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Singapore Air plans \$7.35B Boeing order Singapore Airlines plans to buy up to 31 Boeing long-range 777-300ER planes worth about \$7.35 billion, the carrier said Wednesday.

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Top US spammer is bound for the slammer Washington - A man convicted of violating anti-spam laws by sending out tens of thousands of unsolicited emails using fake addresses faces nine years in prison in Virginia, authorities said on Thursday.

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Davis Cup: Australia takes 2-0 lead in World Group playoff :Lleyton Hewitt gave Australia a 2-0 lead in its Davis Cup World Group playoff today with a record-setting 6-0 6-2 6-2 win over Mehdi Tahiri of Morocco on grass at Royal Kings Park.

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UPDATE 1-Thompson earns Celtic a record win over Rangers Scottish champions Celtic secured a record seventh successive win over Glasgow rivals Rangers on Sunday with a 1-0 victory courtesy of midfielder Alan Thompson #39;s venomous late strike.

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Oracle Quarterly Net Income Rises 16 Pct Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the world #39;s second largest software company benefited

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Ferguson says he is picking the wrong teams Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says he has picked the wrong teams at times this season. quot;Maybe at the moment I am making too many changes, quot; Ferguson told British newspapers

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Explosives Found Hidden in Closed Russian Cinema ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Police have found explosives, detonators and a gun in a cinema in Russia's second city St Petersburg which was closed for renovation, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

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Nova Scotia becomes sixth province, territory to allow same-sex marriages (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia became the sixth province or territory to allow same-sex marriages when the province's Supreme Court ruled Friday that banning such unions is unconstitutional.

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PSV Stays Top After 1-0 Win Over Willem II AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored his seventh goal of the season to give Dutch league leader PSV Eindhoven a 1-0 win over Willem II Tilburg on Saturday.

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For Neglected Video, a Hollywood Touch A growing cottage industry is taking customers' raw home video and putting it on DVD, in some cases producing short movies with sophisticated cinematic effects and a musical soundtrack.

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Big Unit, Not Bonds, Reaches Milestone (AP) AP - Barry Bonds was beaten by Randy Johnson in the race for baseball's latest milestone moment.

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Powell accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear missiles The Bush administration yesterday accused Iran of attempting to develop missiles with nuclear warheads - a charge that could derail the European arms-control agreement struck earlier this week.

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Volcano #39;cowboys #39; who ride a ring of fire Scientists tap everything from gas-sniffing devices to GPS systems to better forecast when a mountain will stir. By Brad Knickerbocker Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.

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US stocks up on durable goods news; chips down US stocks got a mild boost on Friday as government data showed better-than-expected demand in August for durable goods other than transportation equipment, but climbing oil prices limited gains.

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Ex-teller wins bias case against Citizens A former part-time teller and Mexican immigrant won more than \$100,000 after the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination determined Citizens Bank discriminated against her when it bypassed her for a full-time job in favor of a less experienced white co-worker.

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Maradona finalmente le dice quot;adis quot; a la Argentina Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona finally departed for Cuba Monday where he will resume his treatment for cocaine addiction. Maradona boarded a plane bound for Havana, telling fans he would return in a month #39;s time.

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Steel stocks soar as shortages are biting Steel shares hit seven-year highs yesterday after Nissan said the metal is in short supply in Japan. US Steel rose \$3.30, or 7, to \$51.25, while Nucor surged \$2.90 to \$54.05, an all-time high.

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SUSAN TOMPOR: Stores turn paper into e-checks I picked up my 6-year-old son from school last week, and we drove to Wal-Mart to see the future for paper checks. We grabbed a few of life #39;s staples: some Legos, a pack of 3x5 cards to create

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Sloppy win suits Badgers TUCSON -- Booker Stanley ran for a career-high 135 yards on 30 carries, including a 7-yard run for Wisconsin's only touchdown, and the 20th-ranked Badgers rallied for a stormy 9-7 victory over Arizona yesterday.

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GULLIT TO TAKE ACTION AFTER DEFEAT Feyenoord boss Ruud Gullit has launched a stinging attack on his players after watching them crash to their third defeat of the season against FC Groningen.

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Stronger Sales Boost JC Penney Earnings (Reuters) Reuters - Department store operator J.C. Penney\Co. Inc. on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose 86.3\percent, helped by stronger sales and fewer markdowns.

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Software Licensing Moving Toward Subscription, Utility Models (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Panelists at SoftSummit point to emerging alternatives to perpetual licensing but say the transition won't be easy.

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Worldpay struck by online attack Net payment system Worldpay is under attack from hackers delaying transaction times for hundreds of online retailers.

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Warne takes six but India establish handy lead (Reuters) Reuters - World test wicket record holder Shane Warne grabbed six wickets as India established a handy 141-run first innings lead in the second test on Saturday.

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TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi The chipmaker announces a chip that combines VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and Wi-Fi into a single chip.

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Canada slips again in competitiveness rankings Canada slipped from 12th to 15th position in the survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. Canada #39;s position has declined in five of the last six years, despite efforts by federal and provincial governments

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Microsoft Updates SQL Server 2005 Microsoft today announced the availability of the second Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the technical preview availability of SQL Server 2005 Express Manager, a new, free database management tool.

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Liberals enter political minefield of minority government starting Monday (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - A chastened Liberal government will find itself relying on support from the very opponents it steamrollered for over a decade when Prime Minister Paul Martin begins steering his party through the first minority Parliament in a quarter-century.

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Boeing, Airbus competition escalates into trade war A decades-long struggle between the world's two largest aircraft makers escalated into a trade war between the United States and Europe, just as France-based Airbus stepped up plans to challenge Boeing for lucrative US defense contracts.

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Google shares released for sale Employees and some investors in Google will be able to sell shares in the company as the latest "lockup" phase on sales ends.

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U.S. Report Undercuts Bush War Rationale WASHINGTON - Undercutting the Bush's administration's rationale for invading Iraq, the final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector concludes that Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program to develop weapons of mass destruction after international inspectors left Baghdad in 1998, according to lawmakers and others briefed on the report...

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Spurs 107, Mavericks 89 Devin Brown sparked a fourth-quarter spurt with two three-point plays and two dunks, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 Monday night to spoil the pseudo-coaching debut of Avery Johnson.

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Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill WASHINGTON - With no fanfare, President Bush Friday signed the most sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law in nearly two decades, showering \$136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers and other groups.

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Two Aid Workers Killed in Attack on Darfur Aid Convoy KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two employees of a British charity were killed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region on Sunday when their convoy came under fire, the aid agency said on Monday.

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Angels Ascend to First-Place Tie With A's (AP) AP - For the first time in over three months, the Angels are back in first place.

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Microsoft CFO: Expect more acquisitions Microsoft may seek to become a more distributed company as it eyes future large acquisitions, CFO John Connors said yesterday.

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Everyone wants a piece of Orton Every sports collectible dealer knows the key to profit is getting in early. And the hounds are suddenly on the scent of Kyle Orton.

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Oracle launches Business Integlligence 10g Oracle introduced a new BI platform yesterday, Business Intelligence 10g that rolls up into one solution all of their BI tools. However, more interesting than the nitty-gritty details of what is included is the back story taking place at the same time.

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Arafat dead at 75 PARIS -- Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died this morning at a French hospital, the chief doctor at the hospital said. He was 75.

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Hezbollah plane flies over Israel Lebanon #39;s guerrilla organization Hezbollah announced Sunday it hd flown an unmanned reconnaissance plane over northern Israel for the first time.

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NASA expert says Bush stifles evidence on global warming IOWA CITY, Iowa A NASA scientist has charged that the Bush administration is subverting science and misleading the public by trying to suppress or alter evidence on the dangers of global warming.

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Sabotage halts Iraq oil exports from north KIRKUK, Iraq, Nov 2 (AFP) - Iraqi oil exports to Turkey were halted after a series of attacks Tuesday, including a major strike on a pipeline network connecting wells west of Kirkuk with the main export pipeline and refineries further south, oil officials

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Mobile phone #39;deafness #39; risk p2pnet.net News:- Defects in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could cause deafness, says the company. quot;In extreme cases, this volume could lead to hearing damage.

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US launches probe of Fannie Mae woes WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible wrongdoing at mortgage giant Fannie Mae , just days after regulators accused the company of shoddy accounting practices, according to sources familiar with the probe.

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US raids Net song swappers US agents have raided the homes of five people who allegedly traded hundreds of thousands of songs, movies and other copyrighted material over the Internet, Attorney General John Ashcroft says.

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ACC Loses 2 Ranked Teams; Big East Get 2 (AP) AP - The Atlantic Coast Conference's record run of seven ranked teams came to an end Monday.

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Ryder-You can bank on Tiger, says Sutton Tiger Woods has not won a major in two years and lost his world number one ranking but US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton says reports of his demise will prove badly exaggerated this week.

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Bullying ZCU is cleared of racism WHILE Zimbabwe #39;s international playing future hangs in the balance, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union has been cleared of racism by the International Cricket Council.

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Is Google the Next Netscape? Is Google the Next Netscape?\\To draw a parallel between Netscape #038; Google in their fight against Microsoft, it is necessary to examine the various similarities between the two situations and see if the tactics that worked then will work now. \

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First Look: iPod Brings Music to Your Photos (PC World) PC World - Apple's latest offers a brilliant color screen and photo capabilities, but the price is high.

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Jaguar Exit Throws F1 Deeper Into Turmoil LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One, already struggling to shape its future and put on a show, is staring into the abyss after Ford's decision to pull out and sell its Jaguar team.

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Petrol sales boost Tesco turnover The UK's largest supermarket - Tesco - says strong petrol sales aided a rise in third quarter sales across all parts of its business.

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RealNetworks Ends Download 49-Cent Promo SEATTLE (Reuters) - RealNetworks Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RNWK.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">RNWK.O</A> is ending its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said on Thursday.

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P. Diddy Takes Vote Drive to Swing States (AP) AP - Hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is following the lead of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry by taking his get-out-the-vote campaign to the swing states.

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Election chaos? (U.S. News World Report) U.S. News World Report - Michael Cadigan's day job is practicing commercial law in Albuquerque. But over eggs at the trendy Gold Street Caffe in the heart of downtown, he and a dozen other lawyers are immersing themselves in the intricacies of election law. On Election Day, they plan to be out in force for Democrat John Kerry at polling places across New Mexico, where Al Gore won in 2000 by just 366 votes. quot;We know there was a lot of monkey business with counting ballots before, quot; says Cadigan. quot;We want to make sure that doesn't happen again. ...

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Study raises stent doubts Heart patients aren #39;t more likely to live long term after getting the artery-opening tubes called stents, according to a study released yesterday by researchers at Duke University.

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This week in open-source news Adobe quietly begins testing the waters to increase its involvement in desktop Linux. Also: Open-source Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox post gains over Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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News: Mac OS X rootkit surfaces One of the first pieces of malicious code targeting Apple's Mac OS X operating system has been discovered.\

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Big Game Hunting Virginia, Navy and Maryland face season-defining games, perhaps <em>program-defining </em>games for the Cavaliers and Midshipmen as they play against Florida State and Notre Dame, respectively on Saturday.

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Munch masterpiece 'The Scream' stolen from Oslo museum (AFP) AFP - A version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen from an Oslo museum by armed and hooded robbers, police said.

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Fake Lycos Screensaver Hides a Keylogger Lycos made headlines during the past several days by distributing a screensaver designed to swamp the sites of those deemed responsible for spam with traffic, in effect giving spammers, at least the companies that bankroll them, a taste of their own

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Alitalia union may accept job cuts A top Italian labor leader says his union could consider job cuts at Alitalia to prevent the airline #39;s collapse, as workers at the flag carrier clamored for details of its cost-cutting rescue plan.

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Spielman Defends Decisions With Dolphins (AP) AP - Miami Dolphins general manager Rick Spielman watches home games from the owner's box, which would be the best seat in the house if the team was better.

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Microsoft Expands Windows Update Release Microsoft Corp. is starting to ramp up distribution of its massive security update for the Windows XP operating system, but analysts say they still expect the company to move at a relatively slow pace to avoid widespread glitches.

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Jamaica had record FDI inflows in 2003 Jamaica last year attracted its highest level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows yet, US\$720.4 million, outperforming traditional powerhouse investment hosts such as Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and even Argentina.

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Iran ready to test Shahab-3 missile again: defense minister TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani stressed that Iran #39;s recent test of the Shahab-3 missile was successful, saying his ministry is ready to test it again #39;in the presence of observers #39;.

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Montgomerie, Donald named as Ryder Cup wildcards European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer named Britons Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as his wildcard picks on Sunday for next month #39;s match against the United States.

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Yahoo: Internet withdrawal anguishing com September 22, 2004, 12:36 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.

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Valencia need to play #39;ugly #39; against Inter, says Albelda Valencia may have to ditch their new-found attacking style of football in favour of an quot;ugly quot; defensive approach if they are to beat Inter Milan in the Champions League, according to club captain David Albelda.

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Carrefour Dips Ahead of Expected Warning Carrefour SA #39;s shares dipped Tuesday amid reports that the world #39;s second largest retailer was to issue a profit warning when it posts third-quarter revenue later in the day.

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Adams quits as Leicester boss LEICESTER: Mickey Adams has quit as manager of English Championship side Leicester City, the club announced yesterday. Adams #39; resignation was accepted at an emergency meeting of the board of directors at the

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White Sox trade Lee to Brewers The Chicago White Sox traded outfield slugger Carlos Lee to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Scott Podsednik , reliever Luis Vizcaino , and a player to be named in a deal announced yesterday at baseball's winter meetings in Anaheim, Calif.

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Update 1: Northwest Airlines, Pilots Reach Deal Northwest Airlines Corp. and its pilots reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that includes \$265 million in labor concessions, the Air Line Pilots Association said.

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Wal-Mart Keeps Its September Sales View Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday maintained its September sales forecast and said back-to-school demand picked up for key categories including electronics and clothing after a sluggish start.

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AOL pushes into Internet shopping Looking for new ways to boost its revenue, America Online is launching an online shopping service that won #39;t require an AOL account to access.

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Philippines mourns dead in Russian school siege The Philippines Saturday expressed quot;deepest sympathy quot; to the families of the dead in the Russian school siege on Friday, in which 322 people were killed when Russian troops stormed

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Argentina Heads World Cup Qualifying Group After Brazil Loses Argentina moved atop South America #39;s qualifying group for the 2006 soccer World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Venezuela, grabbing the lead after world champion Brazil suffered its first defeat of the campaign.

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Elements of Web Hosting Elements of Web Hosting\\When you first start out trying to get a site on the Internet everything seems so confusing. Obtuse acronyms flow freely through the 'Beginner Friendly' information sites and definitions can be hard to come across. The main reason for this is that the Internet and the process ...

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Media center at your fingertips Apple #39;s splashy digital music player has emboldened Microsoft and other technology titans to move quickly to the next frontier in portable entertainment: the video iPod, so to speak.

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Amvescap reorganizes after settling The chairman of Amvescap said Wednesday that the company planned to wrap its US mutual fund businesses into one following a \$450 million settlement with regulators over improper trading.

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China's Lenovo to buy IBM's PC business TOKYO - China's Lenovo Group Ltd. signed a definitive agreement on Wednesday to acquire IBM Corp.'s personal computing division. Lenovo will pay US\$1.25 billion in cash for the business, which is expected to transform it into the world's number three PC maker, the companies announced.

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MEPS APPROVE REVAMPED COMMISSION Ending three weeks of stalemate, European lawmakers have approved a new executive commission for the European Union. European MPs had refused to accept a new team of commissioners proposed by Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.

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Rumors Suggest Photo Ability To Be Added to iPod quot;Apple has invested heavily in technology to edit pictures. Not having a portable device to show them seemed an obvious oversight that would be corrected once the price of the displays

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Independent directors demanded Black #39;s resignation, investor says Catalyst Fund General Partner I Inc., a disgruntled shareholder of Hollinger Inc., claimed yesterday that the company #39;s independent board members have demanded the resignations of Conrad Black, his wife and other insiders -- a charge disputed by the

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Pension accounting In finance, a process that requires a company to estimate the expected future value of a company #39;s pension assets and the expected cost of fulfilling pension and health care obligations to current and retired employees.

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Airbus-Boeing spat on hold The United States and the European Union called a temporary timeout yesterday in their dispute over government support for aviation rivals Boeing and Airbus.

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Batman visits Buckingham Palace A security officer stands by as father #39;s rights campaigner Jason Hatch (R), dressed as Batman, protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004.

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Large number of station owners can now be paid The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide which gas station owners can claim refunds from Exxon Mobil Corp. in a \$1.1 billion class-action lawsuit involving alleged fuel overcharges.

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Britain Agrees to Redeploy Troops Britain agreed Thursday to meet a U.S. request for British troops to be moved into volatile central Iraq, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.

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Japanese Utility Plans IPO in October (AP) AP - Electric Power Development Co., a former state-run utility, said Friday it is planning an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October, a deal that could be the country's biggest new stock listing in six years.

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Eurozone recovery struggles as monetary union fails to yield results: OECD (AFP) AFP - Recovery in the eurozone is battling higher oil prices and a rising euro as monetary union has so far failed to spur sustained economic dynamism in the 12 nations using the single European currency, the OECD revealed.

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England sweeps Zims England has swept its one-day series against Zimbabwe 4-0 with a 74-run win in Bulawayo. Veteran Darren Gough took 4-34 as Zimbabwe was bowled out for 187 chasing 262 for victory.

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Eta suspects arrested in France French security forces have arrested 20 people suspected of being members of the outlawed Basque separatist group, Eta. Most were Spaniards living in the Basque region of south-western France.

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Rockets 89 Hornets 81 HOUSTON Yao Ming #39;s 21 points and nine rebounds led the Houston Rockets to an 89-to-81 victory over the hapless New Orleans Hornets.

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NCAA Game Summary - Virginia at Florida State Booker carried the ball 15 times...Chris Rix closed out the game for Florida State, completing his only pass for three yards in the fourth...Virginia guard Elton Brown left the game with an apparent injury and did not return after catching a deflected

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Kerry Dispute Revives Memory of Delta War (AP) AP - The controversy over the Vietnam war record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has trained a fresh light on one of that conflict's lesser-known episodes #151; the operations of America's "Brown Water Navy" in rivers, canals and mangrove swamps of the Mekong Delta.

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Bin Laden Driver Charged at Guantanamo GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was officially charged Tuesday in the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial hearing where his lawyer challenged the process as unfair...

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Villeneuve back in driver #39;s seat and with a point to prove Canadian Jacques Villeneuve hopes to take his revenge on former team BAR by helping Renault take second place in the Formula One championship.

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12 nations agree to locust battle plan DAKAR, Senegal -- Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital yesterday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan.

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NFL Notebook: Jets #39; Pennington to start vs. Texans Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will start tomorrow against the Houston Texans after sitting out the past three games with a strained right rotator cuff.

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