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Tough EU terms for Turkey Draft of document draws framework BRUSSELS -- Turkey will have to accept tough conditions, including de facto recognition of Cyprus and a permanent brake on labor migration, to open European Union entry talks, according to a draft EU summit statement. | 0 |
Another day of bloodshed for US troops and Iraqis BAGHDAD -- Insurgents stepped up attacks on Iraq's fledgling security forces, killing seven Iraqi police and guardsmen yesterday in a suicide bombing hours after storming a police station north of the capital. The military reported five new US deaths. | 0 |
Bin Laden deputy vows fight Muslims to 'stand firm,' tape says CAIRO -- Osama bin Laden's top deputy vowed in a videotape aired yesterday to keep fighting the United States until Washington changes its policies. | 0 |
Colombia backs off claim Bush was targeted BOGOTA -- Colombia's government backpedaled yesterday on a sensational claim made by the defense minister that Marxist rebels wanted to assassinate President Bush during a recent state visit. | 0 |
Radio Boycott of Skinny Puppy's new album urged Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood has sent letters threatening a boycott against radio stations playing the new Skinny Puppy album, The Greater Wrong of the Right. | 3 |
Retail sales over Thanksgiving weekend good for some The far north Scottsdale Target store rang up better than expected sales during the three days after Thanksgiving. At Superstition Springs Center in Mesa, Bath and Body Works sold out | 2 |
Downloader.GK 'Worst Trojan of 2004' (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The Downloader.GK Trojan was named as the worst piece of malicious code of 2004, according to Spanish anti-virus firm Panda Software. | 3 |
Oregon tree growers team up for the troops The holiday season keeps the Hansen family busy harvesting, shipping and selling thousands of Christmas trees. However, this year the Hansens, along with 12 | 2 |
Willis Hires Top Marsh Exec, Stock Rises Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd. (WSH) on Monday said it hired a top executive from embattled rival Marsh amp; McLennan Cos. | 2 |
Martha Stewart Shares Hit a Three Year High Martha Stewart Living #39;s business may not have hit rock bottom yet, but its stock is officially back from the dead. Shares of the struggling media company were up nearly 9 on Wednesday, reaching not only their | 2 |
New Cabir Variants Quick To Replicate (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - F-Secure, the Finnish anti-virus software developer, has identified two new, fast-spreading versions of Cabir, the worm that infects cell phones using the Symbian operating system. | 3 |
DoCoMo #39;s i-mode to expand into Britain, Ireland TOKYO - NTT DoCoMo Inc said Tuesday that it will expand its i-mode Internet-capable cell phone services into Britain and Ireland in the latter half of 2005 by concluding a licensing contract with British cell phone company mmO2 PLC. | 3 |
SCO Website Defaced Again Malicious hackers have once again compromised The SCO Groups website, the second time in as many days. The messages on the website appear to mock the companys ownership claims over various parts of the Linux operating system. | 3 |
EDS: The single point of failure After the Child Support Agency (CSA) debacle earlier this month, when it emerged that the 450m system built by EDS still isn #39;t working properly a year and a half after its supposed completion, the DWP crash seemed impossibly incompetent. | 3 |
CRICKET: Aussies sweep series with 213 run victory Australia defeated New Zealand by a massive 213 runs on the final day of the second cricket Test at Adelaide Oval today. With this victory the Aussies have won the series. | 1 |
PACKERS: Defense bends, doesn #39;t break GREEN BAY - Ahmad Carroll and Joey Thomas knew they were going to be targeted by the St. Louis Rams #39; pass- happy offense Monday night. | 1 |
Celtics beat Magic 117-101 to end skid Doc Rivers got his team back on track while gaining a measure of revenge on his old squad, and the Boston Celtics snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 117-101 on Monday night. | 1 |
Woolmer hopeful of Pak show KARACHI, Nov. 28. Coach Mr Bob Woolmer today brushed aside previous Pakistani performances against Australia and said his team could spring a surprise if they played to their potential on their upcoming tour. | 1 |
Patriots win in all conditions against all kinds of teams The Patriots can be healthy or hurting. The field can be drenched or dry. The opponent might have a stingy defense or a high-scoring offense. | 1 |
Emmitt reportedly out 2-3 weeks TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona Cardinals running back Emmitt Smith will miss 2-3 weeks with a toe injury, ESPN reported Monday. And that #39;s not the only change in the starting lineup for the Cards. | 1 |
AMD Launches Mobile Video Processor (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Chip manufacturer AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced a processor designed to handle\the demands of multimedia content on mobile devices. The latest\iteration of AMD's Alchemy product line, dubbed Au1200, promises to\provide video entertainment for consumers on the move, much like what\MP3 players deliver to music fans. | 3 |
Survey: Web Holiday Shopping Up 25 Percent in 2004 (Reuters) Reuters - Online shoppers in the United\States spent #36;23.2 billion during the holidays, excluding\travel, up 25 percent from the 2003 season, according to a new\survey from Goldman, Sachs Co., Harris Interactive and | 3 |
Adams and Paisley Edge Towards Peace Deal Gerry Adams shook the hand of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde in Tony Blairs Downing Street office today, as the republican leadership and the Reverend | 0 |
Senior Hamas figure ready for cease-fire Hebrew news service Itim quotes Sheikh Hassan Yousef, considered a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank, as saying that Hamas was ready for a ten-year hudna (truce). | 0 |
Variety is truly the spice of Christmas tree sales What does it take to lure harried Christmas shoppers away from the malls and the prepackaged convenience of an already decorated plastic Christmas tree in a box? | 2 |
Sorry. Your Eating Disorder Doesn't Meet Our Criteria. For years, doctors have been relying on a vague nondiagnosis known by the acronym Ednos: eating disorder not otherwise specified. | 3 |
For a Teenage Boy, a Basketball and a Bug Spell Trouble In one young patient, unidentified stalkers seek out openings to attack the vision. | 3 |
Why Good Friends Don't Always Make Good Doctors When painful medicine is involved, closeness to a patient can make for fuzzy views. | 3 |
The Great Salt Flats Where did the Bonneville Salt Flats of western Utah come from? Did the same thing create salt flats elsewhere? | 3 |
Storm pulls wet blanket over holiday sales The first weekend of holiday shopping went from red-hot to dead white, as a storm that delivered freezing, snowy weather across Colorado kept consumers at home. | 2 |
State Compensation Insurance Fund Files an Average 5 Rate <b>...</b> SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- State Compensation Insurance Fund today announced it has filed with the Department of Insurance an average rate decrease of 5 percent on new and renewal workers #39; compensation | 2 |
Asian Stocks Rise for Fourth Day in US Trading; Sony Climbs Asian stocks rose in US trading. Sony Corp. gained after the world #39;s No. 2 consumer-electronics maker agreed to resolve a dispute over patents related to digital cameras. | 2 |
Fresh Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 26 (Reuters) Reuters - Floods and landslides caused\by heavy rains killed at least 26 people in the northern\Philippines, disaster officials said Tuesday, a week after\storms left about 160 dead or missing. | 0 |
studios snub Sony DVD format Three Hollywood studios have chosen to embrace next-generation DVD technology backed by Toshiba, snubbing a rival product promoted by Sony. | 3 |
Favre has big game, but defense pitches in to beat Rams 45-17 The defense that couldnt seem to get a turnover finally got a couple on Monday night. First-round draft pick Ahmad Carroll, facing the stiffest test of his rookie season, scored a touchdown on a fumble | 1 |
Pinsent set for Role with IOC Matthew Pinsent has already been guaranteed an influential position in the International Olympic Committee following his expected retirement from rowing, Standard Sport can reveal today. | 1 |
Leeds Utd reject new takeover bid from Sainsbury His initial takeover was thwarted by Leeds after a failure to provide promised monies two weeks ago. Yesterday, Mr Sainsbury - the great-grandson of the founder of the supermarket chain -evealed he had | 1 |
Lawyer IDs fan accused of throwing Palace chair whose face has become famous as police have sought for more than a week to identify him -- finally has a name. Auburn Hills police said Monday that | 1 |
Off to a strong start Before lineup introductions, NC State men #39;s basketball coach Herb Sendek pulls each one of his starters aside and offers a word. | 1 |
U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq (AP) AP - A U.S. Army soldier died from injuries sustained after a roadside bomb exploded next to his patrol north of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday. | 0 |
Rison Can Leave Jail With #36;10K Payment (AP) AP - Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was given the option of paying #36;10,000 to get out of jail after spending almost a month locked up for failing to pay child support for more than two years. | 1 |
Expulsion near for aid officials inside Sudan The government of Sudan is delaying the expulsion of country directors of two British-based aid agencies it has accused of making statements that suggest support for rebels. | 0 |
Dalai Lama Leads Prayers at Russian Monastery Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims trekked to a temple in the southern republic of Kalmykia today to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama, on his first visit to Russia after years of being denied entry. | 0 |
Fresh Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 26 GAPAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 26 people in the northern Philippines, disaster officials said Tuesday, a week after storms left about 160 dead or missing. | 0 |
Iran Says Nuclear Freeze Talks Must Not Last Long TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only prepared to keep its uranium enrichment activities frozen for a few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want, permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs. | 0 |
Burma crackdown on Indian rebels The Indian army says Burmese troops have begun an offensive to flush out Indian rebel bases in their territory. | 0 |
Retailers have modest start to holiday shopping season The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending, but consumers faded by the long Thanksgiving weekends close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales. | 2 |
Oil Prices Hover Just Below \$50 a Barrel US 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 |
Wal-Mart asks for reversal of ruling in workers #39; suit Wal-Mart asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling allowing 1.6 million female workers seeking billions of dollars in back pay to sue the company for discrimination as a group. | 2 |
Univision drops suit against Nielsen LOS ANGELES - Univision Communications Inc. said Monday it dropped a lawsuit against Nielsen Media Research Inc. over the firm #39;s new TV rating system, which the Spanish-language broadcaster claimed miscounts its viewers. | 2 |
Lots of eyes on Disney trial The courtroom drama of shareholders vs. Disney #39;s battling Mikes - Michael Ovitz and Michael Eisner -as become a can #39;t-miss reality show for entertainment industry executives. | 2 |
Alleged fake trades lead to indictments Federal indictments were unsealed yesterday accusing five former natural-gas traders at three Houston energy companies of reporting fake trades to industry publications. | 2 |
Hyperion offers employees \$5,000 if they buy hybrid car Business software maker Hyperion Solutions Corp., of Sunnyvale, says it will give \$5,000 to every employee who buys a car that gets at least 45 miles per gallon. | 2 |
BellSouth Picks a COO BellSouth Corp. (NYSE: BLS - message board) today named Mark Feidler as its new chief operating officer, along with a host of other executive changes. | 2 |
4 studios support HD DVD Shades of VHS versus Betamax: The war over the next-generation DVD format was launched Monday. Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal studios, as well as minimajor New Line Cinema | 3 |
Time to move beyond Explorer So quit fighting. Switch to Firefox, in a newly released 1.0 version. If you already are using Mozilla, a Web browser built using the same architecture as Firefox, then you know most of those benefits of switching. | 3 |
Favre sets record in Packers #39; rout GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes in his 200th consecutive start, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 45-17 win over the St. | 1 |
Cal coming up Roses Texas came up just short and California appears headed to the Rose Bowl, or maybe better, as the Bowl Championship Series #39; second-to-last rankings showed little movement at the top. | 1 |
Turnovers, early run seal victory for Kansas At first glance, the statistics sheet from last nights basketball game against Nevada indicates that Kansas played exceptionally well defensively. | 1 |
UN agency backs nuclear deal for Iran The UN nuclear agency agreed yesterday on a European-negotiated plan for policing Iran #39;s nuclear programs. The United States, which claims Iran is trying to build a nuclear | 0 |
Twenty years on: Bhopal victims still waiting for compensation ELEANOR HALL: It was one of the world #39;s worst industrial accidents but nearly 20 years after a gas leak devastated a shanty town on the outskirts of Bhopal in central India, many of the tens of thousands of people affected are yet to receive compensation. | 0 |
KOFI: I #39;M SON-BURNED WASHINGTON - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday he was quot;disappointed quot; to learn his son Kojo was getting secret payments from a company under investigation for its role in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. | 0 |
European Shares Open Modestly Firmer LONDON (Reuters) - European shares opened modestly firmer on Tuesday, helped by a reprieve for the battered dollar but mixed company updates kept a lid on gains. | 2 |
Kellogg #39;s Cuban-born CEO to lead Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, whose family fled Castro, will head administration efforts to revive the manufacturing sector. By Associated Press. | 2 |
Shoppers fast out of gate Excitement on Friday as the holiday shopping season got underway cooled before the weekend #39;s close as cautious shoppers browsed and let many deals pass. | 2 |
Software Firm To Subsidize Employees #39; Hybrid Cars Hyperion said it hopes to encourage other firms to join its clean-driving campaign and has launched a group called the Companies for Clean Air Consortium. | 2 |
Iraq Oil Infrastructure Losing Billions (AP) AP - When Saddam Hussein's lieutenant heard that an oil pipeline had been sabotaged in Qushqia, his order was swift: blow up the village. Under Saddam, nobody messed with oil. | 0 |
HP iPaq hx2000 Series Will Be Three Devices On HP #39;s UK site the upcoming hx2000 series is now broken out into three different Pocket PC devices, the HP iPaq hx2750, HP iPaq 2410, and HP iPaq 2110. | 3 |
Death toll in Philippines storm tops 100 (AFP) AFP - Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 100 people, most buried alive under tonnes of debris, officials said. | 0 |
Packers 45, Rams 17 Green Bay #39;s indomitable quarterback celebrated his 200th straight regular-season start by throwing three touchdown passes and leading the Packers to their sixth straight win Monday night, 45-17 over St. | 1 |
Soccer spitter accused again English soccer #39;s ruling body charged Bolton forward El-Hadji Diouf with improper conduct for spitting at defender Arjan De Zeeuw during Saturday #39;s 1-0 home loss to Portsmouth. | 1 |
FLEMING PRAISE FOR AUSSIES New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was quick to praise Ricky Ponting #39;s Australia side after the Black Caps were beaten by 213 runs in the second Test in Adelaide. | 1 |
Hawks rout Pack Kansas had one primary goal defensively Monday night and that was to limit the touches of Nevada sharpshooter Nick Fazekas. Before the first half even ended, the Jayhawks knew if | 1 |
Doc Rivers wins in return to Orlando Doc Rivers was cheered by his old fans, then his new team gave him a small measure of revenge. Rivers #39; Boston Celtics snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 117 | 1 |
Anthony misses victory The Nuggets needed a record-breaking defensive night to make up for a rim- breaking offensive one Monday night in their 76-67 win over the down and depleted New Orleans Hornets at the Pepsi Center. | 1 |
Stanford coach #39;s last loss is job Three years ago, Ted Leland thought he had found the right offensive mind for Stanford in coach Buddy Teevens. The results eventually told the athletic director otherwise, and Teevens was | 1 |
Iran won #39;t abandon nuclear program Iran #39;s top nuclear negotiator says Tehran will never completely abandon its uranium enrichment activities. At a news conference on Tuesday, Hasan Rohani said the current suspension will last only as long as negotiations continue with Europe. | 0 |
Whale beachings stump officials Scientists and wildlife officials are continuing to search for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which have left 169 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days. | 0 |
The Hague Fouls up the Atmosphere Maybe the most unpleasant Ankara-Brussels meeting since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 was held in The Hague last week. | 0 |
About 100 Dead in Floods in Philippine Town -- Mayor MANILA (Reuters) - About 100 people have died in a northern Philippine town following floods and landslides caused by heavy rain, a local official said on Tuesday. | 0 |
West has broken hand Just two games into his return from a fractured right thumb, Delonte West suffered a broken right hand that will keep the rookie point guard out indefinitely. West broke his hand on an innocuous-looking fall early in the second quarter against Miami Sunday night. He iced the hand at halftime and came back to play in the ... | 1 |
Smoother sailing for Brand, Clippers Elton Brand had a season-high 30 points and and Bobby Simmons scored 9 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Clippers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 94-82, in Los Angeles last night to complete the second-best November in franchise history. | 1 |
Dollar Wins Reprieve, Data Weighs on Yen LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar won a reprieve against other major currencies on Tuesday, bouncing off last week's record low versus the euro as markets grew cautious ahead of words from the European Central Bank chief and U.S. data. | 2 |
German offer sets bar at Stelco A GERMAN BANK #39;S \$900-million offer to refinance Stelco Inc. was approved yesterday as the benchmark bid for the restructuring Hamilton steelmaker by a judge, who challenged others to step up and prove | 2 |
Iran Says Nuclear Freeze Won't Last Long TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only prepared to freeze its uranium enrichment activities for a few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want, permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs. | 0 |
Ukraine Faces Split, Bloodshed, Putin Ally Says MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian parliamentary speaker Boris Gryzlov said Tuesday Ukraine was headed for breakup or bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election. | 0 |
Car Bomb North of Baghdad Kills 7, Wounds 19 BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a U.S. military patrol in the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, killing at least seven Iraqis and wounding 20 people, including two U.S. soldiers, doctors and the military said. | 0 |
Rebels Again Say Rwanda Troops Enter Congo KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo-based Rwandan rebels, under threat of imminent attack by Rwanda, repeated an allegation Tuesday that Rwandan troops had crossed the border in recent days to seize the vast country's mineral-rich east. | 0 |
Iran hails UN nuclear 'victory' A top Iranian cleric hails a "victory" over the US after the UN said it would not punish Iran with sanctions. | 0 |
Intense talks on NI power-sharing Two key meetings are set to take place as efforts intensify to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Africa 'makes excuses on climate' African governments are failing to act to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai says. | 0 |
A boost to his base President George W. Bush #39;s nomination of Cuban-born Carlos M. Gutierrez for Commerce secretary fits neatly into a long-term strategy of boosting Republican prospects for national | 2 |
Merck adopts compensation plan for top offiicals NEW YORK, November 30 (newratings.com) - Merck amp; Co (MRK.NYS) has adopted a new compensation plan aimed at retaining its senior management officials in case of a possible takeover. | 2 |
Editor to head CUNY school The City University of New York tapped BusinessWeek editor Stephen B. Shepard late yesterday to lead its new graduate school of journalism, set to open in 2006. | 2 |
Mmo2 to launch i-mode in UK MOBILE group mmO2 and giant Japanese telcom NTT DoCoMo today signed a deal allowing mmO2 to launch the i-mode internet service in Britain, Germany and Ireland. | 3 |
Sun Micro Agrees to Buy Closely Held SevenSpace Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O has agreed to acquire closely held SevenSpace Inc., adding to Sun #39;s managed services offerings, the network computer maker said on Monday. | 3 |
Rams not in Pack #39;s league The governor of Wisconsin proclaimed it Brett Favre Day yesterday and the night belonged to the Green Bay Packers quarterback, too. | 1 |
Challenger finds his roots He has moved his training camp back to the Catskills, where he had most of his professional success. He is on a three-fight win streak after nearly falling off the boxing map. | 1 |
Death toll rises to 63 in Shaanxi coalmine explosion At least 63 miners have been killed in the Chenjiashan coal mine gas explosion in Northwest China #39;s Shaanxi Province and more than 100 miners remained trapped underground. | 0 |
Sharon Seeks Labour Help to Bail Him Out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approached the opposition Labour Party with a tentative offer to join his shaky coalition, in hopes of avoiding early elections and saving his Gaza withdrawal plan. | 0 |
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