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Sweden to Return Remains of Aborigines (AP) AP - The skeletal remains of 15 Aborigines are being returned home for reburial, nearly 90 years after a Swedish zoologist smuggled them out of Australia for display in a Stockholm museum. | 3 |
Russia Sets New Date for Launch to Space Station (Reuters) Reuters - Russia hopes to launch three astronauts\to the International Space Station next month, setting a new\date after two postponements for technical reasons, space\officials said on Wednesday. Technical difficulties, including\problems with the docking sys... | 3 |
BT mulls u-turn on broadband cost BT is looking again at price rises on wholesale broadband which have angered small net providers. | 3 |
MMO2 lifts revenue target for UK Mobile phone operator MMO2 raises its UK revenue growth target for this year as it gets more customers and existing users spend more. | 3 |
Yen Holds Gains as Oil Remains Below #36;50 (Reuters) Reuters - The yen steadied on Thursday after\bouncing back from recent lows against the dollar and the euro\as oil prices stepped down from this week's record highs, while\investors awaited key economic data from Japan. | 2 |
BT mulls u-turn on broadband cost Telecoms giant BT is looking again at price rises on wholesale broadband which have angered small net providers. | 2 |
Microsoft asks judge to suspend penalties Microsoft has told a judge that the European Commission must be stopped from ordering it to give up secret technology to competitors. | 2 |
Tough Negotiations Ahead for EU, Mercosur Efforts to forge the world #39;s largest free trade zone, uniting the European Union with the Mercosur South American economic bloc, face tough negotiations after a new EU offer received a frosty reception from across the Atlantic. | 2 |
2-Way Internet Phone Scheduled for This Month Within this year, tech-savvy Koreans will be able to make and receive calls through Internet-enabled phones as you would do on regular phones, at a lower cost. | 3 |
Duff starts as Chelsea maintain momentum Damien Duff started his second successive game - and his first in this seasons Champions League -s Jose Mourinhos Chelsea slammed defending champions FC Porto on a 3-1 scoreline at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Car Bomb West of Baghdad Kills One, Wounds 60 A suicide bomber killed one person and wounded 60 on Thursday when he blew up his car in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, doctors and officials said. | 0 |
Israeli Tanks Surge Into Gaza Refugee Camp -Witnesses (Reuters) Reuters - A column of Israeli tanks surged into the\heart of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on\Thursday as the army broadened its sweep for militants behind a\deadly rocket attack on an Israeli town. | 0 |
IBM Wins \$1 Billion Contract from Lloyds AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - IBM has signed a 7-year, \$969 million contract with British bank Lloyds TSB to supply it with Internet telephony and data services, The U.S.-based computer giant said on Monday. | 2 |
TUI to cut eight percent of its British workforce (AFP) AFP - TUI -- Europe's leading tourism and travel group -- said it is planning to cut eight percent of its workforce in Britain by the end of the year in order to boost efficiency. | 0 |
China Asks Canada to Hand Over Intruders (AP) AP - China urged the Canadian Embassy on Thursday to hand over 44 possible North Korean asylum-seekers, while officials said nine North Koreans who entered an American school in Shanghai had been handed over to Chinese police. | 0 |
Australia's Westfield, Multiplex in battle over Chelsfield (AFP) AFP - Australian property giant Westfield Group announced a 585 million pound bid to acquire British shopping center operator Chelsfield, a move seen as likely to spark a bidding war with rival Multiplex. | 0 |
Israeli Soldier, Woman Jogger Killed in Gaza Ambushes GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier and a woman jogger in Gaza on Thursday as the army intensified an offensive to root out militants behind a rocket attack that killed two Israeli children in a border town. | 0 |
Car Bomb in Iraq Kills Two, Wounds 60 BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker exploded a car bomb Thursday outside the mayor's office in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding 60, including at four U.S. soldiers, Iraqi and coalition officials said... | 0 |
Grows UK customer base while seeing more churn LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Mobile operator Mmo2 on Thursday said it was lifting its service revenue forecast in Britain after a strong first half. | 2 |
Steelers' Polamalu Repects Carson Palmer (AP) AP - Steelers safety Troy Polamalu won't say if Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer owes him money from some unpaid dinner bill of long ago. Or if he left his unwashed socks in the middle of the floor, or snored so loudly it kept others awake. | 1 |
Bryant say O'Neal paid women hush money to keep silent (AFP) AFP - Shaquille O'Neal paid various women hush money to keep quiet about sexual encounters, Kobe Bryant told law enforcement officers in Eagle, Colorado. | 1 |
French Soldier Surrenders After Threat (AP) AP - A French soldier who locked himself in an explosives depot and threatened to blow it up surrendered Monday, ending a three-day standoff, the Interior Ministry said. | 0 |
Woods goes for three straight _ if he gets to the first tee THOMASTOWN, Ireland -- Tiger Woods realizes the only way he can reclaim the No. 1 ranking from Vijay Singh is to win golf tournaments. | 1 |
Vols Impressed With Freshman Quarterback (AP) AP - There is no quarterback controversy at Tennessee. The Volunteers have a competition. No. 10 Tennessee has been touting its rotation of two freshmen as a way to keep defenses off balance and busy preparing for quarterbacks with different styles. | 1 |
Tiger's Back an Issue at American Express (AP) AP - Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his back after seven holes Wednesday and decided to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate the week-old injury and not entirely certain he would be able to defend his title in the American Express Championship. The way his year has gone,... | 1 |
Bad case of shakes As long as the last ember flickered in their fading bonfire of opportunity, the Red Sox planned to keep hope alive. As long as they clung to a faint chance of catching the Yankees for the American League East title, they vowed to play as if they could achieve the unfathomable. | 1 |
Rockies' rally slows LA's drive Jeromy Burnitz's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning sparked a three-run rally, and the Colorado Rockies beat host Los Angeles, 4-1, last night to slow the Dodgers' drive to their first playoff berth in eight years. | 1 |
NL notables Houston's Roger Clemens (18-4) isn't scheduled to make another start before the end of the regular season, but has suggested he'd like to pitch in the regular-season finale against Colorado Sunday. | 1 |
McNair sits, but hope stands The Tennessee Titans have a simple rule: If Steve McNair feels he can play injured, discussion over. | 1 |
Watson placed on IR Tight end Benjamin Watson's season was doomed from the outset. Not only did Watson hold out of training camp and part ways with agent Tom Condon , who wanted him to hold firm on his wish for a five-year rookie contract rather than the six-year deal he ultimately signed, but now Watson's season is ov... | 1 |
Sales, Sun surge ahead The Connecticut Sun had an off game last Saturday, when they dropped the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Mystics. But the Sun came back to even the series Monday, and it was the Mystics who had the off game. | 1 |
Waltham grad takes Bentley by storm Mackenzy Bernadeau, last season's football captain and team MVP at Waltham High School, is now a freshman at Bentley College, in his hometown. | 1 |
Callaghan back on Tufts soccer field After missing the first four games of the season with a hamstring injury, Northborough's Sarah Callaghan has returned to the Tufts University women's soccer team. | 1 |
Tonight on TV PITTSBURGH (2-1) VS. UCONN (3-1) When and where: Tonight, 7 p.m., East Hartford. TV: ESPN2. Last season: Did not meet. Comments: Walt Harris and his Pittsburgh Panthers will be looking to win their third straight Big East opener. Pittsburgh needed to rally to get past Division 1-AA Furman last week in ove... | 1 |
They really do drive for show Theirs is a golfing world without bunkers and hazards, sloping greens and Sunday pins. Only one thing matters to the professional long driver, and it's measured in yards, not strokes. | 1 |
Stars won't leave home for it Purses overflowing with cash, exotic locales, manicured golf courses. The World Golf Championships have it all. Except for totally committed players, that is. | 1 |
Numbers point to NY NEW YORK - The New York Yankees can achieve two milestones with one more victory: clinching their seventh straight AL East title and reaching 100 wins in three straight seasons for the first time. | 1 |
Transactions BASEBALL MLB: Announced Washington as its choice for the relocation of the Montreal Expos. Arizona (NL): Signed LHP Jeff Fassero. Baltimore (AL): Will not renew contract of director of minor league operations Doc Rodgers. | 1 |
The post-race analysis: Chinese Grand Prix Overall results in China last weekend were disappointing, but Fernandos fourth place finish was an extremely impressive drive in a tricky car. | 1 |
Justice Dept. Opens Fannie Criminal Probe (Reuters) Reuters - The Justice Department has opened an\investigation of possible accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, the\Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after a federal\regulator said the mortgage giant may have manipulated its\earnings targets. | 2 |
Wall Street to Edge Up as Oil Price Slips (Reuters) Reuters - Wall Street was expected to edge higher\at Thursday's opening as oil prices receded from record highs,\easing fears spiraling costs will crimp firms' profits. | 2 |
Justice Dept. Opens Fannie Criminal Probe NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Justice Department has opened an investigation of possible accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after a federal regulator said the mortgage giant may have manipulated its earnings targets. | 2 |
Wall Street to Edge Up as Oil Price Slips LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was expected to edge higher at Thursday's opening as oil prices receded from record highs, easing fears spiraling costs will crimp firms' profits. | 2 |
Conoco Launches Tender to Up LUKOIL Stake MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips launched a \$628 million two-day tender to boost its stake in new Russian strategic partner LUKOIL to 10 percent, the U.S. firm said on Thursday. | 2 |
Giant insurer under investigation AIG, the world's largest insurer, is the target of a criminal investigation, accused of helping a client commit fraud. | 2 |
Bandwidth Glut Lives On Nearly four years have passed since the peak of the fiber-optic boom, but overcapacity continues to plague carriers, and prices for bandwidth continue to fall. By Joanna Glasner. | 2 |
ConocoPhillips Annoucnes Tender to Buy 2.4 of Lukoil Shares US oil company ConocoPhillips announced on Thursday, September 30, a tender for the purchase of 20.418 million shares of Russian oil major Lukoil , which amounts to 2.4 percent of the Russian companys charter capital. | 2 |
Update 14: Martha Stewart Assigned to W.Va. Prison There are no gates or fences, and most days anyone can drive straight to the warden #39;s home at the Federal Correctional Institute here. | 2 |
Philippines to weather high oil prices, volatile peso, but not <b>...</b> MANILA : Economic growth prospects in the Philippines this year remain on track despite rising oil prices and a volatile peso as long as the government fixes its fiscal woes, President Gloria Arroyo has said. | 2 |
Update 3: Tokyo Stocks Close Higher, Dollar Up Tokyo stocks rebounded on Thursday from a nine-day drop on receding concerns about high oil prices. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen. | 2 |
Giant insurer under investigation The world #39;s largest insurer by market value is the target of a criminal investigation by the US Justice Department. American International (AIG) is accused of helping a banking client commit fraud and keep | 2 |
UPDATE: Australia #39;s Westfield Bids For UK #39;s Chelsfield SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--The world #39;s largest owner of shopping malls, Australia #39;s Westfield Group (WDC.AU), bid GBP585 million for Chelsfield PLC (CLF. | 2 |
In a national park, the call of the wild: Is it cellular? As he hiked up a steep trail winding into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few days ago, Don Barger reached into his pack, pulled out his cell phone - and turned it off. | 3 |
DVD Forum finalises HD DVD-RW disc spec The DVD Forum moved a step further toward the advent of HD DVD media and drives with the approval of key physical specifications at a meeting of the organisations steering committee last week. | 3 |
Microsoft Adds More Intelligence To SQL Server Microsoft has added new business intelligence (BI) capabilities to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005; according to an announcement today at the 2004 Professional Association for SQL Server community summit in Orlando, USA. | 3 |
Soccer: Chelsea United the key for Mourinho LONDON : Jose Mourinho is amazed by the team spirit amongst his Chelsea stars and insists it is making them unbeatable. The Portuguese boss guided Porto to Champions League glory last season with a team that | 1 |
Wenger frustrated with Arsenal Trondheim, Norway - Arsene Wenger made his frustration clear after a hesitant display against Norwegian champions Rosenborg left Arsenal with everything still to play for in their Champions League group. | 1 |
Zimbabwe hearing on alleged racism scrapped The International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing on alleged racism in Zimbabwean cricket was scrapped in Harare on Thursday after the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and the players who accuse its officials of racist behaviour | 1 |
Basketball: Bryant says O #39;Neal paid women hush money to keep <b>...</b> LOS ANGELES : Shaquille O #39;Neal paid various women hush money to keep quiet about sexual encounters, Kobe Bryant told law enforcement officers in Eagle, Colorado. | 1 |
Perfect Barca anxious to keep feet on the ground Barcelona were keeping their feet on the ground after continuing their perfect start in Champions League Group F with a stylish 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. | 1 |
New strike in Fallujah kills four, car bomb outside Baghdad kills <b>...</b> A suicide attacker exploded a car bomb Thursday west of Baghdad, killing at least one US soldier and two Iraqi policemen and wounding 60 people, Iraqi and coalition officials said. | 0 |
Baghdad hit by several bomb blasts A suicide bomber has killed two Iraqi police and a US soldier after he blew up his car west of Baghdad, the US military says. An Iraqi doctor said on Thursday around 60 people were wounded. | 0 |
Group says holding 10 new hostages in Iraq An Iraqi militant group says it has kidnapped 10 hostages, including two Indonesian women, who work for an electronics firm, Al Jazeera television says. | 0 |
It #39;s Too Late to Sway Microsoft in EU Opinion: Microsoft #39;s global battles, such as its appeals hearing that #39;s about to start in Luxembourg, should teach regulators that they need to address the company #39;s behavior before it creates problems. | 2 |
MMO2 lifts revenue target for UK Strong growth in UK customer numbers at MMO2 has enabled the mobile operator to raise its UK revenue growth forecast. In a trading update, MMO2 said it now expected UK revenue to grow by 9-12 in the year | 2 |
House Price Rises Slowing Down - Survey House prices rose by just 0.2 in September as the market continued to show signs of slowing down. It follows a rise of just 0.1 during August, said the Nationwide Building Society. | 2 |
Asian Shares End Mostly Lower On Worries Over Oil Prices Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Tuesday on continued worries about the surge in global oil prices. Tokyo #39;s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues slipped 43. | 2 |
Low-cost #39;Hindi Windows #39; to hit Indian desktops next year Indian PC users can expect to see a localized, stripped-down version of Microsoft #39;s XP operating system early next year. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft plans to ship the low cost version of its PC operating | 3 |
Alternative fuel buses arrive in Smokies After months of planning, two alternative-fueled shuttle buses were added Tuesday to this Great Smoky Mountain tourist town #39;s transit fleet for a six-month demonstration. | 3 |
Chinese students jailed for running porn sites Beijing, Sept 30. (PTI): A 22-year-old university information technology student and another college student in east China #39;s Zhejiang province have been sentenced by Chinese courts for operating pornographic | 3 |
Lethal algae discovered off coast SEATTLE -- A toxic algae bloom almost 50 km wide has been detected off the northwest coast of Washington state, the largest and most potentially lethal yet found by scientists in the region. | 3 |
Stiff Back Worries Woods on Eve of American Express Championship Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his back after seven holes yesterday in Thomastown, Ireland, and decided to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate the week-old injury and not entirely certain he would be able to defend his title beginning today in the | 1 |
Wednesday #39;s Baseball Roundup (CP) - Troy Glaus provided the Anaheim Angels with the type of clutch hitting Oakland could have used on Wednesday night. Glaus hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 8 | 1 |
Doing All For Release Of Hostage: Blair London, Sept. 30 (NNN) : Britain says it is doing everything it can to secure the release in Iraq of British hostage, Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
China Asks Canada to Hand Over Intruders China urged the Canadian Embassy on Thursday to hand over 44 possible North Korean asylum-seekers, while officials said nine North Koreans who entered an American school in Shanghai had been handed over to Chinese police. | 0 |
Asylum Bid Koreans Handed over to Chinese Police A group of nine North Koreans who entered the Shanghai American School in China earlier this week in an apparent bid for asylum were handed over to police, it was revealed today. | 0 |
GPs get new anti-depressant rules Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants. | 0 |
Two killed in Naples 'turf war' Two more people are killed in Italy in what officials say is a turf war between rivals within the Naples mafia. | 0 |
House price growth continues to slow down House price growth continued to show signs of slowing down during September the latest figures have shown. The average cost of a home increased by 0.2 per cent during the month, following growth of only 0.1 | 2 |
Stocks higher on latest GDP reading, lower oil prices By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Investors continued to balance their portfolios on Wednesday in advance of the end of the third quarter. | 2 |
EU, Mercosur Divided at Trade Talks The European Union and Mercosur were wide apart on Wednesday in negotiations to form the world #39;s biggest free trade area despite a new EU offer to settle their differences, diplomats said. | 2 |
CL: Werder Bremen beat Valencia, Inter outclass Anderlecht BREMEN/BRUSSELS, Sep 29 (SW) - Werder Bremen came back from behind to beat Spanish champions Valencia, while Internazionale were too strong for RSC Anderlecht in the Belgian capital. | 1 |
UN urges quick start for Darfur force The UN special envoy to Sudan has urged African states to speed up moves to send a large force to Darfur and called on the West to back their efforts with generous logistical support. | 0 |
China hints at Hong Kong involvement Reports from Hong Kong say China has indicated its intention to take a more active role in the political affairs of the territory. | 0 |
Microsoft Battle With EU Moved to Court (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp.'s five-year legal battle in Europe moved into a public courtroom for the first time Thursday as the software giant tried to get the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against it lifted. | 3 |
Women May Run Faster Than Men in 2156 Games -Study (Reuters) Reuters - Women could be faster 100-meter\sprinters than men by the 2156 Olympics, according to a study\on Wednesday. | 3 |
Apple to open 'borderless' Euro music store Questions company's 'one country, one store' restriction | 3 |
Computers 'do not boost learning' Internet access does not make adults more likely to take part in formal education, research suggests. | 3 |
Russian Government Approves Kyoto, Sends to Parliament (Reuters) Reuters - Russia's government approved the Kyoto\Protocol on Thursday and sent the climate change pact to the\State Duma, the lower house of parliament, for ratification. | 0 |
Gov't will listen to hostage-takers, but not negotiate: Straw (AFP) AFP - Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who are holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a television interview. | 0 |
Ukraine Leader Rejects Election Reform Demands KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma Monday rejected reform of the country's election laws on terms set by the opposition ahead of a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's rigged vote later this month. | 0 |
Witness says he did not see accused at Stuttle murder scene (AFP) AFP - A key witness in the trial over the murder of British backpacker Caroline Stuttle said he saw a man running from the bridge after the victim fell to her death but that man was not the accused. | 0 |
Russian Government Approves Kyoto, Sends to Parliament MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government approved the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday and sent the climate change pact to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, for ratification. | 0 |
Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill at Least 16 -Police BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents detonated at least two bombs near a U.S. military convoy in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, while a suicide bomber killed two Iraqi police and a U.S. soldier west of the capital. | 0 |
Taiwan Military Warns of China Missile Threat TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Defense Minister Lee Jye said on Thursday that China could have as many as 800 ballistic missiles poised to strike the island in an intensive bombardment by 2006, but said Taipei had no intention of starting a war. | 0 |
At Least 3 Killed in Car Bombing Near Baghdad A car bomb exploded today west of Baghdad, killing at least one U.S. soldier and two Iraqi policemen and wounding 60 people, Iraqi and coalition officials said. | 0 |
Footage Shows 10 New Hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10 - six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women - were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq... | 0 |
Religious Forum in Indonesia Aims to Blunt Radicals YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, called on all religions Monday to rise up against terrorism and show that faith could be a force for peace. | 0 |
Positions staked out in Microsoft antitrust hearing A key subplot in Microsoft Corp. #39;s European antitrust hearing will be a showdown between two Seattle-area companies staking out conflicting positions in the evolving digital-media market. | 2 |
IBM Agrees to Settle Part of Giant Pension Case IBM said yesterday that it had agreed to pay \$320 million to current and former employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan in a case that may affect millions | 2 |
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