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Guerrilla #39;s assistant captured, says Iraq A lieutenant of Iraq #39;s most feared insurgent leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was captured this week, the country #39;s national security minister said Thursday, and | 0 |
Clenched fists now the norm To me, the Thanksgiving holiday is the beginning of a six- week stretch filled with food, family and fun. A time to reflect about the things I #39;m thankful for as well as enjoy | 1 |
Algeria reveals rebel crackdown Algerian officials say they have arrested the leader of a radical Islamic group and killed his deputy. | 0 |
Runaway Rod hard to rein in ONE of Queensland golfer Rod Pampling #39;s principal endorsements is from a company that manufactures a flea treatment for dogs. He wore the Bayer cloth badge proudly on his chest yesterday while dusting down | 1 |
Moss In; Birk and Dorsey Out? The Vikings feared they would lose Matt Birk for much longer than they did earlier this season. With his pain resurfacing, he will likely be a gametime decision Sunday. | 1 |
Americans Hit Shops, Holiday Season Opens Americans stormed the nation #39;s shops on Friday after US Thanksgiving Day at the start of the holiday shopping season, lured by cut-price toys, consumer electronics and Santa. | 2 |
Chile Cuts Emissions, Helps Japan, Canada (AP) AP - 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. | 3 |
Deepest U.S. Reef Found Off Florida Coast (AP) AP - Marine researchers have discovered the deepest coral reef ever found in the United States in about 250 feet of water off the Florida coast. | 3 |
Arms Dealer Linked to Thatcher Escaped Death Sentence South African arms dealer Nick du Toit, who has been linked to Sir Mark Thatcher, was jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea today for his part in a failed coup. | 0 |
Fallujah assault brings no Zarqawi lead The Fallujah assault has failed to secure any information leading to the possible arrest of key insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a US major has admitted. | 0 |
Record Number of Tornadoes Reported in '04 (AP) AP - The bad news: more tornadoes were reported in Kansas and the nation last year than at any time since records have been kept. | 3 |
Clubbing in Barcelona So, you thought testing happened in front of empty grandstands? Not when the Renault F1 Team fan club is involved | 1 |
Wall Street ends higher despite oil price spike NEW YORK : Wall Street managed to end on a positive note Wednesday, brushing off fresh oil price spikes and disappointing economic news, including a surprise drop in consumer sentiment last month. | 2 |
Jardine Lloyd Profit to Fall; Chief Executive Quits (Update3) Jardine Lloyd Thompson Plc, the UK #39;s biggest publicly traded insurance broker, said Chief Executive Steve McGill quit and profit will decline this year because of a difficult #39; #39; second half. | 2 |
Pensions computer failure the #39;worst ever #39; Civil Servants have been reduced to writing out benefit claims by hand after what experts are calling the biggest crash in computer history. | 3 |
Impressive Newcastle rout Sochaux LONDON, England -- Newcastle achieved their first European success in France as a 4-0 win over Sochaux took the Premier League team to the top of UEFA Group D. A first half goal from Lee Bowyer and strikes | 1 |
Congress Urged to Fix Terror Oversight (AP) AP - Successful in pushing for restructuring of the nation's intelligence network, Sept. 11 families and investigators began pressing lawmakers on Monday to change the way Congress oversees the fight against terrorism. | 0 |
Consistent Pampling is trampling the field in the 100th Australian <b>...</b> Australia #39;s Rod Pampling took a four-stroke lead in the 100th Australian Open on Friday, shooting his second straight 4-under 67. | 1 |
Birk won #39;t play Sunday Vikings Pro Bowl center Matt Birk was downgraded from probable to out Thursday morning, while receiver Randy Moss took another step toward returning to action. | 1 |
Italian race shame overshadows UEFA Cup PARIS (AFP) - Newcastle United booked their place in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup but the latest round of group matches was overshadowed by another depressing outbreak of racism on European terraces. | 1 |
8 teens murdered at Chinese school A MAN stabbed eight teenagers to death and injured four others after breaking into a school in central China Friday morning, teachers and local authorities said. | 0 |
WTO to EU, Japan: Sanction U.S. Trade (Reuters) Reuters - The World Trade Organization (WTO) gave\final approval on Friday to the European Union, Japan and\others to hit the United States with some #36;150 million in trade\sanctions in a dispute over an illegal anti-dumping law. | 2 |
POLL- Managers Eye Stocks Post-Election (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. money managers took the\re-election of President Bush as a cue to make a significant\shift to stocks from bonds after months of hesitation, a new\Reuters asset allocation poll shows. | 2 |
Cingular Sells Some Assets to Alltel (Reuters) Reuters - Cingular Wireless said on Friday it\struck a deal to sell some assets to Alltel Corp. for\ #36;170 million in cash, a move that will help it meet the\government's divestiture requirements stemming from its\purchase of AT T Wireless. | 2 |
Americans Hit Shops, Holiday Season Opens (Reuters) Reuters - Americans stormed the nation's shops\on Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving Day at the start of the\holiday shopping season, lured by cut-price toys, consumer\electronics and Santa. | 2 |
US anti-dumping law draws WTO sanctions GENEVA - The World Trade Organization approved strong sanctions Friday against the United States for legislation that allows US companies to receive some duties collected from foreign competitors. | 2 |
Fiserv in Talks for Australian Pact Fiserv Inc., a provider of information technology services to the financial industry, on Friday said it is negotiating a deal to manage a proposed check-processing joint venture with three of Australia #39;s largest banks. | 2 |
Center of attention: Vikings #39; Birk battling through pain Eden Prairie, MN (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings center Matt Birk is hampered with possibly another hernia and is expected to miss Sunday #39;s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. | 1 |
Region to Add Thousands Of Seasonal Employees Sometimes, the part-time jobs can lead to permanent positions. But for many seasonal workers, the job simply means income and nice discounts at a time of year when many people want the extra cash. | 2 |
Managers buy out struggling QXL QXL Ricardo, the UK's version of internet auction site eBay, agrees to let its management take the company private. | 2 |
House-price boom 'splits Britain' Rising property prices are making the gap between rich and poor far worse, housing charity Shelter say. | 2 |
Peru Rebel Leader Offers to Surrender (Reuters) Reuters - The leader of an armed group which\took over a police station in a southern Peruvian town three\days ago and demanded the president's resignation made a fresh\promise on Monday to surrender. | 0 |
Airport Uses Web-Based Flight Info System (AP) AP - Fresno's airport is the first in the nation to use a Web-based wireless system that relies on radar #151; not the carriers #151; for the flight information displayed in its terminals, airport officials said. | 3 |
How the worm turned on car makers FIVE years ago, Carlos Ghosn, the pioneering chief of Nissan, demanded that the car maker #39;s main steel suppliers either cut their prices or risk losing its business. | 2 |
Salvation Army looks for new fundraising quot;target quot; It #39;s going to be a little quieter outside of Target stores this holiday season. The company isn #39;t allowing the Salvation Army bell ringers outside its stores. | 2 |
Mayban Unit Trust eyes RM4b fund size Mayban Unit Trust Bhd plans to double its total fund size to at least RM4bil by the middle of next year to capture a larger slice of the local fund management industry, said chief executive officer Shamsuddin Bahari. | 2 |
Ground share meeting on Merseyside LONDON, England -- One of the fiercest rivalries in world football could be set to one side under possible plans for Premier League Liverpool and Everton to share a ground. | 1 |
Zidane backs Paris bid for 2012 Olympics French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind Paris #39; campaign to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Paris bid committee said Friday. | 1 |
Report Alleges Gay Abuse in Jamaica (AP) AP - A report by a watchdog agency alleges widespread abuse against gays in this Caribbean island, known for the slogan "one love." | 0 |
Four Killed in Baghdad #39;s Green Zone A mortar attack killed four employees of a British security firm and wounded 15 others in the Baghdad #39;s Green Zone, a fortified area that houses the US and Iraqi leadership, the company and British officials said Friday. | 0 |
U.N. Condemns Rebel Capture of Darfur Town (AP) AP - The United Nations has condemned the rebel capture of a town in Darfur province, saying it violates a cease-fire agreement and jeopardizes the lives of tens of thousands of people who will not receive aid because of the fighting. | 0 |
Ukrainian rivals to hold meeting Opposing sides in the disputed presidential elections are due to meet, outgoing president Leonid Kuchma says. | 0 |
Vital polls for Palestinian party Top Palestinian political faction Fatah is to hold its first internal elections for 16 years next August. | 0 |
Pringle to risk Zim deportation Journalist Derek Pringle will refuse to sign a declaration that commits him to cover only cricket in Zimbabwe. | 0 |
Two senior officials 'leave CIA' Two senior CIA officials are reported to have quit in the latest sign of turmoil within the US spy organisation. | 0 |
Football: Juve doctor convicted A doctor is convicted of administering banned drugs to Juventus players in the 1990s. | 0 |
IOC recommends Slavkov expulsion The IOC wants suspended Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to be thrown out of the organisation. | 0 |
Four former Gurkhas dead in Iraq Four employees of a British security firm are killed inside the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad. | 0 |
Dollar hits new low, then hits back The dollar hit a record low against the euro for a fourth day running on Friday but rebounded swiftly as traders grew nervous about the possibility of central bank intervention. | 2 |
TiVo Unveils Portable Transfer Service (AP) AP - TiVo Inc. pioneered digital video recording as a new way of watching television #151; when you want it. Now it could be TV where you want it, too. | 3 |
Call for inquiry into benefits computer crash Union leaders today called for an inquiry into a massive computer crash which disabled the government #39;s benefits system, forcing civil servants to write out giro cheques by hand. | 3 |
Finnish Warn against IE6 Authorities in Finland have warned their citizen against using Microsofts Internet Explorer 6, citing a serious security flaw within the browser. | 3 |
Moon gas could meet earth #39;s energy demands A potential gas source found on the moon #39;s surface could hold the key to meeting future energy demands as the earth #39;s fossil fuels dry up in the coming decades, scientists said. | 3 |
'EICU' Lets Doctors Monitor Many Patients (AP) AP - Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar #151; via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes. | 3 |
Dodd leads chilly China Open Wales #39; Stephen Dodd shot a 2-under 70 in cold and rainy conditions Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the China Open, the first event of the 2005 PGA European Tour schedule. | 1 |
Golf roundup: Barnes takes Aussie lead Kurt Barnes held a two-stroke lead Thursday after shooting a 6-under-par 65 in the first round of the Australian Open, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. | 1 |
Dollar at New All-Time Low vs. Euro The U.S. dollar hit a new all-time low against the euro Friday for the fourth straight day, pushing the European currency above \$1.33 amid concerns about the twin U.S. deficits and the lack of any central bank action to stop the dollar's decline. | 2 |
US Airways Reaches Deal on Aircraft Financing US Airways Group Inc. said Friday it has reached agreement with General Electric Co. on aircraft leasing and financing terms that will help the airline lower costs and reduce debt as it seeks to avoid liquidation. The airline will also have to do more cost cutting on its own. | 2 |
Fear Stalks YUKOS HQ Amid Raids and Arrest Warrants Under a powdery gray Moscow sky, YUKOS employees trudged through the snow to work on Friday, fearful for the future but afraid to speak out against a government about to dismember the once-mighty oil firm. | 2 |
#39;Business as usual #39; for US Airways Fears of labor-related disruptions at US Airways failed to materialize at Pittsburgh or anywhere else in the airline #39;s travel system Wednesday as the nation #39;s busiest travel season began. | 2 |
Retailers Usher in the Holiday Season Apple Store customers in San Francisco test the iPod Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004. The iPod is one of the hot electronic items on the Christmas list of many a holiday shopper. | 2 |
Insurer Jardine issues warning Shares in the UK #39;s largest insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) have taken a tumble after the firm issued a profits warning. | 2 |
DATA VIEW:Hong Kong Economy Began To Slow In 3rd Quarter HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong #39;s economy began a widely anticipated slowdown in the third quarter of 2004, according to official figures issued Friday, as consumers started to cut back on spending in the face of growing uncertainties. | 2 |
Diplomats: Iran Uranium Dispute Resolved (AP) AP - Iran and European negotiators have apparently salvaged a deal committing Tehran to freezing all parts of a program that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium, diplomats said Friday. | 0 |
B.C. resident facing charges after bull elk killed in Jasper National Park (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - JASPER, Alta. (CP) - A man from British Columbia is facing charges after a large bull elk was illegally shot and killed in Jasper National Park. | 0 |
Philips begins making PCs again after ten year hiatus Dutch electronics firm Philips has joined forces with UK electrical retailer Dixons Group to launch Philips-Freeline, a range of home entertainment personal computers in Europe. | 3 |
Swift hunt for black holes now on The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) launched a space observatory named Swift last week to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes. | 3 |
Smart phone predicts owner #39;s behaviour US boffins are developing mobile phones which learn user #39;s daily habits so that they can become quot;mobile digital secretaries quot;. | 3 |
Golovin ready for Russia All eyes will be on Tatiana Golovin of France when she faces Anastasia Myskina in the Fed Cup final on Saturday. The Moscow-born 16-year-old has returned to Russia for the first time this week, and will play | 1 |
Birdies ease pain for injured Zhang Despite a hip injury, Chinese golfer Zhang Lianwei shot a three-under par 69 in his first round of the Volvo China Open in Shanghai. | 1 |
No one beats a 73 in Korea, where Yang leads Harrington by two South Korea #39;s Eun-yong Yang shot a 3-over 75 in difficult conditions Friday on the rainy and windswept Jungmun course to take the second-round lead in the Shinhan Korea Golf Championship, which is sanctioned by the PGA Tour. | 1 |
Aston Villa (A) Tue 28 Dec Sir Alex Ferguson is asking his players to use the next five weeks to lay the foundations for a New Year title push. United play six league matches between now and the turn of the year, and Ferguson wants | 1 |
Four Ex-Gurkhas Killed in Baghdad Four former Gurkhas working for a London-based security firm were killed in an attack in Baghdad, the Foreign Office said today. The attack, in which around 15 other | 0 |
Francophone Summit to Focus on Ivory Coast Heads of state from French-speaking nations are gathering in the west African nation of Burkina Faso for a two-day summit to discuss the crisis in Ivory Coast. | 0 |
French group seeks Ivorian peace A summit of French-speaking nations will now concentrate on the civil war in Ivory Coast, ministers say. | 0 |
Saudi women take to the skies A Saudi woman has been offered a contract as the country's first female aircraft pilot. | 0 |
US Airways Union Mails Strike Ballots The union representing flight attendants on Friday said it mailed more than 5,000 strike authorization ballots to its members employed by US Airways as both sides continued talks that are expected to stretch through the weekend. | 2 |
Woolworths sees \$A3.5b per year liquor sales SYDNEY: Australia #39;s biggest supermarket operator Woolworths Ltd said yesterday it sees its liquor sales this financial year rising to \$A3.5 billion, including its recent acquisition in Queensland, from \$A2.1 billion in fiscal 2004. | 2 |
Will VHS go the way of the dinosaur? IT is official - the VHS home video format will share the fate of its one-time competitor Betamax and go the way of the dinosaur. All over the world, Video Home System - which lets people record and watch | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Liverpool manager against Everton ground-share Manager Rafael Benitez is opposed to Liverpool sharing their proposed new stadium with city rivals Everton. Officials from the two Premier League clubs | 1 |
Judge convicts Juventus doctor, acquits team chairman in doping <b>...</b> A Juventus team doctor was convicted Friday for administering banned substances to players on the famed Italian soccer team during the 1990s. | 1 |
Euro's flight turns up pressure on ECB to act (AFP) AFP - With the rise of the euro fast becoming a threat to economic recovery in the 12-country eurozone, calls are growing for the European Central Bank to clip the single currency's wings, either by direct intervention or a cut in interest rates. | 2 |
Microsoft hopeful December will see suspension of EU antitrust <b>...</b> A decision on whether to suspend the EU antitrust ruling against Microsoft will be taken between 18 and 20 December. The testimonies brought against Microsoft by Novell and the Computer and Communications | 2 |
Husky Energy shares up on takeover talk TORONTO - Shares of Husky Energy Inc. rose more than four per cent on Friday amid talk of a takeover of the Calgary-based oil company by the Chinese government. | 2 |
Black Friday sets tone for retail season If youre reading this, congratulations! You have survived Black Friday, the retail worlds nickname for the day after Thanksgiving. | 2 |
Jardine Lloyd tumbles after warning, CEO resignation LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson (UK:JLT) saw its shares fall almost 16 percent after it warned it expects fiscal year pretax profit to fall below market estimates and its chief executive quit. | 2 |
Family feud over control of India #39;s leading business group <b>...</b> NEW DELHI (AFP) - The rift in India #39;s Ambani family which controls India #39;s biggest private enterprise group Reliance deepened as elder brother Mukesh rejected his younger brother #39;s objections to a change in their management roles, a report said. | 2 |
P1-B deficit cut seen with better eco outlook The countrys economic managers on Friday announced a tremendously improved economic outlook for the country this year owing to improved revenue collection that could trim the P197-billion | 2 |
Britons Offered 'Real' Windows XP (AP) AP - Owners of pirated copies of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system can trade them in for the real thing as part of a bid by the software giant to fight counterfeiting. | 3 |
3 Giants Create New Online Music Service (AP) AP - Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival services where trading of music and movies remains unfettered. | 3 |
Chicago to Sell City-Related Items on EBay (AP) AP - City officials hope there are people willing to pay plenty of money to own a vintage Playboy Bunny costume, toss green dye into the Chicago River or throw a dinner party prepared by Oprah Winfrey's chef. | 3 |
The Sites Before Christmas (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Face it, shopaholics -- the Internet drains much of the fun out of holiday shopping and replaces it with ice-cold efficiency. Who wouldn't rather stroll through Neiman Marcus or Best Buy with their best buddy than sit solo in front of a computer, eyeballing page after page of tiny pictures showing what you could reach out and touch at real malls? | 3 |
Sony Unprepared for Flat TV Demand (Reuters) Reuters - Sony, the world's largest\consumer-electronics group, is having trouble meeting soaring\demand for flat televisions as its assembly lines did not gear\up quickly enough, a senior official said on Friday. | 3 |
Britons offered #39;real #39; Windows XP LONDON -- Owners of pirated copies of Microsoft Corp. #39;s Windows XP operating system can trade them in for the real thing as part of a bid by the software giant to fight counterfeiting. | 3 |
After a Decade, Philips Makes PCs Again 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 | 3 |
Bofra exploit ticks away at Microsoft After more than two weeks of investigating the IFRAME Bofra exploit, Microsoft has yet to announce when it will be able to fix the problem. | 3 |
Japan's top cellphone operator to abolish second generation by 2012 (AFP) AFP - Japan's top cellphone operator NTT DoCoMo said it will stop offering second-generation service by 2012 as third generation (3G) technology featuring Internet and real-time video goes mainstream. | 3 |
Liverpool and Everton to hold groundshare talks Sports minister Richard Caborn says he has been asked to convene a meeting between Liverpool and neighbours Everton over sharing a new stadium. | 1 |
England cricketers head for Zimbabwe The tour is going ahead after a ban on several British journalists was lifted but the first of five one-day matches had to be called off. | 1 |
Champs Play Catch-up as Title Hopes Dim Setting their sights on the ultimate European club prize may be an honorable quest but not when at the expense of the Bundesliga title they already hold. | 1 |
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