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Alcatel wins \$1.7 billion SBC contractSBC Communications taps the French telecom equipment maker to upgrade its network with fiber-optic technology.	3
Wild Oats sees 3Q, full-year lossesShares plunge, company says to miss Wall Street forecasts as price cuts, expansion squeeze margins. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wild Oats Markets Inc.	2
Coup plot nations seeks to quiz ThatcherSouth Africa is considering a request by Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher about his alleged involvement in a foiled coup plot in the oil-rich west African nation.	0
ConocoPhilipps wins stake in Russia's Lukoil for nearly #36;2 billion US (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - In a deal paving the way for future joint ventures, U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has won an auction with a bid of nearly #36;2 billion US for the Russian government's 7.6 per cent stake in Russia's Lukoil - the world's No. #160;2 oil company by reserves.	0
#39;Killer #39; Owen on the looseEngland striker Michael Owen didn #39;t have a nickname in Spain until Sunday, but he may have now, with sports daily Marca dubbing him #39;killer #39; after he got the only goal of Real Madrid #39;s 1-0 win over Valencia.	1
Oil hits high on Nigeria threatLONDON, England -- Oil prices have surged to historic levels as a threat of civil war in Nigeria adds to concerns over tight global supplies.	2
Japan's Nikkei Average Closes Lower TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average closed 0.72 percent lower on Tuesday after weak industrial output data sapped investor appetite for technology issues, but declines were limited as the dollar firmed against the yen for a second day.	2
Iran Announces Delays in First Nuclear Reactor Coming on LineIran says its first nuclear reactor, being built with the help of Russia, will not go on line until October 2006, a year later than planned.	0
Arafat, Musharraf shake logjamAlthough the veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan have little in common, their recent moves have given a jolt to two long frozen conflicts -- the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio and the Indo-Pakistan struggle	0
General: Bin Laden Likely Issuing Orders (AP)AP - The trail has gone cold in the hunt for suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden three years after the audacious attacks, but the al-Qaida chief and his No. 2 are still orchestrating strikes like the recent suicide car bombing of a U.S. security firm in Kabul, a top American commander said Saturday.	0
Glaxo Settles Paxil #39;Suicide Pill #39; SuitGlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York	2
Iran delivers missile to its armed forces after successful testTEHRAN: Iran has added one more missile to its military arsenal after it was successfully test-fired during military exercises by the Revolutionary Guards, which began on September 12.	0
Nigeria fuel strike 'to go ahead'Nigeria's union boss vows to go ahead with a four-day strike from Monday against fuel prices rises.	0
Reports: Sharon Approves North Gaza Pullback GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave the go-ahead on Thursday for troops to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza, media reports said, shortly after they killed the 100th Palestinian in the largest Gaza offensive in four years.	0
ANZ, Royal Group Join on Bank in CambodiaAustralian bank ANZ and Cambodia #39;s Royal Group have teamed up in a \$18 million venture that will bring electronic banking to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, company officials said Tuesday.	2
No reservations about Zimbabwe tour, says VaughanMichael Vaughan has insisted that no member of his side has reservations about the decision to tour Zimbabwe for five one-day internationals later this year.	1
Handing out A -- for advantageIt #39;s a no-brainer, a Red Sox pitcher suggested when he was asked which team he would rather face in the postseason. quot;Are you kidding?	1
DC wins MLS CupCARSON, CA (Nov 14, 2004) - DC United won the 2004 MLS Cup on Sunday after playing a man down for most of the second half. United celebrates their record fourth Major League Soccer championship.	1
Bush Takes On Direct Role in Shaping Election TacticsMixed in with daily updates on security, the president receives a quick campaign overview from Karl Rove.	0
Suicide car bombs kill 20 IraqisBAGHDAD/FALLUJA, OCT 23: A suicide car bomb exploded near a US marine base in western Iraq on Saturday, killing 16 Iraqi policemen and wounding up to 40.	0
Woods Wins Exhibition Tournament to End SlumpAmerican Tiger Woods has won the annual exhibition golf tournament he hosts, posting a two-stroke victory over Padraig Harrington of Ireland at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California.	1
Ask Jeeves Hoping to Outshine GoogleHoping to emerge from the shadow of its more popular rivals, Ask Jeeves Inc. is adding new tools for visitors to save and organize links to Web pages they find through the company's online search engine.	3
AT T woos international markets with VOIP projectsAT T Corp. Wednesday announced a number of VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) initiatives, such as a program to develop common standards for the technology and an expansion of its international VOIP remote worker pilot project. But as the company tries to draw more corporate users to VOIP, its own research, also published Wednesday, showed that concerns about the quality of service continue to dog the market as a whole.	3
CapitalSource's Especially Warm ReceptionInvestor conferences put on by public companies tend to be upbeat affairs. That was indeed the case at CapitalSource Inc. 's annual presentation to research analysts. About 125 people -- mostly the youngish, mathy types who follow financial service companies for Wall Street -- were crammed into the Fairmont hotel in Foggy Bottom to listen to a procession of crisp, data-laden speeches about CapitalSource.	2
Stewart Asks to Serve Sentence SoonNEW YORK - Millionaire executive Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she had decided to begin her prison sentence for lying about a stock trade as soon as possible. ""I must reclaim my good life,"" she said, adding she hoped to be home in time to plant a spring garden...	0
NBA Suspends Artest for Remainder of Season NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on Sunday, suspending Indiana's Ron Artest for the remainder of the season for his part in a brawl between the Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.	1
Australian Labor to Raise Pensions, Fund Grandparents (Update3)Australia #39;s main opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham targeted aged voters in his official election campaign launch today, promising to provide free hospital care for people over	0
No fun for game developersAn anonymous essay criticizing video game publisher Electronic Arts is unleashing a torrent of complaints about work practices in the game world. Missing Links	3
Rossi on provisional front rowauloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha YZR-M1 to third place in today #39;s provisional qualifying order at Sepang.	1
Death toll rises to 63 in Shaanxi coalmine explosionAt least 63 miners have been killed in the Chenjiashan coal mine gas explosion in Northwest China #39;s Shaanxi Province and more than 100 miners remained trapped underground.	0
Gazprom sets up new daughter company GazpromneftMOSCOW, November 1 (Itar-Tass) - Gazproms chief Alexei Miller has signed a document that founds the open joint stock company Gazpromneft and appoints as its director general Sergei Bogdanchikov, president of Rosneft, PRIME-TASS reported on Monday.	2
Where's the spark on power line Net?The NYT has an optimistic overview on broadband over power lines, calling it ""the ultimate plug and play."" Broadband Blog	3
Why Sprint And Nextel Got Hitched (BusinessWeek Online)BusinessWeek Online - In the world of big-time telecom, the Baby Bells have been hogging the spotlight as they bulk up to compete against an onslaught of new technology -- and their arch-rivals, the cable companies. For competitors hovering outside the Bells' territory, that sends a stark message: Team up or get smashed. Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. chose the former, announcing on Dec. 15 a #36;35 billion deal to merge into the third-largest wireless powerhouse. With a market capitalization of #36;70 billion, the new Reston (Va. ...	3
IBM Agrees to Settle Part of Federal Pension Lawsuit (Update2)International Business Machines Corp., the world #39;s largest computer maker, said it will settle part of a federal lawsuit that claimed the company #39;s pension plan discriminated against 130,000 older workers.	2
Ukraine Parliament Votes for Sweeping Electoral ChangesIn the biggest shift, legislators gave themselves the power to elect the premier, removing that choice from the president.	0
Impact of Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Felt at Marsh and BeyondNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer #39;s filing last Thursday of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is expected to reach into the insurance	2
Pay phones have become an old-fashioned hang-upThere are 1.1 million fossils in the collection of Harvard's Museum of Natural History: invertebrate, vertebrate, and one of more recent origin. Insert 50 cents, and it lets you make a phone call.	2
Search And Ye Shall Find. . .IBM?John, TechWeb.com. The search wars rage on. It seems as if every large e-business company thinks that search is the key to building its business to the next level.	3
Open-Source Developers Cheer New Linux Base StandardThe Free Standards Group will announce on Tuesday the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, and that this standard has the support of almost all global Linux distribution vendors.	3
Branson fires up space flight planAUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin #39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and	3
Emlyn Hughes dies, 57Liverpool, Nov 9 -- Emlyn Hughes, the former Liverpool and England football captain and TV personality, has died of cancer after battling a brain tumour for the last 15 months on Tuesday, aged 57.	1
Sharing wealth was golden ideaKindergarten must have been good to LeBron James. With sharing at the top of that year's lesson plan, James might have collected a lot of gold stars for his behavior.	1
Somali Parliament Sworn In as Clan Dispute FlaresNAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country #39;s first national government since 1991.	0
Informer (Forbes.com)Forbes.com - In September 2003 Waddell amp; Reed Financial boss Keith A. Tucker and retired president Robert L. Hechler sued anonymously to stop accountancy KPMG from fingering them to the Internal Revenue Service as users of a questionable tax shelter. The pair lost, but the case stalled disclosure of their names until April. Hechler says in a new lawsuit that the IRS missed the Apr. 15, 2004 deadline for challenging his 2000 tax return within three years of filing and that the federal judge who said the executives were ""trying to run out the clock"" wrongly extended the deadline. ...	2
Rescue attempt underway for ill-fated transatlantic rower from Germany (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Floating in the Atlantic Ocean, his life raft deflated, a man who has failed in his bid to row from the United States to England was counting on a Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter to pluck him from water Thursday.	0
Olympic Results: Tuesday, August 24Australia has pulled off an upset win in the Olympic baseball semi-final, defeating gold medal favorite Japan, 1-0. Two Australian pitchers shut down Japan #39;s all-professional lineup Tuesday while Aussie first	1
Frances postpones gamesFlorida State and Miami will still play in prime time, just four days later than planned.	1
Peoplesoft Partners Shocked, ThrilledCompany founder and former CEO Dave Duffield is now back aboard full time, replacing the ousted former CEO Craig Conway. Solution providers, while shocked at Conway #39;s unexpected departure, were largely thrilled that Duffield is back full throttle.	2
Bush administration takes emergency steps to avoid debt ceiling (AFP)AFP - US President George W. Bush's administration weathered a pre-election mauling as it announced emergency measures to skirt a 7.38-trillion-dollar debt limit.	0
AOL Reverse Course, Readopts Microsoft Antispam TechAfter dropping support for Microsoft #39;s Sender ID antispam technology last month, AOL announced this week that it #39;s once again supporting the technology, thanks to some changes Microsoft recently made.	3
Chicken Genome Should Boost DNA ResearchIn their first detailed and comprehensive look at the DNA of chickens, scientists have found that 60 percent of the bird #39;s genes have close cousins in humans.	3
Gretzky Fears for NHLWayne Gretzky fears the NHL could be shut down for as long as two years if a labor deal is not reached soon.	1
Oil, Drug Woes Send Stocks Down NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried that oil's jump to a record \$53 a barrel would hurt consumer spending and cut into corporate profits.	2
U.S. Middle East Project to Leave Politics Alone DUBAI (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official appointed to a controversial multi-million dollar project to promote democracy in Arab countries insists he will not meddle in the politics of the region.	0
Presidential candidates differ in IT questionnaireThe Computing Technology Industry Association asked both campaigns to answer 12 technology-related questions to help the trade group's 20,000 members get information about their views.	3
Video games the answer to society #39;s happinessIt #39;s almost the end of the semester and many male students are turning to video games, instead of the Internet, to relieve some much built-up stress.	3
US Attacks Falluja Rebels, Aid Convoy on Move FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines lobbed mortar rounds at rebels in Falluja Saturday during a five-day-old assault that has caused a ""catastrophe"" for civilians there and fueled a revolt in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.	0
Ryder Cup Just One More Disappointment for WoodsIf Tiger Woods has endured a more challenging year as a professional golfer, he cannot recall when that was.	1
Group B: Real breeze through behind BayerReal knew they had to win against the Italians to be assured of a place in the next round and went ahead in the ninth minute when after a lengthy passing move, Zinedine Zidane put in Ronaldo and the Brazilian lifted the ball past the advancing Roma keeper	1
Source: Bears Intend to Sign QB George (AP)AP - Struggling desperately at quarterback, the Chicago Bears intend to sign veteran Jeff George, a team source said Saturday night.	1
More than 100 Iraqis demand release of Margaret HassanAbout 150 Iraqis, many of them recipients of humanitarian aid, rallied Monday in front of the Baghdad offices of CARE International to demand the release of aid worker Margaret Hassan.	0
BAR not ready to beat Ferrari - SatoBAR has a long way to go before it can dream of regularly beating world champion team Ferrari, 2005 driver Takuma Sato said on Wednesday.	1
Creative declares war on AppleEXPECT to see and hear Creative Technology everywhere as it embarks on a worldwide marketing campaign to snatch dominance of the digital music player market from Apple Computer.	3
Medtronic Net Up on Higher ICD Sales (Reuters)Reuters - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) on Wednesday\said its quarterly earnings rose on surprisingly brisk demand\for devices that slow racing heartbeats, offsetting a\weaker-than-expected performance in some of its other\businesses.	2
BISHOPS WORRIED ABOUT ITALIAN HOSTAGES(AGI) - Vatican City, Sept. 24 - In these hours, the quot;incessant prayer of the Christian community continues quot; for the liberation of the two Italian hostages in Iraq.	0
Army Reservist Pleads Guilty in Iraq Prison AbuseThe highest ranking soldier charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib has pleaded guilty to five charges. US Army reservist Staff Sergeant Ivan quot;Chip quot; Frederick made the plea as a two-day court-martial opened at a US base in Baghdad.	0
Caller ID spoof masks real callersNew technology can trick US caller-ID services into displaying someone else #39;s name and telephone number, the Washington Post reported Saturday.	3
Hewitt in 5th gearLLEYTON Hewitt stepped up his preparation for the US Open with a convincing 6-3 6-4 win over Gilles Muller in the final of the Washington Open yesterday.	1
MmO2 leapfrogs rivals with super-fast 3GTelecoms provider mmO2 says it will adopt extra fast 3G network technology from next summer, although the ultra-high-speed network initially will be available only in the Isle of Man.	3
NBA Wrap: Garnett Leads Timberwolves' Rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kevin Garnett just missed out on a triple-double with 21 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a gritty 83-82 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.	1
Gordon CooperGordon Cooper, the former astronaut who died on Monday aged 77, played an important part in the American space programme which culminated in the first manned flight to the moon in 1969.	3
Payless ShoeSource to restructure as August same-store sales fallFootwear retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. said Thursday it will restructure its operations and cut jobs in a move to reduce administrative expenses by about \$12 million a year.	2
A Seashore Fight to Harness the WindA proposal to build the world's largest offshore wind power plant in Nantucket Sound is pitting environmentalists against opponents who foresee it as a blight.	3
Children #39;s sign language reflects linguistic rulesWASHINGTON - A new form of sign language created by deaf children in Nicaragua may offer clues about how language evolves, researchers say.	3
International Group Teams Against SpamTask force plans antispam campaign, from education to cross-border legal efforts.	3
Hurricane Jeanne Washes Out Rays/Jays Game for Sunday ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Sports Network) - The threat of Hurricane Jeanne has forced the cancellation of Sunday's game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.	1
Kerry: 'We Can, We Must' Win Terror War (AP)AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush was wrong when he suggested that victory against terrorism might be impossible, declaring that he has a plan to defeat those who threaten the United States.	0
Sudan Links Southern Peace Talks to Darfur RebellionSudan accused southern rebel leader John Garang of backing an uprising in Darfur in the west, and said his support for western rebels could undermine talks to end 21 years of civil war in southern Sudan, a news agency with close links	0
Verizon Adds Shopping Tools to SuperPages.com (Reuters)Reuters - Verizon SuperPages.com said on\Friday it has teamed up with eBay and Shopping.com\ for the roll-out of new shopping tools on its online\Yellow Pages site.	3
Treasuries Up; Economy's Strength Doubted (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on\Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as\doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal\Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted.	2
House Ups Prison Time For Domain FraudstersThe US House of Representatives Tuesday passed by voice vote a bill that would boost prison time for scammers who register Web sites under false pretenses.	3
Cowboys and Browns Swap Receivers IRVING, Texas (Sports Network) - The Dallas Cowboys dealt wide receiver Antonio Bryant to the Cleveland Browns Tuesday in exchange for wide receiver Quincy Morgan.	1
Norwegian Mistakenly Burns Cash for Heat (AP)AP - A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way.	0
Intel Shows Mystery Dual-Core Desktop ChipWell, Intel did say - dismissively of course - that wasn #39;t going to try to match AMD #39;s little dual-core Opteron demo coup of last week and show off a dual-core Xeon at the Intel Developer Forum this week and - as good as its word - it didn #39;t.	3
Prosecutors Drop Sex Case Against Bryant (AP)AP - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate.	1
Cavs earn fourth straight winIlgauskas had 10 of his 16 points in the final eight minutes and LeBron James added 33 as the Cavaliers ran their winning streak to four games with a 99-88 triumph over the hapless Golden State Warriors.	1
Gates Tops Forbes List of Richest in US -- AgainThe Nasdaq may be well off its highs of the dot-com era, but tech tycoons still top the list of the wealthiest Americans. For the 11th consecutive year, Microsoft Corp.	2
Heart Attacks Don't Stop Most SmokersBy EMMA ROSS MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- More than half of European smokers who suffer a heart attack, bypass surgery or other serious heart problem are still smoking a year later, despite anti-smoking campaigns and doctors' advice to stop, a new study found. Experts said the findings, presented Monday at Europe's largest medical conference, indicate that smoking cessation efforts are failing many of the most vulnerable victims...	3
Yahoo, Adobe team on Net servicescom October 25, 2004, 1:49 PM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.	3
South Korea calls for resumption of nuclear talks (AFP)AFP - South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon called at the United Nations for a swift resumption of talks aimed at convincing North Korea to shelve its nuclear weapons programme.	0
Dillon experiences a whole new feelingThere weren't many times during the course of his Cincinnati Bengals career when Corey Dillon left the locker room satisfied after a game.	1
Dollar Stabilizes Above Recent Lows LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen and steadied against the euro on Friday, but kept within sight of multi-month lows hit this week on worries about the U.S. economy and its ability to attract global investors.	2
SP2 plays havoc with online bankingSt.George Bank may be forced to make changes to its online banking interface as adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes widespread among consumers.	3
Russia: Chechens Were Part of School RaidMOSCOW Sept. 9, 2004 - Ten of the militants who seized a school in southern Russia have been identified and six were from Chechnya, security officials said Thursday, drawing a strong connection to the Chechen	0
Rwandan troops enter Congoa Congolese minister has said, shortly after the Rwandan president said his forces may have launched an attack. region, where four million people have died in the past decade	0
Steel shortage hits Nissan plantsNissan is to stop production at some of its domestic car plants for five days due to a steel shortage. Japan #39;s second-biggest car maker will suspend operations at three of its four domestic plants on 29 and 30 November.	0
Broadband pushes Europe Web users to 100 millionWired amp; Wireless continues its reign as the top IT priority among IT managers due to widespread wireless installations, IP telephony deployment, and other network infrastructure upgrades.	3
Straw in Bid to Kick Start Mideast Peace TalksSponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafats death.	0
IBM looks to keep customers after PC division saleAfter agreeing to sell its PC division to China's Lenovo Group, IBM now faces the task of keeping its corporate and government customers from abandoning its standard-setting brand.	3
Adobe Repairs Reader, Acrobat FlawsAdobe this week updated its Acrobat and Reader software to fix vulnerabilities spotted by security intelligence firm iDefense. Adobe this week updated its Acrobat and Reader software to fix vulnerabilities	3

Alcatel wins \$1.7 billion SBC contractSBC Communications taps the French telecom equipment maker to upgrade its network with fiber-optic technology.

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Wild Oats sees 3Q, full-year lossesShares plunge, company says to miss Wall Street forecasts as price cuts, expansion squeeze margins. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wild Oats Markets Inc.

2

Coup plot nations seeks to quiz ThatcherSouth Africa is considering a request by Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher about his alleged involvement in a foiled coup plot in the oil-rich west African nation.

0

ConocoPhilipps wins stake in Russia's Lukoil for nearly #36;2 billion US (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - In a deal paving the way for future joint ventures, U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has won an auction with a bid of nearly #36;2 billion US for the Russian government's 7.6 per cent stake in Russia's Lukoil - the world's No. #160;2 oil company by reserves.

0

#39;Killer #39; Owen on the looseEngland striker Michael Owen didn #39;t have a nickname in Spain until Sunday, but he may have now, with sports daily Marca dubbing him #39;killer #39; after he got the only goal of Real Madrid #39;s 1-0 win over Valencia.

1

Oil hits high on Nigeria threatLONDON, England -- Oil prices have surged to historic levels as a threat of civil war in Nigeria adds to concerns over tight global supplies.

2

Japan's Nikkei Average Closes Lower TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average closed 0.72 percent lower on Tuesday after weak industrial output data sapped investor appetite for technology issues, but declines were limited as the dollar firmed against the yen for a second day.

2

Iran Announces Delays in First Nuclear Reactor Coming on LineIran says its first nuclear reactor, being built with the help of Russia, will not go on line until October 2006, a year later than planned.

0

Arafat, Musharraf shake logjamAlthough the veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan have little in common, their recent moves have given a jolt to two long frozen conflicts -- the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio and the Indo-Pakistan struggle

0

General: Bin Laden Likely Issuing Orders (AP)AP - The trail has gone cold in the hunt for suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden three years after the audacious attacks, but the al-Qaida chief and his No. 2 are still orchestrating strikes like the recent suicide car bombing of a U.S. security firm in Kabul, a top American commander said Saturday.

0

Glaxo Settles Paxil #39;Suicide Pill #39; SuitGlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York

2

Iran delivers missile to its armed forces after successful testTEHRAN: Iran has added one more missile to its military arsenal after it was successfully test-fired during military exercises by the Revolutionary Guards, which began on September 12.

0

Nigeria fuel strike 'to go ahead'Nigeria's union boss vows to go ahead with a four-day strike from Monday against fuel prices rises.

0

Reports: Sharon Approves North Gaza Pullback GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave the go-ahead on Thursday for troops to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza, media reports said, shortly after they killed the 100th Palestinian in the largest Gaza offensive in four years.

0

ANZ, Royal Group Join on Bank in CambodiaAustralian bank ANZ and Cambodia #39;s Royal Group have teamed up in a \$18 million venture that will bring electronic banking to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, company officials said Tuesday.

2

No reservations about Zimbabwe tour, says VaughanMichael Vaughan has insisted that no member of his side has reservations about the decision to tour Zimbabwe for five one-day internationals later this year.

1

Handing out A -- for advantageIt #39;s a no-brainer, a Red Sox pitcher suggested when he was asked which team he would rather face in the postseason. quot;Are you kidding?

1

DC wins MLS CupCARSON, CA (Nov 14, 2004) - DC United won the 2004 MLS Cup on Sunday after playing a man down for most of the second half. United celebrates their record fourth Major League Soccer championship.

1

Bush Takes On Direct Role in Shaping Election TacticsMixed in with daily updates on security, the president receives a quick campaign overview from Karl Rove.

0

Suicide car bombs kill 20 IraqisBAGHDAD/FALLUJA, OCT 23: A suicide car bomb exploded near a US marine base in western Iraq on Saturday, killing 16 Iraqi policemen and wounding up to 40.

0

Woods Wins Exhibition Tournament to End SlumpAmerican Tiger Woods has won the annual exhibition golf tournament he hosts, posting a two-stroke victory over Padraig Harrington of Ireland at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California.

1

Ask Jeeves Hoping to Outshine GoogleHoping to emerge from the shadow of its more popular rivals, Ask Jeeves Inc. is adding new tools for visitors to save and organize links to Web pages they find through the company's online search engine.

3

AT T woos international markets with VOIP projectsAT T Corp. Wednesday announced a number of VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) initiatives, such as a program to develop common standards for the technology and an expansion of its international VOIP remote worker pilot project. But as the company tries to draw more corporate users to VOIP, its own research, also published Wednesday, showed that concerns about the quality of service continue to dog the market as a whole.

3

CapitalSource's Especially Warm ReceptionInvestor conferences put on by public companies tend to be upbeat affairs. That was indeed the case at CapitalSource Inc. 's annual presentation to research analysts. About 125 people -- mostly the youngish, mathy types who follow financial service companies for Wall Street -- were crammed into the Fairmont hotel in Foggy Bottom to listen to a procession of crisp, data-laden speeches about CapitalSource.

2

Stewart Asks to Serve Sentence SoonNEW YORK - Millionaire executive Martha Stewart announced Wednesday that she had decided to begin her prison sentence for lying about a stock trade as soon as possible. ""I must reclaim my good life,"" she said, adding she hoped to be home in time to plant a spring garden...

0

NBA Suspends Artest for Remainder of Season NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on Sunday, suspending Indiana's Ron Artest for the remainder of the season for his part in a brawl between the Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

1

Australian Labor to Raise Pensions, Fund Grandparents (Update3)Australia #39;s main opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham targeted aged voters in his official election campaign launch today, promising to provide free hospital care for people over

0

No fun for game developersAn anonymous essay criticizing video game publisher Electronic Arts is unleashing a torrent of complaints about work practices in the game world. Missing Links

3

Rossi on provisional front rowauloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha YZR-M1 to third place in today #39;s provisional qualifying order at Sepang.

1

Death toll rises to 63 in Shaanxi coalmine explosionAt least 63 miners have been killed in the Chenjiashan coal mine gas explosion in Northwest China #39;s Shaanxi Province and more than 100 miners remained trapped underground.

0

Gazprom sets up new daughter company GazpromneftMOSCOW, November 1 (Itar-Tass) - Gazproms chief Alexei Miller has signed a document that founds the open joint stock company Gazpromneft and appoints as its director general Sergei Bogdanchikov, president of Rosneft, PRIME-TASS reported on Monday.

2

Where's the spark on power line Net?The NYT has an optimistic overview on broadband over power lines, calling it ""the ultimate plug and play."" Broadband Blog

3

Why Sprint And Nextel Got Hitched (BusinessWeek Online)BusinessWeek Online - In the world of big-time telecom, the Baby Bells have been hogging the spotlight as they bulk up to compete against an onslaught of new technology -- and their arch-rivals, the cable companies. For competitors hovering outside the Bells' territory, that sends a stark message: Team up or get smashed. Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. chose the former, announcing on Dec. 15 a #36;35 billion deal to merge into the third-largest wireless powerhouse. With a market capitalization of #36;70 billion, the new Reston (Va. ...

3

IBM Agrees to Settle Part of Federal Pension Lawsuit (Update2)International Business Machines Corp., the world #39;s largest computer maker, said it will settle part of a federal lawsuit that claimed the company #39;s pension plan discriminated against 130,000 older workers.

2

Ukraine Parliament Votes for Sweeping Electoral ChangesIn the biggest shift, legislators gave themselves the power to elect the premier, removing that choice from the president.

0

Impact of Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Felt at Marsh and BeyondNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer #39;s filing last Thursday of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is expected to reach into the insurance

2

Pay phones have become an old-fashioned hang-upThere are 1.1 million fossils in the collection of Harvard's Museum of Natural History: invertebrate, vertebrate, and one of more recent origin. Insert 50 cents, and it lets you make a phone call.

2

Search And Ye Shall Find. . .IBM?John, TechWeb.com. The search wars rage on. It seems as if every large e-business company thinks that search is the key to building its business to the next level.

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Open-Source Developers Cheer New Linux Base StandardThe Free Standards Group will announce on Tuesday the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, and that this standard has the support of almost all global Linux distribution vendors.

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Branson fires up space flight planAUSTRALIAN bubbly would be available on Virgin #39;s first flights into space, British tycoon Richard Branson promised today. The Virgin airlines founder hopes five space ships, each carrying five passengers and

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Emlyn Hughes dies, 57Liverpool, Nov 9 -- Emlyn Hughes, the former Liverpool and England football captain and TV personality, has died of cancer after battling a brain tumour for the last 15 months on Tuesday, aged 57.

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Sharing wealth was golden ideaKindergarten must have been good to LeBron James. With sharing at the top of that year's lesson plan, James might have collected a lot of gold stars for his behavior.

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Somali Parliament Sworn In as Clan Dispute FlaresNAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country #39;s first national government since 1991.

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Informer (Forbes.com)Forbes.com - In September 2003 Waddell amp; Reed Financial boss Keith A. Tucker and retired president Robert L. Hechler sued anonymously to stop accountancy KPMG from fingering them to the Internal Revenue Service as users of a questionable tax shelter. The pair lost, but the case stalled disclosure of their names until April. Hechler says in a new lawsuit that the IRS missed the Apr. 15, 2004 deadline for challenging his 2000 tax return within three years of filing and that the federal judge who said the executives were ""trying to run out the clock"" wrongly extended the deadline. ...

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Rescue attempt underway for ill-fated transatlantic rower from Germany (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Floating in the Atlantic Ocean, his life raft deflated, a man who has failed in his bid to row from the United States to England was counting on a Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter to pluck him from water Thursday.

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Olympic Results: Tuesday, August 24Australia has pulled off an upset win in the Olympic baseball semi-final, defeating gold medal favorite Japan, 1-0. Two Australian pitchers shut down Japan #39;s all-professional lineup Tuesday while Aussie first

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Frances postpones gamesFlorida State and Miami will still play in prime time, just four days later than planned.

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Peoplesoft Partners Shocked, ThrilledCompany founder and former CEO Dave Duffield is now back aboard full time, replacing the ousted former CEO Craig Conway. Solution providers, while shocked at Conway #39;s unexpected departure, were largely thrilled that Duffield is back full throttle.

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Bush administration takes emergency steps to avoid debt ceiling (AFP)AFP - US President George W. Bush's administration weathered a pre-election mauling as it announced emergency measures to skirt a 7.38-trillion-dollar debt limit.

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AOL Reverse Course, Readopts Microsoft Antispam TechAfter dropping support for Microsoft #39;s Sender ID antispam technology last month, AOL announced this week that it #39;s once again supporting the technology, thanks to some changes Microsoft recently made.

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Chicken Genome Should Boost DNA ResearchIn their first detailed and comprehensive look at the DNA of chickens, scientists have found that 60 percent of the bird #39;s genes have close cousins in humans.

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Gretzky Fears for NHLWayne Gretzky fears the NHL could be shut down for as long as two years if a labor deal is not reached soon.

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Oil, Drug Woes Send Stocks Down NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried that oil's jump to a record \$53 a barrel would hurt consumer spending and cut into corporate profits.

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U.S. Middle East Project to Leave Politics Alone DUBAI (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official appointed to a controversial multi-million dollar project to promote democracy in Arab countries insists he will not meddle in the politics of the region.

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Presidential candidates differ in IT questionnaireThe Computing Technology Industry Association asked both campaigns to answer 12 technology-related questions to help the trade group's 20,000 members get information about their views.

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Video games the answer to society #39;s happinessIt #39;s almost the end of the semester and many male students are turning to video games, instead of the Internet, to relieve some much built-up stress.

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US Attacks Falluja Rebels, Aid Convoy on Move FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Marines lobbed mortar rounds at rebels in Falluja Saturday during a five-day-old assault that has caused a ""catastrophe"" for civilians there and fueled a revolt in Iraq's northern city of Mosul.

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Ryder Cup Just One More Disappointment for WoodsIf Tiger Woods has endured a more challenging year as a professional golfer, he cannot recall when that was.

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Group B: Real breeze through behind BayerReal knew they had to win against the Italians to be assured of a place in the next round and went ahead in the ninth minute when after a lengthy passing move, Zinedine Zidane put in Ronaldo and the Brazilian lifted the ball past the advancing Roma keeper

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Source: Bears Intend to Sign QB George (AP)AP - Struggling desperately at quarterback, the Chicago Bears intend to sign veteran Jeff George, a team source said Saturday night.

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More than 100 Iraqis demand release of Margaret HassanAbout 150 Iraqis, many of them recipients of humanitarian aid, rallied Monday in front of the Baghdad offices of CARE International to demand the release of aid worker Margaret Hassan.

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BAR not ready to beat Ferrari - SatoBAR has a long way to go before it can dream of regularly beating world champion team Ferrari, 2005 driver Takuma Sato said on Wednesday.

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Creative declares war on AppleEXPECT to see and hear Creative Technology everywhere as it embarks on a worldwide marketing campaign to snatch dominance of the digital music player market from Apple Computer.

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Medtronic Net Up on Higher ICD Sales (Reuters)Reuters - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) on Wednesday\said its quarterly earnings rose on surprisingly brisk demand\for devices that slow racing heartbeats, offsetting a\weaker-than-expected performance in some of its other\businesses.

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BISHOPS WORRIED ABOUT ITALIAN HOSTAGES(AGI) - Vatican City, Sept. 24 - In these hours, the quot;incessant prayer of the Christian community continues quot; for the liberation of the two Italian hostages in Iraq.

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Army Reservist Pleads Guilty in Iraq Prison AbuseThe highest ranking soldier charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib has pleaded guilty to five charges. US Army reservist Staff Sergeant Ivan quot;Chip quot; Frederick made the plea as a two-day court-martial opened at a US base in Baghdad.

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Caller ID spoof masks real callersNew technology can trick US caller-ID services into displaying someone else #39;s name and telephone number, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

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Hewitt in 5th gearLLEYTON Hewitt stepped up his preparation for the US Open with a convincing 6-3 6-4 win over Gilles Muller in the final of the Washington Open yesterday.

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MmO2 leapfrogs rivals with super-fast 3GTelecoms provider mmO2 says it will adopt extra fast 3G network technology from next summer, although the ultra-high-speed network initially will be available only in the Isle of Man.

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NBA Wrap: Garnett Leads Timberwolves' Rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kevin Garnett just missed out on a triple-double with 21 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a gritty 83-82 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.

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Gordon CooperGordon Cooper, the former astronaut who died on Monday aged 77, played an important part in the American space programme which culminated in the first manned flight to the moon in 1969.

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Payless ShoeSource to restructure as August same-store sales fallFootwear retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. said Thursday it will restructure its operations and cut jobs in a move to reduce administrative expenses by about \$12 million a year.

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A Seashore Fight to Harness the WindA proposal to build the world's largest offshore wind power plant in Nantucket Sound is pitting environmentalists against opponents who foresee it as a blight.

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Children #39;s sign language reflects linguistic rulesWASHINGTON - A new form of sign language created by deaf children in Nicaragua may offer clues about how language evolves, researchers say.

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International Group Teams Against SpamTask force plans antispam campaign, from education to cross-border legal efforts.

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Hurricane Jeanne Washes Out Rays/Jays Game for Sunday ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Sports Network) - The threat of Hurricane Jeanne has forced the cancellation of Sunday's game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.

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Kerry: 'We Can, We Must' Win Terror War (AP)AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush was wrong when he suggested that victory against terrorism might be impossible, declaring that he has a plan to defeat those who threaten the United States.

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Sudan Links Southern Peace Talks to Darfur RebellionSudan accused southern rebel leader John Garang of backing an uprising in Darfur in the west, and said his support for western rebels could undermine talks to end 21 years of civil war in southern Sudan, a news agency with close links

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Verizon Adds Shopping Tools to SuperPages.com (Reuters)Reuters - Verizon SuperPages.com said on\Friday it has teamed up with eBay and Shopping.com\ for the roll-out of new shopping tools on its online\Yellow Pages site.

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Treasuries Up; Economy's Strength Doubted (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on\Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as\doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal\Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted.

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House Ups Prison Time For Domain FraudstersThe US House of Representatives Tuesday passed by voice vote a bill that would boost prison time for scammers who register Web sites under false pretenses.

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Cowboys and Browns Swap Receivers IRVING, Texas (Sports Network) - The Dallas Cowboys dealt wide receiver Antonio Bryant to the Cleveland Browns Tuesday in exchange for wide receiver Quincy Morgan.

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Norwegian Mistakenly Burns Cash for Heat (AP)AP - A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way.

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Intel Shows Mystery Dual-Core Desktop ChipWell, Intel did say - dismissively of course - that wasn #39;t going to try to match AMD #39;s little dual-core Opteron demo coup of last week and show off a dual-core Xeon at the Intel Developer Forum this week and - as good as its word - it didn #39;t.

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Prosecutors Drop Sex Case Against Bryant (AP)AP - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate.

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Cavs earn fourth straight winIlgauskas had 10 of his 16 points in the final eight minutes and LeBron James added 33 as the Cavaliers ran their winning streak to four games with a 99-88 triumph over the hapless Golden State Warriors.

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Gates Tops Forbes List of Richest in US -- AgainThe Nasdaq may be well off its highs of the dot-com era, but tech tycoons still top the list of the wealthiest Americans. For the 11th consecutive year, Microsoft Corp.

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Heart Attacks Don't Stop Most SmokersBy EMMA ROSS MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- More than half of European smokers who suffer a heart attack, bypass surgery or other serious heart problem are still smoking a year later, despite anti-smoking campaigns and doctors' advice to stop, a new study found. Experts said the findings, presented Monday at Europe's largest medical conference, indicate that smoking cessation efforts are failing many of the most vulnerable victims...

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Yahoo, Adobe team on Net servicescom October 25, 2004, 1:49 PM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.

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South Korea calls for resumption of nuclear talks (AFP)AFP - South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon called at the United Nations for a swift resumption of talks aimed at convincing North Korea to shelve its nuclear weapons programme.

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Dillon experiences a whole new feelingThere weren't many times during the course of his Cincinnati Bengals career when Corey Dillon left the locker room satisfied after a game.

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Dollar Stabilizes Above Recent Lows LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen and steadied against the euro on Friday, but kept within sight of multi-month lows hit this week on worries about the U.S. economy and its ability to attract global investors.

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SP2 plays havoc with online bankingSt.George Bank may be forced to make changes to its online banking interface as adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes widespread among consumers.

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Russia: Chechens Were Part of School RaidMOSCOW Sept. 9, 2004 - Ten of the militants who seized a school in southern Russia have been identified and six were from Chechnya, security officials said Thursday, drawing a strong connection to the Chechen

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Rwandan troops enter Congoa Congolese minister has said, shortly after the Rwandan president said his forces may have launched an attack. region, where four million people have died in the past decade

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Steel shortage hits Nissan plantsNissan is to stop production at some of its domestic car plants for five days due to a steel shortage. Japan #39;s second-biggest car maker will suspend operations at three of its four domestic plants on 29 and 30 November.

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Broadband pushes Europe Web users to 100 millionWired amp; Wireless continues its reign as the top IT priority among IT managers due to widespread wireless installations, IP telephony deployment, and other network infrastructure upgrades.

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Straw in Bid to Kick Start Mideast Peace TalksSponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafats death.

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IBM looks to keep customers after PC division saleAfter agreeing to sell its PC division to China's Lenovo Group, IBM now faces the task of keeping its corporate and government customers from abandoning its standard-setting brand.

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Adobe Repairs Reader, Acrobat FlawsAdobe this week updated its Acrobat and Reader software to fix vulnerabilities spotted by security intelligence firm iDefense. Adobe this week updated its Acrobat and Reader software to fix vulnerabilities

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