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How good is UK.gov at its <em>own</em> security agenda? <strong>Comment</strong> Joined-up thinker wanted | 3 |
Grenade blast in Kashmir wounds six (Reuters) Reuters - Separatist militants threw a grenade at a paramilitary picket in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, wounding six civilians, a police officer said. | 0 |
Pacers Give Fans Something to Cheer About (AP) AP - The Indiana crowd jumped to its feet with a jubilant roar when Jamaal Tinsley scored off a steal by Fred Jones in the third quarter. After a long weekend of enduring the embarrassing fallout from their brawl in Detroit, the Pacers used a makeshift lineup and gave their fans plenty to cheer about. | 1 |
More injury woe for Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is without Luis Garcia for up to a month as his injury list lengthened last night. Garcia suffered a hamstring injury in the first half of the 1-0 Champions League defeat at Monaco and will be sidelined until around Christmas time. | 1 |
Golovin gives Fed Cup holders France 1-0 lead Tatiana Golovin, making her Fed Cup singles debut, beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to give under-strength champions France an early 1-0 lead in their semi-final against Spain on Wednesday. | 1 |
Parcells hints Henson has good chance of opening at QB Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells shied away from serious talk about rookie Drew Henson playing quarterback in Thursday #39;s game in a conference call with Chicago media Tuesday, but admitted to hometown writers there is a quot;good chance #39; #39; he will make his | 1 |
Bradley slips past Loyola; Iowa upends No. 15 Texas Marcellus Sommerville scored 27 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and stole the ball three times Tuesday night to spark Bradley #39;s 64-62 victory over Loyola in Peoria. | 1 |
Spurrier back in the game Steve Spurrier might give his brash, visor-throwing style an overhaul now that he has returned to college football. Spurrier took over yesterday at South | 1 |
Red Sox putting fans #39; cash into Fenway revamp A day after rolling out another hike to baseball #39;s priciest tickets, Red Sox brass scrambled to show the Nation #39;s faithful that the extra cash will be put to good use. | 1 |
Auburn Defeats Virginia Tech in Sugar Bowl NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - Jason Campbell passed for 195 yards and a touchdown, Auburn's defense solidified its status as one of the nation's toughest, and the third-ranked Tigers completed the first perfect season in school history with a 16-13 victory over No. 9 Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. | 1 |
Indonesia Arrests Four Suspects in Embassy Blast Indonesian police have arrested four suspects, among them a bomb-maker, over a blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta that killed 10 people in September, police chief Da #39;i Bachtiar said Wednesday. | 0 |
International Iraq conference, window-dressing Many words, little action from international conference which was meant to help solve bloody violence in Iraq. By Marc Burleigh - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt. | 0 |
Palestinian economy #39;in decline #39; Despite a short-lived increase in Palestinian jobs in 2003, the economy is performing well below its potential, said a World Bank report. | 0 |
No. 7 Stanford Beat Eastern Washington (AP) AP - Candice Wiggins scored 18 points and No. 7 Stanford defeated Eastern Washington 91-50 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Great Alaska Shootout. | 1 |
Elan Corp. Shares Jump on US Drug OK Shares in Elan, Ireland #39;s major pharmaceutical company, jumped nearly 3 percent Wednesday after American authorities approved a new drug engineered to help sufferers of multiple sclerosis. | 2 |
New CEO predicted to follow same path McDonalds Corp. s choice of an insider to replace ailing Chief Executive Officer Charlie Bell should keep the company on the path that has led | 2 |
Update 1: Time Warner expected to pay SEC \$750 million to settle <b>...</b> Time Warner is nearing settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department on the accounting scandal in AOL. | 2 |
Genting gets lift from plan to build casinos in Britain KUALA LUMPUR Shares of Genting, Asia #39;s biggest publicly traded casino group, rose Wednesday on expectations that the company #39;s plan to develop Las Vegas-style casinos in Britain with Stanley Leisure would bolster profit. | 2 |
WMC finds more ore in Outback SINGAPORE Ever since WMC Resources rejected Xstrata #39;s \$5.8 billion takeover offer last month, saying it was insufficient, WMC #39;s chief executive, Andrew Michelmore, has been saying that there was more to his company than meets the eye. | 2 |
Durable Goods Orders Slip Unexpectedly Orders for long-lasting US-made goods unexpectedly slipped 0.4 percent last month as demand for computers, cars and civilian aircraft slumped, a government report showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Down in Latest Week The ranks of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay shrank by more than expected last week to 323,000, government data showed on Wednesday, while continued claims fell to a 3-1/2 year low in more good news for the US labor | 2 |
Nortel Says Exchanges Don #39;t Take Delisting Action (Update1) Nortel Networks Corp. said the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange won #39;t commence suspension or delisting actions because of the company #39;s delay in filing certain financial reports. | 2 |
Regulators study gift-giving firms NASD, which is the regulatory arm of the Nasdaq stock market, and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating about two dozen firms, including brokerage firms and mutual fund companies, to determine whether brokers handed out expensive gifts | 2 |
Book ranks Fairbanks high in crime Fairbanks has been labeled the fourth most dangerous metropolitan area in the nation by the publisher of a reference book, quot;City Crime Rankings. | 2 |
Urgent meeting in Microsoft case A new round has opened in the European Commission anti-trust battle against Microsoft as the judge hearing its appeal called for a closed meeting. | 2 |
41-cent stamp could be on way The US Postal Service is expected to start seeking approval for a double-digit percentage increase in postage rates early next year. | 2 |
Gold Fields loses US bid judgment Gold Fields says it is confident it will fend off a hostile takeover from rival gold producer Harmony despite losing a key legal challenge. | 2 |
GE to Buy Ionics for #36;1.1 Billion (Reuters) Reuters - General Electric Co. on Wednesday\said it would buy Ionics Inc. for about #36;1.1 billion to\build out its water treatment and services business. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Down in Latest Week (Reuters) Reuters - The ranks of Americans filing\initial claims for jobless pay shrank by more than expected\last week to 323,000, government data showed on Wednesday,\while continued claims fell to a 3-1/2 year low in more good\news for the U.S. labor market. | 2 |
Durable Goods Orders Slip Unexpectedly (Reuters) Reuters - Orders for long-lasting U.S.-made\goods unexpectedly slipped 0.4 percent last month as demand for\computers, cars and civilian aircraft slumped, a government\report showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
Before the Bell: Connetics Falls (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Connetics Corp. \fell 15.5 percent before the opening bell on Wednesday after\the drugmaker said the U.S. health officials concluded that its\drug for treatment of seborrheic dermatitis was not effective. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Fall to Three-Month Low (AP) AP - America's factories saw orders for big-ticket goods drop in October after brisk activity in the previous month, highlighting the sometimes bumpy recovery experienced by the nation's manufacturers. | 2 |
Virgin Mary toastie sells for 15,000 A grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary has been sold for nearly 15,000 on eBay. Florida jewellery designer Diana Duyser auctioned off the ten-year-old toastie saying it was time to share her quot;miracle quot; with the world. | 3 |
Citrix buys Net6 Server-based computing firm Citrix yesterday announced a deal to acquire SSL VPN vendor Net6 for approximately \$50m cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. | 3 |
Torvalds denounces EU patent law Three prominent open-source software developers have urged the EU to reject a law that would codify the practice of granting software patents in Europe. | 3 |
AMD #39;s 2005 mobile push off to early start Gericom and Packard Bell NEC plan to use the Mobile Sempron 3000 chip in new notebooks before the end of the year, but AMD #39;s new processor looks unlikely to overturn Intel #39;s solid advantage in the notebook market. | 3 |
Scientists flood the Grand Canyon to restore sandbanks and save <b>...</b> A man-made flood is roaring through the Grand Canyon in a bold experiment to restore the sandbanks of the Colorado river and to save fish and plants that have been disappearing over the past 40 years. | 3 |
New browser wins over net surfers The proportion of surfers using Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90, say web analysts. Net traffic monitor, OneStat. | 3 |
BT #39;s New Music Service Hopes To Be Different Blueprint, in conjunction with BT, plan to launch a new service for hosting, managing and distributing digital music and related content online, which could substantially accelerate the growth of the market to the benefit of artists, record companies | 3 |
Automated phishing on the rise, experts say Fraudsters are achieving higher levels of automation for phishing scams, using software tools and botnets to increase the reach of their work, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. | 3 |
Be your own telecom, wireless firm suggests A local startup is selling technology to enable the average person to set up and manage their own WiFi wireless network. BeeTelecom Inc. | 3 |
NBA Needs to Look in Mirror, Not Just at Artest Ron Artest has some time off now to assess where his life and his career are going. He can get some help. He is only 25 and it #39;s not as if he can #39;t revive his career next season. | 1 |
Real rue missed opportunity against Leverkusen Real Madrid were in rueful mood after missing out on securing a place in the last 16 of the Champions League after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bayer Leverkusen at the Bernabeu. | 1 |
Bayern back in confident mood after Maccabi win Whatever problems Bayern Munich face in their quest for a European and domestic treble this season, a lack of self-belief is unlikely to figure among them. | 1 |
Roundup: Jos Anigo resigns as Marseille coach Anigo, 43, had taken over in January from Alain Perrin. He will be replaced by another former Marseille coach, Albert Emon, who was in charge of the reserve team. | 1 |
Dechy, Golovin put France up 2-0 on Spain after singles MOSCOW -- Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin gave France a comfortable 2-0 lead in its Fed Cup semifinal against Spain after winning their opening singles Wednesday. | 1 |
Buono needs bypass According to a source close to the family, the 54-year-old CFL coaching legend, who spent 16 seasons in the Calgary Stampeders organization, has known for the past six weeks but kept the shocking news a closely guarded secret. | 1 |
Indian PM accepts invitation to visit Pakistan Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted an invitation Wednesday to visit Pakistan from his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz. | 0 |
New Coalition Offensive Leads to Arrest of Dozens of Insurgents in <b>...</b> American, British and Iraqi troops are continuing their effort to root out insurgents south of Baghdad, in an operation aimed at clearing the way for elections to be held in January. | 0 |
Straw welcomes Israeli poll pledge The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today welcomed Israel #39;s announcement that it would allow international observers to monitor forthcoming Palestinian presidential elections. | 0 |
US consulate reopens in Mumbai after terror threat The United States reopened its consulate in Mumbai on Wednesday after closing it the previous day saying that it had information about a terrorist threat. | 0 |
Hundreds Pay Last Respects to Rafael Eitan (IsraelNN.com) After 11:00am, the coffin of former IDF Chief of Staff and former Minister of Agriculture Rafael (Raful) Eitan arrived at his home community of Tel Adashim. | 0 |
Asia-Pacific Upbeat on Economic Outlook A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday shows that European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between. | 0 |
Durable Goods Orders Slip Unexpectedly WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting U.S.-made goods unexpectedly slipped 0.4 percent last month as demand for computers, cars and civilian aircraft slumped, a government report showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
Stock Futures Steady Before Flow of Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures rose on Wednesday, pointing to a higher market open, before a slew of U.S. economic data, as oil prices dipped lower ahead of weekly inventory figures. | 2 |
Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week -MBA NEW YORK (Reuters) - Applications for home mortgages in the U.S. fell last week even as mortgage rates edged down, an industry group said on Wednesday. | 2 |
HEADLINE STOCKS: Stocks to Watch, Nov. 24 NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks to watch on Wednesday include H R Block Inc., Michaels Stores Inc., Tech Data Corp., and Microsoft Corp. | 2 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The judge considering Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew from the case. | 2 |
Merck Maintains Quarterly Dividend NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck Co. Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A> has declared its regular quarterly dividend, maintaining its status as one of the richest dividend payors among blue-chip stocks, even following the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Vioxx and subsequent loss of nearly \$27 billion in market value. | 2 |
Durable Goods Orders Fall in October America's factories saw orders for big-ticket goods drop in October after brisk activity in the previous month, highlighting the sometimes bumpy recovery experienced by the nation's manufacturers. | 2 |
Rumsfeld: Druyun Had Little Supervision Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld blamed an Air Force procurement scandal on high turnover in top management positions, which he said reduced the amount of "adult supervision" of major weapons contracts over the past decade. | 2 |
Gold Fields loses US bid judgment 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. | 2 |
Economy 'stronger than forecast' The UK economy probably grew at a faster than predicted pace in the third quarter, putting pressure on the Bank of England to raise rates again. | 2 |
Hi-tech tools fuel phishing boom Reports suggest phishing gangs are turning to automatic tools to mount more attacks than ever. | 2 |
Election Protests Continue in Ukraine Tens of thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko demonstrated in Ukraine's capital for a third day Wednesday, and one of his allies said the only thing to negotiate with government authorities is the transfer of power. | 0 |
Iran Making New Uranium Demands Iran is demanding that it be allowed to make an exception in its commitment to freeze all uranium enrichment activities so it can operate about about two dozen centrifuges, diplomats said Wednesday. | 0 |
Airgo Says Linksys to Use Chips for Wireless Gear (Reuters) 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 |
UPDATE 1 Marseille coach Anigo quits, replaced by Emon Olympique Marseille coach Jose Anigo resigned on Tuesday because of poor results. Anigo, who took over in January from Alain Perrin, will be replaced for | 1 |
Iran quot;will never end quot; nuclear programme Iran #39;s foreign minister says that Tehran will never fully dismantle its nuclear capabilities, also voicing the country #39;s concerns about the threat of a pre-emptive strike by Washington. | 0 |
Embassy bomb chief escaped with bribe #39; INDONESIAN police have arrested another four men over the September carbombing of the Australian Embassy amid suggestions the bomb mastermind - and most wanted -r | 0 |
Sudanese Cease-Fire Breaks After New Clashes Government helicopters and warplanes bombed the town of Tawila in North Darfur on Tuesday after rebel fighters attacked police stations there Monday, breaking a renewed | 0 |
Former Pakistani PM wants to end exile Pakistan #39;s former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, has demanded the right to return from exile, one day after her husband was freed on bail after eight years in prison. | 0 |
Safety advocates warn of potentially fatal toys The yo-yo water ball -- a liquid-filled ball attached to a stretchy elastic cord -- looks like it could provide a lot of entertainment for children. | 2 |
Air France KLM Sees Growth After Strong Quarter Air France KLM posted stronger than expected second-quarter operating profits on Wednesday and maintained its sights on full-year growth despite the strain on its fuel bill from escalating oil prices. | 2 |
Video games turn sharply to violence This season #39;s blockbuster video games give players the opportunity to hijack cars, mow down the walking undead with heavy artillery, shoot police officers and ogle topless women. | 3 |
Torvalds comes out against EU patent directive In the statement, issued Tuesday, the three developers argued that the legislation, called the software patent directive, would be harmful to the European economy. | 3 |
BT And Blueprint Jointly Develop Innovative Music Distribution <b>...</b> In yet another move in the legitimate digital music market, BT and Blueprint have jointly developed a new service based on Blueprints Open Royalty Gateway (ORG) and Song Centre software that allows copyright holders to take more control of their | 3 |
India could have forced result: Ganguly Captain Sourav Ganguly today said India would have forced a result in the first cricket Test against South Africa on a lifeless track had they won the toss and batted first. | 1 |
Thoughts on Tysabri #39;s Approval For those that missed it last night, Biogen Idec (BIIB:Nasdaq - news - research) and Elan Pharmaceuticals (ELN:NYSE ADR - news - research) received FDA approval for their new multiple sclerosis drug, now called Tysabri (formerly known as Antegren. | 2 |
10 of jobs on the block at Cingular; office jobs targeted Cingular Wireless will cut close to 10 of its 68,000 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months as it combines operations with the recently acquired AT amp;T Wireless, the chief executive of the nation #39;s largest cell phone company said Tuesday in an | 2 |
Wall Street stocks end mixed amid another rise in oil prices Wall Street stocks were mixed Tuesday as crude oil prices again topped 50 dollars per barrel, while brokerage downgrade hurt technology stocks. | 2 |
Rebels keep up attacks in central and north Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 20 - Violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday as a tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults in several major cities, including Baghdad, Ramadi | 0 |
UN Congo staff investigated over abuse THE UN is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN civilian staff and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of it recorded on videotape, a senior UN official confirmed yesterday. | 0 |
China #39;s space chief coming to US Another possible step toward cooperation in space between the United States and China is now on the calendar. The head of the Chinese National Space Agency will travel to Washington | 3 |
Hamburg Gets New NFL Europe Franchise (AP) AP - The Hamburg Sea Devils joined NFL Europe on Wednesday, meaning five of the league's six teams are in Germany. | 1 |
Authorities intend to file charges in NBA brawl (AFP) AFP - Prosecutors expect to file charges against Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons supporters in the wake of a brawl last Friday that led to record suspensions and at least nine people injured. | 1 |
Man Accused of Scamming NFL Players (AP) AP - A 29-year-old Maryland man was charged with theft after calling NFL players Donovan McNabb, Darrell Green and Warren Sapp and convincing them to wire him money. | 1 |
Rwanda Threatens to Attack Rebels in Congo -UN (Reuters) Reuters - Rwanda has threatened to attack a\Rwandan rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of\Congo, the United Nations mission in Congo said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Easy Victory for Tar Heels in Semifinals Rashad McCants scored 27 points and North Carolina rode a sharp first half to a 94-81 victory over Tennessee last night in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. | 1 |
Straw arrives in Middle East Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for | 0 |
CRIME FIGHT TOPS UK AGENDA The British government will introduce new laws to fight crime, terror and drugs in the run up to the next general election. The legislative programme outlined in the Queen #39;s speech includes plans to introduce | 0 |
Women Voters Declines San Diego Appeal (AP) AP - The League of Women Voters of San Diego said Tuesday that it will not appeal a judge's ruling in the city's mayoral election, dealing another setback to Councilwoman Donna Frye's write-in bid. | 0 |
Boxing Dispute Clouds Copyright Bill (AP) AP - Congress will have a narrow opportunity when it returns to pass legislation making it a crime to use video cameras to record films in movie theaters, but the bill could be floored by a fight over a federal boxing commission. | 0 |
NATO Chief to Open Arab Relations Drive in Algeria BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO will make an unprecedented visit to Algeria on Thursday, the opening move in a drive to beef up cooperation with the Arab world on counter-terrorism, defense reform and military training. | 0 |
Pakistan's PM Says Peace with India Hinges on Kashmir NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday he remained hopeful that peace could be achieved with India, but progress on the bitter dispute over Kashmir represented the key to better ties. | 0 |
Iran Wants to Amend Nuke Freeze, EU Says No VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has requested that it be permitted to continue conducting "research and development" with centrifuges, machines that can be used to develop material for nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Dutch Shocked by Public Death Wish from Muslim AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch leaders on Wednesday condemned comments by a Muslim teacher who said he hoped for the death of a popular politician, further stoking religious tension prompted by the murder of a filmmaker critical of Islam. | 0 |
UN ex-hostages' joy at release Three UN workers released after being held hostage in Afghanistan speak of their joy at being freed. | 0 |
Sales of existing homes drop WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes edged down a less-than-expected 0.1 percent in October as low mortgage rates continued to support a record year, a trade association report showed Tuesday. | 2 |
Kenya author returns to testify Ngugi wa Thiong'o, goes back to Kenya to give evidence against four men accused of attacking him and his wife. | 0 |
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