £5m lower than previously expected because its end-of-year clearance sale has proved disappointing. clearance rates in our end-of-season sale have been below our expectations the company said. the high street retailer said it now expected to report annual profits of between £415m and £425m ($779m-798m). next s shares fell more than 3% following the release of the trading statement. next chief executive simon wolfson admitted that festive sales were below where we would expect a normal christmas to be but said sales should still top analyst expectations. among areas where next could have done better mr wolfson said menswear ranges were a little bit too similar to the previous year . mr wolfson also said that disappointing pre-christmas sales were more to do with the fact that we went in with too much stock rather than (the fact that) demand wasn t there for the stock . next s like-for-like store sales in the five months from 3 august to 24 december were up 2.9% on a year earlier. this figure is for existing next stores which were unaffected by new next store openings. like-for-like sales growth at the 49 next stores directly affected by new store openings in their locality was 0.5%. overall sales across both its retail and mail order divisions were up 12.4% next said. its next directory mail order division saw sales rise 13.4% during the five-month period. in terms of all the worries about their trading pre-christmas it s a result said nick bubb an analyst at evolution securities. profits of around £420m would be well within the comfort zone. however one dealer who asked not to be named told reuters the seasonal sales performance was not what people had hoped for . christmas has been tough for the whole sector and this is one of the best retailers he said. next s trading statement comes a day after house of fraser and woolworths disappointed investors with their figures.

4

Control of the UK's radio spectrum is being handed to the business community to promote wireless services.

4

The maker of a documentary about Fox News offers raw footage of his film online for others to re-edit into new 'mixes.' With the spread of broadband and cheap filmmaking software, film may become remixers' favored medium. By Daniel Terdiman.

0

Virchow never dies.

3

Hartford officials are pointing to steadily decreasing crime statistics and an overhauled police department in an attempt to discredit a national survey ranking Hartford the country #39;s seventh-dangerous city.

1

Television viewers around the world watched a drama unfold in Athens on Wednesday morning, when two unknown hijackers took hostage 26 Greek bus passengers and threatened to detonate the bus.

0

Renal colic "ischemic" of renal infarction: A plea for routine helical CT in emergency.

3

People who endorse free-market economics -- an economic theory that argues the markets regulate themselves and work better

1

AP - With many lawmakers eager to help their own regions, Congress is unlikely to act as quickly on President Bush's latest request for hurricane aid as they did on his first package.

4

Oracle has again pushed back the expiration date on its offer for PeopleSoft stock.

1

After Beslan, Europe's schools look to cameras to keep children safe without restricting their room to grow

1

US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.

1

American marines found the mutilated body of a Western woman as they searched for militants still holding out in Fallujah, the former Sunni insurgent stronghold.

3

LONDON : Britain #39;s third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.

3

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroger Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KR.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KR.N</A>, the largest U.S. grocer, on Tuesday reported a 25 percent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by debt redemption costs.

2

FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork was criticized by some Bills after New England's 31-17 win Oct. 3 in Orchard Park, N.Y. Buffalo lineman Jonas Jennings sustained a concussion in the third quarter and accused Wilfork of kicking Chris Villarrial while Villarrial was on the ground in the first quarter.

2

Tiger Woods finishes a disappointing 2004 season with his second straight championship, closing with a 0-under 66 to win the Target World Challenge.

3

In a move designed to hone in on its wireless business and reduce operating costs, Motorola is handing out 1,000 pink slips and will take a charge of \$00 million.

1

OTTAWA: The Canadian government signalled its intention on Monday to re-introduce legislation to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

0

Evaluating the functional impairment of assault survivors in a judicial context: frequency of aggravating factors according to the French Penal Code and evidence for heterogeneous medical practice.

4

USA Today: quot;Firefox proponents acknowledge it will have to do a lot more than swipe a few percentage points of market share to pose a significant threat to Explorer.

1

AP - Tokyo stocks rose moderately Monday morning on bargain hunting following Friday's losses. The U.S. dollar was up against the Japanese yen.

2

Konstandinos Kederis relinquished his Olympic 200m title in absentia here yesterday - but it was almost as if the stadium was filled with his angry spirit as the 70,000 crowd jeered

2

MINNEAPOLIS -- Considering how much the Yankees have dominated the Twins during the regular season in recent years, it was easy to assume Javier Vazquez picked the right time to return from a nasty two-week bout with conjunctivitis.

3

After months of litigation, Proxim and Symbol Technologies have finally settled their legal spat. Proxim has agreed to pay \$22.70 million, plus a 2 percent royalty on future sales of certain products.

0

Sjögren's syndrome: diagnosis and systemic manifestations.

4

UDAIPUR, India : A spectacular portrait of earth and its satellite, the moon, together has been captured for the first time during an eclipse by a space camera, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

2

England can expect to face a bristling South African team this winter after Ray Jennings #39; interim appointment to succeed Eric Simons as coach.

1

The tightening legal noose on local activists comes as Chinese officials prepare to unveil electoral reforms that will likely further diminish the role and influence of opposition forces in public office,

3

DECEMBER 17, 2004 -- United Airlines #39; pilots union leaders last night agreed to send a new tentative agreement to its members for a ratification vote, according to a message sent to company employees.

0

Would the woman become the owner of her body?.

0

Sensitive care, beyond the labels.

3

General Motors (GM) plans to announce a massive restructuring Thursday that will eliminate as many as 12,000 jobs in Europe in a move to stem the five-year flow of red ink from its auto operations in the region.

4

The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.

3

Tribune staff reporters Geoff Daugherty, Susan Chandler and Gary Washburn contributed to this story. Its financial situation steadily deteriorating, the parent of ATA

0

Cyber-Health: support but not substitute for promoting individual therapeutic compliance.

4

Move is the latest setback for the chip Intel once billed as an industry standard. Hewlett-Packard has stopped selling workstations based on Intel #39;s Itanium 2 microprocessor, a company spokesperson confirms.

2

AP - Corp. Eugenio Mendoza, a young veteran of the Iraq war, had to carry his buddy for 00 yards, scale an 8-foot wall and crawl through a water-logged tunnel at the 4th International Sniper Competition, where the challenges are designed to simulate combat scenarios in Afghanistan and Iraq.

0

Sexuality, sports and travel: some ideas to help stoma patients to challenge themselves with the activities that confront them.

1

London citizens brought flowers as police continue to investigate.

4

Maurice Wilkins, who shared a Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA #39;s structure, died yesterday aged 87. Wilkins was still a staff member at King #39;s College London, where he had worked since 1946.

4

Paul S. Otellini, the probable new chief of Intel, may have to lead the chip manufacturer in an industry where the race may be for creativity, not speed.

2

Maybe coach Lenny Wilkens should make copies of the game tape of the Knicks #39; 99-81 loss last night at SBC Center and distribute them to his players as required viewing.

3

Colombia, locked in a 40-year war fueled by the drug trade, has made gains in restoring order and economic growth but needs more international help to secure

1

The model shared a video of herself walking publicly in clothing against Saudi law.

2

connors rallying cry for british tennis do you have it in your heart how much guts do you have how much do you hate to lose these are the questions jimmy connors will be asking of britain s brightest tennis hopes in the months and possibly years to come. the american legend swept into london on thursday to announce a long-term relationship with the lawn tennis association after spending three days at the elite performance winter camp in la manga. and the man who epitomised the phrase will to win before lleyton hewitt was even born is clear about the qualities he hopes to convey. you know everybody hits the ball well and there s a very fine line between number one and number 100 said connors. i was that fine line for a long time. but if i can help i want to be part of teaching kids how to win. connors is not the first great name to offer his services to the lta - his long-time rival john mcenroe has repeatedly done the same. but connors is at pains to point out that his interest goes well beyond any publicity stunt and he gave a glowing recommendation to the work of lta performance director david felgate and his team. britain has a different attitude the right attitude in taking the game forward and finding the next wimbledon champion said connors. that s something you don t find every day. everybody talks a good game but not everybody puts that into effect. the impression i came away with after just seeing david and the other coaches for three days was one like i ve never seen before especially over here. this is not going to happen overnight there are no miracle workers but you re going in the right direction. the 52-year-old s enthusiasm for the work going on in this country is in marked contrast to his relationship with tennis officials back in america. i ve had discussions with the usta (united states tennis association) over a number of years he said. that s where it (my input) ended. connors is a straight-talker and will be equally blunt and honest in his dealings with the lta and the cream of britain s young players. if they re chosen they ve got to produce he said. if not someone will come and take their place. there s only one number one spot and it s lonely up there but it s got the best view. in the year that has seen andrew murray emerge as britain s great new hope connors rejected suggestions that the scot might be put under too much pressure too soon. tim henman has a whole country on his shoulder said connors. i don t know that pressure but if you like that it can be a certain push to get on to the next level. someone s going to have to come and take over from him (henman). if i was andrew murray i d embrace that. that s what we play for. despite the emphasis on hard work training and preparation connors does admit that the desire required of a champion has to come from within. the passion i had i don t know if you can find that he admitted. i was also nuts. i say that because there was nothing better for me than to compete on the tennis court. it was the most important thing in the world for me and to do that something s got to be not right with you. there was nothing better for me ever than to play tennis in front of 25 000 people. what i had when i played tennis is what i am. you have to have that you can t be moulded.

4

In late August Aspyr Media Inc. and Wideload Games first announced plans to collaborate on a new game release. On Thursday Aspyr and Wideload Games offered the first details about the game, including platform information and a release schedule.

1

BEIJING The collapse of North Korea #39;s economy has caused food prices there to skyrocket and created new groups of people who cannot afford to buy what they need to live, the World Food Program said on Wednesday.

1

SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, overcoming sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. The Redwood Shores-based company said Tuesday it earned \$009 million, or 10 cents per share, during the three months ended in August, a 16 percent improvement from \$440 million, or 8 cents per share, at the same time last year...

4

Co-location and dedicated server provider OSI Hosting.net has acquired 1,000 Xserves from Apple Computer Inc. as part of an expansion into seven new facilities.

0

Incidence of arterial hypertension in French population after 60 years.

0

Brucellosis endocarditis.

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Midfielder Lee Hendrie will return from a one-match suspension to the Aston Villa starting line-up against Manchester City in the Barclays Premiership tomorrow.

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AP - A powerful typhoon raked Japan's Pacific coastline Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving at least five others missing in the most powerful storm to hit the nation in a decade, officials said.

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A crucial legal ruling in Oracle #39;s takeover bid for Peoplesoft has been delayed after a judge said he needs to hear further evidence in the case.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- We can only imagine how enjoyable that flight home was for the Boston College party.

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Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said Wednesday that it purchased privately held Photon Research Associates Inc., a provider of physics-based modeling services for government customers.

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Reuters - The Anaheim Angels have\reportedly traded outfielder Jose Guillen to the\Washington-bound Expos in exchange for outfielder Juan Rivera\and a prospect.

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Marseille and Jacques Daviel.

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The Red Sox stats, schedule can bash with Manny Ramirez stats, news and David Ortiz stats, news. The Angels can do the same with Vladimir Guerrero and Troy Glaus.

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SAP America Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are collaborating on a hosted enterprise resource planning software service for midsize companies in specific vertical markets.

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Crude oil futures are headed for their biggest weekly gain in 21 months on speculation cold weather may boost demand in the US Northeast, where 80 percent of the country #39;s heating oil is used.

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A REPORT said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has warned Asian governments contemplating using Linux that they risk being sued for using the operating system.

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Cancer screening in the elderly?.

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Infratemporal metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma.

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BAGHDAD: Iraq was steeped in blood Tuesday as a fledgling truce in a Baghdad rebel bastion was shattered by fresh fighting that officials said left 40 killed and scores wounded, while the US death count neared the 1,000 mark.

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Enjoy!

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Scott Drummond, who meets the defending champion Ernie Els tomorrow in the first round of the World Match Play Championship, arrived at Wentworth in May with career earnings on the European Tour of less than 40,000.

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AP - About 1,000 Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships, mortars and artillery Wednesday pounded a mountainous region near the Afghan border where a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers is believed to be hiding.

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Two Palestinian children are killed in disputed circumstances in an explosion in southern Gaza.

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The mother-infant encounter at birth must be protected.

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Brown tumor of the mandible revealing primary hyperparathyroidism: report of a case.

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Relationship to families, between suspicion and partnership.

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com. Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. spoke with Sexson #39;s agent, Casey Close, on Monday afternoon and did not read too much into the fact that the veteran filed for free agency.

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Dwight Yorkes former international team-mate Stern John has questioned Birmingham chief David Sullivans place in the game after his comments on footballs latest race row.

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Gold Fields loses a key legal decision in its fight against Harmony's \$8.2bn hostile takeover bid but remains confident that its shareholders will reject the bid.

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The Internet search giant reportedly plans to bring driverless vehicles to the market by 2020.

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By PAUL FOY SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- NASA scientists said Friday they had recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed this week and were hopeful that the mission to gather solar atoms could be salvaged. "We should be able to meet many, if not all, of our science goals," said physicist Roger C...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Finley hit a grand slam home run to cap a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West title with a 7-3 win over the San Francisco Giants Saturday.

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A kidnapped American journalist was released, even as Moktada al-Sadr's militia engaged in heavy fighting in Najaf.

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Despite all the Linux hype, the open-source movement has yet to make a huge splash in the desktop market. That may be about to change, thanks to chipmaking giant Intel Corp. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>

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Epidemiological profile and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in burn and traumatology center in Tunisia over a three-year period.

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Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) expects to fill its chief executive officer (CEO) vacancy within the next 30 to 40 days, the company said Friday.

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Walt Disney #39;s board of directors went on trial this week on shareholder accusations that it merely rubber-stamped a decision to hire Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away

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Gene therapy in HIV infection: proof-of-concept in 12 patients.

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Gliptines: a new fashion?.

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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said he hadn’t expected the Russian offensive to “drag on this way,” in an interview with The Associated Press.

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The Royal Bank of Canada, the country #39;s biggest bank, said yesterday it suffered a 0 drop in third-quarter profit, displaying weakness in its US operations and citing tight interest-rate spreads and rising expenses.

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NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.

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Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou's missed drugs tests will be investigated by the IAAF.

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Salivary gland-type lung tumor: An update.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> and Bank of America Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BAC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BAC.N</A> on Thursday posted double-digit gains in third-quarter profit, driven by gains in consumer lending and fees.

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Maternal effects of prolonged expulsive efforts.

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AP - Just down the road from the Magic Kingdom, major league teams toyed with trades and focused on free agents as the winter meetings began Friday.

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As expected, the central bank raised the federal funds rate on overnight loans by a quarter point, to 2.20 percent.

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Jordan #39;s King Abdullah II on Thursday pledged efforts to help release the Japanese hostage in Iraq as soon as possible, Jordanian TV reported.

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Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan #39;s landmark election, widely expected to install Hamid Karzai, the US-backed interim leader, as the country #39;s first popularly chosen president.