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Baghdad and Kabul approved for WTO talks The World Trade Organisation gave approval on Monday for Iraq and Afghanistan to begin negotiations to join the 148-member body - but the US again blocked the opening of accession talks with Iran. | 0 |
Bomb kills 13 in Iraq BAGHDAD: An Al Qaeda-linked suicide bomber blew up his vehicle yesterday near cars waiting to enter the Green Zone, home to the US embassy and Iraq #39;s interim government, killing 13 Iraqis on the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein #39;s capture. | 0 |
N. Korea Extends Isolation by Refusing Nuclear Talks, US Says North Korea is prolonging its isolation by refusing to return to six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the country #39;s nuclear programs, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. | 0 |
China, US move on textile quotas The United States and China have both taken steps to control an expected flood of cheap Chinese textiles and clothing into the world market after a decades-old quota system expires on January 1. | 2 |
Deutsche Boerse courts the LSE for tie-up More than four years after burying their ambitious iX merger project, the Frankfurt and London stock exchanges had returned to the negotiating table to discuss a possible tie-up | 2 |
Nextel and Sprint: New Partners? The cellular telephone industry #39;s game of musical chairs has started again, and the music may soon stop with one less chair. Nextel Communications is in advanced talks to merge with Sprint, according to executives involved in the negotiations. | 2 |
Google to Scan Books From Big Libraries (AP) AP - Google Inc. is trying to establish an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its widely used Internet search engine. | 3 |
Mavericks Edge Bulls 94-93 (AP) AP - Michael Finley capped his 27-point night with a 17-foot jumper with 3.2 seconds left to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 94-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. | 1 |
Shevchenko is European footballer of the year PARIS (AFP) - AC Milan #39;s Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko was yesterday named European footballer of the year for 2004. The 28 year-old becomes the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleg Blockhin in | 1 |
League memo snubs proposal by players A confidential eight-page memo sent from the NHL to its 30 member clubs indicates the league and its players #39; union remain far apart with negotiations scheduled to resume today. | 1 |
Roethlisberger vs. Manning - No comparison Ben Roethlisberger needed less than a season to close the considerable gap between himself and Eli Manning, the top choice in this year #39;s draft. | 1 |
Google Announces Search Deal with Seven Libraries (Reuters) Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc.\ said late on Monday it is working on a project to\digitally scan the collections at seven libraries and will make\the pages available to Google users over the coming years. | 3 |
Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at 63 (AP) AP - Democratic Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday. | 0 |
Chile #39;s Pinochet under house arrest London - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was on Monday placed under house arrest on human rights charges after a judge in Santiago ruled he was mentally fit to stand trial. | 0 |
Mars Rovers See Water-Linked Mineral (AP) AP - The Mars rover Spirit found a mineral linked to water during its exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday. | 3 |
Navy commander ordered back to UK The captain of a Royal Navy warship is removed during a tour of duty to the Gulf amid allegations of bullying. | 0 |
Oracle, PeopleSoft Merger Approved Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a \$10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest, nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Sprint, Nextel to Build on Wireless Strength Proposed merger would create the country's third-largest wireless unit, and the new company could be a very formidable competitor given Nextel's prized customer base. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Geico Corp. Wants to Restrict Google Ads Geico urged a federal judge Monday in Alexandria to issue an injunction prohibiting Internet giant Google Inc. from selling ads based on searches using the Washington insurance giant's name, arguing the practice infringes on its trademark. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Computer Sciences Sells DynCorp Units Computer Sciences Corp. is selling parts of Reston-based DynCorp it acquired last year, saying the units, which provide security to foreign leaders and train international police, do not fit with its information technology focus. | 3 |
Oracle buyout gets mixed reviews from PeopleSoft customers Today's announcement of Oracle's \$10.3 billion buyout of PeopleSoft Inc. isn't drawing rave reviews from the installed based of customers about to be acquired in the deal. | 3 |
Review: New Microsoft beta good but security still an issue Microsoft announced the release of its MSN Desktop Toolbar Suite beta yesterday, including a new desktop search capability aimed at making it faster and easier for Windows computer users to find the information on their local systems. | 3 |
AMD, IBM develop silicon transistor technology to improve <b>...</b> Microprocessor maker AMD and IBM have developed a strained silicon transistor technology aimed at improving processor performance and power efficiency. | 3 |
UNITED HELD LONDON: Papa Bouba Diop smashed in a stunning late equaliser to give Fulham a deserved 1-1 home draw with Manchester United in the Premiership early this morning. | 1 |
Davidson: He was maestro on the mound in Boston The Red Sox and the Indians were tied, 8-8, in the fifth and deciding game of the 1999 Division Series when Pedro Martinez was summoned from the bullpen. | 1 |
Shaq #39;s 40 help Heat dominate Wizards MIAMI - Playing without his sidekick for more than a half Monday, Shaquille O #39;Neal resembled the player who has been unstoppable for most of his 14 years in the NBA. | 1 |
Man who brought Americans the Yugo now plans on importing Chinese cars to U.S. (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - DETROIT (AP) - The man who brought the Yugo and Subaru to the United States and built a gull-wing sports car in Canada bearing his name now has a new project - selling Chinese-made cars in the United States. | 0 |
Explosion Rocks Baghdad, Smoke Near Green Zone A loud explosion rattled central Baghdad on Tuesday and a cloud of smoke could be seen rising close to the Green Zone government and diplomatic compound. | 0 |
Climate change threatens China food production BUENOS AIRES: Climate change could cut China #39;s food production 10 percent by 2050, said an official report at a major UN conference here. | 0 |
Google Partners with Oxford, Harvard Others to Digitize Libraries Google has announcing five new content partners and a massive scanning project that will bring millions of volumes of printed books into the Google Print database. | 3 |
Update 7: Unocal Settles Rights Cases in Myanmar Human rights groups lauded the announcement by lawyers that an agreement in principle has been reached to settle human rights lawsuits against oil giant Unocal Corp. | 2 |
Players #39; offer likely to be rejected Bob Goodenow, executive director of the NHL Players Association, created a lot of suspense when he submitted a dramatic contract proposal to the league last week. | 1 |
Diamondbacks call Yankees anew on Johnson The Arizona Diamondbacks called the New York Yankees again Monday in an effort to restart trade talks on Randy Johnson. Jeff Moorad, the Diamondbacks #39; incoming chief executive officer, called Yankees president | 1 |
Sprint bid to acquire Nextel on tap Sprint and Nextel Communications could unveil their \$36 billion merger within a few days, but speculation has intensified about the emergence of a rival bid. | 2 |
The Year Shoppers Left the Mall Behind Online buying continues to snowball, according to the results of a recent America Online survey. This year, for the first time, Americans who regularly use the Internet for shopping -- researching | 2 |
Israeli Forces Raid Northern Gaza (Reuters) Reuters - Israeli tanks moved into the northern Gaza\Strip on Sunday to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks that\front-running Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas\said could achieve nothing. | 0 |
Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool Microsoft Corp. released its long-awaited desktop search technology yesterday, entering a crowded race to dominate information access on Windows-based PCs. | 3 |
Sony, Samsung Sign Licensing Agreement TOKYO - Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that they have signed a licensing agreement, but the deal won #39;t cover the Asian electronic companies #39; key technologies. | 3 |
Supreme Court hears file sharing case The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a case likely to have a significant impact on the music, video and electronics industries. | 3 |
Apple #39;s iTunes now accepting PayPal Customers at Apple Computer #39;s iTunes store will now be able to pay for their songs, albums and gift certificates using PayPal, a virtual-wallet technology owned by eBay. | 3 |
Chiefs Defeat Titans 49-38 Tennessee Titans cornerback Michael Waddell (36) intercepts a pass intended for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Eddie Kennison (87) in the second quarter Monday, Dec. 13, 2004 in Nashville, Tenn. | 1 |
Shevchenko European Footballer of the Year Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan has been named European Footballer of the Year. In a poll conducted by a French football magazine Monday, the 28-year-old was rewarded for his outstanding scoring | 1 |
Owners are likely to vote no During a negotiating session today in Toronto, NHL owners are expected to turn thumbs-down on last week #39;s proposal from the NHL Players Association. | 1 |
Weis #39; Irish eyes are smiling as he takes Notre Dame post About seven or eight years ago, Harry Shatel had that conversation with Charlie Weis about the future. Shatel, the Morristown High School baseball coach, doesn #39;t remember the exact date | 1 |
Yankees reportedly seek 3-way deal for Unit The New York Yankees haven #39;t given up improving their pitching rotation yet, and they appear to be making moves with a certain tall left-hander in Arizona in mind. | 1 |
Suicide Car Bomber Hits Baghdad Checkpoint Again A suicide car bomber struck at an entrance to Baghdad #39;s Green Zone government compound on Tuesday, 24 hours after an almost identical attack on the same checkpoint, a US military spokesman and Iraqi police said. | 0 |
Pinochet to stand trial for murder A JUDGE today ordered Chile #39;s former dictator Augusto Pinochet to stand trial for murder and kidnappings under his iron-fisted rule between 1973 and 1990. | 0 |
Surprise victory for Basescu in Romania Traian Basescu, a sea captain turned politician, won a surprise victory in Romania #39;s presidential run-off election held on Sunday, according to final results announced yesterday. | 0 |
Hamas: Israel behind Damascus bombing The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is accusing Israel of responsibility for the bombing attack on one of its members in the Syrian capital Damascus. | 0 |
Indo-Pak officials begin talks on nuclear CBMs, Sir Creek Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Tuesday began separate talks here on nuclear confidence building measures and to work out modalities to conduct joint survey of pillars at Sir Creek area of the Gujarat coast. | 0 |
Public to get virtual access to 7 million books Harvard, Oxford and others also will go online in the first deal of its kind. By Nick Bunkley / The Detroit News. By the end of the decade, anyone around the world will have instant access to 7 million volumes | 2 |
British firms plan to increase hiring British companies plan to hire more new employees in the first three months of next year compared with plans made for the first quarter of this year, employment agency Manpower says. | 2 |
When a Utility Saves Money, Who Benefits? Customers of investor-owned electric utilities must cover all the expenses of these legal monopolies in the rates they pay. But what happens when a utility owner | 2 |
UAL plans non-union pay cuts SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, said late Monday it will cut pay of salaried workers and management beginning Jan. 1 as part of its goal to emerge from bankruptcy. | 2 |
Samsung, Sony to share patents TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp. on Tuesday signed a cross-licensing agreement, allowing mutual sharing of a number of patents across major product lines held by both companies. | 3 |
MIT grows beating heart tissue Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported yesterday that by using cells harvested from rats, they have grown dime-size swatches of | 3 |
Hewlett-Packard Unveils Low-Priced PC For Chinese Market Hewlett-Packard Co. has moved aggressively into the PC market in China by introducing a \$483 machine, a price point which is in the same ballpark as other lean PCs announced earlier in the year by Lenovo Group. | 3 |
Pedro set to sign with Mets For days, Omar Minaya was hedging and bluffing, trying to carefully hide his intentions. Finally, he just threw his cards on the table and came up with an ace. | 1 |
Knicks: From the outside, they #39;re looking in Lenny Wilkens isn #39;t taking for granted what practically everyone else is -- that a healthy Knicks team will make the postseason. | 1 |
Wake Forest edges Temple PHILADELPHIA -- Trent Strickland scored all nine of his points in the last nine minutes, and No. 6 Wake Forest made 5 of 6 free throws in the last two minutes to hold off Temple, 67-64, Monday night. | 1 |
Anchoring Turkey in the European family Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey #39;s prime minister, has been travelling so much recently that most Turks have to turn on their television to find out where he is. | 0 |
S Asia rivals hold nuclear talks The meeting in Islamabad is part of wider efforts to improve relations between the South Asian rivals. Officials from both sides will discuss putting in place safeguards to avert a possible nuclear conflict. | 0 |
Clinton predicts Arab world #39;s future Former US President Bill Clinton has ruled out the possibility of reaching a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue and the the Arab-Israeli conflict within the next | 0 |
Ukraine Speaker: Keep Poisoning Out of Campaign (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's influential parliament speaker\called on Monday for a scandal over the poisoning of opposition\leader Viktor Yushchenko to be kept out of the country's\presidential election campaign. | 0 |
Fergie fuming as United blow catch-up chance (AFP) AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was left seething at his side's inability to cash in on the draw between English Premiership favourites Arsenal and Chelsea. | 0 |
Deputy minister complains about ethics investigation to languages commission (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The federal deputy Immigration minister filed a complaint against the ethics commissioner Monday with the Official Languages Commission over testimony being conducted only in English. | 0 |
Nikkei Closes Up 1 Pct; Canon, Sony Gain TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average closed over one percent higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data eased concerns about demand in Japan's main export market and spurred buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp. | 2 |
Small Business Optimism at 20-Year High WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Optimism at U.S. small businesses rose in November to the highest point in more than 20 years on expectations of faster economic growth and stronger sales, the National Federation of Independent Business said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Suicide Car Bomber Hits Baghdad Checkpoint Again BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber struck at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone government compound on Tuesday, 24 hours after an almost identical attack on the same checkpoint, a U.S. military spokesman and Iraqi police said. | 0 |
New blast hits Iraq Green Zone A car bomb explodes at a US checkpoint in Baghdad - a day after an almost identical attack there killed seven. | 0 |
Taiwan's Chen quits party post President Chen resigns as DPP chairman in Taiwan, in a move which could signal a new drive to find consensus. | 0 |
Finley Dumps Bulls The Mavericks' Michael Finley nails a jumper with 3.2 seconds left to lift Dallas to a tough 94-93 victory over Chicago on Monday. | 1 |
Google to scan books from big libraries SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is trying to establish an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its widely used Internet search engine. | 2 |
Unocal to pay villagers, fund improvements to settle rights case LOS ANGELES - Unocal Corp. will settle a human rights case filed over a pipeline in Southeast Asia by paying villagers and funding improvements to living conditions along the project route, lawyers on both sides said Monday. | 2 |
Samsung Develops Thumbnail MMC High performance with low power, the removable memory card which is smaller than the size of a thumbnail, is expected to revolutionize cell phone designs. | 3 |
HP cuts prices for China HP, the world #39;s number two PC maker, said on Friday it has launched a \$483 (about 250) computer in China, turning up the heat in the intensely competitive market. | 3 |
Yahoo names chief number-cruncher Web portal Yahoo on Monday appointed Usama Fayyad as its chief data officer and senior vice president of the strategic data solutions group. | 3 |
Chiefs Down Titans In Exciting Finish NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Trent Green found Eddie Kennison for a go- ahead nine-yard touchdown with 32 seconds remaining as the Kansas City Chiefs pulled out a thrilling 49-38 victory over the Tennessee Titans in a back-and- forth contest at the Coliseum. | 1 |
Shevchenko nets European Footballer of Year award Paris, France (Sports Network) - AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko was named the European Footballer of the Year Monday. | 1 |
Diamondbacks make a splash First Troy Glaus, then Russ Ortiz, and the Arizona Diamondbacks say they aren #39;t finished. quot;This is the second day of the new Diamondbacks, quot; Arizona managing partner Ken Kendrick | 1 |
Baghdad Suicide Bomb Attack Kills at Least 7 Iraqi authorities say a suicide car-bomb blast in central Baghdad killed at least seven Iraqis and wounded 19 other people Monday - the anniversary of Saddam Hussein #39;s capture by US forces. | 0 |
Two US Marines killed around Baghdad Two US Marines were killed Monday around the Iraqi capital, the US. military said in a statement on Tuesday. The two Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died within | 0 |
United Airlines imposes wage cuts America's second largest airline announces widespread pay cuts as it strives to emerge from bankruptcy. | 2 |
Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft leads flurry of deals NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stocks closed higher Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending at its best level in more than nine months amid better-than-expected economic data and merger-related optimism. | 2 |
Business ; Canada Government Says Won #39;t Let Bombardier Die Earlier, federal Transport Minister Jean Lapierre said the sudden resignation of Bombardier #39;s chief executive, Paul Tellier, on Monday would have no impact on the subsidies negotiations. | 2 |
Cardinal Health to cut 4,200 jobs, shut 25 offices in <b>...</b> Cardinal Health Inc., a medical products and services company based in Dublin, Ohio, plans to cut 4,200 jobs, or about 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 offices as part of a three-year restructuring plan, the company said Monday. | 2 |
Two Internet domain names get preliminary approval The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number, the organization named by the US government in 1998 to oversee policies over Internet addresses, gave a preliminary nod Monday to domain names targeting mobile services and the jobs | 3 |
Chelsea still tops for Coleman Chris Coleman still believes Chelsea will win the Barclays Premiership this season after watching his side put a further dent in Manchester Uniteds own title aspirations at Craven Cottage last night. | 1 |
Weis accepts Notre Dame job Notre Dame said New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis has signed a six-year year contract to coach the Irish. The 48-year-old Weis returns to the school he graduated from in 1978. | 1 |
Overreaction to 'distraction' The guy to whom everything is a potential and dreaded quot;distraction, quot; now must try to convince his team that the defection of its offensive coordinator is, well, not a distraction. So when is a distraction not a distraction? When Bill Belichick says so? | 1 |
Oracle seals PeopleSoft takeover SAN FRANCISCO -- Ending 18 months of hostility, Oracle Corp. has raised its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 per cent to seal a \$10.3-billion US deal that will create the world #39;s second-largest maker of business applications software. | 2 |
Verizon gets Vodafone OK for Sprint bid: WSJ Verizon Communications has gained the backing of partner Vodafone Group to bid for Sprint Corp in a move that could thwart Sprint #39;s potential \$35 billion bid for Nextel Communications, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | 2 |
TOMMY TUNES UP Embattled Tommy Hilfiger Corp., desperate to acquire an upscale brand to help re-ignite its growth engine, will buy designer Karl Lagerfeld #39;s small business and roll | 2 |
SONY BID COULD #39;VE SAVED DISNEY \$ A former Walt Disney Co. director testified that CEO Michael Eisner hoped that Sony Corp. would take Michael Ovitz off his hands and save Disney a quot;bundle quot; in severance pay. | 2 |
Sean O #39;Keefe #39;s legacy It was a tumultuous three years in which the future of NASA seemed to die a tragic death, and then rise from the ashes to focus on a historic new goal. | 3 |
Chiefs beat Titans in offensive display It wasn #39;t quite as dramatic or significant as the Music City Miracle. The Kansas City Chiefs will take it just the same. The Chiefs didn #39;t need a long lateral on a controversial kickoff | 1 |
Chargers' Brees and Tomlinson Inactive (AP) AP - With the AFC West champion San Diego Chargers already having clinched the AFC's fourth playoff seed, Pro Bowlers Drew Brees, LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates were held out of Sunday's game against Kansas City. | 1 |
Return to Nuclear Talks Tricky, N.Korea Daily Says North Korea will find it difficult to return to nuclear talks if the United States keeps insisting that Pyongyang renounce peaceful as well as military atomic activities, the North #39;s main newspaper said on Tuesday. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: O'Neal Pours in 40 as Heat Subdue Wizards NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shaquille O'Neal scored a season-high 40 points and added 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to drive the host Miami Heat past the Washington Wizards 106-83 Monday. | 1 |
Vodafone 'OKs Verizon Sprint bid' US telecoms firm Verizon is reported to have won the backing of mobile partner Vodafone for a bid for US rival Sprint. | 2 |
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