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The best view of all is our beautiful planet You #39;re speeding through space at 28 000 kilometres per hour, at times the outside temperature gets down to a chilling minus two hundred degrees Celsius, there is no quick getaway. | 3 |
PeopleSoft devotees in denial? com September 22, 2004, 5:38 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 3 |
State #39;s smog police map route to cleaner air Riding popular Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger #39;s endorsement, state air quality regulators are expected to step up a campaign against global warming that could spark sticker-shock in auto showrooms over the next 10 years. | 3 |
Windies book final against England as Pakistan flop WEST Indies beat Pakistan by seven wickets at the Rose Bowl yesterday to reach the final of crickets Champions Trophy and set up a showdown with hosts England at the Oval on Saturday. | 1 |
Green still undecided on Yom Kippur games Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will definitely sit out at least one game of a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, but will wait until Thursday to make his final decision. | 1 |
Conflicting reports over Iraq release Conflicting accounts about the possible release of Iraqi detainees -- among them the woman known as quot;Dr. Germ quot; -- were issued by the US and Iraqi governments Wednesday. | 0 |
Afghan, US Soldiers Killed in Clashes in Khost Province The US military says an American soldier was killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan, the third US soldier to die in the country this week. | 0 |
Group claims to kill Italian hostages in Iraq, but on Web site not <b>...</b> An Internet statement purportedly by a group which claimed to have kidnapped two Italian aid workers in Iraq said Wednesday it had killed the women. | 0 |
Nuclear weapons: Can they be stopped? Nuclear technology is now so widespread that it is only political will which stops many countries from making nuclear weapons. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN #39;s nuclear regulatory body the | 0 |
Border police killed in Jerusalem attack A female Palestinian bomber blew herself up near an Israeli military hitch-hiking post in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 15. | 0 |
Wheeling-Pitt closes stock offering Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. raised net proceeds of roughly \$100 million through a share sale completed this week, the company said. Wheeling-Pittsburgh, a steel maker, sold 3.65 million shares of common stock at \$29 each. | 2 |
MiniDisc gives in to MP3 IN A major strategic reversal, Sony plans to add support for MP3 music files to some of its portable music players. The shift to support the widely used MP3 music format would end Sony #39;s long-standing insistence on its proprietary Atrac format. | 3 |
Calif. Panel Weighs Greenhouse Gas Plan for Cars A plan to require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent is expected to be approved on Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, backers and opponents said. | 3 |
Nintendo to launch DS game system in November Japanese game giant Nintendo announced Tuesday that its forthcoming DS (short for Dual Screen) portable game system will launch in the United States on Nov. 21 for a retail price of \$149. | 3 |
Don #39;t worry, it #39;ll be live on TV, says Dalmiya KOLKATA: The live telecast of the Test series between India and Australia is a near-certainty. BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya on Wednesday said the board was making quot;all-out efforts quot; to ensure the series | 1 |
PRINCE OF PUCKS: Players keeping busy The National Hockey League lockout may be officially a week old, but already a considerable number of its players are finding employment elsewhere. | 1 |
Serena, Sharapova move into Beijing quarters Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Top-seeded American Serena Williams and Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova of Russia both posted second-round wins Wednesday and moved into the quarterfinals at the inaugural \$585,000 China Open. | 1 |
Dope cheats banned for life ATHENS, Sept. 22. - Two powerlifters from Azerbaijan have tested positive for banned substances in initial doping tests and are banned for life from the Paralympics, officials said today. | 1 |
Musharraf opposes India #39;s claim for UNSC membership United Nations, Sep 22 (UNI) Even as he refrained from launching a tirade against New Delhi, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today strongly opposed any proposal to include India in an enlarged United Nations Security Council and asserted that a | 0 |
US Tanks, Planes Strike Baghdad Shi #39;ite District US tanks raided the Baghdad Shi #39;ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said. | 0 |
Virgin staff #39;not trained for bomb #39; VIRGIN Blue had not trained its workers to cope with an emergency like the discovery of an explosive device on a flight, an airport union said today. | 0 |
Brees Cleared to Start Sunday at Denver (AP) AP - The only time Drew Brees got a headache on Wednesday was when he recalled what usually happens to the San Diego Chargers in Denver. | 1 |
Oregon High Court Takes Nader Off Ballot (AP) AP - Ralph Nader will not appear on Oregon's general election ballot, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday, overturning a lower court decision. | 0 |
Senate Confirms Rep. Goss as Intelligence Director (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to confirm Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) as the new head of the CIA, brushing aside complaints from some Democrats that he is too partisan and insufficiently interested in reform to head the embattled agency. | 0 |
China Puts Flood Toll at 1,029 as Wet Season Ends BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods in China killed more than 1,000 people this year, destroyed 650,000 village homes and caused 64.7 billion yuan (\$7.82 billion) in direct economic losses, the official Xinhua News agency said. | 0 |
UK rules out hostage negotiations Britain says it will not bargain with Iraqi militants holding a UK man, after he made a video plea to Tony Blair. | 0 |
Dodgers' Green to Miss Game on Yom Kippur SAN DIEGO - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will definitely sit out at least one game of a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, but will wait until Thursday to make his final decision. Green said Wednesday there's a possibility he'll sit out both Friday night and Saturday afternoon... | 0 |
SpamAssassin sports new open-source license Open-source spam blocker gets legal makeover with switch to Apache license. Oh, and tech upgrades. | 3 |
PeopleSoft devotees in denial? With software tycoon Larry Ellison poised to dismantle PeopleSoft, why are PeopleSoft customers so relaxed? | 3 |
Briefly: Ad campaign touts multimedia cards roundup Plus: T-Mobile sells Sidekick II...Spyware bill moves to Senate...Supercomputer center gets new No. 2. | 3 |
Wall Street rattled by Fed as Shell fails to please City WALL Street is said to be a bit rattled at the Federal Reserves latest quarter-point rise in American interest rates. Yesterdays one-third drop in quarterly profit announced by investment bank Morgan Stanleys will not help the jitters. | 2 |
Ex-Computer Associates Executives Indicted Two former top executives of Computer Associates International were indicted in Brooklyn on charges of accounting fraud, the Justice Department said today. | 2 |
SingTel to launch 3G trial services soon Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the biggest telecoms both in Singapore and Southeast Asia, on Wednesday announced the start of a month-long trial for its third-generation | 2 |
IMF warns on British house price crash British house prices have risen by more than any other developed country #39;s over the past 30 years, and are more at risk of crashing than anywhere else, the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday. | 2 |
Ad campaign touts multimedia cards Multimedia Card Association kicks off ad campaign to promote the small cards based on its specifications. | 3 |
ISS Crew to be Replaced on October 11 The International Space Station (ISS) crew will stay in orbit for two days longer than planned, Itar-Tass told today. The launching of the Soyuz TMA-5 spaceship has been postponed from October 9 to October 11 due to problems with the docking system. | 3 |
LA Times chides Bush for self-justification WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush on Wednesday received a rap across the knuckles from the Los Angeles Times which observed that he might have done better at wooing broader international | 0 |
NATO Ambassadors Agree to Expanded Training Mission in Iraq NATO ambassadors have agreed on a plan to expand the alliance training mission in Iraq. A NATO spokesman says the accord provides for the dispatch of instructors to staff a military training academy for Iraqi trainees. | 0 |
NATO Gives Thumbs Up to Iraq Mission They gathered in Brussels to try to agree on the terms for expanding the alliance #39;s small military training mission in Iraq. Officials said before the meeting that they believed an accord would be possible | 0 |
Bogus marriages line racketeers #39; pockets Immigration officials have smashed a criminal network operating one of the country #39;s fastest-growing immigration scams: the bogus marriage. | 0 |
Hitachi TVs to pick up Gemstar technology Gemstar-TV Guide and Hitachi announce a multiyear deal to bring program guides to digital TVs. | 3 |
IBM, other vendors accused of cheating E-Rate program U.S. House members accused IBM and other IT vendors Wednesday of breaking the rules in a much-criticized program designed to help schools and libraries purchase Internet equipment. | 3 |
PeopleSoft throws customers a discount and free upgrade PeopleSoft unveiled a new incentive program on Wednesday offering customers free upgrade assistance and a credit toward new purchases, an initiative the company hopes will spark sales and encourage customers to move to its latest releases. | 3 |
News: Bill would narrow intruder surveillance Senate proposal would scale back a provision of the USA Patriot Act that lets the FBI monitor alleged computer trespassers without a warrant. | 3 |
iMac G5: TIME Gadget of the Week #147;It has been a good year for Apple, #148; writes Wilson Rothman in naming the iMac G5 TIME Gadget of the Week. #147;Since the beginning of 2004, I #146;ve discussed GarageBand, AirPort Express and the latest iPod. If you go back 12 months, you can probably even throw in iTunes Music Store, the original G5 and the official release of iChat AV. This isn #146;t favoritism, I #146;m just impressed. Rather than spend money on its silly #145;Switch #146; ad campaign, the company has spent it inventing actual reasons for people to switch from Windows to Mac, not least of all personal style. The iMac G5 is super suave, but it #146;s also a pretty good deal. #148; Sep 22 | 3 |
Twinkie Maker Files For Bankruptcy Sept. 22 - American avoidance of most things carb has hit the country #39;s largest wholesale baker - the company that makes Wonder Bread and Twinkies. | 2 |
From Storage, a New Fashion The U.S.B. flash drive the portable memory device also known as a thumb or keychain drive has become both essential utility and fashion object. | 3 |
The Womb as Photo Studio Ultrasound images from the womb are increasingly being made not for medical purposes but by companies offering expectant parents a sort of prebirth viewing. | 3 |
European Ryder stars to tee it up in the new Heritage with a <b>...</b> WOBURN, England (PA) -- A tired-looking David Howell, still on a high from helping Europe to its biggest-ever Ryder Cup win, on Wednesday made a frank admission on the eve of The Heritage Tournament at Woburn Golf Club. | 1 |
They Are Sleuths Who Weigh Prose Trying to authenticate documents or uncover forgeries is an increasingly technical pursuit. | 3 |
Fingerprints on File, Right From the Patrol Car A mobile wireless system being tested in Oregon allows police officers in the field to check fingerprints against state and national databases. | 3 |
Drawing Semiconductor Circuits, One Tiny Line at a Time A new chip-making technology that uses a special kind of electron microscope to draw the circuits and will lead to better memory chips. | 3 |
British Hostage Makes Appeal For Blair's Help (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons. | 0 |
Pentagon Widens Access to Web Site for Overseas Voters (Reuters) Reuters - A Pentagon-run Web site intended to\make it easier for Americans overseas to vote by absentee\ballot has been modified to broaden access to the site, the\Defense Department said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Oil price surge hits Wall Street Oil prices have risen for the fifth day in a row amid continuing concerns over the level of US stocks. The surge helped spark a 1.3 fall on Wall Street as investors worried it could lead to a fall in consumer spending and hit corporate profits. | 2 |
Celebrity Might End Up In Florida A high profile celebrity may serve her prison sentence right here in North Central Florida. Martha Stewart could be coming to the small town of Coleman, Florida. | 2 |
A Strategy for Shell? The Royal Dutch/Shell Group said yesterday that it would sell as much as \$12 billion in assets, spend \$45 billion on new projects and consider some acquisitions as it tries to bolster oil and gas production. | 2 |
Chinese economy sets for soft landing in 2005: ADB China will succeed in cooling off an overheated economy and achieve a soft landing, according to a major Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday. | 2 |
Sony to launch slim PS2 console in November Sony announced on Tuesday that it is planning to launch a smaller and lighter version of its popular PS2 gaming console in November. | 2 |
Northwest promises to match Internet fares on its own site Northwest says it will refund the difference plus a 50-dollar travel voucher to any customer who buys a Northwest ticket finds a ticket for the exact same Northwest flight on the same date during the same day as their ticket was purchased. | 2 |
PeopleSoft Discounts New Licenses SAN FRANCISCO--PeopleSoft Inc. opened the second day of its user conference here Wednesday with good news for itself and its customers: upgrade discounts and a significant licensing deal. | 3 |
Messina upset league champions Milan Promoted Sicilian side Messina shocked Italian champions AC Milan with a 2-1 victory at the San Siro in Italian first division league match on Wednesday. | 1 |
Valencia pounds Deportivo, goes to top of table Valencia was all over Deportivo out of the gate, jumping out to a 4-0 lead at halftime. Summer acquisition Bernardo Corradi netted his first La Liga goal in the 17th minute, giving Valencia the 1-0 lead. | 1 |
Europe favourites for 2006, insists #39;Mr Ryder Cup #39; COLIN Montgomerie has taken pride in the certainty that Europe will go into the next Ryder Cup match at the K Club against the United States as favourites for the first time. | 1 |
Indians Come Back to Beat Tigers 7-6 (AP) AP - Jhonny Peralta's two-run double keyed Cleveland's five-run seventh inning, and the Indians rallied to defeat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Woman bomber strikes in Jerusalem JERUSALEM: A Palestinian woman suicide bomber blew herself up near a hitch-hiking post in Jerusalem yesterday, killing two people and wounding 15. | 0 |
China: United Nations quot;not a board of directors quot; BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhuaent) -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said in Beijing on Tuesday that the UN Security Council was not a board of directors and its composition should not be decided | 0 |
Puppet Chief Minister Of Indian Held Kashmir Escapes Unhurt In <b>...</b> SRINAGAR, IHK : Sep 23 (KMS) - In occupied Kashmir, the puppet Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Saeed escaped unhurt in an attack on the office of the district magistrate in Islamabad, where he was filing his election papers. | 0 |
Alert and alarmed THE fridge magnet and associated bumf the Howard Government distributed in 2003 said nothing about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Osama bin Laden #39;s military commander and architect of the September 11 attacks. | 0 |
Green Decides to Miss at Least One Game If Shawn Green follows his own precedent, he will not play in the Los Angeles Dodgers' games in San Francisco on Friday and Saturday because of Yom Kippur. | 1 |
The Showdown Begins Orioles owner Peter Angelos, who sits on baseball's eight-member relocation committee, has insisted that he would fight any attempt to move the Expos to the District. | 1 |
Infocus: Detecting Complex Viruses The purpose of this paper is to examine the difficulties of detecting complex viruses, including polymorphic, metamorphic and entry-point obscuring viruses. Whether or not an anti-virus (AV) technology can detect these viruses can be a useful metric to consider when evaluating AV products. | 3 |
For D.C, This May Be It The Washington area's 33-year effort to acquire a Major League Baseball team has produced plenty of agonizing near-misses. There is a good chance that won't happen this time. | 1 |
Hamilton Is Suspended U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton was suspended from his professional team Wednesday and put on notice that his contract would be invalidated if he is found guilty of the drug charges against him. | 1 |
Brunell Feeling Better Quarterback Mark Brunell looked spry leaving Redskins Park on Wednesday following another round of treatment for his strained left hamstring and said the injury continues to feel better. | 1 |
Green Observes Holiday Dodgers first baseman Shawn Green will definitely sit out at least one game of a key weekend series against the Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, but will wait to make his final decision. | 1 |
News: Who would you like to attack today? A massive rise in phishing attacks this year may lead on to customised email security attacks targeted specifically at individual or small groups of companies, according to email security firm MessageLabs. | 3 |
N.Korea May Be Preparing Missile Launch-Paper TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan have detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile that could hit almost all of Japan, a Japanese newspaper said on Thursday. | 0 |
Online and Even Near Home, New Front in the Terror Fight Federal officials are trying to prosecute operators of Web sites that recruit terrorists, raising alarms among civil libertarians. | 0 |
Cubs Walk Past Pirates 1-0 PITTSBURGH - Carlos Zambrano pitched 7 1-3 shutout innings to outduel Oliver Perez and beat Pittsburgh for the fifth straight time this season, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a tense, 1-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night. Sammy Sosa preserved the Cubs' sixth shutout with a sprawling, belly-flop catch of Ty Wigginton's bases-loaded, two-out line drive to right field in the eighth... | 0 |
Suicide Bomber Kills Two in Jerusalem JERUSALEM - A missile from an Israeli helicopter wounded 12 in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza early Thursday after a teenager from the West Bank evaded roadblocks and blew herself up next to a busy Jerusalem bus stop, killing two policemen. To carry out the Wednesday suicide attack - the first in Jerusalem in seven months but the second in Israel in three weeks - the 19-year-old overcame a strict military closure of the West Bank imposed for a series of Jewish holidays that began last week... | 0 |
US Airways Seeks Concessions from Unions WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bankrupt US Airways <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UAIRQ.OB target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">UAIRQ.OB</A> sought consent from its big unions on Wednesday for temporary relief from contracts and threatened to go to court to force changes if workers did not voluntarily agree. | 2 |
Insurer to Refund Money to Soldiers Who Bought High-Cost Life Policies Hundreds of soldiers who unwittingly signed up for high-cost life insurance will receive full cash refunds from the insurance company. | 2 |
A Strategy for Shell? Shell outlined a profit strategy of modest acquisitions and no buybacks. Investors sold. | 2 |
News: High-school drop-out to become Homeland Security Czar President George W. Bush has nominated former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to replace Tom Ridge as Homeland Security Secretary, marking a significant departure from his tendency to choose educated, Patrician types for his Cabinet. | 3 |
Foreign buyers are back Cross-border investment is rebounding after three lean years as companies take advantage of higher profits and a strong global economy to snap up foreign rivals, the United Nations said yesterday. | 2 |
3G launch becomes battle of the brands Vodafone yesterday began its campaign for dominance of Europe #39;s Christmas market for mobile phones with nine new handsets it will use to provide 3G services offering everything from video calls to downloadable games and television clips. | 2 |
Verizon ready to begin offering wireless laptop Internet citywide Verizon Wireless is including Milwaukee among 14 cities where on-the-go business people can equip their laptops for a new high-speed data service that will be available anywhere in the metro area. | 2 |
MLB reduces suspensions for three Texas pitchers Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The three Texas Rangers relievers involved in last Monday #39;s altercation with fans in Oakland had their suspension reduced one game each by the league Wednesday. | 1 |
Notes: Bed pains Wood #39;s back Kerry Wood returned to Chicago on Wednesday to be examined by a doctor because of back problems that nearly forced the Cubs pitcher to miss Tuesday #39;s start against Pittsburgh. | 1 |
Study shows DSL leading in broadband growth Broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) led a global boom in broadband Internet access over the 12 months ended June 30, growing to about 78 million total subscribers as users of all broadband services surpassed 123 million, the DSL Forum announced Wednesday. | 3 |
The state of the world Given the impact and growing inter-connectedness of the world media, it is not surprising that Trinidadians, more than ever, are aware of the state of our world. | 0 |
Website claims Italian hostages dead Italian authorities said Thursday they had no information allowing them to confirm the execution of two Italian hostages being held in Iraq. | 0 |
N.Korea May Be Preparing Missile Launch-Paper (Reuters) Reuters - The United States and Japan have detected\signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic\missile that could hit almost all of Japan, a Japanese\newspaper said on Thursday. | 0 |
Giants to Offer Wi-Fi Instant Replays (AP) AP - Peanuts, hot dogs and wireless instant replays. It's the future of baseball. | 3 |
Warners Pacts for 'Syriana,' 'Action' (Reuters) Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures\has partnered with the production company of Jeff Skoll, who\previously was eBay's first full-time employee and first\president. | 3 |
Chile Finds Rails Possibly Used in Deaths (AP) AP - Divers working under a court order on Wednesday found several pieces of railroad track believed used to sink the bodies of dissidents killed during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. | 0 |
Some Question Speed of Intel Chief Bill (AP) AP - A growing number of senators are questioning whether the Senate should abandon pledges to make far-reaching changes to the nation's intelligence bureaucracy before Election Day, doubts that could dampen the bill's momentum. | 0 |
The secret of iPod's scroll wheel Ask iPod users what they like the most about the device, and most will probably mention the scroll wheel. MP3.com's Eliot Van Buskirk has the story behind it. | 3 |
Greece Admits Faking Data to Join Europe Greece confessed Wednesday to having repeatedly misrepresented significant economic data before it joined the European currency union, prompting suggestions that it might | 2 |
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