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Philippine Police Hunt Bombers After Market Blast (Reuters) Reuters - Philippine police were searching for\clues on Monday on who was responsible for a bomb blast in a\market packed with shoppers that killed 14 people and wounded\65. | 0 |
Probe Into Yushchenko Poisoning Reopens (AP) AP - Ukrainian prosecutors Sunday reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors treating the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin. | 0 |
Samsung develops first graphic memory chip South Koreas Samsung Electronics has developed the worlds fastest computer memory chip for graphics applications. Samsung said the 512-megabit graphics double-data-rate (GDDR) memory chip is the most | 3 |
U.S. Strikes Fallujah; Two Troops Killed (AP) AP - American warplanes pounded Fallujah with missiles Sunday as insurgents fought running battles with coalition forces in the volatile western Iraqi city. The U.S. military said two troops died in separate incidents. | 0 |
Robinson Reflects on Washington Memories (AP) AP - Frank Robinson is no stranger to Washington D.C., and his memories of the town are both pleasant and forgettable. | 1 |
Becks bomb scare DAVID BECKHAM was last night caught in a terrifying bomb scare at Real Madrids Bernabeu Stadium. England skipper Becks and his team-mates fled from the pitch three minutes before the end of their La Liga clash against Real Sociedad. | 1 |
Alaska Oil Spill Crews Seize on Calmer Weather (Reuters) Reuters - About 150 people were ready\to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered\animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six\people died in a helicopter rescue attempt. | 3 |
Philippine Police Hunt Bombers After Market Blast MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police were searching for clues on Monday on who was responsible for a bomb blast in a market packed with shoppers that killed 14 people and wounded 65. | 0 |
Redskins Trail, 17-14 The Redskins get off to a fast start -- scoring 46 seconds into the game -- but now trail the Eagles, 17-14, in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. | 1 |
Falcons Top Raiders, Win NFC South Title T.J. Duckett set a team record by rushing for four touchdowns and the Atlanta Falcons clinched just the third division title in franchise history, wrapping up the NFC South with a 35-10 rout of the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. | 1 |
Iron Ore Prices To Lift 19 For Australian Miners - Abare SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Continued strong steelmaking demand from China is expected to drive an 18.6 lift in iron ore prices for Australian producers into 2005, the government #39;s Australian Bureau of Agricultural amp; Resource Economics said Monday. | 2 |
Crisis warning from Bank as lenders add to risky investments UK banks have built up a number of risky investment positions that could trigger a financial crisis if a shock caused a sudden rush to sell up, the Bank of England warned yesterday. | 2 |
Cingular Sells 33 of Indian Cell Venture Cingular Wireless, the largest United States cellphone service provider, has agreed to sell its 33 percent stake in Idea Cellular of India for about \$200 million to a Malaysian joint venture. | 2 |
US gears up for another increase in interest rates Washington - Casting aside fears about weak job creation and tepid holiday sales, the US appeared set to raise interest rates tomorrow for the fifth consecutive time. | 2 |
Sony #39;s PSP Console Sells Out in Tokyo After Debut (Update1) Sony Corp. #39;s new PSP portable game console sold out at Tokyo electronic retailers such as Yodobashi Camera Co. and Bic Camera Co. | 3 |
NASA Chief Is Resigning After 3 Years, Officials Say Sean O #39;Keefe, the NASA administrator who guided the agency through sweeping changes after the Columbia shuttle accident, will resign and pursue a job as chancellor | 3 |
Tiger turns in best round this year Tiger Woods turned in his most complete round of a difficult year, missing only two fairways and one green in closing with a 5-under-par 66 for a two-shot victory over Ireland #39;s Padraig Harrington in the Target World | 1 |
Bomb Threat in Madrid The Real Madrid soccer stadium was evacuated during a match on Sunday night after a bomb threat was delivered through the Basque newspaper Gara, which is often used | 1 |
Henry happy as Gunners, Blues draw LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal striker Thierry Henry was happy enough with a 2-2 draw against Chelsea here at Highbury yesterday despite twice putting the champions ahead only to see the Premiership leaders draw level each time. | 1 |
Sutton and Petrov lift Celtic back to top CELTIC returned to the top of the SPL yesterday with a convincing victory that was neither a hangover nor a backlash from their European exit in midweek. | 1 |
Tiger Pounces to Win Tiger Woods finishes a disappointing 2004 season with his second straight championship, closing with a 5-under 66 to win the Target World Challenge. | 1 |
Al-Anbar Attacks Kill Seven US Marines, US Military Says Attacks in Iraq #39;s al-Anbar province killed seven US Marines yesterday, the US military command said in an e-mailed statement. The soldiers died in two separate incidents while carrying | 0 |
US officials deny that Saddam is on hunger strike AMMAN/BAGHDAD - A year after former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein was taken captive, US officials Sunday denied that the deposed leader was on a hunger strike and said he was in best of health. | 0 |
IU Claims Soccer Title Indiana defends its NCAA men's soccer title by edging UC Santa Barbara in penalty kicks on Sunday. | 1 |
O #39;Keefe Reported Ready to Quit NASA NASA administrator Sean O #39;Keefe, who has led the US space program through one of its worst tragedies and into one of its most ambitious endeavors, will likely resign this week to take a \$500,000 | 3 |
Icahn Accuses a Hedge Fund of Stock Manipulation A suit against a large hedge fund filed by Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire financier, could shine a bright light on the largely unregulated hedge fund industry. | 2 |
Getting a Piece of a DVD Windfall The unexpected windfall from DVD sales have become the wild card in Hollywoods negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. | 2 |
Miramax Sues Ex-Chief in Italy, Saying He Had 2 Jobs Miramax Films is seeking compensation from the former head of its Italian unit, claiming that the executive, a friend of the companys co-chairman, also held another job. | 2 |
Dollar Dips as Market Tests Recovery (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar slipped on Monday as market\players hesitated to push the currency much higher before\upcoming U.S. trade data and a Federal Reserve meeting. | 2 |
OPEC Head Sees Oil Demand Dropping (Reuters) Reuters - Demand for oil will decline by 1\million barrels per day (bpd) in the second quarter of 2005,\the head of the OPEC producers' cartel said on Monday. | 2 |
Romanian presidential election too close to call BUCHAREST - The presidential election in Romania is too close to call. Both candidates are claiming victory after exit polls showed a virtual dead heat. | 0 |
Celtic beat Dunfermline 2-0 Celtic regained the top spot in the Scottish Premier League after a 2-0 victory away to Dunfermline. The result leaves Celtic top-of-the-table with 44 points from 18 games, a single point clear of arch-rivals Glasgow Rangers. | 1 |
Duke's Krzyzewski Earns 700th Career Win (AP) AP - On a court that bears his moniker, Mike Krzyzewski became the sixth active coach to reach 700 career victories, watching as Shelden Williams finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 9 Duke beat Toledo 82-54 on Sunday night. | 1 |
Inflation and growth on target, but deficit a problem for Turkey's economy (AFP) AFP - Turkey has its endemic inflation under control and its growth rate is impressive, but experts say it must deal with a huge public deficit and knock its labyrinthine bureaucracy into shape if it gets the go-ahead Friday to start membership talks with the European Union. | 0 |
7 Marines Killed in Iraq's Anbar Province (AP) AP - Seven U.S. Marines were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq's restive Anbar province, the military said Monday, a day after American warplanes pounded Fallujah with missiles as insurgents battled coalition forces in the city. | 0 |
Bryant Accuses Malone of Hitting on Wife (AP) AP - The Kobe Bryant-Karl Malone feud has turned personal, with Bryant accusing Malone of making a pass at his wife at a game. | 1 |
Motorola Gets China Unicom Contract (Reuters) Reuters - Wireless technology company\Motorola Inc. said on Sunday it had been selected by\China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom) for a\project that will expand the telephone services company's\networks in 11 provinces. | 3 |
Canucks' Bertuzzi Plays in Charity Game (AP) AP - Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi returned to the ice Sunday for the first time since being suspended for attacking Colorado's Steve Moore, playing in a charity game that included more than 30 locked out NHL players. | 1 |
Prime Minister Martin cool to idea of national referendum on gay marriage (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin was cool Sunday to the idea of a national referendum on same-sex marriage and said handling the controversial issue should be left to Parliament. | 0 |
Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection (AP) AP - Democrat John Kerry is asking county elections officials to allow his witnesses to inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded, a Kerry lawyer said Sunday night. | 0 |
Democrat Groups Raise More 'Soft Money' (AP) AP - Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one. | 0 |
Defeat Throws Doubts Into Outlook of Jets With the victory, the Steelers clinched the A.F.C. North title and maintained their hold on the conference's top playoff seeding. | 1 |
Ultimate Salesman, Pitching the Biggest Stars in Baseball Scott Boras, the most successful agent in baseball history, tells players what they are worth, tells teams the same and waits for the financial outcome to satisfy him. | 1 |
For Minaya, Lots of Wheeling, Not Much Dealing Omar Minaya, the Mets' general manager, is prepared to leave the winter meetings without making a deal, with Carlos Delgado and Richie Sexson seemingly slipping away. | 1 |
Firsthand Experience Not Ideal for Quarterback The Giants might as well let Eli Manning start again next Saturday because they are not going anywhere anyway. | 1 |
Political blow for Brazil's Lula Brazil's President Luiz Inacio da Silva is weakened as two parties withdraw from his governing coalition. | 0 |
Cricket: India win in Dhaka India claim the last two Bangladesh wickets to seal an innings win in the first Test. | 0 |
Migraines 'double' risk of stroke People who have migraines are at twice as likely to have a stroke as people who do not, researchers estimate. | 0 |
Pentagon Weighs Use of Deception in a Broad Arena The Pentagon is engaged in bitter debate over how far it should go in managing information to influence opinion abroad. | 0 |
Christian Conservatives Press Issues in Statehouses Energized by electoral wins, conservative Christians are pushing ahead state and local initiatives on controversial issues. | 0 |
Strain Is Seen in Giuliani Ties With President The collapse of Bernard Kerik's nomination has strained a relationship that has long been more complicated than mere friendship. | 0 |
For North Korea, Openness Proves a Two-Way Street Before his defection 11 months ago, Kim, a 35-year-old with round-rimmed glasses and a self-assured air, enjoyed the relatively blessed life of the North Korean elite. The son of a ranking military officer in a nation where millions died of starvation during the 1990s, Kim owned a television, a refrigerator and larders brimming with savory white rice. | 0 |
Brazil's Biggest Party Votes to Leave Government <p></p><p> By Tiago Pariz</p><p> BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest party votedto leave the governing coalition on Sunday in a move that couldcomplicate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reform agendaand pressure him to give the centrist party extra governmentposts.</p> | 0 |
World Bank Chief Likely to Leave in 2005 (AP) AP - James Wolfensohn said Sunday he anticipates bowing out in 2005 as World Bank president and not serving a third five-year term, but would do whatever shareholders ask of him. | 0 |
Canada Confirms Second Mad Cow Case WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A final laboratory test has confirmed an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Sunday. | 2 |
Chinese TV Maker Sets Sights on Europe Urged on by China's government and armed with credit from state-owned banks and stock market listings, many Chinese manufacturers are going global. | 3 |
Mind Over Matter Neuroscientists and biomedical engineers have become increasingly adept at making devices that translate people's thoughts into actions -- a potential boon for paralyzed patients. | 3 |
Nedved #39;s late strike keeps Juve four points clear ROME (AFP) - Pavel Nedved scored with a superb free-kick four minutes from time to give Juventus a precious 1-0 win at Bologna. A slender victory enabled the 27-time champions to restore their four-point lead | 1 |
Abbas Set to Win Palestinian Vote, Barghouthi Drops Out Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas #39;s chances of winning a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat appeared to be sealed after his main rival Marwan Barghouthi pulled out of the race. | 0 |
Romanian exit polls predict dead heat EXIT polls from Romanias presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call. | 0 |
Warriors Overpower Bobcats 99-87 (AP) AP - Jason Richardson scored 24 points to help the Golden State Warriors keep the Charlotte Bobcats winless on the road with a 99-87 victory on Sunday night. | 1 |
Suddenly, Patriots' Weis Has Two Jobs The New England Patriots' offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis, will be introduced Monday as the coach of Notre Dame. | 1 |
Greenspan Has Created More Transparent Fed A master of mystery much of the time, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has vastly improved the central bank #39;s communications with Wall Street and Main Street over the past decade. | 2 |
Miller wins World Cup giant slalom Bode Miller won a giant slalom WorldCup in Val D #39;Isere, France on Sunday, his fifth victory of the season. Miller, fourth after the first leg, clocked his winning time oftwo minutes | 1 |
In U.S. Market, Cellphone Users Are Often All Talk After years of delays, U.S. wireless carriers are unveiling third generation phone networks. The carriers will soon find out whether the time and money were actually worth it. | 3 |
Some Online Sites Falter During the Holiday Rush Holiday slowdowns and crashes at Kmart.com, Amazon.com and others highlight the Web's persistent growing pains. | 3 |
M.I.T. Technology Review Adopts More Serious Tone The MIT Technology Review, which was introduced in 1899, is getting a makeover to help attract readers and advertisers. | 3 |
Israeli soldiers quot;killed in Gaza blast quot; Jazeera said eight soldiers were wounded on Sunday and a ninth was missing in addition to the four dead. Israeli sources said there were. | 0 |
After Years of Battle, Some '.md' Web Sites Are Going Online A New Jersey company, MaxMd, recently acquired near-exclusive rights to market the ".md" domain, which technically belongs to Moldova. | 3 |
In the Age of the Wireless Phone, a Louisiana Town Awaits the Real Thing It's no secret what the 15 householders in Mink, La., want for Christmas: the same thing they have always wanted year round - telephones. | 3 |
Humble Sandwich Gains In Stature The Atkins diet frenzy slowed growth briefly, but the sandwich business is booming, with \$105 billion in sales last year. | 2 |
U.S. Imposes New Curbs On Clothing Imports Eighteen days before the end of a 30 year-old system restricting international trade in textiles and apparel, the Bush administration is imposing new barriers on imported clothing. | 2 |
Dulles, Clearly On Tech's Radar Anchored by Dulles, the fifth-busiest airport in the United States for scheduled arrivals and departures, the Northern Virginia corridor has become a driving force in Washington's economy | 2 |
Repair Posts Scramble To Meet Demand Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's intended transformation of the Army into a quick, mobile force has started to rub against the daily demands of patching enough tanks and trucks together to keep fighting the war. | 2 |
Dodgers Continue Winter Trade Talks (AP) AP - Tim Hudson might not be Los Angeles-bound after all. Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta and his Oakland counterpart, Billy Beane, have talked extensively about Hudson at baseball's winter meetings. | 1 |
Notre Dame names Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis as <b>...</b> Notre Dame has tapped one of the NFL #39;s most successful units to fill its head coaching vacancy, signing New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis to a six-year contract, the school said Sunday night. | 1 |
Saddam on hunger strike : US military denies Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime have gone on hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers said yesterday. | 0 |
Teams Exercise Patience With big-ticket free agents like Carlos Beltran, Richie Sexson and Carlos Delgado still on the market, baseball executives are playing wait-and-see. | 1 |
Opening The Desktop The Mozilla Foundation #39;s new Thunderbird E-mail client, released last week, is positioned as a simple-but-secure alternative to Microsoft #39;s widely used Outlook Express. | 3 |
Mysterious Tremors Could Warn Of Future Earthquakes BERKELEY, Calif. -- Mysterious tremors deep beneath the San Andreas Fault could portend future earthquakes, according to University of California, Berkeley scientists. | 3 |
Holmes voted sports personality of year in Britain Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday. Holmes had been the hottest favorite ever to win the award after her exploits | 1 |
Nedved gives Juventus late win Bologna, Italy (Sports Network) - Czech striker Pavel Nedved scored off a free kick in the 86th minute Sunday to give Juventus a 1-0 win at Bologna. | 1 |
Eagles Defeat Redskins 17-14 (AP) AP - Andy Reid moved ahead of Joe Gibbs. Just barely. In a game much tighter than form would have predicted, the Philadelphia Eagles held off the Washington Redskins 17-14 Sunday night, winning their fifth straight and propelling Reid past Gibbs into first place in winning percentage among active coaches. | 1 |
Real Madrid Soccer Match Abandoned After Bomb Threat (Update1) Real Madrid #39;s home match yesterday against Real Sociedad was abandoned in the 87th minute after a bomb hoax, the Spanish soccer club said. | 1 |
IBM in server joint venture with China Great Wall Computer (AFP) AFP - China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co Ltd has signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture with IBM to produce computer servers for the Asian region, the company said. | 3 |
Blast kills 15, injures 60 in Philippines A powerful explosion in a crowded southern Philippines market killed 15 and wounded at least 60 on Sunday. The market was packed with Christmas shoppers when the explosion went off in the markets meat section | 0 |
Oil Above #36;41 as Saudi Cuts Supplies (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices climbed above #36;41 a barrel\on Monday after Saudi Arabia cut January crude deliveries to\clients in Asia, confirming that the top exporter was adhering\to OPEC's agreement last week to curb excess supply. | 2 |
IBM, AMD Speed Chips, Strain Wafers (Reuters) Reuters - Researchers at IBM and\Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have improved a chip-making\technology called strained silicon, boosting semiconductor\performance at a time when such gains are increasingly hard to\come by, the companies said on Sunday. | 2 |
Johnson Johnson and Guidant Hold More Talks on Acquisition Johnson Johnson, the health care conglomerate, continued its acquisition talks with Guidant, one of the nation's largest makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses. | 2 |
Telekom Malaysia,Singapore, to buy Idea Cellular stake The government of Singapore and Telekom Malaysia Bhd agreed to buy a 48 percent stake in India #39;s Idea Cellular from three companies for US\$390 million to tap into India #39;s wireless market. | 2 |
Australian commodity exports set to increase 15 percent <b>...</b> SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia #39;s commodity exports are forecast to increase by 15 percent to a record 95 billion dollars (71 million US), the government #39;s key economic forecaster said. | 2 |
Word of Weis spreads quickly Notre Dame, IN - When Willingham was let go a week and a half ago, the word spread quickly across Notre Dame #39;s campus. Now the news that a new coach is in place is all over campus too. | 1 |
Sports Awards: Holmes wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year If it came as a surprise that Kelly Holmes should win two gold medals at the Athens Olympics, her victory in White City last night, where she became the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, was a racing certainty. | 1 |
OPEC sees 1 million barrels per day demand drop in 2005 JAKARTA (AFP) - Worldwide demand for oil is expected to drop by about one million barrels per day by the second quarter of 2005 after the northern hemisphere #39;s winter season ends, OPEC #39;s president said. | 2 |
Telekom Malaysia Spreads Its Wings But No Quick Returns KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (4863.KU) has begun to spread its wings overseas, but it will be awhile before its Indian and Indonesian investments begin to pay off in substantially stronger earnings. | 2 |
LSE Receives \$2.6 Billion Offer From Deutsche Boerse (Update2) London Stock Exchange Plc, Europe #39;s third-largest exchange by market value, said it received a 1.35 billion-pound (\$2.6 billion) takeover offer from Deutsche Boerse AG, the second attempt | 2 |
Lloyds TSB Says Profit Will Fall 23 After Unit Sales (Update2) Lloyds TSB Group Plc, the UK #39;s fifth-largest bank by assets, said annual pretax profit may fall 23 percent, after earnings doubled last year on proceeds from the sale of its businesses in New Zealand and Brazil. | 2 |
Bayer sells plasma unit to US consortium Bayer continued with its strategic refocusing, announcing on Monday the sale of its plasma business to two US private capital funds. | 2 |
How IBM and the PC changed the world IBM transformed the world when it launched the personal computer back in 1981. Its decision last week to sell its PC business to Chinese IT supplier Lenovo shows how profound the changes it brought about really are. | 2 |
#39;Do-not-call #39; law is about a year away OTTAWA -- Federal officials hope to introduce new legislation today to establish a do-not-call registry for consumers who want to put an end to telemarketing pitches. | 2 |
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