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Pirates! Ships! It #39;s unfortunately not the next Uncharted Waters game, but the remake of a classic Sid Meier #39;s title will certainly do... Atari and Firaxis Games announced today that the highly-anticipated sequel to one of | 3 |
Bengals #39; Palmers leaves practice Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer missed the second half of Thursday #39;s practice while receiving treatment for back spasms. | 1 |
Iran wants centrifuges exempted from uranium enrichment freeze <b>...</b> Iran insisted Thursday it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium, a move that diplomats said | 0 |
Rwandan and Congo Leaders to Meet The presidents of Congo and Rwanda could meet soon to calm renewed tensions between the neighboring countries, according to presidential aides. | 0 |
Madrid 2012 Protests Paris 2012 Bid Promotion Madrid 2012 organizers complained that Paris 2012 had broken bidding rules for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games by using Frances embassies in Oslo and Kuwait to hold events promoting its candidacy. | 1 |
Salvation Army bell ringers find new donation sites (RALEIGH, North Carolina)-- Wake County #39;s Salvation Army will have dozens of new donation sites this holiday. That #39;s in large part because Target decided not to allow any non-profit groups in front of its stores. | 2 |
Manning Shines As Colts Gobble Up Lions (AP) AP - Peyton Manning broke one of Dan Marino's records, took a big step toward another and didn't even have to play the whole game to do it. Manning threw for six touchdowns in less than three quarters and raised his season total to 41 scoring passes to lead the Indianapolis Colts past the Detroit Lions 41-9 Thursday. | 1 |
Paraguay Seizes 300 Kg Cocaine at Brazil Border (Reuters) Reuters - Paraguayan anti-drug agents\seized their biggest cocaine haul in 15 years after searching a\small airplane near the border with Brazil, a state prosecutor\told Reuters on Thursday. | 0 |
Bison Populations Decimated by Cold, Not Hunting, Study Says North American bison populations suffered a sharp decline long before humans inhabited the continent, indicating that environmental factors, not hunting, wiped out the animals, according to a study published in the journal Science. | 3 |
Informal six-nation talks on NKorea nuclear drive next month: report (AFP) AFP - Informal six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program may take place in mid-December in Beijing, South Korea's state-run KBS television network reported. | 0 |
Senate report says Canadians won't cut greenhouse gases until it costs them (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - (CP) - It's time for Canadians to stop paying lip service to climate change and start paying cash in the form of higher bills to tank up their cars and heat their homes, says a Senate report released Thursday. | 0 |
Away From Home and Family, a Slice of Tradition For U.S. soldiers in Iraq celebrating Thanksgiving away from their families, the day's events showed some traditions can be transplanted, even to the palm groves and farm fields near Baqubah. | 0 |
University Up for Sale in Spoof Auction which plans to axe three academic departments to save money -as been put up for sale on the internet auction site eBay. The campus is on offer at 10 million in | 3 |
NFL: Manning Fires Six TD Passes as Colts Rout Lions (Reuters) Reuters - Peyton Manning threw six touchdown\passes, setting a National Football League record with his\fifth straight game with at least four TD tosses, as the\Indianapolis Colts hammered the Detroit Lions 41-9 in U.S.\Thanksgiving Day play in Detroit. | 1 |
Lehmann slams #39;arrogant #39; ref Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has accused German referee Herbert Fandel, who sent off two Arsenal players in Eindhoven, of being quot;very arrogant quot;. | 1 |
Davidson #39;s Williams Hopes Dashed BAR Honda have dashed Anthony Davidson #39;s hopes for a top drive in 2005, and blamed the Williams team in the process. BAR technical director Geoff Willis said that Williams would not compromise on an #39;unconditional arrangement. | 1 |
Ready to partner Bellamy This fixture will be one of the toughest matches we #39;ve faced this season because winning games in France is never easy. Sochaux are flying high in their own league, in third position, and that is no mean feat. | 1 |
Barcelona still aiming to overhaul Milan Striker Samuel Eto #39;o says Barcelona still want to top their Champions League group despite having safely qualified for the knockout stages with a 1-1 draw against Celtic on Wednesday. | 1 |
Rebels threaten gates AUSTRALIA #39;s best players will be forced to take a pay cut running into thousands of dollars if a West Indian dispute leaves a second-string Caribbean side touring Australia for the one-day series. | 1 |
ENGLAND STARS quot;SADDENED quot; BY ZIMBABWE DRAMA England #39;s players hit out at cricket #39;s authorities tonight and claimed they had been used as quot;political pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe government produced a spectacular U-turn to ensure the controversial one-day series will go ahead. | 1 |
Austria #39;s Walchhofer fastest in training at Lake Louise CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Austrians Michael Walchhofer and Hermann Maier finished 1-2 Thursday in training for this weekend #39;s season-opening World Cup downhill race in Lake Louise, Alta. | 1 |
Myanmar to release another 5,000 prisoners: state radio YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar said it would release a second batch of prisoners taking the total announced in a week to more than 9,000. The military regime said it would free 5,311 prisoners on top of the 3,937 | 0 |
Oracle names proposed PeopleSoft board Oracle has named four candidates that it plans to nominate to the board of PeopleSoft, as it pushes forward with its efforts to try to take control of the rival company. | 2 |
NFL: Manning Fires Six TD Passes as Colts Rout Lions Peyton Manning threw six touchdown passes, setting a National Football League record with his fifth straight game with at least four TD tosses, as the Indianapolis Colts hammered the Detroit Lions 41-9 in US Thanksgiving Day play in | 1 |
Olowokandi arrested, tasered outside Indy club NBA player Michael Olowokandi was arrested early Thursday at an Indianapolis nightclub after a dispute with police, during which the Minnesota Timberwolves center was hit twice with an electronic stun gun, police said. | 1 |
Steaua top after beating Besiktas BUCHAREST, Romania -- Rica Neaga and Cristian Ciocoiu scored in the first half as Steaua Bucharest held on to beat Besiktas 2-1 in a hard-fought UEFA Cup tie to go top of Group B on Thursday. | 1 |
Arafat #39;s willing executioners Sometimes, when we think we #39;re changing 4 quarters for a dollar, we actually get short-changed. This is the case with the death of Yasser Arafat. | 0 |
BJP sees no gains from Aziz visit Ranchi, Nov. 25: The BJP has said Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Azizs India visit has fetched no results. A resolution on foreign policy passed at the partys national executive tonight said: No | 0 |
Minnesota Timberwolves Center Arrested (AP) AP - Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was arrested early Thursday morning after he refused to leave a club. | 1 |
EU, Japan to Get WTO #39;s Go-Ahead to Hit Back at US Handouts US queries about how Japan and the European Union will sanction American imports were resolved today, paving the way for retaliation against a US law that has handed \$750 million in customs levies to companies since 2001. | 2 |
Hunters Off the Hook for Bison Declines WASHINGTON - Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago. | 3 |
Pigeons #39;sense magnetic field #39; Homing pigeons use the Earth #39;s magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists writing in Nature magazine confirm. | 3 |
Olowokandi arrested in Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was arrested early this morning after he refused to leave an Indianapolis club. | 1 |
Barwick Is New FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick, the head of ITV Sport, was tonight facing the challenge of uniting the national sport behind him as he was announced as the Football Associations new chief executive. | 1 |
Mickelson shoots 59 American Phil Mickelson registered a 59 to win the Grand Slam of Golf in Kauai, Hawaii. The Masters champion had an eagle putt on the 18th for a record 58 but missed and tapped in for a birdie and a 59, equalling the lowest score in stroke-play history. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-TV executive Barwick wins top job at English FA Television executive Brian Barwick was given the top job in English football on Thursday when he was appointed Football Association chief executive. | 1 |
USC's Leinart on Big Stage Against Irish (AP) AP - Carson Palmer kept throwing and throwing, and by the time he was finished with Notre Dame two years ago, Southern California had a one-sided victory and the quarterback had locked up the Heisman Trophy. | 1 |
Eight Executed in Cancun Drug Killings (Reuters) Reuters - Suspected drug gangsters murdered\eight people execution-style in and around the Caribbean beach\town of Cancun this week as a wave of brutal killings hit\Mexico. | 0 |
Anil speaks, refuses to join issue Reliance Energy Chairman Anil Ambani on Thursday refused to join issue with his elder brother Mukesh Ambani on the battle raging between them. | 2 |
New Owners Plan To Cut 829 SouthTrust Jobs BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The new owners of SouthTrust Corp. have told state officials they plan to cut 829 jobs in Birmingham between January 2005 and March 2006. | 2 |
UEFA Cup: Villarreal downs Middlesbrough 2-0 Antonio Guayre #39; #39; Betancor and Javi Venta scored in each half to earn Villarreal a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in UEFA Cup Group E on Thursday. | 1 |
NFL Game Summary - Indianapolis at Detroit Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning continued his amazing season, tying a career-high with six touchdown passes, as Indianapolis trounced Detroit, 41-9, in the traditional Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field. | 1 |
Ponting wants best West Indies team to tour Australia Ricky Ponting has said he would be disappointed if senior West Indies players, including batsman Brian Lara, did not join the team #39;s one-day series tour | 1 |
Just say No(tre Dame) TONY Rice? Who is he? Tim Brown? He #39;s that old receiver the Raiders cut loose, right? Ara Parseghian? Isn #39;t he the guy who coached back in the #39;30s and #39;40s? | 1 |
Oracle to Make PeopleSoft Nominations (AP) AP - Oracle Corp. plans to nominate four candidates for election to rival PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors as part of its battle to acquire the rival software company. | 3 |
Stripper shortage reflects industry demands for more demeaning acts: expert (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Contrary to Immigration Department claims, there is no shortage of native-borne exotic dancers in Canada, says a University of Toronto law professor who has studied the strip club business. | 0 |
Cricket: England players' dismay England's players claim to have been used as "political pawns" over the Zimbabwe tour crisis. | 0 |
Football: Boro's hopes dashed Middlesbrough suffer their first defeat in Europe this season and will have to wait to secure their Uefa Cup knockout spot. | 0 |
Yukos CFO delays return to Moscow after summoned for questioning A half-dozen executives of embattled oil giant Yukos have left Russia and the company #39;s chief financial officer said Thursday he won #39;t return until he learns whether the government is planning charges against him. | 2 |
EU in push to reduce red tape The European Union has launched a new drive to reduce its regulatory burden on companies, in a bid to tackle one of the most frequent complaints made by business. | 2 |
Microsoft IE losing out to Firefox? London: Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer(IE)is facing some stiff competition from Firefox as web analysts have revealed that the proportion of surfers using Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90 percent. | 3 |
Colts Quarterback Sets Passing Record (AP) AP - Colts quarterback Peyton Manning set an NFL record by throwing at least four touchdown passes in a fifth straight game, getting four in the first half alone against the Lions on Thursday. | 1 |
Four-goal Newcastle breeze into last 32 of UEFA Cup Last season #39;s UEFA Cup semi-finalists Newcastle United marched into the last 32 with their third successive win in the group stage on Thursday. | 1 |
Webber #39;s drive time MARK Webber revealed he can already feel the winning potential of his new team after just one day #39;s testing in Spain. The Australian was speaking as controversy engulfed his Williams team back in England when | 1 |
Olowokandi jailed for nightclub incident Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Minnesota Timberwolves Michael Olowokandi spent Wednesday night in jail after police needed a stun gun to compel him to leave a club. | 1 |
UEFA Cup: Lazio rallies to 2-2 draw with Partizan Second-half goals by Paolo Di Canio and Simone Inzaghi rallied Lazio to a 2-2 home draw with Partizan Belgrade in a UEFA Cup Group E match on Thursday. | 1 |
USC #39;s Leinart gets opportunity to influence Heisman voters Carson Palmer kept throwing and throwing, and by the time he was finished with Notre Dame two years ago, Southern California had a one-sided victory and the quarterback had locked up the Heisman Trophy. | 1 |
UEFA Cup: Schalke beats Ferencvaros 2-0 Schalke beat Ferencvaros Budapest 2-0 in their UEFA Cup match on Thursday to leapfrog over idle Feyenoord Rotterdam to the top of Group A. Support your favorite team with official UEFA Cup gear from the FOX Soccer Shop! | 1 |
Palestinian firebrand is to run for president from Israeli cell MARWAN BARGHOUTI, the Palestinian leader jailed for life in an Israeli prison, re-emerged as a pivotal figure in Palestinian politics last night when senior Fatah officials | 0 |
ASEAN peace pact signing #39;unlikely #39; PRIME Minister John Howard today said Australia was unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Mr Howard #39;s visit to Laos for the ASEAN leaders #39; summit next week. | 0 |
EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a month This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and open source initiatives are on the horizon. | 2 |
Big leap in foreign investment in India Foreign direct investment inflows to India leapt by almost 70 per cent in the first six months of the year but are still running at only a tenth the volume of China. | 2 |
Immoral, unjust, oppressive dictatorship. . . and then there #39;s <b>...</b> ROBERT MUGABES Government is pushing through legislation designed to prevent human rights organisations from operating in Zimbabwe. | 1 |
UEFA Cup: Liedson lifts Sporting Sporting Lisbon ended Dinamo Tbilisi #39;s interest in the UEFA Cup with a crushing 4-0 victory at the Boris Paichadze stadium in Georgia. | 1 |
Yukos Board to Develop Short-Term Emergency Plan #39; (Update1) OAO Yukos Oil Co. will draw up a short-term emergency plan #39; #39; to prepare for the sale of OAO Yuganskneftegas, the company #39;s main oil-producing unit, and the expropriation of other assets. | 2 |
Oracle to nominate four candidates for PeopleSoft board REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. Oracle has announced plans to nominate four candidates for election to rival PeopleSoft #39;s board of directors. | 2 |
More oil spilled off Newfoundland ST. JOHN #39;S, NFLD. - Another spill at Newfoundland #39;s Terra Nova oil field has added about 1,000 litres to the 165,000 litres of crude spilled Sunday. | 2 |
Israel downplays EU meetings with Hamas Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has | 0 |
UN warns Rwanda on Congo threats The UN Security Council has warned Rwanda not to attack the Democratic Republic of Congo to flush out Hutu rebels based there, reports Anne Mugisa. | 0 |
PM wouldn #39;t like to see rising dollar PRIME Minister John Howard hopes the Australian dollar does not keep on rising because it would make us less competitive. Mr Howard said although he wouldn #39;t say Australia was heading for tough times, there | 0 |
Board pledges to defend Yukos The board of directors of embattled oil giant Yukos said Thursday it will continue to defend the company from a criminal probe it called politically motivated amid reports that board members have fled Russia. | 2 |
A Familiar Ring There #39;s no rest for the Salvation Army bell ringers as the holidays arrive. They #39;re out in force this season, gathering money to help the less fortunate. | 2 |
Magpies hammer French Newcastle cruise through to the knock out phase of the Uefa Cup with a convincing 4-0 away to Sochaux. The French side made a promising start, Jeremy Menez free kick forcing Shay Given to make a diving save. | 1 |
Austria #39;s Michael Walchhofer surprising himself in downhill <b>...</b> LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Austria #39;s Michael Walchhofer is surprising himself as he gets ready for the first World Cup downhill race of the season. | 1 |
Qaeda believed to be calling for action in Afghanistan BAGRAM AIR BASE: Al Qaeda is believed to have called its followers to action in response to the massively attended vote last month that elected President Hamid Karzai, said a top US commander. | 0 |
Djamshid says farewell and thank you to Canada on eve of long trip home (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - A 10-year-old Afghan boy whose struggle for life captured the hearts of Canadians bade a fond farewell to the country that rescued him Thursday as he prepared for a long journey home to a life of abject poverty. | 0 |
Oil Prices Rise in Europe Oil futures prices rose in Europe Thursday amid concerns about heating oil supplies at the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere winter. | 2 |
Japanese Stocks May Rise; Nintendo, AOC, JFE, NTT Seen Gaining Japanese stocks may rise after companies including Nintendo Co. and AOC Holdings Inc. raised their full-year earnings forecasts. Expectations of a strong Christmas sale season are | 2 |
Philips sells 3 stake in Vivendi for 720mil euros AMSTERDAM: Royal Philips Electronics NV has sold its entire 3 stake in Vivendi Universal for around 720 million euros. The transaction closed on Wednesday and is expected to result in a non-taxable gain of 300 million euros in the fourth quarter. | 2 |
Safety groups give warning about unsafe toys Before you go holiday shopping, children #39;s safety groups said you should check their lists twice to find out which toys could hurt your kids. | 2 |
Nfld. oil spill more serious than originally thought ST. JOHN #39;S, Nfld. -- An oil spill on Newfoundland #39;s Grand Banks is larger than first reported. The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board now says that up to 1,000 barrels of oil may have spilled into | 2 |
KarstadtQuelle Reaches Pact With Rebel Investors (Update2) KarstadtQuelle AG, Germany #39;s biggest operator of department stores, reached an agreement with investors who mounted legal challenges to the company #39;s plan to raise 535 million euros (\$709 million) in a share sale. | 2 |
FDI in branded retail may be allowed NEW DELHI, Nov. 25. The Centre plans to open the doors to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail segment so long as it does not impact the domestic retailers in the same sector. | 2 |
China, India and Pakistan stall WTO talks on textile quotas GENEVA: Major textile exporters China, Pakistan and India on Thursday stalled talks at the World Trade Organisation on assistance for smaller textile-producing developing countries likely to be affected by the end of import quotas next January, diplomats | 2 |
Cicada infestations boost nutrients for forests WASHINGTON - Insects that emerge every 17 years in the eastern United States provide valuable nutrients to forest ecosystems when they die, an ecologist says. | 3 |
Henry a doubtful starter EINDHOVEN: Thierry Henry is doubtful for Arsenal #39;s Premiership clash with Liverpool on Sunday after aggravating a lingering achilles tendon problem in the stormy Champions League draw with PSV Eindhoven here on Wednesday. | 1 |
O #39;Neill hails Celtic performance in Barcelona Celtic manager Martin O #39;Neill has hailed his team #39;s performance as quot;phemomenal quot;, as they kept their European hopes alive. | 1 |
Lazio 2-2 Partizan Belgrade: FT Report ROME, November 25 (UEFA Cup) - Paulo Di Canio was the hero as he brought Lazio back from two goals down against Partizan Belgrade but their UEFA Cup campaign may be beyond salvation. | 1 |
Fan slapped with fine, five-year ban for racially abusing Yorke LONDON (AFP) - A British court slapped a 1,000-pound (1,880-dollar) fine and a five-year football ground ban on a fan for hurling monkey chants at Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke. | 1 |
Bowe to Miss Fight Due to Shoulder Injury LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov 25, 2004 - Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe will not fight Kenny Craven on Saturday because of a shoulder injury. | 1 |
Sportsview: Manning Still Needs Ring (AP) AP - Peyton Manning had barely made it to the locker room, and already the talking heads on the network NFL shows were debating his place in history. | 1 |
US Launches Massive Offensive on Baghdad BAGHDAD, November 24 (IslamOnline.net amp; News Agencies) - US-led occupation troops took Tuesday night, November 23, their offensive from Fallujah to Baghdad with some 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launching full-scale raids into | 0 |
Colombian fighters lay down arms Some 450 members of Colombia #39;s feared rightwing paramilitaries have disarmed en masse in a football field as part of the process to end the civil war. | 0 |
Newcastle and Dnipro Win Third Straight (AP) AP - Newcastle and Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk maintained their perfect records in the UEFA Cup group phase on Thursday to virtually guarantee a place in the knockout stage. | 1 |
WTO close to action against US BRUSSELS The World Trade Organization is expected to approve on Friday the imposition of trade sanctions worth \$150 million on the United States by the European Union, Japan, Canada and others after a legal issue was resolved Thursday. | 2 |
Consumer confidence takes tumble in Germany Business confidence in Germany, Europe #39;s largest economy, fell to its lowest level in more than a year in November as the euro #39;s climb to a record high against the dollar threatened exports and unemployment at a five-year high crimped consumer spending | 2 |
Philips sells stake in Vivendi Philips Electronics, Europe #39;s largest maker of CD players, said Thursday that it had sold its 3 percent stake in Vivendi Universal, owner of the world #39;s biggest music company. | 2 |
Analysts want Ambani brothers to come clean on the ownership issue <b>...</b> Business India: Mumbai, Nov 25 : A rift between the Ambani brothers who run the country #39;s business conglomerate - the Reliance Group - today spilled into the board room of power utility Reliance Energy Ltd. | 2 |
Computers Help Authenticate Paintings Art collectors spend millions to buy masterpieces, but the masterpiece they buy today could prove to be virtually worthless tomorrow if they aren #39;t careful. | 3 |
Google up on Goldman #39;s \$215 stock price target Shares of Web search leader Google (GOOG) rose more than 5 in extended trade Tuesday after Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto put a \$215 price target on the stock. | 3 |
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