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Fifteen African presidents pledge peace in Great Lakes (AFP) AFP - Fifteen African presidents and UN chief Kofi Annan signed a common declaration pledging to promote peace and security in the continent's volatile Great Lakes region.	0
Developer Wins Victory in WTC Case (Reuters) Reuters - A New York developer hoping to rebuild\the destroyed World Trade Center on Monday won a major victory\against his insurers, when a jury decided the hijacked airline\attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were two separate events.	2
Nation briefs 11/28 MOUNT ST. HELENS -- A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St. Helens on Saturday, the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.	3
Sender ID working group disbanded The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has wound up its working group on Sender ID, the proposed spam-cutting standard. The purpose of Sender ID technology is to help verify the source of emails by authenticating domain addresses as valid.	3
Copter crash kills cleric ATHENS -- The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed yesterday after an army helicopter transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, according to government and church officials.	0
Players and Fans Expected to Face Charges in Brawl DETROIT (Sports Network) - Five members of the Indiana Pacers and five Detroit Pistons fans are expected to be charged Wednesday in the November 19 brawl that took place at The Palace of Auburn Hills.	1
Cuban billboards highlight US abuses Cuba has erected several huge billboards near the US mission with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners and American soldiers pointing a rifle at children.	0
Slovene Center Is Feeling Like a Rookie Again In his fourth N.B.A. season, 7-foot-1 center Primoz Brezec is getting a fresh start and a chance to start in Charlotte.	1
Baghdad Airport Closed Indefinitely -- PM Office BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.	0
A Field Guide to the Falling Dollar Depending on how investors behave, the dollar's downward drift could cast anything from a benign breeze to a hurricane.	0
Gunmen kill 17 Iraqi workers Guerrillas have killed 17 Iraqis and wounded 13 in an attack on buses that were taking them to work at a weapons dump near the town of Tikrit north of Baghdad, the US army say.	0
Nigerian Leader Scolds Delta Officials, Militants Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo castigated elected officials in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Friday for failing to care more for their impoverished people as talks	0
Man Charged with Peddling Stolen Windows Source Code A Microsoft lawyer said the arrest was quot;significant, quot; given the value of the source code. quot;It is our secret recipe, our secret formula like the Coke formula, quot; associate general counsel Tom Rubin said.	3
Anti-spam plan overwhelms sites A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control. Earlier this week Lycos Europe released a screensaver that bombards spam websites with data to try to increase the cost of running such sites.	3
Sun to return to NAS market with StorEdge 5210 Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday will announce a number of new storage products, including a new server that signals the company's return to NAS (network-attached storage). Called the StorEdge 5210, the file server is a midrange NAS appliance developed with technology that Sun licensed from Irvine, California-based Procom Technology Inc. in April.	3
Over their dead bodies LONDON: A British television channel is looking for volunteers for a documentary which will look into dead bodies during the process of decomposition.	3
AL Wrap: Late Homers by Sheffield, Matsui Rally Yankees NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui thumped back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the New York Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Sunday.	1
Blues won #39;t appeal Sav ban He appeared to catch Mateja Kezman in the face, but referee Barry Knight saw nothing wrong with the challenge. The FA gave Birmingham the option to accept the charge and face an immediate three-match suspension	1
"Hollinger Panel Says Owners Took Cash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Hollinger International Chief Executive Conrad Black and other former executives looted the company of more than \$400 million, using the company as a ""piggy bank"" to pay for private jets and club memberships, according to a report filed on Tuesday."	2
UPDATE 2-ConocoPhillips reaffirms production outlook No. 3 US oil company ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast higher capital spending in coming years and reaffirmed its production targets, banking on rising output in the Asia-Pacific region.	2
Chris Chelios Goes Bobsledding in Lockout (AP) AP - Chris Chelios grabbed his red helmet, listened to some last-minute instructions, and then hit the ice #151; running.	1
Global DSL subscriber base crosses 78m report With 30m subscribers added in the 12 months leading up June 30, 2004, the number of global users of the DSL broadband technology reached 78m, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum, the international DSL trade association, by industry	3
Williams may have opening Unless you grew up in the 1960s and remember conflicted football-playing flower children like Steve Kiner and Dave Meggyesy, Ricky Williams is a mystery to you. But then, so is his present situation.	1
Damon was into this game early FOXBOROUGH -- Red Sox owner John W. Henry lugged the World Series trophy, but Johnny Damon walked off with the Oscar here last night when a small contingent of Red Sox Nation visited Gillette Stadium before the Patriots-Bills game.	1
Watchdogs: Broadband policy a bust Consumer advocate organizations say U.S is trailing in broadband and that inequality is increasing.	3
Forsyth grabs lead in Spain Cadiz, Spain (Sports Network) - Alastair Forsyth shot a four-under 67 on Saturday to grab the lead after the third round of the Volvo Masters Andalucia.	1
A Crucial Test, but Not Final George W. Bush and John Kerry ended the debates as they began them, with starkly defined differences on most issues.	0
Chelsea settles for draw while Everton continues to win London, England (Sports Network) - Not much was expected from Everton this season, especially after the departure of star striker Wayne Rooney to Manchester United.	1
US Presley festival under threat Poor ticket sales are threatening the future of the annual Elvis Presley Festival in the late star's home town.	0
Saudi Religious Scholars Back Holy War (AP) AP - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah.	0
Update 1: Germany Wants to Privatize Railway Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that Germany #39;s national railway should be privatized by 2008 at the latest, a day after Deutsche Bahn backed off a target of selling shares on the stock market by mid-2006.	0
FIFA Fines Italy, Netherlands, France (AP) AP - Soccer's governing body Wednesday fined Italy, the Netherlands and France for being too lenient with doping offenders.	1
Some fans pledge to do Martha #39;s time Supporters at the Web site SaveMartha! (www.save martha.com) have pledged to serve Martha Stewart #39;s five-month prison sentence for her convictions on charges of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators.	2
Cincinnati Reds Re-Sign Catcher LaRue (AP) AP - Catcher Jason LaRue and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Friday to a #36;3 million, one-year contract, a #36;400,000 raise.	1
Voting Begins In Bosnian Local Elections 2 October 2004 -- Bosnians began voting today in the country #39;s first locally organized local elections since the 1992-95 war. Around 2.3 million voters are eligible to elect local councils and mayors in 142 municipalities.	0
Army Spun Tale Around Ill-Fated Mission The published account of Pat Tillman's last moments was a distorted and incomplete narrative, according to dozens of internal Army documents obtained by The Washington Post.	0
Storm Moves Steelers-Dolphins to Evening (AP) AP - Hurricane Jeanne forced the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers to move their game to prime time Sunday.	1
British music fans decry iTunes pricing Instead of quot;Think Different quot;, perhaps Apple #39;s slogan should be quot;Price Different quot;, says a group of disgruntled UK music fans.	3
Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces launched the sixth day of a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday with an air strike that killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two others in Jabalya refugee camp.	0
Edwards sees valve trial delayed Medical device company says FDA not likely to greenlight a clinical trial of heart implant in 2004. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Edwards Lifesciences Corp.	2
Gates Believes Spam Will Be Eliminated Within Two Years Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes spam will be a thing of the past within two years. He did not elaborate on his definition of spam.	3
Blair to push for Mid East peace BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.	0
Dell Recalls AC Power Adapters Due To Fire, Shock Hazard Dell Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily recalling a total of 4.4 million AC power adapters used with some Dell notebooks, among these, 2.9 million were sold in the US alone.	3
Court: certificates used to detain suspected terrorists are constitutional (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Security certificates used to detain suspected terrorists like Adil Charkaoui are constitutional, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday.	0
After lynchings, Mexico looks inward SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico -- A pair of wooden crosses outside the elementary school are all that mark the macabre site where, just weeks ago, an angry mob captured two federal police officers, beat them unconscious, and set them on fire.	0
Browne and Bradshaw complete mission improbable for West Indies It was pitch-black out on the field when this match came to its sensational climax at 6.36pm with an astonishing West Indies victory by two wickets.	1
Bush senior: US will work with Blair on Mideast Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s call for a new Mideast peace push quot;was heard loud and clear in Washington, quot; former US President George HW Bush said in comments broadcast Sunday.	0
Chills, Fright But Nothing Paranormal at UK Seance (Reuters) Reuters - Suddenly the darkened room seemed\intensely cold, some people felt a sense of presence and others\were so terrified they had to leave.	3
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect injured in shootout with NATO (AFP) AFP - NATO-led peacekeepers wounded a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect in a shootout as they tried to arrest him, the peacekeepers said in a statement.	0
"US Airways Reaches Deal with Dispatchers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bankrupt US Airways <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UAIRQ.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">UAIRQ.O</A> on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement on concessions with the union representing dispatchers, the company said."	2
Jets befuddle young Manning Eli Manning got his first dose of real NFL defensive schemes and it had to taste awful. The top choice in the NFL Draft in April, the Giants' quarterback struggled against the New York Jets in a 17-10 loss last night in East Rutherford, N.J. It was the Jets' ninth straight win in the annual preseason series.	1
Sudan Rules Out Talk of African Troops (AP) AP - Sudan's government on Saturday ruled out discussion of an African Union proposal to send peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region during the latest peace talks with rebels.	0
Lazard go-ahead has sting in tail MICHEL David-Weill, the septuagenarian chairman of investment bank Lazard, has finally given his consent to a 1.7bn Wall Street float that would end more than 150 years of private ownership for the venerable City firm.	2
Georgia makes secret wealth offer Georgia is offering a one-off #39;tax amnesty #39; to people who hid their earnings under the regime of former president Eduard Shevardnadze.	2
Stocks climb as oil falls A sharp decline in oil prices and a surprise drop in wholesale prices pushed stocks higher Friday as investors #39; concerns about third quarter earnings were mitigated.	2
Whistleblower fears reprisal WASHINGTON -- David Graham says he was surprised by the hugs and slaps on the back he got at his own Food and Drug Administration office after telling Congress the government had let unsafe drugs remain on the market.	2
Venus, Jupiter, moon to join forces to form lovely triangle For several months now, South Floridian early birds have been treated to a lovely sight above the eastern morning horizon before sunrise.	3
UK interest rates remain at 4.75 UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 4.75 following the latest meeting of the Bank of England #39;s rate-setting committee.	2
Rumsfeld: US to keep 'healthy deterrent' on Korean peninsula (AFP) AFP - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured South Korea the United States will keep a quot;healthy deterrent quot; in the Korean peninsula even as it shifts defense responsibility to South Korea.	0
"Cisco to Sell Routers with Fujitsu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CSCO.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CSCO.O</A>, the largest maker of gear to direct Internet traffic, said on Sunday Japanese computer and electronics provider Fujitsu Ltd. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=6702.T target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">6702.T</A> will sell Cisco's high-end routers and switches in Japan."	2
Vanunu arrested by Israeli police Israeli former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu is arrested, seven months after release from jail.	0
"Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay Delta Air Lines said it would cut 12 percent of its work force and said a bankruptcy filing was a real possibility."""	2
House GOP Brings Up Draft In Order to Knock It Down Rumors of reinstating the military draft, which have flourished for months in panicky e-mails, online chat rooms, college dorms and student newspapers, suddenly dominated the House floor yesterday in one of the strangest parliamentary maneuvers in memory. With even its sponsor voting against it, a bill to require young adults to perform military or civil service failed, 402 to 2.	0
Digital Gear: So Portable, It's Disposable (PC World) PC World - Digicams you can ditch, a tiny TV, and other gadgets for when you're on the go.	3
Boeing Probe Widens to \$100 Bln Contract NEW YORK (Reuters) - A criminal probe of Boeing Co.'s dealings with the U.S. Air Force is widening to include a \$100 billion Army program it oversees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.	2
Nigerian Oil Delta Rebel in 11th Hour Peace Talks LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and threatened to target oil workers.	0
.Mac Increases Email amp; iDisk Storage .Mac, the popular suite of Internet software and services, now offers both new members and its more than half million existing members 250MB of combined online storage for .Mac mailboxes and iDisk folders, perfect for sharing photos, movies and documents with family, friends and coworkers. Sign up now for a free 60-day trial. Sep 29	3
WR Grace shares fall, plan filed without consensus Shares of WR Grace and Co. (GRA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell as much as 13 percent on Monday after the bankrupt chemical maker, which faces lawsuits from people sickened by	2
Reaction from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club A number of former players and staff linked with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have voiced their opinion on the sensational exit of manager Jacques Santini.	1
U.N. Official Urges Political Independence (AP) AP - The United Nations should find ways to demonstrate political independence, regain the neutrality it lost after the Sept. 11 attacks and better communicate with the world's 1 billion Muslims, a top U.N. official said Monday.	0
Radioactive in Iran BECAUSE IRAN has not been truthful about its nuclear activities in the past, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union, and the United States have been trying to ascertain whether some of those activities belong to a nuclear weapons	0
"""I Am David"" Film Puts Human Face on Refugee Crisis Opening in the U.S. today, the movie <i>I Am David</i> depicts a Bulgarian refugee's struggle in post-World War II Europe. The film is being used by the UN to highlight the plight of current-day refugees."	3
Mexican Election Tribunal Upholds Wins (AP) AP - Election officials on Wednesday upheld the contested mayoral victory of a millionaire dog-track owner in Tijuana, putting the party that ruled Mexico for 71 straight years back in power in a key city along the U.S. border.	0
Husky Energy shares up on takeover talk TORONTO - Shares of Husky Energy Inc. rose more than four per cent on Friday amid talk of a takeover of the Calgary-based oil company by the Chinese government.	2
Italy crippled as strike bites Rome: Millions of Italian workers took part in a one-day general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.	0
Tiger says children in the near future Now that he #39;s married, Tiger Woods says it won #39;t be long before he starts a family. quot;I don #39;t want to be an old father, quot; Woods said Thursday.	1
Tribesmen Press for Hostages' Release (AP) AP - Hundreds of tribesmen gathered Tuesday near the area where suspected al-Qaida-linked militants are holding two Chinese engineers and demanding safe passage to their reputed leader, a former U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials and residents said.	0
Same Old Story: Yankees Sour on a Younger Pitcher Javier Vazquez was supposed to be the impressive pitcher the Yankees would use as a linchpin in their rotation for any number of seasons.	1
Alitalia, flight attendants agree on crucial accord: report ROME : Alitalia management and flight attendants reached agreement on a crucial deal early Saturday on job cuts that would allow the struggling airline to keep flying, union sources quoted by ANSA news agency said.	2
ASEAN recognizes China as market economy SHANGHAI : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has recognised China as a full market economy, Chinese state press reported following a meeting of ASEAN finance ministers in Indonesia.	0
China Aviation Oil CEO arrested in Singapore, helping CAD with <b>...</b> SINGAPORE : Singapore #39;s white collar crime buster, the Commercial Affairs Department, has arrested China Aviation Oil #39;s beleaguered chief executive, Chen Jiulin.	2
Group Releases Mouse Brain Genome Data (AP) AP - The Allen Institute for Brain Science has released a major chunk of data from its mapping of the mouse brain genome, hoping the information will help researchers understand how the human brain works.	3
\$1 million bond set for alleged spammer #39;s freedom Alleged spammer Jeremy Jaynes must pay \$1 million in bail for sending as many as 15 million junk e-mails a day and bilking recipients of millions of dollars, a Virginia judge ordered this week.	3
Mavs Acquire Dampier The Associated Press reports that the Warriors and Mavericks are close to completing a deal that would bring Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner to Golden State and send Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and Dan Dickau to Dallas.	1
Credit Suisse to Integrate Units (Reuters) Reuters - Credit Suisse will fully integrate its\investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston with its flagship\private bank, the Swiss banking giant said on Tuesday, as it\set ambitious earnings targets for 2007.	2
Sun unveils UltraSparc IV Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday was set to announce its UltraSparc IV microprocessor, the last significant upgrade to the company #39;s processor line before it begins shipping the redesigned chips it calls	3
Stocks wane on weak Wal-Mart forecast A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart sent stocks mostly lower yesterday as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilized after last week #39;s highs, would curb	2
Colts, Vanderjagt save best for last Peyton Manning provided the expected fireworks. Mike Vanderjagt's leg sealed the win for the Indianapolis Colts.	1
Second Olympic gold for Chinese Taipei : Olympics 2004 Athens gt; Athens, Aug 26 : Chu Mu Yen Thursday collected the second Olympic gold for Chinese Taipei in the men #39;s 58-kg taekwondo final, minutes after Chen Shih Hsin had won the historic gold in the women #39;s 49-kg, reports Xinhua.	1
AtheroGenics to Discontinue AGIX-4207 Pharmaceutical company AtheroGenics Inc. said Wednesday that a mid-stage trial to evaluate its AGIX-4207 treatment for rheumatoid arthritis failed to meet the study #39;s endpoint, showing no significant improvement compared with placebo.	2
US pledges \$20m to Palestinians The US pledges \$20m to help Palestinians out of a financial crisis - a rare direct payment from Washington.	0
Hackers use old tricks to sting business More than half of the latest vulnerabilities to IT systems are commonly identified loopholes that organisations have failed to fix, since discovering them last year.	3
Deion Sanders Returns to NFL With Ravens (AP) AP - After three seasons away from the NFL, Deion Sanders signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday.	1
SA orders destruction of killer shark The South Australian Government has authorised police and wildlife officers to destroy the shark which killed 18-year-old Nick Petersen off West Beach in Adelaide yesterday.	0
Games With Get Up and Go Video gaming has long suffered a reputation for creating sedentary and solitary zombies, pasty and pudgy except for their muscular thumbs. A growing number of games, however, are getting gamers off their couches and on their feet, not only shouting, gyrating, singing and dancing, but sometimes -- gasp! -- playing nicely with others, face-to-face, in groups.	3
"Screening System Touted as Improvement For months, homeland security officials have privately debated how to blunt criticism of their planned aviation screening system that passengers and airlines complained was overly intrusive.<br><FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""#666666""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"	3
Boy, 7, kidnapped in Iraq BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese Embassy in Baghdad is working with Iraqis to secure the release of a 7-year-old Lebanese boy taken by kidnappers demanding \$150,000, Foreign Ministry officials said Monday.	0
In China, police detain man accused of killing up to 9 boys BEIJING -- Police have detained a man accused of slashing as many as nine boys to death as they slept in their high school dormitory in central China, state media reported today.	0
Soccer: Real, Liverpool Advance in Champions League LONDON (Reuters) - Former European champions Real Madrid and Liverpool scored vastly contrasting victories to reach the knockout round of the Champions League Wednesday.	1
Indians regroup, look to Loaiza The contract offer that Indians general manager Mark Shapiro had made Friday to left-hander David Wells got turned down, as Wells agreed to a two-year deal with the Red Sox.	1

Fifteen African presidents pledge peace in Great Lakes (AFP) AFP - Fifteen African presidents and UN chief Kofi Annan signed a common declaration pledging to promote peace and security in the continent's volatile Great Lakes region.

0

Developer Wins Victory in WTC Case (Reuters) Reuters - A New York developer hoping to rebuild\the destroyed World Trade Center on Monday won a major victory\against his insurers, when a jury decided the hijacked airline\attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were two separate events.

2

Nation briefs 11/28 MOUNT ST. HELENS -- A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St. Helens on Saturday, the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.

3

Sender ID working group disbanded The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has wound up its working group on Sender ID, the proposed spam-cutting standard. The purpose of Sender ID technology is to help verify the source of emails by authenticating domain addresses as valid.

3

Copter crash kills cleric ATHENS -- The Christian Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was killed yesterday after an army helicopter transporting him and his entourage to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, according to government and church officials.

0

Players and Fans Expected to Face Charges in Brawl DETROIT (Sports Network) - Five members of the Indiana Pacers and five Detroit Pistons fans are expected to be charged Wednesday in the November 19 brawl that took place at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

1

Cuban billboards highlight US abuses Cuba has erected several huge billboards near the US mission with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners and American soldiers pointing a rifle at children.

0

Slovene Center Is Feeling Like a Rookie Again In his fourth N.B.A. season, 7-foot-1 center Primoz Brezec is getting a fresh start and a chance to start in Charlotte.

1

Baghdad Airport Closed Indefinitely -- PM Office BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.

0

A Field Guide to the Falling Dollar Depending on how investors behave, the dollar's downward drift could cast anything from a benign breeze to a hurricane.

0

Gunmen kill 17 Iraqi workers Guerrillas have killed 17 Iraqis and wounded 13 in an attack on buses that were taking them to work at a weapons dump near the town of Tikrit north of Baghdad, the US army say.

0

Nigerian Leader Scolds Delta Officials, Militants Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo castigated elected officials in the oil-producing Niger Delta on Friday for failing to care more for their impoverished people as talks

0

Man Charged with Peddling Stolen Windows Source Code A Microsoft lawyer said the arrest was quot;significant, quot; given the value of the source code. quot;It is our secret recipe, our secret formula like the Coke formula, quot; associate general counsel Tom Rubin said.

3

Anti-spam plan overwhelms sites A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control. Earlier this week Lycos Europe released a screensaver that bombards spam websites with data to try to increase the cost of running such sites.

3

Sun to return to NAS market with StorEdge 5210 Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday will announce a number of new storage products, including a new server that signals the company's return to NAS (network-attached storage). Called the StorEdge 5210, the file server is a midrange NAS appliance developed with technology that Sun licensed from Irvine, California-based Procom Technology Inc. in April.

3

Over their dead bodies LONDON: A British television channel is looking for volunteers for a documentary which will look into dead bodies during the process of decomposition.

3

AL Wrap: Late Homers by Sheffield, Matsui Rally Yankees NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui thumped back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the New York Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Sunday.

1

Blues won #39;t appeal Sav ban He appeared to catch Mateja Kezman in the face, but referee Barry Knight saw nothing wrong with the challenge. The FA gave Birmingham the option to accept the charge and face an immediate three-match suspension

1

"Hollinger Panel Says Owners Took Cash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Hollinger International Chief Executive Conrad Black and other former executives looted the company of more than \$400 million, using the company as a ""piggy bank"" to pay for private jets and club memberships, according to a report filed on Tuesday."

2

UPDATE 2-ConocoPhillips reaffirms production outlook No. 3 US oil company ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast higher capital spending in coming years and reaffirmed its production targets, banking on rising output in the Asia-Pacific region.

2

Chris Chelios Goes Bobsledding in Lockout (AP) AP - Chris Chelios grabbed his red helmet, listened to some last-minute instructions, and then hit the ice #151; running.

1

Global DSL subscriber base crosses 78m report With 30m subscribers added in the 12 months leading up June 30, 2004, the number of global users of the DSL broadband technology reached 78m, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum, the international DSL trade association, by industry

3

Williams may have opening Unless you grew up in the 1960s and remember conflicted football-playing flower children like Steve Kiner and Dave Meggyesy, Ricky Williams is a mystery to you. But then, so is his present situation.

1

Damon was into this game early FOXBOROUGH -- Red Sox owner John W. Henry lugged the World Series trophy, but Johnny Damon walked off with the Oscar here last night when a small contingent of Red Sox Nation visited Gillette Stadium before the Patriots-Bills game.

1

Watchdogs: Broadband policy a bust Consumer advocate organizations say U.S is trailing in broadband and that inequality is increasing.

3

Forsyth grabs lead in Spain Cadiz, Spain (Sports Network) - Alastair Forsyth shot a four-under 67 on Saturday to grab the lead after the third round of the Volvo Masters Andalucia.

1

A Crucial Test, but Not Final George W. Bush and John Kerry ended the debates as they began them, with starkly defined differences on most issues.

0

Chelsea settles for draw while Everton continues to win London, England (Sports Network) - Not much was expected from Everton this season, especially after the departure of star striker Wayne Rooney to Manchester United.

1

US Presley festival under threat Poor ticket sales are threatening the future of the annual Elvis Presley Festival in the late star's home town.

0

Saudi Religious Scholars Back Holy War (AP) AP - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah.

0

Update 1: Germany Wants to Privatize Railway Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that Germany #39;s national railway should be privatized by 2008 at the latest, a day after Deutsche Bahn backed off a target of selling shares on the stock market by mid-2006.

0

FIFA Fines Italy, Netherlands, France (AP) AP - Soccer's governing body Wednesday fined Italy, the Netherlands and France for being too lenient with doping offenders.

1

Some fans pledge to do Martha #39;s time Supporters at the Web site SaveMartha! (www.save martha.com) have pledged to serve Martha Stewart #39;s five-month prison sentence for her convictions on charges of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators.

2

Cincinnati Reds Re-Sign Catcher LaRue (AP) AP - Catcher Jason LaRue and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Friday to a #36;3 million, one-year contract, a #36;400,000 raise.

1

Voting Begins In Bosnian Local Elections 2 October 2004 -- Bosnians began voting today in the country #39;s first locally organized local elections since the 1992-95 war. Around 2.3 million voters are eligible to elect local councils and mayors in 142 municipalities.

0

Army Spun Tale Around Ill-Fated Mission The published account of Pat Tillman's last moments was a distorted and incomplete narrative, according to dozens of internal Army documents obtained by The Washington Post.

0

Storm Moves Steelers-Dolphins to Evening (AP) AP - Hurricane Jeanne forced the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers to move their game to prime time Sunday.

1

British music fans decry iTunes pricing Instead of quot;Think Different quot;, perhaps Apple #39;s slogan should be quot;Price Different quot;, says a group of disgruntled UK music fans.

3

Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces launched the sixth day of a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday with an air strike that killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two others in Jabalya refugee camp.

0

Edwards sees valve trial delayed Medical device company says FDA not likely to greenlight a clinical trial of heart implant in 2004. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

2

Gates Believes Spam Will Be Eliminated Within Two Years Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes spam will be a thing of the past within two years. He did not elaborate on his definition of spam.

3

Blair to push for Mid East peace BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.

0

Dell Recalls AC Power Adapters Due To Fire, Shock Hazard Dell Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily recalling a total of 4.4 million AC power adapters used with some Dell notebooks, among these, 2.9 million were sold in the US alone.

3

Court: certificates used to detain suspected terrorists are constitutional (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Security certificates used to detain suspected terrorists like Adil Charkaoui are constitutional, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday.

0

After lynchings, Mexico looks inward SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico -- A pair of wooden crosses outside the elementary school are all that mark the macabre site where, just weeks ago, an angry mob captured two federal police officers, beat them unconscious, and set them on fire.

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Browne and Bradshaw complete mission improbable for West Indies It was pitch-black out on the field when this match came to its sensational climax at 6.36pm with an astonishing West Indies victory by two wickets.

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Bush senior: US will work with Blair on Mideast Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s call for a new Mideast peace push quot;was heard loud and clear in Washington, quot; former US President George HW Bush said in comments broadcast Sunday.

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Chills, Fright But Nothing Paranormal at UK Seance (Reuters) Reuters - Suddenly the darkened room seemed\intensely cold, some people felt a sense of presence and others\were so terrified they had to leave.

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Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect injured in shootout with NATO (AFP) AFP - NATO-led peacekeepers wounded a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect in a shootout as they tried to arrest him, the peacekeepers said in a statement.

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"US Airways Reaches Deal with Dispatchers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bankrupt US Airways <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UAIRQ.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">UAIRQ.O</A> on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement on concessions with the union representing dispatchers, the company said."

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Jets befuddle young Manning Eli Manning got his first dose of real NFL defensive schemes and it had to taste awful. The top choice in the NFL Draft in April, the Giants' quarterback struggled against the New York Jets in a 17-10 loss last night in East Rutherford, N.J. It was the Jets' ninth straight win in the annual preseason series.

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Sudan Rules Out Talk of African Troops (AP) AP - Sudan's government on Saturday ruled out discussion of an African Union proposal to send peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region during the latest peace talks with rebels.

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Lazard go-ahead has sting in tail MICHEL David-Weill, the septuagenarian chairman of investment bank Lazard, has finally given his consent to a 1.7bn Wall Street float that would end more than 150 years of private ownership for the venerable City firm.

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Georgia makes secret wealth offer Georgia is offering a one-off #39;tax amnesty #39; to people who hid their earnings under the regime of former president Eduard Shevardnadze.

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Stocks climb as oil falls A sharp decline in oil prices and a surprise drop in wholesale prices pushed stocks higher Friday as investors #39; concerns about third quarter earnings were mitigated.

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Whistleblower fears reprisal WASHINGTON -- David Graham says he was surprised by the hugs and slaps on the back he got at his own Food and Drug Administration office after telling Congress the government had let unsafe drugs remain on the market.

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Venus, Jupiter, moon to join forces to form lovely triangle For several months now, South Floridian early birds have been treated to a lovely sight above the eastern morning horizon before sunrise.

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UK interest rates remain at 4.75 UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 4.75 following the latest meeting of the Bank of England #39;s rate-setting committee.

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Rumsfeld: US to keep 'healthy deterrent' on Korean peninsula (AFP) AFP - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured South Korea the United States will keep a quot;healthy deterrent quot; in the Korean peninsula even as it shifts defense responsibility to South Korea.

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"Cisco to Sell Routers with Fujitsu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CSCO.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CSCO.O</A>, the largest maker of gear to direct Internet traffic, said on Sunday Japanese computer and electronics provider Fujitsu Ltd. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=6702.T target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">6702.T</A> will sell Cisco's high-end routers and switches in Japan."

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Vanunu arrested by Israeli police Israeli former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu is arrested, seven months after release from jail.

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"Delta Aims to Cut Jobs 12, Drop a Hub and Reduce Pay Delta Air Lines said it would cut 12 percent of its work force and said a bankruptcy filing was a real possibility."""

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House GOP Brings Up Draft In Order to Knock It Down Rumors of reinstating the military draft, which have flourished for months in panicky e-mails, online chat rooms, college dorms and student newspapers, suddenly dominated the House floor yesterday in one of the strangest parliamentary maneuvers in memory. With even its sponsor voting against it, a bill to require young adults to perform military or civil service failed, 402 to 2.

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Digital Gear: So Portable, It's Disposable (PC World) PC World - Digicams you can ditch, a tiny TV, and other gadgets for when you're on the go.

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Boeing Probe Widens to \$100 Bln Contract NEW YORK (Reuters) - A criminal probe of Boeing Co.'s dealings with the U.S. Air Force is widening to include a \$100 billion Army program it oversees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

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Nigerian Oil Delta Rebel in 11th Hour Peace Talks LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and threatened to target oil workers.

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.Mac Increases Email amp; iDisk Storage .Mac, the popular suite of Internet software and services, now offers both new members and its more than half million existing members 250MB of combined online storage for .Mac mailboxes and iDisk folders, perfect for sharing photos, movies and documents with family, friends and coworkers. Sign up now for a free 60-day trial. Sep 29

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WR Grace shares fall, plan filed without consensus Shares of WR Grace and Co. (GRA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell as much as 13 percent on Monday after the bankrupt chemical maker, which faces lawsuits from people sickened by

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Reaction from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club A number of former players and staff linked with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have voiced their opinion on the sensational exit of manager Jacques Santini.

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U.N. Official Urges Political Independence (AP) AP - The United Nations should find ways to demonstrate political independence, regain the neutrality it lost after the Sept. 11 attacks and better communicate with the world's 1 billion Muslims, a top U.N. official said Monday.

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Radioactive in Iran BECAUSE IRAN has not been truthful about its nuclear activities in the past, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union, and the United States have been trying to ascertain whether some of those activities belong to a nuclear weapons

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"""I Am David"" Film Puts Human Face on Refugee Crisis Opening in the U.S. today, the movie I Am David depicts a Bulgarian refugee's struggle in post-World War II Europe. The film is being used by the UN to highlight the plight of current-day refugees."

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Mexican Election Tribunal Upholds Wins (AP) AP - Election officials on Wednesday upheld the contested mayoral victory of a millionaire dog-track owner in Tijuana, putting the party that ruled Mexico for 71 straight years back in power in a key city along the U.S. border.

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Husky Energy shares up on takeover talk TORONTO - Shares of Husky Energy Inc. rose more than four per cent on Friday amid talk of a takeover of the Calgary-based oil company by the Chinese government.

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Italy crippled as strike bites Rome: Millions of Italian workers took part in a one-day general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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Tiger says children in the near future Now that he #39;s married, Tiger Woods says it won #39;t be long before he starts a family. quot;I don #39;t want to be an old father, quot; Woods said Thursday.

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Tribesmen Press for Hostages' Release (AP) AP - Hundreds of tribesmen gathered Tuesday near the area where suspected al-Qaida-linked militants are holding two Chinese engineers and demanding safe passage to their reputed leader, a former U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials and residents said.

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Same Old Story: Yankees Sour on a Younger Pitcher Javier Vazquez was supposed to be the impressive pitcher the Yankees would use as a linchpin in their rotation for any number of seasons.

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Alitalia, flight attendants agree on crucial accord: report ROME : Alitalia management and flight attendants reached agreement on a crucial deal early Saturday on job cuts that would allow the struggling airline to keep flying, union sources quoted by ANSA news agency said.

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ASEAN recognizes China as market economy SHANGHAI : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has recognised China as a full market economy, Chinese state press reported following a meeting of ASEAN finance ministers in Indonesia.

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China Aviation Oil CEO arrested in Singapore, helping CAD with ... SINGAPORE : Singapore #39;s white collar crime buster, the Commercial Affairs Department, has arrested China Aviation Oil #39;s beleaguered chief executive, Chen Jiulin.

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Group Releases Mouse Brain Genome Data (AP) AP - The Allen Institute for Brain Science has released a major chunk of data from its mapping of the mouse brain genome, hoping the information will help researchers understand how the human brain works.

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\$1 million bond set for alleged spammer #39;s freedom Alleged spammer Jeremy Jaynes must pay \$1 million in bail for sending as many as 15 million junk e-mails a day and bilking recipients of millions of dollars, a Virginia judge ordered this week.

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Mavs Acquire Dampier The Associated Press reports that the Warriors and Mavericks are close to completing a deal that would bring Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner to Golden State and send Erick Dampier, Evan Eschmeyer and Dan Dickau to Dallas.

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Credit Suisse to Integrate Units (Reuters) Reuters - Credit Suisse will fully integrate its\investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston with its flagship\private bank, the Swiss banking giant said on Tuesday, as it\set ambitious earnings targets for 2007.

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Sun unveils UltraSparc IV Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday was set to announce its UltraSparc IV microprocessor, the last significant upgrade to the company #39;s processor line before it begins shipping the redesigned chips it calls

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Stocks wane on weak Wal-Mart forecast A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart sent stocks mostly lower yesterday as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilized after last week #39;s highs, would curb

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Colts, Vanderjagt save best for last Peyton Manning provided the expected fireworks. Mike Vanderjagt's leg sealed the win for the Indianapolis Colts.

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Second Olympic gold for Chinese Taipei : Olympics 2004 Athens gt; Athens, Aug 26 : Chu Mu Yen Thursday collected the second Olympic gold for Chinese Taipei in the men #39;s 58-kg taekwondo final, minutes after Chen Shih Hsin had won the historic gold in the women #39;s 49-kg, reports Xinhua.

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AtheroGenics to Discontinue AGIX-4207 Pharmaceutical company AtheroGenics Inc. said Wednesday that a mid-stage trial to evaluate its AGIX-4207 treatment for rheumatoid arthritis failed to meet the study #39;s endpoint, showing no significant improvement compared with placebo.

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US pledges \$20m to Palestinians The US pledges \$20m to help Palestinians out of a financial crisis - a rare direct payment from Washington.

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Hackers use old tricks to sting business More than half of the latest vulnerabilities to IT systems are commonly identified loopholes that organisations have failed to fix, since discovering them last year.

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Deion Sanders Returns to NFL With Ravens (AP) AP - After three seasons away from the NFL, Deion Sanders signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday.

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SA orders destruction of killer shark The South Australian Government has authorised police and wildlife officers to destroy the shark which killed 18-year-old Nick Petersen off West Beach in Adelaide yesterday.

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Games With Get Up and Go Video gaming has long suffered a reputation for creating sedentary and solitary zombies, pasty and pudgy except for their muscular thumbs. A growing number of games, however, are getting gamers off their couches and on their feet, not only shouting, gyrating, singing and dancing, but sometimes -- gasp! -- playing nicely with others, face-to-face, in groups.

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"Screening System Touted as Improvement For months, homeland security officials have privately debated how to blunt criticism of their planned aviation screening system that passengers and airlines complained was overly intrusive. -The Washington Post"

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Boy, 7, kidnapped in Iraq BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese Embassy in Baghdad is working with Iraqis to secure the release of a 7-year-old Lebanese boy taken by kidnappers demanding \$150,000, Foreign Ministry officials said Monday.

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In China, police detain man accused of killing up to 9 boys BEIJING -- Police have detained a man accused of slashing as many as nine boys to death as they slept in their high school dormitory in central China, state media reported today.

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Soccer: Real, Liverpool Advance in Champions League LONDON (Reuters) - Former European champions Real Madrid and Liverpool scored vastly contrasting victories to reach the knockout round of the Champions League Wednesday.

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Indians regroup, look to Loaiza The contract offer that Indians general manager Mark Shapiro had made Friday to left-hander David Wells got turned down, as Wells agreed to a two-year deal with the Red Sox.

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