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Electronics Industry Battles for the Living Room SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The living room, once the most technologically simple part of the average home, is a high-tech battleground today as the consumer electronics industry seeks to digitize home entertainment and make it available anywhere, anytime. | 3 |
Australia march into dominant position against NZ Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden finished the third day #39;s play at Adelaide as they had begun the first, by rumbling along to an unbeaten 57-run stand to take Australia one step closer to a crushing victory in the second Test against New Zealand. | 1 |
France Ties Russia 2-2 in Fed Cup (AP) AP - U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova lost for the second straight day, leaving Russia tied 2-2 with defending champion France in the Fed Cup final Sunday. | 1 |
Retail sales surge on US holiday Sales at United States retailers, including JC Penney and Target, got a boost on the first weekend of the US holiday-shopping season as customers bought discounted retail goods. | 2 |
ANALYSIS-Fiat Unlikely to Hit the GM #39;Put #39; Button, for Now Italians are nervous Fiat will take the extreme option of hiving off its auto arm to General Motors in 2005, but analysts say it is unlikely to sell until the 105-year-old carmaker is clear of crisis. | 2 |
Earthquake Hits Mount St. Helens Scientists from the US Geological Survey report that small earthquakes have registered about once a minute for the past several weeks. | 3 |
3 Giants Create New Online Music Service 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 | 3 |
Microsoft 29m yuan order lost The Beijing municipal government has apparently given in to mounting domestic criticism and withdrawn its recent order for computer operating systems and office suite software from United States giant Microsoft. | 3 |
Tens of Thousands More Deaths Expected in Sumatra UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people have probably died in Indonesia's western Sumatra and Aceh Province or will perish before relief workers can reach them, a senior U.N. official said Monday. | 0 |
France Shocks Russia to 1-1 Tie at Fed Cup Prior to her opening-round match in the Fed Cup final Saturday, Svetlana Kuznetsova said her loss to Nathalie Dechy in their lone meeting last January was an anomaly, since it was before she became US OPEN WINNER SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA. | 1 |
McGrath puts skids under N Zealand Paceman Glenn McGrath grabbed four wickets as Australia took firm control of the second Test in Adelaide by bowling out New Zealand for 251 -- a first innings lead of 324. | 1 |
Baltimore vs. New England FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Ravens have the NFL #39;s top-ranked scoring defense. But the Ravens may be the ones having trouble moving the ball Sunday when they meet the New England Patriots. | 1 |
Mellors Stunning Strike Sinks Arsenal Neil Mellor delivered a stunning killer blow with virtually the last kick of the game at Anfield to condemn Arsenal to another defeat and leave them five points adrift of leaders Chelsea, whom they meet in a fortnights time. | 1 |
Greek Orthodox in Turkey celebrate return of relics stolen 800 <b>...</b> ISTANBUL, Nov 27 (AFP) - Hundreds of faithful of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey crowded into a small cathedral in Istanbul Saturday to celebrate the return by the Vatican of religious relics stolen during the crusades some 800 years ago. | 0 |
Hope of medical progress carries vote A committee of renowned scientists said the result was a vote of confidence in medical research and a positive sign for Switzerland as a centre for science and research. | 0 |
Columbian Marxist Group Planned Assassination on President Bush ( Columbia -- November 28, 2004) -- (AP) There #39;s new information that a rebel group in Colombia had planned to assassinatePresident Bush during his visit there last week. | 0 |
Iraq: Elections Must Go Ahead As Planned Iraqi National Guard soldiers remove the bodies of four murdered men found in a cemetery as US Army troops secure the perimeter in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004. | 0 |
Song and Dance as Land Mine Meeting Opens in Kenya Kenya Sunday launched an international conference aimed at working toward the eradication of land mines by the year 2009 with traditional African dances and songs. | 0 |
Jerusalem bishop: Israel will miss Arafat The Episcopal bishop of Jerusalem says Israel may soon long for the days when Yasser Arafat was alive. The Right Reverend Riah Abu el-Assal told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during | 0 |
Israeli Company Offers Free Tsunami Alert System JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli company said on Monday it planned to distribute free to Asian countries hit by last week's tsunami a device it says could save lives by warning holiday-makers directly that a tidal wave is coming. | 3 |
Myskina keys all three wins over France MOSCOW -- Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva powered Russia to its first Fed Cup title by winning the decisive doubles against defending champion France on Sunday. | 1 |
Jol won #39;t blame his strikers New Tottenham manager Martin Jol has refused to blame his expensive shot-shy strike force for the club #39;s recent plight. Despite the presence of Frederic Kanoute, Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe in a stellar | 1 |
Mine Blast in China Leaves Over 160 Missing A gas explosion blasted through a coal mine in central China today, leaving more than 160 miners missing in what may be the country #39;s worst coal-mine accident in recent years. | 0 |
Mellor strike gives Liverpool victory A Neil Mellor strike in the 90th minute has condemned Arsenal to a 2-1 defeat at Anfield. The youngster struck in the second minute of injury time to pinch the three points off the champions after an absorbing contest. | 1 |
Golf: Thank Dodd I #39;m getting better For starters, he moved into the final round of the European Tour #39;s China Open in the lead - a lofty position he has never occupied. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Novo sends Rangers top as Celtic are held (adds Rangers v Hearts) LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spanish striker Nacho Novo steered Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premier League on Sunday after scoring twice in a 3-2 comeback win over Hearts. | 1 |
Jobs, Retail on Stock Market Menu (Reuters) Reuters - When Wall Street gets back to work\this week after the Thanksgiving holiday, the focus will be on\jobs and retail sales. | 2 |
Bush's Big Economic Pick Is Next Fed Chief (AP) AP - While President Bush is busy putting together his Cabinet for a second term, the financial world's attention is on a job vacancy 14 months away: Who will succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan? | 2 |
No. 1 USC Rolls Past Notre Dame 41-10 (AP) AP - For one quarter, Notre Dame was better than No. 1 Southern California. Then the Trojans got serious, and the Fighting Irish had no chance. Matt Leinart made a big pitch for the Heisman Trophy, passing for a career-high 400 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns, and the Trojans overcame a sluggish start to beat Notre Dame 41-10 Saturday night. | 1 |
Dexia formally abandon's merger plans with Italy's Sanpaolo (AFP) AFP - French-Belgian bank Dexia said that it has decided to terminate its plans to form an alliance with Italian bank Sanpaolo IMI. | 0 |
Arsenal Loses Again in Premier League (AP) AP - Arsenal dropped five points behind Chelsea in the English Premier League on Sunday after losing 2-1 to Liverpool on an injury-time goal by Neil Mellor. | 1 |
Sudan 'coup plotters' lawyers say still no accesss to accused (AFP) AFP - Lawyers defending suspects in an alleged coup attempt to topple Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir's Islamist government said that they still had not been allowed to see their clients. | 0 |
Spain-U.S. Match Expected to Set Record (AP) AP - This week's U.S.-Spain Davis Cup final is expected to break the attendance record for a sanctioned tennis match. | 1 |
Poll: Most Support Justice Retirement Age (AP) AP - Six in 10 Americans say there should be a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, according to an Associated Press poll. | 0 |
White House Nixed Early Hearing on Rice Nomination (Reuters) Reuters - At the urging of the White House, a\key Senate panel will put off consideration of the nomination\of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, the chairman of\the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Sunday. | 0 |
Indian passengers killed by train At least 15 people are dead after being run down by a high-speed train in Madhya Pradesh state in India. | 0 |
Blunkett orders visa inquiry Home secretary asks for an independent review into claims he intervened in a visa application for his ex-lover's former nanny. | 0 |
New Band Aid single goes on sale The new Band Aid single is released in record stores on Monday, with staff poised for a massive rush in sales. | 0 |
Mine Blast in China Leaves Over 160 Missing A gas explosion may be the country's worst coal-mine accident in recent years. | 0 |
Iran Group Canvasses for Suicide Bombers (AP) AP - The 300 men filling out forms in the offices of an Iranian aid group were offered three choices: Train for suicide attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq, for suicide attacks against Israelis or to assassinate British author Salman Rushdie. | 0 |
Russia beat France to win its first Fed Cup Russia edged defending champion France 3-2 to claim its first Fed Cup title Sunday, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beating Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the decisive doubles match. | 1 |
Canada #39;s Klassen captures gold CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It was a memorable weekend for Canada #39;s Cindy Klassen in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The 25-year-old speed skater captured a gold medal in the women #39;s 1,500 metres in World Cup long-track action on Sunday. | 1 |
Iran says nuclear deal with Europe is close Iranian officials said on Sunay night they were close to reaching consensus with Germany, Britain and France over a resolution on Tehran #39;s nuclear programme expected | 0 |
Swiss Voters Back Stem-Cell Research In the first national referendum on an issue that has divided both the European Union and the United States, Swiss voters have backed proposals to allow stem-cell research. | 0 |
Sales Season Starts with Modest Expectations Description: Shoppers and retailers are in the thick of the buying season. But at stores in the Washington, DC, area, retailers are keeping their expectations realistic. | 2 |
UK PRESS: Rio Tinto Considering Rival Bid For WMC LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mining group Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP) is considering trumping a GBP2.9 billion bid by rival Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) for Australian nickel miner WMC Resources Ltd. | 2 |
It #39;s last gasp Liverpool A STUNNING injury-time Neil Mellor goal gave Liverpool a deserved Premiership win at Anfield today. The defeat was only the second in 55 league games for the champions. | 1 |
Eto #39;o target of racial abuse Barcelona striker Samuel Eto #39;o was the target of apparent racial abuse during his side #39;s 2-1 victory over Getafe in Madrid on Saturday. | 1 |
Review Finds Fla. Counties Voted for Bush (AP) AP - A newspaper's review of ballots cast in three north Florida counties where registered Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans showed just what officials reported: The counties' voters did on Election Day as they often do, voting for a Republican for president. | 0 |
Russia Beats France to Win First Fed Cup In a fitting end to a season dominated by Russian women, the country won its first Fed Cup title Sunday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match. | 1 |
Arsenal Loses Again in Premier League Arsenal dropped five points behind Chelsea in the English Premier League on Sunday after losing 2-1 to Liverpool on an injury-time goal by Neil Mellor. | 1 |
Sated on turkey, US consumers go on billion-dollar shopping fest (AFP) AFP - Sated by the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, US consumers went on a multi-billion-dollar shopping fest snapping up post-holiday retail bargains in stores across America, the Visa credit card group said. | 2 |
Investors Hope for Strong Retail Reports (AP) AP - Will Wall Street wrap up another year-end rally in time for the holidays? A key job creation report and the strength of the weekend's shopping kickoff will determine the rally's fate in the week ahead. | 2 |
Wal-Mart sales stoke recovery fears Worries about the sustainability of the US economic recovery were stoked om Sunday after the stores group Wal-Mart, seen as a bellwether for the country #39;s | 2 |
Reliance row: Anils camp mounts attack PTI, New Delhi, Nov 28: The battle between Ambani brothers over ownership issue of Rs 90,000 crore Reliance empire today intensified with Mr Anils camp mounting attack on elder brother and Reliance Industry CMD, Mr Mukesh accusing him of rebuffing | 2 |
UPDATE 1-China premier wants stable economy for yuan reform Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signalled the country was in no rush to reform the yuan, and questioned why more hadn #39;t been done to stop the dollar #39;s slide, the strongest | 2 |
'Ringback' Tones May Be Next Big Thing (AP) AP - Ring tones are so yesterday. If wireless companies have their way, the next multibillion-dollar surprise in the cellular business will be "Ringback" tones. | 3 |
Liverpool Beats Arsenal 2-1; Spurs End Losing Run (Update3) Neil Mellor #39;s goal in the closing seconds, his first in the Premiership, gave Liverpool a 2-1 win over Arsenal, leaving the Londoners five points behind leader Chelsea. | 1 |
Australia take command in 2nd Test ADELAIDE, Nov. 28. - Glenn McGraths four wickets helped Australia take hold of the fourth day of the second cricket Test by restricting New Zealand to 251, giving the home side a first innings lead of 324. | 1 |
Holiday-season portable games put Nintendo, Sony in shoot-'em-up round (AFP) AFP - The holiday shopping season is set to be a shoot-'em-up round in the video game industry, as its top players Nintendo and Sony go head to head by launching new and advanced hand-held machines. | 3 |
CRPF jawan runs amok, kills 7 colleagues in Baramulla JAMMU, Nov. 28. - In a fit of anger after he was punished, a CRPF jawan shot dead seven of his colleagues before getting killed in retaliatory fire at the base camp of the 152 battalion of the CRPF in Baramulla, north Kashmir, late last night. | 0 |
100 beached whales, dolphins die on Australian island, official says (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HOBART, Australia (AP) - About 100 whales and dolphins died after beaching on a southern Australian island Sunday and about 50 more were still at risk, a government official said. | 0 |
Summary: Basics of Climate Change, Pacts (AP) AP - A brief look at elements of climate change and the international agreements to deal with it: | 3 |
Entering Kyoto' Years, Warming World Wo (AP) AP - The ice is melting and the heat is on for international delegates assembling in Buenos Aires next week to find new ways to confront global warming under the 194-nation treaty on climate change. | 3 |
Ukrainian region seeks autonomy Supporters of Ukraine's PM announce a vote for autonomy, upping the stakes in the disputed election. | 0 |
Iran offers nuclear 'concession' Iran backs down on its demand to exempt some of its technology from a nuclear freeze, diplomats say. | 0 |
Family of US defector to North Korea eagerly awaits reunion (AFP) AFP - The family of US soldier Charles Robert Jenkins cheered his release from US military custody in Japan and said they look forward to seeing him for the first time since he defected to North Korea in 1965. | 0 |
Swiss endorse stem cell research Swiss voters overwhelmingly approve government proposals to permit research using stem cells of human embryos. | 3 |
Mount St. Helens Crater Shaken by Earthquake The earthquake, which struck on Saturday at the crater at Mount St. Helens, measured 3.1 on the Richter scale, making it the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October. | 3 |
Heir to Jordanian throne relieved of duties AMMAN - Jordans King Abdullah relieved his half brother Prince Hamza of his duties as crown prince, royal palace sources said on Sunday. | 0 |
Archbishop #39;s Bid to Heal Rift over Homosexuality Traditionalists and gay Christians were tonight cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy. | 0 |
Reds carry Kewell While standing in a queue for what proved to be an undercooked cheeseburger, the script for Sunday afternoon #39;s Insider report was suggested. | 1 |
Ravens - Patriots: 5 keys to the game The Baltimore Ravens (7-3) have a prime opportunity to exploit the New England Patriots #39; vulnerable secondary in today #39;s game at Gillette Stadium. | 1 |
Do Not Rule Out Lower-Priced Apple iMac--Analyst (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. \could decide to sell a lower-priced of its Macintosh computer\to attract consumers already enamored of its iPod music player\and annoyed by security problems with Windows PCs, Piper\Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said on Thursday. | 3 |
eBay to Drop Support for Microsoft's Passport (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday\that eBay Inc. will soon drop support for its Passport service,\originally intended to make the world's biggest software maker\the gatekeeper of Web identities. | 3 |
Fatah #39;s armed wing calls on Palestinians to support Abbas Palestinian mainstream Fatahmovement #39;s armed wing announced Sunday its commitment to the movement #39;s decision in choosing Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of thePalestine Liberation Organization | 0 |
CORRECTED - Song and dance as land mine meeting opens in Kenya In Nairobi story headlined quot;Song and dance as land mine meeting opens in Kenya quot; please read in 7th paragraph ... He said over 22,000 people were killed and maimed... instead of ...He said 2,000 people were killed and maimed...(corrects figure). | 0 |
WTO Authorizes Sanctions Against US Sanctions could be aimed at a wide range of American exports, possibly including steel ball bearings, cod, shoes and apples. Most would be imposed by Japan and the EU, which have been the hardest | 2 |
Fewer and fewer Christmas tree farms in Louisiana The number of Christmas tree farms in Louisiana has fallen like needles from an unwatered tree. There will be at least one less next year. | 2 |
Mayor attacks WMC Resources takeover plan The proposed foreign takeover of WMC Resources has attracted more criticism, with concern the mining assets at stake could one day be an issue of national security. | 2 |
Eagles Clinch Division Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook lead a 20-point second half to deliver a 27-6 win over the Giants, securing the Eagles' fifth straight trip to the playoffs. | 1 |
Feeling the heat: Artic people fight against global warming REYKJAVIK: Arctic people aim to team up with tropical islanders in a campaign against global warming, arguing that polar bears and palm-fringed beaches stand to suffer the most. | 3 |
NASA Plans To Slam #39;Hammer #39; into Comet The Deep Impact spacecraft is undergoing final tests at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will blast off atop a Boeing Delta 2 rocket on Dec. 30, and if all goes well, rendezvous with the comet Tempel 1 on Independence Day. | 3 |
Apple #39;s iPod takes the lead on Sony #39;s home turf Juliana Sasaki didn #39;t bother checking out Sony Corp. #39;s digital music player in Tokyo before buying her green iPod mini. quot;I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but they can #39;t beat the mini, quot; said Sasaki, 23, a language teacher. | 3 |
Philips Electronics resumes marketing PCs After an absence of a decade, Philips Electronics is making personal computers again, the company said yesterday. The Netherlands-based electronics conglomerate, which abandoned the PC business in the early | 3 |
Miller denies Maier to join greats LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- American Bode Miller held off the legendary Hermann Maeir to win his third successive World Cup race and join a select ban of skiing greats. | 1 |
Arsenal #39;s slide gathering pace It is just as well that Arsenal do not lose often, for they do not deal with defeat at all well. Sunday #39;s defeat was only their second in their past 55 in the Premiership, but | 1 |
Eagles clinch fourth straight division title CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Unlike every other team in the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles are secure in the knowledge they are heading to the playoffs. | 1 |
Rangers on top of Scottish league Spanish midfielder Nacho Novo led Glasgow Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premier League with two goals in a 3-2 beating of Hearts on Sunday as defending champion Celtic was held to a 2-2 tie with last-place Dundee. | 1 |
Cards RB Smith leaves game with toe injury TEMPE, Ariz. (Nov. 28, 2004) -- Emmitt Smith was knocked out of the game against the New York Jets in the first quarter with a toe injury. | 1 |
Italy: Inter Milan ties Juventus Serie A leader Juventus blew a two-goal, second-half lead and had to settle for a 2-2 tie with Inter Milan on Sunday, losing ground to defending champion AC Milan. | 1 |
Bengals win shootout with Browns CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Paul Brown would have been impressed at the offensive output of his two former teams. Carson Palmer threw a career-high four touchdowns and Rudi Johnson rushed for a career-best 202 | 1 |
Chargers and Brees pick apart Chiefs KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Drew Brees haunted the Kansas City Chiefs all day. Linebacker Donnie Edwards waited until a crucial time to haunt his former team. | 1 |
Explosion in China coal mine, 166 trapped BEIJING, NOVEMBER 28: A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, trapping as many as 166 miners in what could be the worst disaster to hit the worlds most dangerous mining industry in years. | 0 |
Sharon and Abbas Express Hope for Gaza Talks Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the favorite to become the new Palestinian leader, said in separate interviews published today that they would be | 0 |
Marines die in #39;death triangle #39; TWO US marines and at least three insurgents died south of the Iraqi capital, the first casualties of a US-led sweep of the so-called quot;death triangle quot;, a marine spokesman said today. | 0 |
Punished for spat, CRPF jawan guns down 7 colleagues BARAMULLA, NOVEMBER 28: Angered by the punishment handed down by his senior yesterday afternoon, a depressed CRPF jawan turned on his sleeping colleagues after midnight, killing two officers and five policemen before being killed in retaliatory fire. | 0 |
MILITANTS GIVEN AMNESTY, AGREE TO END RESISTANCE Declaring that peace had been restored in part of Pakistan #39;s restive tribal areas, Pakistani military officials have announced that their troops will abandon | 0 |
Chelsea on a rampage LONDON: Chelsea returned to form and extended their lead at the top of the English Premiership with an impressive 4-0 win at Charlton Athletic yesterday. | 1 |
CONFUSION OVER IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL Its unclear whether Iran has withdrawn its demand that some of its technology be excluded from a freeze on nuclear enrichment activities. | 0 |
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