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Motorcycle Bomb Wounds 23 in Southern Thailand BANGKOK (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in a motorcycle wounded at least 23 people in Thailand's mainly Muslim south on Thursday, a day ahead of a visit to the restive region by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Practice Makes Credit According to a Washington Post survey, nearly three dozen of the 117 Division I-A universities award academic credit to varsity athletes for participating in intercollegiate sports.
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Fans Irked Over Seats The addition of 4,000 seats to the lower bowl at FedEx Field sparked a slew of complaints from ticket holders who feel they were misled.
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Global Crossing Case May Be Ending Three former Global Crossing Ltd. officials, including former chairman Gary Winnick, have reached a tentative settlement with securities regulators over an alleged failure to disclose information about the telecommunications company's swap transactions, according to two sources briefed on the deal.
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49ers Sign Peterson All-pro linebacker Julian Peterson ended his holdout Wednesday and signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Eskandarian Hurts Ankle United goals-scored co-leader Alecko Eskandarian injured his left ankle in practice Wednesday and is questionable for Saturday's match at New England.
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NASA Says Shuttle Is on Track for May Flight Despite the plans, designers acknowledged "setbacks" in devising onboard techniques to repair the thermal insulation on the underside of the spacecraft.
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Ex-Enron Investor Liaison Pleads Guilty Enron Corp. #39;s former investor relations chief pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of aiding and abetting securities fraud and agreed to help prosecutors with their ongoing probe of the energy company #39;s leaders.
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Ainsworth Lumber to pay \$457.5 million US for three US wood panel <b>...</b> VANCOUVER (CP) - Ainsworth Lumber Co. has agreed to pay \$457.5 million US to buy three wood-panel manufacturing plants and a related power plant in Minnesota from Potlatch Corp.
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Nikkei rises; exporters and banks gain TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Thursday as exporters and banks led gains following the strong performance of their US counterparts, as well as the fourth session of falling oil prices in New York.
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Extreme microchips take the heat Japanese scientists say they have tackled 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.
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Two Russian planes crash, terrorism investigated While the near-simultaneous crash of two Russian aircraft is undoubtedly a terrible coincidence, authorities there are saying no proof has emerged yet to show this was terrorism.
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Police, protesters clash in Bangladesh strike Police used batons to beat back hundreds of protesters as an opposition-led general strike brought Bangladesh to a standstill yesterday for the second day.
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Karzai in touch with Taliban Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he has been in touch with a senior Taliban official ahead of crucial polls in Afghanistan and will meet him quot;soon, quot; Pakistani newspapers reported yesterday.
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Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar For teenagers, online harassment has become a part of life, but many schools and parents have only just become aware of it.
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Iraq's Sistani Begins Journey to Najaf-Witnesses (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric headed\for Najaf on Thursday to try to get rebels inside a holy shrine\to leave and bring an end to three weeks of bloody fighting\that has killed hundreds.
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Dollar Recoups Losses But Stuck in Range (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar recouped earlier losses\against the yen on Thursday, but currencies shuttled in narrow\ranges as investors awaited direction from U.S. growth data and\comments from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.
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Warner to Start Against the Jets Kurt Warner will start Friday night, but both Giants quarterbacks will play on the starting offense, which is expected to play until the middle of the third quarter.
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Labor Department Wins \$1.9 Million in Back Pay for Janitors A contractor for the Target Corporation had not paid overtime to hundreds of immigrants who often worked seven nights a week.
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Oil Below \$45 as Gasoline Prices Slide Oil prices were dragged down today by heavy losses on U.S. gasoline as summer driving demand failed to meet expectations.
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Ayatollah Calls for Rally to End Fighting in Najaf Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani plans to lead a march to the shrine in Najaf that has been commandeered by rebel Mahdi fighters.
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Home Depot to Pay \$5.5 Mln in Case NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc., the world's largest home improvement retailer, agreed to pay \$5.5 million to settle discrimination claims brought by some workers at its Colorado stores, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Wednesday.
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Singapore Air plans to buy 18 Boeing 777s Singapore Airlines Ltd, Asia #39;s most profitable carrier, may use new Boeing Co planes to try to win long-haul passengers from Emirates and Cathay Pacific Airways
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Burswood packs \$44.9m punch CASINO operator Burswood has posted a better than expected net profit of \$44.9 million for its final year before it is swallowed by Kerry Packer #39;s media and gaming giant Publishing amp; Broadcasting Ltd.
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Orders for durable goods sizzle in July US factories posted their biggest gain in four months on orders for costly manufactured goods, but new-homes sales slid, according to a pair of reports offering a mixed picture of economic activity in July.
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Australian Gas Light to sell NZ business The Australian Gas Light Co. , the countrys biggest power retailer, reported a jump of 18.5 percent in annual profit on Thursday and announced plans to sell its US\$569 million stake in a New Zealand gas distributor to fund future growth.
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Fed raid pounces on equipment for digital piracy Continuing a crackdown on digital piracy, federal agents on Wednesday raided five locations housing equipment used by elite hackers to exchange unauthorized copies of blockbuster films and popular music.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Athens, Greece -- Rulon Gardner unlaced his size 13 shoes, yanked them off and placed them on the mat. The big galoot, as friendly and unassuming as any Olympian could be, recalled how he would sit on the floor as a kid and pull on his sneakers.
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Austrian Allen wins women #39;s triathlon gold : Olympics 2004 Athens gt; Athens, Aug 25 : Kate Allen of Austria Wednesday pulled off an upset win in the women #39;s triathlon at the Olympic Games, reports Xinhua.
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Cloud of doubt cast over Halkia #39;s feel-good win Wednesday night in the Olympic Stadium, a 25-year-old Greek woman named Fani Halkia won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles as more than 60,000 fans, many of them flag-waving countrymen, went wild.
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Man U bid for teenage star Rooney Manchester United have made a bid for Everton #39;s star striker Wayne Rooney, the club said yesterday. United didn #39;t say how much the offer was worth, but it was believed to be around 20 million
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With Pieces in Place, the Yankees Slip Up The pieces had fallen into place perfectly for the Yankees. Orlando Hernndez, who had not only been a perfect 5-0 for the team, but also good enough that the Yankees were
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US Wins \$1.9 Million in Back Pay for Janitors he United States Department of Labor announced yesterday that it had reached a \$1.9 million settlement with a contractor for the Target Corporation after finding that the contractor had
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Michael Stores Earnings Rise, Shares Fall Michaels Stores Inc., the world #39;s largest arts and crafts retailer, on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income rose 10 percent but warned future results may not be as strong as previously expected.
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Toyota Central Develop Ultra High Quality Silicon Carbide Single <b>...</b> Mr. Daisuke Nakamura and colleagues in Toyota Central R amp;D Labs, Inc. developed ultrahigh-quality silicon carbide single crystals which has fewer dislocation density by two to three orders magnitude than the
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Linux 10 times more expensive? Get the facts, watchdog tells <b>...</b> Microsoft recently launched a #39;Get the Facts #39; ad campaign telling consumers Linux isn #39;t cheaper than Windows. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) thinks they should get the facts too - but it #39;s warned Microsoft to make sure theirs straight first.
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Sprint, Mediacom Announce VOIP Deal Sprint Corp. and cable television provider Mediacom Communications Corp. announced an agreement Wednesday that will allow Sprint to offer Internet telephone service to Mediacom #39;s 2.7 million household subscribers.
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Australia-Pak Match Abandoned, India Out Of Tri-Series Amstelveen (Netherlands), August 25 (NNN):Indias hopes of making it to the in the Videocon Dutch cricket tri-series final were dashed after the third and last league match between Australia and Pakistan was abandoned in Amstelveen on Wednesday without
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Sudan says rebels continuing attacks despite peace talks; Straw <b>...</b> Sudan #39;s interior minister said Tuesday that a cease-fire with rebel factions in the Darfur region was violated twice on the opening day of peace talks that aim to bring an end to the crisis.
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Paris Marks Liberation Mindful of Collaboration With solemn commemorations, a ceremonial flag-raising at the Eiffel Tower and columns of 1940s-era tanks and army jeeps, Parisians on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary
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Typhoon Aere Strikes Eastern China Hundreds of thousands of people fled China #39;s eastern coast as Typhoon Aere hit the mainland after battering Taiwan. Aere came ashore in Fujian province, south of Shanghai, late Wednesday afternoon.
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Old computers: An IT department liability that's costing more More and more resellers of used computer equipment are charging to erase data that may still be left on hard drives.
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GAO: Legacy systems hamper Army reservists' pay The war in Iraq has pushed aging U.S. Army payroll systems past their breaking point, leading to widespread payroll problems for reservists, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
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Sistani Urges Supporters to Wait at Najaf Gates (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand\Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on
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EC Investigates Microsoft, Time Warner Deal Time Warner and Microsoft see the acquisition of ContentGuard as a way of obtaining a stronger foothold in the increasingly important digital-rights management market.
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Singapore not ready to buy 7E7 In what could prove to be a setback for The Boeing Co. #39;s expectations that it will win upwards of 200 orders this year for its 7E7, Singapore Airlines said yesterday that it is not ready to order the new super-efficient jet.
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Storms, wind damage Eaton County high school A Wednesday evening storm damaged a high school near Vermontville, the National Weather Service said. No injuries were reported in the incident at Maple Valley High School.
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IMF: GDP to grow 9 percent this year, 7.5 percent next year China #39;s real gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to average around 9 percent in 2004 andto slow to about 7.5 percent in 2005, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.
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Potlatch to sell Minnesota strand board operation SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Minnesota oriented strand board plants and related assets to a British Columbia company for \$457.
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Australian Gas Light: Likely Outright Buyer For NGC -2- SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian Gas Light Co. (AGL.AU) said Thursday that it will most likely sell its 66 stake in New Zealand #39;s NGC Holdings Ltd.
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Mediacom will offer Sprint service Mediacom customers in the Quad-Cities soon will be able to add home telephone service to the television subscription and high-speed Internet services already available from the company.
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Gardner: Mat #39;s all, folks: Champ retires with a bronze Shortly after he had been declared the winner in his bout against Iran #39;s Sajad Barzi last night, Rulon Gardner returned to the mat at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, sat down, and quietly removed his shoes.
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Israelis rejoice in golden Olympic moment GLYFADA, Greece - When the first notes of the national anthem of Israel pierced the night air, years of yearning came pouring out of Israelis at the Olympic Sailing Centre.
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Kookaburras beat Spain to reach men #39;s final Australia beat Spain 6-3 this morning to win a place in the Olympic men #39;s hockey final. The Kookaburras will play the Netherlands, the defending champions, in the final on Friday.
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Ode to ancient Games, nudity and all THE OLYMPICS may have returned to the land of their birth, but even as these games wind down, the stadiums in Athens remain eerily empty.
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Danish players call off strike Danish footballers have suspended a week-long strike, called to protest against FIFA transfer rules, allowing next weekend #39;s games to go ahead.
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Hernndez Moving Up on Yanks #39; Depth Chart In the spring, when Orlando Hernndez was signed by the Yankees after missing the 2003 season, it was an insurance policy for the already deep pitching staff.
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NL Wrap: Patterson #39;s Homer Keeps Cubs in NL Wildcard Lead Corey Patterson clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League (NL) Wednesday.
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Pakistan denies blame for Afghan violence Pakistan #39;s UN ambassador fired back at allegations that his country was aiding Taliban and other elements trying to undermine neighbouring Afghanistan and its presidential election.
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Landslide Kills 15 in Taiwan After Typhoon TAIPEI (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed when a landslide triggered by a fierce typhoon buried a mountain village in Taiwan, and rescue workers were digging through rubble on Thursday to see if there were any more victims.
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Top grades rising again for GCSEs GCSE results have shown the biggest increase in top grades since 1999, with girls still out-performing boys.
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Crisp Sparks Indians Coco Crisp's hustling RBI bunt single in the eighth inning pushed the Indians past the Yankees, 4-3, on Wednesday night, ending Cleveland's nine-game losing streak.
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FOXSports.com Posted: 3 minutes ago Could Ricky Williams be rethinking his retirement from the NFL? According to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the ex-running back has quot;reached out quot; to Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt and is contemplating a return to the NFL.
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Srichaphan into last eight Defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan battled past Wayne Ferreira to reach the TD Waterhouse Cup quarter-finals. The duo both broke serve in the first set, which fourth seed Srichaphan won on a tie-break, and
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Microsoft Dismisses British Objections to Anti-Linux Ad (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Microsoft sources claim a British regulatory agency's objections to an anti-Linux print advertisement are moot because the ad hasn't run in any UK publications since May.
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TCS debuts, becomes No. 3 company in India Born in 1968, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) finally listed on the Indian bourses on Wednesday. After the first day of trading, TCS #39;s share price closed at Rs 987.
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Agencies swoop on cybercrime US enforcement agencies have arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes related to junk e-mail, identity theft and other online scams in recent weeks, according to several people involved in the actions.
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Tech firms craft alternative to anti-piracy bill Internet service providers and other technology firms are proposing to soften a bill in Congress that they claim will make them targets of frivolous entertainment industry copyright lawsuits.
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Israeli surfs in for historic gold Gal Fridman closed his eyes and enjoyed a sweet sound never before heard at an Olympic Games -he strains of Israel #39;s national anthem playing in honor of the winner of a gold medal.
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Campbell takes gold ATHENS - Jamaican Veronica Campbell became the first Jamaican and Caribbean woman ever to win an Olympic sprint gold when she captured the 200 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics yesterday.
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Rain washes out Aussie-Pakistan match Amstelveen, The Netherlands - Rain forced the triangular series match between Australia and Pakistan to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Wednesday.
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Sistani Urges Supporters to Wait at Najaf Gates Iraq #39;s top Shi #39;ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on Najaf on Thursday not to enter the battered holy city until he arrived, a senior aide said.
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Coup Plot: Thatcher #39;s Son Charged Mark Thatcher, the son of the former United Kingdom prime minister, was arraigned in court yesterday following his arrest over an alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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UN finds lack of progress over Darfur THE UN special envoy to Sudan said yesterday that Khartoum had made quot;hardly any progress quot; in responding to Security Council demands on Darfur.
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Oppn closes ranks in B #39;desh DHAKA: Life in Bangladesh was paralysed for the second day today follow- ing the opposition-sponsored general strike, even as the govern- ment announced an investigation into the death threat against Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed allegedly
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Gardner leaves shoes, storied career on mat When it was all over, Rulon Gardner sat on the mat and removed his size-13 Asics wrestling shoes. Wiggling his nine toes and fighting back tears, he walked away from the sport that made him an unlikely celebrity.
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Report: Williams Considers Possible Return To Miami Miami, FL -- Ricky Williams, who shocked the football world when he announced his retirement at the age of 27, has made inklings to Miami Dolphins head coach Dave Wannstedt about returning to the club.
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Tech Firms Seek to Soften Anti-Piracy Bill (AP) AP - Internet service providers and other technology firms are proposing to soften a bill in Congress that they claim will make them targets of frivolous entertainment industry copyright lawsuits.
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1,400 dead or missing in Philippine storms Stranded passengers from the devastated towns of Real and Infanta rush to board an outrigger boat December 6. Food and water shortage forced residents to flee to other province and Manila as roads to Real and other towns destroyed by flash floods and
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Bomb explodes in north-east India At least two people are killed and more than 30 injured in a bomb explosion in the north-east Indian state of Assam.
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SEC Sues JB Oxford in Fund Trading The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the brokerage firm JB Oxford Holdings and its National Clearing Corporation unit, accusing them of improper mutual fund trading.
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Tata to meet Bangla officials for projects Tata group chairman Ratan Tata today said he would visit Bangladesh next month to discuss with government representatives the groups plan to invest \$2 billion to set up steel, power and fertiliser plants in the country.
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New-Home Sales Fall; Durable Goods Rise New-home sales showed signs of buckling under the weight of higher interest rates, and orders for durable goods rose more than expected in July, two government reports showed Wednesday.
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Washington Post #39;s Managing Editor to Quit So He Can Write teve Coll, the managing editor of The Washington Post for the last six years and the apparent front-runner to succeed the newspaper #39;s top editor, announced abruptly yesterday that he would
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After upset, Halkia must hurdle skeptics In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country #39;s new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic
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They #39;re simply #39;amazing #39; ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed his side #39;s record unbeaten run as quot;amazing quot; and then demanded they never let their guard drop.
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Edwards goes from worst to first at Bristol Bristol, TN (Sports Network) - Carl Edwards elected to go to the back of the field after spinning during qualifying, but it didn #39;t hurt his chances of victory as he drove all the way to the front and captured Wednesday night #39;s O #39;Reilly 200 Craftsman Truck
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Ricky Williams Contacts Dolphins (AP) AP - Retired running back Ricky Williams says he contacted the Miami Dolphins this week at the request of his agent but has no plans to rejoin the team anytime soon.
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Russia Mourns Dead in Air Crash, Questions Cause (Reuters) Reuters - Russia on Thursday observed a\day of mourning for at least 89 people who died in a mysterious\double air disaster, which some fear could have been a\terrorist attack ahead of a key election in rebel Chechnya.
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Australia Risks Asian Ire with Long-Range Missiles (Reuters) Reuters - Australia plans to create what it\believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets in\Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range\missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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N. Korea Nukes May Not Be Resolved Soon (AP) AP - Chirping birds no longer compete for attention with speakers blaring North Korean propaganda across its border with South Korea, and the view across the verdant landscape of the Demilitarized Zone is now uninterrupted by billboards that once boasted "Our General is No. 1!"
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Angels Crush Royals 21-6 (AP) AP - Jeff DaVanon became the first Angels player in 13 years to hit for the cycle and drove in four runs, leading Anaheim to a 21-6 victory Wednesday night that completed a seven-game season sweep of the Kansas City Royals.
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Little-known Islamic group claims Bangladesh rally attack: newspaper (AFP) AFP - A Bangladeshi newspaper said a little known Islamic group had claimed responsibility for trying to kill party leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed in a deadly weekend grenade attack at a party rally.
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Canadians Confirm Talks on Bank Deal The Toronto-Dominion Bank confirmed on Wednesday that it was negotiating to buy all or part of the Banknorth Group, which has branches in five New England states and upstate New York.
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First Reserve to Buy Ingersoll-Rand Unit for \$1.2 Bln (Update1) First Reserve Corp., the largest private buyout firm specializing in energy-industry investments, agreed to buy a unit from Ingersoll-Rand Co.
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UPDATE 2-Australian PaperlinX profit slides, but shares gain PaperlinX Ltd. (PPX.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) , Australia #39;s biggest paper maker, said on Thursday its annual net profit fell 18 percent, battered by weak European
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Durable-goods orders up; new-home sales down WASHINGTON - Factory orders for costly manufactured goods in July recorded the biggest gain in four months. Meanwhile, new-home sales slid, according to a pair of reports that offered a mixed picture of economic activity.
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Enron tapes: High-powered hi-jinks SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., seeking federal compensation for market manipulation during the West #39;s 2000-2001 energy crisis, released two Enron tapes Wednesday that open old wounds in the region.
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IBM, HP take top spots for in Gartner report SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The latest results on the server market from research firm Gartner show IBM and Hewlett-Packard dueling for the top spots in terms of revenue and shipments.
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Shareholders Let Bonuses Stand Computer Associates International #39;s shareholders defeated a proposal yesterday that could have forced senior executives to give back performance-based bonuses.
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