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Hope Turns to Caution in French Hostage Crisis BAGHDAD/PARIS (Reuters) - Two French hostages held in Iraq are being well treated but there are hurdles to overcome to secure their release, officials said. | 0 |
US soldier tried to help al-Qaeda A US soldier is convicted of trying to aid Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network by offering details on army strength and tactics. | 0 |
Indexes #39;Trending #39; Down With Intel The chipmaker says its revenue for the ongoing quarter will be \$8.3 billion to \$8.6 billion, down from the previous estimate of \$8. | 2 |
EU asks Russia to explain high siege toll The European Union has asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the school siege, which resulted in a huge loss of life. In a statement in the name of the presidency of the 25-nation EU, Dutch Foreign Minister | 2 |
Tech Stocks End Lower, Intel Disappoints US technology shares tumbled on Friday after technology bellwether Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) slashed its revenue forecast, but blue chips were only moderately lower as drug and industrial stocks made solid gains. | 2 |
August Unemployment Dips to 5.4 Percent WASHINGTON - The US 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 (search) reported on Friday. | 2 |
Spyware Could Bungle XP SP2 Update Though Microsoft #39;s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can #39;t do much about what #39;s already on computersand that could pose a problem. | 3 |
F5 Networks to introduce next-gen traffic manager F5 Networks will reveal its long-touted next-generation Internet traffic management switch on Tuesday, a device it says will help corporate customers get better performance from their networks. | 3 |
Mears On California Pole FONTANA, CA.California native Casey Mears was glad to be home. So glad in fact, he put his No. 41 Dodge on the Busch Series pole position for Saturday #39;s Target House 300 run on the two-mile California Speedway. | 1 |
Racing: Solberg rises to the occasion in Japan OBIHIRO, Japan : Norway #39;s world champion Petter Solberg took charge of the inaugural Rally of Japan after the first day of driving although the Subaru driver will be hard pressed to keep his lead on day two. | 1 |
Coach Dave Leitao agrees to six-year contract extension at DePaul CHICAGO - DePaul men #39;s basketball coach Dave Leitao has agreed to a six-year contract extension, the university announced Friday. | 1 |
French hostage crisis drags on, Iraq #39;s northern oil exports halted BAGHDAD : France held its breath for two of its reporters kidnapped in Iraq, while the war-torn country #39;s ailing economy was dealt a massive blow after a key export pipeline suffered its biggest post-war attack. | 0 |
US Blasts Lebanese Parliament #39;s Extension of Presidential Term The United States says the Lebanese parliament #39;s decision Friday to extend the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud made a quot;crude mockery of democratic principles. | 0 |
Sudan: Annan calls for expanded international presence to stop <b>...</b> 3 September 2004 - Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the international presence in Sudan #39;s war-torn Darfur region must be expanded as soon as possible because attacks against civilians are continuing and quot;the vast majority of militias quot; have not been | 0 |
ASEAN members plan a single market Southeast Asian countries have completed talks on a plan for economic integration, bringing the region a step closer to creating a European-style single market covering 530 million people. | 2 |
Sri Lanka gov #39;t gains parliamentary majority COLOMBO - President Chandrika Kumaratunga #39;s ruling United People #39;s Freedom Alliance coalition on Friday won crucial support from an opposition party that gives it a simple parliamentary majority for the first time since winning the April election. | 0 |
French journalists #39;about to be freed #39; The two French journalists held by Islamist militants in Iraq are safe and could be freed at any time, the most influential Sunni Muslim organisation in Baghdad said yesterday. | 0 |
Athletics: Shaheen record run lifts after-show party For Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin last night was the Lord Mayor #39;s Show, not after it. He made the most of it, steeplechasing in all his | 1 |
FLINTOFF STARS AS ENGLAND WIN SERIES Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood #39;s England record fifth-wicket stand carried the hosts to a morale-boosting series victory over India in the NatWest Challenge at The Oval on Friday. | 1 |
Lower Costs Prompt Internet Boom in Britain -Study (Reuters) Reuters - The number of newcomers to the Internet\in Britain has surged this year to its highest level since the\dotcom heyday of 2001, according to a study released on\Saturday. | 3 |
Seven young men arraigned in stabbing death of 19-year-old Quebec teen (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LAVAL, Que. (CP) - Seven young males were arraigned in court on Friday in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old man last month. | 0 |
Nagging Questions Dog Georgia Opener (AP) AP - Beginning a season of high expectations, the Georgia Bulldogs still have a few questions to answer. | 1 |
Baker Recovers From Open Heart Surgery (AP) AP - Howard Baker, the former Senate majority leader now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, was expected to leave intensive care Friday, four days after open heart surgery. | 0 |
Bombs rock 7 cities in Spain after terror group's warning MADRID -- Explosions rattled seven Spanish cities yesterday following telephone warnings from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, in a resurgence of violence after months of keeping a low profile since the deadly Madrid train bombings by Muslim militants. | 0 |
US Sues Sears, Accusing It of Racial Bias The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Sears, Roebuck, contending that it illegally fired an automotive repair store manager because he was black. | 2 |
Last Words On Service Pack 2 thejoelpatrol writes quot;So did Slashdotters call this one? Windows XP SP2 seems not to be so secure after all. A Register reporter goes in depth to find out just how safe a fresh install is. | 3 |
Space Station Crew Takes Maintenance Spacewalk A US astronaut and Russian cosmonaut have taken a spacewalk outside the international space station to work on an aging air conditioner and install communications antennas. | 3 |
Kim fires 62 to take first-round lead SPRINGFIELD (Illinois): Christina Kim celebrated her parents silver wedding anniversary by firing a 62, matching her career best, here Thursday to take the first-round lead in the \$1. | 1 |
DePaul #39;s Leitao gets contract extension Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - DePaul University head men #39;s basketball coach Dave Leitao agreed to a six-year contract extension on Friday. | 1 |
Coming back for more At this weekend #39;s 50th Mac Tools US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the NHRA POWERade extravaganza will be a homecoming of sorts for several familiar racers who have | 1 |
Hague Court Appoints Defense Lawyers for Milosevic UN judges Friday appointed two British lawyers to run the defense for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to prevent further delays to his war crimes trial because of his poor health. | 0 |
IBM adds iSCSI to SANs IBM moved back into the iSCSI (Internet SCSI) market Friday with a new array priced at \$3,000 and aimed at the small and midsize business market. | 3 |
IMac G5: another P from the iPod The iPod #39;s importance to Apple, which has in the past been overshadowed by the likes of Microsoft and Dell in the desktop stakes, cannot be underestimated. | 3 |
Chip maker plans capacity hike amid slowdown fear SHANGHAI: Semiconductor Ma-nufacturing International Corp., Chinas top chip maker, said it aims to hike capacity by about half by the end of 2005 to feed an anticipated sales leap in a \$30 billion market. | 3 |
Gates spills thoughts on Longhorn dilemma If the pessimist sees the glass half empty and the optimist sees it half full, what do we make of Bill Gates seeing his Longhorn glass three-quarters full? | 3 |
Kim ties record at State Farm Classic Christina Kim made 11 birdies and tied the tournament record of 10-under-par 62 for a two-shot lead after the opening round of the LPGA State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill. | 1 |
Gerrard doubtful for Austria match Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - English midfielder Steven Gerrard will likely miss Saturday #39;s World Cup qualifier against Austria with a groin injury. | 1 |
Miller Time: Pats re-sign veteran As expected, the Patriots re-signed veteran quarterback Jim Miller Friday afternoon. New England had released the 33-year-old earlier in the week as they cut their rosters down to 65 players, but the less-than | 1 |
South Korea Admits Having Enriched Uranium Description: The South Korean government denies having any plans to develop nuclear weapons, despite the government #39;s admission Thursday that its scientists developed a small amount of weapons-grade uranium four years ago. | 0 |
Martin, World Leaders, Condemn Russian Siege (Reuters) Reuters - Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly,\barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or\more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked\strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders. | 0 |
Microsoft Takes on iTunes (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft once again\is looking to eat the lunch of longtime rival Apple Computer,\this time in the digital music arena. | 3 |
Joswiak: "True to What an iMac Has Always Been About" (MacCentral) MacCentral - After Apple unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris this week, Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak gave Macworld editors a guided tour of the desktop's new design. Among the topics of conversation: the iMac's cooling system, why pre-installed Bluetooth functionality and FireWire 800 were left out, and how this new model fits in with Apple's objectives. | 3 |
Haas on Road to Recovery with Surprise Victory at the Open Tommy Haas, once ranked second in the world, surprised the 12th seed, Sebastien Grosjean of France, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, in the second round. | 1 |
Continental stops paying pensions Continental Airlines said Friday it will not make any pension contributions this year, taking advantage of changes in funding rules enacted by Congress that permit carriers to skip certain payments. | 2 |
Google, Overture Trademark Case Moves Forward A federal judge has let insurer GEICO #39;s lawsuit against the two biggest providers of search-based advertising move forward, setting the stage for closer examination of whether the burgeoning form of online ads breaks trademark laws. | 3 |
Promises, Promises: Microsoft #39;s Credibility Questioned Over <b>...</b> Sep. 03, 2004 From the September 06, 2004 CRN. Microsoft #39;s decision to cut WinFS out of the Longhorn Windows client upgrade for 2006 is causing a crisis of confidence in the channel. | 3 |
Company to storm market with blade servers NEW YORK: IBM said that it is making the design of its blade computer servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider acceptability in data centres and the telecom industry. | 3 |
Science oddities go on display One of the worlds most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show. From a homemade iron lung to ancient dentists chairs and antique operating tables, it comprises part of the 170,000-odd items in the storerooms of Londons Science Museum. | 3 |
Second coming at Spa The Belgians must be proud. The reinstated and, looking at the new Bus Stop chicane, one might say reincarnated Spa proved its worth on Sunday with an enthralling, magnificently dramatic race - certainly the best of the year so far. | 1 |
Patriots cut nine players, re-sign QB Miller FOXBORO, Mass. (Sept. 3, 2004) -- The New England Patriots released nine players and signed two, including quarterback Jim Miller, who was released earlier this week. | 1 |
Fire Damages Historic German Library Thousands of priceless books have been destroyed or damaged in a fire at one of Germany #39;s most historic libraries, housing about one million rare books and manuscripts. | 0 |
Nepal pledges Muslim security after riots KATHMANDU: Nepal pledged action on Friday against rioters who ransacked Muslim shrines and businesses following the murder of 12 Nepalese in Iraq, as a curfew kept the minority community away from weekly prayers. | 0 |
Joswiak: 'True to What an iMac Has Always Been About' (MacCentral) MacCentral - After Apple unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris this week, Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak gave Macworld editors a guided tour of the desktop's new design. Among the topics of conversation: the iMac's cooling system, why pre-installed Bluetooth functionality and FireWire 800 were left out, and how this new model fits in with Apple's objectives. | 3 |
Russia Counts Cost of Bloody End to School Siege BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russia began counting the cost on Saturday at the end of siege of a school captured by Chechen gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh doubts on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region. | 0 |
Oil bonanza boosts Saudi finances Saudi Arabia is set to see a budget surplus for 2004, thanks to surging oil prices, Crown Prince Abdullah says. | 2 |
Mobiles kill off more phone boxes \Thousands of loss-making phone boxes face the axe as mobile phone use soars in the UK, says BT. | 0 |
Modifying management behavior Would a half-day management training seminar have made a better boss of Ebenezer Scrooge? You and Bob Cratchit already know the answer; Ebenezer needed a more personal approach to turn him around. Dickens understood that. And now, just 161 years later, using personal coaches to modify behavior is all the rage in the enterprise. | 2 |
Chinas new face Just back from three weeks in China, Ill spare you the boring slides except for two observations. First, China presents amazing contrasts. You can bounce over mountain roads and still enjoy four bars of reception on your cell phone. (In general, Chinas cell coverage makes that of the United States seem Third World.) Second, China has a great future in IT. | 2 |
Tax abyss deepens for Yukos MOSCOW Yukos, Russias largest oil producer, had another bad news day Friday as its huge tax bill ballooned again. The Tax Ministry raised its claim against Yukos by \$700 million for 2001, bringing the total | 2 |
Ford and GM cut production General Motors and Ford are cutting production in their domestic market over the coming months as car sales begin to slow amid wilting consumer confidence. | 2 |
EU fines 7 firms for price-fixing BRUSSELS Outokumpu, IMI and five other companies were fined a total of E222.3 million on Friday by the European Commission for fixing the prices of copper tubing used in household plumbing. | 2 |
Chamber sues SEC over board rule WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to overturn a rule requiring mutual funds #39; boards of directors to have independent chairs. | 2 |
HP Will Power 5,300 7-Elevens quot;HP technology helps us to differentiate ourselves from other retailers in the way we run our stores, select and distribute products, work with suppliers, serve customers and communicate | 3 |
Is portable video ready for prime-time viewing? A few years ago, when MP3 players were establishing themselves as the hot cool thing, the next step seemed clear: What if you could take along not only music but movies, television programs, home video and still pictures in a high-tech box svelte enough | 3 |
Now, Hurlbert #39;s future will be decided While a jury will not decide Kobe Bryant #39;s future, a jury of a different sort - voters - will decide District Attorney Mark Hurlbert #39;s. | 1 |
Roundup: England beats India by 70-run margin England beat India by 70 runs in the second one-day international at The Oval in London on Friday. Victory gave England an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and was the first time the team had | 1 |
Palmer (not that one) and Woods take early lead at Boston Even before he took the first-round lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Tiger Woods was having a good day. Mark O #39;Meara, Woods #39; neighbor and tour mentor, was the leader in the clubhouse when Woods teed off in the afternoon at the TPC of Boston. | 1 |
SI.com TORONTO (Ticker) -- Seattle Mariners pitcher Cha Seung Baek will not have many fond memories of his first major league start. Baek gave up six runs in the second inning and did not make it out of the third | 1 |
Lebanon #39;s lost sovereignty When it comes to occupied Arab territory, Syria applies a brazen double standard: In Iraq, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza, every day of foreign occupation is seen as intolerable. | 0 |
Milosevic on trial; Reacting to terrorism; A general #39;s crusade; A <b>...</b> When one considers the United States #39; cold war preoccupation with containing or destroying socialism over the past 50 years, and Washington #39;s exemplary record at destabilizing communism world-wide, it is a mystery that some cannot for a moment imagine | 0 |
Indonesia insists it is committed to war on terror JAKARTA - Indonesia reaffirmed its commitment to fight terrorism yesterday after police officers came under fire for taking a convicted Bali bomber out for coffee. | 0 |
Bush, Republicans Outpoll Kerry, Democrats on TV (Reuters) Reuters - Although the election is not until | 0 |
Austrians Doubt Schwarzenegger's Memories (AP) AP - Historians criticized Arnold Schwarzenegger for telling the Republican National Convention that he left a "socialist" country when he moved away in 1968, noting that Austria had conservative leaders during the entire time he lived there. | 0 |
Hurricane Frances Hits Bahamas; Man Dies (AP) AP - Hurricane Frances battered the main tourist hub in the Bahamas on Friday, unleashing deadly winds that shattered windows in skyscrapers, toppled trees and set off scattered looting. One man was electrocuted in the storm. | 0 |
EU attempts to make stability and growth pact flexible Plans to revamp the euro #39;s battered rulebook won key backing yesterday, as the European Commission bowed to the inevitable and called for more flexible implementation of the single currency #39;s widely flouted rules. | 2 |
Russia Counts Cost of Bloody End to School Siege (Reuters) Reuters - Russia began counting the cost\on Saturday at the end of a siege of a school captured by\Chechen gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh\doubts on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region. | 0 |
Al-Sadr Says U.S. Can't Defeat Militia (AP) AP - Rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr declared U.S. forces can never defeat his Mahdi militia in a defiant speech read out to 2,000 supporters during the first Friday prayers since the end of a brutal three-week standoff with American troops. | 0 |
Packers Send Marques Anderson to Raiders (AP) AP - Green Bay traded strong safety Marques Anderson to the Oakland Raiders for two 2005 draft picks on Friday. | 1 |
Cowboys Name Romo No. 2 QB, Woodson Out (AP) AP - With the preseason finished and a few days left until the roster must be cut to 53 players, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells revealed several decisions Friday: | 1 |
Kim Takes Four-Stroke Lead at State Farm (AP) AP - Christina Kim followed a record-tying opening round with a 6-under 66 Friday to take a four-stroke lead midway through the LPGA State Farm Classic. | 1 |
Russia Counts Cost of Bloody End to School Siege BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russia began counting the cost on Saturday at the end of a siege of a school captured by Chechen gunmen which killed at least 200 people and cast fresh doubts on Moscow's policy in the turbulent region. | 0 |
Ch. 11 threat for US Airways flier miles US Airways is at risk of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which has frequent fliers thinking about cashing in miles, Boston.com reports. | 2 |
Auto Stocks Surge After Weak Sales General Motors Corp. (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday led a late-day rally in auto stocks, one day after the world #39;s largest automaker posted dismal US sales results for August and cut vehicle production. | 2 |
Last picture show for Rank as it seeks Deluxe buyer Rank Group is working on plans to split off its Deluxe international film and DVD business to focus on bingo, casinos and Hard Rock cafes. | 2 |
US Airways names vice president of restructuring US Airways Group Inc. named a vice president to oversee its restructuring efforts, the airline said Thursday. James Schear will handle US Airways #39; organizational restructuring responsibilities and work with | 2 |
Deluxe sale in the script as Rank slips LEISURE giant Rank is considering hiving off its Deluxe film, DVD and video business after it reported a 20 fall in first-half profits. | 2 |
Northwest Cancels a Travel Agency Fee Northwest Airlines said yesterday that it had canceled a new fee it charged travel agencies for a round-trip domestic ticket booked through global distribution systems, effective immediately. | 2 |
Time running out for quake prediction The clock is running out on a highly publicized prediction that a major earthquake will rip through Southern California by Sunday. | 3 |
Space station crew does some repair work The two-man crew of the international space station went outside again for more repair work. Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke spent five and a half hours plugging in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment. | 3 |
Acclaim falls on its sword Acclaim Entertainment, the video game publisher responsible for the Turok series and the 1990s blood fest Mortal Kombat, collapsed yesterday under debts of more than \$100m (60m). | 3 |
Pressure on Beckham David Beckham loves being the centre of attention and tonight the England captain is granted his wish. Steven Gerrard #39;s incapacitation means Beckham moves into the middle against Austria, setting | 1 |
Garcia walks tall with a 65 When Sergio Garcia was a little lad, he was actually a very little lad - not very tall and extremely slight of build. But throughout his early teens he was so outrageously talented in every other area of the | 1 |
Everton send Rooney shirts to Africa Everton is sending Wayne Rooney football merchandise, worth 65,000, to needy soccer-mad youngsters in west Africa. All the unsold stock from the Rooney section of its shop is being sent to help children and youths in Liberia. | 1 |
Clubs bite back after most bitter of parting shots Sir Clive Woodward is finally gone but he will not be forgotten at Twickenham in a hurry after an extraordinary farewell outburst yesterday in which he took deliberate aim at the heart of English rugby, condemning the Rugby Football Union as toothless and | 1 |
Qatari investment pays off as Shaheen sets record Qatar #39;s multimillion-pound investment in importing sporting talent reaped some benefit when Saif Saeed Shaheen broke the world record for 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin here last night. | 1 |
Tiger Woods #39; father stricken with cancer Tiger Woods, who could lose his world No1 ranking this week has a far more important worry on his mind. His father, Earl, has suffered a relapse in treatment for prostate cancer and says that the disease has spread through his body. | 1 |
Gough and Giles prise out India At last the spell has been broken. After 25 completed matches in 10 months of trying England have won a one-day international by batting first and defending a target. | 1 |
Dolphins arrive for final game short-handed With Hurricane Frances approaching the eastern coast of Florida, Miami players requested that their preseason game in New Orleans be canceled. | 1 |
Ogden questionable for season opener after knee sprain Baltimore Ravens left tackle Jonathan Ogden sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in Thursday #39;s exhibition game against the New York Giants. | 1 |
Lebanon Agrees to Extend Term of Leader Imposed by Syria As expected, Lebanon #39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria #39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years. | 0 |
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