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Bomb Near Embassy in Indonesia Kills Three A powerful bomb exploded near the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 50, witnesses and officials said. | 0 |
S. Korea admits plutonium experiment South Korea acknowledged today that it conducted a plutonium-based nuclear experiment more than 20 years ago, shortly after it admitted to scientific tests involving uranium. | 0 |
Dollar Slips on Greenspan, Japan Data The dollar softened on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sounded more cautious on the US economic recovery than many investors had expected. | 2 |
Quattrone gets 18 months NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Frank Quattrone, who led some of the most celebrated initial public offerings of the late 1990s, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for interfering with a federal probe into those hot IPOs. | 2 |
Suzuki Motor Corp RecallS 157,480 Altos A joint venture between Japan #39;s Suzuki Motor Corp. and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. has recalled 157,480 Alto model cars, Changan Automobile said Thursday. | 2 |
Federal tax staff strike over wages OTTAWA -- About 8,000 employees of the federal tax agency walked off the job yesterday in Ontario and BC, including 280 in London, leaving public phone queries unanswered and federal revenue cheques uncashed. | 2 |
Sony confirms plan to sell large-screen LCD projection TVs in <b>...</b> TOKYO, Sep 08, 2004 (AFX-UK via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will launch its popular projection televisions with large liquid crystal display (LCD) screens in China early next year, a company spokeswoman said. | 3 |
Capriati calls time on Serena For the first time since 1998 neither Venus nor Serena Williams will end the year with a grand slam singles title in her possession. | 1 |
Cracking the Coad The skinny: Tonight, 9 pm (ABC). Since these AFC kingpins can #39;t meet on Super Bowl Sunday, it #39;s pure marketing genius to have them hook up on opening night. | 1 |
Canada #39;s patience pays off Deep in the heart of every hockey fan lurks the fluke-flamed fear that something bizarre, something truly against all reason, could snatch victory in its cruel jaws. | 1 |
Australia omit MacGill, Symonds for India tour Leg spinner Stuart MacGill and all rounder Andrew Symonds were left out of Australia #39;s squad on Thursday for the tour to India in October and November after the selectors decided to go for fresh blood. | 1 |
Howard sends envoy, bomb experts Australian Prime Minister John Howard is sending bomb experts to Jakarta with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer Thursday night. That follows a powerful blast near the Australian | 0 |
Brunei #39;s future king marries commoner in glittering ceremony BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam -- The heir to oil-rich Brunei #39;s throne married a half-Swiss commoner Thursday in a glittering ceremony attended by government leaders and blue-blooded guests from around the world. | 0 |
Israeli helicopter fires missile at militants in Gaza An Israeli helicopter fired a missile early Thursday at a group of militants in northern Gaza during an army operation there, wounding at least one person, witnesses and hospital officials said. | 0 |
Falluja air strikes kill eight US warplanes have bombed houses in the Iraqi city of Falluja for a third successive night, killing at least eight people, four of them children, doctors and residents say. | 0 |
Huge Blast in Jakarta, at Least Three Dead (Reuters) Reuters - A powerful explosion rocked the\Australian embassy in central Jakarta on Thursday, killing at\least three people in the vicinity and injuring more than 100,\witnesses and local radio said. | 0 |
Beijing Accused of Meddling in HK Elections (Reuters) Reuters - Hong Kong media and a rights group\accused Beijing on Thursday of meddling in a weekend election,\saying its publicity about a pro-democracy candidate jailed for\hiring a prostitute was timed to influence the result. | 0 |
RealNetworks Ends Song Promotion (AP) AP - RealNetworks Inc. is ending a temporary promotion that slashed the price of its downloadable songs to 49 cents, but bargain hunters will still be able to find some deals at its online music store. | 3 |
U.S.-Iraqi Security Forces Launch Attacks (AP) AP - U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said. | 0 |
TV Viewers 'Love' Their Digital Video Recorders (Reuters) Reuters - Perhaps it didn't take a\scientific study, but Forrester Research has determined that\folks love their digital video recorders (DVR) and hate\commercials. | 3 |
British Mercenary May Head to African Jail (AP) AP - From special forces commander to soldier of fortune, Simon Mann's colorful career reads like a thriller. Born to a world of wealth and privilege, the British mercenary made a fortune in some of Africa's bloodiest wars #151; and even enjoyed a stint in the movies. | 0 |
Voiding Giambi's Deal Easier Said Than Done The Yankees would like to void Jason Giambi's contract, but they continue to face serious roadblocks. | 1 |
Apple Patches 15 Mac OS X Flaws (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Apple claims most users are protected from the worst dangers of the flaws, many of which originate in the OS' open-source components. | 3 |
Dollar Up Vs Yen on Weak Machinery Data TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen on Thursday as surprisingly limp machinery orders data for Japan helped investors to recoup earlier losses made on cautious remarks about U.S. growth by the Federal Reserve chief. | 2 |
Hurricanes May Affect Florida Politics (AP) AP - Two devastating hurricanes have given President Bush something his political advisers couldn't dream up: the chance to play comforter in chief in a battleground state he is determined to win again. | 0 |
Genetically Modified Fish Used to Make Human Protein (Reuters) Reuters - Genetically modified fish may one day be\used to produce human proteins to treat illnesses such as lung\disease, liver problems and even some cancers. | 3 |
VW Warns 30,000 Jobs at Risk -Paper FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG has warned that over 30,000 jobs could be at risk if it fails to win a pay freeze and other concessions in talks with German unions this month, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported on Thursday. | 2 |
Waterlogged Schedule on Way for Yankees Heavy rain wiped out a doubleheader between the Yankees and the Devil Rays on Wednesday. Another doubleheader is scheduled for Thursday, as is more rain. | 1 |
Pakistani Jets Bomb Militants in Tribal Region ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan air force jets bombed suspected al Qaeda-linked militants in a western tribal region on Thursday, a day after six people were killed there in clashes between government troops and gunmen, officials said. | 0 |
Delta to Cut Workforce by 10 Percent In an effort to avoid bankruptcy Delta Air Lines Inc. announced that it is eliminating 7,000 jobs, closing its Texas hub and seeking wage concessions from its pilots. | 2 |
S.Korea Says Did Scientific Plutonium Test in 1982 SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean government scientists enriched a small amount of plutonium in a one-off experiment in 1982, the Science and Technology Ministry said on Thursday. | 0 |
Hands Off for Patriots in Rematch With Colts Indianapolis' loss to New England in the A.F.C. championship game in January will have an impact on officiating as the N.F.L. begins the 2004 season Thursday night. | 1 |
Bush-Kerry Surrogates Debate Trade Policies At a "Bush-Kerry trade debate" Wednesday stand-ins for President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry outlined the candidates' differences on such issues as outsourcing and free trade. | 2 |
Utilities Uneven in Managing Vegetation Utilities running the nation's high-voltage electric lines have done extensive tree trimming that should cut chances of blackouts, according to a federal report released Wednesday. | 2 |
S.Africa Makes Two Fresh Arrests on WMD Charges JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police said on Thursday two suspects had been arrested in a probe into violations of laws related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD). | 0 |
Indonesia shares slip after blast An explosion in Jakarta, feared to be a car bomb, sends shares tumbling on Indonesia's main stock exchange. | 2 |
Massive blast at Jakarta embassy At least six have been killed after a huge explosion outside Australia's embassy in the Indonesian capital. | 0 |
New Cabinet meets after reshuffle The Cabinet meets on Thursday after a reshuffle of Tony Blair's top team which sees Alan Milburn returning. | 0 |
Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay Delta said it would cut 12 percent of its work force and that a bankruptcy filing was "a real possibility." | 2 |
At Wal-Mart, the New Word Is Compromise H. Lee Scott Jr., the chief of Wal-Mart Stores, spoke at length about the image problems that have dogged the giant retailer. | 2 |
Lewis to Face Browns The spotlight will shine on Jamal Lewis this weekend when the Ravens open their season in Cleveland against the team Lewis has historically dominated. | 1 |
Merriman Reaching High Maryland defensive ends Shawne Merriman's goal is to be considered the best nationally by season's end. | 1 |
Red Sox Sweep A's Pedro Martinez pitches six innings of two-hit ball, and the Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the Athletics with an 8-3 win. | 1 |
Astros Moving Closer Roger Clemens got his 326th win and the Astros beat the Reds, 5-2, to move into the NL wild-card lead with their 12th straight win. | 1 |
Nets Get Solid Return From Kidd While They Can Jason Kidd, who underwent off-season knee surgery, made his long-awaited season debut for the Nets on Monday night and turned in an impressive effort. | 1 |
Red Sox Clobber Athletics 8-3 OAKLAND, Calif. - Pedro Martinez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson - Oakland's All-Star right-hander staked Boston to a huge lead himself... | 0 |
Ivan Devastates Grenada, Kills at Least 12 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in nearly a decade killed at least 12 people in Grenada, damaged 90 percent of its homes and destroyed a prison that left criminals running loose, officials said Wednesday... | 0 |
Seattle Stops Detroit Lauren Jackson returns from a three-game absence to score 15 points, helping Seattle get an 86-67 victory over the Shock. | 1 |
Retired Pentagon Brass Seek Abuse Probe WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is under increasing fire for its handling of the prison abuse investigation, as some retired military officers call for an independent commission to get to the bottom of the four-month-old scandal. Their appeal came a day before Thursday's hearings by the Senate and House armed services panels, which were reviewing the two latest reports ordered by the Defense Department... | 0 |
Texas Talks a Better Game Than Cal Plays The big question is how fourth-ranked Cal won at Southern Mississippi but lost its Rose Bowl spot to Texas, which did not play Saturday. | 1 |
Davenport Easily Defeats Asagoe at Open NEW YORK - With win after win, all of Lindsay Davenport's talk about retirement sounds more and more premature. Now she's two victories from a second U.S... | 0 |
Bills Battle Back After Bleak Beginning The Mike Mularkey era in Buffalo began with an 0-4 record. But eight weeks and six victories later, the Bills suddenly find themselves in the playoff hunt. | 1 |
IBM to use AMD's dual-core Opteron Upgrade to high-performance server will include AMD's dual-core chip. | 3 |
Sony camera blends photos, video The company's latest digital camera includes advanced video features. | 3 |
Space Probe Fails to Deploy Its Parachute and Crashes NASA's \$264 million Genesis mission came to a sudden and violent end on Wednesday morning, when a capsule returning with samples of the Sun slammed into the desert. | 3 |
Team Hopeful in Its Effort to Recreate Primal Life Scientists believe that they have reconstructed the pivotal event that created the one-celled organism from which all animals and plants are descended. | 3 |
Japan's Record 7th Typhoon; The Death Toll Is at Least 31 Japan's typhoon record was broken with a bang this week as battering winds and mountainous waves overturned ocean-going freighters. | 3 |
Two Scientists Caught in Amber It can be safely guessed that Stuart Pivar, a scientist and art collector, has more than 300 objects in his duplex apartment. | 3 |
Spurred by Illness, Indonesians Lash Out at U.S. Mining Giant Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, has been trailed by allegations of pollution. | 3 |
A Digital Generation's Analog Chic Yesterday's technology designs are becoming popular among those in their teens and 20's eager to usher back a time they experienced only barely, if at all. | 3 |
For a Fee, a Stream of Tunes, Talk and Video High-speed connections and software improvements are giving rise to subscription services for music, movies, sports events and talk radio to PC's. | 3 |
Enron #39;s interimboss seeking \$25 million fee nron Corp. #39;s interim chief executive has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to award his firm a \$25 million quot;success fee quot; for stabilizing the fallen Houston energy giant. | 2 |
DNA fingerprinting no longer foolproof #39; 9. (Guardian News Service):The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting. | 3 |
Red Sox keep piling on A #39;s OAKLAND, CALIF. - - Pedro Martinez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson -akland #39;s All-Star righthander staked Boston to a huge lead himself. | 1 |
National League Game Summary - San Francisco at Colorado The Giants outhit the Rockies, 16-5...Bonds is now one walk shy of the major league record of 198, which he set in 2002...San Francisco won the season series from Colorado, 11-8. | 1 |
Al-Sadr looks for role after Najaf losses The erosion of some of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr #39;s status showed recently when his supporters gathered outside his office here. | 0 |
Beijing Accused of Meddling in HK Elections Hong Kong media and a rights group accused Beijing on Thursday of meddling in a weekend election, saying its publicity about a pro-democracy candidate jailed for hiring a prostitute was timed to influence the result. | 0 |
Hawks snap nine-game losing skid ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Josh Smith scored inside off a miss by Al Harrington with 17 seconds remaining to help the Atlanta Hawks defeat the Philadelphia 76ers, 96-92, and end a nine-game losing streak. | 1 |
NKorea warns of arms race following SKorean uranium experiment (AFP) AFP - North Korea has warned that South Korea's uranium enrichment experiment could fuel an arms race in northeast Asia, accusing the United States of practising quot;double standards. quot; | 0 |
NBA Game Summary - San Antonio at Chicago Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Tony Parker scored 17 points and had five assists to lead a balanced San Antonio attack that handed the Spurs a 91-75 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. | 1 |
Milosevic takes back seat as first defence witness on stand (AFP) AFP - Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was forced to take a back seat at his trial for genocide and war crimes as lawyers imposed on him by a UN tribunal examined his first defence witness. | 0 |
Hollywood pilots fail to catch sun WASHINGTON: NASA #39;s Genesis space capsule slammed into the Utah desert Wednesday after its parachutes failed, leaving doubts if its invaluable cargo of microcosmic solar dust survived the journey to Earth. | 3 |
Intel Highlights Future at Developer Forum Intel plans to increase focus on WiMax connectivity and multicore processing, two innovations that the chipmaker believes will drive future industry growth. | 3 |
No more matches for umpire New York: Mariana Alves, the umpire at the centre of the controversial US Open quarterfinal between Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams yesterday, will not officiate at any more matches in this year #39;s event. | 1 |
GOLF: COOL HAND LUKE CAN BE TOP GUN RYDER CUP skipper Bernhard Langer last night claimed Luke Donald #39;s European Masters win proved how valuable he will be when they face the mighty Americans next weekend. | 1 |
Tigers lost his stripes, and everyone knows that now Nobody inside golf thinks Tiger Woods is the best player in the world anymore. Or the second best. Or perhaps even third. But now that truth is painfully official. | 1 |
RED SOX 8, ATHLETICS 3 Pedro Martnez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson. Hudson, Oakland #39;s All-Star right-hander, staked Boston to a huge lead himself. | 1 |
Canada able to hit the switch It wasn #39;t so much that Team Canada brushed aside Slovakia with all the disdain of an elephant disposing of a bothersome gnat, but it was the manner in which the disposal was done that added depth to the 5-0 victory. | 1 |
WPP Bids for Gray Global -WSJ Britain #39;s WPP Group Plc has offered to pay more than \$1.25 billion for advertising firm Gray Global Group, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter. | 2 |
ABC Learning to Buy Peppercorn, Child Care Centres (Update2) ABC Learning Centres Ltd., Australia #39;s biggest day-care operator, plans to spend A\$380 million (\$264 million) buying rivals to cut costs and lift its share of the nation #39;s market to a fifth. | 2 |
Enron rescuer asks \$25 million #39;success fee #39; HOUSTON, Texas - The turnaround specialist hired to get Enron out of bankruptcy is asking for \$25 million for almost reaching the end of the tunnel. | 2 |
Sybase Provides Free Linux Enterprise-Class Database for <b>...</b> Sybase, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and wireless software, deepened its commitment to the Linux community with the availability of a free deployment version of an enterprise-class Linux database-Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise | 3 |
Resurgent Orioles whip Twins behind Cabrera BALTIMORE - Daniel Cabrera pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning, and Jose Leon and Melvin Mora had two RBIs apiece to lead the surging Baltimore Orioles past the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Monday. | 1 |
Reed #39;s failure sends Colorado to 39th loss after taking the lead First came concerns about the adjustments Shawn Chacon had to make in becoming the closer for the Colorado Rockies. Then came worries about the problems of the Rockies | 1 |
Astros roar into share of wild-card lead Despite being part of eight playoff teams, including five World Series appearances and two championships, Clemens isn #39;t sure he has ever experienced the kind of wave like the one the Astros are currently riding. | 1 |
Arafat expulsion has never been closer: Israeli FM JERUSALEM - Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday that Israel had never been closer to expelling veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his West Bank headquarters. | 0 |
NBA Capsules Jason Kidd made his season debut and assisted on Richard Jefferson #39;s game-winning jumper from the lane with 7.1 seconds left as the New Jersey Nets defeated the Toronto Raptors 88-86 Monday night. | 1 |
NAT0-led peacekeepers seeking terrorist posing as cameraman (AFP) AFP - International peacekeepers in Afghanistan said they had received a tip-off that a quot;terrorist quot; posing as a cameraman was trying to enter the capital. | 0 |
Guantanamo Panel Members Face Challenges (AP) AP - Members of a U.S. military commission are being challenged by defense attorneys who say their ties to the war on terror could affect their ability to fairly judge four detainees charged with war crimes. | 0 |
Ivan Pummels Caribbean, Kills at Least 15 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan pummeled Grenada, Barbados and other islands with its devastating winds and rains, causing at least 15 deaths, before setting a direct course for Jamaica, Cuba and the hurricane-weary southern United States... | 0 |
Delta to slash up to 7,000 jobs Delta Air Lines unveiled changes yesterday that will remake its business, but officials warned that soaring costs still could land the nation #39;s third-largest carrier carrier in bankruptcy court. | 2 |
US Ordered to Reduce Crop Supports The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday. | 2 |
Invesco to be merged into AIM family Invesco Funds Group will become part of a sister mutual-fund family, ending a 74-year-old Denver institution and opening a door to changing the name of the city #39;s football stadium. | 2 |
NASA #39;s lofty hopes plummet A NASA spacecraft carrying solar particles that were captured a million miles from Earth slammed into the Utah desert yesterday and cracked open after its parachutes | 3 |
Nokia acquires assets, establishes Austin office Austin-based Metrowerks Corp. has sold one of its development lines to Finland #39;s Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) for an undisclosed amount. | 3 |
Season lidlifter renews heated conference rivalry Season openers like tonights dont get much more exciting than this. The NFL schedule-makers knew what they were doing when they sent | 1 |
US scores late to tie underdog Panama For the second consecutive road game, the United States got a late goal from a second-half substitute to gain a tie in World Cup qualifying. | 1 |
Martinez #39;s 2 homers not enough As hot as Ichiro has been - and he sizzled to a 13-game hitting streak with a single in the seventh inning last night -ven he isn #39;t as hot as Edgar Martinez in the past six games, hitting . | 1 |
Jackson returns to help Storm snap three-game losing streak Sue Bird led Seattle with 23 points and Lauren Jackson returned from a three-game absence to score 15, helping the Storm snap a three-game losing streak. | 1 |
Pakistan hails Pak-India joint statement Pakistan has eulogized a recent Pak-Indian joint statement for pushing forward the peace process between the two arch-rivals. The Nation newspaper Thursday quoted Masood Khan | 0 |
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