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Brees kept offense cool If ever there were a time for the Chargers offense to panic, this was it. In fact, it seemed as if the group already was a bit unnerved. | 1 |
Water sinks Appleby #39;s chances of Open title Stuart Appleby #39;s golf game was a notch away from its best and that was the difference between winning and finishing second at the Australian Open golf tournament here yesterday. | 1 |
SE Asia Forges Closer Ties with China, Japan, S.Korea Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping. | 0 |
Beached whales die off Tasmania More than 100 whales and dolphins have died in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia. Ninety-seven pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins died off King Island over the weekend, and several others have died off Maria Island. | 0 |
Palestinians look for early solution CAIRO, Egypt -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said Sunday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms with Israel as soon as possible and hoped to reach an accord by the end of next | 0 |
Sri Lanka attack raises tension Members of the Sinhala and Tamil communities have clashed again in eastern Sri Lanka after a grenade attack on a bus left one person dead. | 0 |
Heineken boosts African position Heineken buys a majority stake in Nigerian brewer Consolidated Breweries, boosting its position in Africa's second-largest market. | 2 |
Barcelona Testing, Day 3, 26/11/04 A trouble-free day for Franck and Giancarlo as they completed almost 200 laps of Barcelona. | 1 |
Couples skins Tiger in playoff Minutes after hitting his ball into the water to blow a chance of winning the Skins Game, Tiger Woods smiled and walked arm-in-arm down the fairway with Fred Couples. | 1 |
Rescuers Trying to Reach Chinese Miners Rescuers trying to reach 141 miners trapped by an underground explosion were pumping noxious fumes out of a Chinese coal mine Monday but an official said their chances of survival were quot;extremely slight. | 0 |
French Ruling Party Head Sarkozy Resigning as Finance Minister French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is resigning when he meets today with Prime Minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin, freeing him to use his new position as head of the ruling party to prepare for the 2007 presidential elections. | 0 |
Southeast Asian Leaders Open ASEAN Summit in Laos Southeast Asian leaders have opened a two-day summit in Laos aimed at creating an economic community in six years and expanding free trade agreements with Asia #39;s largest economies. | 0 |
Shoppers Spend, Retailers Rejoice On the Day After Thanksgiving The news was good for many retailers over the holiday weekend as enthusiastic consumers took to stores in droves on Black Friday and bought at a higher rate than last year. | 2 |
HK Shares End Near 45-Mo High On Hutchison, Ppty Stks -2- HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong shares ended up Monday to close at their highest level in nearly 45 months, led by gains in property counters and blue-chip Hutchison Whampoa. | 2 |
Premier implies US has mismanaged its currency -report Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao launched an indirect attack on the United States Sunday for failing to halt the dollar #39;s slide, and vowed not to revalue the renminbi yuan under pressure, according to a published report. | 2 |
Nun enjoys prison meals with Martha DENVER - The food at the Federal Corrections Camp in Alderson, W.Va., apparently is nothing to write home about - unless one is eating it with Martha Stewart. | 2 |
Kazaa trial opens with #39;massive piracy #39; claim Kazaa owner Sharman Networks was back in the Australian Federal Court in Sydney today facing allegations that it had not only created the world #39;s largest music piracy network, but also knew for what illegal purpose its software was being put and even | 3 |
Phones catching hackers attention Several Web sites recently began offering software promising ringtones and screen savers for certain cell phones. But those who downloaded the software found that it turned | 3 |
Technology drives toward the future, throws retail items to the <b>...</b> Now shows can be recorded without anything physical to record them on. The same goes for music. The days of tape-cassette #39;s are long-gone, but CDs could be on their way out, too. | 3 |
French hostility a chronic problem PARIS -- US diplomats here respond to Jacques Chirac #39;s continued Yankee-bashing following George W. Bush #39;s re-election by saying the French president is out of step with his people, who are not nearly that anti-American. | 0 |
Top News ; Jordan #39;s king removes crown prince Top News News, Amman,Jordan #39;s King Abdullah II has stripped his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, of his title as crown prince and heir to the Hashemite throne in an unexpected move that surprised many Jordanians. | 0 |
Kazaa trial opens with 'massive piracy' claim Sharman 'encouraged' illegal file-trading, lawyers allege | 3 |
Call for action on internet scam Phone companies are not doing enough to warn about net rogue-dialling scams, says the UK telecoms watchdog. | 3 |
Myanmar Extends Suu Kyi House Arrest - Opposition (Reuters) Reuters - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi\has been told by police she is being held under house arrest\under a law which allows for such detention for up to a year,\an opposition spokesman said Monday. | 0 |
German Snow White sacked for posing nude (Reuters) Reuters - A German singer who plays Snow White has lost her job at Dresden's\Christmas market after posing for nude photos in a bathtub, Bild newspaper says. | 0 |
Device to probe limits of physics UK physicists finish a crucial element of a device that will probe the forces that shape our Universe. | 3 |
Beached whales die off Tasmania More than 100 whales and dolphins die in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia. | 3 |
Sri Lanka attack raises tension Sinhalas and Tamils clash again in eastern Sri Lanka after a grenade attack on a bus leaves one person dead. | 0 |
India make first-innings inroads India reach 48-1 at tea in reply to South Africa's 305 on day two of the second Test. | 0 |
Call for action on internet scam Phone companies are not doing enough to warn customers about internet "rogue-dialling" scams, watchdog Icstis warns. | 0 |
Space Station Astronauts Move Soyuz to Prepare for Spacewalks The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station moved the Soyuz spacecraft that brought them to the orbiting outpost to prepare for a pair of spacewalks to be conducted next year. | 3 |
Bolton wobble continues Four games without a win, and two away matches coming up before a home date with a resurgent Manchester City, have put a new complexion on their season. | 1 |
French agriculture minister to take finance portfolio from Sarkozy (AFP) AFP - France's agriculture minister, Herv #195; #169; Gaymard, will replace Nicolas Sarkozy as finance and economy minister following the latter's resignation to take up the helm of the governing UMP party, officials said. | 2 |
The downward spiral It #39;s hard to believe that only a month ago, the New York Giants were 5-2 and sitting a realistic two games behind the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East race. | 1 |
Patriots #39; defense leaves Ravens all wet Jarvis Green capped the Patriots #39; domination when he recov ered the slip pery ball in the end zone against a team known for its own defensive touchdowns. | 1 |
Romanian ruling party lead shrinks Romania #39;s ruling ex-communists scored a wafer-thin victory over opposition centrists in Sunday #39;s parliamentary vote, according to partial official results. | 0 |
Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan, triggers tsunami A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan #39;s northern island of Hokkaido early Monday, swaying buildings and triggering a tsunami that lashed the shore, officials said. | 0 |
Sea Knowledge Not Very Deep An ambitious project to catalog life in the ocean shows that so far we've just scratched the surface. By Stephen Leahy. | 3 |
Web Won't Let Government Hide Advocates for open government are creating search engines and websites to let citizens peek into the inner workings of official agencies. Now more than ever, they say, openness is essential to self-government. By Ryan Singel. | 3 |
Dumbing Down a Smartwatch Researchers are developing an RFID-enabled watch system to help the memory-challenged find their stuff. But making sure it doesn't track too much is a big privacy concern. By Michael Bradbury. | 3 |
The Next Giant Leap Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, talks space and the future with James Cameron for Wired magazine. | 3 |
Swiss: Limited Stem Cell Approval A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain. | 3 |
Sequester That Carbon Dioxide Disused Texas oil field reservoirs may become storage areas for greenhouse gases emitted by burning fossil fuels. Known as carbon sequestration, the technology captures the gas that can linger in the atmosphere for decades. | 3 |
TiVo Their Way: Ads, Copy Brakes Plans for pop-up ads and restrictions on copying have some consumer advocates wondering about Tivo's commitment to customer control. The company says it has to bow some to Hollywood and advertiser interests. | 3 |
Passport Privacy Protection? Nope The Bush administration opposes security measures recommended by privacy advocates for new microchip-equipped passports, saying it's concerned for the safety of American travelers. Critics say the chips are good for identity thieves and government snoops. | 3 |
Reliance Energy Board to meet tomorrow The Board of Directors of Reliance Energy Ltd. would meet this week to consider the resignations of 6 of its 14 directors, a statement from the country #39;s second-largest power utility said. | 2 |
Australian current account deficit hits record Australias current account deficit widened to a record level in the third quarter, putting downward pressure on the nations fast-growing economy and sending the countrys currency lower. | 2 |
IBM, Sony firm up Playstation Cell chip plans THE CELL CHIP which is the basis for the Playstation 3 will go into limited production next year, said IBM and Sony. It won #39;t go into mass production until 2006, but IBM will show off the chip at a chip conference in February next year. | 3 |
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2004--Toshiba Corporation a indiqu ce jour que la socit a reu diffrents engagements de soutien de Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, et Warner Bros. | 3 |
Microsoft hunts for fake XP Microsoft is hoping to beat the fraudsters and trace large-scale counterfeiters of Windows XP OEM with a free checking and replacement scheme for users. | 3 |
Gerrard sets sights on Premiership surge Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says Sunday #39;s win over Arsenal can help galvanise the Reds for a run up the English Premiership table. | 1 |
Oh brother! He stripped him off AMMAN: Jordan #39;s King Abdullah II has stripped his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, of his title as crown prince and heir to the Hashemite throne in an unexpected move that surprised many Jordanians. | 0 |
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi house arrest extended: party (AFP) AFP - Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her period of house arrest extended by another year, her opposition party and officials said. | 0 |
Mortgages fall as house market cools Home loan approvals in October fell to their lowest levels in nearly five years, according to figures released this morning by the Bank of England, confirming that the housing | 2 |
Roechlings Sell Rheinmetall Stake for \$743 Million, People Say Germany #39;s Roechling family completed the sale of its stake in weapons-maker Rheinmetall AG to institutional investors for 561 million euros (\$743 million), people familiar with the transaction said. | 2 |
US holiday leaves oil waiting for a lead Singapore - Crude oil futures fell on Monday in muted Asian trade with players hoping for a fresh lead when the US market reopens later after a four-day closure, dealers said. | 2 |
Kmart, Sears merger could cost area jobs The monster merger between Troy, Mich.-based Kmart Holding Corp. and Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Sears Roebuck amp; Co. may have local impact. | 2 |
Music companies sue Sharman over Kazaa Five record companies are suing Sharman Networks, creator of the file-swapping technology Kazaa, for music piracy in Australia #39;s Federal Court. | 3 |
Carter left on TE on key play If Andre Carter never makes it as a standout in pass coverage, he will excel as a diplomat. Carter, the 49ers #39; best pure pass rusher, neatly sidestepped the | 1 |
Australian labels sue file sharer Australian record companies, including the world's four major labels, are suing the firm behind the Kazaa file-sharing software. | 2 |
Government 'must reduce spending' Whatever party wins the next general election will have to either cut spending or raise taxes, says the CBI, which wants the former. | 2 |
US shoppers fail to give thanks to Wal-Mart WAL-MART, the worlds largest retailer, has cut its sales forecast, in the run-up to Christmas, by more than half after suffering a fall in the number of shoppers passing through its doors | 2 |
Roechling Sells Its Stake in Rheinmetall Roechling Industrie Verwaltung GmbH said Monday it has sold its majority stake in German defense and industrial group Rheinmetall AG for an undisclosed sum. | 2 |
Hollywood majors back Toshiba DVD Toshiba said on Monday that four major Hollywood studios had thrown their crucial weight behind High Definition DVD (HD-DVD), one of two disc formats contending to be the standard in next-generation DVDs. | 3 |
Best antivirus software for 2005 Viruses and worms just keep getting smarter and more devious. While the best defense is not opening e-mail attachments, you still need a solid antivirus program. | 3 |
Raiders win snow bowl quot;Dead over the middle, quot; he said. And in he came, all 6-foot-8 and 345 pounds of him, to block a 43-yard Denver field goal attempt with 31 seconds to play, secure a 25-24 victory for the Oakland | 1 |
Loftier goal for Eagles Koy Detmer took a knee for the final time, the clock struck 0:00 and the Eagles had won it and done it. They had cut down the Giants 27-6 with a run of 20 straight points | 1 |
Romania Vote Marred by Fraud Charges Exit polls in key Romanian elections are showing a likely win for the ruling Social Democrats. But as in Ukraine, the opposition has demanded an investigation into voting irregularities. | 0 |
As flat-panels oust older TVs, disposal fears arise (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Soaring sales of flat-panel televisions this holiday are expected to spark one of tech's toughest environmental challenges: disposing of millions of old, toxic TVs. Almost 4 million flat-panel TVs are expected to be sold worldwide this year, says researcher DisplaySearch. | 3 |
Diplomat: Rwanda Troops in Congo (AP) AP - Rwanda has sent thousands of troops into Congo in recent days, a Western diplomat in Congo's capital said Monday, but U.N. officials said they had no evidence of such an incursion. | 0 |
IBM project puts supercomputer on a chip (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - IBM today plans to disclose details of a project to put a supercomputer on a chip. | 3 |
Confirmation Hearings for Rice Pushed Back (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - At the White House's request, confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice as secretary of State will not begin until Congress reconvenes in January, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said. | 0 |
Germany probes army abuse claims Germany's defence ministry investigates claims of abuse of soldiers by superior officers at a unit in Bavaria. | 0 |
IBM, Sony to detail 'Cell' PS3 CPU February 2005 Massively parallel, 64-bit POWER-based processor to debut at ISSCC | 3 |
Automakers Tout Hybrids, Power Rules General Motors Corp., which sells the gas-gobbling Hummer, urges Americans to "Get Green" on a special Web site and is producing advertising campaigns trumpeting hydrogen fuel and gas-electric hybrid vehicles. | 2 |
Holiday Shoppers Off to a Fast Start Holiday shoppers spent 10 percent more Friday than they did a year ago, according to early reports, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dampened hopes for a strong start to the key retail season by slashing its November sales forecast by more than half. | 2 |
Bush to Change Economic Team The president wants to tap prominent figures outside the administration to help sell rewrites of Social Security and the tax laws to Congress and the country, White House aides and advisers said over the weekend. | 2 |
Computer Analysis Is Bringing Science to Art Some computers can beat grandmasters at chess. <br>Others can compose music. | 3 |
Family Tree Maker 2005 Deluxe; Law Order: Justice Is Served; WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw The 12th edition of this genealogy program comes in three editions -- Standard, Deluxe and Collector's -- but the core program is identical in all. | 3 |
India 'overruns' separatist camps The Indian army says it has overrun scores of camps in a four-week drive against separatists in the north-east. | 0 |
Australian labels sue file sharer Record labels are suing the firm behind leading file-sharing software Kazaa, in the latest round of the fight over copyright. Sharman Networks, based in Australia but registered in the Pacific island state | 3 |
Russian-US Crew Re-Docks Soyuz Spacecraft at ISS After Half-Hour <b>...</b> The US-Russian crew of the international space station successfully re-docked a spaceship at a new port on the station Monday in preparation for two spacewalks early next year. | 3 |
UPDATE 3-Aggressive Sehwag leads positive Indian reply Opener Virender Sehwag cracked a rapid unbeaten 82 as India rushed to 129 for one in reply to South Africa #39;s first innings 305 on the day two of the second and final test on Monday. | 1 |
Official: Fear Factor Adding to Oil Price Saudi Arabia #39;s oil minister Ali Naimi said Monday that the quot;fear factor quot; over supplies has added \$10 to \$15 a barrel to the price of oil and reiterated that his country is working toward lifting its sustainable oil production capacity. | 2 |
S Korea bans imports of Matsushita plasma panels South Korea on Monday imposed a temporary import ban on plasma display panels made by Matsushita, the Japanese consumer electronics maker, after LG Electronics complained its rival had violated its intellectual property rights. | 2 |
Dexia shelves proposed merger with Sanpaolo LONDON, November 29 (newratings.com) - The board of the Franco-Belgian Bank, Dexia (DXB.ETR), has rejected the companys proposed 37 billion merger with Italys Sanpaolo (PAO), following increasing opposition to the proposal by a group of its key | 2 |
Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures | 3 |
Cell Processor Unveiled Specifically, the companies confirmed that Cell is a multicore chip comprising a 64-bit Power processor core and multiple synergistic processor cores capable of massive floating point processing. | 3 |
Striking up digital video search com November 29, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients. | 3 |
The Cost of Virus Protection Rises Gasoline and milk aren #39;t the only things that cost more these days. The cost of keeping your antivirus software current has been rising, also. | 3 |
Diouf charged by FA with improper conduct Bolton striker El Hadji Diouf has been charged with improper conduct following an incident in Saturday #39;s Premier League match against Portsmouth, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday. | 1 |
Iraq forces kill 17 in #39;triangle of death #39; Iraqi forces backed by US and British troops killed 17 gunmen and wounded nine others in battles in the so-called quot;triangle of death quot; south of Baghdad. | 0 |
Head of British charity expelled from Sudan The Sudanese Government has expelled the head of Save the Children from the country and threatened the director of Oxfam with a similar fate today. | 0 |
Finnish labour market reform vital to pay for ageing population: OECD (AFP) AFP - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development called on Finland in a report to reform its labor market to boost employment, necessary to cope with an ageing population. | 2 |
Easymobile Closer to #39;Lean, Low-Cost Service #39; Launch Moves by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou to launch a low-cost mobile service were boosted today by an agreement to rent airtime from T-Mobile. | 2 |
Newcastle 1, Everton 1 (D,Post) DETERMINATION, character and resolve are the usual words reeled off when talk turns to praising David Moyes #39;s latest Goodison revival. | 1 |
Christmas trees crop up all over TRAVERSE CITY - It may not replace cherries as the region #39;s signature farm crop, but the area #39;s Christmas tree industry is sprucing up all the same. | 2 |
Virgin plans may clash with govt policy The present policy of not allowing a foreign carrier to hold stake in domestic airlines has put a question mark on Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson #39;s plans to acquire equity in private Indian airline companies. | 2 |
Suicide Bomber Attacks Iraqi Police, Kills 12 (Reuters) Reuters - A suicide car bomber plowed into\policemen waiting to collect their salary at a police station\west of Ramadi Monday, killing 12 people in the latest\insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security forces. | 0 |
Iran to Escape Censure After Nuclear Cat-And-Mouse (Reuters) Reuters - Iran looked set to avoid being reported\to the United Nations Security Council on Monday after\reaffirming its commitment to a deal meant to reassure the\world it is not trying to build a nuclear bomb. | 0 |
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