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Fischer aiming for No. 9 ATHENS -- She won her first Olympic gold medal in kayaking when she was 18, the youngest paddler to do so in Games history. Yesterday, at 42, Germany #39;s golden girl Birgit Fischer won her eighth Olympic gold in the four-woman 500-metre kayak race.
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Gold has nice ring to it Andre Ward was the last man standing for the US Olympics boxing team Friday night. Booed by a hostile crowd, confused about the score, running on fumes in the
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Hungary in second gold row Adrian Annus faces the threat of becoming the second Hungarian athlete to be stripped of a gold medal after he failed to show up for a drugs test yesterday.
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RedEnvelope fends off dissident challenge (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - RedEnvelope, the San Francisco online gift retailer, on Friday fended off a challenge by dissident shareholders unhappy with the its performance -- but has still left some questions unanswered.
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Russia Boosts Security After Twin Air Crashes MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia toughened security measures Saturday and vowed to prevent any recurrence of twin air crashes in which investigators were pursuing leads linked to terrorism ahead of elections in volatile Chechnya.
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HP iPod nearly same as Apple #39;s Hewlett-Packard on Friday unveiled its much-anticipated HP-branded iPod, a deal that instantly gives the company a popular product and greatly extends the retail reach of its partner, Apple Computer.
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US BASKETBALL OUT OF GOLD MEDAL GAME Long, long, long after the Argentineans were still on the floor -- shirts off, tears replacing the sweat on their bodies, celebrating in a manner the hated Americans would have
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Argentina Wins First Olympic Gold for 52 Years As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.
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England rule out Rooney England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed in-demand striker Wayne Rooney will not figure in his squad for September #39;s World Cup qualifiers.
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Janics claims Kayak double gold for Hungary to deny Fischer ATHENS : Natasa Janics of Hungary captured the women #39;s K1 500m kayak gold medal, then teamed up with Katalin Kovacs to win the K2 500m and deny Birgit Fischer a record-equalling ninth career Olympic gold.
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Veteran, rookie enjoy sizzling rounds Fred Funk and PGA Tour rookie Zach Johnson had nearly perfect rounds yesterday and shared a one-stroke lead in the Buick Championship.
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Two killed in Baghdad attacks Two civilians have been killed in the Iraqi capital as violence flares in different parts of Baghdad. Guerrillas fired mortars into eastern Baghdad on Saturday, killing the two civilians, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
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Australia bat in final Australia win the toss and bat first in the tri-series final against Pakistan.
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Calif. Cities, Counties Sue Microsoft Several California cities and counties have sued Microsoft Corp., accusing the software giant of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the personal computer operating systems market.
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Disappointing US loses to Argentina Argentina, with almost the same roster that made history in 2002 by becoming the first team to defeat a US squad of NBA players, will compete for the gold medal against Italy, which defeated Lithuania 100-91.
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#39;Mutilated bodies found in Najaf #39; - report Reporters have been led to see 15 bodies in a basement in Najaf claimed by Iraqi police to have been used as a religious court by supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Pakistan Security Forces Come Under Attack (AP) AP - Suspected Islamic militants fired rockets at Pakistani paramilitary bases in tribal regions near Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Saturday. No one was reported injured.
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The Pathway Less Traveled It's hard enough staying the right weight here on Earth. In space, it might be even harder. According to NASA-supported researchers, altered gravity somehow disrupts the natural ability \\of animals to maintain the appropriate weight.
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Rival to Boeing says A380 orders ahead of schedule LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Airbus on Friday said it received an order from Thai Airways International for six superjumbo A380 planes. Free!
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Curtain rises on new HP line Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, using MTV #39;s Video Music Awards as a backdrop, launched HP #39;s model of Apple Computer #39;s popular iPod portable music player during a presentation in Miami Beach on Friday.
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400 relay disaster completes Jones #39; tumble from heights A botched relay handoff followed her failure to medal in the long jump yesterday evening, making the Athens experience a wipeout for a woman who won five medals at the Games four years ago.
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Powell Cancels Athens Trip The US State Department says Secretary Colin Powell has canceled a trip to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony because of urgent business in Washington.
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U.S., Australia Women to Face Off Again (AP) AP - At first glance, it would seem to be the perfect matchup #151; a dream draw, if you will. All the United States has to do to claim a third straight gold medal in women's basketball on Saturday is beat Australia, which is 0-12 against U.S. teams in the Olympics and world championships.
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Iran Ready to Provide Nuke 'Guarantees' (AP) AP - Iran is ready to provide "guarantees" it won't seek nuclear weapons and warned the United States that success in stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan was impossible without Iranian support, the president said Saturday.
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China OKs Measure to Boost Online Commerce (AP) AP - China's parliament on Saturday passed a law legalizing electronic signatures in an effort to boost its small but growing online commerce industry.
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U.S. Study Links Human Activity to Global Warming (Reuters) Reuters - Warmer temperatures in North America\since 1950 were probably caused in part by human activity, the\Bush administration said in a report that appeared to\contradict the White House position there was no clear\scientific proof on the causes of global warming.
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Dazed Residents of Iraq's Najaf Survey the Damage NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Hotel employee Rafaat Maher dreamed the postwar reconstruction of Iraq would lure throngs of customers to enjoy the view of sacred Najaf.
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GDP growth slower in revision The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Friday.
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NBA Commissioner Defends US Team Amid Criticism When Michael Jordan led the first NBA-studded quot;Dream Team quot; into the Olympics in 1992, the hope was that their dazzling displays of basketball would inspire others to play better and bridge the gap with the Americans.
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Hammer winner still missing THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) said today it was still trying to find Hungarian Olympic hammer champion Adrian Annus, who is suspected of having tampered with his Athens Games doping sample.
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Russia to Tighten Passenger Requirements MOSCOW Aug. 28, 2004 - Russian airlines will be required to document passengers more thoroughly following this week #39;s twin plane crashes, a news agency reported Saturday, as the discovery of explosives stoked
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New strike action hits Bangladesh Bangladeshi businesses, schools and shops are closed, as a second general strike in a week takes place. The strike is in protest at a grenade attack a week ago on a rally addressed by the opposition Awami
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Jet crash was terrorist act, Russia says MOSCOW -- The downing of one of two Russian passenger jets that crashed nearly simultaneously earlier this week was an act of terrorism, investigators said yesterday after finding traces of explosives amid the wreckage of one of the airliners.
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Musharraf ally wins prime minister vote Pakistan's parliament elected former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister yesterday after the opposition boycotted the vote, saying it was undemocratic. Aziz, 55, worked 30 years as a Citibank executive before becoming finance minister when Musharraf took power in a bloodless military coup in 1999. Suave, articulate, and media-savvy, Aziz is credited ...
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N. Korea environment in danger, UN warns NAIROBI, Kenya -- Urgent investment is needed in North Korea to deal with severe environmental problems that have depleted the country's forests, contaminated water supplies, and polluted the air, the head of the UN Environment Program said yesterday.
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Powell Cancels Athens Visit US Secretary of State Colin Powell has dropped plans to visit Athens and attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics following anti-American protests in the Greek capital.
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Despatie second after semi-finals Athens - Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie was second in the semi-final round of the men #39;s 10-metre tower at the Olympic Games on Saturday.
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Becks: Fergie right man for Roon Everton this week rejected bids from Manchester United and Newcastle for the England international, only for the 18-year-old to hand in a transfer request on Friday.
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Greenspan Sounds Alert on Social Security (AP) AP - For at least the fourth time this year, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has touched the electrified third rail of American politics #151; Social Security.
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Yemeni sentenced to death, others jailed over Limburg bombing (AFP) AFP - A Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail over the 2002 bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and for other terror attacks, in controversial verdicts promptly appealed by both the defense and prosecution.
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USOC rejects call for Hamm to return gold US Olympic officials Friday rejected as deplorable a suggestion by the International Gymnastics Federation that mens all-around individual champion Paul Hamm
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Ponting opts to bat first AUSTRALIA captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the triangular series final against Pakistan at the VRA Ground in the Netherlands.
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Hedge Fund Is Censured and Ordered to Pay Taxes federal judge ruled yesterday against Long-Term Capital Management, the mammoth hedge fund whose collapse in 1998 roiled world markets, finding that the fund acted
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Microsoft to release Longhorn in #39;06 The Microsoft Corp. has decided to advance the timetable on its much-anticipated overhaul of Windows, the Financial Times reported Saturday.
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Don #39;t cry ATHENS T he game was over. The gold was over. And here was Tim Duncan, who fouled out for the fourth time in seven games, sitting on the pavement outside the Olympic Indoor Hall, between a pair of giant plastic
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McDowell accepts dream is over McDowell was the rank outsider of all those still in with a chance of qualifying for Europes team because he had to win the final counting event - and even then he knew it might not be enough.
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Funk loses sole lead after bogey ZACH JOHNSON, a rookie on the PGA Tour, and Fred Funk share the lead after the second round. Johnson is tied with Funk atop the leaderboard when Funk bogeyed the par-4 18th hole.
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China Refuses Entry to Hong Kong Politician Chinese authorities have refused to let a pro-democracy politician from Hong Kong visit Shanghai. The incident occurs just two weeks before an election that is being seen as a test of support for the city #39;s democracy movement.
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Gunmen shot dead female university lecturer in Iraq #39;s Mosul Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a female university lecturer as she was driving to work in Iraq #39;s main northern city of Mosul on Saturday, local police said.
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Explosive Found in Wreckage of Second Russian Jet MOSCOW (Reuters) - Explosives have been found in the wreckage of the second of two jets which crashed almost simultaneously this week, Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday.
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Competition leads to Kimberly-Clark cuts DALLAS - Kimberly-Clark, maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, said Monday that it aims to cut costs by \$400 million to \$500 million over the next three years and will repurchase \$1 billion in stock during 2005.
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U.N.: Sudan Agrees to Process Eritrean Asylum Seekers CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan has agreed to consider the asylum claims of 76 Eritreans who forced a Libyan plane to land in Sudan because they feared returning home, a U.N. official said Saturday. Libya had denied the Eritreans refugee status.
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Hedge Fund Is Censured and Ordered to Pay Taxes A federal judge ruled Friday against Long-Term Capital Management, finding that the fund acted in bad faith when it took \$106 million in tax deductions.
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Ward still standing for US Score tied. One round to go. A shot at an Olympic boxing gold medal at stake. Apparently only US coach Basheer Abdullah didn #39;t know his 178-pound fighter, Andre Ward, was even with
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Hammer Champion Facing Ioc Hearing Hammer gold medallist Adrian Annus will return to Athens to testify before an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing tomorrow, according to a Hungarian official.
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Icon revered by pope is returned to Russian Orthodox Church MOSCOW A Russian icon is back home after hanging for years in Pope John Paul #39;s private chapel. The Vatican is returning the 18th century replica of the Mother of God of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
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Israel Denies Spying on American Allies JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel denied Saturday spying on its main ally, the United States, responding to suspicions a Pentagon analyst passed secret papers to the Jewish state about one of its most bitter enemies, Iran.
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Explosives in second Russian jet Traces of explosive are found in the wreckage of a second crashed airliner, say Russian officials.
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Calif. cities, counties sue Microsoft Six California counties and cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, are suing Microsoft for allegedly overcharging them. The lawsuit seeks to recover some of the
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Rooney would put United up with 1999 side - Ferguson Manchester United would be as strong as their 1999 European Cup-winning side if they captured England teenager Wayne Rooney, manager Alex Ferguson said.
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Official: Puerto Rican failed drug test Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca tested positive for a steroid in an initial doping test, a wrestling official said Saturday. Michel Dusson, secretary general of the International
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Unlikely duo advances to Pilot Pen championship No. 7 seed Elena Bovina and No. 8 seed Nathalie Dechy advance to today #39;s final following their respective semifinal wins Friday on Stadium Court at the Connecticut Tennis Center.
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Final plunge for 10m platform There was nothing much to choose between the top four of world silver medallist Helm, Canada #39;s double Commonwealth champion Despatie and 2000 Olympic gold and silver medallists Tian and Hu after Saturday #39;s semi-final round.
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Schumacher singing in the rain Michael Schumacher again proved his supremacy in the rain by splashing his way through to the fastest time in the pre-qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
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IMPRESSIVE SRI LANKA MAKE IT FOUR OUT OF FOUR Sri Lanka moved a step closer to a series whitewash over South Africa after comfortably clinching the fourth one-day international in Dambulla.
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Iran Says U.S. Lacks Options on Its Atomic Program (Reuters) Reuters - Washington has hit a dead-end over\Iran's nuclear dossier, lacking enough proof to demand U.N.\sanctions and too bogged down in Iraq for a military strike,\President Mohammad Khatami said Saturday.
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Depleted Sri Lanka too strong for South Africa (AFP) AFP - Kumar Sangakkara and Avishka Gunawardene slammed impressive half-centuries to help an under-strength Sri Lanka crush South Africa by seven wickets in the fourth one-day international here.
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Credit Suisse to integrate CSFB Swiss bank Credit Suisse is to integrate its private investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) with the rest of its banking business.
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Pope returns rare icon to Russia A Vatican cardinal returns a precious Russian icon to the Orthodox Church in Moscow as a gift from the Pope.
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It #39;s a nightmare, admits captain Smith Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara and Avishka Gunawardene slammed impressive half-centuries to help an under-strength Sri Lanka crush South Africa by seven wickets in the fourth one-day international here on Saturday.
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Yemen court sentences terror suspects A Yemen court has sentenced 15 men on terror charges, including the bombing of a French oil tanker and a plan to kill the US ambassador to Yemen.
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Aussie PM steps up phoney election campaign Australia #39;s prime minister stepped up a phoney election campaign on Saturday amid speculation he could soon call for October polls and renewed claims he lied to voters before his 2001 re-election.
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Lenovo to carve up IBM PC empire Healthy or unhealthy, this national dependence on the web has happened in the 10 short years since IBM targeted the domestic consumer with PCs powerful enough to connect with the web.
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Homegrown Satellite Radio Software Draws XM Fire (Reuters) Reuters - Catching Blondie's reunion tour\broadcast at 4 a.m. wasn't an option for XM satellite radio\subscriber and single father Scott MacLean.
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Lost? Your Phone Knows a Way Out (Reuters) Reuters - Back when everyone\believed the world was flat, people thought these rocky shores\on Spain's windswept "coast of death" were the end of the\world. In today's world, you only need a mobile phone to get\there ... and back.
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HP to sell version of Apple's iPod (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Hewlett-Packard on Friday unveiled its own version of Apple's iPod music player, part of its alliance with Apple Computer as well as HP's own foray into consumer electronics.
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NYC Police Arrest 250 in Bicycle Protest (AP) AP - In the first major clash between police and demonstrators converging for the Republican National Convention, more than 250 bicyclists were arrested during a protest ride that snaked through the city and passed by Madison Square Garden.
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Russia Finds Explosive Traces on 2nd Plane MOSCOW - Officials said Saturday they had found traces of an explosive on the wreckage of the second of two Russian airliners that crashed just minutes apart earlier this week. That would indicate terrorists caused both aviation tragedies...
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Kilborn Stays Up 'Late' for Last Time LOS ANGELES - Craig Kilborn bid farewell to viewers of CBS' "Late Late Show" on Friday, concluding five seasons as its host despite the program's expanding audience. Since announcing two weeks ago that he was leaving, the 42-year-old Kilborn has had difficulty explaining why he is walking away from a show that has seen its audience grow by more than a third during his tenure...
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Homegrown Satellite Radio Software Draws XM Fire NEW YORK (Reuters) - Catching Blondie's reunion tour broadcast at 4 a.m. wasn't an option for XM satellite radio subscriber and single father Scott MacLean.
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British divers face platform final at Games Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor, who collected Britain #39;s first Olympic diving medals in 44 years with silver in the synchronised platform event, have both made the 12-man
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Buick Championship remains wide open As evidenced by the leader board midway through the Buick Championship, it #39;s one of those rare golf courses that gives everyone a chance, from crafty finesse players like Fred Funk and Corey Pavin
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Yankees #39; home runs jolt Jays TORONTO - Home runs by Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams were enough to lead the New York Yankees to another victory, despite the struggles of Esteban Loaiza.
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Explosives #39;in 2nd Russian crash #39; MOSCOW, Russia -- Explosives have been found in the wreckage of the second of two jets which crashed almost simultaneously this week, Russia #39;s FSB security service says.
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Hundreds of rescuers airlifted to Taiwan village hit by huge <b>...</b> CHUPEI, Taiwan : Bulldozers and hundreds of rescuers were airlifted to a remote mountain village in Taiwan, where at least 19 people are feared dead after a typhoon triggered a massive landslide.
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Eritrean hijackers seek political asylum in Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan, Aug 28, 2004 (PANA) -- A group of 84 Eritrean deportees who on Friday forced a Libyan plane to land in Khartoum instead of Asmara, their country #39;s capital, has requested for political asylum in Sudan.
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II Blasts Vatican #39;proselytism #39; ROME, Aug 27 (AFP) - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.
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British Airways chief admits company #39;got it wrong #39; over staff <b>...</b> British Airways #39; (BA) chief executive Rod Eddington has admitted that the company quot;got it wrong quot; after staff shortages led to three days of travel chaos for passengers.
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The day on Wall Street: As oil price drops, Dow advances for third <b>...</b> Oil prices went down and stock prices went up, pushing blue chip stocks to their third straight weekly gain. All the major stock market indexes moved up, although it was one of the lightest trading weeks of
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Scottsdale e-learning company acquired One of the Valley #39;s top venture-capital-backed companies said Friday that it is being acquired by database publishing giant Thomson Corp.
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Chechnya #39;Black Widows #39; linked to sabotage of Russian jets Russian officials investigating the crashes of two passenger planes have discovered the remains of two Chechen women thought to be quot;Black Widows quot; - suicide bombers given that name
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Learn the Basics of Mutual Funds PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Some 93 million Americans own shares of mutual funds, but many of these people have only vague ideas of how they work. Here are some common questions and the answers to them.
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Investors Take a Holiday NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors may pack up and leave next week as the Republican National Convention comes to New York and many on Wall Street take a vacation, draining U.S. markets of volume and leaving stocks flopping around with little direction.
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Mergers Up But Not Hot This Summer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate deal makers started the summer hoping an improved economy would make this merger season a hot one. As the bullish stock market and other merger-friendly conditions fizzled, however, so did their hopes.
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Calpine Accounts Questioned NEW YORK (Reuters) - Calpine Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CPN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CPN.N</A> has been struggling badly ever since the Enron Corp. collapse in 2001 exposed the weaknesses of its power generation and trading business, but a recent study of its accounts suggests worse may still be to come.
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Howard ire over Bush rift report The Tory leader reacts angrily to reports that he has been told his stance on the war means he cannot meet President Bush.
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Microsoft says Longhorn to ship in 2006 without WinFS Microsoft is targeting late 2006 for the release of Longhorn, the long-awaited and ambitious successor to Windows XP. A server version is slated for 2007.
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Big Business Is Not Immune The announcement yesterday by Attorney General John Ashcroft that the Justice Department had executed search warrants on five homes and one ISP in connection with alleged illegal copying and sharing of music and movie files didnt necessarily send
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UPDATE 2-Trulli takes pole at rainy Spa Renault #39;s Jarno Trulli claimed pole position for Sunday #39;s Belgian Grand Prix as weather conditions played into his hands in qualifying on Saturday.
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Militia leaves Najaf shrine : Shia fighters left the holiest shrine in Najaf today and began turning in their weapons, after tens of thousands of pilgrims celebrated a peace agreement that ended a bloody rebellion.
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