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Vietnam Marks Independence with Pardons for Prisoners HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has released nearly 9,000 prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted ahead of independence celebrations on September 2. | 3World
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Firefox 1.0 Presents Threat to IE The Firefox browser offers superior security features over Internet Explorer -- and as long as IE drives more than 90 percent of the world #39;s computers, hackers will continue to make it a target. | 1Sci/Tech
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Eagles Bring Back Levens; Place Andrews on IR (Reuters) Reuters - The Philadelphia Eagles\made several roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing back\Dorsey Levens and placing Shawn Andrews on injured reserve. | 2Sports
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F1: British Grand Prix ruled out Jackie Stewart rejects Bernie Ecclestone's claims that the British Grand Prix is dead. | 3World
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Report: Russia may have to delay October space launch to <b>...</b> Russia may have to delay October #39;s planned launch of the next International Space Station crew by up to 10 days to fix a problem on the spacecraft that is to carry them into orbit, Russian news agencies reported. | 1Sci/Tech
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Serial HIV Assault Verdict Expected Mon. (AP) AP - A verdict will be announced Monday in the trial of a man charged with intentionally exposing 17 women to HIV, a county judge said. | 1Sci/Tech
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Auction for Yukos core set for Dec. 19 A planned sale of Russian energy giant Yukos #39; main asset has become clouded by confusion over the price, the participants and the legality of the sale. | 0Business
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OPEC Aims for 4 Pct Boost in Oil Quotas VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC's core Gulf producers will recommend the cartel raise supply quotas by one million barrels a day, four percent, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said on Wednesday. | 0Business
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For Dempsey, soccer impasse qualifies as a concern US national team candidates expected to begin training in Los Angeles this week for the start of the final round of World Cup qualifying. Instead, the training camp has been postponed because of a contract dispute between the US Soccer Federation and the US National Soccer Team Players Association. | 2Sports
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US bombardment kills 5 in Fallujah FALLUJAH - US artillery shelled Fallujah yesterday after overnight air and tank attacks killed five people in Iraqs most rebellious city, braced for an all-out offensive now the US presidential election is over. | 3World
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Barbarians at the Digital Gate How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computers hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet. | 1Sci/Tech
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Microsoft to help users prep for patching Microsoft said today that it plans to give customers three days' advance notice about its monthly security updates to help them prepare to install related software patches. | 1Sci/Tech
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MCNAMARA RECEIVES GOOD NEWS Celtic have been boosted by the news that Jackie McNamara should be back in action within six weeks. The Hoops skipper was clearly in agony when he was stretchered off during Tuesday nights 3-1 defeat at the hands of Barcelona. | 2Sports
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Spears' Fiance to Star in Her New Video NEW YORK - Britney Spears' former backup dancer and current fiance Kevin Federline can add another title to his resume: co-star. On Wednesday, a Jive Records publicist confirmed Federline is featured in Spears' upcoming "My Prerogative" video, set to debut in mid-September... | 3World
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BlackRock to buy State Street Research from MetLife NEW YORK, August 26 (New Ratings) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.NYS), a leading US-based fixed-income asset management company, has reportedly agreed to buy State Street Research amp; Management Company, a unit of MetLife Inc, for \$375 million in a cash and stock | 0Business
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Karzai Uncle Sam #39;s man WASHINGTON, October 08 (Online): As Afghans prepare for their first presidential elections on October 9, President Hamid Karzai, a Pashtun, is being challenged by over a dozen factional leaders, but most Afghans and international officials expect him to | 3World
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12 nations agree to locust battle plan DAKAR, Senegal -- Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital yesterday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan. | 3World
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Haiti Moves on Pro-Aristide Militants Haitian police and U.N. troops moved into a slum that has become a flashpoint for unrest, using bulldozers to remove a barricade of torched cars that had blocked traffic in the capital. | 3World
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India's low-cost airline eyes business travel (AFP) AFP - India's pioneer low-cost carrier Air Deccan plans to raise 50 million dollars in private equity by shedding a 26 percent stake and also aims to enter the corporate business jet segment, its chairman said. | 3World
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Students Pay More for Beer Than Books British students spend about \$1.8 billion on drink every year, nearly three times as much as they cough up for books, a survey released on Monday showed. | 0Business
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U.S. Misses Cut in Olympic 100 Free ATHENS, Greece - Top American sprinters Jason Lezak and Ian Crocker missed the cut in the Olympic 100-meter freestyle preliminaries Tuesday, a stunning blow for a country that had always done well in the event. Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australian Ian Thorpe advanced to the evening semifinal a day after dueling teenager Michael Phelps in the 200 freestyle, won by Thorpe... | 3World
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Afghan Race Shaping Up as Battle of the Modern and Traditional More than 1,000 leathery, turbaned men gathered in a cavernous village mosque Friday for a presidential campaign rally. They no longer carried rifles, and some had even brought their small sons. | 3World
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Harris #39; three-run double in ninth sinks Gagne LOS ANGELES - Paul Lo Duca never got to moonwalk to home plate, though he did skip gleefully to the dugout moments after facing former batterymate Eric Gagne for the first time. | 2Sports
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Lippi Wants Azzurri Improvement Italy boss Marcello Lippi is counting in his charges to make the country forget their weekend loss to Slovenia when they face Belarus in UEFA World Cup qualifying action on Wednesday. | 2Sports
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Different Shea provides late-game heroics for Hanover Hanover boys' soccer coach Jim Sylvia is beginning to see a pattern in his team's play. Luckily, it's not the kind of trend to complain about. | 2Sports
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Microsoft and Dell Get Air Force Pact Microsoft Corp. on Friday said that together with Dell Inc. it will provide the Air Force with software and related support services to simplify the acquisition process in an agreement worth up to \$500 million over six years. | 1Sci/Tech
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Kidnapped Turk Killed in Afghanistan -- Witness A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan was found dead on Wednesday, a witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside told Reuters. | 3World
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Overtime Goal Puts Canada in World Cup Hockey Final Vincent Lecavalier #39;s goal 3:45 into overtime earned Canada a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday and a place in the final of the World Cup of Hockey. | 2Sports
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Briefly: Akamai boosts Web application services roundup Plus: Good Technology supported by HP, Samsung...RIM touts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi...HP to sell Voltaire's InfiniBand switch. | 1Sci/Tech
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Apple iTunes 'overcharging in UK' The OFT refers Apple's iTunes to the European Commission on the grounds that it over-charges UK customers. | 1Sci/Tech
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Novell reaffirms open source strategy Novell is putting open source and identity management centre stage at its European user conference this week. The networking firm announced that Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), which includes Novell #39;s | 1Sci/Tech
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Producer Price Surge Fuels Inflation Fears Producer prices surged 1.7 percent in October, their sharpest monthly increase in nearly 15 years. | 3World
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Hakkinen back at Mercedes Finland #39;s two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen ended his three year exile from motor sport on Saturday agreeing to drive for the Mercedes team in the 2005 German Touring Car Championship. | 2Sports
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Mauresmo books a last-eight place FILDERSTADT, Germany -- Amelie Mauresmo stated her determination to stay World No. 1 by surging into the quarterfinals of the Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany with a 7-5 6-4 win over Patty Schynder. | 2Sports
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Lloyds TSB to Move More Than 1,000 UK Jobs to Asia (Update1) Lloyds TSB Group Plc, the UK #39;s No. 5 bank by assets, plans to move at least another 1,000 employees from Britain to Asia, where labor costs are lower. | 0Business
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Steenland: Northwest Joins Southwest In Raiding Bankrupt ATA Turf Gnawed by Northwest. Joining an apparent feeding frenzy, Northwest Airlines (nasdaq: NWAC - news - people ) on Tuesday said it plans to expand in Indianapolis, a move that will knock rival ATA Airlines from its No. | 0Business
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Cassini-Huygens Fly-By at Titan / ESA TV Live / 27-10-2004 Since it arrived at Saturn in mid-2004, Cassini has already sent us back fascinating images of Titan, Saturn #39;s largest satellite. | 1Sci/Tech
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Westwood up for challenge The course is a back-breaking 7,800 yards long off the tips, the rough is up, it #39;s 100F out there, the greens are fast and firm and refusing to hold, and yesterday there was a tricky wind to contend with. | 2Sports
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Cyprus says could support Turkey EU bid Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said Monday he would not oppose Turkish European Union accession talks provided Turkey met European standards. | 3World
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Judge asked to penalize Microsoft over e-mails Burst.com asked a US judge to penalize Microsoft for destroying e-mails it says the world #39;s largest software company should have preserved as evidence in antitrust suits. | 0Business
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Browns' Lee Suggs Ready for Return (AP) AP - Browns running back Lee Suggs, inactive for Cleveland's first three games with a neck stinger, has been granted medical clearance to practice at full speed this week. | 2Sports
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Verizon, Bain Near Canada Directory Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VZ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">VZ.N</A> is near an agreement to sell its Canadian telephone directory business to private equity firm Bain Capital, the New York Post said on Wednesday. | 0Business
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Israel resumes Gaza pull-out debate Israeli MPs have resumed a debate on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s disengagement plan, which is expected to culminate in a historic vote in favour of a pull-out of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip. | 3World
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Merck plans 5,100 job cuts by year-end Merck amp; Co. plans to cut its workforce by 5,100 jobs by the end of the year--about 700 more than originally planned. Whitehouse Station, NJ-based Merck said in materials filed with the Securities and Exchange | 0Business
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'Miracle baby' a victim - judge A "miracle baby" was the victim of child traffickers motivated by financial greed, a judge rules. | 3World
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Nikkei Hits 2-Week Closing Low TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average fell for a third straight session to hit a two-week closing low on Friday as renewed earnings concerns prompted selling in Tokyo Electron Ltd., Sony Corp. and other high-tech stocks. | 0Business
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Westwood closes in on first title of 2004 Briton Lee Westwood closed in on his first title of 2004 when he claimed the third-round lead in the Sun City Golf Challenge on Saturday. | 2Sports
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Financier Frankel Gets Nearly 17 Years for Fraud Greed and sexual desire drove Martin Frankel to mastermind one of the largest insurance frauds in US history, a federal judge heard on Friday as she sentenced him to nearly 17 years in prison. | 0Business
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Survey finds #39;web withdrawal #39; NEW YORK: Nearly half of US Internet users say they could not go without the Web for more than two weeks, with many suffering quot;withdrawal quot; symptoms while offline, according to a recent survey. | 1Sci/Tech
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Gold Fields ready to fight Harmony takeover Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) said it rejected a takeover bid by Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. to create the world #39;s leading gold mining group, saying it was not in its interests. | 0Business
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Al-Jazeera man remanded in Spain A Spanish court remands Tayseer Alouni and eight others in custody ahead of their trial for suspected al-Qaeda links. | 3World
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Tokyo Stocks Turn Lower by Midday TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.19 percent by midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains and extending losses into a ninth straight day as worries about high oil prices and domestic economic uncertainty hit exporters and tech stocks. | 0Business
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Mayor sure of ballpark support DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday he is quot;very confident quot; that he has the seven necessary votes from the DC Council for his plan to build a ballpark near South Capitol Street Southeast. | 2Sports
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Moose bullish about chances This is Mike Mussina #39;s fourth postseason here, so he knows the drill. He understands that all of his bad memories of his disappointing season -- the Japan trip, his early-season struggles and | 2Sports
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PalmSource Embraces Linux with China MobileSoft Acquisition (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Mobile software provider PalmSource is leaping into a market with a\potentially huge upside with the acquisition of China MobileSoft (CMS),\and at the same time is giving a big boost to the open source developer\commmunity. | 1Sci/Tech
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North Korea-watchers ponder significance of Kim #39;s changed status SEOUL - Watchers of the reclusive North Korean regime are buzzing about reports that might indicate a change in the cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong Il. | 3World
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Living legends left their marks PASADENA, Calif. -- The first football meeting between Michigan and Texas in yesterday's Rose Bowl brought together two coaching legends -- Bo Schembechler and Darrell Royal . | 2Sports
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Ohio Sues Best Buy, Alleging Used Sales (AP) AP - Ohio authorities sued Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday, alleging the electronics retailer engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices. | 0Business
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Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel OCTOBER 27, 2004 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Linux distributor Suse has warned of one of the most serious security holes to date in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down a system running 2.6-based software. | 1Sci/Tech
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Inaction #39;s Consequence LAST MONTH the United States and its allies signaled a change in Sudan policy. Rather than pressuring Sudan #39;s government to halt its genocidal attacks against civilians in the western province of Darfur, they | 3World
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Powell backpedals on Taiwan remarks US Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday carefully avoided repeating a suggestion he made earlier this week of an eventual reunification of China and Taiwan. | 3World
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France #39;s American problem PARIS -- US diplomats here respond to Jacques Chirac #39;s continued Yankee-bashing following George W. Bush #39;s re-election by saying the French president is out of step with his people, who are not nearly that anti-American. | 3World
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Liberty Alliance names first director, new members The Liberty Alliance Project signalled that it expects to have longevity when it comes to developing and promoting federated identity standards by naming its first executive director on Monday. | 1Sci/Tech
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Fischer's Fiancee: Marriage Plans Genuine (AP) AP - Former chess champion Bobby Fischer's announcement thathe is engaged to a Japanese woman could win him sympathy among Japanese officials and help him avoid deportation to the United States, his fiancee and one of his supporters said Tuesday. | 3World
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Research Is Definitely in Motion The Blackberry wireless device maker is straining to exceed expectations. | 0Business
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I.B.M. Sought a China Partnership, Not Just a Sale Inside I.B.M., the issue of whether to stay in the personal computer business has been debated for a decade. The issue was put to rest last week. | 0Business
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New Zealand Court Rejects Air NZ-Qantas Alliance (Update1) New Zealand #39;s High Court rejected a proposed alliance between Air New Zealand Ltd., the nation #39;s largest airline, and Australia #39;s Qantas Airways Ltd. | 0Business
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Jury Selection to Begin in Kobe Bryant Rape Trial EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Jury selection begins in the Kobe Bryant rape case on Friday when hundreds of potential jurors fill out a questionnaire to help determine if they can sit in judgment in a trial involving race, sex and celebrity. | 2Sports
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Triathlon: Double for Kiwis in toughest of events NEW ZEALAND scored an unprecedented Olympic double in the men #39;s triathlon yesterday when Hamish Carter no cigar for guessing his roots beat his compatriot, reigning world champion Bevan Docherty, by 7.87 seconds, writes Doug Gillon. | 2Sports
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In U.S. Market, Cellphone Users Are Often All Talk Users in the United States continue to think of a cellphone as a device for talking, not text messaging. Marketers, however, hope to change that as soon as possible. | 1Sci/Tech
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Modified US space shuttle ready to fly next spring NASA said Thursday it had corrected flaws that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia in February 2003 and that a modified shuttle would be ready to resume flights sometime next Spring. | 1Sci/Tech
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U.S. Defends Detentions The Bush administration argued Monday that the president can detain enemy combatants at a military prison in Cuba as long as necessary to protect national security and that they have no constitutional rights to hear charges against them. | 3World
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Miller Takes Fourth Win in Five Races BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - American Bode Miller won a men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill on Friday for his phenomenal fourth victory in five races. | 2Sports
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Dark arts of spin evident in phoney war for Abbey THE phoney war over the fate of Abbey grinds on. Along the way, on all sides, it is producing its predictable crop of knowing winks and destabilising nudges. | 0Business
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Novell #39;s Microsoft attack completes Linux conversion Novell Inc. has completed its conversion to Linux by launching an attack on Microsoft Corp., claiming that the company has stifled software innovation and that the market will abandon Microsoft Windows at some point in the future. | 1Sci/Tech
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NASA delays flight of X-43A scramjet to attempt Mach 10 LOS ANGELES NASA will try again today to fly an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach Ten, or seven-thousand-miles-per-hour. | 1Sci/Tech
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Forest Says Drug Trial Misses Goal Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX) on Tuesday said its experimental hypertension drug failed to meet all its goals in an effectiveness study, an outcome that will delay development and may lead to a new trial. | 0Business
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Nigerian Protection Force Leaves for Darfur An elite contingent of 50 Nigerian soldiers left Nigeria on Thursday for Darfur, the first stage in the deployment of 3,000 extra African Union (AU) troops to monitor a shaky cease-fire in the western Sudanese region. | 3World
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Baghdad Bombings Kill One US Soldier, Wound 13 WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2004 -- A series of car bombings in Baghdad today killed one American soldier and wounded 13 others. The bombings also killed at least two Iraqi policemen and reportedly injured scores of other Iraqis. | 3World
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Samples From Genesis Craft Sent to Calif. (AP) AP - The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule have been sent to researchers in California. | 1Sci/Tech
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Autonomy, Mamma.com Join Desktop Search Ranks Not to be left out of desktop search, two search vendors on Monday leaped into the growing space for managing e-mail, documents and other hard-drive data. | 1Sci/Tech
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AMD Sheds Light on Dual-Core Plans Upcoming Opteron chips will occupy the same space as single-core models. | 1Sci/Tech
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Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware Company Chairman Bill Gates says "this malware thing is so bad" the software giant plans to offer its own tools. | 1Sci/Tech
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Bounties For Spammers Win Limited FTC Backing The FTC gave limited endorsement to the notion of cash rewards for people who help track down e-mail spammers, but suggested that the measure might work in fewer circumstances than had been pushed by some anti-spam activists. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 1Sci/Tech
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Thomas still struggling Time slips away in a hurry as Tim Thomas runs around looking to make something happen in short order. The slumping forward #39;s on a short leash at the moment and wound up watching most of last | 2Sports
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North Korea Resists Talks on Nuclear Arms North Korea said Monday that it will not resume talks on its nuclear weapons program until the Bush administration ends its quot;hostile policy quot; against Pyongyang and | 3World
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iPod year #39;s hot gift One of the hottest holiday gifts this year is the Apple iPod, the digital-age equivalent of the Sony Walkman. The iPod, which stores music files downloaded from a computer | 1Sci/Tech
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Melrose comes up short Melrose entered its Thanksgiving Day matchup with Wakefield as an undefeated powerhouse bound for the postseason. But Wakefield has tripped up the Red Raiders in recent years -- and yesterday was no exception. | 2Sports
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Nikkei Up 2.5 Pct in Afternoon Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average jumped 2.5 percent by mid-afternoon on Monday as semiconductor-related stocks such as Advantest Corp. mirrored a rally by their US peers while banks and brokerages extended last week #39;s gains. | 0Business
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Freedom on the March in Iraq, Bush Tells Voters (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush said on\Thursday freedom was on the march in Iraq even as a U.S.\intelligence report depicted a bleak outlook for the country's\future. | 3World
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US Insurance Stocks Plunge on Concern About Spitzer (Update3) The plunge in US insurance stocks widened to include companies such as Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. on concern New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer #39;s probe of the industry will drag down profits. | 0Business
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Speak to my right ear, sing to my left Researchers at the University of California find that the right and left human ears process sound differently: The right ear is better at picking up speech-like sounds and the left is more attuned to music. | 1Sci/Tech
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SKorea's Samsung to invest 24 billion dollars in new chip lines (AFP) AFP - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker, said it would invest some 24 billion dollars in building new chip production lines over the next six years. | 3World
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Natalie Coughlin Wins 100M Backstroke (AP) AP - American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88. | 2Sports
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Death toll climbs in Baghdad blast A car bomb exploded outside the education ministry in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding about eight, the interior ministry said. | 3World
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Arafat #39;s body arrives in Cairo for funeral The body of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has arrived in Cairo from Paris for a military funeral which presidents and other dignitaries from around the world are due to attend. | 3World
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Italian Wins Marathon... US Finishes Second Italian Stefano Baldini has won the men #39;s marathon in a time of 2:10:54. Naturalized American Meb Keflezighi was a surprise runnerup with Brazil #39;s Vanderlei Lima finishing third. | 2Sports
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UK gov #39;t report cites merits of open source Open source software proponents received a potential boost from the UK government Thursday with a release of a report citing the well-documented advantages on the server side, but also growing maturity on the desktop front. | 1Sci/Tech
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Memphis activates guard Williams Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - The Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday activated point guard Jason Williams from the injured list, while placing guard Antonio Burks on the IL. | 2Sports
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Schilling, Morris face tall task So what will Curt Schilling do for an encore tonight? Take the mound without a flu shot? Five days after baseball #39;s most inspiring comeback that didn #39;t involve an Iowa cornfield, Schilling | 2Sports
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