it was the monday before thanksgiving , and at UNK , a small film and video company in new york , they were expecting word from sundance , the important film festival in utah .

it takes a little push to play the big screen


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panetta said on thursday that clinton had also been impressed by albright 's hard-nosed negotiating style at the united nations .


the new york times said in an editorial on friday , dec. # : UNK


several former executives of apple computer inc. have raised $ # million in venture capital to fund a internet discussion area called UNK that picks up where apple left off when it shut down its UNK on-line service .

UNK execs raise $ # millon to launch UNK


a #-year-old arlington boy who suffered severe damage to his genitals , apparently during toilet training , will remain in the custody of child protective services along with three siblings , a judge ruled friday .

abused boy siblings to stay in custody of child protective


his motorsports empire now stretches from sea to shining sea , which means that bruton smith 's next acquisition might be a navy .

some see bruton smith 's speedway empire as a growing threat to


it got so bad for the miami dolphins on sunday that boos were even being directed at their coach , jimmy johnson .

giants over miami it 's true : guaranteed


general growth properties said it bought three michigan shopping malls from an investment group called UNK properties for $ ### million in cash , debt and securities .

general growth buys # malls for $ ### mln from investment group


sunamerica inc. 's mutual fund subsidiary said it hired marketing executive per UNK from fidelity investments .

sunamerica 's fund group hires per UNK from fidelity


in an attempt to rise among the leaders in north america 's gold-mining industry , homestake mining co. said monday it had offered $ #.# billion to acquire santa fe pacific gold corp. , exceeding the newmont mining corp. 's rival offer by nearly $ ### million .

UNK bids $ #.# billion for santa fe pacific gold


if you 've ever been to woonsocket , r.i. , you would not likely think of it as a high-tech haven .

tech report : UNK parody screen saver zooms to top of the


fidelity investments said it hired marketing executive kirk williamson from crosstown rival putnam investments to serve as national sales manager for its bank wholesale group .

fidelity hires marketing executive kirk williamson from putnam


george steinbrenner predicted the yankees would sign a major player this week , but the owner declined tuesday to say whether he thought it would be david wells , roger clemens or john wetteland .

yankees postpone arms race : get stanton


volvo aero ab , a maker of aircraft engines , said it and daimler-benz aerospace 's mtu UNK will enter a project to coordinate technology and product development on low pressure turbines for civilian aircraft engines .

volvo aero enters engine turbine project with daimler 's mtu


attorney general janet reno made her debut wednesday as a barrister at the u.s. supreme court 's mahogany lectern where she argued before the justices on behalf of one of her favorite constituencies _ the cop on the beat .

attorney general reno makes her debut at u.s. supreme court


in a broad preview of his second-term plans , president clinton promised wednesday to govern with the same centrist themes he used to win re-election .

clinton promises a second-term coalition of center


international business machines corp. won a jury verdict that its keyboards did n't cause a ### operator to suffer hand and wrist injuries .

ibm wins UNK lawsuit week after dec loss UNK UNK


how many holiday hits does a new toy company need to become profitable ? usually a lot , said analysts here for a forum on toys at the massachusetts institute of technology .


crown cork & seal co. and other companies sold $ #.# billion in debt , helping to snuff a rally in the bond market and leaving u.s. treasury securities little changed .

u.s. bonds little changed as crown cork & seal sells UNK UNK


defying critics who want tougher standards , a spokesman for the television industry has vowed to fight any attempt by the government or children 's advocacy groups to impose UNK television ratings .

motion picture association to fight UNK ratings for tv


european bonds rose late friday after european minister meeting in dublin reached an agreement to deter members of the proposed single european currency from overspending , a key roadblock point on the road to monetary union .

european bonds rise as ministers settle stability pact


recognizing that information technology is the fastest-growing segment of the UNK industry , computer task group is also preparing to provide higher-priced computer consultants .


if you want to buy a faithful companion for the animal lover on your holiday shopping list , here are a few suggestions .


tempe , ariz. - while mount boomer erupted last week at cardinals camp , spewing fiery plumes of blame and spreading ashes of innuendo everywhere , kent graham watched from a safe distance .

graham avoids fueling cards qb controversy


col. robert e. lee skirted the unleaded gasoline pit , negotiated a thicket of telephone cords stretched as tight as trip wires and took the center of the new york mercantile exchange 's main trading floor just before # p.m. last monday .

military strategists practice in real battle _ on wall street


coca-cola co. , the world 's biggest UNK manufacturer , has a ## percent share of china 's carbonated drinks market , the company said , citing two market surveys .

coca-cola claims ## % share of china 's UNK market


it was one of the greatest collections of figure-skating talent ever to gather on ice _ and not skate .


subaru of america inc. lost a supreme court fight for tough legal rules to limit expert courtroom testimony , which would have made it easier for companies to fight product-liability and other damage lawsuits .

court overview : subaru fails to toughen UNK rules


the yankees lost one and did not gain one monday .


starts of new u.s. housing rebounded sharply in november , government figures showed , as a dip in borrowing costs encouraged hesitant buyers to come back into the market .

u.s. economy : housing starts jump #.# % in november


chase manhattan corp. awarded stock options to all ##,### employees , promising a potential windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars to workers if the bank 's shares surge in coming years .

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christmas week might not seem the best time to open a movie that celebrates a millionaire pornographer as an american folk hero .

a free speech hero it 's not that simple


whoever says toys are n't educational has n't been shopping lately .


the government 's announcement of another large monthly trade deficit tomorrow will draw mostly yawns from many u.s. companies who say the report does n't truly capture the strength of their global operations .

u.s. economy : trade deficit hides big overseas business


young said he 's inclined to go along with a sentencing agreement proposed by the government and ferber 's attorneys .

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japan 's benchmark nikkei ### index plunged to its lowest point in a year , led by bank and brokerage shares , amid concern the country 's economic recovery could fizzle without further help from the government .

UNK stocks reach #-year low on economic concern UNK UNK


general electric co. said it plans to split its stock #-for-# , increase its dividend and buy back more shares because it 's churning out record amounts of cash .

ge proposes #-for-# stock split raises dividend ## % UNK UNK


`` my fellow americans , '' a comedy , is rated pg-## for salty language and a sex scene involving teen-agers .

my fellow americans stumbles into lame grumpy old men shtick


president clinton plans to round out his selection of a new cabinet on friday with the announcement of his choices for several remaining openings , including that of andrew cuomo , the eldest son of the former new york governor , mario cuomo , as secretary of housing and urban development , administration officials said on thursday .

cuomo seen as # of # final cabinet selections


`` my fellow americans '' could have been called `` grumpy old ex-presidents '' _ and probably should have been .


michael has a lot of problems .

message to michael : gay life as a sitcom


q. it happens every year ; my fireplace smokes .


bill UNK , the power behind the riordan throne and a stein ally , said the political climate in los angeles is unlike any he has seen during his long years of watching city politics .


philippine president fidel ramos , who was hospitalized for the second time in ## days over the weekend , may need heart surgery , his spokesman said .

philippine president hospitalized may need heart surgery


is croatia 's autocratic president at death 's door ? or is he , as his aides say , bursting with renewed UNK bounce ? UNK


boeing 's $ ## billion takeover bid for mcdonnell douglas is the most dramatic step yet in the consolidation of the u.s. military industry .

make way for the united states of boeing


it 's here .


federal regulators , moving to reduce the fees local baby bell companies charge to connect long-distance calls , said today they may let the industry bring the charges down gradually without imposing a government timetable .

u.s. fcc moves to gradually cut long distance access charges


prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader yasser arafat met for more than three hours tuesday and finally appeared to bring the long-awaited agreement on an israeli pullback from hebron within reach .

mood on hebron is upbeat at netanyahu-arafat talks


`` fear not : for behold , i bring you good tidings of great joy .


so your podiatrist inadvertently sliced off your little toe , and you think you 're going to sue .

arizona gop bills revisit tort territory ; suits would be snarled


after all the frenzy , the lights and traffic , the noise and bustle , frayed nerves , the nearly insane gold rush to find tickle me elmo , after all the frenetic life that makes serious people seriously question christmas as we know it , the UNK family find the moment they have been looking forward to all season .


gladys UNK is in the hallway , waiting for her date with destiny .


the south african reserve bank will likely reduce its key lending rate at least twice in #### as growth slows , analysts said .

south african central bank may cut rates twice : outlook '##


the new york times said in an editorial on friday , dec. ## : UNK

editorial : prying open the phone market


it was hot in the summer of #### , too hot for hogs to maintain their normal conception rates , according to the nation 's hog farmers .

usda seeks accuracy with hog and pig count : commodity views


when he awoke friday morning and looked at the sky , arizona state football coach bruce snyder had a decision to make : should he be macho or smart ? UNK


turmoil at the top often means bad news for an entire professional sports organization , but there 's one team that was glad to see a shakeup upstairs .


walter cronkite is a colorless sort of UNK superstar , not as good looking as tom brokaw or as polished as peter jennings or as edgy as dan rather .

a reporter 's life : walter cronkite _ UNK but readable


seattle at the turn of the century had a master plan for boulevards , parks and waterways .


UNK

aegon to buy providian 's insurance arm for $ #.# bln UNK UNK


UNK marshall 's christmas wish was starkly simple .


UNK , ohio .


for a week , you have eyed that five-pound box of cheap cookies that a business associate sent over .

leftovers start over thanks to food pros


the arrest of a german couple at the airport in bogota after they secured the release of a woman kidnapped by leftist guerrillas has provoked diplomatic tensions between colombia and germany .


one private-school mother who lives on fifth avenue and spends weekends in millbrook , n.y. , amid a colony of fox-hunting types , said she was the target of parents who , she suspects , seek social advantage .


in life 's rich pageant , few spectacles are as dizzying as watching congress spend the public 's treasure .


left-hander mike munoz will not be on the rangers ' postseason roster unless he displays a dramatic improvement in his ability to field his position .

munoz could be left off rangers postseason roster


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in this newly independent and remote nation , where people 's lives are shaped by breathtaking mountains , swift horses and forbidding glaciers , a hunter and yak herder named UNK UNK perfectly embodies the collective spirit .


what is the difference between a policy that promises to cover ### percent of americans for medical costs and a policy that covers ## percent of them ? about #,### pages .

commentary : in describing health care plans less is more


the sale of sprint corp. casts a huge shadow over one of the largest commercial construction projects in the united states .

mci plans to buy sprint cast doubt sprint construction in overland


these columns for release thursday , october # , #### are moving today to clients of the new york times news service .


over the last two decades , countries in northern europe and north america have been enacting regulations to reduce smokestack emissions of sulfur in an effort to curb acid rain and its harmful effect on the environment .

scientists report limited progress on curbing effects of acid


los angeles might have lost its bid for an expansion team to houston on wednesday , but fans who like to watch football and the tv networks were winners .


general electric co. will invest up to $ ### million to clean up pcb contamination caused by its old transformer plant in pittsfield , mass. under a consent decree filed thursday in us district court that ends years of wrangling over the company 's duty to restore the housatonic river and other polluted areas .

ge to spend $ ###m to clean up pcbs in UNK


the good news came the other day in the form of a phone call .


`` rising interest rates are bad news for banks .

bank stocks and the jinx of fed credit tightening


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supporters say bush 's record rosy ; critics


one hundred pitches .


do you think your toddler or preschooler is living on thin air ? has mealtime become a battle of wills ? how many of these admonitions are familiar to you ? UNK

UNK health : when good intentions backfire and create food


the blueprint for beating the new england patriots has been drawn and future opponents surely will try to follow it .


state farm mutual automobile insurance co. may need to buy more insurance for itself , to cover such disasters as the one that heavily damaged this illinois-based company last week .


seeking to avoid future shortages of screens that have slowed sales of notebook computers this year , dell computer corp. has signed a five-year , $ #.# billion agreement with samsung electronics ltd. for millions of displays beginning next year .


`` in our culture , having a lot of women is a kind of status , '' said milka UNK , the hiv\/aids coordinator at UNK hospital in UNK , namibia .


the divorce is final .

delta ends alliance with swissair to concentrate on air france


with deadlines for college applications looming and a UNK on procrastination , jacqueline lerner of wayland was getting nervous .

easing stress when children UNK to colleges


in addition , forecasts , even when they are right , are no longer enough for most clients .


already the october gales have powdered the high country with snow , already taken the edge off the colors that swell in the valleys below the hilltops .


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update : scored seven goals and three assists in kings ' first five games , all on the road .


when gov. george w. bush of texas swept into washington on friday , his first stop was not an affluent suburb or a ritzy business district , nor were his first encounters with stalwart republican voters .

in an unusual republican tactic bush woos minority voters


when it comes to personal finance software , mac users do n't have much choice .


robert ray , a career federal prosecutor , was sworn in on monday to replace the independent counsel , kenneth starr , and he vowed to complete starr 's five-year-old , $ ##-million criminal inquiry of president clinton and hillary rodham clinton in a `` prompt , responsible and cost-effective manner .

new independent counsel vows to conclude inquiry of president


at st. UNK , UNK was originally called in to try to repair an instrument installed in the late ##th century by francois-henri clicquot -lrb- a distant relative by marriage of the champagne widow clicquot -rrb- .


nope , it 's just the same old stuff .

every little thing sting does is no longer magic


brian shaw 's offseason has been dizzying to say the least .


confession time .

looking back pope paul vi was right on contraception


it blew up fast .


does the white house or congress have the right to send american troops into battle ? UNK

house members challenge clinton 's authority to bomb yugoslavia


eight-year-old gary bass died at a hospital early friday , two days after police found him and his brother , both emaciated and burned , inside their northeast kansas city home .


rankings reflect sales for the week ending oct. ## , at almost #,### bookstores plus wholesalers serving ##,### other retailers -lrb- gift shops , department stores , newsstands , supermarkets -rrb- , statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide .


the thinking behind braves manager bobby cox 's decision to shake up his lineup was that perhaps inserting the left-handed hitters ozzie guillen , hitting .### in the post-season , and keith lockhart , hitting .### , would kick-start a moribund offense _ that had managed just one hit off the game # starter orlando hernandez _ against the right-hander david cone , the game # starter .

atlanta 's lineup changes do n't work in the field or at the plate


in `` american beauty , '' kevin spacey 's dissatisfied suburban husband lester burnham UNK his ambitious wife , carolyn -lrb- annette bening -rrb- , for her materialism .


tom glavine is the first in the last line of defense for the atlanta braves in this world series , and over the past two days , his manager asked the pitcher repeatedly if he has had enough time to recover from a stomach virus , if he would be ready to pitch in game # tuesday night .

it 's up to a queasy glavine to stop the yankees


these sports stories for release wednesday , october ## , #### , are moving today to clients of the new york times news service .


having trouble finding a particular item ? we 'll try to help you locate it .


major-league baseball in the ####s came to a fitting end wednesday night , with the rich getting richer and the poor braves showing the form that made them a team of heartbreak in the world series .

final game of decade tells the story of the '##s


four men sit at a table playing cards .

wedding black professionals relationships


lewis said koop 's testimony in march was still being cited in state legislatures as reasons to delay action on the gloves , even though `` it was based on a study that was never done .


eds : embargoed for sunday , oct. ## UNK


back in the ####s , when the united states had prohibition , quite a few canadians grew rich running booze over the border to UNK their neighbors .

UNK madness : british columbia goes to pot


you know the pose , clipper fans .


in each city the angels visit , manager terry collins hears the same questions from reporters .


were you ever at the mall and could n't remember where you parked the car ? gotten home from the market and realized you forgot the milk ? and your daughter 's anniversary has never slipped your mind ... until this year .


in their private moments , coaches dream of what it would be like to have the perfect player at every position _ one who meets or exceeds all of the physical and mental standards to excel , without flaw or weakness .

college dream team : south boasts a bevy of precious players


i 've been expecting grocery stores to start selling computers in the checkout line any day now .

UNK pcs intriguing but you probably wo n't purchase one


seattle made an unusual choice three years ago when it tapped john henry stanford as superintendent of public schools .

ex-general fights for schools and for his life


in various languages around the world , there they are : levi strauss jeans in bright UNK blue , UNK and UNK , stiff as boards and already cuffed , appearing in tv commercials with a promise that if you fall the rock-hard denim wo n't UNK as soon as your knee will .


it was the high-tech vision that was supposed to make the dream in dreamworks come true , the first newly built hollywood studio in nearly ## years , nestled in a #,###-acre tract amid the coastal wetlands where howard hughes built his giant seaplane , the spruce goose .

new hollywood studio wrangles over project


an e-mail sent to paul harris , a member of the virginia house of delegates , elicits an automatic response : `` i will be out of the office from UNK until UNK .

memo to legislators : your presence is not required


as a result of all these efforts , the number of visitors grew to #.# million in #### , from fewer than #.# million in #### _ a ### percent increase during a time when total u.s. tourism grew about ## percent .


more than three months after huge riots swept the city , the back lanes of UNK , jakarta 's chinatown , are still strewn with ash and bricks and bits of broken glass .

ethnic chinese in indonesia still fearful


after a month of hot and heavy flirting about a prospective merger , last monday was going to be the day that cks group and UNK finally got serious and set the price .

technology start-ups suffer market jitters


after five months of upheaval and disarray , the dodgers already might have their first disaster for the #### season .


the weather was cool during georgia tech 's football practice monday , but coach george o'leary was hot and sweaty after the workout .


UNK etlis and three friends traveled from argentina to new york for a quick getaway .

commentary : over a bridge the real life of nueva york


it all started innocently enough , with a dozen UNK containers of dried herbs and spices in a plastic carousel .

how to make the most of savory UNK without letting them


it was a day for fifth-graders to learn how not to be fourth-graders , for a beginning elementary teacher to chase away butterflies in the stomach and face ## #-year-olds , for the mayor and schools chancellor to go back to school and read to second-graders , and for a group of high school students to marvel at their brand-new building .

new york schools breeze through opening day


bonnie UNK hops out of bed not long after some people are turning off letterman .

mother teacher UNK as an elite triathlete


after warning investors in recent weeks that earnings would be hurt by economic turmoil in asia and other markets , two giants of the semiconductor industry offered slightly more upbeat announcements thursday suggesting an improved outlook .

national semiconductor 's loss is smaller than expected


every once in a while a book comes along that transforms a national debate , and i 'm not talking about special prosecutor kenneth starr 's report to congress .

proving the merits of affirmative action


for these reasons , the impeachment process must be painstaking and deliberate .


the goal seems as unreachable as the peaks that grace the central utah terrain , but arizona state coach bruce snyder has not allowed his team to let go of its original dream : reaching the national championship game .


goalkeepers are not directly involved in most of the action in soccer , especially on successful teams .


the new u.s. open singles champion said she walked into her hotel room late saturday afternoon and found the message light bright as rudolph 's nose .

davenport 's u.s. open title fills void in women 's tennis


these sports stories for release tuesday , september ## , #### , are moving today to clients of the new york times news service .


the graphic software publisher quark inc. on monday dropped its quirky bid to acquire rival adobe systems inc. , saying adobe had spurned its advances and that it did not want to pursue a hostile deal .


larry mcmurtry .

a preview of what could be the best fall in years


singapore airline and delta air lines announced two differing strategies to upgrade their long-haul in-flight service for business travelers .

business travel : competing strategies ; crowded skies


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a former fbi agent said wednesday he will not willingly turn over to federal officials documents he retrieved from james earl ray 's car ## years ago .

justice ex-fbi agent at odds over king clue


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home video ; UNK videos this fall ; other new releases


this year a community group donated money for her school fees , a school uniform and shoes .


the day that kenneth starr dumped his report on congress , the governor of texas sat in his office , striving valiantly to keep the conversation on his re-election race .


that age-old question _ if a heavyweight title bout is held with only one fighter 's name on the marquee , will anybody care ? _ just might be answered tonight in the georgia dome .


two recent football books do something that most books of their type do n't : paint a realistic portrait of what happens in the lives of the people who make up professional football .


it is no longer a question of greatness ; skip away demonstrated again saturday that he is great .


manager terry collins got angry last week when he thought his angels overlooked the tampa bay devil rays before heading into their series with the texas rangers .


about ##,### years ago , people living in what is now southern peru camped on the pacific shore and feasted on fish , seabirds and shellfish .

in peru evidence of an early human maritime culture


to western eyes , it may seem odd that #,### girls who are here to be sternly lectured about virginity are also heavily pressured to strip off almost every stitch of their clothing .

zulu virgins celebrate their bodies themselves


president clinton may or may not escape impeachment , but the path to high office has been drastically changed by his ordeal .

analysis : impeachment fever may infect presidential campaigns


the indonesian government has questioned former president suharto about his personal wealth and accusations that he had billions of dollars in overseas bank accounts , officials said on tuesday .


i sat in my thatched hut , watching a mosquito circle the lone light bulb and trying to motivate myself to take a shower .


a dark and stormy night .


nearly ### regional artists will converge on the chattanooga riverfront next weekend for the third annual celebration of fine craft .


as the death toll from hurricane georges 's rampage through the caribbean rose to nearly ### , the storm crossed cuba thursday , turned northward and took aim at southern florida , where ###,### people were advised to evacuate mobile homes and low-lying coastal areas .

graf to UNK number of florida counties receiving hurricane


with the world 's financial system in turmoil , it makes a certain amount of sense that financial stocks , especially those of banks and brokerage firms , have been pounded .

bank stocks : battered yes but not to be forgotten


in a remarkable bit of long-distance theater , sammy sosa and mark mcgwire exchanged home runs ## minutes apart friday night , enhancing a home run duel that had already captivated the attention of fans and UNK everywhere .


one play , one pitch to deangelo evans was all bobby newcombe was wishing for against the washington huskies saturday .


bernie williams came into the season fearful that his impending free agency might be a distraction .

batting title for williams with free agency ahead


seemingly harmless surveys , contests and electronic pen pal web sites are sometimes cleverly disguised tools directed at youngsters to obtain marketing data , children 's rights advocates charge .

congress considers regulating children 's marketing on world


members of the house judiciary committee signaled monday that the impeachment process would kick into high gear almost immediately once the house votes to begin the formal impeachment inquiry of president clinton .


students who spend too much time trying to learn their lessons at computers may end up with lower scores on tests , according to a study released tuesday .

study says computers may hinder student performance


what do you think of bernie williams ? is the yankee center fielder underrated ? should he be included on the list of great players who have worn pinstripes ? UNK


wareham , mass. _ a part of the massachusetts landscape since colonial times , the business of growing cranberries has in some ways changed very little since then .

firm finds niche in UNK data for cranberry growers


thirteen israeli soldiers and ## palestinian passers-by were wounded wednesday when a palestinian hurled grenades at an israeli patrol post in the heart of the divided city of hebron , a flash point for violent confrontations .

grenade attack in hebron wounds two dozen


edmund p. pillsbury , a distinguished american museum director known for adding a string of european masterworks to the permanent collection of the kimbell art museum in fort worth , died on thursday near dallas .

edmund pillsbury kimbell museum director dies at ##


prime minister vladimir putin of russia visited venezuela on friday to sign a series of military and oil agreements with president hugo chavez , who is seeking to expand ties with russia as a way of countering the influence of the united states in latin america .

putin visits venezuela to sign series of deals


the legend of brittney UNK is just beginning .

uconn teeters in semifinal but it s baylor that falls


los angeles could run out of cash by june ## following the department of water and power 's decision to withhold its final annual transfer of $ ##.# million to the city 's general fund , the city controller warned monday .

los angeles controller says city could go broke by june ## without money from dwp by rick UNK


sometimes , the best coaching tactic is a desperate plea to a team 's best player .


mixing judgment and UNK against bullies grows as the public gains a higher awareness of the injuries , both physical and psychological , suffered by young victims .

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the harlem school of the arts , celebrated for equipping local children with skills in everything from dance to classical music , had for decades been a favorite of the city 's most charitable donors .

tax files show harlem art school s path to ruin


when it comes to health care , mitt romney is hoping to have it both ways , even as he accuses the white house of doing the same .

romney on health care : a particular spin


it is the year of the big man in the nfl draft .

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st. clair UNK was one of the interesting group of drunks that harold ross gathered around him at the new yorker .


they rose gracefully from a wildflower meadow , two windswept UNK that towered over the spectacular tidal marshes of plum island .

torn UNK : plum island juniper duo now just a lone tree


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by ##:## a.m. saturday , less than three hours after president lech kaczynski 's plane had crashed in russia , killing all ## people on board , one opportunistic pole had already manufactured ## t-shirts emblazoned with the polish flag and `` rip '' and was peddling them on the internet for $ #.## each , tax and delivery fees not included .

vendors turn poland s calamity into an opportunity


on tuesday , mitch mcconnell , the senate minority leader , called for the abolition of municipal fire departments .


two dozen fourth-graders from the chapin school , all in regulation green vests that were dotted with badges , popped up from their chairs to recite the pledge of allegiance and the girl scout promise : `` on my honor ... '' UNK

girls in new york s private schools ask thin mints or samoas


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crist basks in admiration as he campaigns on veto


questions should be directed to alan gordon at ###-###-#### or e-mail UNK .


san francisco -- the first earth day on april ## , #### , was , by all accounts , the beginning of a powerful grassroots movement , helped immeasurably by a famous tv commercial that premiered on earth day #### of an indian shedding a tear as he saw pollution all around him .


the first-round playoff series last year between the boston celtics and the chicago bulls was a memorable montage of overtimes and clutch shots .

fouling with #-point lead : debated but rarely done


jean UNK , a prominent chef who opened le cirque , one of new york city 's premier restaurants , with UNK UNK in #### , died UNK his home in west palm beach , fla. .


dr. osborn UNK , a diabetes physician who works north of nairobi , has a chilling story to tell about a man who came into a clinic in rural kenya .


a tornado described by one mississippi official as the worst in the area in decades swept through the state on saturday , leaving at least ## people dead in its path .

fierce tornado causes deaths across mississippi


confidence in greek assets sank to a new low monday , as chancellor angela merkel of germany kept up the pressure on greece , insisting on tougher austerity measures .

confidence in greek debt sinks again matthew saltmarsh reported from paris


i like to look in people 's windows .


in the weeks before he died , bedridden from fighting a losing battle with cancer , former lapd chief daryl f. gates was visited by an lapd helicopter hovering outside his hospital window .

longtime los angeles police chief daryl gates eulogized as america s chief


st. petersburg with dioner navarro ready to go back behind the plate , the rays added another pitcher to their bullpen by calling up veteran rhp joaquin benoit .


for much of this decade , the fates of palm and motorola were intertwined .

how the UNK of motorola and palm grew UNK


sen. barack obama is a man of few rhetorical stumbles , but this week a few of his words opened a racial door his campaign would prefer not to step through .

with genie out of the bottle obama treads carefully on race


recording tv shows -- and skipping the commercials that come with them -- may become more pervasive in the wake of a new court ruling that blesses a new networked form of digital video recorder .

a ruling may pave the way for broader use of dvr


this city is in the throes of olympic fever .

as UNK pile up olympic pride dims a bit for beijingers


fannie mae , the nation 's largest mortgage finance company , offered additional evidence on friday that the housing slump was deepening by reporting a $ #.# billion loss in the second quarter .


an obscure militant group that threatened attacks on the olympic games last week is the same group that chinese officials have labeled the leading terrorist organization involved in a separatist movement in western china , according to an american organization that tracks terrorist internet postings .

warning of attacks on olympics is said to be linked to muslim separatists


fidel castro turns ## on wednesday as brother raul tackles a monumental challenge : keeping the revolution alive despite a widening generation gap .

life after fidel : UNK rising prices prevalent in cuba but rebellion is scarce


jason lezak 's stupefying anchor leg at the water cube helped propel nbc to the largest audience ever recorded for the first sunday of any olympic games broadcast .

initial olympics tv ratings are record breaking


lake buena vista greg white might not win the job as the bucs ' starting left defensive end .


did you realize the chinese communist party was that much into cute ? UNK


a day after a lone gunman fatally shot the chairman of the arkansas democratic party at its headquarters in little rock , investigators found evidence on thursday that the suspect may have been thinking about his victim in advance , although they were unable to determine why .

a link but no motive in killing of politician


becky hammon is n't here to wave a flag , or pledge allegiance .

sports column : hammon looking for a little personal glasnost


almost everything i was told about running in beijing was wrong .


the night of the gun , by david carr .


more than ## hours had passed since usain bolt 's redefining of the ### meters , and ato boldon , the voluble trinidadian who used to run the ### for a good living , was still trying to comprehend what he had seen .


seattle -- for years , the standard treatment for patients with blood clots in veins deep in a limb has been blood thinners that stop the clots from getting bigger .

UNK uses sound waves to speed UNK UNK uses sound waves to speed treatment


the margin of victory seemed almost impossible , his finishing time a UNK moment .


alas , poor dana , we knew him well .

melancholy dana in hamlet # catches laughs but few breaks


one of china 's top sports officials said sunday that a simple paperwork error was to blame for an age controversy involving the chinese women 's gymnastics team .

chinese official blames age issue on UNK errors


for most shoppers , it 's second nature to punch in a personal identification number when using a debit card to pay for a purchase .

john c. UNK ## ; pioneer in credit industry


peace now , the israeli advocacy group , said in a report released tuesday that in the past year israel has nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied west bank in violation of its obligations under an american-backed peace plan .

israeli group reports sharp increase in settlement activity


the caucus : UNK .# 's non grata UNK


the dalai lama is exhausted .

dalai lama citing exhaustion cancels trips


they are a staple of UNK hotlines and web sites : anguished tales about money stolen electronically from bank accounts , about unhelpful bank tellers and , finally , about UNK losses .

even the wealthy face problems of unauthorized bank transfers


curlin got the job done on saturday , adding a grade i win in saratoga to his long and impressive list of accomplishments .

curlin edges long shot to win the woodward


the network news anchors , katie couric , charles gibson and brian williams , were diverted from here on sunday , and with them went sen. john mccain 's chance to command the national stage for four nights before a huge television audience .


toronto - the eyes are hidden .


the supreme court late wednesday granted the bush administration 's request to transfer the terrorism suspect jose padilla from military to civilian custody , ending an odd two-week standoff over where he should be held while the justices decide whether to hear his case .

high court allows transfer of padilla to civilian prison


it 's the raucous , not the meek , who are inheriting the earth in nbc 's prime-time provocation , `` the book of daniel , '' which has its premiere friday night .

daniel : plenty of behavior worthy of a prayer session


colin l. powell said nothing -- a silence that spoke volumes to many in the white house on thursday morning .

in meeting with former officials bush defends iraq policy


yao wenyuan , the last surviving member of china 's notorious gang of four , the powerful group that was blamed for many of the excesses of the cultural revolution , died dec. ## , according to the official new china news agency .


the sudden political disappearance of prime minister ariel sharon , struggling for life after a massive stroke , has thrown the future of any peace process with the palestinians into question .

as sharon ails palestinians face own travails


before the governor could even tell voters about his massive public works plan last week , southern california political leaders were making the case for spending billions on new roads and transit systems .


there were no points awarded for eli manning 's pedigree sunday , and none at all scored by the giants , when the super bowl looked as distant a possibility for manning as it once did for a former journeyman named jake delhomme .

sports column : a name only gets you so far sometimes


cox news service atlanta -- the dow jones industrial average , which ended #### slightly in the red , came roaring back monday to close above ##,### for the first time in # #\/# years .


another new year , same old promises : i will ease off my favorite barbecue joint 's brownies .


north carolina 's foster care system made a killer out of UNK UNK simpson , or so say his lawyers , who are asking gov. mike easley to spare simpson 's life .

scheduled for jan. ## execution simpson asks for clemency


a supreme court victory won by california winemakers is now starting to resemble a fine cabernet : UNK

high court ruling aside wine still not flowing across state lines


`` monk , '' a simple idea that has proven surprisingly resilient -- a neurotic genius solves quirky crimes -- resumes its fourth season tonight with a particularly silly case .


cox news service dayton , ohio -- charlie coles has played in and coached more than #,### basketball games .

forty years later texas western 's watershed victory still vivid


gov. arnold schwarzenegger is expected to sign legislation friday to jump-start construction of a ### car-pool lane and preserve $ ### million in federal funds that could have been lost if work was not started in time .


with a shower of federal dollars about to rain down on this state , jockeying is beginning in the halls of the louisiana capitol here over who will control the money .

legislators eager for a say in spending louisiana aid


iran will not abandon its nuclear program even if the u.n. nuclear watchdog refers it to the security council , where it could face punitive measures , president mahmoud ahmadinejad said in a rare news conference on saturday .

u.n. scrutiny wo n't make iran quit nuclear effort president says


st. louis - it 's been so long now - eight years - that the gold medal seems as if it happened to someone else .


eric namesnik , who won silver medals in swimming in the #### and #### olympics and became a coach of several olympians , died on wednesday at a hospital in ypsilanti , mich. , four days after he was critically injured in an automobile accident on an icy road .

eric UNK ## winner of two silver medals in olympics


miami - an icon to some and a sinister troublemaker to others , a priest with strong miami ties currently sits languishing in a haitian jail with suspected leukemia .


israel 's acting prime minister , ehud olmert , said tuesday that he would be willing to restart peace talks with the palestinians if they met the longstanding israeli demand to break up armed factions .

israeli ready for peace talks if palestinians disarm hamas


`` city of villains '' and its UNK companion game , `` city of heroes , '' are n't the best online role-playing games around -- that title goes to `` world of warcraft .

videogame review : city of villains is n't tops but is still fun


dr. steven UNK of fort collins , colo. , has no cure for denver broncos fever , but he 'll give a free vasectomy as a trade for tickets to sunday 's afc championship game against the pittsburgh steelers .

from the offbeat to the bizarre fans barter for playoff tickets


harland UNK , a former all-pro linebacker with the giants , was happy shaping the defensive line that would become the fearsome foursome .

youngest coach in nfl history still gives advice


on the first monday morning of the year , four bulldozers , accompanied by nearly ### police , arrived on a rocky patch of farmland on the edge of a wooded village and began leveling the earth .

in lethal mill site clash dark side of india 's rise


after spending ## years in prison for a killing he did n't commit , ken marsh finally is poised to get some payback .

$ ###,### for ## years wrongly held in prison


televangelist pat robertson , it seems , is n't the only one who thinks he can see god 's purpose in natural disasters .


nearly a year ago , south carolina supreme court chief justice jean UNK said that fair , swift justice has taken a backseat to an assembly line process that diminishes the quality of hearings afforded south carolinians .


miguel lopez , who works at the state capitol , is sitting in a plush red velvet chair on the floor of the senate chamber .


a ##-year-old brooklyn teenager who friends said had been the center of attention at his friend 's sweet ## birthday party was fatally shot on the sidewalk as the party was winding down early sunday .


dozens of tunnels have been dug between the gaza strip and egypt in the last quarter century , and through them have come most of the weapons that fill this narrow palestinian territory , threatening israel and palestinians themselves .


never mind that she has dark blond hair and light blue eyes and the fairest of skin .


physicians from leading medical schools , including harvard 's , are calling for teaching hospitals to sharply limit the gifts and money they accept from pharmaceutical and medical device makers , saying even small gifts can influence doctors to use products that may not be the most effective and cheapest .


james franco , best known as harry osborne , peter parker 's best friend in the `` spider-man '' movies , is not your usual romantic lead .


democrats in georgia and alabama , borrowing an idea usually advanced by conservative republicans , are promoting bible classes in the public schools .

democrats in # southern states push bills on bible study


cox news service waco , texas -- my boyfriend quipped to me the other day that he has become an ipod widow .

UNK for sunday jan. ## #### an ipod listener turned addict


something you 're not likely to hear at the start of a ski or snowboard group lesson : you 're going to fall down .

how do you ski or snowboard practice practice falling and practice


philadelphia - immediately following saturday afternoon 's game at the wachovia center , the lightning boarded a speeding train to washington for today 's game against the capitals .


members of the organization of the petroleum exporting countries begin a meeting in vienna on tuesday , and ministers have indicated that they are likely to keep pumping oil at current levels .


the philippine government said today substantial progress has been made in its peace talks with the leftist national democratic front -lrb- ndf -rrb- held last month in the netherlands .


malaysia beat bangladesh #-# in a world cup asian zone group one qualifying match in jeddah , saudi arabia , on monday .

malaysia beats bangladesh #-# in world cup qualifier


beihai , a port city in southwest china 's guangxi zhuang autonomous region , will provide marine tourism services for the vietnamese cities of haiphong , mong cai and ha long this may .

southwest china to start new marine tourism services


chinese vice-premier zhu rongji met here today with his belarus counterpart UNK UNK , and his party .

chinese vice-premier meets belarus visitors


buhe , vice-chairman of the standing committee of china 's national people 's congress -lrb- npc -rrb- , met here today with a delegation from the municipal parliament of seoul , discussing the friendly exchanges that have taken place in the sister cities in recent years .


china 's foreign trade expands in scale last year with a better import and export structure , according a report from china 's state statistics bureau -lrb- ssb -rrb- released here today .

china 's foreign trade expands structure improves in ####


slovenia is considering making a modest contribution to the italian-led multinational protection force set up to secure relief aid operations in albania , the italian defense ministry said today .

slovenia may contribute to protection force to albania


with a growing population of elderly and a declining birth rate in shanghai , china 's industrial and financial center , some child care centers have been transformed into homes for the elderly .

results of british open squash semi-final


the pudong united rural credit cooperative , a syndicate of ## local rural credit cooperatives , will loan #.# billion yuan to projects in pudong new area , an emerging trade and financial hub in shanghai , this year .


vice-premier zou jiahua expressed china 's willingness to further increase technological cooperation with foreign enterprises including the toyota motor corporation of japan on the basis of mutual benefit , in a meeting with okuda hiroshi , president of toyota .


australian patrick rafter apologized on wednesday for being drunk while playing for his national team in the a davis cup .

rafter UNK for being drunk in davis cup game


the security council today forwarded to the general assembly the nominations of ## candidates for judges of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia .

collated results at salem open tennis '## in hong kong


a foreign trade fair aimed at enhancing economic ties between china 's island province of hainan and vietnam has ended recently , generating a total of one billion yuan-worth of contracts .

foreign trade fair to boost ties between hainan and vietnam


some ### iranians today staged demonstrations in front of the german embassy here to protest the berlin court ruling which charges top iranian leaders with involvement in the #### murder of four iranian dissidents .


government troops has repelled an attack by rebel forces along sudan 's eastern borders , the spokesman of the sudanese armed forces said today .

government forces repel rebel attack in eastern


the european union -lrb- eu -rrb- and the united states today reached an agreement on a dispute over the helms-burton act against cuba , u.s. officials confirmed .

us confirms deal on anti-cuba law dispute


chinese vice-premier and foreign minister qian qichen met with iranian deputy foreign minister UNK boroujerdi here today .

chinese iranian foreign ministers meet in beijing


botswana will depreciate its currency pula to offset problems likely to affect its national economy , southern african broadcasting association -lrb- saba -rrb- reported today .

botswana to depreciate national currency


a #,###-strong multinational force will land at the albanian port of durres after midnight tonight to protect humanitarian aid supplies to this balkan country , italian chief of defense staff admiral guido venturoni said today .


two guerrillas of the lebanese hezbollah , or party of god , were killed in the first clash with israeli forces in south lebanon in a month , beirut 's press reported wednesday morning .

# hezbollah fighters killed in israel 's swoop


the diamond high council -lrb- UNK -rrb- , the official trade federation representing the belgian diamond trade and industry , is to hold an international conference on the diamond industry during the hong kong jewelry & watch fair '## in september .

antwerp world diamond center supports hk jewelry & watch fair


the chinese economy is expected to grow rapidly over the next two years with real gdp -lrb- gross domestic product -rrb- increasing by # percent in #### and by # percent in #### , the asian development bank said today .

chinese economy to grow UNK in next # years : adb


the first contingent of italian troops is expected to enter albania 's southern port of vlore no later than early next week , italian defense chief of staff admiral guido venturoni said here today .

italian troops to enter albanian port vlore next week


five workers of the aeroperu airline will be tried to determine the degree of their responsibility in an airliner accident in october #### which killed ## persons .


the opposition labor party 's lead has dropped to its lowest level for four years , according to the latest UNK poll for the sunday times .

uk labor 's lead drops to lowest for four years


following are the team standings of world cup concacaf zone qualifying tournament after sunday 's match between the united states and mexico -lrb- tabulated under matches played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , against , points -rrb- : UNK


the pacific asia travel association -lrb- pata -rrb- will hold its second mekong tourism forum in ho chi minh city on october ##-## , this year , to explore new tourist venues along the mekong river .

travel association to hold mekong tourism forum in vietnam


pakistani president farooq leghari has stated that pakistan has a `` very special relationship with china and the bilateral ties have been tested by time .

pakistan has very special relationship with china :


the european commission -lrb- ec -rrb- , the executive body of the european union -lrb- eu -rrb- , and japan have agreed not to resort to the world trade organization -lrb- wto -rrb- dispute settlement mechanism unless solutions to their trade disputes can not be found through bilateral talks .

eu UNK to solve trade disputes through dialogue


the #### sydney olympic games will probably have traffic jams and transport problems , according to ioc official .


german transportation minister matthias wissmann today reaffirmed bonn 's commitment to the construction of a magnetic levitation rail link between hamburg and berlin despite the soaring costs and an uncertain market .

bonn vows to bring maglev train in operation in ####


japanese auto-maker toyota has invested # billion baht -lrb- about ### million us dollars -rrb- to build a new plant in east thailand , which officially opened today .


shanghai , china 's largest industrial city will add ### supermarkets and ### chain stores this year to its #,###-plus service outlets of this kind .

results of table tennis world championships UNK #


the democratic people 's republic of korea whitewashed south korea in the women 's team semi-finals at the world table tennis championships here on sunday .

dpr korea sails into women 's team final


european union -lrb- eu -rrb- countries will send their ambassadors back to iran soon in a move seen as indicating they are not prepared to damage lucrative ties with the country .


two passenger trains crashed today in central-south china 's hunan province , killing ## people and leaving many others injured .


northeast china 's liaoning province plans to spend ## billion yuan on an expressway that will link the provincial capital of shenyang with shanhaiguan , the easternmost part of the great wall .


president george w. bush met with visiting pakistani prime minister zafarullah jamali in the white house on wednesday to discuss issues on bilateral relations and cooperation in fighting terror .

us president meets pakistani pm in white house


a working group will be formed to realize recommendations made by the sars expert committee in hong kong , chief executive of hong kong special administrative region tung chee hwa said here thursday .

working group to be set up in hk to study sars experts advice


japanese prime minister junichiro koizumi on friday reiterated his confidence about the japanese economy , saying prospects are good that japan will resolve the issue of bad loans around #### .

koizumi reiterates confidence in UNK economy


thai commerce minister adisai bodharamik revealed that the association of southeast asian nations -lrb- asean -rrb- and japan would form a free trade area by #### in an agreement to be signed during the asean summit to be held in bali , indonesia , on oct. # , the bangkok post reported saturday .

asean UNK to sign fta agreement in bali summit : minister


by feng jian , yang UNK UNK

UNK analysis : eu conference launches spurt of constitution-making marathon


philippine share prices closed only #.## percent higher monday in listless trading as the market continued to consolidate .


nigeria will support south africa 's #### world cup bid and go all out for the #### edition itself , nigerian president olusegun obasanjo said here monday .

nigeria targets to host #### world cup : nigerian president


the iraqi governing council tuesday rejected an expected turkish offer of sending peace-keeping troops to iraq , dubai-based al arabiya tv channel reported .

UNK : iraq 's governing council rejects turkish troops deployment : tv


xu kuangdi , vice-chairman of the national committee of the chinese people 's political consultative conference -lrb- cppcc -rrb- , met here wednesday with a delegation of korea junior chamber , inc. , a non-governmental organization of the republic of korea .


costa rica has ruled out the possibility of opening up its telecommunication sector in spite of pressure exerted by the united states , reports from guatemala city said wednesday .

costa rica rules out opening telecommunication sector


government and business leaders from ## central and east european countries are gathering in bucharest , romania , for the region 's first investment summit on oct. ## to ## .

first investment summit to be held for central east europe


the asian development bank -lrb- adb -rrb- has approved a ###,### - us-dollar technical assistance -lrb- ta -rrb- grant to china to develop an innovative plan to reduce poverty and protect the unique cultures of ## of its smallest ethnic minority groups .

adb okays pioneer plan to protect china 's minority culture


southwest china 's yunnan province will raise #.# billion yuan -lrb- ###.## million us dollars -rrb- in the next five years to help its #.## million rural people out of poverty , according to the yunnan provincial poverty relief office .

local government raises fund for impoverished population largest in the nation


ministerial officials attending the forum for economic and trade cooperation between china and portuguese-speaking countries , which opened here on sunday , dedicated the morning debate to three topics .

forum between china portuguese-speaking countries focuses on three tropics


vietnam will start the construction of its first underground railway in the ho chi minh city in mid - #### with an investment of ### million us dollars .

vietnam to build first underground railways


a top un envoy said here monday that despite existing regional tension , israel violated its withdraw line with jets flying seven times over it into air space over southern lebanon .


li yushu , former vice-mayor of leshan in southwest china 's sichuan province , was executed tuesday after being convicted of abusing his authority to take bribes valued at #.# million yuan -lrb- #.# million us dollars -rrb- .


the launch of shenzhou-# , china 's first manned spacecraft , is successful and the craft is already in orbit , an official in charge of the country 's manned spaceflight program announced wednesday morning .

bulletin : shenzhou-# launch successful official


top interpol officers on wednesday asked its members to devise rules and procedures for policing at the global level and providing legal status to red corner notices against wanted fugitives .

interpol asks world govts to make rules for global policing


chinese permanent representative to the united nations wang guangya on wednesday urged the un and the international community to continue supporting timor-leste .

china stresses continued international support for timor-leste


despite generous donation from the international community , millions of people will still wake up hungry on the world food day which falls on thursday .


ecuadorian president lucio gutierrez has reiterated support for bolivian president gonzalo sanchez de lozada , who is facing a UNK crisis at home , a bolivian diplomat said thursday .

ecuador 's gov t reiterates support for crisis-plagued bolivian president


`` we come here to invite more chinese friends to zimbabwe , where ancient chinese set foot several thousands of years ago , '' francis nhema , zimbabwe 's minister of environment and tourism told xinhua friday .

zimbabwe shows itself as wonderland for china


cambodia 's two major parties on saturday announced to cancel their decision to attend monday 's coalition talks at the royal palace because the killing of a radio reporter on saturday morning .

cambodia 's # parties reject coalition talks due to killings of reporter


the visiting saudi arabian crown prince abdullah bin abdul aziz sunday called on muslims to move on a path of unity and tolerance .

j-league first division results\/standings


israel 's air forces on monday launched a third missile strike on gaza city in less than four hours , palestinian witnesses said .

israel launches third airstrike on gaza city


following are the world cup alpine world cup champions in the ####-#### season : UNK

men 's world cup ski champions last season


thousands of palestinians on tuesday took to the streets of UNK refugee camp in central gaza strip to attend the funeral of the eight palestinians killed during an israeli army airstrike late on monday .

palestinians hold funeral for those killed in israeli airstrikes


the common market for eastern and southern africa -lrb- comesa -rrb- is to set up the comesa common investment area -lrb- ccia -rrb- that will attract foreign investors and boost trade within the region .


bulgarian police captured ## kg of heroin in two separate operations , the bulgarian telegraph agency reported wednesday .


european major stocks ended mainly lower for the second session in a row thursday as limp results and outlooks from sector bellwethers such as royal dutch\/shell and stmicroelectronics sent jitters through the market .


austrian minister of foreign affairs benita ferrero-waldner will visit china on nov. #-# , announced foreign ministry spokeswoman zhang qiyue here thursday at a regular press conference .

austrian foreign minister to visit china


bayern munich playmaker michael ballack has fully recovered from an ankle injury but fellow midfielder owen hargreaves is still out of action due to a hip problem , the german first division club said on friday .

ballack fit for bayern 's game but hargreaves still out


container freighters between dandong , northeast china , and inchon , the republic of korea -lrb- rok -rrb- , were launched oct. ## , as the port of dandong has largely increased its capacity of handling containers in recent years .


sri lankan prime minister ranil wickremesinghe will meet us president george bush to review the country 's current norwegian-brokered peace progress , officials said .

sri lankan pm to meet us president to review peace process


pakistan 's top shares prices ended higher monday as rumors indicating a swift sell-off concerning state-run oil major pakistan state oil -lrb- pso -rrb- .


south korean stocks continued their winning streak on foreign and program buying , with the main index bouncing back to the ###-point level on tuesday .


seven people , including an ambulance driver and five patients , were killed when the ambulance collided with a car on the highway between UNK and victoria west in south africa on tuesday , the south african press association reported .

seven killed in ambulance crash in s. africa


pakistani president pervez musharraf wednesday spoke highly of the sino-pak relations , saying that the relations between the two countries are always excellent , strategic and permanent .

interview : sino-pak relations are excellent strategic permanent : musharraf by rong UNK


following are the schedule for the world cup volleyball from november # in ## japanese cities : UNK

schedule of world cup volleyball UNK women


nigeria has signed a fresh agreement with multinational oil majors to build a second liquefied natural gas -lrb- lng -rrb- plant in brass in central niger delta , south nigeria , the news agency of nigeria reported thursday .

nigeria to build second liquefied natural gas plant


all judicial files concerning intellectual property rights , from all three levels of beijing 's courthouses , will be available on UNK , the official website of beijing supreme court , from nov. # , announced an official friday .

beijing 's judicial files concerning intellectual property rights available on internet


the kenyan authorities have issued a tough warning to the country 's politicians seeking votes ahead of the general elections to shun violence or risk being barred from participating in the poll .

news items from asia-pacific desk of xinhua UNK part #


truck drivers and mechanics working for waste management inc. returned to work thursday after a two-week strike in los angeles , organizers said .


hosts wuhan won the men 's soccer title by beating beijing shunyi #-# here at the #th chinese city games on friday .

hosts wuhan wins men 's soccer title at chinese city games


in anticipation of strong winds returning , fire departments across southern california are bracing for a possible new round of fresh wildfires , authorities said on friday .

roundup : firefighters gear up for fresh fires in s. california


chief of army staff of pakistan general pervez musharraf on saturday declared a state of emergency in the country , the state-run ptv reported .

#nd ld : musharraf declares state of emergency in pakistan


the abu dhabi national oil company -lrb- adnoc -rrb- , the energy giant of the united arab emirates -lrb- uae -rrb- , announced on sunday the retrospective prices of its four main grades of crude oil for october .

uae energy giant announces retrospective oil prices for october


the south asia regional management team of the world bank comprising of more than ## senior managers and staffs are in kathmandu to participate in a series of meetings about new and emerging issues in nepal and south asia with the theme `` beyond the nation state .

world bank team arrives in nepal to discuss development


share prices on the london stock exchange closed lower on monday , suffering on fears over banks ' exposure to bad u.s. home loans and the termination of sainsbury 's bid .


thailand 's deputy secretary-general of council for national security -lrb- cns -rrb- anupong paochinda on tuesday ignored demand by the people power party which called for the cns members to resign .

thai cns refuses to dissolve before election


u.s. senate and house agreed tuesday to spend some ### billion u.s. dollars in baseline defense budget for fiscal year #### , but left most of the ### billion dollars of war funding request undecided .

u.s. senate house leave war funds undecided


israeli settlers continue the construction of new houses in the west bank territories despite the government 's pledge to freeze settlement expansion , according to a report released wednesday from an israeli left-wing group .


strengthened border patrol has led to a ##-percent drop in arrests of undocumented migrants this year at the u.s.-mexico frontier , it was reported on wednesday .


vietnam imported nearly #.# billion u. s. dollars worth of machines , equipment and spare parts in the first ## months of this year , a year-on-year rise of ##.# percent , according to the country 's general statistics office on thursday .

vietnam machinery import surges ##.# pct in ## months


germany 's electronics giant siemens said on thursday that an internal probe had revealed dubious transactions totaling #.# billion euros -lrb- about #.# billion u.s. dollars -rrb- , much larger than previous estimates .


zambia 's biggest mining company said it will spill out # billion u.s. dollars for its three-year expansion scheme , daily mail reported on friday .

zambia 's biggest miner to spend # bln dollars on expansion


although debrecen is a smaller and less well-off city than any of its eight rivals , the city hopes to be picked up to host the first ever youth olympic games scheduled for #### , mayor lajos UNK told reporters here on friday .

debrecen hopes to host first youth olympics in ####


a landslide in northwest china 's shaanxi province has trapped three people since saturday , the local government said on sunday .


six people were confirmed dead and two others were hospitalized in a food poisoning case on sunday in central china 's hubei province , local government sources said on monday .


glancing at newspaper copies at a newsstand here in kabul , the capital of post - taliban afghanistan , ahmad UNK , ## , said that he was happy to see dozens of daily papers and magazines published today in his country .

feature : post-taliban afghanistan witnesses UNK developing media by abdul UNK zhang UNK


both state and foreign investments in vietnam 's agriculture have been not sufficient enough , while local farmers have to pay fees to contribute to building rural roads , irrigation works and schools , local newspaper vietnam news reported tuesday .

hong kong stocks finish lower at midday nov. ##


a senior official of russia 's central bank has forecast a #.#-percent annual growth of the gross domestic product -lrb- gdp -rrb- in #### , interfax news agency reported on tuesday .

russian central bank predicts #.#-percent gdp growth


brazilian ronaldinho was reported for training with brazil on tuesday with a twisted ankle , team doctor jose luis runco said .

ronaldinho trains with ankle injury for brazil


a taiwanese fishing vessel , which has been captured off the somali coast in may and released early this month , arrived at mombasa port of kenya on wednesday .

taiwanese fishing vessel released off somali coast arrives at mombasa kenya


western mexico state jalisco will host the first edition of the UNK dollar lorena ochoa invitation golf tournament on nov. ##-## #### , in guadalajara country club , the lorena ochoa foundation said in a statement on wednesday .

mexico to host lorena ochoa golf tournament in ####


overcrowding and lack of illumination at exit points at konkola stadium in UNK province of zambia were among the major lapses that led to a stampede resulting in the death of ## soccer fans after an africa cup qualifier between zambia and congo UNK on june # , this year , sports minister gabriel UNK told the parliament thursday .

overcrowding lack of illumination leads to stampede in zambia : investigation


tokyo stocks opened sharply lower friday .

major news items in leading new zealand UNK


coach of manchester city football club sven-goran eriksson signed three thai young players to the english premiership league team at a ceremony in bangkok friday morning .


china 's sun hui claimed gold in the women 's ##kg sanshou at the #th world wushu championships here on saturday .

china 's sun wins women 's ##kg of sanshou at world wushu championships


namibia has imported about ### tons of maize from zambia and more tons are lined up for namibia , according sunday mail .

head-to-head record for shanghai masters cup final


the rescue work has completed at a gold mine in southeast australia with all of the ## miners who were trapped in a collapsed shaft having been brought to the surface .

major news item in leading australian UNK


the death toll from the last thursday night 's cyclone in bangladesh shot up to #### till #:## p. m. monday , according to the food and disaster management ministry .

cyclone death toll in bangladesh rises to ####


nigeria 's federal capital abuja on monday got the hosting right of the sixth students for the advancement of global entrepreneurship -lrb- sage -rrb- world cup tournament .


some ###,### beijingers will be encouraged by the municipal government to move out of the old city proper and sites of historical value by #### , in efforts to safeguard historical and cultural sites .

beijing to move ###,### people out of sites of historical value by ####


n ` djamena , nov. ## -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- the investigating magistrate and prosecutor handling the case involving the french association , zoe ' s ark , arrived tuesday in the eastern town of abeche where they met the ### children the association was attempting to fly to france , according to reports .

chadian court officials go to UNK to investigation into children 's case


afghan police and the u.s.-led coalition forces have killed ## militants during a joint operation in UNK district of southern afghan province of uruzgan , the ministry of interior said in a press release issued wednesday .


pakistani foreign minister missed the commonwealth foreign ministers ' meeting here on wednesday which is expected to decide whether or not pakistan should be suspended from the organization of former british colonies .

pakistani fm misses commonwealth foreign ministers meeting


expensive scientific instruments are now available for public rental throughout china via a new on-line database launched on thursday .


romania and kazakhstan will cooperate in transporting caspian oil to european consumer markets , the romanian and kazakh presidents stressed in a joint press statement on thursday .

romania kazakhstan to cooperate in transporting oil


vietnam plans to reap ##.# billion u. s. dollars from exporting heavy industry products and minerals next year , up from estimated ##.# billion dollars this year , a local trade agency said friday .

vietnam targets bigger heavy industry product exports next year


cuban sports officials and coaches censored the possible elimination of boxers ' protective head gear in the amateur boxing competitions , cuba 's official press `` granma '' said on friday .

cuba sports UNK UNK ask to keep boxers protective gear


croatia 's sixth parliamentary elections since its independence in #### kicked off on sunday , with surveys predicting a tight race between ruling conservative croatian democratic union -lrb- hdz -rrb- and opposition social democratic party -lrb- sdp -rrb- .

#nd ld : croatia holds parliamentary elections


between ##,### and ##,### people in vietnam die of diseases caused by smoking each year , according to local newspaper youth on monday .

##,###-## ,### vietnamese die from smoking annually


by xinhua writer jiang UNK , zhao UNK UNK

#nd UNK focus : china france sign #-bln-euro nuclear energy deal


a magnitude-# .# earthquake rocked metro manila at around ##:## p.m. tuesday but there is no immediate reports of casualties .

#nd ld UNK : earthquake hits metro manila


chinese vice-premier wu yi said tuesday that the country should step up efforts to develop its service trade in a bid to alter the growth pattern of foreign trade and increase employment and domestic consumption .

chinese vice-premier calls for fast development of service trade


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#nd ld : pakistan 's musharraf steps down as army chief


jing zhiyuan , commander of the second artillery force of the chinese people 's liberation army -lrb- pla -rrb- , wrapped up his official visit to sweden wednesday .

senior chinese military official UNK up visit to sweden


australian prime minister-elect kevin rudd announced the make up of his new cabinet , appointing his deputy julia gillard education minister .


china was greatly honored here during celebrations to mark mauritania 's ##th independence celebrations , according to reports .

mauritania salutes china 's cooperation on national day


marshall islands opposition party declared victory thursday night , saying it `` is ready to take over the reins of government after defeating president kessai note , reported pacific magazine , a UNK journal , on friday .

opposition declares win in marshalls election


`` fondation congo assistance , '' an association founded by the republic of congo 's first lady antoinette sassou n ` UNK , has launched here a national campaign against aids , mainly focusing on the implementation of the mother - UNK infection prevention project -lrb- UNK -rrb- , according to reports .


andy roddick got the better of dmitry tursunov in straight sets on friday , assuring the united states a #-# lead over defending champions russia in the #### davis cup final .


u.s. construction spending dropped by #.# percent in february , the fifth straight monthly decline , as residential construction tumbled for a record ##th consecutive month , the commerce department reported tuesday .

u.s. construction spending drops for fifth straight month in february


vietnamese prime minister nguyen tan dung has asked localities , relevant agencies and people to focus on monitoring food safety , ensuring environmental hygiene , preparing enough pharmaceuticals , and intensifying awareness work , to stamp out acute diarrhea .


the asian swimming record tumbled again at the seven-day olympic test event here on friday .

asian swimming record tumbles again at china 's olympic trials


zimbabwe 's ruling zanu-pf has requested the zimbabwe electoral commission -lrb- zec -rrb- to recount and audit all its electoral material relating to last week 's presidential election following revelations of errors and miscalculations in the compilation of the poll result .

xinhua world news summary at #### UNK UNK #


lebanese parliament speaker nabih berri was `` stunned '' by the comment of french foreign minister bernard kouchner who accused him of closing down the parliament and of `` lacking freedom to move , '' al-akhbar daily reported on wednesday .

lebanese speaker stunned by french fm remarks : report


brian cowen has been formally elected leader of ireland 's governing fianna fail party , replacing bertie ahern .

cowen elected new leader of irish governing party


bangladesh and india signed a deal here thursday giving green signal to resumption of passenger train service between the two neighboring countries after ## years .

bangladesh india sign agreement for resumption of train service after ## years


a spokesman for the beijing olympic organizing committee criticized radical supporters of tibetan independence for their sabotage of the ongoing olympic torch relay .

UNK thanks overseas supporters for torch relay criticizes radical saboteurs


chinese carmaker chery automobile has recorded a ##.# percent growth in the number of exported vehicles during the first quarter , the company said on sunday .

chinese carmaker chery reports export surge in first quarter


chinese ambassador to oman pan weifang on saturday highly valued the preparation that oman has made for the upcoming beijing olympic torch relay to be held in oman 's capital muscat on april ## .

chinese ambassador highly values oman 's preparation for olympic torch relay


singapore shares end higher singapore , april ## -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- the shares prices in singapore closed higher on wednesday with the blue chip straits times index -lrb- sti -rrb- soaring #.## percent or ## points to end at #,###.## points .


china 's economic growth slowed to ##.# percent in the first quarter from ##.# percent in the same period last year , the national bureau of statistics -lrb- nbs -rrb- said on wednesday .

#st ld : china economy grows ##.# pct in #q vs. year-earlier ##.# pct


the white house said thursday that the meeting between former u.s. president jimmy carter and a hamas delegation from the gaza strip was not `` useful .

xinhua world news summary at #### UNK UNK ##


nine people were killed and several others were injured as a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northern philippines friday morning .


the one foundation project , initiated by chinese kung fu star jet li in #### , has raised over ## million yuan in its first year , and has allocated #.# million yuan for relief work .

jet li foundation allocates #.# mln yuan for charity in first year


franch won the gold medal at women 's epee team event of the fie #### world championships by beating china ##-## .

france beats china for women 's epee team gold


un secretary-general ban ki-moon reiterated here monday the urgent need of tackling the soaring food prices and low food stocks when he addressed the high - level segment of the ##th session of the un conference on trade and investment -lrb- unctad -rrb- .

un chief reiterates emergency of addressing food issues


all schools in the orissa state of india have been closed for the summer vacation at least eight days in advance after some ## people died over the last three weeks due to heatstroke , according to the ndtv 's report on tuesday .


another #.# million people fell below the poverty line in argentina in the second half of #### , research by the country 's official statistics agency revealed wednesday .

more people living below poverty line in argentina


cherie blair , wife of former british prime minister tony blair , visited bangladesh 's supreme court here on wednesday to observe the appeal proceedings of a graft case against former bangladesh prime minister sheikh hasina .

cherie blair serves as bangladesh 's ex-pm hasina 's legal team expert


chinese lawmakers on thursday adopted a law amendment to better protect the country 's more than ## million disabled , in the run-up to the beijing #### paralympics in september .

#nd UNK : china adopts amendment to law on protection of the disabled


urban chinese saw their disposable income expand #.# percent in the first quarter , the lowest increase for the same period since #### .

inflation slows urban chinese income growth


uruguay 's river plate soccer club on sunday defeated its counterpart bella vista by #-# and is back on top towards uruguay 's closing championship thanks to nacional 's #-# tie against liverpool on saturday .

uruguay 's river plate heads for uruguayan soccer title


the hushen ### index reflecting the performance of china 's shanghai and shenzhen stock exchanges closed at #,###.## on monday , down ##.## points , or #.## percent , from the previous close .


u.s. president george w. bush on tuesday criticized congress for not acting on his proposals to deal with the rising cost of fuel and other necessities in a speech on u.s. economy .

bush criticizes congress in speech on economy


one more body has been recovered from the wreckage of monday 's fatal train crash in eastern china , bringing the known death toll to ## , a local newspaper reports .

death toll from east china train collision rises to ##


the u.s. dollar traded in the upper ## yen range early monday in tokyo , down slightly from its levels late friday in new york .

dollar trades in upper ## yen range in tokyo


iraqi oil ministry tuesday gave a two-week extra time for foreign oil firms to send in documentation for the second round of licensing for long-term development contracts .


as incomes decline , americans increasingly are reining in spending and instead saving more .


cambodia 's fledgling insurance industry grew ## percent last year , despite global declines in the sector , national media reported wednesday .

cambodian insurance sector grows ## pct in ####


china 's export of autos , including auto parts and components , increased ##.# percent to ##.## billion u.s. dollars in #### , but down ##.## percentage points compared with the previous year , china association of automobile manufacturers -lrb- caam -rrb- said here on wednesday .

china auto export slowdown in #### amid falling demand


the largest snake the world has ever known -- as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car - - ruled tropical ecosystems only six million years after the demise of the fearsome tyrannosaurus rex , according to a new discovery to be published on thursday in the journal nature .

world 's largest snake discovered in fossilized rainforest


new zealand will make an initial contribution of ###,### nz dollars -lrb- ##,### u.s. dollars -rrb- to help people affected by flooding in solomon islands , foreign minister murray mccully said on friday .

nz to provide flood relief to solomon islands


boston celtics guard ray allen has been named the alternative to file in the vacancy left by injured orlando magic guard jameer nelson for the all-star game , said the nba on thursday .

allen to replace nelson for nba all-star game


chicago , feb. # -lrb- xinhua -rrb- - gold futures on the comex division of the new york mercantile exchange edged higher friday due to investors ' profit-taking after the disappointing unemployment data .

gold ended slightly higher on profit-taking after unemployment data


angola and cuba called here on saturday for establishing a more democratic , equitable and fair international economic policy .

xinhua world economic news summary at #### UNK feb. #


the chairperson of the commission of the african union -lrb- au -rrb- , jean ping , decided on sunday to dispatch cote d'ivoire 's former foreign minister amara essy as an envoy to antananarivo , capital of madagascar .

#st ld UNK : au chief decides to send envoy to madagascar


ten civilians , including a nine - year-old boy , have been wounded in mortar attacks staged by islamic militants holding three aid workers of the international committee of the red cross monday night in the southern philippine island of sulu , police said .

UNK : ## wounded as militants fire mortars at philippine marine


u.s. president barack obama vowed on monday to prevent nuclear proliferation during his presidency .

UNK : obama UNK to prevent nuclear proliferation


southern israel was hit by a rocket fired from the gaza strip on tuesday night , just minutes before the general election ends , local daily ha'aretz reported .

UNK : southern israel hit by gazan rocket


prague , feb. ## -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- czech president vaclav klaus on tuesday ratified an agreement signed by the european union and south korea in helsinki on sept. # , #### , on cooperation in europe 's galileo satellite navigation project .

czech president ratifies galileo project accord between eu and s. korea


australia 's jobless rate has climbed from #.# percent in december to #.# percent in january , figures released thursday by the australian bureau of statistics -lrb- abs -rrb- showed .


chinese president hu jintao continued his state visit to saudi arabia on wednesday -lrb- local time -rrb- , the first leg of his five-nation `` trip of friendship and cooperation .

facts and figures about chinese president 's foreign tour


final results showed thursday that israel 's centrist party kadima led by foreign minister tzipi livni secured ## seats in the ##th knesset -lrb- parliament -rrb- election , keeping a slight lead over its main rival likud party .

#nd ld : final results confirm kadima 's lead in israeli election


an airliner with ## people on board crashed into a home in the u.s. state of new york on tuesday evening , with ## people reported to be killed .


lebanese pro-government leaders , speaking at the rally marking the fourth anniversary of former prime minister UNK hariri 's assassination on saturday , renewed their animosity to syria , lbc tv broadcasted the ceremony live .

anniversary of hariri 's assassination renewed animosity to syria : report


david beckham 's hopes of a permanent move from los angeles galaxy to ac milan were crushed on friday as the italian club failed to raise its bid for the england midfielder .


chinese feather and down makers voiced their indignation over the `` untruthful '' report by a swedish media about the wide practice of UNK of geese and ducks in china on saturday , saying a very small number of such cases should not distort the entire industry .

china feather and down producer says UNK report untruthful


venezuelan president hugo chavez won a constitutional referendum lifting term limits to allow him to stay in power as long as he keeps winning elections .

UNK : venezuelan constitutional referendum allows chavez to run in ####


vietnam is among the countries most vulnerable to the chronic hepatitis b virus with more than eight percent of vietnamese people contracting the virus , the local newspaper the youth reported tuesday .

vietnamese people vulnerable to hepatitis b virus : experts


china 's participation in united nations -lrb- un -rrb- peacekeeping operations has expanded dramatically , according to a report published by the stockholm international peace research institute -lrb- sipri -rrb- on tuesday .

china expanding un peacekeeping role says swedish institute


new zealand women are having more children and the country 's birth rate reached its highest level in ## years , statistics new zealand said on wednesday .

new zealand birth rate reaches ##-year high


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chinese president 's five-nation tour fruitful : fm UNK part ii


the government and major international financial institutions have different predictions of cambodia 's economic growth rate for this year , english - language daily newspaper the phnom penh post said on thursday .


the argentine foreign ministry summoned the italian ambassador to argentina on wednesday to express its displeasure over recent remarks by italian prime minister silvio berlusconi .

argentina voices discomfort over italian pm comments


iran has vowed it would not suspend its nuclear work after the latest report from the international atomic energy agency -lrb- iaea -rrb- said tehran has slowed its uranium enrichment program , iran 's english-language satellite news channel press tv reported on friday .


by shao jie , ma UNK , zheng UNK UNK


a katyusha rocket fired from lebanon on saturday morning hit the western galilee in north israel , causing two lightly hurt , israel radio reported .

xinhua middle east news advisory feb. ##


israeli president shimon peres officially entrusted the chairman of the right - wing likud party benjamin netanyahu with the task of building a coalition , ## days after the parliamentary election .

xinhua world news summary at #### UNK feb. ##


china is willing to make joint efforts with malta to further promote their traditional friendly relations , visiting chinese vice president xi jinping said here on saturday .

roundup : chinese vice president starts official visit to malta


the brunei currency and monetary board has unveiled silver jubilee national day commemorative coins with face values of ## brunei dollars , #.## brunei dollars and #.## brunei dollar , all bearing the number of years since brunei achieved its independence from britain , the brunei times reported on monday .

brunei unveils national day commemorative coins


by ren ke , wang xiaolei and quan UNK , china features UNK

china focus : to stay or to go out again chinese migrant workers strive for a living back home UNK #


lusaka , feb. ## -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- the voluntary repatriation of angolan refugees remaining in zambia will resume in may this year , according to a statement released on tuesday .

zambia to restart repatriation of angolan refugees


lakes , rivers and the air in many places in china are still polluted , some seriously , in spite of continuous efforts to control pollution , a chinese environmental official said tuesday .

air quality of major chinese cities feb. ##


the kenyan government on wednesday challenged african scientists to research on viable farming methodology that could help mitigate the perennial food insecurity in the continent during prolonged dry spells .

africa urged to device new farming methods to avert food crisis


the chinese mainland and taiwan will start two-way postal remittance services on thursday for the first time in ## years , fan liqing , spokeswoman of the state council taiwan affairs office said here wednesday .

UNK : mainland taiwan to start two-way postal remittance services on feb. ##


by xinhua writers xu UNK , zhang UNK , xu duo UNK

news analysis : summit to usher in asean new era


host china winded up the speed skating competitions at the harbin universiade with a gold medal in the women 's team pursuit here thursday , while south korea narrowly missed the men 's title .

results of curling at winter universiade


sony corp. said friday its president ryoji chubachi will step down from his post in april while howard stringer will double as both the president and chairman , kyodo news reported .

UNK : sony president to step down in UNK : report


thirty high school students in south china 's guangdong province have been suspended after they were suspected of gambling on nba games , local education authorities said thursday .


former serbian president milan milutinovic returned to belgrade on friday evening after he had been acquitted by the un war crimes tribunal in the hague one day ago .

former serbian president returns home after being acquitted war crimes charges


a graduation ceremony was held friday for the eighth class of the beijing-based high-level tibetan buddhism college of china .

collated results from china diving grand prix


future generations of switzerland will have to pay a heavy price for the standard of living currently enjoyed by swiss men and women , swiss radio international -lrb- sri -rrb- reported friday .

swiss future generations face heavy financial burden : radio


following are facts and figures about china 's main export commodities from january to april , #### , released by the general administration of customs : UNK

facts & figures : china 's main export commodities


a u.s. federal prosecutor asked a federal judge monday to refuse to delay timothy mcveigh 's execution , saying that newly released documents do not have any bearing on his conviction and sentence .

u.s. federal prosecutor opposes delay in mcveigh 's execution


india was prepared to discuss all outstanding issues including kashmir with pakistan and `` we are hopeful of finding some solution during talks with musharraf in new delhi , '' vajpayee was quoted as saying during his visit to west state of gujarat , which was hit by a strong earthquake in january .

india ready to discuss kashmir with pakistan : vajpayee


the international fund for agriculture development -lrb- ifad -rrb- will assist china to push ahead with the UNK project it finances , in an effort to help more poor chinese farmers get rid of poverty .


`` environmental challenges that were identified in the early ####s continue to haunt the region and are in fact exacerbated by the emergence of new risks linked to poverty and globalization , '' kim UNK , UNK of the u.n. economic and social commission for asia and the pacific -lrb- escap -rrb- said at the launching ceremony of the state of the environment report in asia-pacific #### , here tuesday night .

UNK chief calls for immediate action against regional environmental deterioration


inflation rate in kenya went down last month as basic food prices and power bills dipped , the central bank of kenya has said .


the heads of five former soviet republics ended their meeting in yalta , southern ukraine , on thursday with the signing of a series of documents , turning the informal guuam group into an international organization .

guuam group becomes formal international organization


three-time world champions germany defeated albania #-# in a world cup european zone qualifying match wednesday night while poland suffered a minor setback in their attempt to take their first world cup berth since #### .

germans english irish win poland draw in world cup qualifiers


china values its ties with japan , and the healthy and steady development of sino-japanese ties needs concerted efforts from both sides , said vice-premier qian qichen here friday .

healthy UNK ties need concerted efforts from both sides : vice premier


intel corp. , one of the world 's largest chip makers , has cast a sanguine view about the semiconductor industry as it reported that signs of stability are in sight in the microprocessor business and overall demand is expected to UNK new momentum later this year .

intel offers sanguine view about chip industry


china and the u.s. have reached full consensus on the remaining issues concerning the multi-lateral talks on china 's accession to the world trade organization -lrb- wto -rrb- .

china u.s. reach consensus on wto remaining issues UNK details added eds-details added


the thai government has set aside ### million baht -lrb- about ##.## million u.s. dollars -rrb- to support new eco-tourism plans during ####-#### , according to a report of the thai news agency -lrb- tna -rrb- tuesday .


northeast china 's jilin province has decided to fight the serious water pollution with a total investment of #.# billion yuan -lrb- #.## billion us dollars -rrb- over the next decade .

jilin steps up efforts for water protection


fu quanyou , chief of the general staff of the people 's liberation army , met here tuesday with visiting mongolian defense minister UNK UNK and his party .

chief of general staff meets mongolian guests


china 's international travel agencies are making more profits as there are more chinese people going abroad and more overseas tourists coming to china , the china national tourism administration -lrb- cnta -rrb- said tuesday .

china 's international travel agencies gain more profits


the new zealand sharemarket closed higher here wednesday .


geneva , june ## -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- the swiss national bank announced thursday that it has decided to continue its current monetary policy , leaving interest rates unchanged , according to a report of swiss radio international -lrb- sri -rrb- .

swiss central bank keeps interest rates unchanged


attorney general rafael macedo said wednesday that magana was captured in his car .


making use of the great potential and extensive opportunities in trade and economic cooperation among the member states , the sco will promote the further development of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between and among member states and the pluralism of cooperation .

declaration of shanghai cooperation organization UNK #


south african president thabo mbeki on saturday urged the country 's youths to face the challenges of poverty , unemployment , racism and the spread of aids .

s. african youths urged to face challenges


the booming southern city of shenzhen will spend three billion yuan -lrb- about ### million u.s. dollars -rrb- to build a modern UNK high-tech industrial park .


hong kong 's hang seng china enterprises index lost ##.## points , or #.## percent , to close at ###.## monday .

weather forecast for major chinese cities


french president jacques chirac said tuesday he will discuss french-russian cooperation in the aeronautic field , especially `` relations between air france and aeroflot '' during his coming visit to russia from july #-# .

chirac envisions french-russian cooperation in aeronautic field


the canadian economy will bounce back in the #th quarter with an aggressive monetary policy , economists with canada 's td bank said in their latest quarterly forecast released monday .

canadian economy seen to bounce back in #th quarter


the gold price in hong kong remained unchanged to close at #,### hk dollars a tael wednesday , according to bank of china group .