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Venezuelan Car-Bomb Suspect Killed, Weapons Found CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan lawyer suspected in last week's bombing murder of a top state prosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police on Tuesday after he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fire on them, officials said. | 0 |
British Muslims push to integrate They are working to repair an image tattered by homegrown radicals - and to find a place in mainstream society. | 0 |
Ukraine set for talks on crisis Ukraine's president and opposition agree to hold talks, as huge protests over disputed elections continue. | 0 |
Smoking killing millions globally \Smoking killed almost 5 million people around the world in 2000, researchers have calculated. | 0 |
Outsource that reporter! Reuters journalists are said to be close to striking over the outsourcing of reporting jobs to India. | 3 |
South Asian PMs to hold key talks Pakistani PM Shaukat Aziz is to continue dialogue with India in talks with counterpart Manmohan Singh. | 0 |
Security Council visits DR Congo UN Security Council envoys are visiting eastern DR Congo, where UN troops maintain a fragile peace. | 0 |
Chirac makes historic Libya trip French President Jacques Chirac is to go to Libya on Wednesday, for the first such visit since 1951. | 0 |
Gimme some skin! Sure, the Nintendo DS portable game machine is a technical wonder, with its super-sensitive touch screen, built-in wireless capability and | 3 |
Burma to relaunch democracy talks \Burma sets a new date for a constitutional conference seen as a first step towards democracy. | 0 |
Football: Ferguson celebrates win Sir Alex Ferguson is "ecstatic" as Man Utd reach the Champions League knockout stage by beating Lyon. | 0 |
Zimbabwe bans cricket journalists Zimbabwe denies British journalists entry - but England's tour still looks set to go ahead. | 0 |
Sfor defends pursuit of Karadzic The Nato head in Bosnia defends efforts to detain Bosnian Serb leaders ahead of a war crimes report. | 0 |
World leaders back Iraqi election World leaders end a conference on the future of Iraq with strong support for the January polls. | 0 |
Hindu cleric faces fresh charge A Hindu cleric facing murder charges in southern India is also accused of ordering an attack on a former devotee. | 0 |
40bn criminal networks targeted A new bill aimed at tackling organised crime will be published by the government on Wednesday morning. | 0 |
UN probing charges of sex abuse by staff UNITED NATIONS -- The UN is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN civilian staff members and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some evidence recorded on videotape, a senior UN official said yesterday. The accusations include pedophilia and rape, said Jane Holl Lute, an assistant secretary general in the peacekeeping department. Lute said that there ... | 0 |
In Colombia, Bush vows aid in drug war CARTAGENA, Colombia -- Under a security web of warplanes, battleships, and 15,000 troops, President Bush praised Colombia's battle against drugs and Marxist guerrillas yesterday and pledged to keep US aid flowing so that quot;this courageous nation can win its war against narcoterrorists. quot; | 0 |
U.S. Expanding Iraqi Offensive in Violent Area U.S., British and Iraqi troops began a new offensive sweep across a region south of Baghdad known as the triangle of death. | 0 |
Rally Against Ukraine Vote Swells Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko took a symbolic oath of office in his country's parliament Tuesday as supporters rallied to challenge official vote counts that gave an insurmountable lead to his opponent. | 0 |
U.N. Election Workers Freed in Afghanistan Afghan officials denied Tuesday that they struck a deal with kidnappers who released three foreign U.N. workers unharmed in Kabul. | 0 |
Iraq's Forbidding 'Triangle of Death' As the offensive against Fallujah ends, U.S. military commanders have begun turning their attention to other restive regions of Iraq, where an insurgency in Sunni Muslim-dominated areas has proved resilient, possibly endangering nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30. | 0 |
Iraqi Prime Minister Encouraged to Meet Opponents An international conference on Iraq is expected to call on the government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to meet with its political opponents to encourage them to participate in the country's first democratic elections in January, according to a draft of the conference's final communique. | 0 |
U.N. Hostages in Afghanistan Freed Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed Tuesday, a day after a string of raids by U.S. and Afghan security forces. | 0 |
Fatah Panel Nominates Ex-Premier for President The most important decision about who will run for president of the Palestinian Authority was made Monday by the Fatah movement's 15-member Central Committee, which nominated former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as the group's presidential candidate for the Jan. 9 election. | 0 |
26 Charged in Va. In Document Fraud Law enforcement officials said yesterday that they have broken up the largest known document fraud ring in Northern Virginia, charging 26 people in a scheme to sell identification to thousands of Indonesian immigrants nationwide. | 0 |
Venezuelan Car-Bomb Suspect Killed, Weapons Found <p></p><p> By Patrick Markey</p><p> CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan lawyersuspected in last week's bombing murder of a top stateprosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police on Tuesdayafter he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fireon them, officials said.</p> | 0 |
Chavez Visit to Spain Sparks Coup Controversy <p></p><p> By Daniel Flynn</p><p> MADRID (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez'sfence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar onTuesday when Madrid for the first time backed his allegationsthat the former Spanish government backed a coup against him.</p> | 0 |
Venezuelan Car-Bomb Suspect Killed in Shootout <p></p><p> By Patrick Markey</p><p> CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan lawyersuspected in last week's bombing murder of a top stateprosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police on Tuesdayafter he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fireon them, officials said.</p> | 0 |
Controversial fund #39;quite modest #39; claims chairman The controversial multi-million pound fund set up by key directors of MG Rover parent company Phoenix Venture Holdings was quot;quite modest quot;, chairman John Towers has claimed. | 2 |
Canada may put levies on US imports Canada may impose retaliatory duties on US imports for the first time since 1986, exposing strains in the world #39;s largest trading relationship. | 2 |
UAL asks its pilots for steep cutbacks Senior United Airlines pilots would have to fly more hours each month and be away from home longer under a sweeping cost-cutting proposal by the ailing carrier. | 2 |
Eisner testimony countered Walt Disney Chairman George Mitchell said he was asked to become company president before the job was offered to Michael Ovitz, disputing testimony by CEO Michael Eisner. | 2 |
Wal-Mart will let Chinese union in SHANGHAI, CHINA - Under pressure from the Chinese labor federation, the world #39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, said Tuesday it would permit branches of the official Communist Party-controlled union in its Chinese stores if employees requested it. | 2 |
Euro Near New High; Asian Stocks Gain (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar hovered near a record low\around #36;1.31 per euro Wednesday but was steady against the yen\after Russia suggested it might buy more euros, while Asian\stocks rose on expectations of good earnings. | 2 |
Package deals One day, Ed Blain hopes to deliver sermons from the pulpit. This holiday season, he's happy to help sort packages. | 2 |
Comcast will raise cable rates in January In what has become as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as stuffed turkey and football, Comcast Corp. moved yesterday to raise New England cable television rates by an average 5.9 percent starting in January. | 2 |
FDA backs new multiple sclerosis drug The Food and Drug Administration strongly endorsed Biogen Idec Inc.'s new multiple sclerosis treatment, putting the Cambridge firm in position to expand the market for MS drugs and win greater market share. The drug, formerly called Antegren but renamed Tysabri, was developed with Elan Pharmaceuticals of Ireland. The FDA approved Tysabri for use on its own and in ... | 2 |
Iconic grilled cheese feeds Internet frenzy Diana Duyser will become \$28,000 richer today, stand at the center of a media spotlight, and embark on a nationwide tour starring herself -- and all it cost her was a 10-year-old sandwich. | 3 |
Video game violence goes to next level What most adults might consider games for kids are anything but, say video game industry critics and two US senators. BY CHARLES HOMANS. | 3 |
Symbian Says Skulls May Not Be Malware Symbian Ltd., the London-based maker of the Symbian operating system used on high-end smart phones from a variety of manufacturers, says reports of malware may be premature. | 3 |
NASA Chief Sees Mandate for Bush Space Program The budget increase Congress just voted for NASA is a clear endorsement of President Bush #39;s plan to send astronauts back to the moon and later Mars, the head of the space agency said Tuesday. | 3 |
IBM #39;s Solid Stake on the Desktop Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on. Still, it #39;s no Windows smasher. IBM launched a bold foray into desktop computing last spring, when it took on Microsoft #39;s | 3 |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack Double CD November 23, 2004 - You gotta hand it to the folks over at Rockstar games. They certainly know how to milk a good thing to maximum effect. | 3 |
Software License Costs to Soar in 2005 New evidence from Gartner Group suggests that software licensing costs could see an overall increase of roughly 50 in the next year. | 3 |
Scientists mimic lotus plant to create self-cleaning clothing Sending your favourite suit to the dry-cleaners could one day be an infrequent practice when quot;self-cleaning quot; clothing become the norm, thanks to progress in nano-technology, the American Chemical Society has said. | 3 |
No end to news of brawl The brawl has been over for four days, but there #39;s still plenty to fight about. There was action on several fronts yesterday as the players, the teams, the fans, and law | 1 |
DWIGHT YORKE RACE TAUNTS: TWO IN COURT Two men will appear in court today accused of racial public order offences involving Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke. Yorke complained to police that he was taunted with monkey chants and other racist abuse | 1 |
Decision day arrives for Wenger to contest cheat remark LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was to decide later yesterday whether to contest a charge of improper conduct arising out of last months controversial clash with arch-rivals Manchester United. | 1 |
Leverkusen let nervous Real off the hook says Augenthaler Coach Klaus Augenthaler believes Bayer Leverkusen let a nervous Real Madrid off the hook by allowing the Spanish side to grab a 1-1 Champions League draw on Tuesday. | 1 |
Williams in Position for Return, But Likely Not to Miami NEW YORK - The bizarre journey of Ricky Williams will end right where it started - back in the NFL. But it #39;s unlikely he will return to the Dolphins. | 1 |
Surprising Sonics 10-2 after beating T #39;wolves Rashard Lewis scored 27 points, Ray Allen added 24 and the SuperSonics again shot well from 3-point range in a 103-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Cowboys pull away 90-65 STILLWATER, OKLA. - When Oklahoma State needs a spark, the Cowboys know just where to turn. John Lucas III scored 22 points - including three straight 3-pointers to break open a close game -nd No. | 1 |
Labor welcomes terror arrests THE arrest of four Indonesians accused of carrying out the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta was a positive breakthrough in the war against terrorism, Labor said today. | 0 |
Abbas to defend rights of Palestinian refugees Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to honour Yasser Arafat #39;s wishes and fight for the quot;right of return quot; of Palestinian refugees to Israel. | 0 |
Troops start new offensive near Baghdad About 5,000 US Marines, British troops and Iraqi forces began an offensive yesterday aimed at clearing insurgents from a cluster of dusty, small towns south of Baghdad. | 0 |
Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old. | 0 |
Euro Near New High; Asian Stocks Gain SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a record low around \$1.31 per euro Wednesday but was steady against the yen after Russia suggested it might buy more euros, while Asian stocks rose on expectations of good earnings. | 2 |
Cabrera on the Sox' short list? The day after Orlando Cabrera beat his world champion teammates to meeting President Bush, Cabrera's agent said the Red Sox had yet to express any interest in re-signing the shortstop. | 1 |
Gugliotta forced to take an injury timeout To say forward Tom Gugliotta walked gingerly around the court during shootaround yesterday morning would be an overstatement. Dealing with lower back pain, he could barely shuffle across the paint. So, it was a no-brainer when coach Doc Rivers decided to place Gugliotta on the injured list. The tougher decision was who would take Gugliotta's place. | 1 |
This week's picks Westford over Acton-Boxboro -- This week at the Discovery Museum, check out the exhibit, quot;Overcoming spectrophobia. quot; | 1 |
We Need More Babies! The Continent's plummeting fertility rate is a time bomb, threatening economic growth and social welfare. But what can governments do about it? How states are trying to get people to have more kids | 0 |
UK Telecoms Watchdog Might Relax 3G License Rules LONDON (Reuters) - Britain might relax rules about the speed at which mobile phone operators have to build out third-generation (3G) networks as part of a radical overhaul to throw open the highly-regulated market for radio frequencies. | 3 |
How To Film A Phantom The screen version of the international stage hit is finally here. Can it revive the Hollywood musical? | 0 |
US knew of 2002 plot on Chavez, papers show WASHINGTON -- The US government knew of an imminent plot to oust Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, in the weeks before a 2002 military coup that briefly unseated him, newly released CIA documents show, despite White House claims to the contrary a week after the putsch. | 0 |
Abbas vows no retreat from refugee demand RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas vowed yesterday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a quot;right of return quot; of Palestinian refugees. | 0 |
Freed UN hostages prepare for trip home KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers held hostage for nearly a month were preparing to fly home after their release yesterday from an ordeal that suggested Taliban-linked militants are adopting the tactics of Iraqi insurgents. | 0 |
Activists' tool for change in Iran: TEHRAN -- A new movement of passive resistance is quietly sweeping young people in Iran, a response both to the reform movement's failure to introduce political and economic change and conservatives' control over who can run for office, according to Iranian student leaders and political analysts. | 0 |
Secure Iraqi borders endorsed; concern on US troops SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt -- In the first regional conference on Iraq since the US-led invasion, 20 countries that had been sharply divided over the Iraq war agreed yesterday on several broad steps that would move the country toward a more secure future. | 0 |
UN says children suffering the most GENEVA -- The fighting in Iraq is ''wreaking havoc quot; on the children, all but preventing relief groups from working in the country, the UN children's agency said yesterday. | 0 |
PeopleSoft, Oracle standoff likely to continue The battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is again at an impasse, with the possibility of a proxy fight that could continue into next spring. | 3 |
U.K. deploys electronic image archiving in all hospitals General Electric and EMC have won a \$200 million deal to install electronic image archiving systems in 70 hospitals in the U.K., as part of an effort to centralize communications and modernize technology throughout the national health system. | 3 |
Brief: HP to spend \$200M on layoffs Hewlett-Packard expects to spend \$200 million over the next six months on staff reductions, but it didn't say in which areas the cuts would take place. | 3 |
CA officially taps Swainson for CEO job delays CA World Computer Associates today officially announced that John Swainson, an IBM veteran, has been named president and CEO-elect, as well as a member of the CA board. | 3 |
Near-Time touts content management tool for Mac OS X The company's new Flow software aims to integrate information from various places under a single interface for ease of use and collaboration, and it generally works well, according to columnist Ryan Faas. | 3 |
U.K. biometric ID card plan unveiled in the Queen's Speech The U.K. government is proposing legislation that would create a system of ID cards with embedded biometric identifiers that everyone living in the U.K. would be required to have by 2011 or 2012. | 3 |
CA officially taps Swainson for CEO job, delays CA World Computer Associates today officially announced that John Swainson, an IBM veteran, has been named president and CEO-elect, as well as a member of the CA board. | 3 |
HP quietly begins weblog experiment Hewlett-Packard is the latest IT vendor to try blogging. But analysts wonder if the weblog trend is the 21st century equivalent of CB radios, which made a big splash in the 1970s before fading. | 3 |
Law may snag Philadelphia Wi-Fi rollout A proposed Pennsylvania law on its way to the governor's desk could pose a hurdle for Philadelphia's ambitious plan to provide broadband Wi-Fi service throughout the city by mid-2006. | 3 |
Business Integration Glossary This comprehensive glossary provides a definition of terms related to business integration | 3 |
Torvalds comes out against EU patent directive SAN FRANCISCO - Three prominent open source software developers, including Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, have issued a statement urging the European Union Council to reject proposed legislation that would codify the practice of granting software patents in the E.U. | 3 |
Enterprise grid group adds Dell, two others The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA) on Nov. 30 plans to announce the addition of Dell, UBS Investment Bank, and value-added reseller Avarsys to its fold. | 3 |
Observers find 201 e-voting problems in Maryland ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND - Poll observers in about 6 percent of Maryland's precincts recorded 201 problems with electronic voting machines during the Nov. 2 general election, according to a report released Tuesday by TrueVoteMD.org. | 3 |
EU judge calls meeting in Microsoft antitrust case The judge examining whether or not to suspend sanctions in the European Union's antitrust ruling against Microsofthas called a meeting to determine how the case should proceed following the withdrawal of two of its major participants. | 3 |
HP to spend \$200M on layoffs Hewlett-Packard(HP) plans to spend \$200 million over the next six months on staff reductions, the company said Tuesday in a regulatory filing. It did not specify in the filing which business areas the staffing cuts would affect. | 3 |
Thomson, VeriSign to build content security service Thomson said Tuesday that it is teaming up with VeriSignto build a digital authorization and authentication service that promises to secure delivery of content such as movies, music, and games. | 3 |
AMD Releases New Mobile Sempron Will the chip maker ever overcome Intel's advantage in the notebook market? | 3 |
Thomson, VeriSign Secure Multimedia Content Companies will offer a service that authenticates movies, music, and games. | 3 |
Philadelphia Faces Wi-Fi Woes Proposed law could prevent the government from offering broadband access. | 3 |
Are Desktop Search Programs Ready for Prime Time? Copernic Desktop Search does the work without Google's security flaws. | 3 |
Rating Search Engine Disclosure Practices Which search engines are adequately disclosing their paid placement and paid inclusion practices? Which ones are failing to do so? A new report offers some surprising insights. | 3 |
Stocks bounce back from their mid-day slide Stocks shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from mid-day declines as oil prices retreated after surging past \$50 per barrel. | 2 |
AOL NEARS SEC FRAUD DEAL The Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO and his legal eagles are said to be close to a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department that would settle the dual | 2 |
FDA backs new multiple sclerosis drug The Food and Drug Administration strongly endorsed Biogen Idec Inc. #39;s new multiple sclerosis treatment, putting the Cambridge firm in position to expand the market for MS drugs and win greater market share. | 2 |
Brokers #39; Gifts Investigated Securities regulators are opening up yet another front in their long-running investigation of the mutual fund industry, examining brokerage firms that allegedly gave mutual fund employees | 2 |
Advocacy group cites troubles in toyland They are sold with colorful names like quot;Pals on the Go!, quot; quot;Click Clack Train, quot; quot;Kinderland Kimy Bathtime quot; and quot;Flashing Star Wand. | 2 |
AMD #39;s Sempron Set for Holiday Showdown with Centrino AMD has introduced its latest Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000, which is designed for thin notebooks. Built to compete with Intel #39;s Centrino, the AMD processor offers Enhanced Virus Protection | 3 |
IBM signs desktop-software partners IBM has signed on 100 software companies to use software from its Workplace initiative, a plan to gain ground in desktop software. | 3 |
Media watchdogs complain that video games are violent, oversexed This season #39;s blockbuster video games give players the opportunity to hijack cars, mow down the walking undead with heavy artillery and ogle topless women. | 3 |
Citrix to Acquire SSL VPN Provider Citrix Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced that it is acquiring a small SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN provider, a move that company officials hope will position Citrix as a major player in the remote-access market. | 3 |
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