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Son #39;s Payments on Deal Disappoint Annan UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he was quot;very disappointed and surprised quot; that his son had continued to receive payments until this February from a firm that had a contract with Iraq #39;s oil-for-food program, the subject of numerous | 0 |
College Basketball: Oklahoma State, N.C. State Win DALLAS (Sports Network) - John Lucas poured in a game-high 24 points to lead No. 6 Oklahoma State over SMU, 76-57, at Moody Coliseum. | 1 |
Five in Texas Are Accused of Reporting False Trades Five former traders were indicted yesterday in Houston on charges of reporting false trades to industry newsletters to manipulate natural gas prices. | 2 |
Disney characters on trial Not exactly the things you #39;d like your boss to be saying about you in your performance appraisal. And wouldn #39;t it be a little embarrassing if those opinions from the boss were somehow made public | 2 |
Dollar Firms as Focus Turns to US Data The dollar firmed slightly against the euro on Monday, recovering from last week #39;s record low and a 4-1/2-year trough against the yen as traders turned their sights to economic data due later in the week. | 2 |
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let #39;s spy New Internet-based technology could soon turn regular computer users into armchair spies, a Canadian inventor said on Monday. Vincent Tao, an engineer at Toronto #39;s York University, said he has invented a mapping | 3 |
Viral threat to 3G phones pumped up IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY at the two most widely reported #39;viruses #39; for Symbian phones, you #39;ll realise that only a dunderhead would actually manage to get infected. | 3 |
I #39;ll stand and fight THIERRY HENRY admits he and Patrick Vieira are putting their bodies on the line to keep alive Arsenals Premiership and Champions League dreams. | 1 |
Miller, Mirabelli finalize deals as free-agent market resumes Damian Miller #39;s \$8.75 million, three-year contract was finalized by the Milwaukee Brewers and Doug Mirabelli became the first of Boston #39;s 16 free agents to re-sign, agreeing to a \$3 million, two-year deal Monday. | 1 |
IAEA endorses Iran #39;s N-freeze: US insists on taking action VIENNA, Nov 29: Iran escaped UN censure over its nuclear programme on Monday but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own. | 0 |
Sony Takes on iPod with New Hard Disk Walkman Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) unveiled its first MP3-compatible, hard disk Walkman music player on Tuesday in an | 3 |
Suu Kyi detention extended YANGON, Nov 29: The detention period of the Myanmar #39;s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been extended by another year, her party officials said on Monday. | 0 |
Britain admits cost of ID cards will be almost double estimate (AFP) AFP - The British government has admitted the cost of introducing identity cards will be almost double its original estimate of three billion pounds (5.6 billion dollars, 4.3 billion euros)), the Financial Times reported. | 0 |
China Agonizes as Hope Vanishes for Missing Miners (Reuters) Reuters - Investigators have determined that\back-to-back coal-dust and gas blasts ripped through a mine in\northern China killing at least 63 workers and leaving 103\trapped and feared dead, state media said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Reeling Merck Offers Officers a Bonus Deal With its stock plunging, drug giant Merck has adopted a plan that could give top executives big bonuses if the company is taken over. | 2 |
Leader Offers Fresh Election For Ukrainians Government unity seemed to crumble as the president proposed a new election and the Supreme Court heard complaints of fraud. | 0 |
Merck Adopts Severance Safeguards for Executives Drugmaker Merck amp; Co., under financial siege since pulling its top painkiller Vioxx off the market in September, said Monday it has adopted a plan that | 2 |
Singapore and India to sign free-trade pact in 2005 SINGAPORE : Singapore and India are now ready to sign a wide-raging economic agreement to boost trade and investment after resolving all outstanding issues, an official statement said. | 2 |
Nielsen #39;s Concessions End Fight With Univision Univision Communications Inc. and Nielsen Media Research Inc. have dropped lawsuits against each other over the rollout of Nielsen #39;s controversial quot;personal people meters, quot; which critics said | 2 |
DC #39;s Thayer Gets Stake in BFI Canada Thayer Capital Partners, a DC private-equity partnership that buys companies, agreed to a deal that will give it a 24 percent stake in one of Canada #39;s largest trash haulers. | 2 |
Kazaa created for lawful purposes, court told The Federal Court in Sydney has been told the creators of the popular file-sharing software, Kazaa, cannot be held responsible if people use it to illegally swap music files. | 3 |
Motorola using Microsoft ActiveSync protocol for Linux smartphone Motorola, Inc. has announced interoperability between its MotoSync technology-enabled mobile phones and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. | 3 |
CRACKNELL TAKES YEAR OFF Olympic rowing hero James Cracknell has revealed a lack of hunger was behind his decision to take a year away from the sport. The 32-year-old, who was part of the British gold-medal winning coxless fours in | 1 |
California bears burden of making point that it #39;s BCS-worthy This week #39;s Bowl Championship Series saga picks up where last week #39;s left off. As you might recall, California needed Texas to beat Texas A amp;M to keep its hopes of going to its first Rose Bowl in 45 years. | 1 |
Nuggets 76, Hornets 67 Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday night. | 1 |
Burma Extends Democracy Leader #39;s Detention Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been told she will be held under house arrest until at least next September, a spokesman for her political party said. | 0 |
N-capable Ghaznavi missile test-fired ISLAMABAD: Pakistan early Monday test-fired its indigenously developed short-range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi missile, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. | 0 |
Body of NBC Official's Son Is Believed Found in Crash The body of a teenager believed to be the son of Dick Ebersol was found Monday in the wreckage of a corporate jet that crashed during takeoff. | 1 |
Disparity Is Growing Between Conferences The N.F.C. has only one presumed heavyweight, the Philadelphia Eagles. By contrast, 10 victories in the A.F.C. might not be enough for some teams to reach the playoffs. | 1 |
The Giants' Warner, a Backup, Speaks Up The person insisting loudest that the Giants' offense has bigger problems than Eli Manning is Kurt Warner, the quarterback who was benched in favor of Manning. | 1 |
Judge Dismisses Big Rights Suit on Apartheid A federal judge in New York dismissed a human rights suit yesterday against 35 major corporations that did business in South Africa under apartheid, dealing a blow to rights lawyers who have | 2 |
TSA backs off no-bid contract plan for airport security equipment WASHINGTON The idea of a no-bid contract for maintaining airport security equipment has turned into a non-starter for the Transportation Security Administration. | 2 |
Severn Trent First-Half Net Falls 27 on Pension Cost (Update1) Severn Trent Plc, the UK #39;s second- largest publicly traded water company, said first-half profit fell 27 percent because of higher pension charges and the impact of exchange rates. | 2 |
Kazaa Now Offers Free Internet Phone Calling Feature According to wire reports Sharman Networks has added Internet-based phone calls to the popular file-sharing program Kazaa. Legal experts are quoted as saying that this may be a preemptive by Sharman Networks, which owns Kazaa, to legitimize the software. | 3 |
Volunteers spread word of Firefox By day, Alexander Vincent is a mild-mannered secretary for a Vallejo real estate broker. By night, he #39;s an online crusader protecting users of a new Internet browser from glitches and security bugs. | 3 |
Dragon Quest VIII Dungeon Details The latest information from Square Enix on Dragon Quest VIII focuses on the dungeons, which take full advantage of the game #39;s 3-D graphics. | 3 |
Australia Beats NZ for Sweep of Test Cricket Wins (Update1) Australia beat New Zealand by 213 runs in the second cricket Test in Adelaide to clinch a 2-0 series victory and complete a winning record against all nine nations at the sport #39;s elite level. | 1 |
FOOTBALL: WENGER #39;S PAT ON THE BACK ARSENE WENGER fears title rivals Chelsea will break the bank to sign Steven Gerrard during the January transfer window but said he is still not as good as Patrick Vieira. | 1 |
Walter Smith offered Scotland coaching job According to a BBC Scotland report, Smith has been in talks with the Scottish Football Association about the job which became available after German Berti Vogts resigned earlier this month. | 1 |
UN agency agrees to police Iranian enrichment freeze as US voices <b>...</b> VIENNA, Austria - The UN nuclear agency agreed on ways to police Irans suspension of some nuclear programs, but a US official said Washington might still try to take the case to the Security Council. | 0 |
Dalai Lama Arrives in Russia The Dalai Lama arrived in Elista, the capital of the Russian internal republic of Kalmykia, on Monday. Dalai Lama XIV did not plan any meetings on his first day in Russia. | 0 |
Kellogg CEO to head Commerce Department President Bush said yesterday that he had tapped one of the nation #39;s most prominent Cuban-Americans, Carlos Gutierrez, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Kellogg Co. | 2 |
TSA Reconsiders Technology Contract The Transportation Security Administration yesterday said it would resume plans to seek bids for a large technology maintenance contract, ending consideration of a proposal to give the | 2 |
HK PRESS: PSA Takes HK Port Stake For HK\$2.6 Billion HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--PSA International will pay at least HK\$2.6 billion for majority control of Asia Container Terminals, giving Singapore #39;s state-owned port operator the strategic foothold in Hong Kong #39;s port that it has long coveted, reports the South | 2 |
Grassley Defends Whistle-Blower Food and Drug Administration whistle-blower David J. Graham believes he will soon be transferred or fired in retaliation for telling a congressional hearing that the agency is falling short | 2 |
HP rejiggers utility computing line Hewlett-Packard next year will take a fresh approach to its utility computing initiative with a product designed to reduce the cost of running corporate computing systems. | 3 |
Skulls Trojan teams up with Cabir worm Virus writers have unleashed a second version of the morbid-looking Symbian Trojan #39;Skulls #39; and packaged it with one of the first mobile phone viruses, dubbed Cabir. | 3 |
Microsoft Licenses ActiveSync For Motorola, PalmOne Smart Phones Microsoft has licensed its ActiveSync technology to OEM partners Motorola and PalmOne to enable a new class of non-Windows smart phones to wirelessly synchronize with Exchange Server 2003. | 3 |
Turn yourself into a diamond: tips from science on a good life <b>...</b> A thinktank of British scientists has come up with a new way of quickening the national intellect - a brain-taxing spin on the old formula of 100 things to do before you die. | 3 |
Australia finish off New Zealand Australia wrapped up a 2-0 win in the series with a 213-run victory in the Second Test in Adelaide. New Zealand, chasing an unlikely 464 for victory, put up little resistance as they lost their last five wickets for 100 runs. | 1 |
Miller: quot;I #39;ma real skier! quot; His remark, of course, was half in jest, fuelled by the euphoria of a clean sweep of the World Cup season thus far. With Super-G wins in Soelden and Lake Louise, and the Lake Louise downhill as well, Miller #39;s | 1 |
Redknapp #39;forced out #39; THE arrival of Velimir Zajec as Portsmouth #39;s director of football was the final straw for manager Harry Redknapp, his assistant coach Jim Smith told the BBC today. | 1 |
This season more jolly with playoff Set aside, for a moment, the Twelve Days of Christmas. And consider what the coming holiday season would be like with the Twelve Teams of Playoffs. | 1 |
U.S. Military Seeks Plane With Six Aboard (AP) AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that it was searching for three civilian crew members and three military passengers who were aboard an aircraft that went missing over Afghanistan. | 0 |
China mine death toll increases More than 100 men are trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Sunday. Dangerous carbon monoxide levels are hampering rescue efforts, but one official said it was impossible for anyone to have survived. | 0 |
China mine death toll increases At least 63 miners are known to have died after Sunday's mine explosion, with more than 100 missing. | 0 |
Torture victims slam Chile payout Groups representing torture victims of Chile's former military government reject a proposed compensation deal. | 0 |
PSA buys key stake in Hong Kong port operator Singaporess PSA gained a much-sought foothhold in Hong Kong with an agreement to buy a stake in Asia Container Terminals, a port operator in the worlds busiest container hub, from Sun Hung Kai Properties. | 2 |
Indian Ocean Island Pleads for Relief (AP) AP - Bambooflat island is only a 20 minute ferry ride from the capital of this Indian archipelago, yet no relief for the tsunami victims had arrived by Saturday, leaving some 2,000 families angry and desperate for humanitarian aid. | 0 |
Sun Devils, Aggies closing in on Holiday Bowl berths SAN DIEGO ---- The official announcement will be made Sunday, but barring any wild surprises, Arizona State and Texas A amp;M will be the participants in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30. | 1 |
NCAA Game Summary - Oklahoma State at SMU Oklahoma State also holds an 8-3 mark in Dallas versus the Mustangs...Graham #39;s twin brother Stephen recorded nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds for the Cowboys...Bobik was 3-of-4 from long range. Dallas | 1 |
Jayhawks Breeze No. 2 Kansas does not face much of a challenge as it rolls through an overmatched Nevada team, 85-52, on Monday night. | 1 |
Favre's 200th Straight Start Is a Win Brett Favre topped 20 touchdown passes for the 11th straight season in the Green Bay Packers' rout of the St. Louis Rams on Monday night. | 1 |
Italy braced for general strike Millions of Italian workers are expected to take part in a general strike against \$8bn in government spending cuts. | 0 |
Bacteria Enlisted for New Trials on Dental Health Can genetically engineered bacteria prevent tooth decay? A small biotechnology company is about to take the first step toward answering that question. | 2 |
Mets Top Red Sox in Offer to Martnez The Mets submitted a three-year guaranteed contract to Boston pitcher Pedro Martnez worth approximately \$38 million. | 0 |
Retailers Seen Posting Modest Nov. Sales US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather. | 2 |
Golden rings cheaper but list dearer Want a gift to please your honey this holiday season and save some bucks, too? Consider five golden rings, the fifth gift in the classic holiday song quot;The Twelve Days of Christmas. | 2 |
Courts and Torts: Vetting Compensation Even the The Incredibles would have a hard time rescuing the Walt Disney Co. #39;s compensation committee from their current predicament. | 2 |
Hedge fund targets Coke for devaluation LONDON - A former Wall Street stockbroker plans to start a hedge fund in an ambitious drive to halve the value of Coca-Cola #39;s shares within 12 months. | 2 |
Retailers Seen Posting Modest Nov. Sales (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. retailers are expected to post\modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart\Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil\prices and warmer weather. | 2 |
Studios line up behind competing new DVDs Three large Hollywood studios are throwing their weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy. | 3 |
Sun extends multi-platform services offerings Sun Microsystems has entered into an agreement to acquire SevenSpace, a privately-held company based in Ashburn, Va. SevenSpace will broaden Sun #39;s Managed Services offerings to include heterogeneous environments | 3 |
The Benefits Of The New Firefox Browser You probably heard of the new Firefox browser version 1.0 recently released by Mozilla. If you are currently using Internet Explorer or Netscape, you are probably wondering if Firefox is better and why is it better. | 3 |
Goodbye to fossil fuels? Not quite yet It all came down to a small, Utah-made device sitting inside an Idaho pottery kiln. This recent experiment at a national research laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, may pave the way for an efficient means of extracting hydrogen from water. | 3 |
New #39;Skulls #39; Mutant Releases Cabir Virus on Phones Anti-virus vendors have spotted a new strain of the quot;Skulls quot; Trojan sneaking into Symbian-based cell phones, and this one drops the Cabir worm on the devices. | 3 |
Valkyrie Profile and Dragon Quest VII To Make Another Round At the beginning of the year, Square Enix will be re-releasing two RPGs originally released at the turn of the century. Valkyrie Profile and Dragon Quest VII will be released in Japan under the PS One Books | 3 |
Aussies sweep series with 213-run victory over Kiwis ADELAIDE, Nov 30: Australia crushed New Zealand by 213 runs on the final day of the second Test to complete a series clean sweep at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. | 1 |
Hopes fade for trapped miners Chenjiashan Mine - Hopes of finding alive 141 workers trapped inside a north China coal pit vanished Monday as officials and angry relatives blamed the disaster on management #39;s drive for profit. | 0 |
Archbishop seeks to calm #39;war of words #39; Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane has stepped into the fray between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Thabo Mbeki, calling for calm and offering to mediate between the two. | 0 |
Another oil-food scandal emerges UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday he was disappointed in his son for accepting payments from a key contractor in the oil-for-food program for more than four years longer than had been previously acknowledged. | 0 |
World Failed Bhopal Gas Victims, Says Amnesty London, Nov. 30 (NNN) : The world has failed to help survivors of the Bhopal gas leak in India 20 years ago or to punish the guilty, Amnesty International has said. | 0 |
Oil Prices Hover Just Below \$50 a Barrel SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices hovered just below \$50 a barrel on Tuesday, holding recent gains on a rash of crude supply outages and fears over thin heating oil tanks. | 2 |
Nikkei Slips 0.8 Pct on Data TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell around 0.8 percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp. | 2 |
Newspaper Publishers Padded Sales Figures Investigations have found that several companies inflated circulation totals and revenue in order to keep advertising rates high. | 2 |
DOT Says Air Traffic Overhaul Is Flawed An eight-year effort to upgrade the computers for the nation's air traffic control system is "facing obsolescence" before it has been completed, the Department of Transportation inspector general said in a report released yesterday. | 2 |
Nielsen's Concessions End Fight With Univision Univision Communications Inc. and Nielsen Media Research Inc. have dropped lawsuits against each other over the rollout of Nielsen's controversial "personal people meters," which critics said undercount the size of minority television audiences. | 2 |
Thayer Gets Stake in BFI Thayer Capital Partners, a D.C. private-equity partnership that buys companies, agreed to a deal that will give it a 24 percent stake in one of Canada's largest trash haulers. | 2 |
Temps Lose Bargaining Rights Won In 2000 Temporary workers will no longer be able to bargain for job benefits as part of a unit with permanent employees, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, reversing a Clinton-era precedent. | 2 |
Offer gives Harmony 11 of Gold Fields World number six gold miner Harmony Gold on Monday announced that it had secured 10.8 percent of shares in world number four gold miner Gold Fields as a result of its early settlement offer, which closed at 12h00 on Friday. | 2 |
Judge dismisses Oracle insider trading suit A judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Chairman Jeffrey Henley that accused them of insider trading before the company announced an earnings shortfall in 2001. | 2 |
China's annual central economic meeting "imminent" (AFP) AFP - China's senior policymakers are to convene soon for an important annual meeting in Beijing to map out the principles for China's economic plan for 2005, state media reported. | 2 |
WVU will play Florida State in Gator Bowl The most enjoyable part of Rich Rodriguez #39;s message to his West Virginia football team yesterday was short and sweet. The Mountaineers will play in the Gator Bowl -- probably | 1 |
College Basketball: Kansas, Oklahoma State Win LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien scored 14 points with 10 rebounds to lead No. 2 Kansas over Nevada, 85-52, at Allen Fieldhouse. | 1 |
Sehwag sizzles in Eden sun A Belligerent Virender Sehwag and compact Rahul Dravids unbroken century partnership on Monday shaped Indias sound reply to South Africa in the second cricket Test. | 1 |
63 are dead, 103 missing, feared lost in China mine BEIJING - The death toll in a coal-mine explosion in central China rose to 63 with 103 workers still missing, the government said today, as toxic fumes slowed rescuers from entering the pit. | 0 |
ASEAN approves talks with Japan VIENTIANE, Laos -- A day after reaching a deal with China in a bid to create the world #39;s largest free trade zone, the leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations have approved free trade talks with Japan. | 0 |
Lover #39;bumped off #39; - Diana tapes A videotape of the late Princess Diana talking frankly about her sex life with Prince Charles and suggesting that a lover on her royal staff was quot;bumped off quot; was broadcast on US television on Monday. | 0 |
US plane missing in Afghanistan The United States military says one of its airplanes carrying six people has gone missing over Afghanistan. The plane was carrying three civilian crew members and three military passengers, a statement said. | 0 |
Merck files new termination plan BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck amp; Co. has adopted a new plan to compensate senior management in case of a corporate takeover, according to regulatory filings made Monday. | 2 |
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