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Moon gas could power your home: scientists The same gas used to blow up balloons could be mined from the Moon #39;s surface and transported to Earth to meet future energy demands, say US scientists. | 3 |
Liga Sunday Wrap: Madrid Answer The Critics Real Madrid ended talk of a crisis at the club as they thumped Levante 5-0 in the Bernabeu and Valencia moved back into the Champions League places with a 2-0 win over Mallorca. | 1 |
Carsley equaliser frustrates Newcastle NEWCASTLE (AFP) - Everton underlined their re-emergence as an English Premiership force after Lee Carsley struck a stunning equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw at Newcastle United. | 1 |
Insight Bowl hoping for Notre Dame LOS ANGELES - Notre Dame #39;s 41-10 loss to Southern California Saturday night all but clinched an Insight Bowl berth for the Fighting Irish. | 1 |
Eagles win 4th straight NFC East title EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Brian Westbrook and the Philadelphia Eagles had no problem running to another division title. | 1 |
Calls for Iraq Poll Delay Fuel Tension Iraq #39;s main Shi #39;ite parties insisted on Saturday that elections should go ahead on Jan. 30 as planned, rejecting mounting calls from Sunni and secular politicians | 0 |
Rescuers try to save whales after 80 die in mass stranding off <b>...</b> SYDNEY : Rescue teams struggled Monday to prevent a pod of about 20 whales beaching in an area off Australia #39;s south coast where 80 whales and dolphins died after stranding themselves at the weekend. | 0 |
Freed UN workers head home Two UN workers who spent nearly a month in the hands of Afghan kidnappers left Kabul on Sunday as relatives and friends awaited their arrivals in Northern Ireland and Kosovo. | 0 |
Eighty Whales, Dolphins Die on Australian Island (Reuters) Reuters - At least 80 whales and dolphins have\died after beaching themselves on a remote island between the\Australian mainland and the country's island state of Tasmania. | 3 |
Strong Quake Hits Japan's Hokkaido, 11 Hurt (Reuters) Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary\magnitude of 7.1 hit a wide area of Japan's northernmost main\island of Hokkaido early on Monday, the Japan Meteorological\Agency said. | 0 |
Romanian Ruling Party's Hold on Power Dented (Reuters) Reuters - Romania's ruling Social Democrats\(PSD) face a struggle to cobble together a majority coalition\to push through reforms for EU entry after their hold on power\was dented in general elections. | 0 |
Jordan's King Strips Half Brother's Title (AP) AP - King Abdullah II stripped his half brother and heir apparent of his title as crown prince in an abrupt shake-up Sunday aimed at redeeming the full power the king inherited from his late father. | 0 |
Land Mines Remain a Danger to Ethiopians (AP) AP - Aberhet Amha was an aspiring runner, winning medals for her school and dreaming of adding her name to the long list of great Ethiopian Olympic athletes. But just before her 12th birthday, Aberhet stepped on a land mine. | 0 |
Dexia Ends Talks With Sanpaolo IMI on Partnership (Update2) Dexia SA, Belgium #39;s second-largest financial-services company, terminated talks with Italy #39;s Sanpaolo IMI SpA on a possible partnership, saying the conditions are no longer right. | 2 |
Minnesota will play Music City Bowl Minnesota will play in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 31, the Golden Gophers #39; third straight postseason appearance. Minnesota will play a Southeastern Conference opponent still to be determined in Nashville, Tenn. | 1 |
Iran agrees to full uranium enrichment freeze, diplomats say Just a day before an international deadline, Iran agreed Sunday not to test any centrifuges as part of a total suspension of nuclear activities that can yield uranium for atomic weapons. | 0 |
Injured Carter Leads Jets to Victory Quincy Carter left with a head injury after the third play of the game, but returned to deliver the knockout blow, a 69-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss. | 1 |
Southern Cal Stumps Hard for Heisman and Ranking If Matt Leinart and undefeated U.S.C. it can defeat U.C.L.A. on Saturday, it will play in the Orange Bowl for the Bowl Championship Series title. | 1 |
Selig Approves Johnson Trade to Yankees (AP) AP - Randy Johnson moved a step closer to joining the Yankees when commissioner Bud Selig approved a proposed trade between Arizona and New York, The Associated Press learned Monday. | 1 |
Nun likes eating with Stewart ALDERSON, W.VA. - The food at the Federal Correctons Camp is nothing to write home about - unless one is eating it with Martha Stewart. | 2 |
NFL Wrap: McNabb Leads Eagles to 4th Straight East Title (Reuters) Reuters - Donovan McNabb passed for one\touchdown and rushed for another as the Philadelphia Eagles won\their fourth straight division title with a 27-6 win over the | 1 |
Poutiainen wins again in Aspen Finland #39;s Tanja Poutiainen won for the second time in three races at Aspen Mountain, beating Italy #39;s Manuela Moelgg by more than a second in a World Cup slalom on Sunday. | 1 |
Lonard wins with a birdie barrage So it is no more than apt that Peter Lonard should yesterday add to the tradition in the 100th staging of Australia #39;s oldest and greatest golf championship. | 1 |
Sunday #39;s NFL Capsules Philadelphia won a fourth consecutive NFC East title as Brian Westbrook scored two touchdowns Sunday and the Eagles #39; defense made life miserable for Eli Manning in a 27-6 victory over New York. | 1 |
Mosul #39;s militants fight mostly from shadows These days, the violence in Iraq #39;s third-largest city is more like The Sopranos than Black Hawk Down. By Jim Macmillan, AP. About 40 dead bodies turned up across Mosul last week. | 0 |
Jordan #39;s king strips half brother #39;s title King Abdullah II stripped his half brother and heir apparent of his title as crown prince in an abrupt shake-up Sunday aimed at redeeming the full power the king inherited from his late father. | 0 |
Iran Says It Will Stop Uranium Enrichment (AP) AP - Just a day before an international deadline, Iran agreed Sunday not to test any centrifuges as part of a total suspension of nuclear activities that can yield uranium for atomic weapons. Diplomats described the about-face as an effort to avoid possible U.N. sanctions. | 0 |
Villanova Defeats Texas Arlington, 59-53 (AP) AP - Jackie Adamshick scored a game-high 25 points to lead No. 24 Villanova past Texas-Arlington 59-53 Sunday in the consolation game of the Lady Rebel Shootout. | 1 |
Notre Dame Accepts Insight Bowl Invite Notre Dame accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix against a Pac-10 team on Dec. 28. | 1 |
McGahee Scores Four Willis McGahee runs for 116 yards and four touchdowns as the Bills hand Seattle's Mike Holmgren his worst defeat with the Seahawks, 38-9. | 1 |
Vick Rallies Falcons Michael Vick throws a 27-yard scoring pass to Alge Crumpler with 1:22 remaining to finish Atlanta's rally with a 24-21 triumph over the Saints. | 1 |
Fratello: No Deal Yet to Coach Grizzlies Mike Fratello had "a nice conversation" with the Memphis Grizzlies about the team's vacant coaching position, but said no deal was in place for him to take over the club Sunday. | 1 |
Liverpool kid Mellor stuns Arsenal Neil Mellor lived up to his burgeoning reputation with the winner for Liverpool in last night #39;s dramatic 2-1 win over Arsenal. | 1 |
NFL Wrap: McNabb Leads Eagles to 4th Straight East Title Donovan McNabb passed for one touchdown and rushed for another as the Philadelphia Eagles won their fourth straight division title with a 27-6 win over the New York Giants in the NFL on Sunday. | 1 |
Bills 38 Seahawks 9 SEATTLE Willis McGahee had 116 yards rushing and four touchdowns as Buffalo skipped past Seattle 38-to-9. Drew Bledsoe offset his three interceptions by completing two-thirds of his passes for 275 yards and a touchdown. | 1 |
Abbas Wins Backing of Brigades GAZA CITY, 29 November 2004 - Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas won the endorsement of one of the main Palestinian armed factions yesterday before pledging to stop anyone but the official security forces from carrying weapons. | 0 |
Bush urges Sinn Fein leader to help move peace process ahead in <b>...</b> WHITE HOUSE President Bush is urging Sinn Fein (shin fayn) leader Gerry Adams to help speed up the peace process in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Up to 80 whales, dolphins die on Australia #39;s southeast coast Up to 80 pilot whales and bottle nose dolphins died after a mass stranding on King Island off Tasmania, Australia. The number of dead mammals is lower than that in earlier | 0 |
Mandelson denies discussing coup plot Peter Mandelson yesterday denied being involved in discussions over the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea as the Conservatives began to put pressure on the government over what it knew and when. | 0 |
Magnitude 7.1 quake hits Hokkaido, some injuries reported A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit eastern Hokkaido early Monday, injuring several people. Ten people were reported to be injured in the quake, according to local authorities. | 0 |
'New Beginning' Needed The Maryland football coaching staff enters the offseason ready to reexamine everything from practice philosophy to its own performance. | 1 |
Shopping With Spree Here's a reader-friendly, quickie version of today's column -- for those of you who can't spare the full 2 1/2 minutes it takes to wander through the entire, labored effort -- about all things NBA other than <em>L'affaire du Artest et Les Spectateurs</em>: | 1 |
UAE Hopes to Cash in on Outsourcing Rush (Reuters) Reuters - After years of paying the price of petty\corruption, unreliable infrastructure and laws that allow for\high staff turnover, outsourcing firm Netlink is planning to\buck a trend by moving from India to the United Arab Emirates. | 2 |
Financial World Focuses on 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 |
Where Was Portis? Let #39;s see the Fantasy League expert who had Clinton Portis being relegated to an afterthought while foreseeing Jerome Bettis carrying the Steelers to the team #39;s longest winning streak since 1976. | 1 |
Sox named Sportsmen of Year by SI com. After vanquishing a so-called curse to win the World Series, the Red Sox don #39;t figure to have any problems with the fabled Sports Illustrated cover jinx. | 1 |
Archbishop #39;s bid to heal rift Traditionalists and gay Christians are cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy. | 0 |
Powerful quake rocks northern Japan, injuring 13 TOKYO (AFP) - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaid, injuring 13 people, the Meteorological Agency and police said. | 0 |
UCLA Rallies to Beat No. 4 Texas, 63-60 (AP) AP - Noelle Quinn scored the go-ahead basket with 16.7 seconds remaining and finished with 27 points, helping UCLA rally from an early 17-point deficit and beat fourth-ranked Texas 63-60 on Sunday. | 1 |
China mine blast rescue stalled Carbon monoxide prevents rescuers from reaching 141 men trapped after a deadly mine blast in central China. | 0 |
Australian teenage drinking scare A national survey in Australia shows worrying levels of alcohol consumption among the country's teenagers. | 0 |
Distributed XPCOM - A Mozilla Remote Scripting Framework? \\A little history here. Microsoft first invented COM as a cross-language\object model. This was a precursor in some ways to .NET and still has a great\deal of valuable functionality.\\Its pretty simple. You just define an IDL (interface definition language) and\then if you have a runtime or compiler that supports COM you can call functions\on an object (component) written in another language.\\Mozilla XPCOM (Cross Platform COM) is similar in goals. You can write a\component in C and then call its functions from Javascript. It also works the\other way around but isn't used as much.\\This makes Mozilla a very powerful platform. You can write a XUL extension and\then use the internal com ...\\ | 3 |
Philippines willing to negotiate with kidnappers in Iraq (AFP) AFP - The Philippine government is willing to negotiate with the kidnappers of a Filipino accountant being held captive in Iraq. | 0 |
Brown to abandon fuel duty increase Gordon Brown will scrap this year #39;s planned increase in fuel duties this week as part of a heavily political package of measures designed to win back Labour #39;s lost supporters in middle Britain. | 2 |
IT Vendors Release Royalty-Free Software For Messaging Fujitsu Limited and NEC Corporation has jointly developed a messaging software that implements the Web Services Reliability (WS-Reliability) standard and will be releasing it as an open source. | 3 |
Lakers' Buss Wants to Make Up With O'Neal (AP) AP - Hey, Shaq, Jerry Buss wants to be buddies again. | 1 |
Red Sox Grab SI's Sportsman of the Year Honor (Reuters) Reuters - The Boston Red Sox, who ended\an 86-year-old "curse" by winning the World Series in a\four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, have been named\Sports Illustrated's 2004 Sportsmen of the Year. | 1 |
Strong quake hits north Japan, injuring 13 A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 rocked eastern areas of Hokkaido, Japan #39;s northernmost main island, early Monday, injuring at least 13 people. | 0 |
Iraqis want elections delayed BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Seventeen Iraqi political parties demanded postponement of the Jan. 30 elections for at least six months until the government is capable of securing polling places. | 0 |
Laos hosts annual Asean meeting The heads of state of 10 South East Asian countries are meeting in Laos #39; capital Vientiane for the annual summit of regional grouping Asean. | 0 |
Britain #39;did not disclose warning of coup plot #39; The British Government was told of an alleged plot to overthrow Equatorial Guinea #39;s government months in advance, it was reported yesterday. | 0 |
Memphis to Accept GMAC Bowl Invitation (AP) AP - Memphis will accept an invitation to play in the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 22. | 1 |
A Flagship Adrift in the Airwaves In its 35th season, ABC's "Monday Night Football" is still trying to regain some of its old uniqueness. | 1 |
NASA sending hammer to space You can learn something about a rock by looking at it. But what most geologists really want is to smack it with a hammer. And that #39;s just what planetary scientists will do July 4 when NASA #39;s Deep Impact mission | 3 |
Sony, Nintendo go head to head with Christmas games The holiday shopping season is set to be a shoot- #39;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 |
Couples tops \$3 million mark at Skins Game With his birdie on the 10th hole to begin day two of the Merrill Lynch Skins Game, Fred Couples earned eight skins and \$300,000 to move over the \$3-million mark in career earnings at the tournament. | 1 |
Young gun shoots down Arsenal It was a shot that rang out around the Premiership, delighting Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United, and darkening the gloomy mood of the champions, Arsenal. | 1 |
Lonard is the Australian Open champion again The relentless Peter Lonard today outlasted a battle weary field at the 2004 Hillross Australian Open, to win his second consecutive Australian Open Championship. | 1 |
Chiefs Lose Again 34-31 to Chargers You have to give the fans who attended the Chiefs game Sunday afternoon a lot of credit. Despite a less than full house of about 60,000 die-hard fans, they watched San Diego waltz into Arrowhead and pull out a 34-31 victory. | 1 |
Southern Cal Embraces Boy Battling Cancer (AP) AP - Win or lose in the Orange Bowl, Southern California will always be No. 1 to Ryan Davidson. | 1 |
Sharon, Abbas say they are willing to meet Ahead of an expected meeting between both sides #39; foreign ministers in The Hague, Sharon told Newsweek magazine that he was ready to meet with the post-Yasser Arafat leadership whenever they wanted. | 0 |
Poll predictions have ruling party ahead in Romania BUCHAREST: Romania #39;s ruling Social Democrats have emerged ahead in a general election but may be deprived of a clear majority needed to keep the Balkan country on track towards the European Union, exit polls showed. | 0 |
Swiss Voters Accept Stem Cell Research Law GENEVA - Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law allowing stem cell research Sunday, rejecting a hard-line campaign that compared researchers to the Nazis #39; quot;angel of death, quot; Dr. | 0 |
Political split over date threatens Iraq elections An escalating political rift among Iraq #39;s main religious groups and continued violence throughout the country are threatening parliamentary elections set for January. | 0 |
When to meddle Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand #39;s temperamental prime minister, is so annoyed by criticism of the violence in southern Thailand that he threatened last week to walk out of today #39;s south-east Asian summit if the subject was even raised. | 0 |
Iraq vote date maintained despite deadly violence BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq #39;s landmark January polls looked set to take place as planned although the violence that prompted delay calls remained rife, as an anti-rebel sweep south of Baghdad claimed its first victims and five US troops died in western Iraq. | 0 |
Olympic prize in bid battle for WMC As Swiss-based miner Xstrata pushes ahead with its A\$7.4bn (US\$5.8bn) hostile takeover bid for WMC Resources, debate over the deal has narrowed to one key issue - the potential of the Australian miner #39;s giant Olympic Dam project. | 2 |
NASA To Slam #39;Hammer #39; into Comet Tempel 1 The high-speed impact will wallop the pickle-shaped comet Tempel 1 with energy equivalent to 4.8 tons of TNT, said Michael A #39;Hearn, another university astronomer and principal investigator on the \$311 million mission. | 3 |
Novo #39;s double takes Rangers top of the tree A hugely entertaining game between Scotland #39;s two victorious UEFA Cup sides saw Rangers edge ahead in the Scottish Premier League title race for the first time since October 2003, in a match | 1 |
Iran abandons centrifuge demands Iran has abandoned its demand to be allowed to continue some of its controversial nuclear activities, the BBC reported Sunday. UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy | 0 |
About 100 beached whales and dolphins have died on Australian <b>...</b> HOBART, Australia Wildlife officers are trying to save about 50 whales and dolphins near the coast of a southern Australian island. | 0 |
Markdowns, and Shoppers, Are Out Early This Season The National Retail Federation, a trade group in Washington, estimated that the Thanksgiving weekend accounted for \$22.8 billion in sales. | 2 |
Drug Testing Doesn't Always Tell the Whole Story Academic institutions and researchers are widely viewed as impartial actors in drug trials. But that independence often comes with strings attached. | 2 |
Australia music industry decries Kazaa Lawyers for Australia #39;s recording industry branded the popular Kazaa file-swapping network quot;an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen quot; as | 2 |
No. 11 N.C. Trounces Southern Cal, 97-65 (AP) AP - Playing their fifth game in eight days, 11th-ranked North Carolina got 23 points from Jawad Williams and another 17 from Sean May to beat Southern California 97-65 Sunday night. | 1 |
Australia Music Industry Decries Kazaa (AP) AP - Lawyers for Australia's recording industry branded the popular Kazaa file-swapping network "an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen" as they launched a court battle to shut down Kazaa's illegal activities. | 3 |
Kazaa accused of creating global music piracy system The producers of a popular file sharing program have created the biggest system of Internet music piracy ever seen, the Federal Court in Sydney has been told. | 3 |
U.S. Opposes 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 |
Celtics fall to Heat on Pierce #39;s late miss MIAMI (Ticker) -- Paul Pierce #39;s first miss from the line came at the wrong time for the Boston Celtics. Pierce, who had made his first eight free throws, split a pair of attempts with a chance to tie the game | 1 |
Two Metre Gash Found on Tanker in Delaware River US Coast Guard Divers have found a two-metre gash on the tanker in the Delaware River. The spill leaked over 100-thousand litres of crude oil and has created a 32-kilometre long slick. | 1 |
No. 4 Texas Defeated by UCLA Noelle Quinn scored the go-ahead basket with 16.7 seconds remaining and finished with 27 points yesterday, helping host UCLA rally from an early 17-point deficit and beat fourth-ranked Texas, 63-60. | 1 |
Anglican Leader Warns Churches on Gay Hate Message (Reuters) Reuters - Anglican Church head Rowan Williams has\warned church leaders that criticism of gay people could make\them vulnerable to persecution or suicide. | 0 |
Product Review: MSN's WebTV Grows Up (AP) AP - During the dot-com boom, people who didn't want to miss out on the Web and e-mail craze but didn't want to buy a real computer could get WebTV, which delivered the Internet through the warm, friendly glow of their TV sets. | 3 |
Sharon says he is ready to work with Arafat #39;s successor Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he would end his boycott of the Palestinian leadership and begin a new era of working with Yasser Arafat #39;s successors. | 0 |
Paisley #39;on verge of pact with Sinn Fein #39; Ian Paisley is almost certain to sign a historic agreement that would see his Democratic Unionists sharing power in Ulster with Sinn Fein. | 0 |
Jordan #39;s crown prince is dismissed Jordan #39;s Hashemite royal family was thrown into turmoil last night when King Abdullah abruptly dismissed his half-brother, Prince Hamzeh, as Crown Prince and heir apparent. | 0 |
Williams calls for healing in gay rift The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday pleaded with both sides in the war over homosexuality to repent for bringing the worldwide Church to the brink of schism. | 0 |
Soldier Kills 7 Colleagues in Kashmir SRINAGAR, 29 November 2004 - In the worst incident of its kind in 15 years, an angry Indian paramilitary soldier gunned down seven of his colleagues and injured two others critically in north Kashmirs Baramulla town, 54 km from here, around midnight. | 0 |
AFP Interview: Pakistan's Bhutto to end exile, win next election: Zardari (AFP) AFP - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto will end her exile and lead her party to victory in the next election, her husband Asif Ali Zardari said following his release from jail. | 0 |
More whales dead and stranded off Australia's south coast (AFP) AFP - A second pod of 17 whales has died in a mysterious mass beaching on King Island in the Bass Strait off Australia's south coast following the fatal stranding of 80 whales and dolphins at the weekend. | 0 |
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