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warming emissions states maine americans | Some States Split With Bush on Emissions (AP) AP - Two sets of Americans have come here to talk global warming: the United States, opposed to controls on carbon emissions, and a bloc of united states, from Maine to Delaware, that plan to impose them. | 118,411 |
astronaut safety safer shuttle nasa | AP: Astronaut Says Space Shuttle Safer (AP) AP - Legendary astronaut John Young said Thursday, on the verge of his retirement, that NASA has not changed its safety culture since the Columbia accident but has done all it can to improve the space shuttle and should return to flight as soon as possible. | 118,412 |
gaza abbas israel talks map | Abbas Says Any Gaza Talks Must Follow 'Road Map' RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Presidential frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas appeared on Thursday to reject coordinating with Israel on a plan that means quitting occupied Gaza while keeping large chunks of the West Bank. | 118,413 |
robots mars water wheeled pools | Water, Robots on Mars Get Top 2004 Honors (AP) AP - The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004. | 118,414 |
kiev disaster yanukovich crisis ukraine | Ukraine in Crisis, Could Face Disaster, PM Says KIEV (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, facing a new election battle against a liberal challenger buoyed by vast street protests, said on Thursday Ukraine had been cast into a crisis which could turn to disaster after the new vote. | 118,415 |
crabs crab dungeness chardonnay overfishing | Big Crab Catch Sparks Overfishing Worries (AP) AP - San Francisco's quintessential meal is fresh Dungeness crab, a glass of chardonnay and sourdough bread. But now, local crab fishermen and connoisseurs worry that one of the city's most beloved delicacies is in trouble, a victim of too many boats pulling up too many crabs all at once. | 118,416 |
saddam baghdad hussein lawyer counsel | Saddam Sees Lawyer, Forces Deployed to Kerbala BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein saw a lawyer hired by his family on Thursday, his first contact with defense counsel since U.S. soldiers captured him a year ago. | 118,417 |
mao women china urban sky | Women in China finally making a great leap forward Mao said 'women hold up half the sky.' But only today are urban women making big gains. | 118,418 |
talks turkey eu brussels summit | EU-Turkey talks set for October EU leaders agree at a summit in Brussels to begin membership talks with Turkey on 3 October next year. | 118,419 |
archives soviet files russia massacre | Russia to release massacre files Russia agrees to allow Polish authorities to examine Soviet archives on what Poles call the Katyn Forest massacre of 1940. | 118,420 |
leapfrog forecasts withdrew withdraws estimates | Leapfrog withdraws #39;04 outlook, gives no estimates Leapfrog Enterprises Inc. (LF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) executives said on Thursday its 2004 results will be quot;significantly below quot; previous forecasts, withdrew its 2004 estimates | 118,421 |
ban games illinois chicago blagojevich | Illinois seeks game ban CHICAGO - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is proposing to make it a misdemeanour for businesses to sell violent and sexually explicit video games to minors, a step that other states have tried with little success. | 118,422 |
zigbee 802 wireless ieee ultrawideband | Zigbee (Almost) Arrives 802.14.5 is one of the many personal area network (PAN) standards around like Bluetooth and ultrawideband (UWB). Like most IEEE 802 standards, the wireless industry knew what the IEEE was doing (or didn #39;t do in the case of UWB) was not enough. | 118,423 |
tokyo cisco research center open | Cisco to Open Tokyo Research Center Internet networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday said it plans to open a research and development center in Tokyo in February. | 118,424 |
magpies newcastle seeds uefa cup | Magpies top UEFA group, Hearts out Newcastle ensured their place as top seeds in Friday #39;s third round UEFA Cup draw after holding Sporting Lisbon to a 1-1 draw at St James #39; Park. | 118,425 |
beltre mariners contract baseman deal | Report: Mariners sign 3B Beltre to five-year deal It apparently didn #39;t take long for the Seattle Mariners to land a second free agent power-hitting corner infielder. According to a report, the Mariners have agreed to terms with third baseman Adrian Beltre on a five-year contract worth \$65 million. | 118,426 |
mulholland twins minneapolis minnesota pitcher | Twins sign veteran Mulholland to minor league deal Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Twins have come to terms with veteran pitcher Terry Mulholland on a minor league contract. | 118,427 |
mcenroe connors horse john jimmy | Connors to team up with McEnroe at BBC and LTA The notion of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe working together conjures an image of a pantomime horse with the front end trying to shake off the rear. | 118,428 |
beltre mariners deal million 64m | Beltre Agrees to #36;64M Deal With Mariners (AP) AP - Prized free agent Adrian Beltre and the Seattle Mariners agreed to a #36;64 million, five-year deal Thursday, The Associated Press learned. | 118,429 |
optimism opportunity sharon upcoming israel | Sharon Expresses Optimism for Upcoming Year Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that 2005 will be "a year of great opportunity" in which Israel will have unprecedented chances to make peace with the Palestinians and improve relations with the rest of the world. | 118,430 |
eu turkey negotiations european berlusconi | EU Agrees to Start Membership Talks With Turkey European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to offer Turkey a date of Oct. 3, 2005 to begin negotiations on its membership of the bloc, said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. | 118,431 |
colombian colombia irishmen rebels ira | Colombia Sentences Irishmen for Rebel Aid A Colombian court has sentenced three IRA-linked men to up to 17 1/2 years in prison for training leftist rebels in terrorist tactics in a guerrilla stronghold in southern Colombia, according to court documents released Thursday. | 118,432 |
cuban argentine embassy buenos aires | Cuban M.D. Staying at Argentine Embassy A prominent Cuban doctor who was denied permission to travel to Buenos Aires to visit relatives was staying at the Argentine Embassy on Thursday, but her son said she does not plan to seek asylum in a case that has raised tensions between the two nations. | 118,433 |
opec prices pricing store oil | Higher oil pricing may be in store from OPEC OPEC oil production cuts, announced at a special meeting of that cartels representatives in Cairo, Egypt Friday, are part of a strategy to keep light sweet crude prices above \$40 a barrel. | 118,434 |
symantec merger norton antivirus veritas | Symantec in \$13bn Veritas merger Norton Antivirus software maker Symantec merges with Veritas Software in a \$13bn deal. | 118,435 |
missile targets moon landing guided | Missile team targets the Moon A US firm is proposing to use guided missile technology to make a precision landing on the Moon. | 118,436 |
xbox san los grand andreas | New Grand Theft Auto Video Game Heads to Xbox LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game hit "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is coming to the Xbox and personal computer platforms next June, publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.<A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=TTWO.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">TTWO.O</A> said on Thursday. | 118,437 |
cameras camera sales billion digital | Digital Cameras Sales to Hit \$24 Billion in 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Digital camera sales worldwide will reach \$24 billion in 2004 and rise 29 percent to reach \$31 billion in 2009, a research group said on Thursday. | 118,438 |
voip telecommunications mexico voice traffic | Mexico Warms Up to Voice Over Internet Service MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - VoIP, or voice traffic over the Internet, is headed for Mexico offering an opportunity for upstart telecommunications companies but a headache for traditional companies, who see pressure on their earnings as the cost of long distance calls decline. | 118,439 |
itunes sales apple songs market | Apple Sells 200 Million Songs on ITunes SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=AAPL.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">AAPL.O</A> on Thursday said sales of songs bought from its market-leading iTunes online music store had topped 200 million, a figure that was about in line with what some analysts had been expecting. | 118,440 |
ipod apple christmas sans gift | iPod: The Gift That Keeps on Going Apple couldn't ask for a better dilemma -- with nine days left until Christmas, retailers are reporting a run on the popular iPod digital music player. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font> | 118,441 |
nextel merger sprint avila miguel | For Nextel, Merger Is Time Of Trepidation As details of the rumored merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. were being finalized behind closed doors late Tuesday, Miguel Avila, who heads Nextel's Hispanic marketing, summed up the mood of employees at the company's Reston headquarters. | 118,442 |
bearingpoint subpoena california jury filing | BearingPoint Gets Subpoena in California BearingPoint Inc., a management-consulting firm, has received a subpoena from a grand jury in California regarding federal contracts going back to 1998, according to a regulatory filing Thursday. | 118,443 |
travel airports flying holiday stress | Holiday Travel Tips for Stress-Free Flying Travel experts share timesaving advice for enduring airports on some of the year's busiest travel days. | 118,444 |
nextel sprint cingular wireless communications | Sprint: Nextel #39;s Savior NEW YORK - Just two months after the announcement that Cingular Wireless will acquire AT amp;T Wireless, Sprint has announced that it plans to buy Nextel Communications for \$35 billion. | 118,445 |
telstra cutting managers corp workers | Telstra Plans to Begin Cutting Middle Managers Next Year Telstra Corp., Australia #39;s biggest phone company, will next year begin cutting the number of workers among its 4,500 middle managers, spokesman Michael Grealy said. | 118,446 |
nasa sky pollution forecasts monitoring | But eye in the sky tracks pollution NASA launched a 24-hour global pollution monitoring service yesterday that will eventually allow scientists to give daily chemical forecasts from space. | 118,447 |
pirates santiago catcher royals acquired | Pirates acquire Santiago from Royals PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Shopping for a veteran catcher after trading Jason Kendall last month, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Benito Santiago from the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. | 118,448 |
emmitt ap smith seasons play | Smith Hints He Wants to Play Another Year (AP) AP - Fifteen seasons may not be not enough for Emmitt Smith. | 118,449 |
osborne miffs ap tom football | Lack of Courtesy From ADs Miffs Osborne (AP) AP - Tom Osborne has been out of college football for seven years, and now he can't even get a phone call returned. | 118,450 |
hudson braves outfielder traded tim | Hudson Traded to Braves ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves have acquired standout righthander Tim Hudson from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for outfielder Charles Thomas, right-handed pitcher Juan Cruz and left-handed pitcher Dan Meyer. | 118,451 |
amro restructuring abn amsterdam cutting | ABN AMRO to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands biggest bank ABN AMRO announced it was cutting more than 4,000 back office and information technology staff on Thursday as it aims to bring its cost base in line with its competitors. | 118,452 |
spyware microsoft software malicious programs | Microsoft Buys Anti-Spyware Company Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software of New York, which makes software to detect a common form of malicious software programs known as quot;spyware, quot; the software giant says. | 118,453 |
itunes apple sales songs million | iTunes hits 200 million download mark com December 16, 2004, 3:01 PM PT. Apple Computer on Thursday said it has now sold more than 200 million songs through its iTunes Music Store--and it has new plans to keep the sales trend continuing upwards. | 118,454 |
turkey europeans europes european hostility | Turn on the charm if you want to woo Europeans, Turkey told TURKEY must do more to overcome popular hostility in the West, it was told yesterday, as Europes leaders met to take the historic decision to open talks on its membership of the European Union in October next year. | 118,455 |
osama laden saudi saudis arabia | #39;Osama #39; tape tells Saudis: prepare for coup A MAN believed to be Osama bin Laden, speaking on a tape, urged his fighters to focus attacks on oil sites in the Gulf and Iraq and hailed the terrorists who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia. | 118,456 |
cia laden voice confidence audiotape | CIA confident that voice on tape is Bin Laden The CIA has quot;high confidence quot; that the voice on a new audiotape praising anti-US attacks belongs to terror mastermind Usama bin Laden, intelligence officials told FOX News Thursday. | 118,457 |
ratified kyoto ratification pakistan islamabad | Pakistan ratifies Kyoto Protocol BUENOS AIRES: Pakistan has ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Climatic Change, Environment Minister Malik Khan said on Thursday. He said that Islamabad has notified UN authorities of ratification, which formally comes into effect in February 2005. | 118,458 |
baghdad iraq bomb pall blast | Iraq political launch marred BAGHDAD - A deadly bomb blast in the holy Shiite city of Karbala and furious criticism of Shiite politicians by Iraq #39;s defense minister cast a pall over the official launch Wednesday of Iraq #39;s election campaign, threatening to inflame sectarian tension | 118,459 |
catcher santiago royals pirates traded | Pirates Finish Santiago Trade With Royals (AP) AP - Benito Santiago was traded Thursday by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have sought a veteran catcher since dealing Jason Kendall to Oakland last month. | 118,460 |
goldman dow stocks reuters market | Dow Ends Up on J J Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips closed slightly higher on Thursday, helped by Johnson Johnson Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JNJ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">JNJ.N</A> \$25 billion deal to buy Guidant Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GDT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GDT.N</A>, but the broader market fell, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GS.N</A> dragging the S P 500 lower after posting quarterly revenues that disappointed Wall Street. | 118,461 |
symantec skid shares veritas backup | Symantec shares skid on deal SAN FRANCISCO Symantec, the computer security giant, reached final agreement Thursday to take over the storage and backup program maker Veritas Software, making Symantec the No.4 independent software company in the world. | 118,462 |
yukos threatening threats extradition cfo | Yukos CFO tells court of threats Yukos chief financial officer Bruce Mismore on Thursday testified that Russian authorities were threatening him with legal action and possible extradition | 118,463 |
airbus airasia airlines boeing a320 | AirAsia choses Airbus over Boeing AirAsia, one of Southeast Asia #39;s biggest low-cost airlines, said Thursday it would buy 40 Airbus A320 aircraft and take options on 40 more. | 118,464 |
airlines airline ata southwest bid | Briefs: Southwest has top bid for ATA Southwest Airlines, the biggest and richest low-fare airline, was the apparent winner Thursday in the bidding war for ATA Airlines, another low-fare carrier that sought bankruptcy protection this autumn. | 118,465 |
parmalat banks suing bankrupt milan | Parmalat is suing 45 more banks MILAN Parmalat, Finanziaria, the bankrupt Italian dairy and food giant, said Thursday that it was suing 45 banks to recover money paid to them in the year before it collapsed. | 118,466 |
blagojevich governor games action violent | Governor Take Action On Video Games Governor Rod Blagojevich is taking a stand on violent and sexually explicit video games. He wants to keep them out of children #39;s reach. | 118,467 |
wenger fined arsenal ruud striker | Wenger fined for #39;cheat #39; jibe ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger was fined amp;pound15,000 (\$38,000) by the Football Association today for calling Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy a cheat. | 118,468 |
beltre leaving mariners signing contract | Beltre leaving LA for Seattle CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Seattle Mariners continued efforts to bulk up their anemic offence Thursday, signing free-agent third baseman Adrian Beltre to lucrative contract. | 118,469 |
mulholland twins signed worth acquired | Mulholland signed by Twins After the Twins acquired veteran pitcher Terry Mulholland from Seattle for a dollar in April, they certainly got more than their money #39;s worth. | 118,470 |
parma italy uefa italian besiktas | Parma hits back to keep Italian hopes alive Parma hit back from an early goal down to beat Besiktas 3-2 on Thursday and maintain Italy #39;s hopes of winning a UEFA Cup championship it used to dominate. | 118,471 |
osborne nebraska tom coach upset | Osborne upset about athletic directors not calling back Tom Osborne has been out of college football for seven years, and now he can #39;t even get a phone call returned. The Nebraska coach-turned-congressman on Thursday bemoaned the lack of response he received from | 118,472 |
vaughan assault captain sledging tactic | Vaughan plans verbal assault as England go in search of records Michael Vaughan intends to adopt the Australian tactic of quot;sledging quot; during his attempt to become the most successful captain in England #39;s history. | 118,473 |
annan powell aid expand iraqi | Annan Tells Powell UN Will Aid Iraq Vote UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be. | 118,474 |
jeddah detained saudi riyadh arabias | 14 arrested for anti-government rallies in Jeddah and Riyadh JEDDAH/RIYADH: Security forces detained about 14 people on Thursday in Saudi Arabias main cities of Jeddah and Riyadh, deploying in force to confront demonstrations called by a dissident Islamist group against the strictly conservative regime. | 118,475 |
irishmen irish imprisonment acquitted jail | Colombian jail for Irish trio in IRA terror case THREE Irishmen acquitted by a Colombian judge of training Marxist guerrillas in IRA-style terrorist warfare were found guilty on appeal and sentenced to up to 17 years imprisonment yesterday. | 118,476 |
negotiations eu microsoft ap resuming | Microsoft Wants to Resume Talks With EU (AP) AP - Software giant Microsoft Corp. hopes an impending court ruling on its five-year antitrust battle with the European Union will bring both sides back to the negotiating table, but EU regulators still balk at resuming direct negotiations, officials said Thursday. | 118,477 |
homolka karla killer schoolgirl parole | Schoolgirl killer Homolka could quietly slip into any town in Canada: top cop (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Convicted Ontario schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka, considered a real danger to reoffend by the National Parole Board, could quietly slip into any community across Canada after her release next July. | 118,478 |
troops haitian house aristide army | UN troops surround Aristide house UN troops and Haitian police seal off a house in Port-au-Prince occupied by former members of the army. | 118,479 |
fasb apple accounting financial options | Rules Change Requires Apple to Expense Options The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a ruling that will require Apple, among other companies, to begin deducting the value of stock options from profits, starting in 2005. | 118,480 |
itunes apple breeze crashed song | Apple breeze past the 200 Million iTunes mark Apple have announced that their iTunes store has crashed through the 200 million song download mark, a mere five months since we reported on their breaking the 100 million milestone. | 118,481 |
midway nfl blitz sports fallout | Midway sending an all-out Blitz New M-rated, non-NFL game will feature off-field political fallout, on-field unnecessary roughness, and post-play partying. At least one sports video game publisher in the industry isn #39;t bothered by the exclusive | 118,482 |
negotiations summit enlargement brussels union | At summit, a deal on membership talks BRUSSELS The European Union took a huge step towards its most controversial enlargement to date late Thursday night by agreeing to open membership negotiations with Turkey, although with strict conditions. | 118,483 |
neapli nepal rebels guerrillas insurgents | 21 Neapli troops, 41 rebels killed Nepal #39;s army said it killed at least five Maoist guerrillas when it foiled an attack yesterday by hundreds of insurgents on a communications tower. | 118,484 |
afl ap arena fox league | Fox Sports Net to Televise AFL Games (AP) AP - Fox Sports Networks will carry Arena League regular-season games on 11 of its regional networks in a deal announced Thursday. | 118,485 |
amro bank netherlands dutch euros | Dutch bank to lay off 2,850 staff ABN Amro, the Netherlands #39; largest bank, is to cut 2,850 jobs as a result of falling profits. The cuts - amounting to 3 of the bank #39;s workforce - will result in a one-off charge of 790m euros (\$1.1bn). | 118,486 |
food iss cut spacecraft crew | Space Station Crew Told To Cut Back on Food A Russian-built cargo spacecraft, Progress 16, had been scheduled to deliver fresh food, water and other supplies to the ISS last month, but the mission was delayed until late December. | 118,487 |
royals marrero pirates outfielder trade | Royals trade Santiago to Pirates ahead of deal for Marrero On a busy day for the Royals, they also acquired outfielder-catcher Eli Marrero and cash from Atlanta for right-hander Jorge Vasquez. | 118,488 |
yukos bankruptcy auction judge ruling | US bankruptcy judge promises Yukos ruling this week Russian oil company Yukos, possibly making its last stand to prevent Russia from selling its main production unit in a tax dispute, asked a US bankruptcy judge Thursday to block a scheduled auction of the unit. | 118,489 |
deadlines expenses expensing accounting options | Stock option expensing required next year The independent body charged with setting US accounting standards on Thursday gave hard deadlines for companies to treat stock options as expenses in financial statements. | 118,490 |
packard intel hp itanium 64 | HP bullish on Itanium #39;s future On the surface, new announcements from Hewlett-Packard and Intel bode well for the future of the 64-bit Itanium platform, which should be good news for the channel. | 118,491 |
macaque macaques monkey species arunachal | New species of monkey described NEW YORK - A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the forests of northeastern India. The Arunachal macaque has a dark face and is relatively large with a shorter tail than most macaques. | 118,492 |
peoplesoft oracle customers confident survey | Customers Not Confident Of Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration <b>...</b> Nearly two-thirds of PeopleSoft customers quot;not at all confident quot; Oracle will integrate products, survey finds. Half of Oracle feel that way. | 118,493 |
strickland injured bucks meniscus miss | Bucks place Strickland on injured list Milwaukee Bucks guard Erick Strickland will miss at least two weeks after being placed on the injured list Thursday with a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee. | 118,494 |
cowboys nfc philly playoff week | Heath: Check the oven, Cowboys are done including this week #39;s road game against mighty Philly - to have any kind of shot at the sixth playoff spot in the NFC. Even if | 118,495 |
compromise cyprus turkish erdogan eu | Turkish PM eyes last-minute compromise on Cyprus Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated Thursday that he expects to reach a compromise with the EU on the vexed issue of Cyprus before the end of a two-day Brussels summit. | 118,496 |
saddam lawyer meeting hussein meets | SADDAM MEETS LAWYER FOR FIRST TIME Saddam Hussein has had his first meeting with a lawyer in preparation for his trial which will investigate charges of crimes against humanity. | 118,497 |
batter baseball chin mound washington | Sportsview: Selig Co. Hear 'Chin-Music' (AP) AP - Linda Cropp just became my favorite baseball player. The chair of the Washington, D.C., city council doesn't own a uniform, won't ever set foot inside a batter's box, and probably couldn't break an egg if she had to throw it off a mound. | 118,498 |
aids hiv halted drug ap | Many Now Worry AIDS Drug Will Be Halted (AP) AP - Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women. | 118,499 |
symantec nasdaq veritas boobirds vrts | Boobirds Batter Symantec-Veritas Updated from 12:51 pm ESTWithin hours of the announcement that antivirus maker Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq) and software storage vendor Veritas (VRTS:Nasdaq) would merge, skeptical investors shaved about a billion dollars off the value of the all-stock deal. | 118,500 |
wages wage airlines airline continental | Continental cuts \$22 mln more in wages, benefits Continental Airlines (CAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday finalized details of wage and benefits cuts for reservations and food service workers that the airline said | 118,501 |
madrid atletico gronkjaer spain signing | Birminghams Gronkjaer going to Spain MADRID: Atletico Madrid is close to signing Denmark #39;s Jesper Gronkjaer (pic) from Birmingham City, the Spanish club #39;s president said on Wednesday. | 118,502 |
germany yokohama japan score asia | Germany score easy win over Japan YOKOHAMA: Germany started their three-game Asia tour with a 3-0 victory in Japan yesterday to shake off some recent World Cup ghosts. | 118,503 |
blair turkish turkey eu door | Blair holds key as EU opens door to Turkey Tony Blair is on course to take charge of historic negotiations designed to pave the way for Turkish membership of the EU after European leaders last night gave the green light to accession talks. | 118,504 |
audiotape tape laden osama arabia | Bin Laden tape put online A new audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden was put on the internet yesterday, praising gunmen who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia last week and blaming the royal family for unrest in the kingdom. | 118,505 |
santoro italian journalists salvatore militants | Iraqi militants claim Italian aid worker was murdered as a #39; <b>...</b> Iraqi militants took journalists yesterday to the body of a murdered man they claimed to be an Italian aid worker, Salvatore Santoro, who formerly lived in Britain. | 118,506 |
darfur sudan rebels halt fighting | Sudan orders halt of fighting in Darfur but rebels say attacks <b>...</b> Sudan said yesterday it ordered the military to stop fighting in the bloodied Darfur region even as rebels alleged new attacks and said they #39;d uphold a boycott of stalemated peace talks. | 118,507 |
negotiates uhaiti negotiators seized ousted | UHaiti Gov #39;t Negotiates With Ex-Soldiers With hundreds of UN troops and Haitian police at the ready, government negotiators met Thursday with ex-soldiers who have seized the abandoned estate of ousted President | 118,508 |
employees ap fidelity gifts workers | Fidelity Disciplines 16 Workers Over Gifts (AP) AP - Fidelity Investments on Thursday disciplined 16 employees for violating the mutual fund giant's conflict-of-interest policies covering gifts from brokers to Fidelity's traders. | 118,509 |
yukos anlaysis asylum russia bankruptcy | Anlaysis: Yukos seeks legal asylum in US Over the years Russia #39;s embattled oil company Yukos has morphed into a respected corporate citizen of the world and is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States on the | 118,510 |