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Palestinians Register Candidates for New President (Reuters) Reuters - Palestinians began\registering candidates on Saturday for a presidential election\to replace Yasser Arafat, while officials warned the vote may\be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities. | 0 |
PeopleSoft Shareholders Back Takeover Bid (AP) AP - More than 60 percent of PeopleSoft Inc.'s shareholders have tendered their stock in support of Oracle Corp.'s #36;9.2 billion takeover bid for its bitter rival, further extending a bruising battle that already has dragged on for more than 17 months. | 3 |
Out of this world CLINTON TOWNSHIP -- Each piece is just an eighth-of-an-inch square, but 33,000 of them bunched together make for one of the most advanced features on NASA #39;s next satellite. | 3 |
Man Utd boss: Now watch Scholes go! Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced Paul Scholes has turned the corner after he scored in yesterday #39;s 2-0 win over Charlton. | 1 |
Benson and Mets reach preliminary agreement on \$22.5 million <b>...</b> Kris Benson and the New York Mets completed more than three months of negotiations, agreeing Saturday to a \$22.5 million, three-year contract. | 1 |
McGrath, Gillespie watching Gabba skies Australian tailenders Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie will be hoping wet weather does not stop play from starting on time on day four of the first cricket Test against New Zealand at the Gabba in Brisbane. | 1 |
Timeline of the Pacers-Pistons Brawl (AP) AP - Here is a look at the series of events in the brawl Friday night involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans in Auburn Hills, Mich. The game was stopped when order could not be restored. | 1 |
Michigan St. Beats Central Conn. St. (AP) AP - Kelli Roehrig had 15 points, including 11 during a 24-2 run to start the game, and No. 15 Michigan State routed Central Connecticut State 77-42 on Saturday in the first game of the Spartan Classic. | 1 |
Palestinians say Israeli raids hampering renewal of peace talks RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia condemned Israel Saturday, saying their continued military raids were hampering efforts to restart the peace process. | 0 |
Tiger Woods extends lead at Dunlop Phoenix CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Tiger Woods is on the verge of winning his first stroke-play golf tournament in over a year. Woods fired a 5-under-par 65 Saturday to stretch his commanding lead to 10 strokes after three | 1 |
Bush seeks allied help in dealing with Iran, North Korea SANTIAGO, Chile - President Bush used his first trip abroad since re-election to press allies Saturday for help in hemming in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, nations he considers part of an quot;axis of evil quot; threatening global security. | 0 |
Killer of Journalists Sentenced to Death An Afghan man was sentenced to death in a Kabul court on Saturday for his part in the killing of three foreign journalists and an Afghan photographer in | 0 |
Buckeyes #39; offense clicking against Michigan COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio State offense that did little right all season could do no wrong against Michigan. The Buckeyes didn #39;t commit a turnover, prevented the Wolverines from getting a sack and converted | 1 |
McGrady Leads Rockets Past Clippers in OT (Reuters) Reuters - Tracy McGrady tallied 32\points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead Houston over\the Los Angeles Clippers, 91-86, in an overtime contest at the\Staples Center. | 1 |
For Nascar, Playoff Gamble Wins Big The new 10-race playoff instituted this season has done all that Nascar officials had hoped, turning the droning fall stretch into a manic scramble. | 1 |
Haradinaj appointment upsets Serbia BELGRADE -- Saturday - Serbian government officials called an extraordinary meeting today to discuss the appointment of Ramus Haradinaj as Prime Minister of Kosovo. | 0 |
Shots Are Falling, and Sonics Are Rising The perimeter-conscious (and unconscious) Seattle SuperSonics are off to their best start since the 1993-94 season. | 1 |
Disney #39;s Two Mickeys Walt Disney #39;s perennially slumping ABC Television Network is suddenly a champ again thanks to a couple of unexpected hit shows including a prime time soap called Desperate Housewives (coming to the UK in January). | 2 |
Greenspan bearish on dollar Alan Greenspan came to the home of the euro on Friday and suggested that the relentless decline of the dollar might well continue, offering little relief to those here | 2 |
Wal-Mart Says November US Sales Rise Within 2 to 4 Forecast Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world #39;s largest retailer, said sales at US stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast, with strongest sales coming from bedding and women #39;s clothing. | 2 |
Gold Fields to bid for \$2bn Norilsk stake Gold Fields has made a secret offer to buy out its largest shareholder as a last-ditch defence against a hostile \$8.1bn (4.35bn) bid from Harmony, its rival South African gold producer. | 2 |
Resurgent Rangers shatter O #39;Neill #39;s unbeaten record The top blew off Celtic #39;s discipline in a volcanic Old Firm derby as they lost their proud record of scoring in every meeting with Rangers since Martin O #39;Neill took over as manager in the summer of 2000. | 1 |
Ireland 55 - 6 USA When the public address announcement at Lansdowne Road yesterday put the attendance at 38,376 there was an addendum: thanking those hardy souls for turning out on such a foul day. | 1 |
Hall sees off Kumble spin Andrew Hall and Boeta Dippenaar built a solid fifth-wicket partnership to leave the first Test in Kanpur evenly balanced at the close on day one. | 1 |
NBA Game Summary - Houston at LA Clippers Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Tracy McGrady tallied 32 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead Houston over the Los Angeles Clippers, 91-86, in an overtime contest at the Staples Center. | 1 |
Three Iraqi Policemen Killed in Baghdad Bombings In simultaneous blasts, insurgents detonated two car bombs Saturday at a police station near the fortified headquarters of the US Embassy and interim Iraqi | 0 |
Business Focus: Infecting the world When Alan Greenspan speaks, the markets listen. The 78-year-old chairman of the Federal Reserve Board has had dealers hanging on his every utterance for 17 years, ever since he took the job during the closing months of Ronald Reagans presidency. | 2 |
Sagging Dollar Hits New Low Against Euro BRUSSELS, Belgium A top European Union official urged the United States on Monday to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europes fledgling economic recovery. | 2 |
Late surge lifts Sonics This is the 10th game, after all, and their start had nothing to do with their 101-94 victory over the Raptors in Toronto last night at Air Canada Centre. | 1 |
Giggs and Scholes give United win MANCHESTER, England -- Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes scored their first league goals of the season to give Manchester United a 2-0 win over Charlton in Alex Ferguson #39;s 999th match in charge. | 1 |
Second-Ranked Auburn Downs Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Sports Network) - Jason Campbell passed for 224 yards and a touchdown, Courtney Taylor caught four passes for 89 yards and a score, and No. | 1 |
In #39;Monday Night #39; Fallout, a Deeper Racial Issue I wasn #39;t terribly upset about the quot;Monday Night Football quot; spectacle featuring Eagles receiver Terrell Owens and a towel-clad Nicollette Sheridan. | 1 |
Reactions to Pistons-Pacers Brawl (AP) AP - Reaction from around the NBA to Friday night's brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons: | 1 |
Bush, backed by Asia-Pacific allies, warns North Korea, Iran over <b>...</b> SANTIAGO : US President George W. Bush, bagging support from Asia-Pacific allies at an annual summit in Chile, bluntly warned North Korea and Iran to scrap any nuclear weapon plans. | 0 |
Iran wriggles to block nuclear sanctions bid IRAN is expected to thwart American attempts to send its nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council this week, despite a fresh flurry of concerns about its apparent ambitions to make a bomb. | 0 |
Burma #39;s junta frees prominent dissident Burma #39;s military dictators have freed a top dissident - second only to democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi - after 16 years in jail. | 0 |
William surfs to his fathers rescue ONCE again Prince William has come riding to the rescue of the royals, this time on the crest of a wave. At the end of a week that saw his father accused of not wanting people to rise above their station | 0 |
No. 4 Calif. Routs Stanford in Big Game (AP) AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 169 yards to set California's single-season rushing record and the fourth-ranked Golden Bears beat Stanford 41-6 on Saturday for their biggest victory in the Big Game since 1930. | 1 |
US allege Guantanamo Bay Briton is would-be suicide bomber: report (AFP) AFP - One of four British men held at the US prison for terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay is accused by US officials of being a trained Al-Qaeda terrorist, damaging British hopes for his release, a report said. | 0 |
Mets Lock Up Benson Kris Benson and the New York Mets complete more than three months of negotiations, agreeing Saturday to a \$22.5 million, three-year contract. | 1 |
APEC Countries to Standardize Trade Pacts (Reuters) Reuters - Pacific Rim nations have agreed\to set minimum standards for two-country free trade pacts\proliferating across the region, a consolation prize for\business leaders pushing for a 21-nation free trade area to\rival the European Union. | 2 |
Canada Sees U.S. Beef Market Opening Soon (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. feedlots and packers could import\Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at\guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian\Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday. | 2 |
Spain grabs lead at World Golf Championships Spain has taken the lead at the World Golf Championships in Seville with Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez combining for an 11-under-par 61 in the third round to pull one shot ahead of England. | 1 |
England 32 South Africa 16: Shocking South Africa left trailing by <b>...</b> A wonderful result for what had become, because of injury and retirement, a beleaguered rugby nation. England began in control, they never lost that control and both the squad and their new coaching set-up will take fantastic heart from it all. | 1 |
Investors Divided on Desirability of Gold (AP) AP - A sickly dollar lifted gold to a fresh 16-year high this week, just as a newly launched exchange-traded fund offered individual investors a new way to own the gleaming asset. But Wall Street experts, less than unanimous about its prospects, are divided about what sort of role gold should play in your portfolio. | 2 |
Oft-Delayed Swift Launched, Soars Skyward CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA #39;s Swift satellite successfully was launched Saturday aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket. About 80 minutes after the 12:16 pm launch, the spacecraft successfully separated from the Delta second stage rocket and entered orbit. | 3 |
O.J. to Cheer for Trojans at Orange Bowl (AP) AP - To O.J. Simpson, the lure of seeing his alma mater play so close to home in this Orange Bowl was impossible to turn down. | 1 |
Masters Cup semis to feature the four best players in the world HOUSTON: Russia #39;s Marat Safin and Australia #39;s Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the Masters Cup semi-finals with impressive straight-set victories here on Friday, completing a historic line-up. | 1 |
Oldest man dies at 113 SYRACUSE, NY - The world #39;s oldest man, according to Guinness World Records, has died less than two weeks before he would have turned 114. | 1 |
Dont count out champions after setback THIS was the Old Firm result the Premierleague wanted, and needed. A few weeks back, we were holding our heads in our hands thinking it was all over when Dundee United scored that late equaliser at Ibrox, but Rangers have fought their way back. | 1 |
US allies seek Palestinian solution, wider coalition in terror war (AFP) AFP - The US-led "war on terror" must include a resolution to the Palestinian question and involve a broader coalition, Washington's Asia-Pacific partners warned Saturday on the sidelines of a major summit. | 0 |
Arafat family bickers over medical records of Palestinian leader PARIS Getting to the bottom of what killed Yassar Arafat could shape up to be an ugly family tug-of-war. Arafat #39;s half-brother and nephew want copies of Arafat #39;s medical records from the suburban Paris hospital | 0 |
IRAQ RAGE OF RED CROSS THE International Red Cross has condemned all sides in the Iraq conflict for failing to respect humanitarian laws. In Geneva, its operations director Pierre Kraehenbuehl stressed that international humanitarian | 0 |
A Regal Pursuit Is Run Down Farewell, at last, to tallyho. After seven years of angry debate, frustrated motions and legislative maneuvering, Britain #39;s Parliament finally approved a ban on fox hunting | 0 |
Bush offers help in reopening U.S. border to Canadian cattle (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - (CP) - President George W. Bush offered Saturday to throw his administration's full weight behind reopening the border to Canadian beef within several months. | 0 |
ODU professor honored with teaching award Old Dominion University professor Cynthia Jones was honored in Washington on Thursday as the 2004 Virginia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. | 3 |
US trail by one in UBS Cup KIAWAH ISLAND (South Carolina): Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer won for the eighth time together in matchplay as the Rest of the World led holders the United States by 3 points to 2 on the first day of the UBS Cup, which is limited to golfers in | 1 |
Fourth-Ranked California Routs Stanford BERKELEY, Calif. (Sports Network) - JJ Arrington rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries to lead No. 4 California to a convincing 41-6 win over Stanford in The Big Game at Memorial Stadium. | 1 |
South African President Mbeki holds new talks on Ivory Coast President Thabo Mbeki met with Ivory Coast Prime Minister Seydou Diarra for three hours yesterday as part of talks aimed at bringing peace to the conflict-wracked Ivory Coast. | 0 |
Focus: Life on Planet Charles Toothpaste squeezed by a flunky. Supper steamed with one brand of water. Oh, and an 11m income. This is the man who presses a world view on us all - and whose latest embarrassment, of many, reveals that | 0 |
Juventus to ignore floored opponents Juventus coach Fabio Capello says his team will no longer kick the ball out of play when an opponent is lying on the floor. Capello said opposition teams are now taking advantage of the widespread practice. | 1 |
Ohio State Secures Victory, but Michigan Gains Rose Bowl Bid The Buckeyes stunned the No. 7 Wolverines, who still will go to Pasadena because they defeated co-Big Ten Champion Iowa on Sept 25. | 1 |
Chinese takeover of Rover signals end of Britain #39;s once-thriving <b>...</b> as well as its most-loathed - cars, Rover yesterday confirmed a takeover deal by a Chinese state-owned company that marks | 2 |
Beautiful day? Not if you #39;re Microsoft A US lawsuit brought by a company backed by rock group U2 is threatening to reopen old legal wounds for Microsoft. Californian technology company Burst. | 2 |
Report: Peru Would Refuse to Free Berenson (AP) AP - Peru will not abide by an international human rights court ruling supporting the release of Lori Berenson, a New York woman imprisoned for collaborating with Marxist guerrillas, the country's foreign minister said, according to news reports Saturday. | 0 |
Friday Night Fracas Was Criminal on Every Level The NBA is facing serious, serious issues, problems bigger than fan arrests and player suspensions can repair. A season that began with Latrell Sprewell suggesting he would be hard-pressed | 1 |
Bush says N. Korea #39;s neighbors uniting against nuclear weapons (Santiago, Chile-AP) Nov. 20, 2004 - President Bush says North Korea #39;s neighbors are united in sending a blunt message to the man who rules it, quot;Get rid of your nuclear weapons programs. | 0 |
Sudan and southern rebels promise peace as Christmas gift Ecumenical News International After 21 years in a war that has taken as many as 2 million lives and forced the displacement of about 5 million people, the Sudanese government and the leader | 0 |
Red Cross condemns Iraq abuses The International Red Cross has made an unprecedented appeal for an end to human rights abuses in Iraq, saying it is #39;deeply concerned #39; at the impact of the fighting in the country and at apparent failures by all sides in the conflict to respect | 0 |
Bill Would Help Providers Refuse Abortions (AP) AP - Congress plans to make it a little easier for hospitals, insurers and other to refuse to provide or cover abortions. | 0 |
Chelsea Beats Newcastle in Premiership; Arsenal Wins (Update1) Chelsea beat visiting Newcastle 4-0 at its Stamford Bridge stadium to maintain a five-point lead atop English soccer #39;s Premiership as second-placed Arsenal defeated Birmingham 3-0. | 1 |
New Director Announced for Fermilab (AP) AP - A Peruvian-born, award-winning physicist was named the new director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and he takes the helm at a critical time in energy research. | 3 |
Programs: 'Myst IV' Preserves the Magic PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - The "Myst" series has always been for people who don't typically play computer games. Instead of providing pulse-pounding action, it has taken players to exotic worlds, given them lots of time to explore, and required them to solve challenging puzzles to move through the adventure. | 3 |
Get the Wrong Answer, Ask Another Lawyer THE rolling upheaval in corporate governance is about to head south of the border, and Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego, one of the more prominent businessmen in Mexico, probably won't be shouting, | 2 |
House Leadership Blocks Vote on Intelligence Bill A core of highly conservative Republicans aligned with the Pentagon moved to block a vote on a bill that would have enacted the recommendations of the 9/11 panel. | 0 |
US Doping Watchdog to Question BALCO #39;s Conte - IAAF US anti-doping officials plan to question Victor Conte after the BALCO head claimed he saw sprinter Marion Jones taking banned drugs, world athletics body the IAAF said Saturday. | 1 |
The powder keg wouldn #39;t have exploded if Artest hadn #39;t lit the <b>...</b> Make no mistake about it. Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers was to blame for the ugly fans-players brawl at The Palace. That #39;s not to give the dumb fan who threw a cup of beer | 1 |
PENN STATE 37, MICHIGAN STATE 13 Rousing Finale for the Seniors <b>...</b> In a dismal season defined by offensive futility, Penn State fans have pleaded for changes to the Nittany Lions #39; offense. They have chanted the name of the true | 1 |
Sixty Chinese miners trapped after fire Sixty Chinese miners are trapped underground after fire swept through a series of iron mines in northern Hebei Province, Xinhua news agency says. | 0 |
South Winds Up Prevailing Paul South entered yesterday's John F. Kennedy 50-Miler with just several months of hard training under his belt following two years when he did little serious running. | 1 |
China urges US to act on Dollar slide A senior Chinese official has urged the United States to take action to stop the slide of the dollar and restore equilibrium to global currency markets, China Radio International reported Saturday. | 2 |
Sergey, Larry, and Eric Plan to Sell Some Stock Michael Liedtke at the AP reports that Sergey Brin, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt plan to sell some shares of GOOG. The co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, each plan to sell as many as 7.2 million | 2 |
Shades of the Vioxx Case for Another Drug At a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, senators excoriated top federal drug regulators for failing to realize three years ago that Vioxx, a pain pill that Merck withdrew in September, was dangerous. | 2 |
Safin cuts short Henman #39;s year Tim Henman acknowledged the dilemma of his life in tennis. quot;I #39;ve never hidden behind the fact that I #39;ll be judged on whether I win Wimbledon or not, quot; he said. | 1 |
World #39;s oldest man dies, 113 FRED Hale Sr, documented as the worlds oldest man, has died at the age of 113. Hale died in his sleep on Friday at a hospital in Syracuse, New York, while trying to recover from a bout of pneumonia, his grandson, Fred Hale III said. | 1 |
It #39;s smartin #39; Martin ONeill in denial over red cards as Rangers close the gap in title race. THERE was a first Old Firm Premierleague win in almost two years for Rangers at Ibrox yesterday; a 2-0 victory that ended a run of | 1 |
New law of the jungle BRITISH football has come a long way since the early Eighties, when racism was rife among fans, especially in England where chanting mobs got away with flinging bunches of bananas at Liverpool player John Barnes - who was then one of only a handful of | 1 |
Miller gives new-look Ireland fringe benefits We can forgive Ireland that they didn #39;t surpass the 70 points England scored against Canada, or the century Scotland put past Japan last week. | 1 |
Barca delight in Real agony A dismal week for Spanish football closed with a proper celebration of some of its better virtues. Or, not so much Spains but a celebration of Catalonias flagship enterprise. | 1 |
Garcia puts Spain in sight of World Cup Inspired by a breathtaking performance by Sergio Garcia, Spain took over the lead from England going into today #39;s final round of the World Cup. | 1 |
Season Cuts to The Chase NASCAR #39;s 2004 season comes to a close in Sunday #39;s Ford 400 with five drivers in contention for the \$5.28 million Nextel Cup championship and a storyline for stock-car racing fans of every loyalty. | 1 |
Hall revels in new role The makeshift opener Andrew Hall batted all day for 78 not out as South Africa reached 230 for 4 on the opening day of the First Test against India here. | 1 |
Wales let chance in a million slip as lacklustre All Blacks fail <b>...</b> IT IS tempting to say that Wales will be kicking themselves for weeks over this one, but in truth, it will be for years. Wales last beat their greatest rivals as long ago as 1953 when the great Bleddyn Williams | 1 |
Huskies Shut Out Buffalo To Earn Bowl Eligibility EAST HARTFORD, CT (November 20, 2004) - Senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky (Shelton, Conn.), playing in the home final game of his illustrious career, threw for 283 yards, sophomore tailback Cornell Brockington (Burlington, NJ) ran for 136 yards and two | 1 |
Polish hostage freed in Iraq A Polish woman taken hostage last October in Iraq has been returned to Warsaw, the BBC reported Saturday. Appearing at a press conference alongside Polish Prime Minister Marek | 0 |
Life is more Baywatch than Balmoral for Prince of Waves STRIDING along a beach, surfboard tucked nonchalantly under his arm, the tall wetsuit-clad figure cuts quite a dash as he heads for the waves. | 0 |
Big setback for US spy shake-up Sweeping plans to reform the US spy network run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress object to the bill. | 0 |
US son-in-law for ex-coup leader A US lawmaker marries the daughter of Guatemala's ex-military ruler at a closely-guarded ceremony. | 0 |
Menatep acts to bloc Yukos sale Yukos' main shareholder files a legal complaint to prevent Russia selling off the embattled oil giant's key unit, reports say. | 0 |
Anti-terror laws 'may go further' David Blunkett says measures to beat terrorism could include special anti-terror courts using phone-taping evidence. | 0 |
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