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Analysis: China #39;s risks in investing in Argentina China could be Argentina #39;s next best friend, especially at a time when the country is facing more enemies than allies as it is now. | 1 |
Wireless Swatch Beams MSN Direct Services Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg said that smart watches take advantage of quot;invisible space, quot; items you carry with you that don #39;t take up any extra space. | 1 |
Paris 2012 accused over embassies Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee #39;s (IOC) ethical commission. | 1 |
Afghan campaign picks up as Karzai heads for Berlin Afghan President Hamid Karzai #39;s deputies campaigned for him on Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days later, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award. | 1 |
New Mexico #39;s Long gets extension through 2009 New Mexico, on the verge of going to a third straight bowl game, Tuesday gave coach Rocky Long a contract extension through 2009. While details of the new contract are still being worked | 1 |
More bodies found in Mosul US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against Iraq #39;s fledgling security forces. | 1 |
Man sentenced over movie downloads A JAPANESE court has sentenced a self-employed man to a one year suspended jail term for allowing free downloads of two popular Hollywood films through a popular file-sharing software program. | 1 |
Reports raise new questions on FDA oversight of drug safety New reports accuse another drug company of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market and question the ability of the federal Food and Drug Administration to protect the public from such risks. | 1 |
ADB upgrades RP #39;s GDP growth forecast The Asian Development Bank (ADB) upgraded its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the Philippines from 5 to 5.5, it was learned Wednesday. | 1 |
Baseball is back in DC Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Washington #39;s wait is over for the return of a Major League Baseball team, as it was announced on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to the nation #39;s capital in 2005. | 1 |
Up-and-down night in the ring Throughout these Olympic Games, United States boxing coach Basheer Abdullah has lamented that his young fighters weren #39;t listening to him. | 1 |
Spadafora appears in Allegheny County court PITTSBURGH The trial for a troubled boxer charged with shooting his then-girlfriend after a traffic mishap has been delayed until next month. | 1 |
Aussies learn lesson ADAM GILCHRIST has learned from history and has India cornered as Australia took wobbly steps towards a watershed Test win yesterday. | 1 |
Iraq's Chalabi Escapes Assassination, Arrest BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Ahmad Chalabi has survived again. Just after escaping an attempt to kill him Wednesday, he said an Iraqi court had dropped charges that could have put him in jail. | 1 |
Nuggets knock Pistons Helping the poor-shooting Nuggets get well with bad defense, the Pistons fell to 1-1 on their western trip, losing, 117-109, Thursday night at the Pepsi Center. | 1 |
P2P Use Increases as Students Return to Campus America #39;s students are back to school, but it seems they have yet to learn their lesson about file sharing. Despite the efforts of digital music services, record | 1 |
EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a month This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning) and open source initiatives are on the horizon. | 1 |
GARDEN PLOT: Naturalist to lecture Diana Beresford-Koeger, an Ontario horticulturist, naturalist and author, will appear at two events in Ann Arbor next weekend. She will lead a walking tour of trees in the Nichols Arboretum at 1 pm Oct. 16. | 1 |
A bargain hunter's paradise Massachusetts bargain hunters showed up in droves and shopped hard on yesterday's sales tax holiday, buying everything from treadmills and snow blowers to candles and chandeliers, and crediting the 5-percent tax break with bringing them into the stores. | 1 |
Cardinals show their power with 5 homers against Dodgers ST. LOUIS, Missouri Larry Walker savored the moment - make that moments - from the top step of the St. Louis Cardinals #39; dugout. | 1 |
Spain Wins Davis Cup As Moya Tops Roddick (AP) AP - Andy Roddick searched out Carlos Moya in the throng of jumping, screaming Spanish tennis players, hoping to shake hands. | 1 |
Expos Lose to Marlins 9-1 in Team #39;s Final Home Game in Montreal The Montreal Expos, the first Major League Baseball team based outside of the US, lost to the Florida Marlins 9-1 in the their final home game in Canada. | 1 |
With One Life to Live, the Red Sox Want It Now The Red Sox will either complete an amazing comeback tonight as the first team to rebound from a 3-0 deficit in postseason history, or the Yankees will stop them. | 1 |
Accused Taliban Fighter Gets Hearing (AP) AP - A 28-year-old Iraqi man accused of fighting for the ousted Taliban regime five years ago appeared Saturday before a military review tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an official said. | 1 |
Bush Touts U.S.-Backed Anti-Drug Efforts (AP) AP - President Bush aims to highlight the benefits of American drug-fighting aid in Colombia and boost a conservative Latin American leader with a brief, security-laden stop in the Andean nation. | 1 |
Greek plane lands in Ireland in second bomb alert in three days (AFP) AFP - An Olympic Airlines plane bound for New York was diverted to Ireland following a bomb alert, just three days after the Greek carrier was rocked by a similar incident, airport officials said. | 1 |
Science cracks killer bug's code Scientists have decoded the complete sequence of all DNA in the bacterium responsible for potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease. | 1 |
North Carolina pulls shocker on No. 4 Connecticut Connecticut missed shots, made turnovers and struggled at the free throw line. None of the mistakes caught coach Geno Auriemma off guard. | 1 |
Red Sox Top White Sox Manny Ramirez homered and drove in five runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7 Saturday for their fifth straight win. | 1 |
Unocal to pay villagers, fund improvements to settle rights case LOS ANGELES - Unocal Corp. will settle a human rights case filed over a pipeline in Southeast Asia by paying villagers and funding improvements to living conditions along the project route, lawyers on both sides said Monday. | 1 |
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Pass 1,000 BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes hammered suspected militant strongholds in Fallujah on Wednesday after a suicide bombing there and a series of attacks in Baghdad pushed the number of U.S... | 1 |
China's Yao set to carry Rockets with McGrady by his side (AFP) AFP - Yao Ming has cemented his stature as one of the dominant big men in the National Basketball Association, and now he has a chance to become an integral part of the league's most explosive one-two tandem. | 1 |
APHC under no pressure from Pak to hold talks with India: Masood ISLAMABAD, November 09 (Online): Pakistan on Monday dispelled the assertion of Indian Home Minister that Islamabad is pressurising Kashmiri leaders including All Parties Hurriyet Conference for holding talks with New Delhi. | 1 |
Commerce One patents auctioned for \$15.5 million About 40 patents owned by bankrupt software vendor Commerce Onewere auctioned for \$15.5 million in a San Francisco bankruptcy court Monday. | 1 |
Kovalainen stuns competition in com staff writers. The 2004 World Series by Nissan champion stunned the competition and the crowd at the Stade de France in Paris to walk away with the Race of Champions trophy. | 1 |
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. | 1 |
Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting opens in Hanoi The 5 th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 5) officially opened in Hanoi on Friday morning with the participation of top leaders and high-ranking officials from 39 ASEM member countries and more than 1,200 domestic and foreign reporters. | 1 |
Mobile brain help claim dismissed Experts have dismissed a suggestion that mobile phone radio waves could help children think more clearly. | 1 |
Tumbling dollar is bringing a global moment of truth WHEN the worlds leading currency goes on the slide, be braced for all manner of latent trouble to come to the fore. The slide in the greenback, renewed after disappointing US jobs numbers last Friday, is | 1 |
RIAA Expands P-to-P Lawsuits Latest round of legal action targets users of a variety of services, including eDonkey. | 1 |
U.S., G7 Allies Agree Iraq Debt Relief (Reuters) Reuters - The United States and its G7 allies have\reached agreement on a deal to forgive 80 of Iraq's huge debts\without imposing any conditions, a G7 official said on\Saturday. | 1 |
Sudan accuses UN of criticizing govt while ignoring rebel violence A Sudanese Cabinet minister slammed the latest UN report on Darfur, accusing the world body Saturday of overlooking violence committed | 1 |
AMD #39;s Sempron Set for Holiday Showdown with Centrino AMD has introduced its latest Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000, which is designed for thin notebooks. Built to compete with Intel #39;s Centrino, the AMD processor offers Enhanced Virus Protection | 1 |
Wi-Fi superchip threatens Bluetooth Bluetooth specialist CSR has packed a triple-mode a/b/g Wi-Fi adapter into a single ultra-small chip, complete with multiple antennas ready for 802. | 1 |
Gateway #39;s Return to Japan May Be Symbolic Gateway Computer is returning to the Japanese computer market, which it abandoned in 2001. But analysts wonder whether the computer manufacturer can make much money there; the market is mature, and it is dominated by local brands. | 1 |
Tokyo shares drop as USD weakens again Tokyo share prices slid overnight, on selling triggered by the dollar #39;s renewed slide against the yen. The fall in the greenback re-ignited concern over the impact not just on exporters but Japan #39;s export-led economic recovery, dealers said. | 1 |
Israeli Says Country Will Become Isolated (AP) AP - Israel is set on a collision course with the European Union and could turn into a pariah state, like South Africa during the apartheid years, if the Mideast conflict is not resolved, Israel's Foreign Ministry warns in a confidential 10-year forecast. | 1 |
Witness says CIA oversaw abuse at Abu Ghraib Witnesses in the trial of a US soldier charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib have told the court that the CIA sometimes directed abuse and orders were received from military command to toughen interrogations. | 1 |
Fourteen die as suicide bombs rock Baghdad and Mosul Suicide bombings yesterday in Baghdad and Mosul killed 14 people and wounded more than 60, many of them policemen, worsening a surge of violence across Iraq. | 1 |
Campaigns Leave Red State Arizona Behind (AP) AP - The presidential campaign has left Arizona behind. Democratic Sen. John Kerry made four visits and spent nearly #36;4 million on television commercials in an attempt to make the state competitive. But polls this fall show President Bush with a comfortable lead, and Ker... | 1 |
Yeltsin grandson joins Russian Midland F1 team The Russian-backed Midland Formula One team planned for 2006 has hired the grandson of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin as marketing director, Kommersant daily newspaper said on Wednesday. | 1 |
Rare Okapi Calf Doing Well at Mo. Zoo (AP) AP - A rare okapi #151; something of a cross between a giraffe and a zebra #151; born at the St. Louis Zoo this summer is doing well despite a shaky relationship with its mother, zoo officials said Wednesday. | 1 |
Organizers Call Off Blue-Gray Classic (AP) AP - The Blue-Gray All-Star Classic has been called off for the second time in three years because officials couldn't find a corporate sponsor for the Christmas Day showcase for aspiring NFL players. | 1 |
Airbus forecasts increased demand for its largest fleet Airbus, the world #39;s biggest maker of commercial aircraft, forecast yesterday that airlines will need 1,902 jumbo planes over the next 20 years -- more than double the forecast of its rival, The Boeing Co. | 1 |
October probably had job growth US employers probably added 175,000 workers to payrolls in October, the most in five months, while the unemployment rate held at a three-year low of 5.4 percent, the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists shows. | 1 |
Windies Clinch The Champions Trophy Thriller LONDON, UK : Sep 26 (PNS) - An unbeaten ninth wicket partnership of 71 runs between Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne led the West Indies to clinch the 2004 Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament defeating the hosts England by two wickets in the Finals | 1 |
Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers bizpile writes quot;Ireland has decided to take some extreme measures to crack down on one type of online scam. They have decided to suspend direct dialing to 13 countries (mostly South Pacific Islands) in order to halt the use of auto-dialers. | 1 |
US Consumer Confidence Falls in University Survey (Update4) US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell for a second month in September, tempered by slack job growth and near-record gasoline prices. | 1 |
Newspaper cites abuse at Guantanamo Uncooperative Guantanamo Bay detainees were regularly subjected to highly abusive treatment over a long period of time, unidentified guards at the US military base, intelligence agents, and others who worked in the prison told The New York Times. | 1 |
Auto sector woes highlight Germany's need for economic change (AFP) AFP - Germany's auto industry was once its pride and joy. | 1 |
US rosters set for swimming world meet INDIANAPOLIS - Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Beard head US rosters released Tuesday for next months short course world championships. | 1 |
Braves 3, Phillies 1 Replacement starter Travis Smith pitched five solid innings, Andruw Jones homered again and the Atlanta Braves buried Philadelphia a little deeper in the NL East, beating the Phillies 3-1 on Monday. | 1 |
UNCTAD Urges Complete Africa Debt Write-Off (Reuters) Reuters - Africa's debt must be completely written\off if the continent is to have a chance of meeting\international goals on reducing poverty, a United Nations body\argued on Thursday. | 1 |
Ex-Enron CEO Seeks Separate Trial (Reuters) Reuters - Lawyers for former Enron Corp.\(ENRNQ.PK) chief executive Jeffrey Skilling on Friday asked a\federal court to separate his trial from his former boss Ken\Lay's on charges linked to the downfall of the energy company. | 1 |
Stocks Seen Slightly Higher; Oil Slipping NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a slightly higher market open on Tuesday, as oil prices retreat and insurance stocks look to extend gains from Monday that were sparked by the resignation of a key figure in the investigation into the industry's business practi... | 1 |
Canadian Imperial 4th-Qtr Net Falls on Enron Charge (Update3) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the country #39;s fourth-largest bank, said fourth-quarter profit fell 14 percent as the lender took a provision for legal costs related to Enron Corp. | 1 |
New Afghan Army asserts itself Rivals in western Afghanistan agreed to a cease-fire last week after the arrival of the Afghan National Army. | 1 |
Another loss to BC crushes Notre Dame Its not surprising the Notre Dame players and coaches were using words like devastating, heartbreaking and unbelievable following Saturdays 24-23 home loss to Boston College. | 1 |
Out of the rut at last NEW YORK: Wall Street has finally broken to the upside after hovering in a narrow range for most of the year, and many analysts are optimistic going into the traditionally strong year-end period. | 1 |
Israeli helicopter fires missile at militants in Gaza An Israeli helicopter fired a missile early Thursday at a group of militants in northern Gaza during an army operation there, wounding at least one person, witnesses and hospital officials said. | 1 |
Professor declined to be expert witness for Sharman Sharman Networks #39; legal representative today revealed an e-mail stating that one of the witnesses for the Universal Music Australia parties had previously withdrawn an offer to be Sharman #39;s expert witness in the ongoing civil trial against the peer to | 1 |
Mets Meet Martnez for Dinner at Home Although Omar Minaya, the Mets' general manager, has not extended a contract offer, he is competing with the most prominent teams in baseball for Pedro Martnez. | 1 |
Bush Document Details Military Departure WASHINGTON - The White House said seven months ago that it had released all the records on President Bush's stateside military service during the Vietnam War, yet new records are still dribbling out as Election Day approaches. The White House on Wednesday night produced a Novemb... | 1 |
FCC approves Cingular/AWS merger WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the \$41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless LLC and AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. | 1 |
Salesforce.com Surges (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - With the Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - News) IPO extravaganza, it seems that it is the only high-profile offering for 2004. Well, there was another one: Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM - News). | 1 |
U.S. Unprepared Despite Progress, Experts Say The United States remains woefully unprepared to protect the public against terrorists wielding biological agents, according to government officials and specialists in bioterrorism and public health. | 1 |
Zimbabwe tobacco crop falls again Zimbabwe's tobacco crop, one of the country's main exportable commodities, falls for the fourth year running. | 1 |
EU hardens accession conditions The European Commission has signalled that it may suspend membership negotiations with candidate countries if they fail to meet tough EU criteria. | 1 |
Mark Thatcher court plea expected Sir Mark Thatcher will go before a South African court on Thursday on charges that he helped finance a foiled coup attempt. | 1 |
Harris Takes the Field Cornerback Walt Harris suits up for his first full practice as a Redskin on Monday after missing minicamp and the first two weeks of training camp. | 1 |
Open-source process server set for release More open-source software for businesses: The Apache Software Foundation is launching a project for a Java process automation server. | 1 |
Grandmother saves man from crocodile A 60-year-old women has become an unlikely Australian hero after jumping on the back of a 4m-long crocodile when it attacked a man asleep in a tent. | 1 |
Sun adds nVidia power to Java Workstations Sun Microsystems has added nVidia Quadro graphics technology to the Java Workstations it detailed last month. The vendor has included the technology in its W1100z and W2100z models, which are based on AMD | 1 |
Artist formerly known as Artest The basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest apparently is a Renaissance man to a fault. At least his last name is convenient, as either Artest or Artist, a straight-up, vowel-centered exchange | 1 |
Israelis, Palestinians at Odds Over U.S. Election JERUSALEM (Reuters) - If Israeli settler Rachel Saperstein could decide the outcome of the U.S. election, President Bush would beat Democratic challenger John Kerry by a landslide. | 1 |
Mexican firm buys RMC for 2.3bn RMC, the world #39;s biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete, has agreed a 2.3bn takeover deal from Cemex of Mexico, raising fears of job cuts and quarry closures. | 1 |
Two killed in attempt to bomb campaign office of Afghan president (AFP) AFP - Two men were killed when a bomb exploded as they were planting it outside a regional electoral campaign office of Afghanistan's US-backed President Hamid Karzai, an official said. | 1 |
Kremlin Choice Appears to Win in Chechnya GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-battered Chechnya overwhelmingly won an election that opponents claimed was riddled with fraud, news agencies reported Monday, citing preliminary results. Although the Kremlin portrayed Sunday's election as a... | 1 |
Maddox Knows How Rookie Quarterback Feels (AP) AP - Tommy Maddox can only stand on the sideline and watch Sunday as Steelers rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger runs the offense Maddox expected to run in Miami. Throws the passes Maddox expected to throw. Leads the team Maddox expected to lead. | 1 |
Cerberus to Buy LNR Property for Cash Riley Property Holdings LLC, a new company majority owned by affiliates of New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, agreed to purchase LNR Property Corp. | 1 |
Ukrainian cops search homes of opposition activists in runup to election (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian police and state security agents searched the apartments of two opposition activists Friday, just over a week before the country's hotly contested presidential election, a news repor... | 1 |
Congressman's New Job Is Top Drug Lobbyist (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON #8212; The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday named as its top lobbyist a longtime congressman who had been among those overseeing it. The new job is said to come with a #36;1-million-plus salary. | 1 |
Shell Malaysias Jintan gas field starts work SHELL Malaysia #39;s Jintan field, located about 275km north west of Bintulu, offshore Sarawak, came onstream on Aug 31. Jintan is the second gas field brought into production, following Serai which came onstream | 1 |
Astros Lead Braves 7-1 Midway Through 5 ATLANTA - The Houston Astros got a break when illness prevented Roger Clemens from pitching as scheduled in the team's NL wild-card berth clincher. Because Clemens missed Sunday's game, the Rocket started against the Atlanta Braves in the NL division series opener Wednesday... | 1 |
Former Steeler killed in crash Former Steelers offensive lineman Justin Strzelczyk died yesterday morning in a fiery collision with a tractor-trailer near Herkimer, NY, after leading police on | 1 |
Nintendo DS Launches in the US 300-plus people lineup at the EB Games in Universal City. And then the PictoChatting begins. November 21, 2004 - Who says Nintendo doesn #39;t know how to throw a party? | 1 |
AMD pushes desktop performance with new chips OCTOBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today unveiled its most powerful desktop processors to date, a few days after rival Intel Corp. | 1 |
China #39;s high-tech hero Liu Chuanzhi,chairman of Lenovo, theChinese computer company, clearly recalls his early tentative dealings with International Business Machines, the mighty US technology group, in 1985. | 1 |
Paris Fetes 1944 Liberation from Nazi Occupation World War II tanks rumbled through Paris on Wednesday and thousands of Parisians danced in the streets to re-enact the arrival of French and US forces 60 years ago to liberate | 1 |
Olympic Champ Hamilton Denies Wrongdoing (AP) AP - Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton declared his innocence Tuesday while awaiting results of backup tests for possible blood doping that could cost him the gold medal. | 1 |
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