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Iraqis push ahead with elections Iraq has set a date of 30 January 2005 for its first nationwide election since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The announcement came from the independent Iraqi electoral commission in Baghdad. | 0 |
No Confidence Vote Passes Against UN Top Leadership Already embattled with his ties to the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, and what some term as the 'Food for Sex' scandal, Kofi Annan has dodged the latest bullet. Well, dodged only in the sense that specific allegations against him was removed at the last minute before passing. The UN staff union passed a resolution sharply critical of the world body's senior management but expressed support for beleaguered Secretary General Kofi Annan. An earlier draft of the resolution had strongly worded language about no confidence in senior staff of the United Nations, which has been buffeted by scandals over the past few months. | 3 |
Friday night brawl a disgrace Indeed, after Friday night #39;s mayhem in Motown, Detroit Pistons fans can now clearly lay claim to be the biggest idiots in the sporting world, no easy achievment these days, and while many of them were apparently too dumb to realize they were being caught | 1 |
Microsoft Targets Older People for Web Via TV SEATTLE (Reuters) - For people trying to get their aging parents on the Web so they can read e-mail and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=MSFT.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">MSFT.O</A> has a message: Don't give up. | 3 |
Profits Fading in Digital Camera Industry TOKYO (Reuters) - Bloated with inventory and mired in the red, the digital camera business of Japan's Olympus Corp. underscores how making money in the cut-throat market is getting tougher. | 3 |
U.S. Heartland Is Bursting with Corn, Soy ROCHELLE, Ill. (Reuters) - Golden mountains are rising out of the fertile farmlands of the U.S. Midwest, a changing landscape formed by huge piles of corn from the most bountiful harvest in U.S. history. | 2 |
NBA players suspended for big brawl National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern issued indefinite suspensions Saturday to four of the main protagonists in Friday night #39;s brawl among the Indiana Pacers, the Detroit | 1 |
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY NEWS OF THE WORLD: Ashley Cole last night called on the Spanish FA to axe their shamed coach Luis Aragones and branded him evil #39; #39;. | 1 |
Violence erupts in Baghdad Baghdad was again rocked by violence on Saturday as rebels launched an assault on a police station and four civil servants were assassinated, while US and Iraqi troops took the battle against insurgents from Fallujah to Mosul. | 0 |
Achievements on Humanitarian Access in Darfur #39;fast falling apart #39; Renewed insecurity stops Oxfam delivering vital aid to 200,000 people in Darfur - Security in Darfur has deteriorated over the past two weeks leaving nearly 200,000 people in Darfur cut off from vital aid supplies. | 0 |
Korea Puzzled by US Currency Game Over the weekend, the US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan hinted at the maintenance of weak dollar policy (in Germany) while President Bush said he is committed to a strong dollar (in Chile). | 2 |
Fears of split in Reliance group premature: Business India: Mumbai, Nov 21 : As millions of Indians are held in thrall by reports of a family feud in Reliance Industries, the country #39;s largest company, experts say it would be premature to talk about a split as yet. | 2 |
MG Rover on brink of China deal MG Rover is on the brink of a 1bn deal with a Chinese company that will help secure the future of its giant Longbridge plant. Under the joint venture with the Shanghai Automotive Corporation, a new company | 2 |
Israel urged to clear way for Palestinian vote Palestinians called crucial to the success of a ballot to choose a successor to the late Yasser Arafat. Middle East envoy William Burns told reporters on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. | 0 |
We will meet India half way, vibes not encouraging: Musharraf Lahore, Nov 21 (UNI) Dismayed by India #39;s outright rejection of his recent dramatic proposals, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said vibes coming from the neighbouring country are not encouraging but expressed Islamabad #39;s readiness to leave its | 0 |
Sears-Kmart Deal Highlights Future Retail Trend The planned acquisition of Sears, Roebuck and Co. by Kmart Holding Corp. highlights a changing retail environment that could soon eliminate the department store as we know it, analysts and consultants said on Friday. | 2 |
US Pledges to Cut Deficit as G-20 Sees Growth Risks (Update1) Treasury Secretary John Snow pledged to reduce the US budget deficit, blamed by Europeans for the euro #39;s gains against the dollar and cited as a risk to global growth by ministers from 20 industrial and emerging economies. | 2 |
Bears Will Try to Disrupt Colts' Offense (AP) AP - As the new man in the middle of the Chicago Bears' defense, Hunter Hillenmeyer will be calling the signals, trying to disrupt the NFL's most potent offense while matching football wits with Peyton Manning. | 1 |
Malice at the Palace - the last thing the NBA needed for their <b>...</b> Take your pick of culprits in the stunning melee Friday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills, in a heated game between Central Division rivals: the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. | 1 |
Centurion Hall puts South Africa in driver #39;s seat: Sports India, Cricket: Kanpur, Nov 21 : Stopgap opener Andrew Hall scored his maiden Test century and debutant Zander de Bruyn made 83 Sunday to give South Africa a vice-like grip on the second day of the first Test against India at the Green Park | 1 |
Study: Humans Were Born to Run More than by brain size or tool-making ability, the human species was set apart from its ancestors by the ability to jog mile after lung-stabbing mile with greater endurance than any other primate, according to research published today in the journal | 3 |
It #39;s been emotional says proud coach GRAHAM HENRY admitted he was mentally shattered after coming through an emotional return to Cardiff with his pride intact - but only just. | 1 |
World Briefs Column A family tug-of-war over whether to reveal Yasser Arafat #39;s cause of death bubbled over in public yesterday, with a brother of the late leader insisting the Palestinian people are entitled to know. | 0 |
British Labor government to step up anti-terror laws if wins next British Home Secretary David Blunkett on Sunday unveiled proposals for more far-reaching laws to tackle terrorism if the Labor government wins the next election widely expected in May next year. | 0 |
Iraq Delays Elections to Jan. 30 Iraqi officials say Jan. 30 has been set as the new date for the war-torn country #39;s first national elections since a US-led military coalition toppled Saddam Hussein #39;s regime. | 0 |
Three More Bodies Found in Iraq #39;s Restive Mosul The bodies of three men killed by insurgents were found on a street in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, a day after US troops in the city discovered the bodies of nine Iraqi soldiers who had been shot in the head. | 0 |
Ambanis seek to resolve ownership issue A family meeting of Ambanis to resolve differences over the ownership issue in India #39;s largest corporate house - Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is likely to take place tomorrow in Mumbai. | 2 |
SEC revises standards for securities brokers The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is giving securities brokers up to November 2005 to shift to the use of risk-based capital adequacy standards from the current net capital standards. | 2 |
Power restored to portions of Bay Area Power is returning to many residents in the Bay Area this morning with all outages expected to end by 1 pm today, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. | 2 |
Artest To Get 30-Day Suspension For Brawl, Station Reports The National Basketball Association suspended four players involved in Friday night #39;s fight at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The NBA is expected to formally announce the suspensions as early as today for their | 1 |
Alabama Notebook TUSCALOOSA - Alabama head coach Mike Shula received a heavy dose of criticism earlier this season for choosing to punt on fourth-and-short in a loss to Arkansas. | 1 |
US birdie assault seizes UBS Cup lead The United States team wasn #39;t able to stop the juggernaut that is the partnership of Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer, but little else slowed it down in a record-setting | 1 |
Dollar Forecast Most Bearish in 18 Months, Trader Survey Says Currency traders, investors and strategists are more bearish on the dollar than at any time in the past 18 months, a Bloomberg News survey indicates. | 0 |
Iraq Sets Election Date But Unrest Threatens Poll Iraq chose Jan. 30 for its first democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time. | 0 |
U.S. Urges Israel to Smooth Way for Palestinian Vote RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy said before a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian presidential election scheduled for January. | 0 |
Blair Puts Security at Heart of Pre-Election Plans LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Tony Blair will spell out this week his legislative plans for the next session of parliament -- tantamount to an election manifesto, with the prime minister expected to go to the polls in May next year. | 0 |
Blunkett moots 'proof-lite' Internet and banking banning orders Curfews for those thought to be thinking about terror | 3 |
Snow: U.S. Deficits to Fall BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday he assured members of the Group of 20 nations that Washington will slash deficits they blame for a falling dollar and repeated his call for stronger European growth. | 2 |
Senate Confirms Treasury's Bitsberger (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Sunday confirmed\Timothy Bitsberger as assistant secretary for financial\markets, the key debt market post in the Treasury Department. | 0 |
San Francisco hotel lockout ends; talks to continue SAN FRANCISCO - Employers agreed to end their lockout of workers at 14 San Francisco hotels and resume negotiations with UNITE HERE! | 2 |
SEC inks deal for online posting of financial statements THE SECURITIES Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a 128-million-peso contract with several information technology firms to help develop the agency #39;s online reporting system for Philippine companies. | 2 |
Yuan peg to ease #39;in stability #39; CHINESE President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart George W. Bush that Beijing planned to loosen the yuan #39;s decade-old peg to the dollar, but only under stable economic conditions, an official said. | 2 |
Mine fire kills 33 in north China province Thirty-three are dead and 61 missing after a mine fire in north China #39;s Hebei Province, Sunday. The fire began at 10:30 am Saturday in the Baita Township of Shahe, trapping 106 miners underground. | 0 |
Peoplesoft rejects new Oracle bid Peoplesoft rejects a takeover bid from rival Oracle for the sixth time in the last 18 months calling the offer "inadequate". | 2 |
Peoplesoft rejects new Oracle bid Software company Peoplesoft has formally rejected a takeover bid from rival Oracle for a sixth time. The rejection came after about 61 of shareholders in the California-based business software firm backed Oracle #39;s \$9.2bn (4.9bn) approach. | 2 |
Kmart #39;s man of mystery Eddie Lampert, engineer of the Kmart-Sears merger, is as secretive as he is successful. Even Aylwin Lewis, the executive hired by Lampert last month to run Kmart, had no idea that his new | 2 |
NZ #39;friends #39; to push for free trade with US New Zealand #39;s quot;friends quot; in Washington will soon make another push to have the administration consider a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and NZ, Prime Minister Helen Clark said yesterday. | 2 |
Roubles on the trade agenda New Zealand and Russia are on the verge of forming a stronger trading relationship, but moves are likely to stop short of a full free trade deal until Russia becomes a member of the World Trade Organisation. | 2 |
Nintendo DS goes on sale in America Nintendo starts its campaign to stop Sony taking over the handheld gaming market with the launch of its new handheld console the Nintendo DS today in the US. | 3 |
Google introduces new research tool (AP) - Online search engine leader Google is setting out make better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the Web. The company #39;s new service, unveiled late Wednesday at scholar | 3 |
Casey shines in England golf win Paul Casey, with another inspired putting display, and Luke Donald have earned England a one-shot victory over home favourites Spain in the WGC-World Cup of Golf. | 1 |
Boxing: Ronald Wright retains titles Ronald Wright used an effective right jab to retain his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council junior middleweight titles when posting a majority decision over former champion Shane Mosley in Las Vegas yesterday. | 1 |
NZ withstands Welsh passion The All Blacks coach was also correct when he said Wales were a team worthy of respect. Whether he showed enough with his team selection is debatable but what is beyond dispute is that | 1 |
55 killed in China plane crash: World News: Hohhot (China), Nov 21 : A total of 55 people, including two men on the ground, were killed when a commuter plane crashed into a frozen lake in China soon after take-off in Inner Mongolia Sunday, Xinhua reports. | 0 |
India pulls 3000 troops from Kashmir India had pulled about 3000 troops out of Kashmir in a planned withdrawal, officials said yesterday, as the peace process between New Delhi and Islamabad came under strain. | 0 |
Swapo party wins Namibia elections Namibian President Sam Nujoma #39;s chosen successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won a landslide victory with 75 of the vote in the country #39;s third elections since independence, according to official results. | 0 |
BLUSHES IN BLUE FLOWING football it was not. Neither did the expected goal glut at Stamford Bridge materialise. Instead, Chelsea came crashing down to earth on home ground, of all places, as Bolton caused one of the biggest surprises of the season so far. | 1 |
Five killed in Brazil land clash Five rural workers are shot dead in the most violent incident in Brazil's land row since the president took power. | 0 |
Sinn Fein leader 'regrets' bombs Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams says he "regrets" the Birmingham pub bombings on the 30th anniversary of the attacks. | 0 |
Moscow sets date to auction Yukos unit The Russian government plans to sell a majority stake in the main production unit of oil giant OAO Yukos at an auction on December 19. | 2 |
Big 6 banks poised for profit slowdown, but still expect double <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Canada #39;s big banks, reporting year-end results over the next two weeks, will show a definite deceleration in growth, but analysts say they are still poised to ring up double-digit profit increases. | 2 |
Google #39;s Caution Google #39;s (Nasdaq: GOOG) shares slid 3 Thursday as investors worried that the search-engine outfit may not be invincible after all. | 3 |
#39;Electronic eye #39; helps blind cross the road An electronic quot;artificial eye quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road. | 3 |
Beer-swilling idiots should bear most of the blame There #39;s a common misconception in the world of sports often voiced by beer-toting fans as if it were defensible in a court of law. | 1 |
Boy becomes a Manning ANOTHER LOSS meant another sleepless night for New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin. It was 3 am Monday morning, less than 12 hours after his team had lost to the Arizona Cardinals | 1 |
Britain to Tighten Anti-Terror Laws LONDON, November 21 (IslamOnline.net amp; News Agencies) - Britain will adopt a set of tightened anti-terror laws in case Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s Labor Party wins the general elections, due next year, the home secretary said on Sunday, November 21. | 0 |
India PM courts north-east rebels India #39;s prime minister has urged militant separatists in the north-east to join negotiations with the federal government and end decades of strife. | 0 |
Bofra exploit hits our ad serving supplier <strong>Important notice</strong> Some <cite>Reg</cite> readers may be infected | 3 |
Stelco #39;s bankruptcy restructuring looks more like an auction 10 <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The steel market has been hotter than a blast furnace lately. So, too, are critics of Stelco Inc., who question whether the company should have been declared insolvent ahead of such strong market conditions. | 2 |
McNair In, Brown Out at QB for Titans (AP) AP - Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair returned to the starting lineup Sunday, but running back Chris Brown was inactive against the Jacksonville Jaguars. | 1 |
Bahrain Activist Pardoned by King Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a human rights activist who convicted of inciting hatred of the government and sentenced to one year in prison Sunday in a case linked to criticism of the prime minister. | 0 |
Report Says Congress Must Fix Amtrak (AP) AP - Though Congress approved a #36;1.2 billion subsidy for Amtrak, the money-losing passenger railroad still is careening toward a major disruption in service. | 0 |
China Builds Trade Ties With South America BUENOS AIRES -- Chinese President Hu Jintao ended a two-day visit to Argentina with the prize he had sought -- the coveted status of quot;market economy quot; -- and pledges of investment and trade, in a regional tour that highlights China #39;s new outward-looking | 2 |
Debt relief for Iraq Paris - The Paris Club of creditor nations, with the exception of Russia, has reached an agreement in principle to slash debts Iraq owes to the group by up to 80, a well-placed official said on Sunday. | 0 |
ANALYSIS: Dollar Fall Will Come at a Price for All WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to turn a blind eye to the sliding dollar and a deaf ear to protests about its fall, but experts smell trouble for all in what looks like an effective devaluation of the world's reserve currency. | 2 |
Three ministers face the boot amid fears of a Zanu PF rift As the Zanu PF story takes new twists and political intrigue continues, three Cabinet ministers and a provincial governor face the sack for their role in the much-publicised Tsholotsho Declaration. | 0 |
Amtrak in Another Hole with \$1.3 Bln Loss WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak is in another financial hole after posting a \$1.3 billion operating loss last fiscal year and again receiving far less than it requested in federal subsidies, an influential transportation watchdog said on Sunday. | 2 |
The fizz could go out of Sears merger euphoria New York -- Few things stir the heart of stock investors like a huge merger deal. And last week #39;s shotgun wedding between Kmart and Sears, two limping retailers, was no exception. | 2 |
G-20 skirts sliding dollar Finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich or emerging countries have wrapped up a two-day summit in Berlin without making explicit reference to the sagging value of the US dollar against the euro. | 2 |
Investors may see more put on trial GREENVILLE, SC - After nearly two years and two trials, Attorney General Henry McMaster said the investigation is continuing into the collapse of Carolina Investors Inc. | 2 |
Community Tries to Revive Cuba's Chinatown (AP) AP - At first glance, Havana's Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza, and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists and Hispanics. | 0 |
Space-flight pioneer predicts 3,000 quot;astronauts quot; in 5 years Burt Rutan, a maverick aviator with Elvis-like sideburns, spread his futuristic vision last week of space travel no longer dominated by the government but by daring engineers such as himself. | 3 |
Virus protection for cell phones on the way Anti-virus protection will ship later this month with some new phones in Japan, a harbinger of cellular threats to come. Security products are already available for handheld | 3 |
Consumers could be the losers in battle for next-generation DVD standard (AFP) AFP - As videocassettes fade into history, a full-fledged battle is on to establish the next standard of DVDs which could open up a new realm of possibilities in interactive home entertainment. | 3 |
TOP UK MINISTER GOES... NUTS OVER HER BORN blind, Mr David Blunkett had to work harder than most to become Home Secretary, which makes him one of the most powerful men in Britain. | 0 |
NBA smackdown The NBA suspended four players indefinitely yesterday for their involvement in one of the worst fights in professional sports history Friday, in which players stormed into the stands and exchanged blows with fans. | 1 |
Wales finish by making right sort of splash WELSHMEN Phillip Price and Bradley Dredge had to birdie the final three holes to remain in contention at the World Cup in Spain. The Wales duo had slipped way off the hot foursomes pace being set by England #39;s | 1 |
Nou or never for samba stars STRIKERS Ronaldinho and Ronaldo face each other for the first time in tonight #39;s eagerly anticipated league clash of Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid. | 1 |
McNair to start; Titans without Brown against Jags Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans will have Steve McNair back at quarterback for Sunday #39;s game against Jacksonville, but running back Chris Brown was inactive because of a turf toe injury. | 1 |
Iran to go ahead with nuke act suspension Iran said yesterday it was still committed to suspending its sensitive uranium enrichment activities as of today and that alarm over its nuclear activities was merely quot;propaganda quot;. | 0 |
Thirty-three dead, 61 missing after fire in five Chinese mines BEIJING : Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead and 61 others were missing after a fire at five iron ore mines in northern China. | 0 |
Israel Hit by Worst Locust Plague Since 1950s (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of locusts swarmed through\Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat on Sunday, devouring\crops and flowers in the country's south. | 3 |
Bush Has a Plan to Create Jobs (AP) AP - Hiring is picking up and President Bush is on track to preside over job growth in his second term, shedding the Herbert Hoover label of being the first president since the Great Depression to lose jobs under his watch. | 0 |
Rehnquist's Status Still a Mystery (AP) AP - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's health is shrouded in mystery, the extent of his thyroid cancer a closely guarded secret. Several coming events could give the public an idea about the seriousness of his condition. | 0 |
Lawmaker: White House Key to U.S. Intelligence Reform (Reuters) Reuters - The Republican chairman of the\Senate Intelligence Committee on Sunday blamed the White House\and Pentagon for resisting intelligence reform and gave the\U.S. Congress a failing grade for not passing legislation. | 0 |
U.S. Urges Israel to Smooth Way for Palestinian Vote RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy said before a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian presidential election set for Jan. 9. | 0 |
Ukrainians Vote for New President in Landmark Poll KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainians voted for a new president on Sunday, choosing between their Russian-backed prime minister and a West-leaning liberal in a tight contest many fear could degenerate into turmoil. | 0 |
Bush Pledges Immigration Reform at Asia-Pacific Summit SANTIAGO (Reuters) - President Bush reached out to Latin America on Sunday with a pledge to pursue immigration reform but a security scuffle that he inserted himself into created a lasting image for this year's summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. | 0 |
Iran Bars National Geographic Over Map Dispute TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran banned National Geographic reporters and sales of the magazine until it corrects an atlas it published using a disputed name for waters off the Islamic Republic's south coast. | 0 |
New clashes erupt in west Nepal At least 10 Nepalese troops are killed in clashes with rebels who lost 16 of their men, the army says. | 0 |
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