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Monaco 1, Liverpool 0 Fuming Rafael Benitez slammed the controversial Monaco goal which left his Liverpool side in desperate danger of missing out on the Champions League second round. | 1 |
Fergie #39;s Keepers: the Good, the Bad, the Awful Roy Carrolls blunder in Manchester Uniteds Champions League victory over Lyon at Old Trafford last night almost put a dampener on Sir Alex Fergusons 1,000th match in charge of the club. | 1 |
Minority hiring activists miffed over USC #39;search #39; When South Carolina hired former Florida coach Steve Spurrier on Tuesday without conducting an organized search that included more than one candidate, it didn #39;t sit well with the Black Coaches Association. | 1 |
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China deal could see production increase THE head of MG Rover has held out the prospect of increased production at the car giant #39;s UK factory under plans to link up with China #39;s biggest auto manufacturer. | 2 |
Tomkins in focus in quiet start to London trading An agreed bid for aiports operator TBI was the most notable feature for investors in a flat open to trading in London on Wednesday. | 2 |
Martha wings it for 1st jail Thanksgiving There probably will not be any polished silver, napkin rings or acorn craft centerpieces, but Martha Stewart #39;s Thanksgiving is sure to be unique this year. | 2 |
Pornographer sues Google A California-based pornographer says it has sued Google, alleging that its leading internet search engines are illegally allowing people to view hijacked versions of its nude photos and to access its website with stolen passwords. | 3 |
Yorke staying at Birmingham City Football Club Doubts had arisen over Yorkes future at St Andrews following the racial abuse he suffered at the hands of two Blackburn Rovers fans at Ewood Park over the weekend. | 1 |
Reds give Ferguson anniversary present Manchester United gave Alex Ferguson a 1,000th game anniversary present by reaching the last 16 of the Champions League yesterday, while four-time winners Bayern Munich romped into the second round with a 5-1 beating of Maccabi Tel Aviv. | 1 |
Lethargy helps #39;Cats #39; historic win, 91-89 The Pistons ended up on the wrong side of history Tuesday night at the Charlotte Coliseum. They became the first defending NBA champion to lose to an expansion team since | 1 |
Middle East ; Iran Rules Out Complete Nuclear Dismantling quot;Americans also have no right to raise something like this, quot; he said, adding that Iran had never used its nuclear power program for weapons production. | 0 |
Four saved from death #39;s jaws by a pod of dolphins FOUR swimmers confronted by a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand were saved by dolphins that came to their rescue. The three-metre (10ft) shark came | 0 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The judge considering Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has convened a closed meeting for Thursday after two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew from the case, a court spokesman said on Wednesday. | 2 |
British Airport Owner TBI OKs Takeover British airport operator TBI PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to a takeover by Spanish transport and communications company Abertis and Spain #39;s national airport authority Aena. | 2 |
Toy makers, interest groups disagree on safety WASHINGTON -- In an exercise that #39;s become as much a Thanksgiving tradition as turkey and football, the federal government and private interest groups yesterday released lists of dangerous toys and graphic video games they say should be avoided by young | 2 |
Canada Mulls Trade Sanctions Against US Canada said on Tuesday it was considering whether to slap trade sanctions on a wide range of US imports to retaliate for Washington #39;s refusal to abandon a controversial anti-dumping law. | 2 |
Gold Fields acceptances up Harmony The number of acceptances received from world number four gold miner Gold Fields #39; shareholders is increasing, marketing director for world number four gold miner Harmony Ferdi Dippenaar said on Wednesday. | 2 |
\$28,000 for mother of all sandwiches A grilled-cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has been sold for \$28,000 in an eBay auction, according to the online casino that bought it from a woman in Hollywood, Fla. | 3 |
Intel aims for Microsoft #39;s Linux jugular CHIP GIANT Intel is making a concerted attempt to push the Linux OS in China and India, countries with citizens numbering over two billion. | 3 |
The VHS is Dead Ronnie Coote writes quot;The UK #39;s largest retailer of electronics is phasing out VHS VCRs. Sales of DVD players have outstripped VCRs by 40-to-1 recently. | 3 |
Pakistani and Indian prime ministers hold rare talks in New Delhi Amid repeated cautions that no breakthrough was expected, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan came together Wednesday for a rare meeting, despite tough positions stated | 0 |
Bhutto wants to return to Pakistan Benazir Bhutto has demanded the right to return to Pakistan, a day after her husband #39;s release on bail after eight years in jail, the BBC reported Tuesday. | 0 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit (Reuters) Reuters - The judge considering Microsoft\Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has convened a\closed meeting for Thursday after two more major opponents of\the U.S. software giant withdrew from the case, a court\spokesman said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Parents need to understand video games: expert A US group released its annual warning about antisocial video games, but a University of Toronto professor says he #39;s only really worried about a very narrow category of such interactive entertainment. | 3 |
Naming Mount St. Helens New Dome Confusing (AP) AP - A dome by any other name would erupt so strong. But, alas, what's in a name might have tormented Shakespeare as it has even the most savvy of scientists. | 3 |
Tiny carbon cylinders set record Researchers at Oxford and Nottingham universities create the smallest "test tubes" known to science. | 3 |
S.Africa Says Thatcher Must Answer Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) Reuters - Mark Thatcher must\submit to questioning in a South African court this week over\charges he was involved in a foiled coup plot in oil-rich\Equatorial Guinea, the Cape High Court ruled Wednesday. | 0 |
India, Pakistan differ over gas pipeline from Iran (Reuters) Reuters - India said on Wednesday that a proposed #36;4-billion gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan could be built only if overall economic ties with Islamabad improved, but Pakistan said the project itself could boost relations. | 0 |
Tiny carbon cylinders set record Researchers at Oxford and Nottingham universities make it into the record books by creating the smallest "test tubes" known to science. | 3 |
How lizards walk on water The mystery of how a type of lizard "walks" on water may have been solved, a group of US scientists believe. | 3 |
'Sympathy' for England over tour World cricket boss Ehsan Mani hints England could pull out of Zimbabwe without penalty. | 0 |
FDA Approves a Multiple Sclerosis Drug The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a drug for multiple sclerosis that has shown early evidence of being more effective than existing drugs. | 2 |
Web holiday shopping up 25 in 2004 U.S. online retailers rang up holiday sales of \$23.2B between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, up 25 from the same period in 2003, according to a survey released today by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings. | 3 |
Red Cross tsunami victims' Web site overwhelmed A Red Cross Web site designed to help relatives locate survivors of last week's Indian Ocean tsunami partially crashed last week after being overwhelmed by traffic in its first 24 hours, a spokesman said. | 3 |
Wenger will not yield Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has vowed to fight his FA misconduct charge as he defended his right to criticise Ruud van Nistelrooy in public. | 1 |
Liverpool #39;s Luis Garcia out for up to a month Liverpool #39;s Spanish midfielder Luis Garcia will be out of action for up to a month after limping off with a hamstring injury after just two minutes of their 1-0 Champions League defeat in Monaco on Tuesday. | 1 |
FERGIE READY TO RING CHANGES Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will rest some of his star players for the final Champions League group game against Fenerbache on December 8. With qualification to the last 16 assured after Tuesday | 1 |
Iowa upends No. 15 Texas Pierre Pierce hit a 25-foot jumper with 44 seconds left to give Iowa the lead for good, and the Hawkeyes beat No. 15 Texas, 82-80, last night in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational. | 1 |
RuSPORT teleconference transcript Q: You mentioned several times about chemistry being so important. Whenever you get a group of demanding people together, it is extremely important. | 1 |
Kabul kidnappers release three UN workers The Afghan government denied making a deal with the kidnappers who released three UN hostages after four weeks in captivity yesterday. | 0 |
Indonesian police arrest Australian embassy bombers Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian National Police Chief General Da #39;i Bachtiar said on Tuesday that the police had captured the alleged perpetrators of the bomb blast in front of the Australian embassy in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Sept. | 0 |
Malki: Abu Mazen should oversee transition If Marwan Barghouti really wants to be chairman of the Palestinian Authority, he should withhold his candidature at this time and allow Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to take responsibility for the transition into the post-Arafat era. | 0 |
US shutters Mumbai offices The United States closed diplomatic offices in the Indian commercial hub of Mumbai Tuesday. Its action was based on intelligence that terrorists may be planning attacks on US interests in New Delhi | 0 |
Guardian panel Nobody is quaking The Guardian panel, broadly representative of people across Britain, was established in the run-up to the last general election. In 2001 most of the respondents, after some reservations, backed Labour. | 0 |
Chinese crash black boxes found The flight recorders from a plane that crashed in northern China at the weekend, killing 55 people, have been found after a three-day search. | 0 |
County plant to produce MS drug Biogen Idec and Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. won government approval yesterday to sell a new multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri. The drug, which some analysts predict will bring in \$2 billion | 2 |
What happened to the Chiefs? In August in River Falls, Wis., it was raining. A feeling of unease came over Dick Vermeil. Coaches are sensitive to what others would regard as of little importance, none more so perhaps than the emotional Vermeil. | 1 |
UN: N.Korea Sends Positive Message on Atomic Talks The South Korean Unification Ministry said Nov. 24, 2004, that North Korea gave a visiting UN official a #39;very positive message #39; about resuming stalled six-way talks on its nuclear programs. | 0 |
Dollar keeps falling against euro The dollar hits yet another record low against the euro on Wednesday amid speculation Russia may increase reserves of the single currency. | 2 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit The judge considering Microsoft Corp. #39;s appeal against European Union sanctions has convened a closed meeting for Thursday after two more major opponents of the US software giant withdrew from the case, a court spokesman said on | 2 |
Skulls: is it a malware for Symbian based devices or not? Symbian downplayed current reports of a new malware developed specifically for smartphone devices based on Series 60, a platform developed by Nokia and based on the Symbian OS. | 3 |
PARCELLS LOOKS FOR BETTER Bill Parcells had a bad first Thanksgiving Day experience as coach of the Dallas Cowboys but is hoping for a better one this year when the Chicago Bears visit Texas Stadium. | 1 |
Shaun Rogers Emerges As One of NFL's Best (AP) AP - Shaun Rogers is in the backfield as often as some running backs. Whether teams dare to block Detroit's star defensive tackle with one player or follow the trend of double-teaming him, he often rips through offensive lines with a rare combination of size, speed, strength and nimble footwork. | 1 |
Russian Scientist Jailed for Spying for China (Reuters) Reuters - A Russian scientist convicted of spying\for China was sentenced to 14 years in a high security jail\Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported. | 0 |
Australia welcomes arrest of embassy bomb suspects The Australian Government has welcomed the arrests of four key suspects in the bombing of Australia #39;s embassy in Jakarta in September. | 0 |
S.Africa Says Thatcher Must Answer Equatorial Guinea Mark Thatcher must submit to questioning in a South African court this week over charges he was involved in a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the Cape High Court ruled Wednesday. | 0 |
Court Sentences Russian Scientist Danilov to 14 Years for <b>...</b> A court in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, on Wednesday sentenced Russian physicist Valentin Danilov to 14 years in prison for spying for China. | 0 |
Spurrier Takes Over at South Carolina (AP) AP - Steve Spurrier might give his brash, visor-throwing style an overhaul now that he has returned to college football. | 1 |
Ukraine Opposition Marches on President's Office KIEV (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Ukrainian opposition supporters marched on the president's office on Tuesday seeking to install their leader in office, defying poll results they said had been rigged by a pro-Moscow government. | 0 |
Chavez Visit to Spain Sparks Coup Controversy MADRID (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's fence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar on Tuesday when Madrid for the first time backed his allegations that the previous government supported a coup against him. | 0 |
Straw begins Middle East mission UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Israel for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. | 0 |
Conference Urges Iraq To Involve Opposition Representatives of two dozen nations and international organizations attending a conference on the future of Iraq pressed the country's interim government Tuesday to work harder to encourage opposition forces to participate in elections scheduled for January. | 0 |
Medics Testify to Fallujah's Horrors FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The first time Jose Ramirez saw a human body ripped apart by a rocket, it took hours for him to regain his composure. Nothing in his training as a Navy medical corpsman had prepared him for the sight of the dead Marine brought in September to the military field hospital outside Fallujah. | 0 |
Report: HIV Spreading Faster Among Women The epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection is growing more rapidly in women \than in men in almost every part of the world, according to a new report. | 0 |
Lost Generation Coddles Its Young As a growing economy produces new wealth and a spreading middle class in China, the epochal Cultural Revolution has receded to the distant past in just one generation. | 0 |
Pennsylvania Turnpike workers go on strike Toll collectors and other Pennsylvania Turnpike workers went on strike Wednesday, union officials said. The strike began in the pre-dawn hours of the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. | 2 |
United Marks Ferguson Milestone With Champions League Success Alex Ferguson said Manchester United #39;s best form is returning after the team marked his 1,000th game as manager by reaching the single-elimination stages of soccer #39;s Champions League for the eighth straight year. | 1 |
ON FOOTBALL Parcells had a plan, and he stuck with it Watching Parcells use the media this week provided another example of why he #39;s one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. Parcells has used his regular news conferences to send messages to | 1 |
Freed hostages meet Karzai and smiled for photographers after discussing their captivity with him at his presidential palace in Kabul. Reporters were not allowed to ask questions, but Nayan said he was well and grateful for the support he received from home. | 0 |
Thatcher: I feel like a corpse in a river Sir Mark Thatcher today told how his life had been quot;destroyed quot; by charges that he helped finance a failed African coup. The son of former prime minister | 0 |
Palmer: Americans Need to Widen Horizons SYDNEY (Reuters) - Arnold Palmer has taken a swing at America's top players, criticizing their increasing reluctance to travel abroad to play in tournaments. | 1 |
Mass. home sales fall 5.3 Offering evidence of a possible shift in the housing market, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors reported yesterday that sales of single-family homes fell for the third straight month in October and that the number of homes and condos on the market is up 7.6 percent from a year ago. | 2 |
Amid suburban glut, project rises It may not look monumental. But the fact that it's happening is significant. | 2 |
Skinner gets shareholders #39; vote of confidence Investors gave new McDonald #39;s Corp. Chief Executive Jim Skinner a vote of confidence Tuesday, driving the company #39;s shares up 72 cents to \$30.10, a 2.45 percent gain, the day after Charlie Bell resigned the top job. | 2 |
Elan gets FDA approval for Tysabri MS treatment LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan (UK:ELA) (ELN) and partner Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has approved new drug Tysabri to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. | 2 |
Illinois group warns parents of potentially dangerous toys As the holiday season gears up, consumer advocates are again warning parents to do their homework and be vigilant about keeping dangerous toys out of the hands -- and mouths -- of kids. | 2 |
US braces for trade backlash WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization is set to give the go-ahead today for sweeping retaliation against the United States from Canada, Europe and others for its continuing refusal to dismantle illegal trading laws. | 2 |
#39;Gold Fields acceptances up #39; increasing, marketing director for world number four gold miner Harmony (HAR) Ferdi Dippenaar said on Wednesday. However, Dippenaar wouldn #39;t disclosure the exact level of acceptances received from Gold Fields #39; shareholders. | 2 |
Cingular To Cut 10 Percent of Workforce ATLANTA - With the merger of AT amp;T Wireless complete, Cingular is making plans to cut its 68,000-person workforce by 10 percent, the companys CEO told The Associated Press on Tuesday. | 2 |
Airgo Says Linksys to Use Chips for Wireless Gear NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airgo Networks said on Monday the Linksys unit of Cisco System Inc. will use its chips in equipment for high-speed wireless networking, bolstering support for the start-up chip maker's technology. | 3 |
Copycat killer of JFK to net \$100,000 A new downloadable computer game is offering online gamers a jackpot of \$100,000 for the most accurate interactive copycat killing of President John F. Kennedy. | 3 |
First malicious virus invades cellphones A virus has struck Nokia smartphone users. Once downloaded, the virus, called Skulls, replaces all phone desktop icons with images of a skull. | 3 |
NASA #39;s O #39;Keefe to meet Chinese space agency chief The head of the Chinese space agency, Laiyan Sun, will meet for the first time with NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe Dec. 2 in Washington for an quot;informal quot; session. | 3 |
AMD launches Sempron for low power notebooks AMD has released the Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000 #39;for Thin and Light Notebooks #39;. The low-power processor is aimed at entry-level notebooks, as opposed to the 3000 Mobile AMD Sempron Processor for Full-Size Notebooks. | 3 |
Playing the Touching Game Think fast -- Mario #39;s plummeting to Earth, and there #39;s nothing for the poor little guy to hang onto. So you take your stylus and draw him a trampoline. | 3 |
Two fans charged for racial taunt of Yorke Two men were charged with public disorder Tuesday for for alleged racially taunting Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke, police said. | 1 |
ROUND-UP United through put Liverpool falter Roy Keanes Manchester United booked their place in the knock-out stages of the Uefa Champions League with a victory at home to French champions Olympique Lyonnais on Tuesday, but Liverpool were defeated by their own French nemeses, last seasons | 1 |
Lucas sparks Oklahoma State John Lucas III scored 22 points, Joey Graham added 16 and No. 6 Oklahoma State pulled away in the second half to beat Arkansas-Little Rock 90-65 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Carmelo Up Close com. DENVER (News 4) Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony says he has a tactic when he finds himself in frustrating situations with opposing fans. | 1 |
Powell hails tsunami relief bid US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledges America's full support for the tsunami aid effort, as he visits Thailand. | 0 |
Professor Spurrier back in college; get ready to take notes The NFL made him look inferior. His old school wanted him to stand in line and take a number. The more things change, the more Steve Spurrier remains the same. | 1 |
Dolphins save swimmers from shark attack A school of Dolphins has saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark attack. The amazing rescue happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his daughter and her friends for a swim off the northern New Zealand coast. | 0 |
Ex-Israeli army chief drowns Former Israeli army chief of staff Rafael Eitan has died after drowning at Ashdod Port, south of Tel Aviv. He was 75. Eitan reportedly fell from a breakwater structure into | 0 |
DRC: UN sex abuse probe teams arrive in the Congo NAIROBI, 24 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The UN has sent two teams to investigate 150 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by civilian and military personnel serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior UN official in New York City told | 0 |
Russia jails scientist for spying A Russian physicist convicted of spying for China has been jailed for 14 years by a court in Siberia. Valentin Danilov was cleared in 2003 of passing space secrets to China, but the result was later overturned. | 0 |
World Bank warns Sri Lanka to watch taxes, peace bid (AFP) AFP - The World Bank has welcomed Sri Lanka's move to boost tax revenues and pump money into rural areas, but warned a return to war with separatist Tamil rebels could be disastrous for economic stability. | 0 |
Airport back in Ivory Coast hands French troops in Ivory Coast pull back from some of their positions at the main airport in the largest city, Abidjan. | 0 |
Housing report slams US and Sudan The US, Russia and Sudan are accused of being the biggest violators of housing rights. | 0 |
China stresses N Korea 'stable' \A senior Chinese official bolsters ally North Korea, amid contradictory reports of possible changes. | 0 |
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