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Nortel to File Restated Results Next Year TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.TO</A> said on Wednesday that after months of trying to untangle faulty financial results, it plans to file 2003 and first-half 2004 results starting Jan. 10 of next year.
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Canceled checks, float soon to disappear Every night, millions of cashed checks fly around the country, headed for their home bank. Starting in October, technology will start to ground many of those flights.
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Labour peer says Blair considered quitting due to family pressures (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - Fuelling persistent rumours that Tony Blair considered resigning this year, an acquaintance said Tuesday the prime minister had come under "colossal strain" at home.
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Heineken Profit Falls As Sales Increase (AP) AP - The Dutch brewer Heineken NV reported its profit fell 27 percent due in part to the weaker dollar despite a rise in sales in the first half of the year.
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Group Urges EPA for More Pollution Cuts (AP) AP - If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday.
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Wireless contracts aid Lucent's quarterly profit streak Lucent Technologies Inc. reported higher-than-expected fourth quarter sales on Wednesday, boosted in part by several large contracts, especially in its wireless segment, as well as increased demand for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol), high-speed data and broadband access.
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Oil ministers gather in Vienna, oppose high price of oil VIENNA : OPEC ministers gathered in Vienna to talk business, with powerbroker Saudi Arabia saying the 11-member cartel was against a 40-dollar price tag on oil, while admitting it is difficult to reduce.
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Erdogan: No Troop Withdrawal in Cyprus At an Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) meeting yesterday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to a question about Cyprus by saying: quot;Turkey will not withdraw any troops from Cyprus.
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Pakistan Says Holds Suspects Planning Major Attacks (Reuters) Reuters - Pakistan has arrested up to six\people, including an Egyptian national, suspected of planning\major attacks in the capital Islamabad, Information Minister\Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturday.
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Sports: Angels 5 Rangers 3 ARLINGTON, Texas The Anaheim Angels continued their chase for the American League West division crown with a 5-to-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
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Symantec-Veritas Tie-Up Targets Microsoft Simon Robinson of 451 believes that the market for storage virtualization technologies will undergo a quot;significant realignment quot; over the next 18 months.
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(Not So) Simple Simon (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Simon Lok is brash and brilliant and intense, a 26-year-old computer scientist with a teensy company and big, conqueror dreams. He has developed an elegant little networking box that shuts out intruders and costs 80 less than the gear hawked by the giants he despises--Cisco, Lucent, those guys.
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WiMax could be next big leap in technology When Scott Richards is at his home in Portland, Ore., he taps into the Internet using a broadband connection from his office about five miles away.
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Gaffes Haunt Cardinals in Game 3 of Series (AP) AP - Tony La Russa grimaced, then pulled the bill of his cap down low.
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Historic teams meet in World Series CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It?s been 86 years since the Boston Red Sox last won the World Series, but they still have a long way to go to vanquish the so-called #39;Curse of the Bambino.
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Two Small SUVs Earn Good Rating In Crash Tests The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has released new side-impact crash test results for small sport utility vehicles. The 2005 Honda CRV earned a good rating along with the 2005 Ford Escape.
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Sarkozy, Clement to discuss Thales, EADS in Berlin on Tuesday BERLIN : Rumours of a possible tie-up between French defence electronics group Thales and the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) are to be discussed by the German and French economy ministers later this week, a German government
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Kazaa created for lawful purposes, court told The Federal Court in Sydney has been told the creators of the popular file-sharing software, Kazaa, cannot be held responsible if people use it to illegally swap music files.
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Abbas makes election move, possibly to push back activist <b>...</b> The interim Palestinian leader promised to set a date for internal elections in the ruling Fatah movement, a Cabinet minister said Friday, in an apparent attempt to persuade the head of Fatah #39;s restless young guard to drop out
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Bush Campaign Raises #36;260 Million Total (AP) AP - The GOP's decision to hold its presidential nominating convention a month later than the Democratic gathering is giving President Bush a big financial advantage in the campaign's final weeks.
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Ex-Vivendi Boss Is Fined 1 Million Euros PARIS (Reuters) - French regulators fined Vivendi Universal <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EAUG.PA target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">EAUG.PA</A> and its former CEO Jean-Marie Messier one million euros each on Tuesday for allegedly misleading investors about the media group's finances during its ill-fated expansion.
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Strike, clashes dog Dhaka Police armed with batons broke up an anti-government protest march in Dhaka yesterday, injuring more than 30 demonstrators and arresting at least 100, police said.
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Israel Turns Up Heat on Palestinian Hunger Strike (Reuters) Reuters - Israel declared psychological war on\hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on Monday, saying it\would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their\will.
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Israel to step up quick response system to combat rocket attacks <b>...</b> Israel intends to step up a quick reaction system to combat Palestinian rocket attacks at Israeli targets, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the cabinet Sunday.
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Insurance probe bags two more State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday that he expects more criminal pleas in connection with his investigation into price collusion and conflicts of interest in the insurance
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Sudan's rebels, government gather for talks on Darfur crisis (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Pushed to end what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, Sudanese government envoys gathered in Nigeria on Monday for talks with rebel leaders from the western Darfur region.
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Apple shares boom on iPod sales Apple Computer shares jumped to fresh four-year highs in the US overnight, as the popularity of its iPod digital music player spurred a Wall Street analyst to nearly double his price target on the stock.
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Microsoft Seeks Video Game Winner With Halo 2 The anticipated release of Halo 2 is the latest and perhaps the best indication of how the blockbuster mentality of Hollywood has pervaded the videogame industry.
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Barea sparks Huskies Northeastern and Binghamton were locked in a back-and-forth struggle before Jose Juan Barea took charge. The junior guard scored 15 of his game-high 28 points in the final five minutes to lead the Huskies to a 75-68 victory at Solomon Court yesterday.
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Dogpile Adding Topix.net News Headlines Dogpile Adding Topix.net News Headlines\\Topix.net announced a deal with InfoSpace to add Topix.net's news headlines to InfoSpace's Dogpile metasearch service, and also to help Dogpile's new IntelliFind technology determine when news content is likely to be relevant to users' Web search queries.\\Through this agreement, Topix.net alerts Dogpile to breaking news ...
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Tenn. Polynesians Standing Out on Field (AP) AP - Tennessee's Albert Toeaina is one of the most recognizable players on the team, and that's before he puts on a skirt.
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Malaysia #39;s Sea Turtles Are in Trouble KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Several species of sea turtles in Malaysia could vanish in a few years, largely due to illegal poaching of the creatures and their eggs, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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Peres Sharon Risks Assassination for Gaza Plan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Opposition leader Shimon Peres said on Tuesday he feared Israeli extremists might try to assassinate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the target of growing far-right fury over a planned withdrawal from Gaza next year.
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Female hormones decide research skills of male scientists! A survey by academics at the University of Bath, UK, has revealed that male scientists are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women and long index fingers.
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New Somali Parliament Brings Hopes of Peace Members of a new transitional parliament for Somalia were sworn in yesterday - a key step toward establishing Somalias first national government since 1991.
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Rebels Attack Governor's Office in Iraqi City (Reuters) Reuters - Rebels attacked the provincial\governor's office in Iraq's third city of Mosul on Thursday,\killing one of his bodyguards and wounding four more, the U.S.\military said.
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Arafat and Palestinians The land traditionally known as Palestine has been an unsettled international issue since the end of World War I. In 1947, the United Nations proposed dividing the land into Arab and Jewish countries, with Jerusalem under international administration.
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Bloodshed in N.Iraq, Govt. Hails Falluja 'Success' BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas in Mosul attacked the governor's office of Iraq's third city on Thursday and there was bloodshed elsewhere in the north as U.S. forces wound down their offensive against the shattered rebel stronghold of Falluja.
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Fraudster jailed for \$5.5m net scam An Australian man whose international email scam stripped A\$5 million (\$5.48 million) from his victims has been jailed in a continuing global war against Nigerian internet frauds.
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Dollar trades stronger THE Australian dollar continued to trade only slightly stronger today as investors wait for local data due out next week to provide some short term direction.
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Time Warner sets up \$500m legal war chest Time Warner has set aside a \$500m (272m) war chest to cover regulatory and legal action over accounting practices at its America Online division.
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Consumer Spending, Incomes Up in October Consumers -- who play an important role in shaping economic activity -- spent briskly in October, an encouraging sign that the final quarter of 2004 is getting off to a decent start. Incomes rose sharply.
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The Crew of Halo 2 Meet the special-effects gods who created the most anticipated game of the year. By David Kushner from Wired magazine.
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Trade 'can resolve Kashmir issue' India's foreign minister says improved trade ties with Pakistan could spur on the peace process.
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More Blackburn Rovers Stories Mark Hughes has been warned that Blackburn are no longer the bottomless pit of cash that they were a decade ago - but the new Rovers manager will have some money to spend when the transfer window reopens in January.
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Anarchists' Convention Debates Voting ATHENS, Ohio - A group of anarchists is taking an unusual step to make its political voice heard - going to the polls. Anarchists generally pride themselves on their rejection of government and its authority...
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British Hunters Seek to End Fox-Hunt Ban (AP) AP - Defeated in Parliament, supporters of fox hunting went to court Friday to try to overturn a legislative ban on their more than 300-year-old sport and vowed a campaign of civil disobedience in the run-up to next year's general election.
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Hamas Leaders Apparently Quit Damascus, Says Israel JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas leaders have apparently quit Damascus following Israeli threats to target them for assassination in retaliation for a Palestinian double suicide bombing last week, Israel's defense minister said on Monday.
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From War-Torn to Wonderland Honduras and other Central American countries once embroiled in war have become hot markets for affordable beachfront property.
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S amp;P may raise Veritas Software ratings Standard amp; Poor #39;s Ratings Services said on Thursday it may boost the ratings of Veritas Software Corp. after the firm announced a merger with Symantec Corp.
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County plant to produce MS drug Biogen Idec and Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. won government approval yesterday to sell a new multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri. The drug, which some analysts predict will bring in \$2 billion
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NVIDIA Announces GeForce 6 GPU with TurboCache Technology December 15, 2004 - NVIDIA today announced the newest GPU in its GeForce 6 series of graphics processors, the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 GPU with TurboCache technology.
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Motorola to Test MasterCard PayPass Technology Motorola Inc. will be conducting a field trial of mobile phones enabled with MasterCard PayPass, a new quot;contactless quot; payment option that will allow users to use their phones to make payments.
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First Milosevic Trial Defense Witness Called THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic blasted a decision to impose defense lawyers on him as "legal fiction" Tuesday as his first witness began her testimony at his war crimes trial.
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Google Results Evoke 'Dot-Com' Fervor (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Google Inc. gained more\than 15 percent on Friday, to trade at more than twice the\level of its cut-price IPO, after the Web search leader\delivered strong quarterly results in its first reported\quarter as a public company.
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Unofficial Delaware Gov. Primary Returns (AP) AP - The latest, unofficial returns in the Republican primaries for Governor in Delaware. The winner is marked by an 'x'.
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US tobacco firms set for trial A \$280bn (156bn) government lawsuit against the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United States begins on Tuesday with both sides confident of victory.
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N. Korea Sees #39;Snowballing #39; War Danger, Slams US North Korea said Monday the danger of war on the Korean peninsula is quot;snowballing quot; and accused the United States of destroying the basis for negotiations on Pyongyang #39;s nuclear program.
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Cassini Sending Back Data on Saturn Moon (AP) AP - Scientists say the Cassini spacecraft is sending back evidence that Saturn's planet-size moon Titan has some familiar features, but that it still remains one of the strangest worlds.
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Mbeki: Ivory Coast Parties Agree to Push for Peace South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday he had reached agreement with all sides in Ivory Coast #39;s conflict on measures which should speed up implementation of a French-brokered peace accord.
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Israel's Sharon Lines Up Support for Likud Vote JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon marshalled support on Wednesday for a Likud party vote to bring the Labour Party into government, a move that would avoid snap elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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Dollar Rises 1 Percent Against Euro, Yen LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar rose one percent against the euro and the yen on Wednesday as investors bought the U.S. currency back in the run-up to the year-end and eyed the impact of the dollar's weakness on other economies.
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AOL debuts voice conferencing for consumers The AIM Voice Conferencing service incorporates AIM Instant Messenger #39;s quot;presence quot; technology, which allows people to see if friends and family are online and available to chat.
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BC freshmen forced to stand on own feet Kicker Ryan Ohliger of Newark, Del., and punter Johnny Ayers of Oakton, Va., will have the huge responsibility of being the only freshman starters on the Boston College football team this season. Pressure? What pressure?
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iMac G5: Coolest Computer Ever Describing the new iMac G5, Chris Taylor writes in TIME, #147;What you get for that money is quite possibly the coolest personal computer yet created. The cool is more than merely aesthetic. Unlike a lot of previous Mac machines, on which you could almost fry an egg, the iMac G5 #146;s beautiful white surface does not get noticeably hot. Nor, at a whisper-quiet 25 decibels, does it make enough noise for most people to hear #133; #148; Sep 7
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GE Profit Rises Despite Hurricane Losses BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GE.N</A> on Friday said its third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength across many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed hurricane-related insurance losses.
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Calpers replaces activist president Sean Harrigan, a longtime union official and one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for corporate governance reform, was ousted yesterday from his post as president of the \$177 billion California Public Employees Retirement System.
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Late surge lifts Sonics This is the 10th game, after all, and their start had nothing to do with their 101-94 victory over the Raptors in Toronto last night at Air Canada Centre.
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EU Wants to Cut Greenhouse Gases in Cars, Shoes (Reuters) Reuters - The European Union's battle against\global warming will force companies to change automobile air\conditioning systems and restrict the sale of air-cushioned\sports shoes, European Union ministers said on Thursday.
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Man United gets bid approach Manchester United MNU.L , the world #39;s richest soccer club, has received a bid approach, boosting its shares and fanning talk US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer is planning a bid likely to top 650 million pounds.
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Argentina debe implementar las reformas del FMI Sir, After all of Argentina #39;s economic pain, one can understand Alfonso Prat-Gay, Argentina #39;s central bank governor, taking satisfaction from the stronger-than-expected bounce in the country #39;s economy over the past two years ( quot;How Argentina defied the
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Diesels, Hybrids Fated to Wed Linking hybrid motors with diesel engines would create the most fuel-efficient mainstream vehicles to date, auto industry experts say. While the technology is already used for buses, automakers look to extend it to other vehicles. By John Gartner.
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Siemens releases patch for series 65 phones DSSELDORF, GERMANY - Siemens AG has received the green light from operators to offer a patch for a software defect in some of its 65 series mobile phones that could cause hearing damage, the Munich-based manufacturer said Tuesday in a statement.
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Favres Fight Year of Hardships (AP) AP - More than ever, Brett Favre needs football as his escape. His wife, Deanna, is fighting breast cancer, the latest bad news for the star quarterback's family, which has dealt with two deaths in 11 months.
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Jobless Claims Rise on Back of Hurricane (Reuters) Reuters - The ranks of Americans filling for\initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at\least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought\by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on\Thursday.
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Use of hot wafers #39; are one step closer to becoming reality One of the last frontiers of semiconductor technology -- environments where electronic devices have to run at high power, in fierce heat or at lethal doses of radiation -- may be about to fall.
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Wenger fined for Old Trafford comments London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was fined \$29,000 Thursday by the English Football Association (FA).
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Benefits computer failure chaos A huge systems crash causes delays in processing some claims at the work and pensions department.
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RPT-UPDATE 2-Slot machine maker IGT beats estimates Slot machine maker International Game Technology (IGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings, as casinos bought
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Convention Boasts Miles of Technology The Republican National Convention has more than 40,000 miles of cabling to operate high speed computer systems, telephone lines and live television broadcasts.
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New Crop of Portable Players Nips at IPod At least a dozen portable music players are angling to steal sales away from Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular line of iPods this holiday season. In the past month alone, five companies have unveiled their iPod challengers - pocket-sized players with hard disks that can store anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 songs.
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France's Renault to invest 570 million dollars in South Korea (AFP) AFP - French auto giant Renault SA said it will invest some 570 million dollars in South Korea over the next three years as part of its global strategy to become a key player in Asia.
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced the worldwide availability of the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser.
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Jamal Crawford hits buzzer-beater as New York beats the Rockets 93 <b>...</b> Jamal Crawford had been practising crazy shots over and over again recently, preparing himself for the opportunity to make a game-winning basket.
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Bengals Take Early Lead Over Broncos (AP) AP - Carson Palmer hit a wide-open Chad Johnson on a 50-yard scoring play to give Cincinnati a 7-0 lead over the Denver Broncos after the first quarter of the Bengals' return to "Monday Night Football."
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Cisco First-Quarter Profits Up 29 Percent SAN JOSE, Calif. - Cisco Systems Inc. #39;s fiscal first-quarter profits jumped 29 percent as the network equipment giant reported continued strength in its traditional markets as well as emerging technologies
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Iverson Has Broken Thumb, but Will Play ATHENS, Greece - Allen Iverson broke his right thumb but plans to play anyway Tuesday night for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, which is coming off an embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in its opener...
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Coyotes' Boucher to Play in Swedish League (AP) AP - Phoenix Coyotes goalie Brian Boucher signed to play for Swedish champion HV71 on Wednesday while the NHL lockout continues.
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Singh Bests Weir Vijay Singh won another dramatic duel by beating Mike Weir Sunday in a playoff at the Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario, and denying the fans a celebration they have wanted for 50 years.
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FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warnings WASHINGTON - All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating an information guide for patients to advise them of the risk...
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Australia to buy long range missiles for air force The Australian government announced on Thursday a project worth 350-450 million dollars (245-315 million US dollars) to equip air force aircraft with long range missiles capable of destroying land and sea targets.
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French Ruling Party Head Sarkozy Resigning as Finance Minister French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is resigning when he meets today with Prime Minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin, freeing him to use his new position as head of the ruling party to prepare for the 2007 presidential elections.
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Polish hostage freed in Iraq A Polish woman taken hostage last October in Iraq has been returned to Warsaw, the BBC reported Saturday. Appearing at a press conference alongside Polish Prime Minister Marek
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Ronaldinho fires Barcelona past AC Milan Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) - A late strike from Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho propelled Barcelona to a 2-1 Champions League win over AC Milan Tuesday at Camp Nou.
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Great Britain wins gold again in track cycling Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - For the second straight day a Briton captured gold at the Olympic Velodrome. Bradley Wiggins won the men #39;s individual 4,000-meter pursuit Saturday, one day after teammate
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Security expert warns computer hackers keeping up with technology (AFP) AFP - Computer hackers are keeping up with the times and are putting an increasingly technology-dependent world at risk, the chairman of leading US-based IT security firm McAfee said.
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Ryder Cup berths on the line at BMW, Jimenez leads Miguel Angel Jimenez #39;s 66 gave the Spaniard a one-shot lead Friday at the BMW International Open, where European players are in a last-minute scramble to make the Ryder Cup team.
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ProSafe Smart Switch The ProSafe Smart Switch line from NETGEAR is positioned between their unmanaged and fully managed switches and offers basic Web (browser) based management capabilities primarily for small to medium sized businesses.
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EU to Rule on Oracle's Bid for PeopleSoft (AP) AP - European Union regulators will decide Tuesday whether Oracle Corp.'s hostile #36;7.7 billion bid for rival business software concern PeopleSoft Inc. can proceed, the EU's antitrust chief said Friday.
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Treasury chief wants stronger dollar The United States would like the dollar to strengthen but believes international currency markets should be left to set its value, US Treasury Secretary John Snow said Monday.
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