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Russia won't get involved in Ossetia
Moscow, Russia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russia has warned the former Soviet republic of Georgia it won't get involved in the South Ossetia conflict, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday. | 13 |
The PM's honesty is important
We should not be blase about new evidence suggesting John Howard lied, writes Michelle Grattan. A line running about the latest incarnation of the "children overboard affair" is: will the punters care? The argument is that we've probed the entrails of ... | 13 |
UK's Blair, Italy's Berlusconi Call for End of Najaf Fighting
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called on Iraq's new government to work toward a political solution to end fighting in the Muslim holy city of Najaf. | 13 |
Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose close to a record high on Tuesday on U.S. economic data showing that inflationary pressure was held in check in July and ahead of weekly inventory due out on Wednesday and forecast to show a draw in crude stocks. | 0 |
YUKOS Gets More Cash But Bankruptcy Looms
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's YUKOS raised $357 million to put toward a $3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the company was technically ready for bankruptcy. | 0 |
Stocks Up on Economic Data, Earnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were higher on Tuesday after strong earnings were posted by several retailers, led by Home Depot Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HD.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HD.N</A>, and after U.S. economic reports for July showed that inflationary pressure was held in check and housing starts rebounded sharply. | 0 |
Ford Sued in Defective Door Latch Claim
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Canadian law firm on Tuesday said it had filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">F.N</A> over what it claims are defective door latches on about 400,000 of the automaker's popular pickup trucks and SUVs. | 0 |
Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs (Reuters)
Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain
access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United
Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections
to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Stagflation menace all but vanishes in US (AFP)
AFP - The nightmare menace of stagflation all but disappeared in July as data showed that US consumer prices dipped, industry ramped up output and home building boomed. | 0 |
Mittal steel firm in Bosnia deal
LNM Group, the steel giant headed by Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, snaps up a Bosnian steelmaker in a $280m deal. | 0 |
Google IPO Imminent
The company asks federal regulators to approve the paperwork required for its stock sale. Also: Yahoo starts selling domain names & hellip;. Canadian officials investigate Nortel Networks & hellip;. and more. | 0 |
PluggedIn: Multifunction Devices Draw Back-To-School Crowd (Reuters)
Reuters - The consumer electronics gizmo
that offers many functions in a small package is what's
compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets. | 6 |
Illinois seeks overseas Internet drug network
While Big Pharma predicts mass poisonings | 6 |
PluggedIn: Multifunction Devices Draw Back-To-School Crowd
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The consumer electronics gizmo that offers many functions in a small package is what's compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets. | 6 |
Briefly: Kinko's debuts Web-based print options
roundup Plus: Majoras takes charge of FTC...Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat. | 6 |
Wireless vendors pledge hurricane relief
Cingular and Nextel step in to aid those recovering from Hurricane Charley in Florida. | 6 |
Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004
In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004. | 6 |
WR Berkley Sees Hurricane Losses
Insurance holding company WR Berkley Corp. said Tuesday that it does not expect its losses from damage caused by Hurricane Charley last week to exceed $5 million. | 0 |
Winfrey returns for second day as juror
CHICAGO Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is back in Cook County Criminal Court today for another day of service as a juror on a murder trial. | 1 |
Shyne's Hot Line Cut As CD Soars
Rising hip-hopster Jamal "Shyne" Barrow had the proverbial cord cut on his jailhouse phone Monday after officials learned he was conducting a little music business from the pen. The soon-to-be megastar (Godfather: Buried Alive, his debut ... | 1 |
Bruce Boycotted for Bush Bashing
After Bruce Springsteen announced plans to participate in the anti-Bush concert tour, Vote for Change, a New York candidate for US Senate has countered with a "Boycott the Boss" television spot. | 1 |
Castaways announced for ninth Survivor'
NEW YORK - A mechanical bull operator, a sheep farmer and a master barber who's also a nuclear weapons specialist are among the 18 castaways who'll compete for a $1 million in the next edition of Survivor. ... | 1 |
Cinematrographer killed in plane crash
A plane crash during the filming of a movie over the Dry Tortugas has taken the life of cinematographer Neal Fredericks, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday. | 1 |
West Nile Virus is found in a bird
The first bird case has been confirmed by the Pueblo County Health Department. Officials will now survey the area where the bird was found. | 3 |
Iraq:Berlusconi-Blair, Serve Una Soluzione Politica
PORTO ROTONDO - ''Posizione comune'' di Silvio Berlusconi e Tony Blair sulla crisi irachena: cessi la violenza e il governo iracheno ''faccia ogni sforzo possibile per trovare una soluzione politica'', soluzione che ''deve essere trovata all' interno ... | 4 |
Morte sindaco Roccaraso: domani i funerali
CAMPOBASSO - I funerali di Camillo Valentini, arrestato per concussione e morto suicida nel carcere di Sulmona, si svolgeranno domani pomeriggio a Roccaraso, la citta' di cui era primo cittadino. Prevista invece in mattinata la conferenza stampa dei ... | 4 |
RealNetwork's 49 cent downloads rile Apple
Seattle, WA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- RealNetworks Inc., is taking on Apple Computer's wildly successful iTunes Music Store with a half-price sale offering music downloads for 49 cents a song. | 6 |
Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP2 for Home Users
Microsoft has delayed the rollout of XP Service Pack Two (SP2) for home users, and some customers will not be able to download it until the end of the month. The new code was supposed to go out on Microsoft's Automatic Update service on ... | 6 |
Olympics-Shooting-loving Rathore promotes Olympic sports
ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore loves cricket as much as any Indian, even if the national obsession with ball and bat can make it hard for the country's Olympic athletes to get a look in. | 8 |
Al Tielemans/SI
Deion Sanders confirmed he is considering coming out of retirement to play for the Ravens after weeks of persuasive talks with Ray Lewis and Corey Fuller. A decision is expected within a couple of weeks as he tests his conditioning. His low-key role would ... | 8 |
Need for an Independent International Investigation of the Gatumba Massacre
"It is essential that the killings of more than 150 Congolese refugees in Burundi are the subject of an independent impartial investigation, the findings of which should be made public and acted upon so that the perpetrators can be brought to justice," ... | 11 |
Israel approves new West Bank housing settlement
Israel's housing ministry has approved tenders for the construction of about a thousand new homes in West Bank settlements. | 11 |
Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform
WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld struck a cautious tone Tuesday on the need for a national intelligence director, saying any changes should not create new barriers between war fighters and agencies that collect ... | 11 |
WR Berkley Sees Hurricane Losses
Insurance holding company WR Berkley Corp. said Tuesday that it does not expect its losses from damage caused by Hurricane Charley last week to exceed $5 million. | 11 |
RealNetwork's 49 cent downloads rile Apple
Seattle, WA, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- RealNetworks Inc., is taking on Apple Computer's wildly successful iTunes Music Store with a half-price sale offering music downloads for 49 cents a song. | 11 |
Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP2 for Home Users
Microsoft has delayed the rollout of XP Service Pack Two (SP2) for home users, and some customers will not be able to download it until the end of the month. The new code was supposed to go out on Microsoft's Automatic Update service on ... | 11 |
Olympics-Shooting-loving Rathore promotes Olympic sports
ATHENS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore loves cricket as much as any Indian, even if the national obsession with ball and bat can make it hard for the country's Olympic athletes to get a look in. | 11 |
Winfrey returns for second day as juror
CHICAGO Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is back in Cook County Criminal Court today for another day of service as a juror on a murder trial. | 11 |
Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform
WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld struck a cautious tone Tuesday on the need for a national intelligence director, saying any changes should not create new barriers between war fighters and agencies that collect ... | 12 |
Illinois Helps Residents Import Prescription Drugs
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping US regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday. | 12 |
US Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US telephone and cable companies saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry research firm said on Tuesday. | 12 |
Need for an Independent International Investigation of the Gatumba Massacre
"It is essential that the killings of more than 150 Congolese refugees in Burundi are the subject of an independent impartial investigation, the findings of which should be made public and acted upon so that the perpetrators can be brought to justice," ... | 13 |
Israel approves new West Bank housing settlement
Israel's housing ministry has approved tenders for the construction of about a thousand new homes in West Bank settlements. | 13 |
Eight suspects charged with terror plot
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have charged eight terrorism suspects with conspiracy to commit murder and say one had plans that could be used in striking US buildings that were the focus of security scares this month. | 13 |
Phelps Wins Second Gold Medal, in 200 Fly (AP)
AP - American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 1:54.04. | 8 |
Top-Seeded Federer Upset at Olympics (AP)
AP - Top-seeded Roger Federer was upset in the second round of the Olympic tournament Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. | 8 |
Potec Wins Gold in 200-Meter Freestyle (AP)
AP - Camelia Potec of Romania won gold in the Olympic 200-meter freestyle Tuesday night, coming from behind in an outside lane. | 8 |
Redskins Cut Strong Safety Ohalete (AP)
AP - Strong safety Ifeanyi Ohalete was cut by the Washington Redskins on Tuesday after starting 15 games for the team last season. | 8 |
Wood's Suspension Upheld (Reuters)
Reuters - Major League Baseball
Monday announced a decision on the appeal filed by Chicago Cubs
pitcher Kerry Wood regarding a suspension stemming from an
incident earlier this season. | 8 |
Phelps Wins Men's 200m Butterfly Gold
ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps (U.S.) won the men's 200 meters butterfly swimming gold medal at the Olympics on Tuesday. | 8 |
Wood's Suspension Upheld
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball Monday announced a decision on the appeal filed by Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood regarding a suspension stemming from an incident earlier this season. | 8 |
Parry wins butterfly bronze
Stephen Parry comes a brilliant third behind Michael Phelps in the men's 200m butterfly. | 8 |
Federer crashes out
Top seed Roger Federer is beaten by the Czech Republic's Thomas Berdych. | 8 |
Israeli at Heart of N.J. Gay Scandal Returns Home
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case. | 12 |
Ford Sued in Defective Door Latch Claim
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Canadian law firm on Tuesday said it had filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">F.N</A> over what it claims are defective door latches on about 400,000 of the automaker's popular pickup trucks and SUVs. | 12 |
Mittal steel firm in Bosnia deal
LNM Group, the steel giant headed by Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, snaps up a Bosnian steelmaker in a $280m deal. | 2 |
Norway cracks down
But pupils say the landmark "zero tolerance" campaign for name-calling, hitting, hair-pulling, arm-twisting and other playground nastiness is about as realistic as the plot of a "Harry Potter" novel. | 2 |
British Police Charge Eight With Terrorist Offenses
British police charged eight men Tuesday with terrorist offenses, including one suspected al-Qaida operative accused of having surveillance plans of financial institutions in New York, Washington and New Jersey ... | 2 |
U.S. troops move gets muted response
Germany's defense minister expressed regret Tuesday about U.S. plans to restructure its forces abroad -- changes expected to hit Germany the hardest with the pullout of two heavy divisions. | 2 |
Terror charges slapped on eight British suspects (AFP)
AFP - Britain laid charges against eight terror suspects, including conspiracy to murder and possession of surveillance plans of the New York Stock Exchange and other US-based financial institutions. | 2 |
Fatigue over Russia rumours sees Yukos trade halt (AFP)
AFP - Yukos trading came to a near standstill as investors tired of endless rumours over the fate of Russia's largest oil producer and a Moscow court stuck another dagger in the heart of the wounded giant. | 2 |
YUKOS Gets More Cash But Bankruptcy Looms (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia's YUKOS raised $357 million to
put toward a $3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a
stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the
company was technically ready for bankruptcy. | 2 |
Eclectic Russian arts lined up at Cannes festival (AFP)
AFP - The Moisseyev Ballet, the Baltic fleet orchestra and artisans from the southern Russian city of Tula are all set to feature at the Russian Art Festival, hosted by the swish southern French town of Cannes later this month, organisers said. | 2 |
London shares end higher, as tame US CPI data counters oil jitters (AFP)
AFP - British blue chips closed higher, supported by a positive morning on Wall Street, as weaker-than-expected US consumer price index data eased inflationary concerns, dealers said. | 2 |
Sterling loses ground ahead of release of BoE minutes (AFP)
AFP - Sterling lost a fair bit of ground ahead of tomorrow's release of the minutes from latest Monetary Policy Committee meeting when British interest rates were hiked to 4.75 percent. | 2 |
Chavez lambasts fraud allegations
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won. | 2 |
Severe flooding hits city
Cars are trapped after there is serious flooding in Londonderry following heavy thunderstorms. | 2 |
Baby falls from flat block window
A 17-month-old boy receives emergency treatment after falling out of a window at a block of flats in Glasgow. | 2 |
Iraqi Police Free Jordanian Hostage (AP)
AP - Iraqi police freed a Jordanian hostage in a raid south of Baghdad on Tuesday, detaining three men believed to have played a role in the kidnapping, a police spokesman said. | 13 |
Britain Charges 8 in Plot Linked to U.S. Alert
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder and said one had plans that could be used in striking U.S. buildings that were the focus of security scares this month. | 13 |
Iraqi Peace Mission in Najaf; U.S. Pounds Militia
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi peace delegation urged a radical Shi'ite cleric to call off his uprising in the city of Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops pounded militia positions near the country's holiest Islamic sites. | 13 |
Iraqi Peace Mission in Najaf; U.S. Pounds Militia
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi peace delegation urged a radical Shi'ite cleric to call off his uprising in the city of Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops pounded militia positions near the country's holiest Islamic sites. | 10 |
Chavez lambasts fraud allegations
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won. | 10 |
Severe flooding hits city
Cars are trapped after there is serious flooding in Londonderry following heavy thunderstorms. | 10 |
Baby falls from flat block window
A 17-month-old boy receives emergency treatment after falling out of a window at a block of flats in Glasgow. | 10 |
YUKOS Gets More Cash But Bankruptcy Looms
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's YUKOS raised $357 million to put toward a $3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the company was technically ready for bankruptcy. | 0 |
Halliburton: Army to Withhold Payments
The US Army will begin withholding 15 percent of its payments on Halliburton Co.'s future invoices for logistical support of troops in Iraq and Kuwait, the oil services conglomerate said Tuesday. | 0 |
Mills Corp. buys $1B stake in malls
The Mills Corp., best known for developing locally Potomac Mills Mall and Arundel Mills Mall, has gone on a shopping spree. | 0 |
Google IPO Imminent
In a sign that Google's initial public offering is imminent, the company has asked federal regulators to give final approval to the paperwork required for its stock sale. | 0 |
Banks want BJ's to pay for credit card fraud
CHICAGO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said credit card issuers want the retailer to reimburse them for up to $16 million in fraudulent credit card charges and other costs stemming from a possible ... | 0 |
Europeans buy Intelsat for $5 billion
Hamilton, Bermuda, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A European consortium has agreed to pay $3 billion and assume debt to acquire the world's No. 2 satellite provider, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. | 0 |
Negative sentiment towards US stock market rises
NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings) Analysts at Merrill Lynch say that a recent survey of global fund managers demonstrates continuously increasing negative sentiments towards the US stock market trends. | 0 |
Evidence showdown
SANTA MARIA -- Michael Jackson, dressed in white and accompanied by members of his famous family, returned to court Monday in his child molestation case for a showdown over key evidence with the prosecutor who has ... | 1 |
Tinseltown Twosome Lane and Brolin Wed
The Hollywood couple married somewhere on the West Coast over the Aug. 13 weekend, according to news reports. Publicist Kelly Bush says that she's been ordered to not say anything else besides "they're hitched." ... | 1 |
IBM Seeks Another SCO Dismissal
The current motion is in addition to the request for a summary judgment IBM has been seeking since early July. If the initial request is granted, it could bring the case to a close without trial. Although summary judgment arguments ... | 6 |
Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004
In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004. | 6 |
VARs, Vendors Seize Patch Management Opportunity
The delayed arrival of Windows Update Services is giving VARs and patch management vendors a chance to cash in. | 6 |
Iraqi Delegation Arrives in Najaf to Talk With Cleric Al-Sadr
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- An eight-member group from Iraq's National Conference arrived in Najaf, south of the capital, to talk with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and try to persuade his followers to end an insurgency in the country's south, according to a ... | 11 |
Sharon allows 1,000 more settler homes in West Bank (updated AM 00:51)
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank to defuse a ruling party mutiny but the move was likely to anger Washington. | 11 |
Israeli at Heart of NJ Gay Scandal Returns Home
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case. | 11 |
Evidence showdown
SANTA MARIA -- Michael Jackson, dressed in white and accompanied by members of his famous family, returned to court Monday in his child molestation case for a showdown over key evidence with the prosecutor who has ... | 11 |
Britain Charges 8 in Plot Linked to US Alert
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder and said one had plans that could be used in striking US buildings that were the focus of security scares this month. | 11 |
British Airways Makes New Offer to Unions; More Talks Planned
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc's unions are studying a new pay offer from Europe's second-largest airline that includes bonuses worth as much as 1,000 pounds ($1,840) amid the threat of strikes over the August bank holiday weekend. | 11 |
Israeli at Heart of NJ Gay Scandal Returns Home
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case. | 12 |
SUNY Albany Tops List of Party Schools
The State University of New York at Albany has the top spot on the list of party schools ranked by the Princeton Review, the Associated Press reported Aug. 16. | 12 |
Study: California faces hot, parched, future
Heat waves, a scarcity of water and mountain forests dying because of heat are parts of a picture of California at the end of the century being painted by a team of 19 scientists in a new paper published by the National Academy of Sciences. | 12 |
Iraq peace mission arrives in Najaf
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi peace delegation has urged a radical Shi'ite cleric to call off his uprising in the city of Najaf, where US troops have been pounding militia positions near the country's holiest Islamic sites. | 13 |
Sharon allows 1,000 more settler homes in West Bank (updated AM 00:51)
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the occupied West Bank to defuse a ruling party mutiny but the move was likely to anger Washington. | 13 |
Downer to begin nuclear talks
FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer will today begin talks with North Korean officials to try to convince the communist state to drop its nuclear weapons program. | 13 |
Southern Africa countries pledge enhanced trade ties with China, India
¡¡ PORT LOUIS, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Southern African countries Tuesday pledged better trade and investment relations with China as well as India in the final communique released at the end of their two-day summit. | 13 |
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