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Big Unit Deal in Works Randy Johnson was on the verge of joining the Yankees in a three-team, megadeal that also includes Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez, a source told the AP on Thursday.

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Kremlin Reasserts Hold on Russia's Oil and Gas A judge in Houston tried to temporarily halt Russia's planned auction of the most profitable unit of oil giant Yukos.

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Regulators Adopt Tighter Rules on Accounting for Stock Options Accounting regulators adopted rules yesterday requiring publicly traded companies to treat the stock options they give to employees as normal business expenses.

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Fidelity Disciplines 16 Traders Over Gifts From Brokers The mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments disciplined 16 traders yesterday, two of whom have left the firm, as part of an extensive investigation into whether employees improperly accepted gifts and entertainment from brokers.

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Panel Sees Shuttle Flights Resuming Soon NASA should be able to meet all requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, but some solutions, like repairing damage to heat shields, will be open

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Australia #39;s Dish ready to for another brush with fame For Australians, the quot;Dish quot; as they like to call the giant antennae of the Parkes radio telescope is nearly as well known as the Sydney Opera House.

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BT to offer Blackberry-enabled Siemens handsets British telco BT has reached agreements with German mobile handset maker Siemens and Canadian wireless solutions provider Research In Motion (RIM) to offer UK corporate customers the Siemens SK65 handset with Blackberry Built-In technology.

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Almost done: Johnson to Yankees, Green to Arizona, Vazquez to <b>...</b> Randy Johnson was on the verge of joining the New York Yankees in a three-team, megadeal that also includes Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday night.

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Braves Acquire Hudson; Beltre and Mariners Agree It had become obvious for several weeks that the Oakland Athletics would trade Tim Hudson, but when and where remained a mystery until yesterday.

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Receiver expected to miss game Pittsburgh Steelers: Wide receiver Plaxico Burress (hamstring) was downgraded from questionable to out for Saturday #39;s game at the Giants.

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Europe Invites Turkey to Hold Membership Talks Next October Despite widespread public opposition, the European Union #39;s political leaders said late Thursday that Turkey had made sufficient progress in political and economic reforms

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UK Verdict May Jeopardize Blair #39;s Terror Policies British Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s security strategy, a central plank in his re-election bid, looked in trouble on Friday after a landmark legal ruling against a vital part of his anti-terror policy.

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Iceland Offers Asylum to Jailed Fischer TOKYO, Dec. 16 -- Iceland has agreed to offer asylum to Bobby Fischer, the former chess champion who is being held in a Japanese jail while fighting extradition to the United States, Iceland #39;s Ambassador to

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Italian President Vetoes Justice Reform (AP) AP - Italy's president dealt a blow to the center-right government Thursday by vetoing one of its centerpiece reforms, an overhaul of the justice system.

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Saddam Meets Lawyer, Aides Due in Court (AP) AP - Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer Thursday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.

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Seven presumed North Koreans seek refuge in Beijing Japanese school (AFP) AFP - Seven people believed to be North Koreans rushed into a Japanese school in Beijing seeking refuge, the latest in a steady stream of defectors from the Stalinist state.

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Yukos seek US court order to block forced sale in Russia The crisis-hit Russian oil company Yukos sought refuge in a United States bankruptcy court yesterday, telling the presiding judge it had no recourse within Russia #39;s judicial system.

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J amp;J takes heart from 13bn deal Johnson amp; Johnson announced a \$25.4bn (13.1bn) deal yesterday to buy Guidant Corporation, giving the healthcare company a stake in the fast-growing market for devices that regulate heartbeats.

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Oil futures stabilize above US\$44 a barrel after jump in prices Oil futures stabilized Thursday after a jump in prices the previous day that reflected a drop in US crude and heating oil stocks even as demand was rising with cold weather spreading across the US Northeast and Midwest.

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UTC to buy Kidde in 1.4bn deal Kidde, the UK fire and safety products company, said yesterday it had accepted a cash offer from United Technology Corporation that values the group at 1.442bn.

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Turkey Keeps EU Waiting for Reply on Talks Offer BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister kept the EU waiting on Friday on whether he would accept the terms of its historic offer to start accession negotiations, leaving late-night talks with the bloc's presidency without a deal.

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Zafi virus hits e-mail by di-ve.com. The latest e mail virus to hit local Internet users is cleverly masked as a Christmas Greeting -- unfortunately, unsuspecting users who open the e mail attachment, end up infecting their computer with a virus, known as Zafi.

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NASA Spacecraft Tracks Global Air Pollution A NASA spacecraft has begun the first-ever daily tracking of how air pollution moves across the globe, a scientist at NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Wednesday.

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Three-way deal in making that finally sends #39;Unit #39; to Yanks The endgame of Randy Johnson #39;s maneuvering to be traded to the New York Yankees, an issue in Arizona since June, is close to being written in blockbuster-trade fashion.

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Mets challenge intrigues Martinez The former Red Sox ace formalized a 53 (m) million dollar, four-year contract with the New York Mets today (Thursday) and embraced the idea of helping rebuild a team that has fallen on hard times.

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Pistons Top Cavaliers 81-69 (AP) AP - Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and the Detroit Pistons held Cleveland to a six-point third quarter and almost held LeBron James scoreless in the second half in an 81-69 win Thursday night.

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S.Korea and Japan Keep Up Summit Shuttle on North SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was leaving for a two-day official visit to Japan on Friday for summit talks that will focus on the North Korean nuclear problem and Japan's deteriorating ties with the communist state.

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A Couple of Davids Team Up in Queens For 43 years, the Mets have been a relatively white team reflecting the suburbs. Now, with Omar Minaya and Pedro Martinez, talent and desire speak Spanish.

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Guard Reports Serious Decline in New Recruits The Army National Guard has failed for two months to meet its recruiting quotas, falling about 30 percent below its overall target.

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Indian, Twice Removed Indo-Caribbeans, who have not felt particularly embraced by Indians in Flushing and Elmhurst in Queens, have cobbled together their own community in Richmond Hill.

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NASA spacecraft tracks global air pollution A NASA spacecraft has begun the first-ever daily tracking of how air pollution moves across the globe, a scientist at NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Wednesday.

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Report: Yanks acquire Big Unit in three-team trade New York, NY (Sports Network) - According to a published report, the New York Yankees have finally landed ace lefthander Randy Johnson.

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Turkey on brink of joining EU EU LEADERS were poised last night to open accession talks with Turkey, giving a massive boost to Ankaras four decade long bid to join the European Union.

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Hussein Sees Attorney Before Aides' Hearings Saddam Hussein met with a defense attorney Thursday for the first time since the former Iraqi president was captured a year ago and days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.

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Hussein, Defense Lawyer Meet for 1st Time Saddam Hussein met for the first time since his capture a year ago with a defense lawyer Thursday, two days after Iraq announced it will soon bring top figures of the fallen regime to court, the chief of the former dictator's legal team said.

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NBA ROUNDUP Yao Leads Early All-Star Voting By The Associated Press. Shaquille O #39;Neal, who was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Miami Heat in the off-season, leads the Eastern Conference in early voting for the All-Star Game, and Yao Ming is No.

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Colombia Won't Extradite Top Warlord (AP) AP - President Alvaro Uribe pledged Thursday not to extradite the country's top right-wing paramilitary leader to the United States to face drug trafficking charges provided he ceases all illegal activities and stays in peace talks.

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Update 4: Companies Told to Start Expensing Options The nation #39;s accounting rulemaker decided Thursday that companies will have to begin deducting the value of stock options from their profits next year, reigning in a cheap way to compensate workers that had been abused by executives and clouded earnings.

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Microsoft Consumes Little Giant Strange that it should take so long for something like this to happen. After all, it #39;s been years since those of us using Microsoft #39;s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows OS have had to put up

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IBM steps up grid partner plan WALTHAM, Mass.--IBM is ramping up its recruitment efforts with application companies in an effort to make an emerging distributed computing technology, called grid computing, pervasive in corporations.

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Tabloid tales and the downfall of a minister 14 AUGUST: The News of the World reveals he is having an affair with a married woman. 15 AUGUST: The Sun names the married woman as Kimberly Fortier - who has since changed her name to Quinn.

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World stars support Asian tsunami charity match (AFP) AFP - Cricket's world stars signalled their support for victims of the overwhelming Asian tsunami by agreeing to play in the first of two benefit matches in Melbourne next week.

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Nikkei Up 1.61, Buying in Futures Noted TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.61 percent by midsession on Friday on a wave of short-covering after some players bet the country's economic slowdown wouldn't last long and bought stock futures while selling bond futures.

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FASB Orders Options Counted as Expenses Accounting standards setters yesterday issued a long-awaited plan requiring companies to treat stock options as expenses on their books, even as lobbyists vowed to derail the initiative before it takes effect in June.

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US Airways, Flight Attendants Closer to Deal The lead negotiators for US Airways flight attendants reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that will save the carrier about \$94 million a year, officials from both sides said yesterday.

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3Com Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss 3Com Corp. (COMS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss, amid stiff competition from Cisco Systems Inc.

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Microsoft enters anti-spyware fray Computer users already associate Microsoft Corp. software with spyware and viruses. But the company hopes to someday be better known for eradicating them, not attracting them.

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New species of monkey discovered in Northeastern India : India News gt; Hyderabad, Dec 16 : A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the remote northeastern region of India, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

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Cassini Craft Spies Saturn Moon Dione The Cassini spacecraft #39;s close flyby of Saturn #39;s mysterious moon Titan this week revealed clouds that will give clues to its weather, but the pass left scientists still puzzled about its surface.

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IBM Launches New RFID And Sensor Software The software, developed by IBM #39;s new Sensors and Actuators business unit, is designed to help businesses collect and act on data from RFID and other sensor-based technology.

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CMU grad hopes to turn Skype #39;s fast-growing Internet phone service <b>...</b> To say that Skype may be one of the fastest-growing software programs in history may sound like a lot of dot.com hype, but consider this: Since the program that turns

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Yankees reportedly to get Johnson in blockbuster trade LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The New York Yankees are poised to add five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson to their rotation in a blockbuster three-team trade, New York Newsday reported on its website.

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McLeish on wrong side of the thin blue line TWO weeks ago, Alex McLeish was posing for the photographers at Murray Park with the Bank of Scotlands Manager of the Month award for November, savouring a period which had turned Rangers season around and seemed to have discarded any short-term

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Hudson sent to Braves with Meyer, Thomas, Cruz going to the <b>...</b> Tim Hudson was traded from the Oakland Athletics to Atlanta, a blockbuster deal yesterday that further bolstered the Braves #39; revamped rotation.

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Cavs smothered by Pistons #39; defence AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Ben Wallace and the Detroit Pistons displayed the type of suffocating defense that led them to the NBA title last season.

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Revealed: why refs get it wrong A STUDY has confirmed what football fans have suspected for years - referees get offside decisions wrong because they cannot see whats happening on the park.

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Wizards: A Magical Season or an Illusion? Don #39;t look now, but the Washington Wizards have one of the best records in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association, with 12 wins and 8 losses.

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Thai Tsunami Survivors Pray for Dead, Look Ahead (Reuters) Reuters - A week after a deadly tsunami\swept away thousands of lives along Thailand's tropical\coastline, people prayed for the victims in special church\services Sunday and spoke of putting the tragedy behind them.

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UK Home Secy rules out release of terror suspects Taking a tough stance, the new British Home Secretary Charles Clarke ruled out release of 12 overseas terror suspects, even after Law Lords ruled detention without trial as a breach of human rights law.

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Italian hostage among 12 killed in Iraq BAGHDAD: At least 12 people, including an Italian hostage, were killed in Iraq on Thursday as violence continued. An Islamist group claimed that it had killed an Italian hostage identified as Salvatore Santoro

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Internet calls can trim festive costs ONE Christmas ritual should be a lot cheaper this year for anybody with broadband. Calling friends and relatives just about anywhere in the world now costs nothing, or just over 1p a minute (0.02 to be exact

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Judge Orders Halt to YUKOS Unit Auction HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy court on Thursday stepped into the battle between YUKOS and the Russian government, issuing an order to block Sunday's auction of the company's main oil-producing arm for 10 days.

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Oil Creeps Higher, Eyes New US Cold Front SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices resumed this week's upward march on Friday, driven by worries that a new U.S. cold spell might erode already low winter fuel inventories.

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Nikkei Up 1.5 Pct, Year-End Rally Eyed TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks posted strong rises by Friday afternoon as hopes for a seasonal year-end rally and the imminent inclusion of oil and gas developer INPEX Corp. into the TOPIX index, spurred buying in a wide range of stocks.

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Adobe Profit Up, Shares Fall on Outlook SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc.<A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ADBE.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ADBE.O</A> on Thursday posted a quarterly profit that rose more than one-third from a year ago, but shares fell 3 percent after the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software did not raise forecasts for fiscal 2005.

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3Com Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss CHICAGO (Reuters) - 3Com Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=COMS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">COMS.O</A> on Thursday posted a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss, amid stiff competition from Cisco Systems Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CSCO.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CSCO.O</A> and others in the telecommunications networking market.

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FASB Orders Options Counted as Expenses Accounting standards setters Thursday issued a plan requiring companies to treat stock options as expenses, while lobbyists vowed to derail the initiative.

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Radio One Considers Return to D.C. Radio One Inc.'s chief executive said Thursday he is lobbying District officials to support a plan to move his company's headquarters from Maryland to the District.

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US Airways, Flight Attendants Closer to Deal The lead negotiators for US Airways flight attendants reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that will save the carrier about \$94 million a year, officials from both sides said yesterday.

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New Rule May Help Business-Lobby PACs A rule change proposed by the Federal Election Commission yesterday could substantially enhance the clout of the nation's business lobbies, campaign-finance lawyers said.

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Housing Starts Took Plunge in November The number of housing units on which builders began work plunged 13.1 percent in November from the previous month, the biggest monthly drop in nearly 11 years, according to the Commerce Department.

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Merger Activity Hits Record High Johnson Johnson's \$25.4 billion takeover of Guidant Corp. and the \$35 billion union of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. are leading the busiest quarter for mergers in more than four years. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>

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Auxerre puts Rangers out of UEFA Cup Scottish giants Rangers bowed out of the UEFA Cup in humiliating fashion on Wednesday as they went down 2-0 at home to French side Auxerre with Bonaventure Kalou grabbing a double to ensure the visitors progressed to the last 32.

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NBA Wrap: Hamilton Guides Pistons to Win Over Cavs (Reuters) Reuters - Richard Hamilton posted 21 points to\propel the Detroit Pistons to an 81-69 triumph over the\Cleveland Cavaliers at Auburn Hills, Michigan Thursday.

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NBA Wrap: Hamilton Guides Pistons to Win Over Cavs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richard Hamilton posted 21 points to propel the Detroit Pistons to an 81-69 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Auburn Hills, Michigan Thursday.

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Yankees Nearing Deal to Acquire Johnson Two agents said that the Yankees were on the verge of acquiring Randy Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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The Collapse of Kobe Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' star guard, got everything he wanted. Isn't that what everyone said last summer?

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Martnez's Value Goes Beyond Mound The Mets are hoping to use Pedro Martnez as a tool for expanding their appeal in the Caribbean and South America.

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Notebook: Burress, Kriewaldt ruled out for Sunday Steelers receiver Plaxico Burress (hamstring) and linebacker Clint Kriewaldt (hamstring) have been downgraded from questionable to out for Saturday #39;s game at the New York Giants.

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Powell Says UN Is Doing Enough for Iraq Elections (Reuters) Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell said\on Thursday that U.N. plans to help with the upcoming election\in Iraq appeared to be on track, despite months of pressure for\the world body to increase its staff.

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U.N. Says Bugging Device Found at Its Geneva HQ (Reuters) Reuters - The United Nations said on Thursday a\secret listening device had been found in a posh meeting room\of its European headquarters in Geneva.

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Teamster Death Probe Sought in El Salvador (AP) AP - International union and activist groups published an ad Thursday in a Salvadoran newspaper calling for an independent investigation into the death of a U.S. union leader who was shot in the back while working here.

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Shark That Killed Australian Teen Hunted (AP) AP - Authorities said Friday they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near a popular south Australian beach as his friends reportedly tried to save him by beating the animal with oars.

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Bhutan forbids all tobacco sales A ban on the sale of all tobacco products comes into force in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

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Big Pharma #39;s Rx to Rise and Shine Investors and insomniacs can rest easy: The Food amp; Drug Administration approved Lunesta, Sepracor #39;s (SEPR ) new drug for sleeplessness, on Dec. 15.

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Latest worm attack prompts call for increased antivirus vigilance Online security experts urge computer users to update their systems #39; antivirus measures, after a wave of attacks by the Zafi.d worm that have swamped thousands of e-mail servers.

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NBA Wrap: Hamilton Guides Pistons to Win Over Cavs Richard Hamilton posted 21 points to propel the Detroit Pistons to an 81-69 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Auburn Hills, Michigan Thursday.

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Rice finally stops Lamar It takes an audacious arrogance to persevere through the kind of shooting slump Rice senior guard Brock Gillespie endured in the first half Thursday night against Lamar.

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quot;Bin Laden quot; tape slams Saudi govt BEIJING, Dec. 17 -- An Islamic Website has posted an audiotape message, attributed to terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, bitterly criticizing the Saudi government.

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Guard Reports Serious Drop in Enlistment The Army National Guard has failed for two months to meet its recruiting quotas, falling about 30 percent below its overall target.

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Colombia Won't Extradite Top Warlord President Alvaro Uribe pledged Thursday not to extradite the country's top right-wing paramilitary leader to the United States to face drug trafficking charges provided he ceases all illegal activities and stays in peace talks.

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Nikkei Surges to Highest Close in 4 Weeks TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average surged to its highest close in four weeks on Friday as hopes for a seasonal year-end rally and the imminent inclusion of oil and gas developer INPEX Corp. into the TOPIX index spurred buying in a wide range of stocks.

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Houston court rules on suspending sale of Yukos subsidiary Russia #39;s oil giant Yukos requested to block the auctioning off of its main production unit Yuganskneftegaz in Moscow on Sunday.

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Cell phones in the air: Convenience or curse? Just when air travel seems to have become our national gripe, along comes a possibility to make us appreciate flight as we now know it: A cabin full of people talking, loudly and simultaneously, on their cell phones.

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SEC Orders Fannie Mae to Restate Securities and Exchange Commission chief accountant Donald Nicolaisen has requested that the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) restate its financials from 2001 through mid-2004 to eliminate the use of hedge accounting.

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eBay buys Rent.com for \$415 million eBay announced late Thursday that it had acquired the apartment rental service Rent.com for \$415 million, the latest move in its expansion beyond Internet auctions.

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Carey #39;s Career-High Carries Longhorns DENTON, Texas -- Texas coach Jody Conradt told Jamie Carey to shoot more, and it worked out very well. Carey scored a career-high 30 points to lead the fourth-ranked Longhorns to a 79-54 victory Thursday night over North Texas.

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For These Quarterbacks, The Smaller the Better The starting quarterbacks in tonight #39;s NCAA Division I-AA football championship at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga thought they would be playing for a trophy on a much bigger stage.

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Mary Hardin-Baylor, continuing rapid rise, poised to win first <b>...</b> Make no mistake. The players and coaches on the Mary Hardin-Baylor football team are making every effort to win Saturday #39;s NCAA Division III championship game in Salem, Va.

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Saddam has first meeting with his lawyer Preparations to put Saddam Hussein on trial intensified on Thursday with a first meeting between the ousted Iraqi president and a member of the defence team appointed by his family.