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Newcastle #39;s stand-ins prove to be line perfect STEVE McCLAREN returned to Spain for the second time in little more than a week and, although there was no recurrence of the Neanderthal noises that marred Englands defeat in Madrid, he was again made to endure a substandard performance from one of his | 1 |
Pampling jumps to front QUEENSLANDER Rod Pampling made four birdies on the front nine to grab the outright lead in the second round of the Australian Open in Sydney. | 1 |
Australia is unlikely to sign nonaggression pact with Asean Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he is unlikely to sign a nonaggression pact with Australia #39;s Asian neighbors. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Howard #39;s visit | 0 |
NK awaits better climate for talks With global attention focused on whether and when North Korea will return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, Pyongyang officials are quot;sincere quot; in wanting a denuclearized peninsula and await a quot;better atmosphere quot; to resume discussions, a | 0 |
Fearing Prosecution by Kremlin, Top Executives of Yukos Leave Russia Top executives at the Russian oil giant Yukos, including the company's American chief executive and chief financial officers, have left the country. | 2 |
Could Be Days Before Terra Nova Restart - Petrocan CALGARY, Alberta - It could could be days before Canada #39;s second-largest offshore oil project, Terra Nova, restarts after being shut down last weekend when crude spilled into the ocean, an official with operator Petro-Canada said Thursday. | 2 |
Target Stores Ban Holiday Bell Ringers SEATTLE - A major department store chain is telling the Salvation Army to take its bell ringers someplace else. Target Stores is taking the extreme action claiming the bell ringing gives the Salvation Army an unfair advantage. | 2 |
Deep freeze dealt death knell to bison WASHINGTON - Hunters may not be to blame for the decline in bison populations, according to a new study that points the finger at climate change. | 3 |
EU tries to hold Iran to nuclear weapons deal The European Union was last night attempting to salvage a hard-fought deal with Iran after Tehran insisted on exemptions to its agreed suspension of activities that could produce a nuclear weapon. | 0 |
Yukos top managers leave Russia fearing arrest MOSCOW - The top management of oil major Yukos has left Russia fearing arrest under a Kremlin drive to quot;decapitate quot; the country #39;s largest oil exporting company, a Yukos source said on Thursday. | 2 |
Resignations jolt India #39;s Reliance A rift between the Ambani brothers who run India #39;s Reliance conglomerate appeared to spill into the boardroom of power utility Reliance Energy Ltd. | 2 |
Suspension-hit Pacers sign two players (AFP) AFP - The Indiana Pacers signed forwards Tremaine Fowlkes and Britton Johnsen to fill gaps left by the suspensions of three players involved in a brawl at Detroit last week. | 1 |
Sunni Politicians Urge Iraq Election Delay (AP) AP - Leading Sunni Muslim politicians Thursday urged postponement of the Jan. 30 national elections, and a senior official said the government had agreed to meet outside the country with Saddam Hussein supporters to try to convince them to abandon the insurgency. | 0 |
9 Found in Apparent Cancun Drug Killings (AP) AP - Police found the bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, in two areas Thursday near this Caribbean resort city, apparent victims of drug killings, officials said. | 0 |
Life behind bars in South Africa Mark Thatcher, in court over a coup plot, has built a new life amid the millionaires #39; mansions of Constantia. Raymond Whitaker reports. | 0 |
No playin #39; around, toys called unsafe As local kids make their holiday lists, parents might want to check them twice for potentially dangerous toys. Consumer advocates yesterday released a list of 61 toys they contend have deficient labeling or hazardous parts. | 2 |
Apple iTunes don #39;t know it #39;s Christmas-time at all THE Apple iTunes music store has refused to sell the charity Band Aid song Do They Know Its Christmas? because it would damage the companys dominance of the download market. | 3 |
McClaren pays for lack of ambition WITH a minimum of drama and an economy of effort - qualities that are seldom applicable to the club -ewcastle United last night qualified for the knockout phase of the Uefa Cup. | 1 |
Australia Bats First in Second Cricket Test Against NZ Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat first against New Zealand in the second and final cricket Test at Adelaide. | 1 |
Real racist chants investigated Uefa is investigating Real Madrid over racist chanting after Tuesday #39;s Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen. Video footage from the match, which finished 1-1, appeared to show Real fans making Nazi | 1 |
The railroading of Ron Artest I am not about to condone the Indiana Pacer #39;s behavior for charging into the stands and swinging at some Detroit Piston fans. As a professional and public figure, he has a responsibility to take the high road with unruly fans. | 1 |
Britain condemns upsurge in violence in Sudan #39;s Darfur The British government on Thursday condemned the upsurge of violence in Darfur, and called on rebels and the Sudanese government to stop fighting. | 0 |
THE TOY SHOP FOR KIDS OF ALL SIZES AN EXCLUSIVE toy shop which was featured in blockbuster films Home Alone II and Big reopened its doors yesterday. The ceremony marked a big turnaround for FAO Schwarz. | 2 |
Dallas Cowboys Stuff Chicago Bears 21-7 (AP) AP - Drew Henson will have to wait before he's the star of the Dallas Cowboys offense. Right now, the youngster turning heads is rookie running back Julius Jones. Jones burst up the middle for a 33-yard touchdown on Dallas' first drive and was still going strong at the end, scoring again from the 4 midway through the fourth quarter to help the Cowboys beat the Chicago Bears 21-7 Thursday. | 1 |
Driving hard into the future of TV THERE is never a right time to buy technology. Something cheaper, faster and better specified will be on the market before you have even got your product out of its box. | 3 |
Jailed Leader to Run for Arafat's Job (AP) AP - Marwan Barghouti, a fiery Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison, indicated Thursday that he is running for Yasser Arafat's position as head of the Palestinian Authority, defying the traditional leadership and scrambling the political picture ahead of the Jan. 9 election. | 0 |
Marseille to hire Troussier Marseille, France (Sports Network) - French power Marseille have reached an quot;agreement in principal quot; for Philippe Troussier to become its new head coach. | 1 |
Iraqi Officials to Meet With Rebels to Discuss Political Role The Iraqi foreign minister said today that the interim Iraqi government planned to meet soon in Jordan with leaders of the insurgency to try to persuade them to take part in legitimate politics here. | 0 |
Peoplesoft deal to trigger industry consolidation PeopleSofts shareholders tendered 60.8 of their shares to Oracle on November20th, which in TBRs (Technology Business Research) opinion makes this acquisition approximately 95 plausible. | 2 |
Troussier to take over at Marseille FORMER Japan manager Philippe Troussier was in quot;advanced talks quot; to become Olympique Marseilles new coach last night as the club president became the latest casualty of the clubs poor form. | 1 |
Suspension-hit Pacers sign two players The Indiana Pacers signed forwards Tremaine Fowlkes and Britton Johnsen to fill gaps left by the suspensions of three players involved in a brawl at Detroit last week. | 1 |
Milestone for UConn; Millstone for Rutgers In the postgame scrum underneath Rutgers Stadium, Connecticut Coach Randy Edsall paused for a moment and reflected on that day in December 1998 when he began the daunting | 1 |
Straw hopeful as he visits Arafat #39;s grave JACK Straw, the Foreign Secretary, visited the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday at the end of a two-day trip to Israel and the West Bank to help revive the Middle East peace process. | 0 |
Julius Jones Sparks Cowboys' Victory Drew Henson will have to wait before he's the star of the Dallas Cowboys offense. Right now, the youngster turning heads is rookie running back Julius Jones. | 1 |
Dollar Struggles, Hits Record Low Vs Euro (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar struggled to keep above a\record low against the euro and its lowest in nearly five years\against the yen on Friday in a holiday-thinned market. | 2 |
Dollar's Fall Pushes Gold Above \$450 Gold rose above \$450 an ounce for the first time in more than 16 years, driven by investors looking for an alternative to the American currency. | 2 |
Acceptable price for oil barrel, 50 US dollars. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said today in Moscow that 50 US dollars per barrel of oil is an acceptable price adding that OPEC (Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries) must make sure the price does not drop below 30 US dollars. | 2 |
Lebanon Cleric Doubtful on Iraq Elections (AP) AP - Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric is voicing doubts about holding national elections in Iraq, a major departure from his Iraqi colleagues who support the vote. | 0 |
Souness delighted: Newcastle in fantastic position Newcastle United trounced Sochaux 4-0 to stay on course for the next phase of the UEFA Cup. After weathering an early storm, Newcastle ran riot as Lee Bowyer, Shola Ameobi, Craig Bellamy and Laurent Robert all struck for the Magpies. | 1 |
Zimbabweans left in the dark By a special correspondent in Harare. These were the words of an advertisement for the series between Zimbabwe and England, placed in the sports pages of Thursday morning #39;s Herald newspaper. | 1 |
Potential Arafat Successor Gains Approval Amid Talk of a Rival Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, won a vital vote on Thursday evening from the Palestinians #39; dominant political faction approving | 0 |
Uranium deal threat as Iran pushes for exemptions IRAN insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union to freeze its uranium enrichment programme - a move diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal. | 0 |
UK's undersea 'ticking timebombs' Wrecks and abandoned munitions around the British coast risk exploding unpredictably, an expert says. | 0 |
Ukraine Court Delays Results in Vote Dispute The unexpected ruling shifted momentum in the capital toward the official loser, Viktor A. Yushchenko, and the thousands of demonstrators in Independence Square. | 0 |
Flush With Victory, Crusader Against Same-Sex Marriage Thinks Big Phil Burress, a self-described former pornography addict, has become a Paul Revere for the movement against same-sex marriage. | 0 |
Splish, splash: United Utilities leaves investors tingling all <b>...</b> Water is good for you, as the Government #39;s medical advisers keep reminding us. What they don #39;t say is that water companies aren #39;t too bad for your financial health, either. | 2 |
US Dollar Hits Another Low Against Euro A window display in London showing the financial prices, Thursday Nov. 25, 2004. The dollar has dropped to an all time low against the Euro. | 2 |
Troussier sets to take over Marseille Olympique Marseille expected to reach a deal with former Japan coach Philippe Troussier quot;within 48 hours quot;, said the French first division club Thursday. | 1 |
The long journey from #39;Football Focus #39; to focusing football Brian Barwick is said to relish a challenge. Quite whether he #39;s capable of handling arguably the toughest one in British sports administration remains to be seen, but at least he will take up | 1 |
NFL: Indianapolis 41, Detroit 9 Peyton Manning equaled a career high with six touchdown passes Thursday in carrying Indianapolis to a 41-9 blasting of Detroit. It was the fifth straight game in which Manning | 1 |
For Knicks, 11 Games Down, 71 to Go and they would surely like to - the Knicks could look over their shoulders at mid-November and feel mildly satisfied. In the two-week span from Nov. | 1 |
Nepal Sets January Deadline for Rebels to Begin Peace Talks Rebels fighting to replace Nepal #39;s monarchy with a communist republic have until Jan. 13 to begin peace talks, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said. | 0 |
Australia raises hackles in Asia over refusal to sign peace pact (AFP) AFP - Prime Minister John Howard said Australia is unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours despite reports its stance is causing friction ahead of his visit next week to Laos for the ASEAN leaders' summit. | 0 |
Oracle puts up four for target #39;s board Oracle has opened a new front in its 17-month battle to take over rival software company PeopleSoft, announcing a slate of nominees to challenge the existing board of directors at its annual meeting next year. | 2 |
Venezuelan president says OPEC output OK as is, \$30 US a floor <b>...</b> Venezuela #39;s president said Thursday he supports keeping OPEC oil production at current levels, contracting comments by his energy minister who said last week that Venezuela would support a production cut. | 2 |
FAO opens flagship Manhattan store FAO Schwarz, the upmarket toy retailer that has been closed for nearly a year, yesterday opened its redesigned flagship Manhattan store in time for the start of the holiday spending season. | 2 |
Barclays says on track to meet full-year profit forecasts; shares <b>...</b> Barclays PLC, Britain #39;s third-biggest bank, said Thursday it is on track to meet analyst expectations of a full-year profit before tax of 4.5 billion pounds (\$8.5 billion US), despite a flat performance from its domestic retail banking | 2 |
Climate may have been bison #39;s main killer, not man WORK by a British scientist may show that humans were not responsible for the bison almost becoming extinct in the 19th century, it was disclosed yesterday. | 3 |
China to launch lunar orbiter by Late 2007 China will launch its lunar orbiter Chang #39;e 1 to explore the moon #39;s environment and study the thickness of its soil by the end of 2007, according to a senior Chinese space expert in India. | 3 |
Budget ax falls on lunar probe Politics, Texas-style, led to NASA and its shuttle program getting their best treatment in decades from Congressional budget writers. | 3 |
Villarreal 2-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough were denied the point they needed to move into the knockout stage of the Uefa Cup by a classy Villarreal side. A defensive Boro were soon on the back foot and keeper Mark Schwarzer made three fine first-half stops. | 1 |
Paris 2012 accused over embassies Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee #39;s (IOC) ethical commission. | 1 |
Knicks #39; defense consistently bad The list of quot;bests, highests and biggests quot; accomplished by Toronto in its 114-91 blowout of the Knicks on Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre really was quite impressive. | 1 |
Taj night visits approved LUCKNOW: India #39;s top court has opened the country #39;s most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, to night viewing, allowing visitors to gaze at the dazzling marble monument by moonlight for the first time in two decades. | 0 |
Jakarta Court Says Cleric Bashir Trial Can Proceed The trial on terrorism charges of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, accused of leading a regional network linked to al Qaeda, can go ahead, a Jakarta court ruled Thursday. | 0 |
Nepal Gives Rebels Until January for Peace Talks Nepal will push ahead with planned elections if Maoist rebels do not respond by Jan. 13 to a government offer for peace talks to end a bloody revolt, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday. | 0 |
Nissan Motor stops work at four plants Nissan Motor, the Japanese carmaker, has been forced to stop production at three of its four car assembly plants in Japan for five working days after running out | 2 |
All-round advance at United Utilities United Utilities, the water and electricity distributor, raised first-half pre-tax profit by 13 per cent to 188m following growth across all its operations. | 2 |
Cabinet ministers suspended after Congo's parliament alleges corruption (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - President Joseph Kabila suspended six cabinet ministers and 10 directors of state-run companies Thursday after a parliamentary inquiry alleged they had embezzled government funds. | 0 |
From road rage to fan rage, civility takes a beating When professional athletes start slugging fans, severe penalties pretty much are a no-brainer. So few tears will be shed for the nine basketball players suspended - at the cost of millions in salary -fter | 1 |
Ontario reveals plan to broaden child care options for kindergarten kids (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The daily dash between kindergarten and day care could one day be a thing of the past for Ontario parents under a provincial plan unveiled Thursday to dramatically increase the number of available day care spaces. | 0 |
N.Korea, US to Discuss Six-Way Talks in Dec: Nikkei A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with US counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea #39;s nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday. | 0 |
Many See Hope in Parkinson's Drug Pulled From Testing Some Parkinson's patients say drug developer Amgen robbed them of their only hope by ordering all patients off an experimental drug. | 2 |
The Heart of the Hartz Commission Peter Hartz, as chairman of a commission to overhaul Germany's economy, became synonymous with far-reaching, often unpopular, reforms. | 2 |
Indonesian Food Giant Undergoes a Transformation as the Political Winds Shift The head of the world's largest instant noodle manufacturer is trying to transform what was one of Asia's most influential overseas Chinese operations. | 2 |
Rule Change in Oregon May Alter the Landscape Under the measure, property owners who can prove that environmental or zoning rules have hurt their investments can force the government to compensate them. | 0 |
The perfect shop for children who like to toy with money AMERICAS Thanksgiving Day brought good news for the child who has everything. Almost a year after it went bankrupt and closed down, FAO Schwarz, the worlds most renowned toy shop, yesterday reopened its store on New Yorks Fifth Avenue. | 2 |
UK growth forecast cut LONDON: A leading business group cut its 2005 forecast for British economic growth yesterday, blaming a combination of high oil and commodity prices, slowing global growth and domestic interest rate rises. | 2 |
Remortgages surge as new home loans begin to weaken By Malcolm Moore, Economics Correspondent (Filed: 26/11/2004). Increasing numbers of homeowners are renegotiating their mortgages to take advantage of the slowing property market, the British Bankers Association said yesterday. | 2 |
War codebreaker cracks an enigma of love A CODED message from the 18th century that has baffled generations of cryptologists may be nothing more than a loving dedication to a mourned wife or lover, according to a leading codebreaker. | 3 |
DoCoMo closes in on UK i-mode deal NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s largest mobile phone company, will announce an agreement next week for UK operator MMO2 to offer its i-mode services in the UK next year, according to people close to the deal. | 3 |
What really drove buffalo from the plains? quot;The country was one black robe, quot; said early explorers on the North American continent as they surveyed the herds of buffalo. | 3 |
Beijing city slammed over Microsoft deal The Beijing municipal government has come under fire for damaging China #39;s nascent software industry by giving United States software giant Microsoft the lion #39;s share of a large software purchase order. | 3 |
Barwick handed post as FA chief executive Brian Barwick last night accepted the chief executive #39;s position at the Football Association following a final round of interviews earlier in the day. | 1 |
UConn edges Rutgers, works way toward bowl Dan Orlovsky threw three touchdowns and Connecticut virtually assured itself of a bowl bid in its first season as a football member of the Big East Conference with a wild 41-35 victory over Rutgers on Thursday. | 1 |
UN blames rebels in Darfur The rebel Sudan Liberation Army was solely responsible for restarting the fighting in north Darfur, the chief UN envoy for Sudan, Jan Pronk, said yesterday. | 0 |
CBI trims growth forecast and calls Brown optimistic The CBI accused Gordon Brown of being quot;too optimistic quot; over the health of the economy yesterday, as the employer #39;s organisation downgraded its own forecast for GDP growth next year. | 2 |
Has the mystery of the Holy Grail been solved? For centuries the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, supposing it exists at all, has exercised the minds of scholars and tested the endurance of treasure hunters. | 3 |
Nissan to Halt Auto Output at 3 Plants in Japan for 5 Days The Nissan Motor Company said Thursday that a shortage of steel would force it to temporarily halt production at three of four of its auto factories in Japan, an unusual step | 2 |
Contract Stirs New Talk on Disney Job By Reuters. Peter Chernin, president of the News Corporation, has signed a new contract that makes it easier for him to take the top job at another publicly traded company. | 2 |
Olowokandi jailed for nightclub incident Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi spent Wednesday night in jail after police needed a stun gun to compel him to leave a nightclub. | 1 |
Arizona challenges No. 1 Wake Forest Wake Forest will put the No. 1 men #39;s basketball ranking on the line against an Arizona team anxious to atone for an early misstep when they meet Friday night in the Preseason National | 1 |
9 Found in Apparent Cancun Drug Killings (AP) AP - Police discovered the bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, at two sites outside this resort city. Authorities said the killing were probably linked to a drug turf war. | 0 |
India pitches Kashmir autonomy for Pakistan peace (Reuters) Reuters - India said on Thursday it could consider giving a large amount of autonomy to the disputed region of Kashmir to help make peace with Pakistan, but said it was not willing to redraw its borders to settle half a century of enmity. | 0 |
Yudhoyono visits strife-torn Aceh Indonesia's new president visits Aceh province, where the army is involved in a major offensive against rebels. | 0 |
India Suggests Greater Autonomy for Kashmir NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 -- India said on Thursday that it could consider giving a large amount of autonomy to the disputed region of Kashmir to help make peace with Pakistan but was not willing to redraw its borders to settle a half-century of enmity. | 0 |
Burma Says It Will Free Over 5,000 More Prisoners RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 25 -- Burma announced Thursday that it would release more than 5,000 prisoners, and a senior official said a top dissident who was democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's closest aide would also be freed before long. | 0 |
Brazilian Landless Protests Hit Capital <p></p><p> By Andrew Hay</p><p> BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - More than 8,000 Brazilianlandless activists surrounded the central bank on Thursday andthreatened a big fight over land next year unless they get morepublic money to speed up land reform.</p> | 0 |
Cocaine-Laden Plane Seized in Paraguay Paraguayan police captured a leading Brazilian drug trafficking suspect after a gunbattle with the occupants of a cocaine-laden plane near the border with Brazil, authorities said. | 0 |
Thousands Stage Protest at Brazil's Central Bank <p></p><p> By Andrew Hay</p><p> BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - More than 8,000 Brazilianlandless activists surrounded the central bank on Thursday andthreatened a big fight over land next year unless they get morepublic money to speed up land reform.</p> | 0 |
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