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Palestinians Reject Sharon's Peace 'Test' RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority on Friday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new and seemingly softer terms for restarting peace talks, saying he should drop all conditions for dialogue. | 0 |
Site: Zarqawi Group Beheads Two Iraqi Soldiers DUBAI (Reuters) - The group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it beheaded two Iraqi soldiers in broad daylight in Mosul, a statement found on an Islamist Web site on Friday said. | 0 |
Myanmar Frees Prominent Political Prisoners YANGON, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained "inappropriately" by the intelligence machine purged last month. | 0 |
S.Korean Farmers Clash with Police on Rice Imports SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police used water cannon in central Seoul Friday to disperse at least 15,000 farmers protesting against a government plan to further ease restrictions on rice imports. | 0 |
Gunman kills Sri Lankan judge A Sri Lankan high court judge and his bodyguard are shot dead in the capital, Colombo, police say. | 0 |
Cheap HIV treatment hailed Giving HIV-positive children a common antibiotic could nearly halve the death rate, the UN says. | 0 |
Death toll from storm in Philippines rises to at least 527, 352 <b>...</b> The Philippine military said Friday rescuers have recovered 484 bodies from landslides and flash floods in an eastern province, bringing the toll from this week #39;s powerful rainstorm to 527 people. | 0 |
Tennis: Roddick makes semis Andy Roddick beats Marat Safin in two tie-breaks to reach the Masters Cup semis. | 0 |
Golf: Woods upset at Ryder post Tiger Woods says Mark O'Meara should have been named US Ryder Cup captain for 2006. | 0 |
Belgium death threat suspect held Belgian police arrest a man suspected of threatening to kill a senator who criticised fundamentalist Muslims. | 0 |
Egypt wants Guantanamo releases Egypt asks the US to hand over five of its citizens detained at the American military base at Guantanamo Bay. | 0 |
Agreement May Be Near on 9/11 Bill House and Senate negotiators were close to a deal to enact the major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission. | 0 |
Official Allegedly Hinted At Saudi Torture of Man A federal prosecutor made a comment suggesting that a Virginia man held in a Saudi Arabian prison had been tortured. | 0 |
Venezuela Govt. Believes Car Blast Kills Prosecutor <p></p><p> CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Two blasts destroyed a carin a Caracas suburb Thursday and killed its driver, whoVenezuelan authorities believed was a key state prosecutorleading a probe into opponents of President Hugo Chavez.</p> | 0 |
UK looks at 'integrating' ID card with health care To 'maximise benefits for patients', of course... | 3 |
Digital music download coin-op to offer 'all formats, all DRMs' <strong>Analysis</strong> Inspired thinks big but lacks the content | 3 |
<em>The Register</em> is band full of s**t <strong>FoTW</strong> AV specialist throws wobbler | 3 |
From Indymedia to the Moon: your musings in full <strong>Letters</strong> An eclectic postbag | 3 |
Renewed violence shatters lull in Baghdad A suicide car bomber plowed into a Shiite mosque in Baghdad after dawn prayers on Friday, killing 14 people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could bring further bloodshed. | 0 |
EMI looks to digital as download sales quadruple But look to lawsuit stick rather than iTunes carrot for the cause | 3 |
Home working trial proves popular Experiment confines workers to their homes for two days to try teleworking. | 3 |
Car bombers strike near green zone, 7 dead BAGHDAD - A double suicide car bomb attack has devastated a police station just outside Baghdads fortified Green Zone, killing seven people and wounding 57 in the latest strike against Iraqs beleaguered security forces. | 0 |
Dollar Slips After Greenspan Remarks (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar slipped on Friday, after\Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks on the U.S.\trade gap and on foreign demand for dollar-denominated assets. | 2 |
Dollar Slips After Greenspan Remarks NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar slipped on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks on the U.S. trade gap and on foreign demand for dollar-denominated assets. | 2 |
Stocks Seen Flat, Drug Makers Pressured NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a flat market open on Friday, with higher oil prices and weakness in drug maker stocks offsetting better-than-expected earnings from entertainment company Walt Disney Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DIS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DIS.N</A>. | 2 |
Oil Prices Rise Ahead of Northern Winter LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed on Friday as tight supplies of distillate fuels ahead of the northern hemisphere winter spurred buying. | 2 |
Ton-up Vik wows Zim VIKRAM SOLANKI smashed an 89-ball hundred to keep England on course for a series whitewash. The Worcestershire captain hit exactly 100 in the third one-dayer at the Queens Club in Bulawayo | 1 |
Oracle to Issue Tender Results Saturday NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> said it would report preliminary results of its \$8.8 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> as soon as practicable after 1 a.m. EST Saturday. | 2 |
J.M. Smucker Quarterly Profit Rises CHICAGO (Reuters) - J.M. Smucker Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SJM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SJM.N</A> on Friday posted higher quarterly profit as improved sales at its Jif peanut butter and Smucker's jelly business helped offset higher raw material costs and a loss on the sale of its Brazilian unit. | 2 |
Advancis: Funds Through Early 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AVNC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AVNC.O</A>, which recently saw a large contract end with GlaxoSmithKline Plc <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GSK.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GSK.L</A>, said Friday it has enough funds to operate though at least early 2006, and outlined a plan to cut costs. | 2 |
Time To Applaud Chelsea #39;s Football Chelsea are bad for football, it #39;s true; but they are also very good at it. Not something you could say about Titus Bramble, say. | 1 |
Companies Forced to Fight Phishing Phishing is a growing form of online fraud that blends old-fashioned confidence scams with innovations in technological trickery. In the second part of our two-part series, washingtonpost.com explores how banks, Internet service providers and other online businesses are trying to make e-commerce safe for their customers.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font> | 3 |
High-Tech City to Go Up in Southern India Southern India's Kerala state plans to create a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) zone called "Smart City," where technology companies from around the world will be invited to set up operations, an official said Friday. | 3 |
Nintendo DS a Sleek Powerhouse The last time Nintendo Co. tried two screens, the result was a head-splitting virtual reality goggle called Virtual Boy that quickly flopped in the mid-1990s. | 3 |
Hartson double puts Celtic top Celtic have moved top of the Scottish Premier League, for 24 hours at least, after John Hartson #39;s double gave them a 2-1 victory over Hibernian. | 1 |
Arsenal gets back to winning ways Arsenal won for the first time in five games Saturday, getting two goals from Thierry Henry to beat Birmingham 3-0 in the Premier League. | 1 |
Verdict Due for Afghan in Killing of Journalists KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan court is expected to announce a verdict on Saturday in a closed-door trial of a man accused of killing four foreign journalists, including two from Reuters, just after the fall of the Taliban three years ago. | 0 |
At Unusual U.N. Session, Sudanese Factions Vow to End War The Sudanese government and southern rebels vowed today to end Sudan's long civil war by the end of this year. | 0 |
Nike #39;s father to step down Nike co-founder Phil Knight has announced that he will step down as chief executive and president of the company. The 66-year-old notified the company #39;s board of directors at | 2 |
Russia set to auction oil giants prize asset MOSCOW The government on Friday set the stage for the resolution of the quot;Yukos affair, quot; setting an auction date for the prize asset of Yukos, the country #39;s No. | 2 |
EMI stock surges 10 on robust 2H outlook LONDON, November 19 (newratings.com) The share price of the global music company, EMI (EMI.ETR), appreciated nearly 10 to 228.5p on the London Stock Exchange today, after the company guided to improved full year results, despite posting ay/y decline | 2 |
Waterford Wedgwood Posts Heavy Losses Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the debt-laden maker of luxury homewares, reported a slight half-year profit but heavy operating losses Friday as it continued to suffer from the weak US dollar. | 2 |
Telcos forge 3G link THE race to get a widespread third generation mobile phone network in Australia started in earnest yesterday with Optus and Vodafone agreeing to a joint venture network. | 2 |
Intel to Invest \$40 Million in Bangalore Intel Corp., the world #39;s largest computer chip maker, said it would spend \$40 million to expand in the southern Indian city of Bangalore over the next two years, maintaining its spending rate since the start of 2003. | 2 |
A dash of holiday giving The 12th annual Kettle Kick-off Holiday Luncheon on Thursday raised \$150,305 for Christmas food baskets, meals, toys and other services for needy people during the holidays and throughout the year. | 2 |
Cherkasky: Marsh Clears Its Board Of Insiders Another new policy at Marsh amp; McLennan Cos. (nyse: MMC - news - people ): The insurer said yesterday that five directors--all company executives--are leaving its board. | 2 |
Iraqi Forces, U.S. Troops Storm Baghdad Mosque Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, stormed one of the major Sunni Muslim mosques in Baghdad after Friday prayers, opening fire and killing at least three people, witnesses said. Another raid overnight at a hospital allegedly used by insurgents in Mosul led to three arrests, the military said. | 0 |
FDA Says Stands by Safety of Approved Drugs The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not reflect the views of the agency. | 2 |
Acquisition helps Smucker reports 18 percent earnings increase ORRVILLE, Ohio - JM Smucker Co. said on Friday that earnings for its second quarter were up 18 percent, helped by a 57 percent increase in sales stemming from its acquisition of International Multifoods Corp. | 2 |
Former Viacom president Karmazin returns to radio roots with <b>...</b> NEW YORK_Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. is bringing in another big gun from the media world, tapping Mel Karmazin, the former president of media giant Viacom Inc. | 2 |
RIAA launches P2P file sharing legal blitz The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continued its hard line approach to music sharing across P2P networks with a round of copyright infringement lawsuits targeting 761 alleged illegal file sharers. | 3 |
Sun #39;s New No. 1 Threat Is an older Sun a mellower Sun? Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems chairman and CEO, said at a press conference this week to introduce the companys Solaris 10 operating system that hed just turned 50 over the weekend. | 3 |
First Apple Retail Store in Europe on its marks and set to ... On Saturday, November 20th 2004, Apple will open its first European Retail Store on Regent Street in the West End of London. There those with an interest to do so will be able in a kind of adventure shop to | 3 |
Explorer Again In The News For Wrong Reasons Microsoft #39;s flagship Internet Explorer has once again come under the spotlight, albeit for all the wrong reasons. Two more vulnerabilities were uncovered in the widely used Web browser version 6, according to security firm Secunia. | 3 |
Science: Europe Probe Lands on Mars The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first European mission to do so. On Monday, Smart 1 began firing its ion engine to bring it into lunar orbit. | 3 |
Coe outlines London bid for 2012 Olympics London revealed its detailed plans for hosting the 2012 Olympic Games today with bid chief Sebastian Coe promising they would be a quot;games for the next generation quot;. | 1 |
US Airways Mechanics Not Hopeful The head of the mechanics union at US Airways said yesterday the group is not optimistic about reaching an agreement with the airline before a critical hearing Thursday and raised the prospect that the unit could walk off the job if a court allows the current labor contract to be voided. | 2 |
Prem Preview : Man United-Charlton Club football returns and the weekend begins at Old Trafford as Charlton make the trip north to Manchester. Following a week of recriminations and fallout from the international friendlies and World | 1 |
Hokies Keep ACC Title Hopes Alive With Win The win moves the Hokies to 8-2 overall and to 5-1 in the ACC while the Terps fall to 4-6 overall and to 2-5 in the league. Virginia Tech controls its own destiny in the ACC race. | 1 |
Chase comes to Florida with trio in hot pursuit A: One race to go, and the tension is so thick, noted outdoorsman Ward Burton could barely slice it with a big, scary hunting knife. | 1 |
Holiday Air Travel Post reporters Sara Goo and Keith Alexander share holiday travel stories and discuss how the airlines handled what was one of the biggest holiday travel fiascos in years. | 2 |
Ministers lash Charles LONDON - Uproar between government and royalty broke out throughout the corridors of power yesterday in reaction to Prince Charles #39; apparent belief that people should not rise above their station. | 0 |
Rivals ready themselves for Palestinian poll WITH the reality of democratic elections across the West Bank and Gaza now sinking in, Palestinian political leaders yesterday began jockeying in earnest for position and advantage, as new coalitions and obscure candidates emerged. | 0 |
Two killed in Baghdad mosque clash; Iraqi troops prepare assault <b>...</b> BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi national guardsmen raided a Sunni mosque in Baghdad after Friday prayers, sparking bloody clashes, an AFP correspondent reported, while in the northern city of Mosul US-backed Iraqi commandos were poised to storm rebel strongholds. | 0 |
European Shares Hit New 2-1/2 Year Peak LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks hit a new 2-1/2 year high on Tuesday as a slide in oil prices and a rise in the dollar fueled confidence in the global economy, but a glum Christmas report from Woolworths weighed on UK retailers. | 2 |
Speculation Surrounding IE Updates Continues Microsoft has cobbled together dozens of third-party software plug-ins and add-ons that enhance IE and provided links to them from its Windows Marketplace site. | 3 |
Online Award to Times Writer The New York Times on the Web won an award from the Online News Association for commentary by Nicholas Kristof, an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. | 2 |
Update 4: Japan, China Leaders Agree to Meeting The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds. | 0 |
Supermarket chain Loblaw #39;s third-quarter profit rises 18 to \$258 <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Canada #39;s biggest supermarket chain, says its third-quarter profit rose 18 per cent to \$258 million as sales increased six per cent. | 2 |
Wholesale sales fell in September for the first time in 7 months <b>...</b> OTTAWA (CP) - Wholesale sales declined for the first time in seven months in September, Statistics Canada says. Sales fell by 1.9 per cent from August, to \$37.6 billion. | 2 |
Karmazin named CEO at Sirius A month after signing Stern to a five-year deal, Manhattan-based Sirius said yesterday its new chief executive is Mel Karmazin, the former head of media conglomerate Viacom who was successful | 2 |
Controversy over Christmas kettles One of the biggest fund-raising efforts of the year is about to begin for the Salvation Army: the Christmas kettle drive. In Flagstaff, the drive will kick off the day after Thanksgiving outside | 2 |
Greenspan Sends Dollar to 4-Yr Low Vs Yen (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar fell under 103 yen on\Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said large\interventions in the currency market do not create protracted\changes in exchange rates but have some effect. | 2 |
FDA Says Approved Drugs Are Safe (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration\said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA\researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not\reflect the views of the agency. | 2 |
11 local Net file sharers targeted quot;You Got Served quot; is the title of one movie a New York-area person is accused of making available for download over the Internet. | 3 |
In-Depth Review: What Makes Firefox 1.0 So Compelling Mozilla #39;s new Firefox Web browser can make believers even out of loyal Internet Explorer proponents. By Scot Finnie, Desktop Pipeline. | 3 |
Oram puts Australian attack to the sword AUSTRALIAN crowds are familiar with the sight of a big-hitting left-hander wandering to the wicket at No.7 and turning a Test match on its head. | 1 |
Greenspan: Appetite for Dollar to Dwindle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The insatiable foreign demand for dollar holdings would eventually fall as investors diversify, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday in remarks that landed hard on the dollar. | 2 |
End armed chaos - Palestinian leader PLO leader Mahmud Abbas stepped up calls Friday to end quot;armed chaos quot; engulfing the occupied territories, as the new Palestinian leadership readied the ground for presidential elections in January. | 0 |
Democratization of Europe Europe #39;s integration project is historically unprecedented. For the past millennium, Europe has lived in an uneasy equilibrium, giving birth to every great empire that dominated and pacified the world in the last 500 years. | 0 |
Fit-again Kallis to play in first India test All-rounder Jacques Kallis will play in the first test against India starting on Saturday after recovering from a side strain, but is unlikely to bowl. | 1 |
Russia Sets Auction for Oil Giant Yukos MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the last step in the destruction of oil major YUKOS, saying it will auction its main Siberian unit on Dec. 19 for \$8.65 billion and hit it with a new tax claim. | 2 |
Canadian Grocer Loblaw Sales Up 6 Pct. TORONTO (Reuters) - Loblaw Cos Ltd. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=L.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">L.TO</A>, Canada's largest grocery store chain, reported a higher third-quarter profit on Friday, as stronger sales in non-food categories helped boost overall sales by 6 percent. | 2 |
Disney's Not Goofy The entertainment giant wraps up a successful fiscal year and sets the course for consistent growth. | 2 |
Wall St. Seen Flat as Drug Shares Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a flat market open on Friday, with higher oil prices and drug maker stocks weighing on Wall Street after Thursday's late-session rally. | 2 |
Dolby Labs Files for a \$460 Million IPO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Audio technology company Dolby Laboratories Inc. filed on Friday to raise as much as \$460 million in an initial public offering of Class A common stock. | 2 |
Investors May Sue Russia as YUKOS Tanks MOSCOW (Reuters) - YUKOS' foreign investors accused Russia on Friday of attempting to steal the oil giant's key unit Yugansk and threatened to sue after Moscow set a Dec. 19 fire sale of its assets, sending the stock collapsing by 25 percent. | 2 |
Euro steadies below 1.30 dollars ahead of G20 meeting LONDON (AFP) - The euro steadied just below the 1.30 dollar mark as the markets positioned themselves for this weekend #39;s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Berlin. | 2 |
Loblaw Profit Rises 19 as Lederer Fends Off Wal-Mart (Update1) Loblaw Cos. said third-quarter net income rose 19 percent as the company, Canada #39;s largest supermarket chain, cut distribution costs and sold more of its profitable nonfood goods. | 2 |
NVIDIA and Intel Sign Broad Cross-License, Chipsets License <b>...</b> SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 19, 2004 -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq:NVDA) and Intel Corporation today announced the companies have signed a broad, multi-year patent cross-license agreement | 2 |
Stocks Open Flat; Pressure on Drugmakers US stocks opened flat on Friday, with higher oil prices and shares of drugmakers weighing on Wall Street after Thursday #39;s late-session rally. | 2 |
Microsoft warns of Linux dangers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has told Asian government leaders at a forum in Singapore that they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of Windows software. | 3 |
Google engineers new scholarly search Google Inc., the leader in online search engines, is setting out to make better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the Web. | 3 |
Oracle settles on quarterly patch regime Oracle Corp is following rival Microsoft Corp in making its security patching schedule more predictable for customers. Unlike Microsoft, which faces more scrutiny from security researchers and patches every month, Oracle will patch quarterly. | 3 |
AOL adds anti-spam features to version 9.0 AOL will be adding a host of new features designed to combat spam, virii and spyware to version 9.0 of its browser. The package, known as #39;AOL 9.0 Security Edition #39; is a free download which was available from Thursday. | 3 |
Spanish leaders denounce racial taunts by soccer fans In a move to protect Spain #39;s image and bid for the 2012 Olympics, Spanish leaders stressed that its citizens and sports fans are not racist. | 1 |
No mercy for England says Os London - A 70-0 beating of Canada was effectively a warmup for new England coach Andy Robinson. Now Clive Woodward #39;s successor has a real challenge when Tri-Nations champion South Africa returns to Twickenham to make up for a 53-3 loss two years ago. | 1 |
WTO Rules Against EU Protection of Goods (AP) AP - The European Union said Friday its system of protecting names for regionally produced foods such as Champagne and Parma ham was strengthened by an initial ruling from the World Trade Organization. | 0 |
Prince #39;out of touch #39; with education, says Clarke A government minister today dismissed the Prince of Wales as quot;old-fashioned and out of time quot; with quot;patronising quot; views on the education system. | 0 |
Palestinians fail first post-Arafat leadership test The Palestinian Authority Friday failed its first post-Arafat test to determine whether or not it was serious about making peace with Israel. | 0 |
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