2008 Jan 18
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - A popular Malaysian rock singer has been banned from appearing on television entertainment programs for three months after he read more »
AP - A popular Malaysian rock singer has been banned from appearing on television entertainment programs for three months after he read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. read more »
AP - Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs as early as next week in an effort to end a two-mont read more »
AP - Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs as early as next week in an effort to end a two-mont read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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TechWeb - Acquisition lets vendor plug hole in product line and dig deeper into open source market. read more »
TechWeb - Acquisition lets vendor plug hole in product line and dig deeper into open source market. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Allan Melvin, a character actor best known for playing Sam the Butcher on "The Brady Bunch," has died. He was 84. read more »
AP - Allan Melvin, a character actor best known for playing Sam the Butcher on "The Brady Bunch," has died. He was 84. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Health-care products maker Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval to sell a new HIV drug called Intelence for patients w read more »
Reuters - Health-care products maker Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval to sell a new HIV drug called Intelence for patients w read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering, his doctor said Saturday. read more »
AP - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering, his doctor said Saturday. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - As a student activist, Heri Akhmadi was beaten and jailed. Unable to witness the birth of his son because he was in pr read more »
Reuters - As a student activist, Heri Akhmadi was beaten and jailed. Unable to witness the birth of his son because he was in pr read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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TechWeb - Company founders point to the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity. read more »
TechWeb - Company founders point to the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Peru's Cabinet chief testified Friday at the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori that security forces attempted to ass read more »
AP - Peru's Cabinet chief testified Friday at the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori that security forces attempted to ass read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A Belarus court sentenced a newspaper editor Friday to three years in prison for reprinting a caricature of the Prophet Muham read more »
AP - A Belarus court sentenced a newspaper editor Friday to three years in prison for reprinting a caricature of the Prophet Muham read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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A few years back, after a major blackout hit the northeast, many people immediately assumed that it had something to do with a te read more »
A few years back, after a major blackout hit the northeast, many people immediately assumed that it had something to do with a te read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Social network software maker Slide Inc said on Friday it had closed a $50 million institutional financing round, mark read more »
Reuters - Social network software maker Slide Inc said on Friday it had closed a $50 million institutional financing round, mark read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at its annual Macworld convention, which ran January 14- read more »
Reuters - While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at its annual Macworld convention, which ran January 14- read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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In our culture where some companies (and their lawyers) have convinced people that intellectual property gives you total control read more »
In our culture where some companies (and their lawyers) have convinced people that intellectual property gives you total control read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly condemned this week's car bomb blast in Beirut that targeted a U.S. Embassy vehi read more »
AP - The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly condemned this week's car bomb blast in Beirut that targeted a U.S. Embassy vehi read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at least 412 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a read more »
AP - As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at least 412 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - In the last month, two very different West Coast live music venues have met two very different fates. read more »
Reuters - In the last month, two very different West Coast live music venues have met two very different fates. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former head of the Canadian Red Cross on Friday, clearing him of responsibil read more »
AP - Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former head of the Canadian Red Cross on Friday, clearing him of responsibil read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - The music scene in the northern UK city of Manchester -- famous for producing bands like Joy Division/New Order, the S read more »
Reuters - The music scene in the northern UK city of Manchester -- famous for producing bands like Joy Division/New Order, the S read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at least 3,927 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in Mar read more »
AP - As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at least 3,927 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in Mar read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Libya on Friday defended plans to carry out a massive expulsion of illegal immigrants, rejecting criticism from a human right read more »
AP - Libya on Friday defended plans to carry out a massive expulsion of illegal immigrants, rejecting criticism from a human right read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Actress Lindsay Lohan will take a short class at a morgue as part of her sentence for drunken driving and cocaine poss read more »
Reuters - Actress Lindsay Lohan will take a short class at a morgue as part of her sentence for drunken driving and cocaine poss read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to China switches to environmental issues Saturday, as he seeks to boost co-oper read more »
AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to China switches to environmental issues Saturday, as he seeks to boost co-oper read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - Sun is expected to announce next week that it will make the Sun SPOT (Small Programmable Object Technology) device pla read more »
InfoWorld - Sun is expected to announce next week that it will make the Sun SPOT (Small Programmable Object Technology) device pla read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Chris Mooney's proposal for unionizing bloggers is pretty silly to begin with. There are absolutely no barriers to entry for blog read more »
Chris Mooney's proposal for unionizing bloggers is pretty silly to begin with. There are absolutely no barriers to entry for blog read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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TechWeb - The upgrade helps manage virtualization technologies, SAN- and NAS-based storage resources, and network devices acting a read more »
TechWeb - The upgrade helps manage virtualization technologies, SAN- and NAS-based storage resources, and network devices acting a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Major U.S. indexes have broken key technical support levels, leaving the stock market vulnerable to further declines a read more »
Reuters - Major U.S. indexes have broken key technical support levels, leaving the stock market vulnerable to further declines a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AFP - US video game industry sales rocketed to a record high 17.9 billion dollars in 2007, with Nintendo reigning as champion of t read more »
AFP - US video game industry sales rocketed to a record high 17.9 billion dollars in 2007, with Nintendo reigning as champion of t read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Rosalba Padilla thought the first shots were nothing but construction in her quiet, upper-class Tijuana neighborhood. It wasn read more »
AP - Rosalba Padilla thought the first shots were nothing but construction in her quiet, upper-class Tijuana neighborhood. It wasn read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Investor's Business Daily - President Bush on Friday called for a $140 billion to $150 billion stimulus package, saying the U.S. n read more »
Investor's Business Daily - President Bush on Friday called for a $140 billion to $150 billion stimulus package, saying the U.S. n read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - With consolidation at a fever pitch in the enterprise BI (business intelligence) market, it would be understandable if read more »
InfoWorld - With consolidation at a fever pitch in the enterprise BI (business intelligence) market, it would be understandable if read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - It's hard to argue against data portability. After all, who could oppose giving people control over the data they load read more »
InfoWorld - It's hard to argue against data portability. After all, who could oppose giving people control over the data they load read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Playbill - Curtains star David Hyde Pierce will appear on the Jan. 24 Broadway-themed episode of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice." read more »
Playbill - Curtains star David Hyde Pierce will appear on the Jan. 24 Broadway-themed episode of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice." read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pa read more »
AP - The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pa read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pa read more »
AP - The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pa read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - A heavy gloom hanging over Wall Street may deepen next week unless such bellwether companies as Apple and United Techn read more »
Reuters - A heavy gloom hanging over Wall Street may deepen next week unless such bellwether companies as Apple and United Techn read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s stock plunged Friday after the wireless carrier said it will cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locati read more »
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s stock plunged Friday after the wireless carrier said it will cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locati read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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PC World - Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source read more »
PC World - Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Peter Gabriel has long been admired as a pacesetter of musical exploration, a passionate campaigner for human rights a read more »
Reuters - Peter Gabriel has long been admired as a pacesetter of musical exploration, a passionate campaigner for human rights a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Paris menswear designers set their sights on the youth market Friday, with vibrant collections that breathed new life into th read more »
AP - Paris menswear designers set their sights on the youth market Friday, with vibrant collections that breathed new life into th read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Now, there are those who claim the government already has the ability to monitor all internet communications, but it looks like i read more »
Now, there are those who claim the government already has the ability to monitor all internet communications, but it looks like i read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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TechWeb - Long-term and low-intensity radio frequency exposure from mobile devices considered dangerous to pregnant women and kids read more »
TechWeb - Long-term and low-intensity radio frequency exposure from mobile devices considered dangerous to pregnant women and kids read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - The Recording Academy has asked its members to sign a petition urging the Writers Guild of America to accept an agreement tha read more »
AP - The Recording Academy has asked its members to sign a petition urging the Writers Guild of America to accept an agreement tha read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - While the writers strike continues to cause turmoil throughout awards season, the ceremony will go on for the Writers Guild o read more »
AP - While the writers strike continues to cause turmoil throughout awards season, the ceremony will go on for the Writers Guild o read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - For a show that was about nothing, the hubbub around it has certainly turned into something. read more »
AP - For a show that was about nothing, the hubbub around it has certainly turned into something. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source read more »
InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated George Clooney as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday to promote the world body's act read more »
AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated George Clooney as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday to promote the world body's act read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked po read more »
AP - Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked po read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney, a passionate advocate for an end to war and famine in read more »
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney, a passionate advocate for an end to war and famine in read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest emb read more »
Reuters - The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest emb read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp reported deeper than expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, read more »
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp reported deeper than expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - China's online population has soared to 210 million people and could surpass the United States this year to become the world' read more »
AP - China's online population has soared to 210 million people and could surpass the United States this year to become the world' read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - U.S. consumers' mood unexpectedly brightened a bit in January but failed to silence the drumbeat of talk about a possi read more »
Reuters - U.S. consumers' mood unexpectedly brightened a bit in January but failed to silence the drumbeat of talk about a possi read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Hit video game, Rock Band, is proving to be a lucrative new revenue stream for the music industry. The game comes with 58 playab read more »
Hit video game, Rock Band, is proving to be a lucrative new revenue stream for the music industry. The game comes with 58 playab read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks tumbled for a fourth day on Friday to close out the worst week for the S&P 500 in five years on worry that a Wh read more »
Reuters - Stocks tumbled for a fourth day on Friday to close out the worst week for the S&P 500 in five years on worry that a Wh read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Gunmen from a messianic Shiite cult attacked police and worshippers preparing Friday for a major Shiite holiday, prompting fi read more »
AP - Gunmen from a messianic Shiite cult attacked police and worshippers preparing Friday for a major Shiite holiday, prompting fi read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney Co is miss read more »
Reuters - A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney Co is miss read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Shaun Pollock's farewell tour of South Africa started in triumph when he steered his team to victory in a Twenty20 internati read more »
AFP - Shaun Pollock's farewell tour of South Africa started in triumph when he steered his team to victory in a Twenty20 internati read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - A fish merchant is critically ill after setting himself ablaze on Friday during a rally demanding greater compensation for S read more »
AFP - A fish merchant is critically ill after setting himself ablaze on Friday during a rally demanding greater compensation for S read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Suspected al-Qaida militants opened fire on a convoy of tourists in a remote desert mountain valley Friday, killing two Belgi read more »
AP - Suspected al-Qaida militants opened fire on a convoy of tourists in a remote desert mountain valley Friday, killing two Belgi read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - The Mojave spaceship builder whose workers died during a test last summer didn't offer proper training, California occupation read more »
AP - The Mojave spaceship builder whose workers died during a test last summer didn't offer proper training, California occupation read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Friday to press ahead with plans to overhaul ties with NATO and launch a M read more »
Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Friday to press ahead with plans to overhaul ties with NATO and launch a M read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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FT.com - The FTSE 100 closed at a five-month low on Friday despite talk of consolidation among the mega-cap miners. read more »
FT.com - The FTSE 100 closed at a five-month low on Friday despite talk of consolidation among the mega-cap miners. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AFP - Next-generation DVDs are catching on with Japanese consumers, with sales picking up sharply at the end of 2007 and the Blu-R read more »
AFP - Next-generation DVDs are catching on with Japanese consumers, with sales picking up sharply at the end of 2007 and the Blu-R read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Israel sealed all border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Friday, cutting the flow of vital supplies in an attempt to stop Pa read more »
AP - Israel sealed all border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Friday, cutting the flow of vital supplies in an attempt to stop Pa read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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We've talked about how government attempts to censor certain types of internet content tend to be a slippery slope towards more a read more »
We've talked about how government attempts to censor certain types of internet content tend to be a slippery slope towards more a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - "Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life oft read more »
AP - "Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life oft read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Clashes between rival tribes armed with machetes and bows and arrows on Friday marked the third, the bloodiest and what the g read more »
AP - Clashes between rival tribes armed with machetes and bows and arrows on Friday marked the third, the bloodiest and what the g read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - To plan an upcoming hike in the Alps, John Higham scoured scores of photos plotted along his route on a digital map for clues read more »
AP - To plan an upcoming hike in the Alps, John Higham scoured scores of photos plotted along his route on a digital map for clues read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Apparel retailers may be facing a doom-and-gloom sales environment in the near future, but many are anxious to prove t read more »
Reuters - Apparel retailers may be facing a doom-and-gloom sales environment in the near future, but many are anxious to prove t read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - President Bush embraced about $145 billion worth of tax relief on Friday to jump start the lackluster economy. If Congress pa read more »
AP - President Bush embraced about $145 billion worth of tax relief on Friday to jump start the lackluster economy. If Congress pa read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Dozens of Islamic militants died in clashes with Pakistani troops Friday, the army said, amid reports that government forces read more »
AP - Dozens of Islamic militants died in clashes with Pakistani troops Friday, the army said, amid reports that government forces read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - There is no mudslinging or million-dollar war chest. No party nominations, dirty tricks or battles for key endorsements. read more »
AP - There is no mudslinging or million-dollar war chest. No party nominations, dirty tricks or battles for key endorsements. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - More than 3,000 former users of Merck & Co's withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already signed up to take part in a $4.85 read more »
Reuters - More than 3,000 former users of Merck & Co's withdrawn Vioxx pain drug have already signed up to take part in a $4.85 read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday on concerns that a White House effort to boost the economy would not be enough to forestall a re read more »
Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday on concerns that a White House effort to boost the economy would not be enough to forestall a re read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Anti-spam activists often need to do quite a bit of hunting to track down the real identity of various spammers. Over the years, read more »
Anti-spam activists often need to do quite a bit of hunting to track down the real identity of various spammers. Over the years, read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp reported deeper than expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, read more »
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp reported deeper than expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Amy Winehouse's husband appeared in court Friday to face charges of assault and conspiracy, and the troubled singer blew him read more »
AP - Amy Winehouse's husband appeared in court Friday to face charges of assault and conspiracy, and the troubled singer blew him read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Consumers' mood brightened a bit in January, defying expectations driven by the constant drumbeat of talk about a poss read more »
Reuters - Consumers' mood brightened a bit in January, defying expectations driven by the constant drumbeat of talk about a poss read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Wireless phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday it plans to slash 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations to gird it read more »
AP - Wireless phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday it plans to slash 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations to gird it read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - German anger over plans by Nokia (NOK1V.HE) to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the finance minister accusing t read more »
Reuters - German anger over plans by Nokia (NOK1V.HE) to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the finance minister accusing t read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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FT.com - London equities had a wild session on Friday with miners benefiting from fresh bid speculation, but further turbulence in read more »
FT.com - London equities had a wild session on Friday with miners benefiting from fresh bid speculation, but further turbulence in read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Stellar performance overseas prompted IBM Corp. to upgrade its outlook for 2008 despite economic uncertainty at home, raising read more »
AP - Stellar performance overseas prompted IBM Corp. to upgrade its outlook for 2008 despite economic uncertainty at home, raising read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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We've already seen newspapers blame Craigslist for the various troubles they face (rather than recognizing the problem is their o read more »
We've already seen newspapers blame Craigslist for the various troubles they face (rather than recognizing the problem is their o read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Federal regulators said they will try again to test prototypes on Jan. 24 for transmitting high-speed Internet service over u read more »
AP - Federal regulators said they will try again to test prototypes on Jan. 24 for transmitting high-speed Internet service over u read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - India's third-largest software company Wipro Ltd. said Friday that its net income for the October-December quarter rose 11 pe read more »
AP - India's third-largest software company Wipro Ltd. said Friday that its net income for the October-December quarter rose 11 pe read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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FT.com - Wall Street stocks rebounded on Friday after worries that the US economy may be heading into recession prompted equities read more »
FT.com - Wall Street stocks rebounded on Friday after worries that the US economy may be heading into recession prompted equities read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - President Bush will say tax rebates are the best way to stimulate the economy, but will not detail how big they should be, an read more »
AP - President Bush will say tax rebates are the best way to stimulate the economy, but will not detail how big they should be, an read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Friday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes rising 1 percent along with the Dow. read more »
Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Friday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes rising 1 percent along with the Dow. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Sprint Nextel reported deeper-than-expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, sendi read more »
Reuters - Sprint Nextel reported deeper-than-expected subscriber losses on Friday and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs, sendi read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Kevin Keegan on Friday described himself as the best qualified candidate to take charge of Newcastle and revealed the would read more »
AFP - Kevin Keegan on Friday described himself as the best qualified candidate to take charge of Newcastle and revealed the would read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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As part of its effort to turn its fortunes around, wireless phone company Sprint Nextel announced today that it will "streamline i read more »
As part of its effort to turn its fortunes around, wireless phone company Sprint Nextel announced today that it will "streamline i read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - U.S. consumers' mood brightened in early January, but was still significantly less optimistic than a year earlier, a r read more »
Reuters - U.S. consumers' mood brightened in early January, but was still significantly less optimistic than a year earlier, a r read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Friday criticised a US drive to impose sanctions over its atomic programme, read more »
AFP - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Friday criticised a US drive to impose sanctions over its atomic programme, read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - The Hollywood writers strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries. read more »
Reuters - The Hollywood writers strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Earlier this week, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from South Africa was disqualified from participating in the 2008 Olym read more »
Earlier this week, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from South Africa was disqualified from participating in the 2008 Olym read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and late read more »
AP - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and late read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as holiday shoppers sna read more »
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as holiday shoppers sna read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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PC World - The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-government read more »
PC World - The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-government read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - With days of protests failing to budge Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki from power, a weakened opposition said Friday it would tu read more »
AP - With days of protests failing to budge Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki from power, a weakened opposition said Friday it would tu read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse almost missed her husband's court appearance on Friday as he fights charges relatin read more »
Reuters - Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse almost missed her husband's court appearance on Friday as he fights charges relatin read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - General Electric Co , viewed as a bellwether of the U.S. economy, posted a 4 percent rise in net profit on Friday, mat read more »
Reuters - General Electric Co , viewed as a bellwether of the U.S. economy, posted a 4 percent rise in net profit on Friday, mat read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - A judge wants more information before she decides whether to let Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to California for repair o read more »
AP - A judge wants more information before she decides whether to let Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to California for repair o read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Britain's top law-and-order official wants extremist content off the Web, saying Thursday she intends to deny Islamist ideologues read more »
Britain's top law-and-order official wants extremist content off the Web, saying Thursday she intends to deny Islamist ideologues read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Northern Ireland's bid to reach the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be led by Nigel Worthington after the caretaker mana read more »
AFP - Northern Ireland's bid to reach the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be led by Nigel Worthington after the caretaker mana read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - Contrarian investors who think now is the time to start buying beaten-down banking stocks could be in for a shock if they don read more »
AP - Contrarian investors who think now is the time to start buying beaten-down banking stocks could be in for a shock if they don read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Fueled by the success of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft's "Halo 3," more video games were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than in any o read more »
Fueled by the success of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft's "Halo 3," more video games were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than in any o read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Israel has closed all border crossings into Gaza, cutting off food and humanitarian supplies to the coastal strip in a bid to read more »
AP - Israel has closed all border crossings into Gaza, cutting off food and humanitarian supplies to the coastal strip in a bid to read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies devot read more »
Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies devot read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - In "American Gangster," which is "based on a true story," Denzel Washington as the `70s drug lord Frank Lucas confident read more »
AP - In "American Gangster," which is "based on a true story," Denzel Washington as the `70s drug lord Frank Lucas confident read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Wall Street rose sharply Friday as a strong outlook from IBM encouraged investors to buy back into stocks after their huge drop th read more »
Wall Street rose sharply Friday as a strong outlook from IBM encouraged investors to buy back into stocks after their huge drop th read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. read more »
AP - Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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USATODAY.com - In December, Nintendo had its biggest month ever with the hot-selling game system. Holiday shoppers bought 1.4 mill read more »
USATODAY.com - In December, Nintendo had its biggest month ever with the hot-selling game system. Holiday shoppers bought 1.4 mill read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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USATODAY.com - The success of the video game Rock Band is drumming up revenue for the music industry. Virtual rockers downloaded read more »
USATODAY.com - The success of the video game Rock Band is drumming up revenue for the music industry. Virtual rockers downloaded read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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USATODAY.com - Just after her honeymoon last March, Wadooah Wali took the de rigueur next step these days: She changed her status read more »
USATODAY.com - Just after her honeymoon last March, Wadooah Wali took the de rigueur next step these days: She changed her status read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Considering the devastating two years Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has endured, investors braced themselves for more bad news in th read more »
Considering the devastating two years Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has endured, investors braced themselves for more bad news in th read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the E read more »
Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the E read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Andrew Davies is talking about sex. He is also talking about Jane Austen, beloved chronicler of early 19th century English ma read more »
AP - Andrew Davies is talking about sex. He is also talking about Jane Austen, beloved chronicler of early 19th century English ma read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - "Shrek the Musical," the tale of a big green ogre, has a date on Broadway this fall. read more »
AP - "Shrek the Musical," the tale of a big green ogre, has a date on Broadway this fall. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Parents hoping to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana movie may be in for a tough time. read more »
AP - Parents hoping to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana movie may be in for a tough time. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A powerful Shiite politician accused the Iraqi government and legislators of allowing "personal whims" to delay national unit read more »
AP - A powerful Shiite politician accused the Iraqi government and legislators of allowing "personal whims" to delay national unit read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - European banking giant UniCredit on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interes read more »
Reuters - European banking giant UniCredit on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interes read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-governmen read more »
InfoWorld - The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-governmen read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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AFP - Volatile trading dogged world stock markets on Friday ahead of a key announcement from US President George W. Bush aimed at read more »
AFP - Volatile trading dogged world stock markets on Friday ahead of a key announcement from US President George W. Bush aimed at read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - Strata8 Networks, which officially opened its doors for business on Thursday, is offering a new twist on helping enter read more »
InfoWorld - Strata8 Networks, which officially opened its doors for business on Thursday, is offering a new twist on helping enter read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - Mozilla should soon be experimenting with some novel user-interface technologies for its browser and other products, a read more »
InfoWorld - Mozilla should soon be experimenting with some novel user-interface technologies for its browser and other products, a read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - EMI Group, which recently outlined a painful restructuring plan, has made a bid for independent music label Chrysalis Group P read more »
AP - EMI Group, which recently outlined a painful restructuring plan, has made a bid for independent music label Chrysalis Group P read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cybercriminals a new way to sneak their malicio read more »
InfoWorld - A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cybercriminals a new way to sneak their malicio read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Considering the devastating two years Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has endured, investors braced themselves for more bad news read more »
AP - Considering the devastating two years Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has endured, investors braced themselves for more bad news read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - In the first column of this year, I discussed computer security outlook and hopes for 2008. I forecast more of the sam read more »
InfoWorld - In the first column of this year, I discussed computer security outlook and hopes for 2008. I forecast more of the sam read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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For years, the government has pushed repeatedly to build bigger and more comprehensive databases of information around citizens. read more »
For years, the government has pushed repeatedly to build bigger and more comprehensive databases of information around citizens. read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Iran allowed a French-Iranian filmmaker to leave the country on Friday after preventing her departure for nearly a year, a me read more »
AP - Iran allowed a French-Iranian filmmaker to leave the country on Friday after preventing her departure for nearly a year, a me read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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Posted by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistFrom time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspe read more »
Posted by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistFrom time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspe read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Health workers in eastern India battled Friday to contain a "very serious" bird flu outbreak, amid reports the virus had spr read more »
AFP - Health workers in eastern India battled Friday to contain a "very serious" bird flu outbreak, amid reports the virus had spr read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticising Egypt's human rig read more »
AFP - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticising Egypt's human rig read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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FT.com - Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecoms group, joined the growing band of consumer-facing companies th read more »
FT.com - Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecoms group, joined the growing band of consumer-facing companies th read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Their protests weakened by a harsh police crackdown, Kenya's opposition said it would turn to economic boycotts and strikes t read more »
AP - Their protests weakened by a harsh police crackdown, Kenya's opposition said it would turn to economic boycotts and strikes t read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Iran received a third shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Friday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port read more »
AP - Iran received a third shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Friday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besiege read more »
AP - Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besiege read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - Japanese stocks recovered from an early plunge Friday as investors scooped up shares that have been beaten down in recent day read more »
AP - Japanese stocks recovered from an early plunge Friday as investors scooped up shares that have been beaten down in recent day read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - As the ink dried on a tentative deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling around Hollywood on Thur read more »
Reuters - As the ink dried on a tentative deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling around Hollywood on Thur read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Veteran TV producer David Milch is returning to his "NYPD Blue" roots with his third drama pilot at HBO in three years read more »
Reuters - Veteran TV producer David Milch is returning to his "NYPD Blue" roots with his third drama pilot at HBO in three years read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies read more »
AP - Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - A judge says she wants more information before she decides whether to let rapper Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to Califor read more »
AP - A judge says she wants more information before she decides whether to let rapper Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to Califor read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A volcano erupted violently in southwestern Colombia Thursday, spewing ash miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of read more »
AP - A volcano erupted violently in southwestern Colombia Thursday, spewing ash miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of read more »
Date : 18 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - The life of fashion designer Valentino is coming to the big screen in the documentary "Valentino: The Last Emperor." read more »
Reuters - The life of fashion designer Valentino is coming to the big screen in the documentary "Valentino: The Last Emperor." read more »