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Latham no bar to FTA: Vaile A LATHAM victory would not affect the willingness of the United States to support the free trade agreement, federal Trade Minister Mark Vaile conceded yesterday.
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Philippine Floods and Landslides Killed 32 People, AFP Says Philippine floods and landslides killed 32 people and left more than 100 towns under water or buried, Agence France-Presse reported, citing civil defense officials.
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Sanita': Sirchia, fuga verso maghi Per disaffezione nei riguardi dei medici
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FedEx Quarterly Earnings More Than Double NEW YORK (Reuters) - FedEx Corp. FDX.N , the world's top air-express shipper, on Wednesday said quarterly earnings more than doubled on strong growth in its international, ground and freight services.
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Probe deeply President Bush's nomination of Alberto Gonzales for US attorney general demands the Senate meet its responsibility to put his troubling legal stands under a microscope.
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Attorney: Woman lit Chi. fire with money (AP) AP - A woman told investigators that she was trying to warm her feet by lighting a dollar bill on fire when the blaze spread through an apartment building and killed four people, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Leading article: United they stand Few campaigns in post-war American history have appeared to be as divisive as the one drawing to its still uncertain conclusion on Tuesday.
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U.S. teens work late, long and in danger - study CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. youngsters aged 14 to 18 who work at retail and service jobs during the school year put in an average of 16 hours a week, often at jobs that are dangerous and unsupervised, a study said on Monday.
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Indonesia's Megawati Appeals for Release of Hostages (Update1) Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri appealed for two abducted Indonesian women to be freed by an Iraqi group that's demanding the release of a Muslim cleric detained in Jakarta.
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Utah moves to protect its own against identity theft The state will be the first in recent years to notify residents of the misuse of their Social Security numbers.
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EnGenius SI-680H Wi-Fi VoIP phone Have Wi-Fi, can call via VoIP Review VoIP may be revolutionising the telecoms industry by allowing us to make free calls with little more than a broadband connection and computer, but it's also tying us to our PCs. If you'd rather spend more time talking than being tied to a machine, a Wi-Fi phone like the EnGenius SI-680H will help you cut the cord.

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Afghan suicide blast kills 12 KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber set off explosives in front of the Interior Ministry in Kabul on Saturday, killing 12 people and wounding 42, the Afghan government said.
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Tribal Coalition in Anbar Said to Be Crumbling BAGHDAD, June 10 -- A tribal coalition formed to oppose the extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq, a development that U.S. officials say has reduced violence in Iraq's troubled Anbar province, is beginning to splinter, according to an Anbar tribal leader and a U.S. military official familiar with tribal...
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Langer Would Consider Staying as European Captain BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., (Reuters) - Bernhard Langer said he would consider staying on as European Ryder Cup captain after guiding them to a record victory over the U.S.
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Bank account plan for unpaid tax Money owed to HM Revenue and Customs could be taken automatically from bank accounts, under new plans.
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Fernando Alonso named an Ambassador for the UNICEF Spanish Committee Renault F1 Team driver Fernando Alonso has been named as the latest ambassador for the UNICEF Spanish Committee, working for children’s rights.
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Study links high blood sugar levels to risk of heart disease <b>...</b> (National-NBC) Sept. 21,2004 - In studies of more than 10,000 people with diabetes researchers found that higher levels of blood sugar increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
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REPORT: Super Bowl Web Site Compromised With Malicious Code SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Websense, Inc. , has discovered that the official Web site of Dolphin Stadium has been compromised with malicious code.
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Furyk sets early pace at Canadian Open ANCASTER, Ontario (Reuters) - Jim Furyk took advantage of ideal scoring conditions to card a sizzling error-free seven-under 63 and grab the early first round lead at the Canadian Open on Thursday.
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Palm to close retail stores Palm plans to close its retail stores in an effort to focus on fewer programs and better compete, the company said on Thursday. All of Palm's eight branded retail stores, as well as its 26 stores within Airport Wireless shops, will close. The move may stem from increased competition from Research In Motion's BlackBerry products. Prior to about a year ago, BlackBerry dominated the enterprise market and Palm was popular among prosumers, who typically buy devices in retail outlets, said Bill Hughes, an analyst at In-Stat. But since then, BlackBerry has grown more successful at selling its handhelds at retail, encroaching on Palm's traditional prosumer market, he said. The stores didn't make much sense for Palm from the beginning, according to Hughes. "This doesn't really surprise me," he said. Usually, manufacturers open their own stores when their retail distribution strategy isn't working, he said. But Palm has reported a string of quarterly losses and may have decided to close the stores and boost its efforts to sell through other retail outlets as a way to cut costs. Palm said the store closings come as the company continues to focus on core business initiatives, consolidating resources behind fewer programs. For a similar reason, it  cancelled its controversial smartphone companion product, the Foleo , that was scheduled for release in the middle of 2007. Palm has struggled over the past couple of years as the smartphone market grows increasingly crowded, and as it tries to phase out its PDA (personal digital assistant) business. The company is building a new Linux-based operating system that is scheduled to be released at the end of this year, with commercial products hitting the market shortly after. The software, which many thought would hit the market at the end of last year, will compete with  Google's Android Linux-based smartphone operating system . Phones based on Android are expected to ship starting in the second half of this year.
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CHARLES IN CHARGE (PageSix) PageSix - Jamie Foxx does a great Bill Cosby. As fans of his standup comedy know, Foxx can also do a mean Mike Tyson and a hilarious, shaky Ronald Reagan.
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Japanese detain whaling activists Two activists who boarded a Japanese whaling ship to protest are taken into custody, officials confirm.
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BCI - Brain to Control Games Directly, Maybe Vice Versa Medical practitioners raise concerns about a new breed of videogame that would allow users to control gameplay using thoughts alone.
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Thompson: a maverick conservative who loves the law The GOP presidential hopeful has often defied his party and colleagues to chart his own course.
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Free Software Foundation to Microsoft: You are not above the law Blog: Microsoft wants to pick and choose which open-source licenses it will respect. Nope, says the Free Software Foundation.
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Shareholder to sue Yukos buyer The largest shareholder of Yukos says it will sue whoever buys the oil's firm main production unit, put up for sale against its will.
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Microsoft launches new Vista version of Windows NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. launched Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, unveiling the first major upgrade of its dominant operating system in five years and predicting that over 200 million people will run new Windows, Office or PC server software by the end of 2007.
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Petraeus to argue against big Iraq troop cuts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.
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People in the news James Brown underwent successful surgery Wednesday to treat his recently diagnosed prostate cancer, reports The Associated Press. ``Mr.
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Nassiriya, 3 ufficiali sotto accusa Chiesto giudizio per assenza misure idonee a difesa base
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Ford dara' bonus agli impiegati Usa Per migliorare la qualita' di produzione del gruppo
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Madrid, 13:10 - CALCIO, MILAN; 'MARCA': PRONTA OFFERTA DI 50 MILIONI PER ETO'O Il Milan sarebbe pronto a offrire al Barcellona 50 milioni di euro per arrivare a Eto'o. Lo scrive i...
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Pakistan captain in 'love scam' Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik threatens to sue an Indian family for alleging he married their daughter.
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Dynamo Spoil Osorio's Debut for Fire Houston's Nate Jaqua and Joseph Ngwenya each have a goal and an assist to spoil Juan Carlos Osorio's coaching debut for the Chicago Fire in the Dynamo's 4-0 win.
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Flagship India car plant bulldozes farmers' hopes SINGUR, India (Reuters) - It was his grandfather's land, his father's land and then the land that he shared with his five brothers.
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Footage shows Brazil plane landing Video shows Airbus-320 landing at very high speed before crashing into buildings killing all 186 on board.
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U.S. envoy wants North Korea to release nuclear list (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. diplomat who heads to Pyongyang this week trying to push forward a stalled nuclear deal said on Tuesday that North Korea must give a complete account of its atomic arms program.
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Photos: iPhone lines all a-Twitter As they wait to nab an iPhone, early risers across the country are seeking to share their experience in real time.
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Ky. plane crash survivor leaves hospital (AP) AP - The co-pilot of a jet that crashed in August, killing everyone else on board, was released from a rehabilitation hospital Friday.
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Same ending to sad story for Twins Jacque Jones sat facing his stall in the Minnesota clubhouse Saturday night, about a half hour after the Twins were eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Yankees for the second straight year.
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Iraq cleric given 'final' chance Iraq's prime minister issues a "final call" to cleric Moqtada Sadr to end the stand-off in Najaf as new clashes erupt.
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Drug Blocks Transmission Of HIV Researchers have successfully blocked HIV transmission in monkeys with an experimental drug in the form of a topical cream or gel.
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Oil Holds at $47 as Iraq Resumes Exports LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held just below the $47 mark on Monday as Iraq resumed exports from both its northern and southern outlets after lengthy disruption, despite fierce fighting in the holy city of Najaf.
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The Rouse Co. sold for $12.6 billion General Growth Properties is going mall shopping, as it announced plans Friday to buy shopping mall owner The Rouse Co.
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QB Rivers expected to start for Chargers (AP) AP - San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was expected to start for the San Diego Chargers against undefeated New England in the AFC championship game Sunday despite being slowed by a sprained right knee.
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Spacewalkers begin HVAC upgrade Read full story for latest details.
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Now a sequel to Vikram Bhatt's <I>Raaz Post KRRISH, PHIR HERA PHERI, LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI and now DHOOM 2, sequels are considered lucrative propositions at the box-office.
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Bush Signs Bill to Revamp US Intelligence Community President Bush today signed the bill that will revamp the country's intelligence community more dramatically than any measure in more than a half-century.
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Abbas Palestinian government opens door to aid RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency government on Sunday in a move that could bolster him in his power struggle with Islamist Hamas rivals by ending a U.S.-led aid embargo.
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Palestinians Will Reveal Cause of Arafat's Death The Palestinian prime minister promised today to make public the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death as an emissary was sent to Paris to pick up his medical records.
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Americans Upset Italy Tony Azevedo and Jesse Smith score three goals each to lead the U.S. to a 9-8 upset of Italy on Sunday for seventh place in the Olympic water polo competition.
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Glazer prepares fresh Man U assault Malcolm Glazer, the American business mogul and owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is preparing a fresh assault on Manchester United having informally approached the board of the Premiership football club last week.
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Not worth the paper it's written on If we published newspapers like Sheila Copps writes books, we'd have been out of business a long time ago. In this business, we are obliged to write fact, not fiction.
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Column: Too Many Tennis Tournaments Hurting Players' Health LONDON (Reuters) - Perhaps the Williams sisters have got it right after all.
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EBay 'outraged' at CEO arrest in India Ebay Inc. is "outraged" at the arrest of Avnish Bajaj, the chief executive officer of the company's Baazee.com subsidiary in India, the company said in a statement issued on Sunday.
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Now It’s Nobody’s Secret Lingerie items have become “display pieces,” and corsets, slips, panties and camisoles are as extravagant in their design as Louboutin platforms or a YSL tote.
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IBM: Do We Have a Deal? Speculation spreads that China's biggest computer maker will buy IBM's PC business. Also: Clinton attends launch of Chinese search engine powered by AI & hellip;. A new DVD can play on old and new HD technology & hellip;. and more.
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Clinton asks YouTube users for song help (AP) AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton wants YouTube viewers to pick her campaign theme song — and the response, so far, has been music to her ears.
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Lampedusa, nuovo sbarco: 260 migranti Centro di prima accoglienza al collasso Un barcone, avvistato da un peschereccio, Ú arrivato al porto Ieri due naufragi tra Africa e Sicilia: 5 morti, tra cui un bimbo Lampedusa, nuovo sbarco: 260 migranti Centro di prima accoglienza al collasso (08:35 19/07/2007)
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Modern Love: My Triplets Were Inseparable, Whatever the Risks In a multiple birth, a troubling calculation of the odds.
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PalmOne Posts Profit on Revenue Jump PalmOne Inc. on Monday swung to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile phone and other handheld digital devices.
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Calcio, nazionale: Materazzi al posto di Cannavaro Sono queste le due novità dal ritiro azzurro di Coverciano alla vigilia del match in programma domani a Parma contro la Bielorussia. Il commissario tecnico Marcello Lippi ha annunciato l'avvicendamento al centro della difesa tra Materazzi e Cannavaro.
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Crew Still Rolling Jeff Cunningham scores in the first half and Columbus extends its MLS-record unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-1 tie against the MetroStars on Saturday night.
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Eurolandia accelera crescita Ma ci sono rischi per l'inflazione, dice commissario Almunia
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Sinclair Says Cash for Content Will Grow: It Hopes to Nearly Double TV Retransmission Fees By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun Feb. 15--Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.
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Johnstons' anguish over as parents, gov't express relief (AFP) AFP - Freed BBC reporter Alan Johnston's elderly parents said Wednesday their "living nightmare" was over, as his employers and the British government hailed the end of his four-month kidnap ordeal at the hands of militants in the Gaza Strip.
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Bush Overlooks Own Flip-Flop in Debate (AP) AP - President Bush overlooked a flip-flop of his own when he boasted Wednesday about launching the Homeland Security Department: He was against it before he was for it. John Kerry told Americans he has a health care plan that covers all of them, when he doesn't.
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Saudi Religious Leaders Reject U.S. Criticism JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia rejected Friday U.S. criticism of religious constraints in the kingdom, saying the cradle of Islam had a duty to uphold its own faith.
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Japanese whale request rejected Japan's efforts to have restrictions lifted on the trade in whalemeat are rebuffed at an international meeting.
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New York, 12:17 - BASEBALL, MLB: I RISULTATI DI STANOTTE Questi i risultati delle gare di Interleague di baseball Usa giocate nella notte italiana. Pitt...
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Zarqawi Group Claims US Civilian Death in Iraq The group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said on Thursday it carried out a shooting attack that killed a US civilian official near Baghdad's Green Zone government compound.
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13th is unlucky for Sox DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't breaking new ground when he ordered David Ortiz to be intentionally walked three times last night.
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Emmys kick up a fuss, if not ratings (AP) AP - The e-mail to ABC executive Jeffrey Bader from an old college friend leveled a complaint that had nothing to do with the network.
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State records first West Nile death of 2004 A central Minnesota man in his 50s, with an underlying chronic disease, has died after being infected with the West Nile virus. His death is the first related to West Nile virus to be reported in Minnesota in 2004.
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Bacon work falls short of record A Francis Bacon painting sells for more than £26m at auction, but fails to set a new record for the artist.
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U.S. warplanes pound southern Baghdad outskirts BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since at least 2006 on Thursday, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter of minutes.
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Louisville routs No. 13 Marquette 71-51 (AP) AP - Suddenly, Louisville's early season struggles seem a long time ago.
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Revealed: why the fear factor runs with the pack THE rapid spread of fear that can cause crush injuries and serious accidents in crowds could be provoked by an innate reaction to body language, a provocative new study has found.
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Police Raid Dutch Home of UK Hostage's Brother LONDON (Reuters) - The brother of a British hostage in Iraq said Saturday intelligence officers had raided his Dutch home, copied data from his computer and forced him to make a five-page statement about his activities.
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Patients With Early Parkinson's Exhibit Sleepiness, Hallucinations (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Factors such as gender, age and overall health may help predict which people with early Parkinson's disease will experience hallucinations, sleepiness or swelling, a new study says.
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Key points in the Kyoto Protocol _ The protocol obliges industrialized countries to cut or limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by an average 5.2 percent from 1990 levels by 2012.
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Leafs roll on the road, beat Rangers 2-1 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mats Sundin scored his 20th goal of the season to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 win over the Rangers in New York on Wednesday.
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Blackwater denies Iraq smuggling US security company Blackwater denies allegations that its staff smuggled weapons into Iraq.
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Report: Manuel to helm Phillies The Phillies have reportedly settled on former Indians manager Charlie Manuel to become the team's 50th skipper, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site Wednesday night.
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Brown promises 'serious changes' Prime Minister Gordon Brown uses his New Year message to say there will be "real and serious changes" in 2008.
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Il Brescia zittisce il Granillo Grande prestazione dei lombardi che battono 3-1 la Reggina. Nel primo tempo gol di Stankevicius e Martinez; Zamboni accorcia, Caracciolo chiude. REGGIO CALABRIA, 5 novembre 2004 - A suo modo una lezione di calcio.
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US finds flu vaccine it hopes to buy abroad The nation's top healthcare official, Tommy G. Thompson, announced yesterday that the federal government had found 5 million doses of flu vaccine in Germany
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Laura Bush Denies Husband Relies on Instinct NASHUA, N.H. (Reuters) - First Lady Laura Bush said on Thursday that her husband has long consultations with advisers before making decisions, disputing a recent report that he sometimes relies primarily on gut instincts.
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New York, 11:25 - BASKET, NBA: RISSA IN NEW YORK-DENVER, 10 ESPULSI Botteda orbi a New York nel finale della sfida tra i Knicks e Denver. Un fallo della guardia di New ...
4Italia
Haute Secure offers safe surfing toolbar for Internet Explorer Blog: Company hopes to improve upon existing toolbars already on the market.
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Iraqi Government, Al-Sadr OK Peace Deal Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his ...
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Ancient Rome comes back to life in virtual model ROME (Reuters) - Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city.
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Transmeta claims anti-virus first with new processor com. Using 90nm processes and AntiVirusNX technology, Transmeta claims it's the first low-power x86-based processor to provide hardware support for the anti-virus protection enabled by XP's SP2.
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Svizzera, per Ylenia speranze finite il corpo della bimba trovato in un bosco La piccola, 5 anni e mezzo, era sparita il 31 luglio vicino alla piscina di Appenzello Il cadavere era stato dissotterrato dagli animali. Ignote per ora le cause della morte Svizzera, per Ylenia speranze finite il corpo della bimba trovato in un bosco La scoperta in un luogo già passato al setaccio dalla polizia un mese fa a trecento metri dal furgoncino del presunto omicida che poi si Ú suicidato (21:49 15/09/2007)
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Patriots Extend Victory Streak to 19 The New England Patriots set an N.F.L. record for consecutive wins, counting playoffs, with plenty of help from the winless Miami Dolphins.
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Uncertainty as Arizona immigrants await crackdown PHOENIX (Reuters) - Guatemalan illegal immigrant Gladys sat down last week with her three daughters to draw up a business card for a cleaning service she plans to set up.
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ADV: Trade Shares and Currencies Commission-Free GCI offers commission-free online trading in shares, indices and major currencies. Register today for a free demo account - including charts, quotes and internet trading software.
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Anglers Have Big Impact on Fish Numbers -- Study Recreational anglers may be responsible for landing nearly 25 percent of over-fished salt water species caught off US coasts, a study released on Thursday suggests.
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Djorkaeff joins Rovers Djorkaeff, 36, left Bolton Wanderers and the end of last season and becomes Mark Hughes's first signing after he succeeded Graeme Souness as manager earlier this month.
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Referee admits to fixing German soccer matches FRANKFURT, Germany A referee in Germany is apologizing to fans, after admitting that he manipulated the outcomes of several soccer games.
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