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Urbina heads to Venezuela after mother reportedly kidnapped Detroit Tigers closer Ugueth Urbina, whose father was killed in a robbery 10 years ago, rushed back to Venezuela on Thursday after his mother was apparently kidnapped at a home Urbina owns in his native country. | 1 |
Magath says Bayern honeymoon is over after poor start Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath, who criticised his new players for the time they spent putting on hair gel, warned on Friday that his honeymoon period is over and he plans to get tougher with the squad. | 1 |
Roundup: Ravens get scare when Ogden hurt Take away the seemingly minor knee injury to seven-time Pro Bowl tackle Jonathan Ogden, and the Baltimore Ravens had a perfect exhibition finale against the New York Giants last night. | 1 |
ASU punishes UTEP in Price debut Unable to settle into a rhythm, sophomore quarterback Jordan Palmer resembled a wide-eyed freshman, squeamish about playing under the lights. | 1 |
Russian Troops Storm School as Hostages Break Out (Update1) Russian troops stormed a school in the country #39;s south, after hostages started fleeing the building where armed terrorists had been holding as many as 1,500 people captive for two days in Beslan, North Ossetia. | 0 |
Iraqi president delays trip to France over hostage crisis Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar, who was due in Paris on Sunday to start a European tour, has postponed his visit to France due to the ongoing hostage drama involving two French journalists, Arab diplomats said Friday. | 0 |
Kashmir summit builds peace hopes India and Pakistan are preparing for high-level talks this weekend to build on a fledgling peace process. Top foreign ministry officials will meet in Delhi on Saturday followed by talks between the two foreign ministers over the next two days. | 0 |
Australia complains about Bali bomber #39;s coffee break SYDNEY (DPA): Australia on Friday complained to Indonesia over Bali bomber Ali Imron being allowed out of jail to have a Starbucks coffee in a plush Jakarta shopping mall in the company of top police official Brig. | 0 |
Sadr army becoming potent political force For a moment this week, it looked as if Moqtada al-Sadr - the leader of a Shiite rebellion against the US presence in Iraq - might | 0 |
Invitation to a Titanic sinking? It is difficult to convey the shock I felt on reading the allegations that Conrad Black, David Radler, and the rest of the Hollinger insiders had helped themselves to 95. | 2 |
Rank mulling sale of film unit Leisure group Rank has said it is thinking of selling its Deluxe film and video business as the firm announced a sharp drop in half-year profits. | 2 |
Glass looks half empty for JD Wetherspoon PUBS group JD Wetherspoon today said a sales slowdown in the second half had taken the fizz out of its annual profits. The city centre pub and bar operator, which runs around 650 outlets including The Standing | 2 |
Windows XP service pack 2: Major upgrade is not for everyone WASHINGTON - Windows XP Service Pack 2 is the first major upgrade to the world #39;s most popular operating system in well over a year. | 3 |
Wi-Fi products get security certificate The Wi-Fi Alliance got its next certification program off to a flying start, issuing WPA2 badges to a bunch of products that comply with the 802. | 3 |
Image Gallery of Indian hostages back home Freed Indian hostages Sukhdev Singh, Antaryami and Tilak Raj were back home on Friday. The three truckers, freed in Iraq after a six-week ordeal, arrived to a rousing welcome from a huge crowd at New Delhi | 0 |
Before-the-Bell: Intel Shares Fall (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Intel Corp. fell\more than 7 percent before the opening bell on Friday, a day\after the technology bellwether slashed its quarterly sales\outlook. | 2 |
Pfizer to Take Asbestos-Related Charge (Reuters) Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Friday said it\will take a pretax charge of #36;369 million in the third quarter\for a settlement with plaintiffs who allege they were harmed by\products containing asbestos and harmful minerals once sold by\a Pfizer subsidiary. | 2 |
At Least 7 Dead in Russia School Siege (AP) AP - At least seven people were killed and 310 others wounded Friday, reports said, after commandos stormed a school in southern Russia where hundreds had been held hostage for three days by Chechen rebels strapped with explosives. | 0 |
Amazon.com Inks Deal with Private DNS Firm (Reuters) Reuters - Privately held UltraDNS Corp.\says it had struck a deal to provide domain name system\services to online retailer Amazon.com Inc. . | 3 |
EU commission proposes new interpretation of eurozone budget rules (AFP) AFP - The European Commission said it had adopted a plan to adapt eurozone rules intended to control budget deficits in order to improve the way they work and their credibility. | 2 |
New on DVD (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - This week, your DVD choices range from Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ to Federico Fellini's I Vitelloni. | 3 |
Cruise in Britian for 'Collateral' (AP) AP - Tom Cruise mingled with about 3,000 fans at the British premiere of "Collateral," chatting on their cell phones, posing for photos and signing autographs for more than two hours outside a theater in Leicester Square. | 3 |
Sri Lanka government offered elusive majority (Reuters) Reuters - A small Sri Lankan party offered its support to the island's coalition government on Friday, which would give the ruling alliance a working majority in parliament, but it stopped short of joining the government. | 0 |
Before-the-Bell: Intel Shares Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Intel Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">INTC.O</A> fell more than 7 percent before the opening bell on Friday, a day after the technology bellwether slashed its quarterly sales outlook, and other technology stocks moved lower in tandem. | 2 |
Bush, Kerry Ready New Ads for Fall Blitz (AP) AP - President Bush vows to "spread ownership and opportunity," "make our economy more job friendly" and help lower health care costs in a fresh wave of campaign ads meant to lay out a sweeping second-term agenda as he emerges from the Republican convention. | 0 |
Lloyds to spend nearly \$1 billion on broadband network European banking giant Lloyds TSB has tapped IBM to assemble a voice and high-speed Internet network connecting branch branches, call centers and cash machines, the two companies said Monday. | 3 |
Enron CEO's Firm Seeks 'Success Fee' NEW YORK (Reuters) - The firm led by Enron Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ENRNQ.PK target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ENRNQ.PK</A> acting chief executive asked a bankruptcy judge for a \$25 million "success fee" for its efforts in shepherding the collapsed energy trader through nearly three years under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a court filing shows. | 2 |
Prison Probe Raises Questions About CIA (AP) AP - The latest Army investigation into the Abu Ghraib scandal is raising new questions about whether the CIA, operating outside military rules, contributed to the breakdown of military discipline at the prison. | 0 |
Stocks to Watch on Friday, September 3 INTEL CORP.<A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">INTC.O</A>: | 2 |
Omega Buys Two Firms, Raises \$285 Million NAZARETH, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian drugs distributor Omega Pharma boosted its presence in Italy and Scandinavia on Friday, buying two local firms after raising \$285 million in debt finance in the United States. | 2 |
Intel Warning Counters Jobs Data Hopes LONDON (Reuters) - Speculation that August's U.S. jobs report could surprise on the upside has lent sagging global stock markets some support this week and dampened buoyant bond markets. | 2 |
Libya Signs to Pay \$35 Mln to Berlin Bomb Victims TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya signed a deal on Friday to pay \$35 million in compensation for more than 160 victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step toward ending its international isolation. | 0 |
Dollar Is Calm Before Payrolls Storm LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar shuttled in narrow ranges against other major currencies on Friday as investors awaited upcoming U.S. jobs data for clues on the future path of interest rates. | 2 |
Oil Holds Firm as Dealers Digest Iraq LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices held firm on Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally. | 2 |
Iraq's Survival Still at Stake, Report Warns LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq could splinter into civil war and destabilize the whole region if the interim government, U.S. forces and United Nations fail to hold the ring among factions struggling for power, according to a British thinktank. | 0 |
Taliban and Afghan Forces Clash, Several Dead KABUL (Reuters) - Several Taliban fighters were killed in a firefight with Afghan security forces in the southeast province of Khost near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said on Friday. | 0 |
Lebanon to Extend President's Term, Defying U.N. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon. | 0 |
Markets brace for fresh hurricane Hurricane Frances sends commodity prices soaring and depresses insurance stocks as it heads for the Florida coast. | 2 |
German bank sells Odeon holding German bank WestLB sells its 43.4 percent stake in the UK's Odeon cinema chain to a private equity firm. | 2 |
Stocks poised to drop US stock futures pointed to a sharply lower start Friday as Intel Corp. #39;s disappointing third-quarter revenue and margin forecast sent chip stocks tumbling overseas. | 2 |
Rank May Exit Movie Business, Sell Unit, After Losses (Update4) Rank Group Plc, a UK distributor of movies for half a century, plans to exit the film industry after losses at its DVD and cinema production business. | 2 |
In pictures: Russian school battle A battle erupts in North Ossetia as Russian troops storm a school where hundreds of children had been taken hostage. | 0 |
ID BIOMEDICAL ENTERS INTO AGREEMENTS WITH LEADING US FLU VACCINE <b>...</b> ID Biomedical Corp. signed long-term agreements with three of the largest US flu vaccine wholesalers, causing the firms shares to climb 9.2 percent. | 2 |
Chaos as battle grips school BBC correspondents report scenes of chaos as a battle erupts at the besieged school in the Russian town of Beslan. | 0 |
#39;100pc #39; committed Sir Clive Woodward today revealed he quit as England rugby union coach because he was not able to take his World Cup-winning team forward the way he wanted. | 1 |
Sudan rejects Darfur peace force Sudan will not accept a peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region but may agree to extra monitors being deployed, its foreign minister says. | 0 |
Sudan talks stall on security issues PEACE talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups from the troubled region of Darfur have stalled. The talks, brokered by the African Union, are being held in Nigeria, are deadlocked over disarmament and other security issues. | 0 |
Caution urged on French hostages French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin urges caution on reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may soon be freed. | 0 |
SA man charged for 'nuclear bomb' A South African businessman is charged with trafficking nuclear material to Asian countries, in particular Pakistan. | 0 |
Swiss group 'helped 22 Brits die' A Swiss group may have helped more British people bypass the UK ban on euthanasia than previously thought. | 0 |
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza Two Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, apparently when explosives they were carrying were set off. | 0 |
Meet The Team: Race Team Spares Man Geoff Simmonds is in charge of managing all the spare parts at the races. Its a key role heres an explanation of what it involves | 1 |
Soldiers Storm Russian School; Fate of Hostages Is Unclear Russian forces today stormed a school where heavily armed fighters held hundreds of people hostage, provoking fierce gunbattles. | 0 |
Roddick, Capriati Highlight U.S. Open NEW YORK - Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Lleyton Hewitt and Amelie Mauresmo are all in action Friday at the U.S. Open... | 0 |
Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off SPARKS, Nev. - Some 300,000 people are expected to pig out on about 130,000 pounds of pork ribs... | 0 |
Fla. Highways Jammed Ahead of Frances MELBOURNE, Fla. - Fleeing what could be the most powerful storm to strike Florida in more than a decade, residents and tourists jammed highways and shelters Friday as Hurricane Frances churned toward the Atlantic coast, where the state's second pummeling in three weeks could begin as soon as Saturday... | 0 |
At Least 7 Dead in Russia School Siege BESLAN, Russia - At least seven people were killed and 310 others wounded Friday, reports said, after commandos stormed a school in southern Russia where hundreds had been held hostage for three days by Chechen rebels strapped with explosives. Troops killed five of the hostage-takers but 13 others escaped, the ITAR-Tass news agency said... | 0 |
Libya Agrees to Pay \$35 Million to Berlin Bomb Victims TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya signed a deal Friday to pay \$35 million in compensation to more than 160 victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step toward ending its international isolation. | 0 |
Forces Storm Russia School With Hostages BESLAN, Russia - Commandos stormed a school in southern Russia where hundreds of hostages had been held for three days, and dozens of hostages fled the building, some bloodied and screaming. Exchanges of gunfire rang out and a large plume of smoke rose over the school as troops clashed with the militants... | 0 |
Samarra Becomes Latest No-Go Zone in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - Over the past few months, insurgents in Samarra have deposed the U.S.-picked leaders and put to death people suspected of collaborating with them, making the northern Iraqi city the latest no-go zone for Iraqi and American troops. With preparations beginning for Iraq's nationwide general election, scheduled for January, the attacks in Samarra and other cities where officials cannot safely travel could present a major barrier to carrying out a credible poll... | 0 |
Business, Pleasure, or Both? Corporations and government contractors have been lubricating their relationships with the region's state officials all week in New York. | 3 |
Microsoft Warns Spyware Could Bungle Update Though Microsoft Corp.'s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can't do much about what's already on computers - and that could pose a problem. | 3 |
Disney Eyes Video-On-Demand Partnerships The Walt Disney Co. has postponed an expansion of its video-on-demand service while it explores partnerships that could result in a deal to include the service in set-top boxes, computers or other devices. | 3 |
Sony in Talks to Sell Products at Wal-Mart The electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp. is talking with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. in an effort to boost sales by shipping to U.S. discount chains with which it previously did little business. | 3 |
Calif. Schools Warned of Identity Theft California university officials have warned nearly 600,000 students and faculty that they might be exposed to identity theft following incidents where computer hard drives loaded with their private information were lost or hacked into. | 3 |
Insurance Cos. Try Out Auto Black Boxes For two months, Jacob Sevlie's insurance company tagged along whenever he slid behind the wheel of his Honda Accord. | 3 |
Cassini Reveals Saturn's Cool Rings The Cassini spacecraft has taken the most detailed temperature measurements to date of Saturn's rings. Data taken by the composite infrared spectrometer instrument on the spacecraft while entering Saturn's orbit show the cool and relatively warm regions of the rings. | 3 |
Tension-Filled Nights Loom for Europe #39;s Big Guns The remaining seven vacancies in the first knockout stage of the Champions League will be decided this week with some of Europe #39;s biggest clubs anxiously considering their fates. | 1 |
Europeans, Hopeful on Growth, Leave Rates Unchanged The European Central Bank is sounding markedly more confident these days than it had earlier this year about the economic recovery in the 12 countries that use the euro. | 2 |
Nortel delays release of financial results Blaming the complexity of the task, Nortel Networks Corp. is delaying the release of long-awaited financial results by another month, to late October, and may seek another delay of its annual meeting. | 2 |
Phone sales show no sign of slowing That #39;s according to research outfit Gartner, which on Thursday said that second quarter global mobile phone shipments hit 156. | 3 |
Red Hat Names New CFO There #39;s a new CFO in town at Red Hat Inc., and while the company continues to be perceived as one of the leading Linux providers, he #39;s got his work cut out for him when it comes to restoring investor confidence. | 3 |
Do You Remember Henin-Hardenne? Didn #39;t Think So S if the lingering effects of a viral infection and a more recent cold weren #39;t bad enough, Justin Henin-Hardenne couldn #39;t quite shake her Olympic hangover, a 31-year-old Israeli journeywoman | 1 |
Cricket: Smith withdraws from Windies squad LONDON - Allrounder Dwayne Smith has pulled out of the West Indies cricket squad for this month #39;s ICC Champions Trophy event in England because of injury. | 1 |
Giants Struggle Yet Again to Protect Warner Kurt Warner #39;s first preseason as the Giants #39; quarterback ended ominously as he was sacked twice more Thursday night, when the team faced the Baltimore Ravens | 1 |
Commandos Storm Russian Siege School As Children Flee Russian special forces stormed a school Friday ending a three-day hostage crisis and freeing hundreds of children, parents and teachers held without | 0 |
Hopes rise for French hostages in Iraq Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq are rising, despite confusion over which group is now holding them. | 0 |
Malaysia press relieved at Anwar release Malaysia #39;s press is breathing a collective sigh of relief at the release of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Commentators see the move as turning a new page in Malaysia #39;s political life, arguing | 0 |
UN resolution calls for immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces <b>...</b> New York (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The UN Security Council narrowly approved a US-French resolution late Thursday aimed for an immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces - an indirect reference to 17. | 0 |
Empty Stomach Battle Ends, Some Demands Met GAZA CITY , September 3 (IslamOnline.net amp; News Agencies) - Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have decided to call off an 18-day hunger strike after most of their demands for better conditions were met, according to a Palestinian cabinet minister. | 0 |
Syria on offensive as Israel threatens to avenge bombings Israel #39;s threats against Syria after the Beersheba suicide bombings would quot;exacerbate the deteriorating situation in the region, quot; the Syrian foreign minister said yesterday. | 0 |
Cleaning Up After Ourselves Though banned in the 1970s, toxic PCBs persist in high concentrations around the world. Now a Stanford team says it may have the solution: carbon. By Amit Asaravala. | 3 |
Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle The software giant's new pay-per-download service offers an easy-to-use interface and above-average sound quality. But some critics wonder if the MSN Music service will foster a widening rift in digital music security standards. By Xeni Jardin. | 3 |
Fans Keep Newton in Motion The first gathering of the Worldwide Newton Association this weekend in Paris promises a surprise that may extend the life of the aging but much-loved Apple handheld platform. By Leander Kahney. | 3 |
Slice of Heaven in the Desert Sure, there's plenty of fire at this year's Burning Man festival, but celestial tributes dominate the playa. Daniel Terdiman reports from Black Rock City, Nevada. | 3 |
Bold New World for Bald Mice Scientists find a way to grow hair follicles on furless mice using stem cells. Now, they hope to extend the research to humans. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 |
Why Hybrids Are Hot Have you seen gas prices? Purists can wait for hydrogen. The market can't. By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine. | 3 |
Music Fans, Beware the Big Bass Doctors report several cases of collapsed lungs apparently caused by loud music. They theorize that lungs may start to vibrate in the same frequency as the booming bass, which could cause a small rupture. | 3 |
Job Picture Brightens with August Hiring WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. job market brightened in August as employers added 144,000 workers to their payrolls and hiring totals for the two prior months were revised up, the Labor Department reported on Friday. | 2 |
Stock Futures Whipsaw After Jobs Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures fell on Friday then quickly rebounded, after a U.S. report showed job growth in August came in slightly below expectations. | 2 |
Oil Firm as Dealers Digest Iraq Sabotage LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices held firm on Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally. | 2 |
Rate Futures Fall After Payroll Data CHICAGO (Reuters) - Short-term interest rate futures fell modestly on Friday after U.S. jobs growth for August was in line with Wall Street expectations, cementing the prospects for further monetary policy tightening. | 2 |
Goss: Interrogations Key to War on Terror (AP) AP - Porter Goss, nominated to be the next CIA director, took a hard line on interrogations in the war on terror earlier this year, saying "Gee, you're breaking my heart" to complaints that Arab men found it abusive to have women guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. | 0 |
IAEA Probes S. Korean Nuclear Experiment (AP) AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret uranium-enrichment experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years ago, U.N. and South Korean officials said Thursday. | 0 |
Economy Adds 144K Jobs in August America's payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved. | 2 |
Atkins Diet May Bring Side Effects Dieters on the popular high-fat, low-carb Atkins approach lose just as much body fat as those on low-fat diets, but the annoying low-carb side effects could mean problems down the road, according to a scientist who reviewed five dozen diet studies. | 3 |
Stem Cells Found in Hair Follicles Researchers say they could be used to treat burn wounds, skin injuries HealthDayNews -- Cells in the hair follicles of the skin appear to be stem cells that may offer potential new ways to treat burn wounds and other skin injuries, as well as hair loss. That's the promising conclusion of a study in the Sept... | 3 |
Cats Can Spread Bird Flu By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cats not only can catch the deadly bird flu but can spread it to other felines, Dutch researchers said in a report Thursday that raises important questions about the pets' role in outbreaks. So far, cats have not been implicated in the spread of avian flu to people, said Dr... | 3 |
Sony in Talks to Sell Products at Wal-Mart TOKYO (AP) -- The electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp. (SNE) is talking with Wal-Mart Stores Inc... | 3 |
Microsoft Warns on Spyware's Impact on Update By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) -- Though Microsoft Corp.'s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can't do much about what's already on computers - and that could pose a problem. The company is warning users of the Windows XP operating system to check for spyware before downloading the free massive security update, called Service Pack 2... | 3 |
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