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Israel Vows Mideast Peace Unless Provoked (AP) AP - Israel will not launch attacks or raids against Palestinians if the situation remains calm and it is not provoked, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday. | 0 |
Experts Examine China Aviation Oil Books (AP) AP - Financial experts combed through records Thursday at China Aviation Oil, the jet fuel supplier that sought court protection from creditors this week after admitting losses of US #36;550 million (euro414 million) from speculative trading. | 0 |
Australia-led consortium to buy ntl's broadcast business (AFP) AFP - An Australian-led consortium said it would buy the broadcast business of communications and entertainment group ntl Inc for 1.27 billion pounds. | 0 |
Oil Slides Another Dollar to 11-Week Low LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled to an 11-week low below \$45 a barrel on Thursday, deepening a dramatic slide after an increase in U.S. heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze. | 2 |
Sharon Rejects Talks with Syria for Now JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he opposed peace talks with Syria while it continued to host Palestinian militant groups in Damascus. | 0 |
Sharon Says Will Seek Coalition with Labor JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a governing coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout. | 0 |
UN Lacks Right to Inspect Sites in Iran -- Diplomats VIENNA (Reuters) - Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog would like to visit a secret military site in Iran that an exile group said was a nuclear weapons site, but they lack the legal authority to go there, U.N. diplomats told Reuters. | 0 |
Calpers president voted out Sean Harrigan was ousted as president of the \$177 billion California Public Employees #39; Retirement System (Calpers). In a 3-2 vote in San Francisco, the California state personnel board pulled Harrigan from Calpers where he had served for five years. | 2 |
Guest columnist Administration #39;s salmon approach has been tried <b>...</b> AS the Pacific Northwest debates the Bush administration #39;s recent proposal to count hatchery fish alongside wild fish in applying the Endangered Species Act - and its new plan to cut | 2 |
Canadian iTunes Music Store Delayed Apples popular iTunes music service, for use with Apples insanely popular iPod music player, will not be today as planned. Company officials are stressing it will be available very soon though | 3 |
Saturn Mission to Benefit Earth: UK Technology Will Help <b>...</b> UK technology that will safely guide a spacecraft to Saturns largest moon is being adapted to land aeroplanes, help emergency services reach accidents quickly and improve safety on our roads. | 3 |
India rely on spin trick to clinch series win India relied on their spin trumpcard Harbhajan Singh #39;s guiles to clinch their first home series win in two years with a facile eight-wicket victory over South Africa in the second cricket Test here today. | 1 |
No. 9 Tar Heels top Indiana North Carolina was ready for its test Wednesday night. Rashad McCants and Raymond Felton made sure the Tar Heels passed. McCants scored 19 points and Felton added 18 to lead the No. | 1 |
Despite effort, Cavs get Sunburn -- The Cavaliers #39; re match against the Phoenix Suns was similar to the previous meeting last month. That #39;s when the Cavs fell behind by 19 but rallied and won in overtime. | 1 |
Galloway wins libel case Former Labour MP George Galloway has won his libel action against the Telegraph and won 150,000 in damages. He is also expected to get his costs - the court case is estimated to have cost around 1m. | 0 |
French Socialist vote boost for EU constitution France #39;s pro-European Socialists are jubilant after a party referendum on the EU constitution produced a solid majority for the treaty, boosting its chances to win approval in a national plebiscite next year. | 0 |
Report: Giambi Admits to Using Steroids SAN FRANCISCO (Sports Network) - According to a report, New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi claimed in his grand jury testimony that he took a human growth hormone in 2003 and also used steroids for at least three seasons. | 1 |
College Basketball: Illinois Defeats Wake Forest CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Roger Powell Jr. scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead fifth-ranked Illinois to a lopsided 91-73 win over No. 1 Wake Forest in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Assembly Hall. | 1 |
MoveOn.org Moves on to New Battles (AP) AP - After President Bush won re-election, many political observers expected MoveOn.org to move into retreat. The sentiment surrounding the liberal online powerhouse was neatly summed up by the satire publication The Onion in its spoof headline: "MoveOn CurlsUp InCorner." | 0 |
Americans Rely on Team Spirit for Davis Cup Final SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - Facing a battalion of sturdy Spanish baseliners and a partisan, vocal crowd, the United States will rely on team spirit as it fights for the Davis Cup this weekend. | 1 |
Florida governor turns to US Supreme Court in euthanasia case (AFP) AFP - Florida's Governor Jeb Bush asked the US Supreme Court to intervene to keep a comatose woman alive, over the wishes of her husband, who wants to disconnect the feeding tube that has sustained her for 14 years. | 0 |
Ford and GM struggle as sales slip DETROIT Despite a crop of new car models and a generous supply of rebates, sales fell for Ford Motor and General Motors in November. | 2 |
Pre-Budget Report Two years ago in his Pre-Budget Report, Gordon Brown bit the bullet and admitted that he had got his borrowing forecasts badly wrong, revising them sharply higher. | 2 |
Samsung ousts Motorola from No.2 spot, but the profit margin <b>...</b> Samsung Electronics, Asias largest technology firm with a market cap of \$67 billion, outstripped Motorola ousting the American company from the No. | 2 |
Update 1: Cingular Sees Merger Savings Above Plan Cingular Wireless, the nation #39;s largest wireless carrier following the company #39;s merger with AT amp;T Wireless, said Wednesday that it has completed integration activities ahead of schedule and now expects merger-related cost savings to exceed prior estimates | 2 |
Telstra CEO to leave early Communications giant Telstra Corp announced yesterday that its chief executive Ziggy Switkowski would step down early as Australia #39;s largest corporation prepared for its full privatization. | 2 |
Gazprom #39;united #39; on Yukos bid, but doubt is reported MOSCOW Directors at Gazprom, the world #39;s biggest natural gas company, are united and ready to vote on a proposed bid for Yukos #39;s main production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, officials at the gas company said on Thursday, as the company seeks to create an oil | 2 |
Greece fiddled euro entry GREECE fiddled its way into the European single currency and should not have been allowed to join, according to the European Commission and other members of the euro. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Rise More Sharply Than Expected The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose 25,000 last week to 349,000, a government report showed on Thursday, with some analysts citing the US Thanksgiving holiday as distorting the data. | 2 |
Albertsons 3Q profit up 21 Grocer says sales rose 15, helped by acquisitions, puts full-year earnings at low end of forecast. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Albertsons Inc. | 2 |
Sears Nov. Same-Store Sales Above Views Sears, Roebuck amp; Co. on Thursday said comparable domestic store revenue rose 2.8 percent in November, surpassing analysts #39; expectations for a decline of 0.3 percent. | 2 |
UPS to buy out China partner SHANGHAI United Parcel Service, the world #39;s biggest express courier, said Thursday that it would pay \$100 million to take direct control of its operations in China as it expands to compete with FedEx and other rivals in the fastest-growing market for | 2 |
New Ukraine Election Looks Likely Way Out of Crisis KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A new Ukrainian poll of some sort looked increasingly likely as parliament and the Supreme Court pressed ahead on Thursday with efforts to resolve a national crisis over a disputed presidential election. | 0 |
Bin Laden Contacted Indonesia's Bashir, Court Told JAKARTA (Reuters) - Fugitive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden once invited Indonesian preacher Abu Bakar Bashir to live in Afghanistan, a young militant jailed over the bombing of a Jakarta hotel told the cleric's terrorism trial on Thursday. | 0 |
U.N. Says It May Have Spotted Rwandan Troops in Congo KINSHASA (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in Congo said on Wednesday it had spotted 100 soldiers, thought to be Rwandan, in the east of the vast Central African country but Kigali declined to say whether its troops had crossed the border. | 0 |
U.S. Ambassador Calls on Taliban to Lay Down Arms KABUL (Reuters) - The United States called on Taliban guerrillas to lay down their arms Thursday, saying Afghans had voted against violence and those who gave up their insurgency would not be punished unless they were guilty of major crimes. | 0 |
Ten Candidates to Run in Palestinian Election RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Ten candidates will run in the Palestinian Authority's presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said on Thursday after finalizing the list of contenders for the Jan. 9 race. | 0 |
Microsoft introduces weblog service Microsoft #39;s MSN division has launched a test version of a free blogging service aimed at consumers, its first attempt to provide this popular activity for the mass consumer market. | 3 |
Apple Brings iTunes Music Downloading to Canada at Lower Price Apple Computer Inc., whose iTunes Web sites make up world #39;s largest online music store, said it opened a version of the service for Canadian customers. | 3 |
Sun Might Have Exchanged Hangers-On With Rival Star The Sun may have captured thousands or even millions of asteroids from another planetary system during an encounter more than four billion years ago, astronomers are reporting today. | 3 |
Microsoft patches month-old IE flaw Microsoft has released an update to Internet Explorer to fix a security flaw that was discovered a month ago and has since been exploited to attack users. | 3 |
Microsoft files seven new spam lawsuits The seven lawsuits were filed on Wednesday in Washington State Superior Court in King County against John Doe defendants who have yet to be identified. | 3 |
Making peace with a rival Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are poised to flesh out the details of the historic truce they signed earlier this year, ending years of bitter sniping between the two technology giants. | 3 |
IBM opens up on Power processors IBM has formed an industry consortium, called Power.org, to open up the process of building Power processors. Power.org is intended to give IBM #39;s partners better access to the Power technology so that they | 3 |
ATI Raises Performance Bar Once Again with New Additions to RADEON <b>...</b> ATI Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT)(TSX:ATY), the global leader in PC graphics, has broadened its offerings for PC gamers and extended its performance lead with the introduction of a family of powerful new graphics processors. | 3 |
Search Isnt All About Google Anymore Webmasters that stick to the old ways and focus entirely on Google are missing out on a lot of search traffic these days if they are not also well ranked by Yahoo and MSN. | 3 |
Can Smith work Scottish wonders? The worst kept secret in Scottish football was revealed on Thursday when Walter Smith was named as the new national manager. From the moment Berti Vogts #39; miserable tenure in charge of Scotland ended, the former | 1 |
Van Persie sweet with FA THE Football Association today rebuffed Sir Alex Ferguson #39;s call for action to be taken against Arsenal forward Robin van Persie over his alleged attempt to elbow Kieran Richardson during Manchester United #39;s League Cup quarter-final victory at Old Trafford | 1 |
Kenteris and Thanou charged A statement on the IAAF website said the governing body #39;s Doping Review Board had conducted an extensive three-month inquiry and had concluded that evidence exists that the three committed doping violations. | 1 |
Birds of Prey kicks off today With the completion of the week #39;s halved downhill training runs on Wednesday (Tuesday #39;s run was canceled due to too much snow), the four-races-in-four-days men #39;s World Cup stop at Beaver Creek will officially commence today with the super-G at 11 am The | 1 |
Meyer can leave Utah without buyout Notre Dame officials will meet with Utah coach Urban Meyer on Thursday, a source with knowledge of the discussions told the New York Times. | 1 |
Illini a 4-star hoops power CHAMPAIGN -- ESPN #39;s Jay Bilas said Deron Williams, the Big Ten #39;s Preseason Player of the Year, wouldn #39;t rank in the top 10 in the ACC. | 1 |
CORRECTED - Sun City course leaves players guessing In SUN CITY item, please read in second para... quot;with a \$1.2 million first prize etc etc... quot; instead of... quot;with a \$2 million first prize... quot; (correcting first prize). By Craig Ray. SUN CITY, South Africa, Dec | 1 |
Blogs Have Overtaken 8 Million Americans, 57 Are Male Blogs Have Overtaken 8 Million Americans, 57 Are Male\\After being pounded in the blogging stakes by rampant female blogging last year, men have flocked back to the blogosphere in increasing numbers, safe in the knowledge that once more, the Pew Internet and American Life Project would restore what many of ... | 3 |
Powerball Jackpot Reaches \$127 Million UNITED STATES - (PRESS RELEASE) -- There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 649,059 players across the nation won a total of more than \$4.4 million in prizes in America #39;s Game. | 1 |
Pennington practices, questionable for Sunday Hempstead, NY (Sports Network) - New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington made it through a full practice Wednesday for the first time in nearly a month as he seeks to return from a rotator cuff injury. | 1 |
Sharon Seeks to Broaden Coalition With Labor, Religious Parties Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek to bring Labor and other parties into his government to avoid early elections after dismissing a coalition partner who voted against the budget. | 0 |
Galloway clears his name and wins libel case MP George Galloway has won a libel battle and damages totalling 150,000 against the Daily Telegraph over claims he accepted money from Saddam Husseins #39;s government. | 0 |
Haiti prison riot and shootings kill at least 11 after visit by US <b>...</b> PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti_U.N. peacekeeping forces circled Haitis capital Thursday, a day after sporadic violence marred US Secretary of State Colin Powells visit. | 0 |
Rwanda denies army in Congo Rwanda has denied it has pushed troops into Democratic Republic of Congo hours after UN peacekeepers said they had compelling evidence that some had entered the vast country. | 0 |
Mortar barrage kills one, wounds several in central Baghdad A mortar barrage hammered the heavily fortified Green Zone and elsewhere in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least one person and underscoring the vulnerability of even Iraq #39;s best-protected areas ahead of national elections. | 0 |
Iran Blinks, Sort Of I ran now has backed off from a demand that had stalled an agreement worked out by France, Britain and Germany to freeze all of Iran #39;s uranium processing activities. | 0 |
Sri Lanka shuts rebel border Sri Lanka #39;s army has closed off entry points to areas controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels for the first day since a 2002 ceasefire after Red Cross officials said they feared for their safety amid sporadic violence. | 0 |
War fears after Rwanda 'invasion' The UN Security Council is set for emergency talks to discuss the incursion of Rwandan troops in eastern DR Congo. | 0 |
Pinochet faces murder case probe A Chilean court strips former ruler Augusto Pinochet of his immunity over the murder of his predecessor as army chief. | 0 |
Anti-spam plan overwhelms sites A screensaver targeting spam-related websites appears to have been too successful. | 0 |
US revokes visa for key Moi ally One of Kenya's most powerful politicians under President Moi, Nicholas Biwott, is denied entry to the US. | 0 |
Europe to Sue Over Data Greece Gave on Economy The European Commission said it would sue Greece for submitting incaccurate deficit figures before joining the euro zone in 2001. | 2 |
Retailers' Nov. Same-Store Sales Rise (Reuters) Reuters - Major U.S. retailers reported modest\gains in November sales on Thursday, as discounting lured\customers, but high energy prices and nagging concerns about a\soggy job market kept buying in check. | 2 |
US Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected (Reuters) Reuters - The number of Americans filing new\claims for jobless benefits rose 25,000 last week to 349,000, a\government report showed on Thursday, with some analysts citing\the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday as distorting the data. | 2 |
Retailers Post Disappointing Nov. Sales (AP) AP - The nation's retailers had a disappointing start to the holiday season, reporting sluggish sales for November as a much hoped-for surge in Thanksgiving weekend business failed to materialize. | 2 |
Retailers' Nov. Same-Store Sales Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major U.S. retailers reported modest gains in November sales on Thursday, as discounting lured customers, but high energy prices and nagging concerns about a soggy job market kept buying in check. | 2 |
US Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose 25,000 last week to 349,000, a government report showed on Thursday, with some analysts citing the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday as distorting the data. | 2 |
US Stocks Lower After Jobless Claims Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday, with investors taking a breather after Wednesday's rally amid lackluster monthly sales figures from retailers and higher-than-expected jobless claims. | 2 |
ECB Rates Unchanged FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet kept up his anti-inflation rhetoric on Thursday, warning of short-term risks to the inflation outlook even as growth prospects are deteriorating. | 2 |
Dollar Off; Trichet Leaves Euro Unfazed NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the euro on Thursday after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet reiterated that recent moves in currency markets were unwelcome, but did not use strong enough rhetoric to deter the euro from strengthening, currency traders said. | 2 |
U.S. Oct Factory Orders Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Booming orders for new military aircraft boosted overall orders to U.S. factories by 0.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted \$371.51 billion in October, the government reported on Thursday, though demand was flat when defense was excluded. | 2 |
Sony Goes Ultra-Upscale If you had to ask what "Qualia" is, you probably weren't supposed to know about it. | 2 |
Euro rates on hold for 18th month The European Central Bank keeps the cost of borrowing unchanged at 2 for the 18th straight month, despite the risk posed by the soaring euro. | 2 |
Brown shrugs off economy worries Gordon Brown outlines to MPs plans to freeze fuel duty, minimise Council Tax rises and boost childcare. | 2 |
Word of The Year: Blog The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and other papers this morning ran a story stating that blog was the most common word visitors to Merriam Webster #39;s online site sought a definition for throughout 2004. | 3 |
Older Windows OSes need critical patch <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159817">Microsoft releases critical Explorer patch</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>VNUNet.com</nobr> | 3 |
Lycos Europe Anti Project disturbs Spammers Lycos Europe took a bold step by starting the #39;Make love not spam #39; project. They can publicly backfiere some of the biggest spammers of the world. | 3 |
Microsoft Fights to Keep China Business Microsoft (Quote, Chart) is fighting to hold onto a multi-million dollar deal with the municipal government of Beijing. On Nov. 17, Microsoft beat domestic software developers to snag a \$3.6 million, three | 3 |
Broadband fuels online expression Having an always-on, fast net connection is changing the way Britons use the internet, research suggests. | 2 |
Greek sprinters charged with doping violations CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were charged by track and field #39;s world governing body Thursday for missing a series of mandatory drug tests. | 1 |
Els, Goosen and Westwood Share the Lead in South Africa European Tour Members Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Lee Westwood share the lead with Australian Stuart Appleby after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. | 1 |
Estes #39; long journey is reaping rewards GIVE professional golfers a sunny day with no wind, combine that with receptive greens and you have a recipe for low scores. Such were the conditions that greeted the players at Coolum for the PGA Championship | 1 |
All out for 29 SA in crisis SOUTH Australian cricket will send an SOS to batting legends Steve Waugh and Barry Richards after the Redbacks #39; capitulation for 29 against New South Wales at the SCG yesterday. | 1 |
NCAA Game Summary - San Jose State At Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA -- Doron Perkins scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Santa Clara Broncos to a 73-60 victory over the San Jose State Spartans in a non-league affair. | 1 |
Big Unit Breakdown Between Yankees and D #39;Backs New York, NY (Sports Network) - Published reports out of New York indicate the Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks have halted trade talks involving five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson. | 1 |
AMD Chips in For Portable Video Players New chip will cut the time required to transfer content onto those devices. | 3 |
EU Takes over Bosnian Peacekeeping The European Union began its biggest-ever military operation today, formally taking over Natos peacekeeping mission in Bosnia with 7,000 troops. | 0 |
Mortars rock Baghdad #39;s Green Zone Mortars crashed Thursday into the heavily-guarded Green Zone in central Baghdad where government headquarters and Western embassies are located. | 0 |
Witness: Bashir Contacted by Osama bin Laden A jailed Islamic militant testifying in the Jakarta terrorism trial of Abu Bakar Bashir says the Muslim cleric was once invited by Osama bin Laden to live in Afghanistan. | 0 |
Sharon opposes peace talks with Syria for now Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he wouldn #39;t recommend to open negotiations with Syria when terror groups are operating there, Jerusalem Post reported. | 0 |
Score one against activism? The removal of the president of California #39;s largest public pension fund has raised questions about whether pension funds, endowments and other big activist investors can keep wielding clout in corporate governance campaigns. | 2 |
Alltel closes deal with US Cellular on heels of Cingular <b>...</b> Alltel Corp. on Tuesday said it has completed its \$144 million summer deal with US Cellular and TDS Telecom, only days after announcing it plans to acquire wireless properties | 2 |
Air China: No Impact From China Aviation Oil Debacle HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Air China Ltd. (0753.HK), the mainland #39;s largest commercial airline, Thursday said the China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp. | 2 |
NTL sells broadcast business for 1.27bn Cable firm NTL today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its broadcast business for 1.27bn. A consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group and other third | 2 |
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