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What kind of friendship? I am not an Irish Friend of Israel. Official. Indeed, I am so unfit for that title that those bestowing membership to the group don #39;t reply to my letters. | 0 |
Just Migrate to Linux \\"And there I stood: alone in the dark, unknown terrors approaching, armed only\with a bucket of water."\\"Which is, curiously enough, almost exactly the position that Windows users find\themselves in today: alone in the dark, unknown terrors approaching, but in\their case, having a bucket of wat... | 3 |
Oil breaks \$US50 barrier CRUDE oil prices pushed past the psychologically important \$US50-per-barrel mark today and hit an all-time high as the market reacted to the slow recovery of US production in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ivan as well as unrest in key oil | 2 |
Gun battle in Indonesia's Aceh kills six alleged rebels: military (AFP) AFP - Indonesian soldiers have killed six suspected rebels during two separate gunbattles in the troubled province of Aceh, the military said. | 0 |
Trend Micro Hopes To Spread Mobile Antivirus The spam-blocking feature of Trend Micro #39;s package may be more immediately useful, because bandwidth is money. Software that can prevent unwanted messages from coming through will save users cash. | 3 |
Chinese steel mills still buying China #39;s appetite for raw materials shows no sign of abating, with four Chinese steel mills agreeing to buy an extra \$3.2 billion of Australian iron ore over the next 10 years, global miner BHP Billiton said Tuesday. | 2 |
DC hotel workers #39; union halts talks; will review terms The union for employees at 14 of Washington #39;s biggest hotels said they want a week to review new proposals made yesterday by management negotiators. | 2 |
Tata Motors listed on NYSE Mumbai, Sep 28. (PTI): Tata Motors on Thursday listed its securities on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to become the country #39;s first Indian engineering and motor entity to do so and the second Tata company after VSNL. | 2 |
Tracking Tusks #39; Poachers he African elephant population was cut in half by poaching in the 1980 #39;s, and most conservationists agree that only a 1989 ban on the ivory trade saved the animal from extinction. | 3 |
Hotmail becomes even less a free In order to stop the spread of spam, Microsoft will start charging users who use Outlook or Outlook Express to access e-mail. It will stop being free in April of 2005. | 3 |
Time runs out on Redskins A record crowd of 90.367 entered FedEx Field Monday night hoping to witness a new chapter in what has become a lopsided rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. | 1 |
Expos likely to come to District Major League Baseball is expected to announce tomorrow that the Montreal Expos will move to the District, and anticipation yesterday surged in Washington that the city #39;s 33-year baseball drought is finally at an end. | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals News With the National League #39;s best record sewn up, the Cardinals would just as soon start the playoffs immediately. Yesterday, if possible. | 1 |
Offense turns to Pittman Jon Gruden isn #39;t happy, and he admitted as much Monday morning. But at least the Bucs coach can look forward to something. Running back Michael | 1 |
Cavaliers lose Canty for the season Defensive end Chris Canty, who returned for a fifth year at Virginia only after careful deliberation, has been lost for the season with a knee injury. | 1 |
Cards Second Baseman Tony Womack Injured (AP) AP - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Tony Womack left Monday night's game against Houston in the seventh inning after getting hit on the left hand with a pitch. | 1 |
Glenn Touchdown Gives Dallas Victory Over Washington NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terry Glenn scored the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Cowboys continued their domination of the Washington Redskins with a 21-18 win in Landover, Maryland on Monday. | 1 |
Tiger still burns the brightest LONDON - The dog might be man #39;s best friend, but the world #39;s favourite animal is the tiger, says an international survey. The great Asian cat, threatened with extinction in much of its range, beat the dog | 3 |
Rivalry Lives Up to Hype While not quite a return to glory, Monday represents the Redskins' return to the national consciousness. | 1 |
Banks' Role Eyed in Parmalat Scandal -WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - Investigators are closely scrutinizing\the role of major international banks in the meltdown of\Parmalat, the scandal-ridden dairy group based in Italy, the\Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | 2 |
Oil Charges to \$50.35 on Supply Threats SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices soared to a new record above \$50 on Tuesday as uncertainties over Nigerian output heightened worries of a severe supply disruption ahead of winter. | 2 |
Banks' Role Eyed in Parmalat Scandal -WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators are closely scrutinizing the role of major international banks in the meltdown of Parmalat, the scandal-ridden dairy group based in Italy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | 2 |
Crude oil breaches \$50 a barrel Crude oil prices set fresh records as US light crude tops \$50 a barrel in Asian trade and Brent sticks close to \$46. | 2 |
Former Executive Testifies, Offering Insider's Look at Enron's Deal Making Michael Kopper, who participated in the wrongdoing that helped cripple Enron, provided a glimpse of the deals orchestrated by Andrew S. Fastow. | 2 |
Microsoft Weighs Resuming Negotiations With Europe Microsoft said that it might restart settlement talks with European Union regulators after Europe's second-highest court ruled on whether penalties should be suspended. | 3 |
U.S. Senate to Weigh Bill Targeting Web Song Swaps The Senate could take action this week on a bill that would make it easier to sue "peer-to-peer" networks like Kazaa and LimeWire. | 3 |
Yahoo Gives Web Site a Facelift Internet powerhouse Yahoo has given its popular Web site a facelift to highlight some of the features that the company has been improving during the past year. | 3 |
Ready mixed fortunes RMC Group was founded by Danish engineer Kjeld Ammentorp in 1930 and made a 399 trading loss in its first year. In 1952, Ready Mixed Concrete of Australia reversed into its UK rival and began to expand. | 2 |
Microsoft is ready to remove media player for EU Microsoft Corp. will be ready to comply with the European Commission #39;s demands for changes to its Windows operating systems if a European court rejects its request for the measures to be suspended, a spokesman for the company said Monday. | 2 |
Hardie chief stands aside JAMES Hardie chief executive Peter Macdonald will stand aside from his position in the wake of the findings of a special inquiry into the embattled building products company #39;s asbestos liabilities. | 2 |
Branson Announces He #39;s Taking Virgin Craft to Outer Space quot;Virgin has been in talks with Paul Allen and Burt Rutan throughout this year and in the early hours of Saturday signed a historical deal to license SpaceShipOne #39;s technology to build the world #39;s | 3 |
Adobe creates new digital photo format Adobe, one of the top manufacturers of image editing software, has created a new format for digital images that will save the data in raw file formats to allow professionals more freedom to control the various aspects and key details of raw image files. | 3 |
Toshiba Readies 60GB Gigabeat Toshiba will launch three new versions of its Gigabeat hard drive-based portable music player starting in late November, the company says. | 3 |
Tiger: Not Out of the Woods Yet Oct. 4 issue - On a lovely afternoon in Manhattan last week, two black SUVs pulled up in front of a Starbucks on Fifth Avenue. As bodyguards in both cars debated whose turn it was to make a coffee run, Tiger | 1 |
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12 <b>...</b> * Turning point: The Cubs scored five runs, including back-to-back homers by Corey Patterson and Derrek Lee, in the fourth. * Up next: Cincinnati (Josh Hancock 4-2) at Cubs (Greg Maddux 15-10), 7:05 pm today. | 1 |
60-Story Building Is Proposed Near Nassau Coliseum he co-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team is proposing a 60-story tower in the center of Nassau County - more than triple the height of the tallest existing building on Long Island. | 1 |
Womack hit by pitch on left hand HOUSTON - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Tony Womack left Monday night #39;s game against Houston in the seventh inning after getting hit on the left hand with a pitch. | 1 |
Armed men seize CNN employee in Gaza Armed men grabbed an Arab-Israeli employee of the CNN news network in Gaza City on Monday, the network says. It was unclear whether the CNN producer, identified as Riyad Ali, was taken away by militants or members of the Palestinian security forces. | 0 |
SC Puts Spoke In Taj Mahals 350th Celebrations Agra/New Delhi, Sept. 27 (NNN): The celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the historic Taj Mahal ran into a snag on Monday with the Supreme Court declining to give permission to hold any such event near the 17th century monument during the night. | 0 |
Lycos Yanks Anti-Spammer Screen Saver Lycos has withdrawn its quot;Make love not spam quot; application after a string of negative criticism. Visitors to the Web site were presented Friday with a graphic urging them to quot;stay tuned. | 3 |
Purchase may weigh down Cemex Lorenzo Zambrano gained a reputation as a savvy deal-maker as he led Mexico #39;s Cemex on a spending spree that turned it into the world #39;s third largest cement maker with 15 acquisitions in a dozen years. | 2 |
\$10 jump in airfares falls apart A proposed \$10 round-trip airfare increase that initially looked like it might stick fell apart over the weekend. The increase was proposed by American Airlines late last week and matched | 2 |
Adobe adds new Elements ADOBE Systems, maker of the world-renowned Photoshop picture-editing software, has announced two new products for digital video and still-photography hobbyists. | 3 |
Cowboys corral Redskins Only three things in life are certain in the nation #39;s capital: death, taxes and the Cowboys #39; domination of the Redskins. Washington brought back Joe Gibbs to revitalize the Redskins | 1 |
Claussen roughed up by Cubs com. The Cincinnati southpaw suffered his fifth straight loss Monday, a 12-5 thrashing at the hands of the Cubs, in the opener of a four-game series with Chicago before a crowd of 38,984 at Wrigley Field. | 1 |
Rangers drop a heartbreaker The waning moments against the Angels on Monday had all the elements of another memorable night in what has proved to be an unforgettable season for the Rangers. | 1 |
Collins to replace Gannon against Texans The 2002 NFL MVP has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least eight weeks, starting Sunday when the Oakland Raiders play the Texans in Houston. | 1 |
Astros place playoff tickets on sale today The Astros will put individual game tickets for the Division Series on sale today at 8 am on astros.com and over the phone toll free at 877-927-8767. | 1 |
Storm sweeps past Lynx Even before tipoff last Friday in Game 1 of its opening-round playoff series with Minnesota, the Seattle Storm held a 2-0 lead in perhaps the most critical statistic of all -- superstars. | 1 |
Israel threatens pre-emptive strikes on militants in Syria While it declined to say whether it was responsible for the death of a Hamas leader in Damascus Sunday, Israel accused Syria yesterday of quot;directing terrorism quot; and warned of possible | 0 |
Nikkei Poised to Fall for 8th Day TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.46 percent by late Tuesday, setting the stage for an eighth straight day of losses after oil prices topped \$50 a barrel, fanning concerns about Japan Inc's prospects. | 2 |
Airlines want end to airport control Ottawa should end the monopoly the airports hold over the airlines to reduce the price of landing at Canadian airports - especially at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, says the head of the International Air Transport Association. | 2 |
China targets more overseas acquisitions SINGAPOREChina #39;s plan to buy Canadian mining giant Noranda Inc. is just the beginning of an overseas acquisition march fuelled by swollen foreign exchange reserves and a need to secure natural resources. | 2 |
RISE SALLIE, RISE Sallie Krawcheck #39;s star got brighter yesterday when she was named chief financial officer and head of strategy at mammoth Citigroup, making her by far the most powerful woman on Wall Street. | 2 |
Union, DC Hotels Recess Negotiations Negotiations over a new contract for DC hotel workers broke off early yesterday as the union and representatives of 14 major hotels reported little progress in resolving the impasse between them. | 2 |
Gun battle in Indonesia #39;s Aceh kills six alleged rebels: military BANDA ACEH, Aceh (AFP): Indonesian soldiers have killed six suspected rebels during two separate gunbattles in the troubled province of Aceh, the military said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Cisco, Fujitsu Target Japanese Market Cisco (Quote, Chart) and Fujitsu will collaborate on high-end routers and other products for Japanese carriers and corporations moving to Internet Protocol (define) systems, the companies announced. | 3 |
Mexicans cement 2.3bn RMC bid RMC, the troubled UK building materials group, was swallowed up for 2.3bn yesterday by the world #39;s third-biggest cement producer, Cemex of Mexico. | 2 |
Sci/Tech ; Battle to control Internet songs heats up Sci/Tech News, New York - British tycoon Richard Branson #39;s Virgin Group said on Monday it was jumping into the market for online music, with a quot;Digital Megastore quot; offering US customers song downloads for 99 cents. | 3 |
IBM to announce launch of new radio tag business unit IBM planned to announce yesterday that it will invest US\$250 million over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks. | 3 |
A #39;s top M #39;s, maintain lead over Angels OAKLAND, Calif. - Bobby Crosbys sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth scored Erubiel Durazo with the winning run in the Oakland Athletics 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. | 1 |
Protective goal posts come into play at Clemson, W. Virginia This season Clemson and West Virginia installed goal posts that can be lowered to the ground in a matter of seconds, thus preventing injuries to fans who storm the field after big football victories. | 1 |
Airline warns judge that liquidation is ahead without union pay <b>...</b> ALEXANDRIA, Va. US Airways is warning a bankruptcy judge that it may have to liquidate as soon as February unless the judge imposes temporary pay cuts of 23 percent on the airline #39;s union workers. | 2 |
BHP Wins Extra \$3.2 Bln of Chinese Iron Ore Sales (Update3) BHP Billiton, the world #39;s biggest mining company, agreed to sell an extra \$3.2 billion of iron ore to four Chinese steelmakers, helping underpin expansion of its mines in Western Australia. | 2 |
Citigroup #39;s Curious Exec Exchange The giant #39;s CFO and Smith Barney #39;s chief swap jobs -- a regular rotation for managers on the rise or damage control in advance? | 2 |
Nikkei Poised to Fall for 8th Day Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average fell 0.46 percent by late Tuesday, setting the stage for an eighth straight day of losses after oil prices topped \$50 a barrel, fanning concerns about Japan Inc #39;s prospects. | 2 |
Mass. builders behind rest of country The sale of new single-family homes across the country rose by 9.4 percent in August, ending a two-month dip, the US Commerce Department reported yesterday. | 2 |
Passenger service to space in two years? The world #39;s first passenger service to space will start carrying fee-paying astronauts from 2007, say two entrepreneurs, although some are not so convinced with their ambitious time-frame. | 3 |
Quarterback is a question mark Yes, it #39;s only three games but some things are obvious early on. The Redskins are in serious trouble at quarterback. And trouble at quarterback might as well be a computer virus; it ruins everything, even the defense. | 1 |
Sports: Dodgers 8 Rockies 7 LOS ANGELES Milton Bradley singled home the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 8-to-7. | 1 |
American League Game Summary - Seattle at Oakland Ichiro, with 914 hits since his rookie year in 2001, is currently on pace to set the record for most hits over any four-year span in the majors. | 1 |
Seattle Sweeps Series SEATTLE, Sept. 27 (Ticker) -- With their floor leader sidelined early in the game, the Seattle Storm rallied to win their first playoff series. | 1 |
Astros tee off on Williams HOUSTON - Nine days had passed since the Cardinals mathematically clinched their division title. Monday night, their playoff express took a wrong turn smack into the middle of a wild-card street fight. | 1 |
Harrington takes offense Lions quarterback Joey Harrington was shot down by the Eagles pass rush Sunday, but on Monday he fired back at the Goose -ormer NFL defensive lineman Tony Siragusa. | 1 |
Around the world Three US soldiers were wounded, one of them critically, when Afghan guerrillas attacked their vehicle with rockets and guns, the US military said Monday. | 0 |
US pressures Indonesian over mine pollution arrests The United States has stepped up its diplomatic response to Indonesia #39;s arrest of five executives of the American mining company Newmont for alleged pollution in the province of Sulawesi. | 0 |
US Airways, unions seek compromise US Airways Group Inc. met with two unions to try and agree on concessions before an Oct. 7 hearing at which a bankruptcy judge might let the carrier temporarily reduce pay 23 percent to help avoid potential liquidation. | 2 |
Toyota targets hopes, dreams in new marketing and often humorous -- side today, as it launches an advertising and marketing push designed to appeal to buyers #39; personal aspirations. | 2 |
Got \$190,000? Plan a holiday in space Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman on Monday by announcing a \$100m plan to send tourists into space. | 3 |
Virgin enters online music selling business In spite of the reports in media that selling music online is not as profitable a deal, as it looks like, there is no shortage of the new entrants. | 3 |
AT amp;T launches text-only wireless In a bid to hook younger consumers with a penchant for chatting via messaging, AT amp;T Wireless launched a wireless device Monday that can interconnect with the nation #39;s top messaging services. | 3 |
Hearing to decide if gymnast Hamm will keep gold medal Paul Hamm traded his warm-up suit for a real suit Monday and shook hands with the man who wants to take away his gold medal. He then settled in for an 11 1/2 -hour hearing that will determine, once and for | 1 |
Grievance filed over suspension ARLINGTON, TEX. -- The baseball players #39; association filed a grievance yesterday seeking to overturn the Anaheim Angels #39; suspension of left-fielder Jose Guillen. | 1 |
US Hails Capture, Killing of Al-Qaeda Suspects By Pak Forces Washington, Sept. 28 (NNN): The United States on Monday greatly welcomed as an quot;important development quot; the capture and killing of several al-Qaeda terror network suspects by the Pakistan #39;s security forces | 0 |
Nikkei Falls to 6-Week Low (Reuters) Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.4 percent\to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an eight-day\losing streak, after oil prices topped #36;50 a barrel, fanning\concern over the business outlook for Japanese companies. | 2 |
Yen Feels Heat as Oil Prices Hit Record TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen was feeling the heat on Tuesday as oil prices scaled new record highs, underlining concerns about Japan's dependence on imported oil. | 2 |
Nikkei Falls to 6-Week Low TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.4 percent to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an eight-day losing streak, after oil prices topped \$50 a barrel, fanning concern over the business outlook for Japanese companies. | 2 |
13th recipient of artificial heart dies The 13th patient to receive the world #39;s first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc. | 2 |
Billionaire #39;s latest venture said to be out of this world Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space. | 3 |
AROUND THE HORN: Bonds tested: #39;It will clear my name #39; SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds hopes his random steroid test last week will remove suspicion that he uses performance-enhancing drugs. | 1 |
Young unties it for Knotts; Tigers win The Tigers didn #39;t tear the cover off the ball Monday night. But compared to their previous two games -- both shutouts -- it was an offensive explosion. | 1 |
Meet Palm, the phone operator PARIS On Tuesday, PalmSource, the maker of the Palm operating system for hand-held devices, is scheduled to announce its first operating system designed specifically for smart phones, mobile phones that allow you to not only make voice calls but also use | 2 |
Solving a Riddle Written in Silver Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts. | 3 |
Nighttime, and Fevers Are Rising It is the body's internal chemicals and hormones that send diseases out to strut their stuff at night. | 3 |
Moist Nose Shows Promise in Tracking Down Cancers British researchers have trained dogs to detect bladder cancer by sniffing human urine, opening up the possibility that dogs may one day be used to detect the disease. | 3 |
This Pill Will Make You Feel Better, but We're Not Sure Why Despite objections from hospitals and the medical profession, doctors are prescribing placebos for all kinds of ailments. | 3 |
Paleontologists Put Ancient Long-Necked Monster in Its Place Paleontologists have discovered a species of protorosaur, and they think the fossils hold the solution to the mystery of long-necked dinosaurs. | 3 |
Southern Rebel Chief Garang Rejects Links to Darfur LONDON (Reuters) - Southern Sudanese rebel chief John Garang denied on Tuesday accusations by the Sudanese government that he backed the uprising in Darfur in the west. | 0 |
Football: Liverpool v Olympiakos Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez is wary of Olympiakos duo Giovanni and Rivaldo. | 0 |
Lubbers set for new Darfur talks The UN refugee chief is to have what could be stormy talks with Sudan officials after proposing autonomy for Darfur. | 0 |
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