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#39;Arms photo reasonable #39;: Ahern British and Irish Government proposals for photographic evidence of IRA decommissioning were reasonable, the Irish premier has said. | 0World |
Oil Up 4 Pct., U.S. Heating Oil Stocks Fall LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed for the third straight day on Wednesday as U.S. government reported a fall in heating oil stocks and cold weather gripped the U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating fuel market. | 2Business |
Wireless Merger December 15 - Call it a blockbuster merger, rumored for days and made official this morning in New York. Reston, Virginia. The \$35 billion deal creates the nation #39;s third-largest wireless telephone service provider. | 2Business |
Intel Brings N.Mexico Jobs, Pollution LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 15-year tax break that secured Intel Corp.'s ongoing investment in the state of New Mexico has rekindled a heated debate over the ability of a poor U.S. state to regulate the world's largest chip maker. | 2Business |
iPod to go 80GB? Toshiba, whose tiny hard drives power Apple #39;s hit iPod music players, announced that it has produced an 80GB model. The company said in a statement late on Monday that it will begin mass production in mid-2005 | 3Sci/Tech |
Swiss-based Phonak cycling team appeals UCI licence refusal The Swiss-based Phonak team said Wednesday it is contesting the International Cycling Union #39;s decision to refuse it a racing licence amid a doping scandal. | 1Sports |
RUSSIA * FORMULA-1 * TEAM MOSCOW, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russian team Midland F1 will participate in the Formula-1 world championship in 2006. Boris Yeltsin Jr. | 1Sports |
Norway goes 1-2 in biathlon sprint Stian Eckhoff and Frode Andresen gave Norway a 1-2 finish in a 10-kilometer World Cup biathlon sprint event Wednesday. Jay Hakkinen of the United States finished seventh, his best outing this season. | 1Sports |
Ole Miss officials interview Erickson San Francisco 49ers coach Dennis Erickson met with Mississippi #39;s athletics director and chancellor for two hours Tuesday night to discuss the school #39;s vacant head coaching position. | 1Sports |
Turkey ups the stakes in diplomatic battle over EU bid ANKARA, Dec 15 (AFP) - Raising its tone on the eve of a critical summit, Turkey warned the European Union Wednesday that it would not hesitate to give up its 40-year dream of joining the bloc if it is offered a status falling short of full membership. | 0World |
Arafat favored successor makes bid for peace ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/12/04) - Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas - the favored candidate to succeed late Palestinian Authority president Yassir Arafat, has made a bid for peace with Israel, calling on Palestinian militant | 0World |
Flying high, like a butterfly The worlds tallest bridge was opened in the Tarn Valley, France, yesterday and has been hailed as both a monumental work of art and an unrivalled technological achievement. | 0World |
Sprint, Nextel Agree To #39;Merger Of Equals #39; Wireless operators agree to \$35 billion deal to create a new company that will be called Sprint Nextel. By Mobile Pipeline News. The merged company, which the companies positioned as a merger of equals, will be called Sprint Nextel. | 2Business |
Mixed results for Blackberry court battle Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the popular Blackberry mobile, has been left with a curate #39;s egg to mull over for Christmas. | 2Business |
Time Warner, AOL settle securities fraud charges Time Warner Inc. has agreed to pay \$210 million to settle securities fraud charges involving the company #39;s America Online unit, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. | 2Business |
Nokia combats counterfeit batteries In an effort to combat (now common) counterfeit batteries, Nokia has launched a new program that will allow consumers to accurately tell if a battery is made by Nokia. | 3Sci/Tech |
Beeb blamed for Test cricket #39;s satellite sale The Government today rounded on the BBC and terrestrial broadcasters for turning their backs on English cricket. Although Five will show highlights as part of the 220million | 1Sports |
More Athens bus hostages freed Hijackers have released two more of the around 24 hostages they are holding after seizing a bus in an Athens suburb, bringing the total freed to 12. | 0World |
Turkey to Get Date for Open-Ended EU Entry Talks Turkey was on course on Wednesday to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit. | 0World |
Beware of terror in Indonesia, travellers told New Zealanders are being warned against travelling to Indonesia, including Bali, over the Christmas and New Year period after the Government received reports terrorists were planning an attack. | 0World |
Europe Seeks New Accords With US to Address Global Warming The European Union is seeking new agreements with the US to slow climate change apart from the Kyoto Protocol that President George W. Bush withdrew from. | 0World |
U.S. to Charge AOL with Fraud (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. government will charge Time\Warner Inc's America Online unit with aiding and\abetting securities fraud but will defer prosecution for two\years, a U.S. Justice Department official said. | 2Business |
Body of Turk Engineer Found in Afghanistan (AP) AP - The bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped Turkish engineer was found Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, a day after he was snatched with his driver and interpreter by a band of armed men, officials said. | 0World |
Bush Inauguration to Tout Freedom, Service (AP) AP - With the theme "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service," President Bush's second inauguration will heavily emphasize a nation at war, but festivities will rival those held during peacetime. | 0World |
Ohio Judge Rules Punch-Card Voting Fair (AP) AP - Voting rights are not denied to those who use punch-card ballots, a federal judge ruled in the nation's first trial to challenge the system blamed for woes in Florida in the 2000 presidential election. | 0World |
Dems gain in 'hidden election' (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory. | 0World |
U.S. Drug Lobby Group Taps Tauzin for Top Job (Reuters) Reuters - The former chairman of the U.S.\House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, who\earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical\industry's top lobby after critics questioned the ethics of the\move, has now accepted the post, the group said on Wednesday. | 0World |
Bus Hijackers Hold 11 in Athens, Demand \$1 Million ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen thought to be Albanians hijacked a Greek bus with 23 passengers on board on Wednesday in Athens and demanded a \$1 million ransom and a plane to fly them to Russia. | 0World |
Cheney Pushes for Permanent Tax Cuts Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that it is critical to make President Bush's tax cuts permanent during his second term, while achieving broader reforms in the tax code and bolstering Social Security. | 2Business |
Brazil passes bankruptcy reform Brazilian Congress gives the green light to a long awaited overhaul of bankruptcy laws, which it hopes will reduce business and credit costs. | 2Business |
Turkish PM Heads for EU Summit in Confident Mood ANKARA/STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan voiced confidence on Wednesday that Turkey would win a date for opening long-delayed European Union entry talks at a landmark summit of the bloc's 25 leaders this week. | 0World |
Cactus diet deal for Phytopharm A slimming aid made from a southern African cactus is set to be developed by UK pharmaceutical Phytopharm and Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever. | 2Business |
Bolden says he hasnt been approached about NASA post Retired Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. is proud his name is among a handful being mentioned as the next head of the US space agency. | 3Sci/Tech |
Nokia makes counterfeiting batteries harder Nokia will now be adding a small hologram to all batteries it produces for its mobile phones, in an effort to combat counterfeit batteries. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yeltsin grandson joins Russian Midland F1 team The Russian-backed Midland Formula One team planned for 2006 has hired the grandson of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin as marketing director, Kommersant daily newspaper said on Wednesday. | 1Sports |
Norwegians finish 1-2 at biathlon World Cup CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Five-time Olympic biathlon champion Ole Einar Bjorndalen of Norway may have been absent from a World Cup event Wednesday, but his fellow countrymen Stian Eckhoff and Frode Andresen were there to pick up the slack. | 1Sports |
Allawi to stand in Iraq elections Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says he will stand in January's polls, as a blast hits the holy city of Karbala. | 0World |
Halama Agrees to Deal With Red Sox (AP) AP - John Halama and the Boston Red Sox finalized a one-year contract Wednesday. | 1Sports |
Fresh clashes in Nepal 'kill 26' At least 26 people die in clashes between security forces and Maoists in western Nepal, the army says. | 0World |
Marines Found Guilty of Abusing Iraqis, Files Show Marines in Iraq were convicted by military trials of committing a variety of abuses of captured Iraqis. | 0World |
Sprint, Nextel Agree To Merge The deal, valued at \$35 billion, will create a large wireless service provider to compete with wireless rivals Cingular and Verizon. | 2Business |
Best Buy Quarterly Profit Jumps 21 Pct. Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY), the top US electronics retail chain, on Wednesday posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit and said it gained market share in the period. | 2Business |
Google Planning To Index Entire Libraries For a long time there have been rumors going around about Project Ocean, a project by Google to index all the pre-1923 content in the Stanford Library. | 3Sci/Tech |
Microsoft Issues 5 Important Security Bulletins For its quot;Patch Tuesday quot; this month, Microsoft delivered five security bulletins for what it called quot;important quot; security flaws, including one publicly known flaw in the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). | 3Sci/Tech |
PeopleSoft deal is done, real work begins Oracle is now OracleSoft, and that means SAP will soon have some real competition on its hands. Oracle #39;s recent monster user conference, the first that united its technology, database and | 3Sci/Tech |
Renteria picks Boston Free agent shortstop Edgar Renteria has chosen to leave the St. Louis Cardinals to join the Red Sox. Renteria is expected to sign a four-year deal for slightly more than \$36 million. | 1Sports |
Seven killed in Karbala mosque explosion At least seven people were killed and 31 injured today when a bomb exploded at the gate to one of Shia Islams holiest shrines in Iraq, hospital officials said. | 0World |
Swing and Miss for D.C. The question of whether baseball will now jerk its franchise out of Washington is a mere foregone conclusion. Why would baseball come here? We have pulled a bait-and-switch on the sport. | 1Sports |
Red Sox to Sign Renteria According to The Boston Globe, the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a four-year, \$40-million contract with shortstop Edgar Renteria. | 1Sports |
Dollar Back on the Defensive NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar weakened on Wednesday on dealers' renewed concern about the ability of the United States to finance its trade and current account deficits, causing a recent rebound in the currency to fizzle out. | 2Business |
Sara Lee Raising Retail Coffee Prices (Reuters) Reuters - Sara Lee Coffee Tea said Wednesday\it was raising its retail coffee prices to keep pace with 14\percent hikes by other major roasters as global bean supply\next year shifts from surplus to deficit. | 2Business |
Sara Lee Raising Retail Coffee Prices NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sara Lee Coffee Tea said Wednesday it was raising its retail coffee prices to keep pace with 14 percent hikes by other major roasters as global bean supply next year shifts from surplus to deficit. | 2Business |
Time Warner settles fraud case Time Warner agrees to pay \$210m to settle charges of securities fraud involving America Online. | 2Business |
Bios of Sprint #39;s Forsee, Nextel #39;s Donahue Here are brief sketches of the two top executives of the company being created by Sprint Corp. #39;s \$35 billion purchase of Nextel Communications Inc. | 2Business |
City prepared to sell 5million Anelka in the New Year Manchester City Football Club are prepared to sell Nicolas Anelka in the New Year transfer window. The controversial French striker was blasted by the City fans at the weekend following his comments he wants | 1Sports |
Iraq Insurgency Growing 'More Effective'-US General (Reuters) Reuters - A bold, innovative insurgency has\become more effective against U.S. supply lines in Iraq and\explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a\senior American general said on Wednesday. | 0World |
Feds anticipate 6,000 will be added annually to new sex offender registry (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - A national sex offender registry came into force Wednesday, requiring convicted offenders to register within 15 days after being released from prison, or if they're ordered to register. | 0World |
YUKOS files for bankruptcy protection. YUKOS oil company announced December 15 it has filed for bankruptcy protection today. Please see the company #39;s statement below. | 2Business |
US Missile Defense Test Fails The first test in nearly two years of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile shield failed on Wednesday when the interceptor missile shut down as it prepared to launch in | 2Business |
Report: Global PC Market Set To Soar The worldwide market for personal computers will double by the end of the decade, reaching about 1.3 billion units by 2010, according to Forrester Research. | 2Business |
FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes WASHINGTON Dec 15, 2004 - Federal regulators voted Wednesday to give airline passengers high-speed Internet connections while they fly. | 2Business |
Time Warner Near AOL Settlement Time Warner (TWX:NYSE - news - research) is on the brink of announcing settlements with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission, it was reported Wednesday. | 2Business |
Update 1: Best Buy #39;s 3Q Earnings Climb 21 Percent Best Buy Company Inc., the nation #39;s largest electronics retailer, said on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 21 percent, but gave hints that profits during the holiday selling season may not be quite what analysts were hoping for. | 2Business |
Linux market to exceed \$35bn by 2008 The overall market revenue for Linux desktops, servers and packaged software will exceed \$35bn by 2008, research published today has claimed. | 3Sci/Tech |
LSU #39;s Saban meets with Dolphins for #39;preliminary conversation #39; LSU coach Nick Saban met with the Miami Dolphins about their opening Tuesday night, the school announced Wednesday morning. quot;I owe it to the people of Louisiana and the fans of LSU football to let them know | 1Sports |
Ponting in Lee plea OPINIONS were split in the Australian camp on the future of Brett Lee after a maverick selection push by captain Ricky Ponting last night. | 1Sports |
Former Greats Lament TV Deal Two former England captains today bemoaned the loss of cricket to Britains living rooms, claiming the sports new television deal had turned its back on thousands of potential future players. | 1Sports |
Fischer, Bailly win pursuit events at Holmenkollen biathlon World <b>...</b> German veteran Sven Fischer and France #39;s Sandrine Bailly won pursuit races Sunday at a World Cup biathlon meet. Fischer covered the men #39;s 12.5-kilometre race in 33 minutes 40.62 seconds, beating | 1Sports |
Hijackers grab Greek bus passengers, demand 1 million euro ransom GERAKAS, Greece (AFP) - Two gunmen, thought to be Albanians, commandeered a bus with some 25 passengers on board in an Athens suburb, later releasing a total of 12 while reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom and a plane to be flown out of | 0World |
CLIFFORD D. MAY: Shouldn #39;t Palestinians have a real election? (SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month #39;s elections. | 0World |
LSU Coach Saban Talking With Dolphins (AP) AP - LSU coach Nick Saban has talked to the Miami Dolphins about their vacant head coaching position. | 1Sports |
TimeWarner Settles AOL Fraud for #36;210 Mln (Reuters) Reuters - Media giant Time Warner Inc. \will pay fines of #36;210 million under an agreement with the U.S.\government to be announced on Wednesday to settle charges that\its America Online unit inflated revenue, a Justice Department\official said. | 2Business |
TimeWarner Settles AOL Fraud for \$210 Mln WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Media giant Time Warner Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TWX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">TWX.N</A> will pay fines of \$210 million under an agreement with the U.S. government to be announced on Wednesday to settle charges that its America Online unit inflated revenue, a Justice Department official said. | 2Business |
Oil Up 4 Pct, Heating Oil Supplies Fall LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Wednesday as U.S. government reported a fall in heating oil stocks and cold weather gripped the U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating fuel market. | 2Business |
Time Warner Settles Fraud Charges With Justice Department Time Warner has agreed to pay \$210 million to settle securities fraud charges involving advertising deals between America Online and smaller Internet companies. | 2Business |
Russell's a Good Sport If it can keep integrating buys and grow profits, this looks like a company worth holding. | 2Business |
Timeshares Can't Shake the Stink Timeshare stocks have never been valued fairly because of a bad reputation for unscrupulous salespeople. | 2Business |
Bush Backs Strong Dollar President Bush pledged Wednesday to work with Congress to reduce the United States' huge deficits to assure markets that his administration supports a strong dollar. | 2Business |
Tauzin to Head Pharmaceutical Lobbying Group Retiring Rep. Billy Tauzin will become head of the pharmaceutical industry's top lobbying group next month after leaving his post as head of the House committee that regulates the pharmaceutical industry. | 2Business |
Libya takes \$1bn in unfrozen funds Libya withdraws \$1bn of unfrozen assets from the US after a trade embargo is lifted as a reward for giving up weapons of mass destruction. | 2Business |
US to Charge AOL with Fraud, Defer Prosecution Media giant Time Warner Inc. will pay fines of \$210 million under an agreement with the US government to be announced on Wednesday to settle charges that its America | 2Business |
Russell #39;s a Good Sport Judging by yesterday #39;s trading action in shares of sporting goods and apparel company Russell (NYSE: RML) -- the shares were about flat on volume not terribly different than its recent | 2Business |
Google to digitally scan library collections Google has begun an ambitious project to digitally scan books from 5 libraries: Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library, and the University of Oxford. | 3Sci/Tech |
US moviemakers go after #39;parasites #39; The Motion Picture Association of America is launching civil and criminal actions worldwide against movie pirates in a bid to curb illegal film downloading. | 3Sci/Tech |
NASA #39;s chief quitting post Sean O #39;Keefe on Monday officially resigned as the head of NASA to interview as the chancellor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. | 3Sci/Tech |
First WiMAX Baseband Chip Wavesat Inc., a fabless semiconductor developer of broadband wireless chips, today announced delivery of the first ever WiMAX chip, the DM256. | 3Sci/Tech |
ZigBee clears ratification hurdle Intelligent sensor networks moved a little closer to commercial deployment on Tuesday with the ratification of ZigBee. ZigBee is a short-range, very low-power wireless technology. | 3Sci/Tech |
Dolphins appear interested in LSU #39;s Saban LSU coach Nick Saban has talked to the Miami Dolphins about their vacant head coaching position. In a statement issued by LSU on Wednesday, Saban described the talks as quot;a preliminary conversation with the | 1Sports |
LSU #39;s Saban meets with Miami Dolphins LSU football coach Nick Saban met with representatives of the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday night to discuss their head coaching job. In a statement today, Saban said he and the Dolphins had a quot;preliminary quot; discussion and no decision was made. | 1Sports |
Glamorgan relieved by new TV deal Glamorgan chairman Paul Russell has welcomed the new television deal for English cricket agreed on Wednesday. The England and Wales Cricket Board has awarded an exclusive four-year contract to BSkyB for Test matches, which will run until 2009. | 1Sports |
Counsell returns to Diamondbacks Shortstop Craig Counsell returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks, agreeing Wednesday to a \$2.7 million, two-year contract. Arizona traded Counsell to the Milwaukee Brewers after the 2003 season | 1Sports |
Official: 'Chemical Ali' to Be Tried First (AP) AP - The ex-Iraqi general known as "Chemical Ali," who is accused of using chemical weapons attacks to kill thousands of Kurds, will be the first detained former Saddam Hussein regime figure to stand trial next week, a government official said Wednesday. | 0World |
Sprint, Nextel ringing up \$35B US wireless merger NEW YORK - Sprint Corp. is buying Nextel Communications Inc. in a \$35-billion US deal that will create the third-largest wireless phone company in the US. | 2Business |
Oil prices above \$42 pb on lower US supplies NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - Oil futures prices rose this morning after the US Energy Department reported a marginal decline in the countrys supplies of crude and heating oil. | 2Business |
First Command Paying \$12M in Accords First Command Financial Planning Inc., a company that sold high-fee mutual funds to military officers, has agreed to pay \$12 million to settle regulators #39; charges that it used misleading sales material to promote the funds, it was announced Wednesday. | 2Business |
US appeal court gives mixed decision on RIMM-NTP patent case NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - A US appeal court has upheld a lower courts decision that Research in Motion (RIMM.NAS) had infringed on the patents held by NTP, while canceling an injunction preventing the sales of Blackberry email devices | 2Business |
US rejects key part of Geico case against Google A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a key element of insurer Geico #39;s trademark infringement case against online search engine Google. | 2Business |
Internet Life Hollywood Intensifies File-Swapping Fight The Motion Picture Association of America has filed lawuits against operators of more than 100 servers that use BitTorrent and eDonkey to swap copyighted movie files. | 3Sci/Tech |
Hopefuls Emerge for Top Job at NASA US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said the next administrator will face quot;several critical missions, quot; including the shuttle #39;s return to flight, completing construction | 3Sci/Tech |
Oracle #39;s Phillips talks up PeopleSoft integration DECEMBER 15, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - For the first time since closing a deal to purchase rival PeopleSoft Inc. for \$13.3 billion, Oracle Corp. | 3Sci/Tech |
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