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Straw lays wreath at Arafat #39;s grave Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat #39;s grave during a West Bank visit for talks on how to revive peacemaking with Israel after the Palestinian leader #39;s death. | 0 |
RAIDERS NOTEBOOK Williams to take Grant #39;s LB slot again DeLawrence Grant, the one-time defensive end who started the first nine games at linebacker before being benched against the Chargers on Sunday, is likely to be inactive again this weekend against the Broncos. | 1 |
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German business confidence drops Business confidence in Germany, Europe #39;s largest economy, has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, over concerns at a strengthening euro. | 2 |
US Food Imports Increase, May Match Exports This Year When Aroon Roy Padharia gathers today with family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner, the cuisine will be authentically Indian, with the same preparation methods and recipes that he loves from his native land. | 2 |
MS offers real Windows XP to users of counterfeit software A Microsoft UK replacement scheme for pirate copies of Windows XP suggests the company is testing the waters to see how feasible it is to convert sections of its unlicensed user base to legitimate users. | 3 |
EU's Solana denies having secret meeting with Hamas (AFP) AFP - The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana denied a BBC report that he had met secretly with the Palestinian group Hamas, which is on an EU list of banned militant outfits. | 0 |
Yushchenko Appeals to Ukraine High Court (AP) AP - Ukraine's opposition leader raised the stakes in his standoff with the Kremlin-backed prime minister on Thursday, asking the Supreme Court to declare presidential election results invalid and threatening to have his supporters block key highways. | 0 |
Haley Shines Bright Linebacker Dennis Haley is perhaps the Cavaliers' most unsung hero on a defense that is in the nation's top 10 in points allowed. | 1 |
Hundreds Mourn Marine From Md. Tracy Miller thinks about her son's touch and his voice, trying to grasp that she will never experience either again. | 0 |
Syria ready for talks with Israel without conditions ISN SECURITY WATCH (25/11/04) - Syrian President Bashar Assad told a top UN envoy on Wednesday he was ready to resume peace talks with Israel quot;without conditions quot;. | 0 |
OIL FUTURES:IPE Brent Likely To Head Higher In Thin Trade SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Oil futures traded on London #39;s International Petroleum Exchange are largely expected to head higher Thursday, given the continued worries over a shortage in US heating oil inventories. | 2 |
New Computer Associates CEO will be paid \$8.6 million Computer Associates International Inc., a business software company, has agreed to give its new CEO, 50-year-old John Swainson, a pay package amounting to more than \$8.6 million in salary, signing bonuses and stock. | 2 |
Novell, CCIA evidence may be tossed out in MS EC case A European judge is to hold a closed-door meeting today to discuss the lifting of sanctions by the EU in its anti-trust ruling against Microsoft. | 2 |
Thanksgiving travelers hope for better weather Thanksgiving didn #39;t start out as planned for many holiday travelers who began the long weekend stuck in airports or creeping along highways after fierce storms dumped snow in the Midwest. | 2 |
Lastminute.com Loss Doubles on Costs; Shares Slump (Update4) Lastminute.com Plc, the UK #39;s largest Internet travel company, said its fourth-quarter loss more than doubled as costs for closing offices and cutting jobs exceeded forecasts. | 2 |
Halliburton pay should be docked: auditor A US government auditor says the US Army should withhold 15 per cent of future payments to Halliburton for work in Iraq due to billing disputes - in a move that could cost the contractor tens of millions of dollars. | 2 |
Turnpike runs free on 1st day of strike The first strike in the 64-year history of the Pennsylvania Turnpike meant free rides for about 650,000 vehicles yesterday, the first travel day of the Thanksgiving weekend. | 2 |
Carlyle in talks with Hanjin Carlyle Group, the US private equity fund, is in talks with the Hanjin Group over the purchase of some of the South Korean conglomerate #39;s transport and logistics | 2 |
Why The Dollar Is Giving Way What #39;s going on with the dollar? After falling steadily for the better part of two years, the greenback showed signs of stabilizing in the spring and summer. | 2 |
Champions League: Real Madrid draws 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen in <b>...</b> Raul Gonzalez scored a 70th-minute equalizer Tuesday to earn Real Madrid a 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen and keep alive its hopes of reaching the second round of the European Champions League. | 1 |
Finding the Right Balance Between Power and Weight Electronics manufacturers are designing products that are smaller and lighter, yet offering more and more gadgets that travelers feel compelled to take with them. | 3 |
Pirates may trade Kendall to Oakland The former Torrance High star #39;s salary is a burden for tight-fisted Pittsburgh, which would get pitching help in return. By Alan Robinson. | 1 |
Win bolsters Wildcats #39; confidence But there are only a handful of programs that consider themselves to be on the same level as Arizona, an elite basketball power that expects to be in contention for the Final Four every season. | 1 |
Tar Heels Breeze Past Hawkeyes for Maui Title The junior point guard ran the offense as he always does, defended the opponent #39;s best backcourt player as he always does and even threw in a couple of highlight-tape moves in the 11th-ranked Tar Heels #39; 106-92 victory over Iowa last night in Lahaina | 1 |
Brown pushes tsunami debt relief The chancellor presses the G8 to freeze all debts owed by countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster, the BBC learns. | 2 |
Local Chain Rolling Out D.C. Tabloid Journal Newspapers Inc. plans to begin distributing a free daily newspaper in the District on Feb. 1, according to one of its major advertisers and a source close to the company. | 2 |
Troops close in on #39;death triangle #39; BAGHDAD: US-led forces swept hotspots in the quot;triangle of death quot; yesterday in a push to reclaim rebel enclaves ahead of January polls. | 0 |
Russian soldiers kill two, take hostages Two Russian soldiers armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles shot and killed two police officers Wednesday night and have taken two hostages near Moscow. | 0 |
Sudan Rebels Stand by Cease-Fire Despite Violations A rebel group in Sudan #39;s western Darfur region says the government is responsible for an upsurge in fighting there in violation of a ceasefire. | 0 |
EU foreign policy chief holds contacts with Hamas The European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, has recently held a secret meeting with representatives of Palestinian movement, Hamas, it was revealed on Thursday. | 0 |
Earthquake Jolts Northern Italy, Injuring 9 An earthquake measuring about 5.2 on the Richter scale shook northern Italy from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic seas in the night to Thursday, causing panic and injuring at least nine people. | 0 |
Israel, wary of dual peace process, slaps down Syrian overtures JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel slapped down peace overtures from Syria with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reluctant to become diverted in a parallel peace track with Damascus while concentrating on his planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. | 0 |
Manganese Bronze rings up #163;1 for Zingo (FT.com) FT.com - Manganese Bronze is to sell for just pound;1 some of the rights to Zingo, the mobile phone cab ordering service that last year kept the maker of London taxis well in the red. | 3 |
Dollar Lower, Tokyo Stocks Edge Higher (AP) AP - Continued concerns about a huge U.S. current account deficit weakened the U.S. dollar to a four-year, 10 month low against the Japanese yen Thursday. Tokyo stocks ended higher. | 0 |
Computer Associates' Next CEO Gets To Work (TechWeb) TechWeb - Hired from IBM, CEO-elect John Swainson plans to move fast, without mimicking the software or services strategy of his former employer. | 3 |
Oracle-PeopleSoft to return (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - Vice Chancellor Leo Strine Jr. continues the case to hear additional testimony on PeopleSoft's poison pill. | 3 |
Naming Mount St. Helens New Dome Confusing (AP) AP - That whaddyacallit that's growing on Mount St. Helens #151; what DO you call it? Even Shakespeare himself might have trouble figuring out what's in a name. | 3 |
Reliance Stock Drops as Resignations Stoke Concern on Ownership Shares at Reliance Industries Ltd. fell for a third day after six directors quit at a subsidiary, stoking concern a dispute between the Ambani brothers, who manage India #39;s biggest private company, may disrupt the business. | 2 |
Shortage of steel forces halt at Nissan TOKYO Nissan Motor said on Thursday that a shortage of steel would force it to halt production temporarily at three of its four auto factories in Japan, a highly unusual step the company said was made necessary in part by a surge in demand for steel from | 2 |
Yukos CFO delays return to Russia MOSCOW The chief financial officer of Yukos, Russia #39;s embattled oil company, said Thursday that he had delayed his return to Moscow indefinitely after Russian prosecutors had summoned him for questioning. | 2 |
Shares in Lastminute.com Sink 13 Percent Shares in European online travel retailer lastminute.com PLC sank by 13 percent Thursday after the company reported losses well below its own predictions and market expectations. | 2 |
Canada #39;s Bonds Rise After Dodge Says Dollar Gain May Cut Growth Canada #39;s bonds rose after Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said the Canadian dollar #39;s rise to a 12-year high may curb economic growth, indicating the bank may not raise interest rates next month. | 2 |
Thanksgiving Afternoon Is Expected To Be Dry The rains forecast for Polk County today should be gone by the time you sit down for your Thanksgiving Day feast. According to the National Weather Service in Ruskin, a line of thunderstorms | 2 |
Row blamed as Danon quits BT Pierre Danon is quitting as head of BT Retail to become the chief operating officer at French computer consultants Cap Gemini, furthering suggestions of a split in the telecoms giant boardroom. | 2 |
NTT DoCoMo, mmO2 to #39;partner #39; on UK i-mode British mobile phone network O2 will launch an i-mode service next year after licensing the technology from Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo, newspaper reports have claimed. | 3 |
The Taste Of Home (CBS) In a major culinary operation that took weeks of planning, military chefs will serve up traditional Thanksgiving meals to the 140,000 or so servicemen and women stationed throughout Iraq, reports CBS News Correspondent Charles D #39;Agata. | 3 |
Arctic People Seek Tropical Team on Global Warming Arctic peoples aim to team up with tropical islanders in a campaign against global warming, arguing that polar bears and palm-fringed beaches stand to suffer most. | 3 |
Stores to stock 1m Band Aid CDs One million copies of the new Band Aid single will be sent to record shops in time for its UK release on Monday. Robbie Williams and Dido are among the stars on a new version of charity song Do They Know It #39;s Christmas? | 3 |
Students Auction University on eBay As part of a protest against proposed course cuts, students at Exeter University in England have put their University up for sale on eBay. | 3 |
Infogrames sells Civilisation franchise for \$22.3m French publisher Infogrames has announced its results for the first half of FY 2005, revealing in the process that the firm has sold off the lucrative Civilisation franchise to an as-yet unknown purchaser. | 3 |
Phishing spreads net wider Online phishing schemes more than doubled last month, leaving financial institutions struggling to rebuff attempts to steal private account information from customers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. | 3 |
Williams deny BAR claims over Davidson. The BMW Williams team has denied claims that it #39;insisted upon unconditional arrangements #39; that have seen Anthony Davidson #39;s hopes of racing for the team in 2005 come to an end. | 1 |
England Tour to Proceed After Zimbabwe Ends Media Ban (Update3) England #39;s cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after Robert Mugabe #39;s government lifted a ban preventing 13 British journalists from covering the five one-day internationals. | 1 |
Champions League: Group H - Chelsea clam up again and round up Jose Mourinho made several changes to his Chelsea side for the visit of Paris St.Germain, resulting in a rustrating but not entirely relevant 0-0 draw. | 1 |
Champions League: Group F - Celtic make great point and round up From a British perspective the big story from Group F is that Celtic bow out of the Champions League after a 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the Nou Camp. | 1 |
Harry hard to follow The flamboyant former West Ham boss stepped down after two-and-a-half years at Fratton Park yesterday, claiming the time was right for him to go and he needed a break. | 1 |
Monkey chant fan to apologise to Yorke A football fan yesterday admitted racially abusing Birmingham City footballer Dwight Yorke - and vowed to apologise personally to the striker. | 1 |
8 million callers have kept cell numbers Nearly 8 million mobile-phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility took effect one year ago, the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of the agencys | 1 |
Figueroa gets chance in La Liga The Argentine made just one appearance for the Blues after his 2.5m transfer from Rosario Central in 2003. Figueroa, 23, blossomed after being off-loaded to Mexican club Cruz Azul and earned a call-up to Argentina #39;s Copa America squad. | 1 |
African final delayed because of Ghana poll The final of the African Confederation Cup between Ghanaian clubs Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko has been postponed to avoid a clash with the country #39;s presidential elections. | 1 |
Wolfensohn Confirms World Bank Departure Bank president told Treasury Secretary John W. Snow that he will step down after a decade at the helm when his term expires in June. | 2 |
Lynching of agents puts Mexico focus on vigilante justice -- The images are chilling: A young man, his face bloody and swollen, struggles to tell a television reporter that he is an undercover federal agent, then a mob burns him and another officer alive on camera. | 0 |
Gadhafi praises Chirac #39;s visit Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Thursday praised French President Jacques Chirac #39;s visit to Libya, which he said boosted relations between their countries. | 0 |
Thatcher vows to appeal court order Lawyers representing Mark Thatcher will appeal a court ruling ordering the son of the former British prime minister to answer questions from Equatorial Guinea on an alleged coup plot, one of his lawyers said on Thursday. | 0 |
Sudan rebel leader vows to respect truce A rebel leader in Sudan #39;s Darfur region has said his group will fully respect a truce with Khartoum, countering earlier statements by a spokesman declaring the agreement null and void. | 0 |
Bomb Kills Two US Soldiers, Injures One in Afghanistan Two US soldiers were killed and a third was wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded as they drove through an area of central Afghanistan where Taliban fighters are said | 0 |
Hamas denies direct contacts with Solana Hamas Thursday denied European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group. Solana had told the BBC he had contacts with Hamas | 0 |
Bashir goes to trial THE terrorism trial against Muslim Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, accused of leading a network linked to al-Qaida, can go ahead, a Jakarta court ruled yesterday. | 0 |
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CBI slashes UK growth forecasts The CBI cuts growth forecasts after order books for UK manufacturers drop to their lowest level since the start of 2004. | 2 |
Manning to Face Detroit, Marino's Record (AP) AP - Peyton Manning won't threaten Dan Marino's record when the Colts play at Detroit on Thanksgiving, but he can take another step toward the milestone the former Miami Dolphins star set in 1984. | 1 |
Bin Laden Not Hiding on Pakistan Border -Commander (Reuters) Reuters - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin\Laden can not be hiding in Pakistan's tribal lands on the\Afghan border as Pakistani forces have combed the area and\found no hint of him, a Pakistani army commander said on\Thursday. | 0 |
Budget Flap Imperils Sharon's Gaza Pullout Plan (Reuters) Reuters - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced\threats on Thursday from inside and outside his already shaky\coalition that could bring down the Israeli government, force\early elections and delay his Gaza withdrawal plan. | 0 |
EU Official Now Denies Hamas Contact (AP) AP - The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization. | 0 |
Nintendo returns to profit on forex gains, rising software sales (AFP) AFP - Nintendo, the world's largest maker of portable game consoles, said it returned to profitability in the first half after booking large foreign exchange gains. | 0 |
France to Defends Fed Cup Title at Final (AP) AP - Defending champion France surged into the Fed Cup final, completing a 5-0 sweep of Spain on Thursday behind singles victories by Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin. | 1 |
Girl survives rabies without jab \A teenage girl has become the first known person to survive rabies without the benefit of a vaccination, say doctors. | 0 |
Hero's welcome for Liberia star Huge crowds greet football legend George Weah on his return home to Liberia to launch a presidential bid. | 0 |
Israelis kill three Palestinians Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses say. | 0 |
PGA grand slam: Mick-tacular performance The Garden Island. POIPU - Not even the sunscreen could cool off Phil Mickelson on his way to the 2004 Grand Slam title yesterday. | 1 |
Chelsea 0 PSG 0 CHELSEA were barking up the wrong tree as they were muzzled by a PSG team who had failed to win an away game in Europe for seven years. | 1 |
The Best Online Reference Sites Looking for an answer to a specific question? Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004, as compiled by the American Library Association. | 3 |
Israeli coalition partner #39;s threat raises possibility of early <b>...</b> Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s largest coalition partner threatened to quit Thursday, raising the possibility of early elections that could endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip next year. | 0 |
Ageing time-tomb brings budget angst How #39;s your health? Feeling well? Expecting to live to a ripe old age? If the answers are yes, then economically speaking, you #39;re not helping. | 2 |
US spared WTO sanctions -- for now The World Trade Organization on Wednesday held off approving stiff sanctions on US exports ranging from cod to mobile homes intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment. | 2 |
Auburn Defeats Virginia Tech in Sugar Bowl NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - Auburn's defense solidified its status as one of the nation's toughest, despite a late-game scare, and the Tigers completed the first perfect season in school history with a 16-13 Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech on Monday night. | 1 |
Canada hails Arctic Council #39;s climate change document REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Canada #39;s environment minister says people shouldn #39;t underestimate the policy recommendations on climate change announced in Iceland Wednesday. | 3 |
DoCoMo offering i-mode to mmO2 Japan #39;s dominant wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo, has reached a basic agreement to offer its popular i-mode mobile internet technology to mmO2 OOM. | 3 |
Microsoft Attacks Piracy With Free Software Microsoft is making a serious effort to attack piracy: by giving away free copies of Windows XP to pirated users in the UK. The move is currently targeted at consumers who may be using pirated copies of Windows XP by mistake. | 3 |
Atari #39;s Sid Meier #39;s Pirates! Sails into Stores Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) and Firaxis Games announced today that the highly-anticipated sequel to one of the most popular and loved titles in gaming history has shipped to retail stores nationwide. | 3 |
Conservation Group Urges Gov #39;t Cooperation Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world #39;s habitats in talks in | 3 |
Villarreal nabs Figueroa Primera Liga side Villarreal has confirmed the signing of Luciano Figueroa from Mexican club Cruz Azul in a transfer worth a reported three million euros (\$A5.1million). | 1 |
Notre Dame Coach Hires Assistants (AP) AP - Former head coaches David Cutcliffe, Bill Lewis and Rick Minter joined the staff of new Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis on Monday night. | 1 |
Clippers Nudge Nuggets 102-98 (AP) AP - Corey Maggette had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and Rick Brunson hit a key 3-pointer with 21 seconds left to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a 102-98 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. | 1 |
Solana confirms secret contact with Hamas European Union foreign policy chiefJavier Solana has confirmed that he had secret meetings with the Palestinian group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) in an interview with the BBC that was broadcast on Thursday. | 0 |
Indonesia rejects plea by terror suspect An Indonesian court ruled Thursday the trial of terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir would proceed, rejecting a plea from the cleric #39;s lawyers to drop the charges. | 0 |
Budget flap jeopardizes Sharons pullout plan Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is facing threats from inside and outside his largest coalition partner that may bring down the Israeli government, which would force the country to hold early elections and suspend his Gaza withdrawal plan. | 0 |
Chemical weapons lab found in Fallujah Baghdad - An Iraqi minister said on Thursday that a chemical weapons laboratory was found in the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah, Sky News reports. | 0 |
Protesters Seek Resignations After Fire Thousands of Argentines angered over safety lapses at a nightclub where a fire killed 183 people, many of them teenagers, marched through capital streets Monday holding pictures of the victims and demanding the resignations of key city officials. | 0 |
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