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Politicians in Iraq call for delay to elections Leading Iraqi political parties have called for forthcoming elections to be delayed because of mounting violence in the country. Fifteen political parties - including two Kurdish groups | 0 |
BBC cameraman is questioned in Kabul over hostage release A former BBC cameraman has been questioned by secret police in Kabul about his role in negotiating the release of three kidnapped UN workers. | 0 |
Philips Resumes PC Manufacturing In a quiet announcement yesterday, Philips Electronics, a Netherlands-based consumer electronics company, stated it has begun manufacturing PCs once again - after an absence of nearly 10 years. | 3 |
US Airways Flight Attendants Gear Up For Strike Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways are gearing up for a possible nationwide strike, the Association of Flight Attendants said on Friday. | 2 |
Double Government Computer Failure Shows Plans to Axe all <b>...</b> The latest Government computer crash at the Department of Work and Pensions shows the folly of the Government plans to axe all existing emergency fire control rooms. | 3 |
Bell puts #39;em on track but now he is intent on getting Newcastles Premiership charge back on track. The strikers 10th European goal for the Toon on Thursday moved him joint second in the clubs all-time list. | 1 |
Uranium negotiations are close to the end Pressured by European powers, Iranian negotiators at a key UN atomic agency meeting sought approval from their government Friday for a total freeze of a program that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium. | 0 |
No. 14 Vanderbilt Clocks Rhode Island (AP) AP - Cherish Stringfield led five Vanderbilt women in double figures, scoring 19 points to lead the No. 14 Commodores over Rhode Island 108-53 Friday. | 1 |
Tigers Beat Razorbacks Marcus Randall runs for two touchdowns and throws two more to Joseph Addai, leading No. 14 LSU to a 43-14 victory over Arkansas on Friday afternoon. | 1 |
Americans Rush to Stores as Holiday Season Starts (Reuters) Reuters - Americans stormed the nation's stores\on the day after Thanksgiving, the traditional start of the key\holiday shopping season, lured by cut-price toys, consumer\electronics and Santa. | 2 |
Packed agenda waiting for two leaders when Bush, Martin meet in Ottawa (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - It's nearly impossible to find a cohesive theme that will pull together the many threads of Tuesday's packed agenda when Prime Minister Paul Martin greets George W. Bush on the U.S. president's first official visit to Ottawa. | 0 |
Iran and Europe Negotiate to Try to Save Nuclear Agreement Iran and its European partners struggled to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program. | 0 |
Longhorns Keep B.C.S. Bowl Hopes Alive Cedric Benson ran for 165 yards and a touchdown Friday to lead No. 6 Texas to their fifth straight win over their fiercest in-state rival. | 0 |
Yukos abandons its fight for survival Russia #39;s embattled oil giant Yukos raised the white flag and said it would seek quot;liquidation or bankruptcy quot; after the forced government sale of its key oilfield next month, the company said yesterday. | 2 |
Jardine chief quits after profit alert The chief executive of the UK #39;s largest insurance broker quit yesterday after announcing a surprise profit warning which sent its shares to a four-year low. | 2 |
P amp; G Recalls Its quot;Sweep Vac quot; By Swiffer Procter amp; Gamble is recalling a battery-operated vacuum cleaner it introduced in September this year. The company reports there have been a few cases in which the rotor locked up on its quot;Sweep Vac quot; by Swiffer | 2 |
BT unloads last satellite stake for 363m BT Group disposed yesterday of its last remaining stake in a satellite company when it sold its 15.8 holding in the Paris-based Eutelsat for 363m. | 2 |
NASA Cassini Image: Oddball Moon Hyperion This image reveals the odd shape of Saturn #39;s moon Hyperion and an intriguing variation in brightness across its surface. The diameter of Hyperion is 266 kilometers (165 miles). | 3 |
WTO Lets EU, Others Hit US with Trade Sanctions The World Trade Organization gave final approval on Friday to the European Union, Japan and others to hit the United States with an initial \$150 million in trade sanctions | 2 |
Retailers lure shoppers with early openings, top deals quot;Including the engagement ring, about \$4,000, quot; said one shopper at Roosevelt Field mall early Friday morning. Engagement ring? | 2 |
Olowokandi suspended for second game following arrest in <b>...</b> Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was suspended by the team for a second game Friday night, one day after police used a stun gun to subdue him when he refused to leave a club. | 1 |
T-Wolves' Olowokandi Suspended Second Game (AP) AP - Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was suspended by the team for a second game Friday night, one day after police used a stun gun to subdue him when he refused to leave a club. | 1 |
Canada Post workers threaten to strike Dec. 8 during Christmas rush (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - Three groups of Canada Post employees have threatened to strike during next month's annual Christmas rush. | 0 |
Iran and Europe Negotiate to Try to Save Nuclear Agreement Iran and its European partners struggled on Friday to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program, European and Iranian officials said. | 0 |
Bush spurs on Irish deal US President George Bush has personally intervened in the Northern Ireland peace process to spur on the new power-sharing deal. Mr Bush telephoned Dr Rev Ian Paisley, the leader of the Democratic Unionist | 0 |
No. 21 Oklahoma Drubs Akron 88-40 (AP) AP - Lauren Shoush and Chelsi Welch each scored 13 points to lead No. 21 Oklahoma to an 88-40 win over Akron in the first round of the Junkanoo Jam on Friday. | 1 |
EU reveals increase in aid fraud The EU's anti-fraud squad reports an increase in serious abuses of its international aid project. | 0 |
Cord blood offers leukaemia hope \Blood from a newborn baby's umbilical cord can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says. | 0 |
Juventus guilty of drug abuse ITALIAN football faced one of the biggest scandals in its scarred history yesterday, after a Turin judge found the Juventus doctor, Riccardo Agricola, guilty of administering banned drugs to some of the worlds leading players during the 1990s. | 1 |
Protesters Seek Resignations After Fire Thousands of Argentines angered over perceived security lapses in a nightclub fire that killed 183 people, many of them teenagers, marched through capital streets Monday to demand the resignations of key city officials. | 0 |
A Black Eye for Sports A week later, the tape of the fight between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit fans sticks with me like a bad dream. I am still stunned to watch Ron Artest bound over rows of courtside chairs to attack a fan | 1 |
U.S. Opposed Passport Privacy Protections (AP) AP - The Bush administration opposed security measures for new microchip-equipped passports that privacy advocates contended were needed to prevent identity theft, government snooping or a terror attack, according to State Department documents released Friday. | 3 |
Skiers play games as Guay is second in final day of downhill <b>...</b> LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Being fastest wasn #39;t necessary best as Canada #39;s Erik Guay finished second in Friday #39;s final day of training for the first World Cup downhill race of the season. | 1 |
S #39;African sentenced for Guinea coup try A court in Equatorial Guinea has given sentences of up to 34 years to a group of South Africans and Armenians convicted of trying to overthrow the government. | 0 |
Bush: Validity of Ukraine Vote in Doubt (AP) AP - President Bush declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election, and warned that any European-negotiated pact on Iran's nuclear program must ensure the world can verify Tehran's compliance. | 0 |
Longhorns Hook Aggies Cedric Benson runs for 165 yards and a touchdown Friday to lead No. 6 Texas to a 26-13 win over No. 22 Texas A M that could further complicate the BCS picture. | 1 |
Nice Paparazzi! \\This is a "brilliant" idea : (where brilliant is stupid)\\"By wearing a specially designed electronic badge that jams electronic cameras,\they will be able to prevent photographers from taking unwanted pictures."\\"The "privacy protection system" being developed by Hewlett-Packard will allow\the publicity-shy to transmit an infrared signal to any nearby compatible\camera. Once activated, the camera's software will automatically blur beyond\recognition the face of anybody wearing the badge..."\ | 3 |
Inmate Agrees, for Now, Not to Seek Palestinian Authority Presidency Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician now in an Israeli prison, called for Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9. | 0 |
Liverpool reject ground sharing with Everton LIVERPOOL have denied reports yesterday that they would consider sharing their new stadium with rivals Everton. It had been reported that the two clubs would meet with government officials to discuss the controversial subject of sharing a ground. | 1 |
Can The Irish Pull the Ultimate Upset? The Irish head into Saturdays game with a 6-4 record and not much to play for. The Trojans are undefeated and are chasing their second consecutive National Championship. | 1 |
Briton in Afghan kidnap dispute A British hotelier and cameraman has said Afghan authorities tried to get him to confess to involvement in the kidnapping of three UN hostages. | 0 |
China bank advisor retracts statement on US Treasurys A central bank adviser quoted as saying the government had cut its holdings of US Treasurys backtracked Friday after the speculation helped push the euro to a new all-time peak. | 2 |
Grief, Rage in Argentine Protest Over Fatal Fire BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Thousands of Argentines mourning almost 200 young victims of a rock club fire took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday in angry protest over the government's safety standards, as the city mayor resisted pressure to resign. | 0 |
Computer meltdown baffles the experts Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. | 3 |
Another game added to Olowokandi suspension Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves tacked on one more game to the suspension of center Michael Olowokandi, who was jailed early Thursday morning for refusing to leave an Indianapolis nightclub. | 1 |
Rookie Worries Redskins The Steelers' multi-faceted offense, featuring Ben Roethlisberger and a returning Duce Staley, poses a stiff challenge to the Redskins' No. 2-ranked defense. | 1 |
US Airways' Deal Requires Bankruptcy Exit by June 30 US Airways said that it must emerge from bankruptcy protection by June 30 to comply with a new \$140 million aircraft leasing and financing deal. | 2 |
Byrd amendment buys US \$150 million in WTO sanctions The World Trade Organization granted authorization Friday to the European Union, Japan, Canada, Korea, Mexico, India, and Chile, to slap retaliatory sanctions if the US fails to repeal the Byrd amendment. | 2 |
US Airways Flight Attendants Prepare For Possible Strike WASHINGTON -- The union representing flight attendants on Friday said it mailed out 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 |
Judge Blocks Bid to Repossess United Planes United Airlines, which has been under bankruptcy protection since 2002, won a temporary order on Friday stopping a group of creditors from repossessing 14 planes. | 2 |
Pensions chaos as computers fail ENGINEERS were today tackling a massive computer failure which has caused chaos at the Department for Work and Pensions. Up to 80 per cent of the ministrys systems for processing millions of pension and benefit payments collapsed on Monday. | 3 |
#39;Star Wars #39; phone plans like the one used in Star Wars - could soon be installed on the high-street. Boffins in Japan claim to have developed technology for image chambers - similar | 3 |
Health Issue, Lack of Fervor Made H. Brown Leave The grind of the NBA finally got to Hubie Brown, who at 71 had neither the fervor for the job nor the good health needed to remain the coach of the Grizzlies. | 1 |
Vikings center Birk out for month EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (Nov. 26, 2004) -- Minnesota Vikings center Matt Birk will miss at least four games after undergoing sports hernia surgery for the second time in four months. | 1 |
Ex-Gurkha guards die in Baghdad mortar attack Four former Gurkhas were killed and up to 15 other security guards working for a British firm wounded when a mortar landed in Baghdad #39;s Green Zone. | 0 |
Ukraine's Parliament to Debate Election Crisis (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's parliament meets on Saturday to\debate a disputed presidential election a day after Western\mediators trying to end the turmoil gripping major cities\managed to persuade the two rivals to start talks. | 0 |
No. 1 Wake Forest Holds Off Arizona 63-60 (AP) AP - Justin Gray scored 21 points for the second straight game and No. 1 Wake Forest beat No. 18 Arizona 63-60 on Friday night in the championship game of the Preseason NIT. | 1 |
Japanese experts develop 3D communication technology Three dimensional images may be commonplace at the movies nowadays, popularised in Hollywood #39;s classic sci-fi movie quot;Star Wars quot; in which Princess Leia made an inter-galactic plea for help by sending a 3-D hologram. | 3 |
Hasselbeck returns to practice, expects to start for Seahawks Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck returned to practice and is expected to play Sunday against Buffalo. Hasselbeck had acupuncture treatments for a deep bruise just above his knee. | 1 |
US Chief Justice Unable to Work Next Week-Report (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Chief Justice William H.\Rehnquist, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October,\will not be present when the Supreme Court reconvenes next week\to hear oral arguments, the Washington Post reported. | 0 |
Only Drills, but Houston Looks Ready to Return Allan Houston, the Knicks' veteran, hopes to play as soon as next Saturday in Charlotte, when the Knicks open a four-game road trip. | 1 |
Despite Pact, New Violence Stymies Aid in Sudan Two weeks after Sudanese authorities and their guerrilla enemies signed a peace deal, a surge of violence is engulfing Darfur. | 0 |
Foreign Interest Appears to Flag as Dollar Falls Investors and analysts are increasingly worried that the last big source of support for the American dollar - heavy buying by foreign central banks - is fading. | 2 |
Soccer Headgear: Does It Do Any Good? Thousands of American players are using protective headgear, but some soccer officials question whether it reduces the risk of head injuries. | 0 |
No. 1 Wake Forest 63, No. 18 Arizona 60 Justin Gray scored 21 points for the second straight game and No. 1 Wake Forest beat No. 18 Arizona 63-60 on Friday night in the championship game of the Preseason NIT. | 1 |
Mets Can't Escape Dealing With Boras This Winter Agent Scott Boras represents 11 free agents this off-season, and much of his list reads like an All-Star Game lineup. | 1 |
R Dutch/Shell gives itself breathing space Royal Dutch/Shell, which this year had to postpone its annual report and shareholder meetings while it grappled with its sinking reserves figures, has taken precautions to avoid similar embarrassment in 2005. | 2 |
Cavaliers Rally to Beat Celtics 98-96 (AP) AP - Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 26 points, including the game-winning jumper on an assist from LeBron James with 19 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Boston Celtics 98-96 Friday night. | 1 |
New cell phone can predict your next move A cell phone is on the way that reportedly is so smart it can predict what you are about to do. According to research in the journal New Scientist, the phone learns about the things | 3 |
Wake Forest Doesn #39;t Need Star to Shine to Shine On A poor first half and an off night from its star guard were not enough to derail the No. 1 team in the country. Wake Forest proved a couple of things last night at Madison Square Garden: that | 1 |
How can owners of suspended players regroup after brawl fallout? The Melee in Motown between the Pacers and Pistons didn #39;t only shake up the NBA, it laid waste to many a fantasy team #39;s chances this season. | 1 |
No. 2 LSU 64, No. 22 Maryland 51 Sylvia Fowles had 18 points and 18 rebounds, and Seimone Augustus added 23 points to lead No. 2 LSU to a 64-51 victory over No. 22 Maryland in the opening game of the Coors Classic on Friday night. | 1 |
No. 13 Michigan State Nudges Utah 56-54 (AP) AP - Kristin Haynie made a coast-to-coast layup with 2 seconds left to give No. 13 Michigan State a 56-54 victory over Utah in the first round of the Rainbow Wahine Classic on Friday. | 1 |
Hastert Launches A Partisan Policy (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills only if most House Republicans back them, regardless of how many Democrats favor them. | 0 |
Abkhaz MPs back election 'winner' The parliament of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region says the opposition candidate won presidential elections. | 0 |
Ohio Turnpike Workers May Stike Hoping to avoid a situation like that in Pennsylvania , representatives of the Ohio Turnpike Commission and unionized workers are continuing contract negotiations. | 2 |
A Union Threatens to Strike at Canada Post By Bloomberg News. Employees representing 4 percent of the work force of Canada Post, the government-owned letter carrier, have threatened to strike by Dec. 8 unless they receive improvements in health benefits and job security. | 2 |
T-Wolves Spoil Debut of Grizzlies Coach (AP) AP - Lionel Hollins lost his debut as interim coach of the Grizzlies, with Kevin Garnett getting 26 points and 15 rebounds and Latrell Sprewell adding 22 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves over Memphis 115-90 Friday night. | 1 |
Orlando Magic Waylays Atlanta Hawks 117-99 (AP) AP - Steve Francis scored 29 points and No. 1 draft pick Dwight Howard added a career-high 24 in his homecoming as the Orlando Magic beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-99 Friday night. | 1 |
GE Gives Airline Help On Leases ARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways Group said Friday that it has reached agreement with General Electric Co. on aircraft leasing and financing terms to help the airline lower costs and reduce debt as it seeks to avoid liquidation. | 2 |
Shoppers line up for #39;Black Friday #39; sales called quot;Black Friday quot; because retailers hope it will kick off hot seasonal sales that will put them in the black for the year -s alive and well in the Jupiter area. | 2 |
US stocks end higher Stocks inched higher on Friday in lackluster post-Thanksgiving trading, helped by steel producers amid concerns of a steel shortage and retailers as consumers piled into stores at the start of the holiday-shopping season. | 2 |
Poutianen Wins Aspen GS ASPEN - Finn Tanja Poutianen won the second giant slalom of the season Friday, holding off defending World Cup champ Anja Paerson of Sweden by 0.09 seconds. | 1 |
No. 3 Georgia Tech 79, Arkansas-Little Rock 54 Georgia Tech was in no mood to celebrate this victory, not after a sickening injury to one of its most promising players. BJ Elder scored 23 points and the third-ranked Yellow Jackets started | 1 |
Japan, ASEAN to outline antiterrorism cooperation Top leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to adopt a statement next week in Laos outlining antiterrorism cooperation among their police forces, according to Japanese Foreign Ministry. | 0 |
Flash Floods Kill 11 in Central Vietnam (Reuters) Reuters - Flash floods triggered by Typhoon Muifa\have killed at least 11 people in central Vietnam, officials\said on Saturday. | 0 |
Italian Government OKs Income Tax Cuts (AP) AP - The Italian government approved #36;8.6 billion in tax cuts for 2005 Saturday, state radio reported, ending partisan debate that at one point had prompted Premier Silvio Berlusconi to threaten to resign. | 0 |
North Australian Aboriginal community under heavy guard after rioting (AFP) AFP - An Aboriginal community in northern Australia is calm and under heavy guard after the death of a young indigenous man in police custody triggered riots. | 0 |
Simmering Trade Disputes Will Greet Bush in Canada Chief among the trade disputes on the table will be a disagreement over the United States' 27 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber. | 2 |
Terror Case Hinges on a Wobbly Key Player By setting himself on fire outside the White House, a Yemeni man with a checkered past has damaged what may be the biggest terrorism financing case in this country. | 0 |
#39;Black Friday #39; brings crowds to local stores VISTA ---- quot;The biggest shopping day of the year quot; are seven words that can send agoraphobics, those folks with fears of crowds and public places, into panic attacks. | 2 |
Not Buying Into Shopping #39;s Big Day To most weary shoppers, it #39;s known as Black Friday, the semiofficial start of the holiday retail season. But to hundreds of regional residents and countless others worldwide | 2 |
Stocks show mixed results in short session NEW YORK - Stocks finished mixed in post-holiday trading Friday as Wall Street meandered through a shortened session. The major indexes ended the week higher as investors looked forward to the results of the | 2 |
Swiffer Sweep-Vac Recalled The company that makes a popular battery operated vacuum cleaner has announced a voluntary recall of the product. Procter and Gamble says their Sweep-Vac by Swiffer could overheat and possibly catch fire. | 2 |
Russia about to face France Russia will meet defending champion France in the Fed Cup final after they both achieved 5-0 sweeps of Austria and Spain, respectively, in the semifinals on Thursday. | 1 |
Ohno, Yang Take Golds in Short Track Yang, Yang, left, of China takes an outside turn against Alison Baver (47) of Reading, Penn., during the 1,500-meter finals at the World Cup Short Track Speed Skating competition in Madison, Wis. | 1 |
Francis, Howard Lead Magic Past Hawks ATLANTA, Nov. 26 (Ticker) -- Steve Francis and rookie Dwight Howard made the defense of the Atlanta Hawks look like it wasn #39;t there. | 1 |
No. 1 Wake Forest 63, No. 18 Arizona 60 Justin Gray scored 21 points for the second straight game and the top-ranked Demon Deacons beat No. 18 Arizona 63-60 on Friday night in the championship game of the 16-team tournament, a game that had a March feel to it in late-November. | 1 |
Prince Harry denies reports of high jinks Aides say that Argentinian press reports that Prince Harry of Britain spent his time in the country nightclubbing and getting drunk are pure fiction. | 0 |
Pistons Cool Off Heat 78-77 (AP) AP - Richard Hamilton caught an inbounds pass under the basket and banked in a short shot with 1.3 seconds left, giving the Detroit Pistons an 78-77 win over Miami on Friday night as the Heat lost for the first time in nine games against Eastern Conference opponents. | 1 |
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