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Indonesia Meeting Urges Greater Religious Tolerance Religious leaders from around Southeast Asia and Australia are urging greater efforts to promote tolerance and understanding. They met in Indonesia to build inter-religious bridges to reduce the threat posed by extremists. | 0 |
Alitalia Ground Crew Unions Agree to Cuts (AP) AP - Alitalia said Thursday it has reached an agreement with unions representing its ground crew staff to cut 2,500 jobs and freeze pay increases, moving a step closer to approving a crucial restructuring plan. | 0 |
Judge Weighs Evidence in IBM, SCO Case (AP) AP - IBM attorneys argued that Utah-based SCO Group has failed to provide any evidence that IBM allowed proprietary Unix code to enter the freely distributed Linux operating system and its #36;5 billion suit making that claim should be dismissed. | 3 |
United Airlines Sees More Job Losses BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said on Thursday the airline's restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not clear how many. | 2 |
Zook to replace Turner as Illini head coach Former Florida coach Ron Zook will be named Tuesday as Illinois #39; 22nd head football coach, sources told The Associated Press Monday. | 1 |
Feedster and Eurekster Mix RSS, Blogs, and Social Search Feedster and Eurekster Mix RSS, Blogs, and Social Search\\Feedster, Inc., the RSS feed and blog search engine, today announced that it will power RSS and blog search results for Eurekster, the Internet search engine powered by social networking technology. By integrating Feedster rsquo;s news search technology and RSS feeds, Eurekster now ... | 3 |
Google Enhances Google Local Service Google Enhances Google Local Service\\Google has announced enhancements to its newish Google Local service at http://local.google.com . When you go to the page you'll see a space for what you're looking for and another space for where you'll looking. The results pages is where you'll see the real difference.\\I decided ... | 3 |
Williams aims for big improvement Danny Williams has said he will need to be 30-40 better than he was when he stunned Mike Tyson to dethrone WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. | 1 |
Vodafone offers BlackBerry phone with smaller keyboard European users are expected to be some of the first to get their fingers on BlackBerry handsets featuring a new keyboard technology that promises streamlined typing functionality on compact, converged devices. | 3 |
Nortel Says 3rd-Qtr Revenue Will Fall From 2nd Qtr (Update3) Nortel Networks Corp., North America #39;s largest telephone-equipment maker, said third-quarter revenue will decline from the second quarter #39;s \$2. | 2 |
Apple rip-off claims examined p2pnet.net News:- Britain #39;s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says it #39;s examining claims that Apple is over-charging British iTunes customers. | 3 |
Mars laser will beam super-fast data A laser that can beam data from Mars to Earth at 10 times the rate of current radio links will be flown to the Red Planet in 2009, say NASA scientists. | 3 |
British, German envoys travel to North Korean blast site BEIJING - The British and German ambassadors to North Korea on Thursday travelled with other foreign diplomats from Pyongyang to the site of a huge explosion close to North Korea #39;s border with China, British officials said. | 0 |
Senior Official Kidnapped in Gaza, Witnesses Say Gunmen kidnapped a senior official of the security forces in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the latest sign of a surge in internal Palestinian unrest, witnesses said. | 0 |
United Airlines Sees More Job Losses (Reuters) Reuters - The head of UAL Corp.'s United\Airlines said on Thursday the airline's restructuring plan\would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was\not clear how many. | 2 |
Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - DemoMobile provide advance look at gadgets on the go (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Sitting at the airport, you pull out a laptop or personal digital assistant and watch TV, delivered through Wi-Fi. Perhaps you'll grab an MP3 player instead, but rather than listen to downloaded tunes, you check out Internet radio. Or maybe you'll just make a call but thanks to the headset into which you are speaking, the person at the other end can make out your voice and not the blur of jet engines taking off at the same time. | 3 |
U.S. Stocks Open Slightly Higher NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks opened a little higher on Thursday as investors were reassured by inflation data suggesting the Fed need not hurry to push interest rates higher. | 2 |
U.S. Renews Iran Nuclear Complaint After New Photos VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official said on Thursday that satellite photographs of a suspected nuclear industrial site in Iran demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran dismissed as "a new lie." | 0 |
Man Sentenced to Life for N.Irish Finucane Murder BELFAST (Reuters) - A former Protestant guerrilla was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for the murder of Catholic lawyer Pat Finucane, one of the most controversial killings in 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Suspicion over Iran arms facility A US nuclear monitor shows satellite images of an Iranian weapons facility which may be working on nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Should Your Next Car Be New or Used? Used cars have a lot to offer -- if you know what you're doing. | 2 |
OPEC elects Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah as a President, increase oil <b>...</b> OPEC has extended a message to calm down to the oil consuming countries following an agreement by its countries in Vienna to increase the ceiling of oil production by 4, which means an increase of one million barrels a day, in the hope to reduce prices. | 2 |
jobless claims rebound in latest week WASHINGTON (AFX) - The number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits rebounded by 16,000 in the week ended Sept. 11 to 333,000, the Labor Department said. | 2 |
EDS stung by US Airways again Electronic Data Systems, which lost business when customer US Airways filed for bankruptcy protection the first time around, says the carrier #39;s latest filing also will hurt. | 2 |
Benign inflation lifts bonds Consumer prices remain in line, boosting bond prices; dollar flat vs. euro, down against yen. NEW YORK (Reuters) - US Treasury prices rose slightly Thursday after a key economic report pointed to tame inflation | 2 |
Symantec: Anti-Blocking Software Is A Trojan According to a report in the Financial Times, Symantecs local office has announced that a program called Freegate, which allows users in China to access government-blocked Web sites, should be considered a Trojan horse. | 3 |
Vodafone gets charmed by RIMs BlackBerry 7100v And wouldnt you know? European wireless carrier Vodafone gets its own version of Research In Motions new more cellphone-like BlackBerry that uses the same type of predictive-text keyboard as the one | 3 |
Golf: A hyperactive Ryder Cup The 35th Ryder Cup had not yet begun but the corporate pavilions were already in full swing: impatient clients and red and white impatiens in place at each well-appointed table inside Nicklaus Village. | 1 |
Mickelson sticks to skipping practice There is no quot;I quot; in team, but there are two in Phil Mickelson. While the rest of his Ryder Cup teammates took part in a practice round Wednesday | 1 |
Beijing Paralympic Games to be fabulous: IPC President The 13th Summer Paralympic Games in 2008 in Beijing will be extremely successful and quot;fabulous quot;, Phil Craven, chief of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC),predicted here on Thursday. | 1 |
Brazil #39;s Mello ousts second-seeded Fish in ATP tour DELRAY BEACH, Florida, United States of America -- Ricardo Mello of Brazil rallied to oust second-seeded American Mardy Fish 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the second-round of the 380,000-dollar Millennium International tennis tournament. | 1 |
Envoys view North Korean blast site SEOUL A group of foreign diplomats was escorted Thursday to the site of a recent huge blast in North Korea, a diplomat here said on condition of anonymity. | 0 |
OPEC Boosts Nigeria #39;s Oil Revenue By .82m Bpd THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is hiking its official output by one million barrels per day effective November with Nigeria getting 82,000 barrels per day or 8.2 per cent of the new quota. | 2 |
Browns' Green Hopes to Have Outrun Woes (AP) AP - William Green had two options: run out of bounds and settle for a good gain, or fight for extra yardage and perhaps a first down. | 1 |
Yeltsin warns against rolling back democracy in wake of Beslan (AFP) AFP - Russia's first post-Soviet president Boris Yeltsin issued a veiled warning that President Vladimir Putin's decision to hand sweeping new powers to the Kremlin in the wake of the Beslan hostage crisis could roll back democratic freedoms. | 0 |
Sony Cautious on Profit Growth in Home Electronics (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp. does not expect a\sharp recovery in the profitability of its home electronics\business during the crucial October to December quarter, citing\high costs to develop flat-panel televisions and a shrinking\market for home audio goods. | 3 |
Ukraine Rivals OK Vote Reforms for Rematch (AP) AP - Ukraine's political rivals agreed at European-brokered talks Tuesday on legislation to ensure a fair vote in the Dec. 26 presidential rematch but failed to agree on constitutional amendments trimming presidential powers. | 0 |
Can Microsoft Sue Open Office Users? (PC World) PC World - Software giant's deal with Sun has raised some questions. | 3 |
Kodak to Close Australia Plant, Cut Jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co.<A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">EK.N</A>, the world's largest maker of photographic film, will close a Coburg, Australia, plant that makes color photographic paper at the end of November, cutting about 600 jobs and causing a \$105 million charge. | 2 |
Rockies Terminate Neagle's Contract (AP) AP - Denny Neagle's contract was terminated by the Colorado Rockies on Monday, three days after the oft-injured pitcher was cited for solicitation. | 1 |
Gaza Gunmen Kidnap Senior Palestinian Official GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a top security official in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in a fresh challenge to President Yasser Arafat's rule amid a wave of unrest. | 0 |
Stocks Move Higher As Oil Prices Drop NEW YORK - Stocks regained some momentum Thursday as oil prices declined in spite of Hurricane Ivan's damper on production in the Gulf of Mexico, and fresh economic data suggested inflation remains well under control. In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 32.81, or 0.3 percent, to 10,264.17... | 0 |
EDS Takes Hit on US Airways Bankruptcy EDS (EDS:NYSE - news - research) shares slipped Thursday after the company warned that an airline industry bankruptcy could take a big chunk out of earnings. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Rise By 16,000 WASHINGTON -- The number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week. But the increase was smaller than economists had been expecting. | 2 |
XM Radio To Launch Online Radio Stations The nation #39;s largest provider of satellite radio will launch a premium internet music service in early October. XM Satellite Radio, the nation #39;s largest provider of satellite radio with more than 2.1 million | 3 |
Where #39;s Phil? BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- It #39;s not a Ryder Cup until there #39;s a controversy, invented or otherwise. On Wednesday the stage belonged to Phil Mickelson, who became a cause celebre by skipping a Ryder Cup | 1 |
Hughes Calls for Welsh Successor Departing Wales boss Mark Hughes has added his weight to the argument for appointing another Welshman to succeed him. The former Manchester United and Barcelona striker was unveiled | 1 |
WINDIES PERFORMANCE GIVES LARA HOPE Brian Lara hopes his improving West Indies can raise their game again on the way to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. Lara is not about to get carried away with yesterday #39;s predictable landslide | 1 |
Sony Cautious on Home Electronics Profit TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp. does not expect a sharp recovery in the profitability of its home electronics business during the crucial October to December quarter, citing high costs to develop flat-panel televisions and a shrinking market for home audio goods. | 3 |
Cheek tissue to restore eyesight Japanese doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with a painful eye condition caused by damaged corneas. | 3 |
New MyDoom offers 'how to' details "It's like they wanted to help us, which is weird," says one security expert of the latest bizarre twist in the worm's development. | 3 |
Wired intros MediaPress encoder, Mason HD decoder Wired on Monday released its new MediaPress LE real-time MPEG encoding card and took advantage of its presence at this week #39;s DV Expo in Los Angeles to preview its upcoming Mason HD video decoder card, which the company said will ship in the first quarter | 3 |
Martha Cleans Up The news media were fascinated by Martha Stewart #39;s surprise request yesterday. She said she wanted to put the entire ImClone Systems (Nasdaq: IMCL) mess behind | 2 |
Consumer prices show slight climb The government #39;s latest Consumer Price Index shows little, if any, sign of inflation. The August CPI is up one-tenth of one percent. | 2 |
XM Radio Launching Music Online The Washington, DC-based satellite radio operators new service - XM Radio Online - will launch early next month and will be free from commercials. | 3 |
Hughes: I had to join Rovers New Blackburn manager Mark Hughes admitted today the job was an opportunity he quot;couldn #39;t afford to miss quot;. Hughes was appointed last night following a few hours of negotiations | 1 |
FIRST-PERSON: Rangers pitcher should sit out a year MULKEYTOWN, Ill. (BP)--Maybe he watches too much professional wrestling. Maybe he #39;s really Bobby Knight #39;s illegitimate son. | 1 |
Two Americans, One Briton, Kidnapped in Baghdad, US Says Two Americans and a Briton were kidnapped from their residence in the Mansour district of Baghdad by unknown gunmen this morning, the US embassy there said in an e-mailed statement from the Iraqi capital. | 0 |
A Beslan mother #39;s impossible choice After more than 24 hours in captivity in Beslan school with her two daughters, Anetta had to make the choice. Terrorists came and said only one woman and only one baby could leave. | 0 |
Nortel Warns of Weaker Sales (Reuters) Reuters - Nortel Networks Corp. on\Thursday warned that third-quarter sales will fall below its\second quarter and that full-year 2004 revenues at North\America's largest telecom equipment maker will lag the overall\sector. | 2 |
Tuskegee-Benedict Football Game Postponed (AP) AP - Tuskegee University officials called off Saturday's football game with Benedict College because of Hurricane Ivan's impact on Alabama. | 1 |
Nortel Warns of Weaker Sales OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.TO</A> on Thursday warned that third-quarter sales will fall below its second quarter and that full-year 2004 revenues at North America's largest telecom equipment maker will lag the overall sector. | 2 |
It's an Early Exit for Myskina BALI (Reuters) - Top seed and French Open champion Anastasia Myskina wilted early on at the Wismilak International, falling in the second round to Maria Elena Camerin 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Thursday. | 1 |
Bush Signs Storm Disaster Declarations (AP) AP - President Bush signed disaster declarations Thursday to speed federal assistance to hurricane-battered states and is considering a visit to the region, his spokesman said. | 0 |
United Airlines CEO Sees Job Losses BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of UAL Corp.'s United Airlines on Thursday said the airline's restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not yet clear how many. | 2 |
Gaza Gunmen Free Top Security Official-Witnesses GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen freed a top security official on Thursday hours after abducting him in the Gaza Strip in a fresh challenge to President Yasser Arafat's rule amid a wave of unrest, witnesses said. | 0 |
Saudis Say Politics, Not Religion, Behind U.S. Move JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Prominent Saudis dismissed U.S. accusations of severe violations of religious freedom in the kingdom and said on Thursday that the criticisms were politically motivated. | 0 |
Musicians don #39;t fear the internet: report WASHINGTON - A new report suggests that musicians do not see the internet as a threat, a conclusion that flies in the face of efforts by the recording industry to crack down on people who use file-sharing networks like Kazaa. | 3 |
Suspect confesses to Shia attacks A Pakistani militant says he carried out a string of attacks which killed at least 100 Shia Muslims. | 0 |
United Airlines Sees More Job Losses The head of United said today the airline's restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not clear how many. | 2 |
The Costly Flip Side of Free Companies love to give away prizes, but that doesn't make them winners. | 2 |
San Diego teen wins Siemens #39; top prize A San Diego-area teen who used scavenged parts to invent a gyroscopic generator that turns ocean waves into electricity won the top \$100,000 individual scholarship Monday in | 3 |
Nortel Warns of Weaker Sales Nortel Networks Corp. (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) warned on Thursday that third-quarter sales will fall below its second quarter and that full-year 2004 revenues at | 2 |
160 million antitrust fine for memory chip maker Memory chip maker Infineon Technologies yesterday pled guilty to breaching US antitrust laws for price fixing in its dynamic random access memory (or DRAM) chip business. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-US rate futures struggle despite low Aug inflation Short-term interest rate futures struggled on Thursday after a government report showing US core inflation for August below market expectations failed to alter views on Federal Reserve rate policy. | 2 |
News deals Rupert \$18m bonus News Corporation has awarded its executive chairman Rupert Murdoch a staggering \$US12.5 million (\$18 million) performance bonus for the latest financial year - believed to be the biggest in Australian corporate history. | 2 |
Law Must Respond to Internet Revolution CURRENTLY in South Africa a man is being prosecuted for having loaded a virus onto the Edgars computer network. The accused is a former employee of the organisation who had a labour dispute with his employer | 3 |
US FCC: High Speed Internet and television Yesterday, Michael Powell, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman said that technology and telecommunications companies are working on ways to develop pipe television shows to consumers #39; homes via high-speed Internet lines. | 3 |
Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often! Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins held their final press conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand to promote their historic Saturday showdown that will ultimately net the winner all four-world titles in the middleweight division. | 1 |
Fighting Irish should build on momentum There is no conference or in-state affiliation between these two programs, but it hasn #39;t prevented the annual Notre Dame-Michigan State game from becoming one of the most heated rivalries in all of college football. | 1 |
Dalmiya authorised to take any action With a long-drawn legal battle looming over the contentious telecast rights, the Cricket Board today rallied behind its President Jagmohan Dalmiya authorising him to take necessary action in all matters. | 1 |
Putin rules out Chechen talks Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya. | 0 |
Army chief says planning advanced for Gaza pullout Planning for Israel #39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is at an advanced stage and the army is awaiting only the order to go ahead, the Israeli army chief said on Thursday. | 0 |
IBM wins \$1 billion networking contract from Lloyds International Business Machines Corp., one of the worlds largest personal computer makers, announced its partnership with British bank, Lloyds TSB. | 3 |
Brits complain over iTunes prices A BRITISH consumer has complained to government regulators about the cost of downloading music from Apple #39;s iTunes Music Store. | 3 |
Fox fires volley over stem policy Actor Michael J. Fox added his Hollywood power to Sen. John F. Kerry #39;s campaign yesterday, denouncing President Bush #39;s stem-cell research policy as blocking promising research on major diseases. | 3 |
Mobiles take off ANOTHER haven from annoying ring tones and loud personal conversations is being closed off as researchers work on ways to make mobile phones available on aircraft. | 3 |
Antarctic deemed perfect for stargazing The calm air above part of the Antarctic makes it the best place on Earth for astronomy, according to the scientists who propose building a telescope in the icy wilderness. | 3 |
Ivan May Just Be a Messenger Hurricane Ivan is among the most powerful Atlantic storms in recent history, and more such storms are likely in the future due to global warming, say climate experts. | 3 |
Wednesday at the Ryder Cup Bloomfield Hills, MI (Sports Network) - As I write this column about my first day at the 35th Ryder Cup Matches, there is something very interesting on my television at the moment. | 1 |
Mello ousts Fish, gains quarters Delray Beach After wondering out loud at times why he couldn #39;t get the ball over the net, Mardy Fish had little reaction the final time he hit one short. | 1 |
Rower slaps Sally at homecoming LAY-DOWN rower Sally Robbins ran off in tears after a seething teammate slapped her at a welcome home dinner for Olympians. Witnesses said Victorian Catriona Oliver slapped Robbins three times on the arm at | 1 |
Three more appeals lodged against Olympic medal results The sports world #39;s highest court has received three new appeals involving medals in gymnastics, weightlifting and track and field awarded at last month #39;s Athens Olympics. | 1 |
TV rights wrangle threatens India v Australia coverage A major wrangle over TV rights for Indian cricket is threatening to mar the build-up to a mouth-watering home test series against Australia next month. | 1 |
Major US allies rejects UN secretary-general #39;s claim that Iraq war <b>...</b> US allies Britain and Australia on Thursday rejected a claim by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was #39; #39;illegal #39; #39; because | 0 |
Chechen bombers slip the net TWO Chechen women suspected of blowing up two Russian passenger planes last month were detained but freed -- and then went on to bribe their way aboard. | 0 |
Indonesian editor jailed for libel IN a significant strike against press freedom, an Indonesian court yesterday sentenced the chief editor of Indonesia #39;s leading news magazine, Tempo, to a one-year jail term on a charge of criminal defamation. | 0 |
Sack Seeking Milosevic Lawyer Seeks Trial Suspension Slobodan Milosevics court-imposed British lawyer told the UN war crimes tribunal today he will ask for a suspension of hearings until an appeals chamber has considered overturning his appointment at the request of the former Yugoslav president. | 0 |
A woman runs for office in Saudi Arabia (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - - When the Saudi government announced last month the particulars of municipal elections to be held here for the first time in 40 years, Nadia Bakhurji was thrilled that her country was taking a baby step toward democracy. | 0 |
John Lynch Draws NFL Season's First Fine (AP) AP - John Lynch saw the next-day-mail envelope in his locker and he knew the news wasn't good. The Broncos safety had the distinction of being the first player to draw a fine this season, when the NFL sent him a letter Wednesday demanding #36;7,500 for a hard hit on Chiefs receiver Dante Hall in the opener. | 1 |
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