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Israel releases senior Hamas leader A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank was released after two years of detention in an Israeli jail, Palestinian witnesses said Thursday. | 0 |
Locust swarms advance into Egypt Swarms of locusts blown off the Mediterranean towards the Egyptian capital, Cairo, are not expected to cause major damage to crops. | 0 |
Portugal to ban smoking in public places (AFP) AFP - Portugal plans to follow the example of other European nations and introduce legislation by the end of the month to ban smoking in most public places, including bars, restaurants and workplaces. | 0 |
Leading Indicators Down for 5th Month WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key forecasting gauge of future U.S. economic activity fell for a fifth straight month in October, a private research group said on Thursday. | 2 |
Uribe defends security policies Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe tells the BBC his tough stance on the internal conflict is crucial and effective. | 0 |
Football: England fury over abuse England's Jermaine Jenas demands action after racist abuse by Spain fans. | 0 |
Call to exhume Gaza girl's body The Israeli military wants to exhume the body of a 13-year-old girl shot dead in Gaza by soldiers last month. | 0 |
Merger to spur retail change OK, maybe the merger of Kmart and Sears doesn #39;t exactly put them in the realm of Wally World, but the \$11 billion deal is nonetheless impressive. | 2 |
US leading indicators fall for 5th straight month WASHINGTON (AFX) - The US economy is losing steam, the Conference Board said Thursday, reporting that the index of US leading economic indicators fell 0.3 percent in October, the fifth straight decrease. | 2 |
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam ..... The Microsoft chairman receives four million e-mails a day, but practically an entire department at the company he founded is dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox, the companys chief executive said today. | 3 |
Overture Extends MSN Relationship Pasadena-based Overture Services, the subsidiary of Yahoo Inc. which provides keyword-based search advertising, announced that it has extended its sponsored search distribution relationship with Microsoft. | 3 |
Metal Gear Solid 4 Confirmed Konami revealed that plans for Metal Gear Solid 4 are already on the way. Konami Computer Entertainment Japan #39;s President, Motoyuki Yoshioka, said: quot;We already have ideas in our mind on what the fourth release | 3 |
Federer, Moya Dodge the Rain and Post Masters Cup Wins Ending after midnight due to rain delays, Roger Federer finally put his second round robin match in the books early Thursday morning at the ATP Tennis Masters Cup in Houston, defeating Lleyton Hewitt for the fifth consecutive time 6-3, 6-4. | 1 |
Lippi #39;s experiment draws mixed reactions in Italy The coach and the players were pleased. The fans seemed indifferent. The media was split. Reaction to Italy #39;s 1-0 win against Finland with an experimental squad devoid of all the top | 1 |
Pires will be fined for logo gaffe Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires is in hot water again with the French football federation who have announced that he will be fined for wearing the logo of a different sports company to the team #39;s official sponsor Adidas. | 1 |
Global Warming Treaty Gets Russia #39;s OK Russia #39;s permanent representative to the United Nations, Andrey Denisov, left, shakes hands with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan while Kenyan Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Maathai, right, look on after they signed the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. | 0 |
Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb. 16 (Reuters) Reuters - Russia formally ratified the Kyoto\Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for\the environment pact to come into force in February 2005. | 0 |
FDA Defends Its Handling of Vioxx Safety (AP) AP - Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might be needed to ensure the safety of medications after they're approved for the market. | 3 |
Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb. 16 NAIROBI (Reuters) - Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for the environment pact to come into force in February 2005. | 0 |
CIA staff told to avoid politics US intelligence chief Porter Goss tells CIA employees not to support opposition to the Bush administration. | 0 |
Paris set to release Arafat file The French government says it will release the medical files of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to his next of kin. | 0 |
Broker Downgrades Sink Medtronic (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Medtronic Inc. on\Thursday sank 7 percent to their lowest level in more than\three months after the medical device maker posted\weaker-than-expected growth in one of its key business units,\sparking at least three broker downgrades. | 2 |
Intel Rally May Be Premature NEW YORK - Intel certainly surprised many semiconductor industry watchers today with its improving sales forecasts for the current quarter, but not everyone is convinced that all is as rosy as it seems at the world #39;s biggest chipmaker. | 2 |
Pioneer of Sham Tax Havens Sits Down for a Pre-Jail Chat Jerome Schneider, the nation's best-known seller of phony offshore banks, said that he helped hundreds of rich Americans evade taxes. | 0 |
Exiles Add to Claims on Iran Nuclear Arms An opposition group said Iran bought blueprints for a nuclear bomb and obtained weapons-grade uranium on the black market. | 0 |
Military Believes Zarqawi Headquarters Found U.S. soldiers discovered a house in southern Fallujah on Thursday believed to be a main headquarters for Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab Zarqawi, the leader of an insurgent network responsible for bombings, kidnappings and beheadings across Iraq. | 0 |
For Democrats, library a place to raise voices (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Weeks don't get much better if you are William Jefferson Clinton. For the third time in 12 eventful years, this proud Southern city is bedecked with bunting and banners to welcome the world, this time for today's opening of Clinton's #36;165 million presidential library. | 0 |
US Troops Investigated In a re-run of a media escapade from the Vietnam War, a US soldier was caught on film shooting an injured, unarmed prisoner. | 3 |
Google sees slower revenue growth ahead WASHINGTON - Hugely popular internet search engine Google Inc. cautioned Thursday its current pace of revenue growth is expected to slow. | 2 |
Gates Gets 4 Million E-Mails a Day Being one of the richest men in the world probably has its upsides, but it most definitely has its downsides as well. One of those downsides is that Bill Gates receives roughly 4 million email messages a day. | 3 |
Caborn praise for abused players SPORTS Minister Richard Caborn this morning praised the discipline of the England players in the face of the racist chanting which marred last nights 1-0 defeat in Spain. | 1 |
Olympic Bid Chiefs Condemn Racist Abuse London 2012 leaders today called on their Madrid rivals to condemn the racist abuse suffered by black England players in the Spanish capital. | 1 |
Annan Calls for End to Civil War in Sudan The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for the civil war in the south of Sudan to be halted as soon as possible. | 0 |
Chirac, Blair Say Relations Not Strained French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair maintained Thursday that relations between their countries were not strained by their disagreements over the Iraq war, as evidenced by their cooperation on a number of international | 0 |
European Parliament approves new, reshuffled executive The European Parliament approved the reshuffled 24-member European Union executive on Thursday, ending a political showdown with incoming EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso over objections to his team. | 0 |
Futile death of innocent THE sheer bastardry displayed by militants who kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan and who are now widely believed to have killed her has stunned the world. | 0 |
CSA boss falls on sword over IT systems fiasco EDS: 'badly designed, badly developed, badly tested, badly implemented' | 3 |
Gold ETF expected to launch Thursday BOSTON (AFX) -- The first exchange-traded fund investing in gold bullion will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, said sources familiar with the situation. | 2 |
Postal Workers Set for Bonus after Finances Boost Postal workers are on course for an 800 bonus after the Royal Mail today reported a huge improvement in its finances and more reliable deliveries. | 2 |
Owens-Illinois to Sell European Plants Owens-Illinois Inc., the world #39;s largest manufacturer of glass containers, on Thursday said it will sell two of its plants in Europe to Spanish rival Vidrala SA in a \$179 million deal. | 2 |
MS, Dassault form alliance PARIS: Microsoft and Dassault Systemes of France have agreed to form a strategic alliance for Dassault Systemes product lifecycle management (V5 PLM) and 3D design solutions. | 3 |
Halo 2 XBL Content Download Available Bungie has released the first additional content for Halo 2, downloadable through Xbox Live. When you first boot up Halo 2 and sign in to XBL, you should be prompted to download the content, which is free as part of your Xbox Live membership. | 3 |
Blair office condemns racist chanting amid calls for Spain to play <b>...</b> The British government led the condemnation Thursday of the racist abuse directed by Spanish fans at England #39;s black soccer players. | 1 |
Honda bought BAR - report Honda has bought a 40 per cent chunk of Formula One team BAR, numerous media outlets claimed on Wednesday. Brackley-based BAR, presently owned by British American Tobacco, agreed a deal - said to involve the | 1 |
Sprinters Charged With Dodging Drug Test Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou, center, arrives in court to appear before a public prosecutor in Athens, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004. | 1 |
Annan urges security council warning on Sudan Kofi Annan today called on the UN security council to issue quot;the strongest warning quot; to forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil war in the south and the crisis in the western Darfur region. | 0 |
Australian PM says body found in Fallujah likely missing aid <b>...</b> (Canberra, Australia-AP) Nov. 18, 2004 - Australia #39;s prime minister says it #39;s likely that a body found in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is that of aid worker Margaret Hassan. | 0 |
On Google's Horizon ... Microsoft Execs at the world's favorite search engine are predicting stormy seas ahead. Does it have anything to do with Microsoft's charge into search and online ad delivery? <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
WTO Rules Against EU Protection of Goods (AP) AP - The United States and Australia prevailed in an interim ruling by the World Trade Organization in a dispute over protection given by the European Union to its regional goods such as Champagne wine and Feta cheese, trade officials said Thursday. | 0 |
PeopleSoft Threatens Oracle with Suit PeopleSoft's chief executive on\Thursday said Oracle was spreading misleading information about\his stock sales and he threatened to sue for defamation on the\eve of the expiration of Oracle's \$8.8 billion hostile tender\offer. | 3 |
Google Shares Fall on 4Q Revenue Warning Shares of Google Inc. slipped in pre-market trading Thursday after the world's most popular Internet search engine warned for the second time in a week that its fourth-quarter revenue growth rate is likely to slow from previous quarters. | 3 |
Castro Raises Doubts About Bin Laden Tape (AP) AP - Fidel Castro says the emergence of an Osama bin Laden videotape just ahead of the U.S. presidential election seemed to have been "arranged" to help President Bush. | 0 |
USDA: Mad Cow Test Result 'Inconclusive' (Reuters) Reuters - First-round screening tests returned\"inconclusive" results for mad cow disease from one animal and\samples were being submitted for final and more sophisticated\analysis, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday. | 2 |
Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb 16 NAIROBI (Reuters) - Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for the environment pact to come into force in February 2005. | 2 |
Merger unites retail giants Two retail giants announced a merger on Wednesday that could mean job loss in Terre Haute and nationally. Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. | 2 |
US Economy: Leading Indicators Fall for 5th Straight Month A barometer of future US economic activity fell for a fifth month in October, the longest decline since 1995, signaling that the world #39;s largest economy may slow in coming months. | 2 |
Williams-Sonoma Net Rises 19; Shares Fall on Outlook (Update3) Williams-Sonoma Inc., operator of home furnishing chains including Pottery Barn, said third-quarter earnings rose 19 percent, boosted by store openings and catalog sales. | 2 |
ETF Investors Going for Gold Traders awoke Thursday to find a new gold-backed security, StreetTracks Gold (GLD:NYSE - commentary - research), trading on the New York Stock Exchange under symbol GLD. | 2 |
FDA defends its handling of Vioxx safety Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent | 2 |
XM Satellite convertible debt priced XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said a \$300 million offering of senior notes convertible into common stock has been priced at \$50 a share. | 2 |
Microsoft #39;s Ballmer repeats Linux patent claim A REPORT said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has warned Asian governments contemplating using Linux that they risk being sued for using the operating system. | 3 |
IBM to put its personal computer business up for sale, may fetch <b>...</b> SAN FRANCISCO: IBM is reportedly in talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to \$2 billion and would cap a gradual withdrawal from the business it helped to pioneer in 1981. | 2 |
Conectiva, Mandrakesoft, Turbolinux, Progeny Form Core Linux Group Four Linux vendors have joined together to develop technology that would potentially make it easier for software makers to build products for multiple distributions of the open-source operating system. | 3 |
Apple to open two new UK retail stores Apple confirmed Thursday plans to open two new retail stores in the UK. Apple #39;s senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson confirmed the company #39;s plans in a press event for the opening of Apple #39;s first retail | 3 |
IBM: #39;Inertia #39; holding back government desktop Linux adoption Senior IBM executives have signalled that a few key government departments moving to Linux on the desktop will have a domino-like effect on the rest of the public sector. | 3 |
Spurrier to Coach South Carolina The Nashville Tennessean reports Spurrier has agreed to take over at South Carolina if Lou Holtz retires. Spurrier won a national championship and six SEC championships in 12 seasons at Florida before leaving to take the Washington Redskins job. | 1 |
Defenseman boasted 10 world titles, 3 Olympic golds MOSCOW -- The Soviet Union #39;s most successful ice hockey player, Alexander Ragulin, has died at 63, his former club CSKA Moscow said Thursday. | 1 |
Chirac, Blair Strive for Unity After Iraq French President Jacques Chirac agreed to disagree with Prime Minister Tony Blair over Iraq on Thursday but pledged full cooperation, from Africa to the Middle East, when Britain heads the G8 and European Union in 2005. | 0 |
Paris set to release Arafat file France says it is ready to release the medical records of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to his nephew. French officials have so far denied the files to Palestinian leaders saying only family are entitled to the see them under French privacy laws. | 0 |
Panel aims to flush away worlds toilet problems I am often criticized for writing immature bathroom humor, and not enough about important topics. So today Im going to write about a major international event that takes place Nov. 17-19 in Beijing, China: The World Toilet Summit. | 0 |
F.D.A. Defends Its Handling of Vioxx Safety Issues Amid questions about whether the drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, Senator Charles Grassley called for more safety precautions. | 2 |
Yahoo, SBC Expand Internet Deal to Video, Wireless (Reuters) Reuters - Yahoo Inc. and SBC\Communications Inc. have expanded an alliance to link\Internet, video, wireless and home networking services, the\companies said on Thursday. | 3 |
Global Experts Unite to Study Water Shortages (Reuters) Reuters - Seventy percent of global water usage is taken up by\agriculture and using water efficiently is seen as key in\preventing serious shortages, with experts studying river\basins across the world for clues to boost food production. | 3 |
Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb 16 (Reuters) Reuters - Russia formally ratified the Kyoto\Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for\the environment pact to come into force in February 2005. | 3 |
Casey Overcomes Demons to Give England Solid Start SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - England's Paul Casey fought off the demons of regret to help steer his team to within a stroke of the WGC World Cup first round lead Thursday. | 1 |
Sweden Readies for Space Rocket Launch (AP) AP - Swedish Space Corp. workers on Thursday carried out final preparations on a rocket carrying weightlessness experiments that is due to be launched next week. | 3 |
NOAA U.S. Winter Weather Forecast: Mixed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Affected by a weak El Nino, winter weather in the United States will be warmer in the West and cooler and wetter in the South and Southeast, forecasters predicted Thursday. | 2 |
One Woman, Uh-Huh, but So Many Guises Whoopi Goldberg's intermittently funny but sluggish evening of comic portraiture is a show in desperate need of a stringent theatrical intelligence. | 0 |
Egypt Demands Israel Explain Killing of 3 Policemen CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt protested angrily to Israel on Thursday and demanded a full explanation for what it called irresponsible Israeli conduct after an Israeli tank crew killed three Egyptian policemen at the Egyptian-Gaza border. | 0 |
EADS quells Thales merger talk European aerospace firm EADS quashes speculation it was poised to take over the French defence electronics firm Thales. | 2 |
Redskins' Taylor Cleared in Spit Incident (AP) AP - The NFL will not fine Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor after looking into allegations that a Cincinnati player was spit on during Sunday's game. | 1 |
Merger excites Kmart staff Accustomed to the uncertainty that has dominated their jobs in recent years, local Kmart workers seemed almost relieved by Wednesday #39;s announcement of a merger with Sears, Roebuck and Co. | 2 |
FDA defends its actions on Vioxx safety WASHINGTON - Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration shirked its duty by ignoring safety concerns about Vioxx raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Gold-backed security lists on NYSE, then slips A new gold-backed security named streetTRACKS Gold Shares made a much-hyped debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, aimed a attracting the investment capital that helped lift the bullion price to a 16-year high | 2 |
Irish Government To Probe Alleged EUR1B Tax Scam DUBLIN (Dow Jones)--The Irish government will next year begin an investigation into an alleged EUR1 billion tax evasion scam in the insurance industry, the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners said Thursday. | 2 |
MPAA files first suits against movie file-swappers The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer (P2P) software to trade movie files without permission over the internet. | 3 |
Apple confirms two additional UK stores at preview event UK to gain two more Apple retail stores in early 2005, company officials confirmed on Thursday afternoon. Two days before officially opening the doors to its new retail store on Regent Street in London, Apple | 3 |
Microsoft, Dassault Form Strategic Alliance In a joint statement, Microsoft and Dassault said using the Microsoft platform will cut ownership and integration costs of using the Dassault software, widening the potential customer base. | 3 |
Transport ship fails to raise ISS to designated orbit. MOSCOW, November 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian transport ship Progress failed to raise the International Space Station to the designated orbit on Wednesday. | 3 |
#39;Halo 2 #39; a must-have for casual, hard-core gamers alike There #39;s a balance to making a sequel to a successful video or computer game. The developer, at the very least, is expected to match the quality of the first game. | 3 |
Racially Offensive Search Terms To Be Banned By EBay Internet auction house eBay has announced that they will be taking preventative action against users searching for racially sensitive items. | 3 |
Racist chants BRITISH Sports Minister Richard Caborn has hit out at the racist abuse suffered by black England players during their friendly match. | 1 |
Cricket: Oram and Sinclair overcome blunders New Zealand #39;s bid to rescue the first test against Australia has started a shade sooner than expected. Given little chance of upsetting the world champions, New Zealand were living up to their | 1 |
Blair and Chirac pledge unity Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac today promised to work together on restoring stability in the Middle East while drawing a line under their past differences over the war in Iraq. | 0 |
SBC, Yahoo! Expand Multimedia Services (AP) AP - SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are expanding their partnership in high-speed Internet access to make news, entertainment and other services available not just on computers but also on cell phones, televisions and other devices. | 3 |
Commander: Iraq Insurgents Killed American (AP) AP - Insurgent forces in Fallujah attacked U.S. Marines and Iraqi government forces from a house inside the city Thursday, killing one Marine and one Iraqi soldier, a Marine commander said. | 0 |
Bloodshed in N.Iraq, Govt. Hails Falluja 'Success' BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas in Mosul attacked the governor's office of Iraq's third city on Thursday and there was bloodshed elsewhere in the north as U.S. forces wound down their offensive against the shattered rebel stronghold of Falluja. | 0 |
Shoppers give Sears, Kmart merger mixed reviews TRAVERSE CITY - Word of the merger between retail giants Sears and Kmart struck some local shoppers like an out-of-the-blue-light special - while others found it as exciting as a 25-cent rebate. | 2 |
Dollar posted a new record low Dollar fell to an all-time low of \$1.3068 against euro on Wednesday. Against yen, it slipped to 103.66, the lowest level since April 1. Market analysts contemplate the possibility of dollar-euro exchange rate reaching \$1.35 and 100 yen within months. | 2 |
FDA defends its handling of Vioxx safety Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might | 2 |
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