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Directors retreat from Reliance Six directors at Reliance Energy resign amid a growing family row over ownership of India's largest private company. | 2 |
Wurld Media turns p2p swapping to music biz advantage Software developer Wurld Media has devised a way to bridge the gap between the freewheeling peer to peer downloads community and the music companies who would like to be paid. | 2 |
CCIA chief defends Microsoft payment Ed Black, president of the CCIA, has defended his organisation #39;s decision to take a settlement payment from Microsoft. The Washington DC-based CCIA (Computer and Communications Industry Association) this month | 2 |
US Appeals Nafta Ruling Against Tariffs on Canadian Lumber By Bloomberg News. The Bush administration yesterday appealed a trade panel #39;s decision that effectively struck down United States tariffs on \$4.6 billion a year of Canadian lumber. | 2 |
Indian, Pakistani Firms OK Tech Agreement (AP) AP - Private Indian and Pakistani information technology companies will meet in the Pakistani capital next month to tap business opportunities and sign a cooperation agreement. | 3 |
Chirac vows 'true partnership' with Libya (AFP) AFP - French President Jacques Chirac, who vowed to forge a "true partnership" with Libya, wrapped up the latest top-level Western visit to Tripoli as it returns from years in the diplomatic wilderness. | 0 |
Finnish authorities warn against using MS Internet Explorer 6 browser (AFP) AFP - Finnish authorities warned computer users against using the popular Microsoft Internet Explorer Six web browser as it has a "serious" security flaw that compromises computer systems. | 3 |
FCC: 8M Wireless Users Keep Cell Numbers (AP) AP - Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, according to the Federal Communications Commission. | 3 |
PREVIEW-Rugby-Revenge in the air for someone at Twickenham World Cup final revenge for Australia or quot;payback time quot; for England #39;s June humiliation in Brisbane -- either cap fits for Twickenham #39;s mouth-watering Saturday showdown between the best of rugby enemies. | 1 |
More than 2,000 people killed in Fallujah : Iraqi official More than 2,000 people were killed so far in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, an Iraqi senior security official said Thursday. quot;More than 2,058 were killed and more than 1,600 | 0 |
Arctic People Seek Tropical Team on Global Warming (Reuters) Reuters - 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 |
Rich States' Demands Threaten Environment Treaty (Reuters) Reuters - Demands by the United States and other\wealthy nations to delay the phasing out of a pesticide that\depletes the ozone layer threaten to unravel a key global\environmental treaty, experts said on Thursday. | 3 |
Conservation Group Urges Gov't Cooperation (AP) AP - Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world's habitats in talks in Bangkok, but governments need to work harder to promote conservation, an international environment agency said Thursday. | 3 |
Evidence of sex abuse by U.N. Congo staff outrages Annan The NZ Herald has the story. More coverage can be found by performing a Google News search for "un congo sex abuse". Details of the story include the fact that over 150 counts by at least 30 staff members are being investigated, and that this isn't the first time that the U.N. has been so accused. | 3 |
New rules for Britain's airwaves Control of the UK's radio spectrum is being handed to the business community to promote wireless services. | 3 |
Students put university on eBay \Students at Exeter University put the institution up for sale on eBay as part of their protest against proposed cuts. | 3 |
Al-Zarqawi Lieutenant Arrested in Mosul (AP) AP - A lieutenant of Iraq's most feared terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was captured a few days ago in Mosul, the government's national security adviser said Thursday. | 0 |
Nintendo Returns to Profit in First Half Nintendo Co. returned to profit in the first half of the fiscal year from the same period a year ago as the Japanese video-game maker erased foreign exchange losses and earned more from game sales. | 2 |
Province unveils renewable energy projects TORONTO - Ontario is launching 10 new projects to create electricity from renewable resources, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said Wednesday. | 2 |
Singapore Changi Airport testing biometrics-based system The world #39;s first fully automated check-in and immigration clearance system that uses biometric recognition technology has been on trial at Singapore Changi Airport since Nov. 1. | 2 |
Gunners go to Liverpool stung by more negative headlines Arsenal gained a 1-1 tie with nine men against a Champions League group winner yet still came home to negative headlines. Thierry Henry scored a quality goal for an equalizer at PSV Eindhoven | 1 |
INSIDE INFO: Gers ace Souey target The Magpies want a replacement for Jonathan Woodgate and will swoop when the transfer window re-opens in January. Boumsong, Bobo Balde, Manchester United #39;s John O #39;Shea, Chelsea #39;s Robert Huth and Notts Forest #39;s | 1 |
Police raid Italy #39;s Olympic Committee Finance police have raided Italy #39;s Olympic Committee and the committee organising the 2006 Winter Games, investigative sources say. | 1 |
IAEA uncertain over quot;undeclared quot; nuclear materials in Iran The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that his agency is unable to definitively conclude at the present time that Iran does not | 0 |
THATCHER TRIAL POSTPONED A court in South Africa has postponed until next April the trial of Mark Thatcher on charges he helped fund a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. | 0 |
Earthquake Shakes Northern Italy ROME -- An earthquake in northern Italy overnight damaged scores of buildings and scared people out of their homes. The quake measured 5.2 and was felt in Milan, Turin, Genoa and Venice. | 0 |
Rwanda Says Ready to Hit Rebels, UN Urges Dialogue Rwanda insisted on Thursday it would soon attack rebels inside the Democratic Republic of Congo unless they were disarmed, as the UN Security Council | 0 |
I will speak at an appropriate time: Anil Mumbai, November 25: Anil Ambani, the vice-chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., said on Thursday he would make a statement at an appropriate time about a controversy over differences with brother and chairman Mukesh. | 2 |
Axa shares gain on Winterthur purchase report (AFP) AFP - Shares in the French insurer Axa gained in afternoon trade here on a Financial Times report that Axa is in talks to acquire Credit Suisse Group's Winterthur unit. | 0 |
Paris denies embassy #39;s efforts for bidding 2012 Olympics Paris 2012 moved quickly Thursday to deny the critics from their rivals of taking the advantage of embassies to promote their bid of 2012 Olympics. | 1 |
Brutal Haddin hundred seals two points Brad Haddin blasted a career-best 154 from 162 balls in a brutal display to earn New South Wales first innings points against Victoria at the Junction Oval. | 1 |
Myanmar junta announces plan for more prisoner releases YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar #39;s military government said Thursday that it will release 5,311 prisoners in addition to almost 4,000 whose planned release was announced last week. | 0 |
Oil prices climb in London, New York shut LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose over worries about a possible supply shortage of US heating oil stocks during the northern hemisphere winter. | 2 |
WTO Ready for US Sanctions The World Trade Organization cleared the way on Thursday to impose \$150 million of trade sanctions on the United States, sought by the European Union and others, after lawyers resolved a legal wrangle. | 2 |
More on Microsoft #39;s new anti-piracy programme particularly in the Far East and Eastern Europe - that they would rather give away copies of Windows XP to people who may | 3 |
Intel puts Windows and Linux on even keel Intel has released a Quick Start Kit for Linux in Asia, giving a leg-up to system builders offering Linux-based desktop PCs. The kit is similar to those that Intel produces for Windows, said an Intel spokesman. | 3 |
Kazaa Leverages Skype for Free Net Calls Two of the nets most widely used programs, Kazaa - a peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing application -nd Skype -2P internet phone application, have teamed up. | 3 |
Gunners go to Liverpool stung by more negative headlines Arsenal earned a 1-1 tie with nine men against a Champions League group winner yet still came home to negative headlines. Thierry Henry scored a quality goal for an equalizer at PSV Eindhoven | 1 |
Londoners urged to embrace 2012 bid To the outside world, Londoners are cold, brusque and unimpressed at the prospect of millions of people turning up on their doorstep to watch the 2012 Olympics. | 1 |
Robinson glad to be in rugby not football BAGSHOT, England (AFP) - England rugby union captain Jason Robinson has said he is thankful the kind of racist incidents recently experienced in football had no place in his sport. | 1 |
Taking it easy to the top A WHY-WORRY attitude to three dropped shots on two early holes set up young NSW player Kurt Barnes to rocket to the top of the Australian Open leaderboard yesterday. | 1 |
European Soccer to Investigate Racism (AP) AP - European soccer authorities opened an investigation into racist abuse by Spanish fans at this week's Champions League game. | 1 |
Softening in Northern Ireland The British and Irish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, at talks in London, appear to have pushed Northern Irelands reluctant politicians some way to a restoration of devolved government in Belfast. | 0 |
Gold surges as dollar falls again The euro jumps to an all time high against the dollar as signs of declining business confidence in Germany increases fears about European competitiveness. | 2 |
Jets Extend GM Terry Bradway's Contract (AP) AP - Jets general manager Terry Bradway received a two-year contract extension Thursday that will keep him in the organization through 2007. | 1 |
Oracle wages proxy battle for control of PeopleSoft Oracle nominated four candidates to serve as directors of PeopleSoft #39;s board and said it would fight for control of the company at its annual meeting next year. | 2 |
Rift deepens, six REL Directors quit The first battle lines were drawn today with six directors of Reliance Energy Limited (REL) resigning. REL is run by Vice Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, Anil Ambani. | 2 |
Microsoft EU ruling next month A European Union judge told a closed meeting on Thursday he planned to rule within a month whether to freeze curbs imposed by the EU #39;s executive on Microsoft, lawyers present said. | 2 |
Yukos shares plunge more than 30 percent MOSCOW (AFP) - Shares in the Russian oil group Yukos plunged by more than 30 percent in midday trading on the Moscow stock exchange to below a dollar per share. | 2 |
Downturn in growth worries the CBI British manufacturers are reporting that their order books are at their lowest level since January, prompting the CBI to scale back its forecast for economic growth for 2005 | 2 |
Resource stocks boost Toronto stock market as NY shuttered for <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market made moderate gains Thursday thanks to rising oil and gold stocks, while the Canadian dollar moved closer to an 85-cent US close despite a warning about the economy - and hints the Bank of Canada may not be in a | 2 |
BT Boss Set to Move On Telecoms giant BT today said it was parting company with one of the architects of its transformation from a fixed-line operator. Pierre Danon will join French IT services company | 2 |
Most Canadians support taxing pot, poll finds Hot on the heels of a national report that the number of Canadians who smoke pot has doubled in a decade, marijuana advocates say their own polls shows strong support for taxing the drug. | 2 |
Chile Cuts Emissions, Helps Japan, Canada Pig manure in Chile will keep neon lights glowing on Tokyo's Ginza in years to come. It's a grand north-south tradeoff to slow global warming: You reduce your "greenhouse gas" emissions so I don't have to cut back on mine. | 0 |
Last Rites Sounded for Life-Changing Video Format It changed the lifestyles of a generation but after a lingering death, the last rites have been sounded for the revolutionary VHS home video format. | 3 |
No Holiday Cheer for Band Aid and iTunes Apple #39;s iTunes Music Store is causing a bit of a stir by refusing to sell the charity Band Aid song quot;Do They Know It #39;s Christmas? | 3 |
Winamp security flaw poses new threat We are all used to IE getting a monthly new security bug found, but Winamp? In fact, this is not the first security flaw found in the application. | 3 |
EU judge to reach decision on Microsoft in December The European Union judge deciding whether Microsoft will have to reform its business practices will continue to take into account arguments made by Novell and a prominent | 2 |
Yukos board escapes from Russia Fear of arrest has forced all the top executives at Russian oil giant Yukos to flee the country. The entire management board was in London on Thursday, according to the Financial Times. | 2 |
Mourinho Expecting Tough Draw Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is expecting his side to get a tough test in the second round of the Champions League despite the Blues having won their group. | 1 |
Cricket: England tour hangs in the balance England were ordered to stay in South Africa rather than fly to Zimbabwe yesterday after the Harare government barred most British media from covering their five-match cricket tour. | 1 |
Finance police raid Olympic files Finance police have raided the offices of Italy #39;s Olympic organizers for records on the Turin committee #39;s work ahead of the 2006 Winter Games, officials said on Thursday. | 1 |
Al-Zarqawi Lieutenant Arrested in Mosul (AP) AP - A lieutenant of Iraq's most feared terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was captured a few days ago in Mosul, and Iraqi troops searching suspected terrorist hideouts in Fallujah discovered a laboratory with manuals on manufacturing explosives and toxins #151; including anthrax, Iraq's national security adviser said Thursday. | 0 |
World Should Hold Darfur Rebels Accountable -U.N. (Reuters) Reuters - The world should hold Darfur rebels\accountable for breaking their promises to end violence in the\region of western Sudan, the U.N. envoy to Khartoum said on\Thursday. | 0 |
India lifts 20-year ban on night viewing of Taj Mahal (AFP) AFP - India's Supreme Court lifted a 20-year ban on night viewing of the Taj Mahal, the 17th century white-marble monument to love in the northern city of Agra. | 0 |
Replacements light years ahead The video is dead. Its official, although I imagine the mourning period will go on for several years yet. Dixons, the big UK electrical goods chain, has announced it will sell its existing stock of VCRs and then call it a day. | 3 |
Barghuti to run for Palestinian president: Fatah official RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - The jailed West Bank leader Marwan Barghuti has decided to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president, a member of the dominant Fatah faction #39;s higher committee said. | 0 |
Governments #39; response #39;due soon #39; The two governments are hoping to respond to queries tabled by the DUP and Sinn Fein over the British-Irish proposals on restoring devolution by Friday. | 0 |
British Troops Raid Rebel Stronghold South of Baghdad Hundreds of British troops raided houses of suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists Thursday in the latest phase of a US-led operation to crack down on guerrilla strongholds in the lawless territory south of Baghdad. | 0 |
Nayan in Palace, describes 26 days in captivity Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. THE RETURN to the Philippines on Thursday night of diplomat Angelito Nayan, whom | 0 |
Brave old Bhoys not down and out yet CELTIC have thrown themselves a European lifeline at a time when they were in real danger of sinking without trace. Of course, they still have a major task on their hands to make the Uefa Cup spot their own. | 1 |
England #39;s Zimbabwe tour goes ahead JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- England #39;s cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after authorities lifted a ban on 13 British journalists, but not in time to save Friday #39;s opening one-day match in Harare. | 1 |
Iraq says top Zarqawi aide arrested in Mosul BAGHDAD (AFP) - One of the leaders of the top US foe in Iraq , Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, national security adviser Qassem Daoud said. | 0 |
Barcelona Testing, Day 2, 25/11/04 Limited mileage for Franck as he continued electronics development, while Giancarlo completed 85 laps as he continued the settling in process. | 1 |
Gold surges as dollar falls again The euro jumps to an all-time high against the dollar, raising fears about European growth, and the price of gold rises as people switch out of the dollar. | 0 |
Europe Rejects Iran's Demand to Use Uranium Equipment Iran is demanding the right to operate uranium enrichment equipment, despite its agreement with the Europeans. | 0 |
Anil says, #39;I am not going to comment #39; MUMBAI: Reliance Energy chairman Anil Ambani tonight refused to join issues with his elder brother Mukesh Ambani on the raging battle between them. | 2 |
Whistleblower earns kudos, fears reprisal WASHINGTON - David Graham says he was surprised when he got back to his Food and Drug Administration office after telling Congress last week the government had allowed unsafe drugs on the market. | 2 |
Cheat Sheet: Firefox It #39;s a new internet browser. The first full version, Firefox 1.0, was launched earlier this month. In the sense it #39;s a browser, yes, but the differences are larger than the similarities. | 3 |
Brits Get Replacements for Phony XP Microsoft (Quote, Chart) will swap out phony copies of Windows XP for the real thing, but only in the UK, the company said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn Moons JPL -- New views of two of Saturn #39;s moons, Titan and Tethys, represent the most detailed look at these moons to date and show a sharp contrast between them -- one is foggy and one is cratered. | 3 |
Cricket: One-days and test daze Spare a thought for John Bracewell as New Zealand attempt to repair their already badly-dented reputation in the second test against Australia. | 1 |
Police besiege town after officers die MEXICO CITY - Mexican police raided a town to search for members of an angry mob who lynched two officers a day earlier, but said they had been powerless to prevent the attack. | 0 |
Palestine Leaders Pledge Peace to Straw Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today won an assurance from Palestinian leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis amid renewed efforts to restart the Middle East peace process. | 0 |
WTO Ready for U.S. Sanctions (Reuters) Reuters - The World Trade Organization cleared the\way on Thursday to impose #36;150 million of trade sanctions on\the United States, sought by the European Union and others,\after lawyers resolved a legal wrangle. | 2 |
Gold Eyes New Highs (Reuters) Reuters - Gold broke to new 16-1/4-year highs\above #36;450.00 an ounce on Thursday, before pausing as players\began to eye the next big target of #36;455, traders said. | 2 |
Iowa State Still Wary of Brad Smith (AP) AP - He began the season as a serious contender for the Heisman Trophy. He was fast, elusive and had a strong arm #151; everything you'd want in a quarterback. So whatever happened to Brad Smith anyway? | 1 |
Delaware judge rejects settlement: Oracle moves to replace <b>...</b> Delaware judge Leo Strine refused to remove PeopleSofts poison pill and alter the shareholder rights plan in a hearing Wednesday. | 2 |
TiVo Pop-Up Ads Raise Consumer Concerns (AP) AP - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. has long promised "TV Your Way." But the company's plans for pop-up ads and restrictions on copying have sparked worries that the service may be eroding consumer control in favor of Hollywood and advertiser interests. | 3 |
After a Decade, Philips Makes PCs Again (Reuters) Reuters - After an absence of a decade, Philips\Electronics is making personal computers again, the company\said on Thursday. The Netherlands-based electronics\conglomerate, which abandoned the PC business in the early\1990s after suffering big losses, quietly introduced six models\together with British retailer Dixons earlier this week. | 3 |
Jailed uprising leader Barghouti will seek Palestinian presidency Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti has decided to run for Palestinian Authority president in a Jan. 9 election, seeking to succeed the late Yasser Arafat | 0 |
Birds Not Being Killed by Wind Farms -Ecologist (Reuters) Reuters - Two major offshore wind farms in Denmark\are giving the lie to fears that birds are being killed by\flying into the huge vanes of such installations, a conference\heard on Thursday. | 3 |
Junk 'Tree' Testifies to Beirut's Waste Problem (Reuters) Reuters - Environmentalists built a giant\Christmas tree out of garbage in Beirut on Thursday to pressure\the government into cleaning up Lebanon's waste problem. | 3 |
Last shout on the Inova Microlight keyring <strong>Cash'n'Carrion</strong> Final clearance at 9 inc VAT and P amp;P | 3 |
EU sets date for Microsoft appeal A European Union court will rule in December on an appeal by software giant Microsoft to suspend EU sanctions. | 3 |
Oil prices rise in Europe OIL futures prices rose in Europe today amid concerns about heating oil supplies at the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere winter. | 2 |
BT Retail head quits to join Cap Gemini Rumours of a boardroom split at BT Group were given further impetus on Thursday with the announcement that Pierre Danon, the outspoken chief executive of BT Retail, the groups consumer-facing | 2 |
Mystery of world #39;s tallest sand dunes solved The worlds tallest sand dunes, some half a kilometre high, survive in a windy desert in northern China because water cements them together, a new study suggests. | 3 |
No. 6 Texas Holding Strong Over Aggies (AP) AP - Every year before the annual Texas-Texas A amp;M game, Longhorns students, players and coaches gather for the campus 'Hex Rally' to put the voodoo on the Aggies. Recent history bears evidence of some pretty strong magic. | 1 |
Preston fired as manager of Livingston after seven losses in a row Livingston has fired manager Allan Preston after seven losses in a row. The Lions are last in the Scottish Premier League with just nine points from 15 games and the owners decided | 1 |
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