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Gerrard: #39;Time to move up #39; Steven Gerrard has claimed England #39;need to move up to the next level #39; before they are good enough to win major tournaments. | 1 |
Joachim takes lead in Spanish Vuelta Alejandro Valverde won the rainy third stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Monday while the US Postal Service team, led by Benoit Joachim, held the top seven spots in the overall standings. | 1 |
Hampton scratched with stiff neck After Braves medical personnel failed in their attempts to loosen Mike Hampton #39;s stiff neck, manager Bobby Cox was forced to send Travis Smith to the mound for Monday afternoon #39;s | 1 |
Darfur peace talks in Abuja deadlocks over security, disarmament The African Union (AU)-sponsored talks to restore peace in war-ravaged Darfur region, western Sudanreached a deadlock again on Monday when negotiators of the Sudanese government | 0 |
Australia accused over #39;fair trial #39; call Canberra has been accused of playing politics after it called on Washington to ensure the military trials of two Australians are conducted fairly. | 0 |
Lebanon Ministers Quit Over President's Longer Term BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four Lebanese ministers quit the government on Monday to protest against parliament's decision to extend Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud's term by three years in the face of widespread opposition. | 0 |
Frances Seen Less Costly Than Feared (Reuters) Reuters - Though high winds and flooding\generated billions of dollars in damage in Florida, Hurricane\Frances is expected to be less costly for insurers than feared,\analysts and industry officials said on Monday. | 2 |
Games With Get Up and Go Video gaming has long suffered a reputation for creating sedentary and solitary zombies, pasty and pudgy except for their muscular thumbs. A growing number of games, however, are getting gamers off their couches and on their feet, not only shouting, gyrating, singing and dancing, but sometimes -- gasp! -- playing nicely with others, face-to-face, in groups. | 3 |
Intelligence Changes Stymied by Turf Wars (AP) AP - Congress is giving itself a month to come up with legislation restructuring the nation's intelligence apparatus, but Republican leaders acknowledge the goal may fall victim to turf disputes and lawmakers' focus on getting themselves re-elected Nov. 2. | 0 |
Price of Global Hawk Surveillance Rises The cost of a program to build high-profile unmanned surveillance aircraft, known as Global Hawks, has increased by nearly \$900 million since 2001, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Renae Merle</b></font> | 3 |
#39;Oil price set to fall #39; Global oil prices should soon fall, partly because of expected supply increases from Iraq, the head of the Opec cartel forecast today. | 2 |
Crude oil may rise on inventory concern Crude oil may rise this week on concern US inventories are falling and supply may be disrupted from Iraq and Russia, according to a weekly Bloomberg News survey of traders and analysts. | 2 |
Palm Beach: Relief underway With only the remnants of Hurricane Frances still around, the relief has begun in Palm Beach County. Officials began setting up five | 2 |
China Cracks Down Porn China is getting hard on porn. Those caught pushing pornographic images either through the Internet, mobile phones or pornography through phone sex, face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. | 3 |
Editor of Russia #39;s Izvestia steps down The editor of Russia #39;s respected Izvestia daily said Monday he was stepping down in a dispute with his publisher over the paper #39;s critical coverage of the school hostage standoff | 0 |
Australian newspaper job ads at two-year high SYDNEY: Australian newspaper job advertising had its largest monthly gain in six months in August, a private survey said, supporting expectations wage inflation could rise and interest rates will increase in coming months. | 0 |
Sudan Talks in Nigeria Said Deadlocked (Reuters) Reuters - After two weeks of talks to end the\crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, government and rebel\negotiators remain far apart on key security issues, including\disarming warring factions, rebels and diplomats said on\Monday. | 0 |
Algerian Al Qaeda Ally Says Appoints New Leader (Reuters) Reuters - Algeria's largest Islamic rebel group\with ties to al Qaeda said it has appointed a new chief, known\as an explosives expert, as it tries to regroup following the\loss of key leaders in recent gun battles with authorities. | 0 |
DirecTV to Sell Half of Hughes Systems Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV Group Inc. will sell half its stake in Hughes Network Systems Inc. to SkyTerra, a company controlled by a New York private equity firm, the companies said Monday. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Michael S. Rosenwald</b></font> | 3 |
Sudan Talks in Nigeria Said Deadlocked ABUJA (Reuters) - After two weeks of talks to end the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, government and rebel negotiators remain far apart on key security issues, including disarming warring factions, rebels and diplomats said on Monday. | 0 |
Sept. 11 DVDs Present Nation in Mourning LOS ANGELES - One film provides a positive message of unity. Another dramatizes the president's difficult days... | 0 |
Hurricane Ivan Churns Toward Caribbean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Caribbean on Monday, packing sustained winds of 125 mph and threatening to hit Barbados and other islands, after it strengthened from tropical storm status with unusual speed. The Category 3 storm - the fourth major hurricane of the season - was still gaining strength, but apparently not as swiftly as some meteorologists had feared... | 0 |
Bill Clinton Heart Surgery Successful NEW YORK - Former President Clinton underwent successful heart bypass surgery Monday at a Manhattan hospital and was resting comfortably, his spokesman said. The medical team that performed the procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia planned a 4 p.m... | 0 |
CBA eager to explore China plan COMMONWEALTH Bank has now dipped nearly a whole foot in China #39;s waters after yesterday confirming advanced talks on a new banking deal. | 2 |
Verheugen - Gul Joint Press Conference ANKARA - Guenter Verheugen, the European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, said that the decision that would be taken about Turkey in December could not be delayed, stressing that the Progress Report (of the EU Commission) on Turkey that would be made | 2 |
Women looking over glass cliffs Women are being quot;parachuted quot; into precarious positions within companies where there is a high risk of failure, according to a psychologist. | 3 |
WinZip patches security flaw WinZip Computing warned last month of a security flaw in WinZip, its compression/decompression tool that runs on the Windows platform. | 3 |
Soccer: Another defeat could see England coach Pole-axed VIENNA - England head into Thursday #39;s World Cup qualifier against Poland knowing a repeat of their mistakes in a 2-2 draw with Austria could leave them looking for a new manager. | 1 |
Will They Play Ball in the Bronx Today? (New York-WABC, September 6, 2004 ) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will likely not make it to New York in time for the first game of their doubleheader against the Yankees this afternoon in the Bronx. | 1 |
Braves southpaw Mike Hampton misses start against Phils with stiff <b>...</b> Braves left-hander Mike Hampton missed his scheduled start Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies because of a stiff neck. Hampton #39;s neck had been bothering him for the past three days, said | 1 |
Lions Make Final Roster Moves The Detroit Lions whittled their roster to the mandatory 53 on Sunday, releasing veteran kick-returner Reggie Swinton, second-year receiver and fan favorite David Kircus, rookie linebacker Andrew Battle, recently signed linebacker Michael Young, running | 1 |
A Vision of Hell The death toll in Russias worst-ever terrorist attack climbs to at least 338, leaving Russia reeling. ULYANOVSK, Russia--On 1 September, around 1,200 children, parents, and grandparents thronged to school | 0 |
Lebanon seeks Arab support to counter UN resolution BEIRUT - Lebanon on Monday asked the Arab League to help it counter a UN Security Council resolution, aimed implicitly at its powerful neighbour, Syria, which called for Beiruts sovereignty to be respected and foreign troops to be withdrawn from the | 0 |
Russian FM meets with Katsav Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Monday with Israeli #39;s President Moshe Katsav as part of his first tour of the region to discuss, among other topics, a collaboration between the two countries in combating terrorism. | 0 |
Market Report London shares extended their winning streak to a fourth session today as investors turned their eyes towards the key 4600 barrier. | 2 |
Mani, Kasuri revive pipeline dream NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid M Kasuri began a new chapter on co-operation in the energy sector. | 2 |
Women in Business Face the #39;Glass Cliff #39; Women are increasingly breaking though the glass ceiling to get seats on company boards but only to find themselves teetering on the edge of the glass cliff, a leading psychologist said on Monday. | 3 |
Once left for dead, Astros streak back into wild-card contention Everything #39;s going the Astros #39; way these days. They #39;re scoring a ton of runs, their schedule looks favorable, their bullpen is starting to kick in -- even their starting pitching, which consists of Roger Clemens | 1 |
ESPN-Star Sports takes BCCI to court over TV rights ESPN-Star Sports, who lost the bid to telecast international cricket played in India over the next four years, have challenged the Indian board #39;s decision to award the rights to Zee Network in the Mumbai High Court. | 1 |
Ba #39;asyir verdict sparks courtroom violence Supporters of terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba #39;asyir fought a running battle with police officers and hurled shoes and other debris inside a courtroom, shortly after a judge dismissed on Monday the lawsuit against the arrest of the elderly cleric. | 0 |
Holdout Orlando Pace Signs With Rams (AP) AP - Holdout offensive tackle Orlando Pace signed a one-year contract on Monday with the St. Louis Rams and participated in his first practice. | 1 |
Unusual Number of Storms Hit Land in Fla. (AP) AP - First it was a one-two punch of Tropical Storm Bonnie and the devastating Hurricane Charley. Then came Hurricane Frances just three weeks later. | 3 |
F1 Driver Button Breaks Silence Over Williams Move LONDON (Reuters) - Jenson Button broke his silence on Monday to spell out the reasons behind his controversial and contested decision to leave the BAR Formula One team for Williams. | 1 |
Video's Virtual Wonderland We offer the video-game shopper a cheat sheet identifying some of the top titles of the season culled from hundreds of games released in time for the holidays.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B> -Don Oldenburg</b></font> | 3 |
Israelis to alter barrier route Israel says it will move a planned stretch of its controversial barrier in the West Bank closer to Israel. | 0 |
Holdout Orlando Pace Signs With Rams Holdout offensive tackle Orlando Pace signed a one-year contract on Monday with the St. Louis Rams and participated in his first practice. | 1 |
Bush's Record \\"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Documents that should have been written to explain gaps in\President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service are missing from the military\records released about his service in 1972 and 1973, according to regulations\and outside experts."\\"For example, Air National Guard regulations at the time required commanders to\write an investigative report for the Air Force when Bush missed his annual\medical exam in 1972. The regulations also required commanders to confirm in\writing that Bush received counseling after missing five months of drills"\\ | 3 |
Context Specific Mirroring \\"Now, its not that I dont want to have this content here. Far from it. Ill\always post everything to somewhere on this site. I just want to treat each\individual posting as a single entity and place it in as fertile a set of beds\as possible. I want context specific mirroring. I want to be able to choose\multiple endpoints for a post, and publish to all of them with a single button\click."\\ | 3 |
Industry shies off rogue broker Big sharebrokers moved quickly yesterday to distance themselves from the shock collapse of Access Brokerage. They backed the New Zealand Exchange #39;s move to effectively shut down the firm. | 2 |
EU may back Santanders bid for Abbey Europes biggest cross-border financial services deal in recent years was given a significant boost over the weekend when Mario Monti, European Union competition chief, in effect confirmed that EU regulators would approve the 8. | 2 |
Intel, AMD Pack Dual Processing Cores on Single Chip Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are revving up for what they see as the next big step in the evolution of x86 processorsthe introduction of dual processing cores. | 3 |
SOU MIGHT JUST BE THE MAN So here I am at Sky News, waiting to go on air to talk about Graeme Souness getting the Newcastle job. On Saturday I was reliably informed by a VERY good contact that David O #39;Leary was on the | 1 |
SFA DELAY MOLDOVA DECISION The Scottish Football Association will focus their attention on the World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Wednesday before deciding on any action for the game in Moldova next month. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Button breaks silence over Williams move Jenson Button broke his silence on Monday to spell out the reasons behind his controversial and contested decision to leave the BAR Formula One team for Williams. | 1 |
Malaysia #39;s Anwar launches bid to clear his name, return to <b>...</b> PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia : Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim launched a final bid to completely clear his name, a challenge rare in Malaysia #39;s legal system and a move which could lead to his immediate return to politics. | 0 |
Meeting with unions crucial to Alitalia's survival (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ROME (AP) - With the future of Italy's flagship carrier at stake, Alitalia began crucial talks with unions Monday to unveil a rescue plan - including expected layoffs - aimed at averting collapse. | 0 |
Ailing Clinton urges Kerry to bolster election attacks (AFP) AFP - Under pressure in the polls as he enters the final stretch in his race for the White House, Senator John Kerry turned to Democratic heavy-hitter former president Bill Clinton for help from his hospital bed. | 0 |
Canceled checks, float soon to disappear Every night, millions of cashed checks fly around the country, headed for their home bank. Starting in October, technology will start to ground many of those flights. | 2 |
Frances tears panels from NASA shuttle hangar NASA managers worried Monday about the prospect of Hurricane Ivan after Hurricane Frances ripped about 1,000 4-by-10-foot aluminum panels off one side of its massive Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center director Jim Kennedy said. | 3 |
Big maths solution #39;looks good #39; One of the toughest problems in maths may have been solved by the Russian scientist Dr Grigori Perelman, of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics. | 3 |
Donald up for Ryder challenge Luke Donald will tell Bernhard Langer next week that he is confident enough to be paired with any of his European team-mates in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
England panic without hero ANDY Flintoff is one of those rare sportsmen who can enhance his stature simply by not playing. India captain Saurav Ganguly tried to put his finger on it at Lord #39;s, explaining: quot;England are a far different side without him. | 1 |
Devil Rays Delayed by Frances, Doubleheader Vs. Yankees in Air NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays aren #39;t scheduled to arrive in New York City until nearly 6:00 pm Monday, leaving their scheduled doubleheader with the Yankees in the air. | 1 |
Button reveals all, or at least some As previously reported, Jenson Button hosted a special press conference in London, late on Monday afternoon, and for the first time spoke of the events that have caused him to leave BAR for WilliamsF1 in 2005. | 1 |
Pressure off for Sadler After winning the Pop Secret 500 Sunday night at California Speedway and all but nailing down a spot in NASCAR #39;s new Chase for the Nextel Cup playoff, Sadler could hardly contain his excitement about a possible trip to New York City in December for the | 1 |
ESPN-Star Sports moves Mumbai HC ESPN-Star Sports on Monday announced that it has challenged the BCCI #39;s decision to award conditional allotment of telecast rights for all cricket to be played in India to Zee Network in the Mumbai High Court. | 1 |
Playoff preview? Hot Red Sox, A #39;s meet But first, two of the hottest teams in the majors get a chance to feel each other out for three games at Network Associates Coliseum. | 1 |
Suicide bombing kills seven Marines in Iraq; Medical tests confirm <b>...</b> A suicide attacker sped up to a US military convoy outside Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on Monday, killing seven Marines | 0 |
Pak rejects US claim on Osama ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected as quot;politicking quot; a US official #39;s weekend claim that Osama bin Laden was close to being captured. | 0 |
Protests against German reforms enter sixth week Tens of thousands of Germans began a sixth week of street protests late on Monday, demanding Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder scrap planned welfare cuts, one day after his party suffered another heavy electoral defeat. | 0 |
Frances Damages NASA Space Center (AP) AP - Hurricane Frances did more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than any other storm in history, tearing an estimated 1,000 exterior panels from the Vehicle Assembly Building and leaving a checkerboard of holes, officials said Monday. | 3 |
Tennis: Henman win in US Open Tim Henman reaches the US Open quarter-finals for the first time after Nicolas Kiefer retires injured. | 0 |
Nikkei Dips for a 2nd Straight Session TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei fell for a second straight session to close 0.99 percent lower on Tuesday as selling increased after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen, putting more pressure on exporters such as Sony Corp | 2 |
Federer, Henman Advance at U.S. Open Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 5 Tim Henman became the first men to reach the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open on Monday, Federer on a walkover over Romanian Andrei Pavel and Henman when Germany's Nicolas Kiefer retired with a wrist injury. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan Churns Toward Caribbean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Caribbean on Monday, packing sustained winds of 115 mph and threatening to hit Barbados and other islands, after it strengthened from tropical storm status with unusual speed. Residents rushed to install storm shutters and schools remained closed in Barbados, where the Category 3 storm - the fourth major hurricane of the season - was expected to hit late Tuesday... | 0 |
Frances Plows Ashore in Panhandle PANACEA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Frances plowed ashore on the Florida Panhandle on Monday, its second U.S... | 0 |
Car Bomb Kills Seven Marines in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker sped up to a U.S. military convoy outside Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on Monday, killing seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers, U.S... | 0 |
Kerry: Pull Troops From Iraq in 4 Years RACINE, W.Va. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, on a Labor Day tour of states where polls show the race against President Bush virtually tied, told voters he would try to pull U.S... | 0 |
Isotopes could improve forensics Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died. | 3 |
Big maths solution 'looks good' One of the toughest problems in maths may have been solved, British Association's Festival of Science is told. | 3 |
Credit Suisse to Integrate Units ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will fully integrate its investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston with the rest of its banking business, the Swiss group said on Tuesday, as it set ambitious earnings targets for 2007. | 2 |
OPEC President Says International Oil Prices will Drop Soon OPEC president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the prediction of declining oil prices in the world markets from September to December this year was also based on the balancing of supply and demand | 2 |
Yukos lawyer #39;s offices searched MOSCOW : Russian prosecutors searched the offices of a Yukos lawyer defending a top shareholder who is accused of siphoning off money from the company #39;s accounts, a spokesman said. | 2 |
Singh leads Tiger at Deutsch, eyes No. 1 NORTON, Mass. - Vijay Singh is leading Tiger Woods by two strokes after six holes in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday. | 1 |
News Ltd considers SANZAR deal The deal will now include a Super 14 with two new teams from Australia and South Africa, as well as an extra round of the Tri-Nations. | 1 |
Damage at Kennedy Space Center from Frances KENNEDY SPACE CENTER No storm in history has done more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than Hurricane Frances did. Officials at the Florida facility say the storm tore about a-thousand exterior panels from the Vehicle Assembly Building. | 3 |
Devil Rays stuck in Florida hours before game NEW YORK -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays remained in Florida on Monday morning, just 3 hours before they were scheduled to play a doubleheader opener in New York against the Yankees. | 1 |
Anwar plots his return KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia #39;s highest court will decide today whether to review the corruption conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, a move that could lead to his immediate return to politics. | 0 |
Packers Scout 'Red' Cochran Dies at 82 (AP) AP - John "Red" Cochran, a scout and former NFL player and assistant coach who spent 42 years with the Green Bay Packers, died at 82. | 1 |
Alitalia Reportedly to Cut 5,000 Jobs (AP) AP - Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse, news reports and an industry source said Monday. | 0 |
Chinese Official Disputes GM Claim (AP) AP - A top Chinese commerce official said Monday that General Motors Corp. hasn't provided enough evidence to prove that a local company copied one of its car models. | 0 |
Kerry on Iraq: 'Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong Time' (Reuters) Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee\John Kerry on Monday called the invasion of Iraq "the wrong war\in the wrong place at the wrong time" and said his goal was to\withdraw U.S. troops in a first White House term. | 0 |
Home loans explode THE Reserve Bank faces the biggest monthly surge in home loan approvals in more than a decade when official figures are reported on Wednesday, the same day it is expected to confirm interest rates are on hold for another month. | 2 |
Stylish Brazilians outclass Bolivia 3-1 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Reigning champions Brazil turned on the style to beat outclassed Bolivia, 3-1, here yesterday to stay firmly on course for the 2006 World Cup finals. | 1 |
California Speedway quot;Finish Under FONTANA, Calif. (September 6, 2004) - The lights were a hit as records fell and Elliott Sadler #39;s stock rose at the inaugural quot;Finish Under the Lights quot; Pop Secret 500 at California Speedway Sunday, September 4th. | 1 |
Iraqi captors set new conditions A STATEMENT purportedly from the captors of two French journalists in Iraq gave France 48 hours from today to accept three new conditions - agreeing to a recent truce offer by Osama bin Laden, payment of \$US5 million (\$7. | 0 |
The Region: Wrong, yet winning On the anniversary of September 11, a curious paradox about the United States is evident: the sharp contrast between its policies #39; brilliant success in the Middle East and its strategies #39; abject failure there. | 0 |
Braves Top Phillies 3-1 (AP) AP - Replacement starter Travis Smith pitched five solid innings, Andruw Jones homered again and the Atlanta Braves buried Philadelphia a little deeper in the NL East, beating the Phillies 3-1 on Monday. | 1 |
More PE Time May Fight Child Obesity Just an extra hour of exercise a week could significantly cut obesity among young overweight girls, according to a study that researchers say could lead to major changes in the way schools fight obesity. The study - the largest look yet at obesity among young children - did not show the same results for boys, possibly because they generally get more exercise than girls... | 0 |
Mathematical Mystery Believed to Have Been Solved One of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been cracked by a reclusive Russian who is not remotely interested in the 560,000 prize his solution could win him, it emerged today. | 3 |
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