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The fate of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq remained unclear last night as a deadline passed with no word on their fate, while an Iraqi militant group said it had freed seven truck drivers seized more than a month ago. | 0World
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KIEV -- The political crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election threatened yesterday to tear the nation apart as leaders of eastern provinces pressed demands bordering on separatism and opposition supporters pledged to block the outgoing president's movements if he didn't meet their demands. | 0World
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Game invites users to play the role of JFK's assassin, causing some observers to wonder whether video games have gone too far. | 3Sci/Tech
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HONG KONG, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Titanium Group Limited (BULLETIN BOARD: TTNUF) , a leading global facial recognition technology company, announced a co-marketing bundled program with Lenovo HK, one of the world's leading personal computer manufacturers. | 3Sci/Tech
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week. | 0World
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ATHENS The American softball team won its third straight gold medal with a nearly unblemished run through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 victory Monday over Australia. | 1Sports
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Brazil says it intends to copy patented anti-Aids drugs without permission from next year. | 2Business
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AP - Passengers will soon be able to use their own cell phones on commercial airliners, under a deal signed Tuesday by European aeronautics giant Airbus and a Geneva-based technology firm. | 3Sci/Tech
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AP - K.J. Choi knows this has been the best season of his career based on his two PGA Tour victories, his ability to find fairways with a controlled fade and his No. 5 ranking in the FedEx Cup. | 1Sports
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PC World - New facility in South India will handle research and development for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. | 3Sci/Tech
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The head of the election campaign team for Zimbabwe's main opposition party is arrested by police. | 0World
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Trevor Graham, the coach of Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin, admitted on Monday he had been the unidentified coach who sent a syringe of the designer steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) to the United States Anti-Doping Agency | 1Sports
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran might be willing to give up its uranium enrichment capabilities but it wants many things in return -- above all a guarantee that no one will try to topple the Islamic regime, diplomats and analysts say. | 0World
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A Boston company cofounded by Governor Mitt Romney's son said yesterday it has sued Ticketmaster for $100 million, alleging the ticket-selling company stole its software technology during negotiations to buy the firm in 2001. | 2Business
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Radar Networks is testing a free, Web-based application, called Twine, that may provide some robotic secretarial help in organizing and retrieving documents. | 3Sci/Tech
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ATHENS, Aug. 20 -- The British Olympic Association is considering whether to bring its protest of an American swimmer's gold medal-winning performance before an international arbitration panel, potentially keeping alive a fiasco that ... | 1Sports
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Ex-singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, says he has instructed lawyers after being refused entry to the US. | 0World
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The families or loved ones of civilians killed on Sept. 11 received, on average, $3.1 million in government and charitable awards. | 0World
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn't hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green. | 1Sports
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Australia's cricketers reached 70-1 at lunch against India on the opening day of their four-Test series in Bangalore, losing Matthew Hayden in the first session after winning the toss. | 1Sports
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Reuters - The European Union, United States and
United Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to
agree a peaceful and democratic end to violence that has killed
500 people since disputed December 27 polls. | 0World
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Despite the reopening of Ivory Coast ports that ship 40 percent of the world's cocoa, unrest and fears of more violent upheaval are still threatening supplies from the world's top producer, traders said Monday. | 0World
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The leader of Iraq's northern Kurdish region condemns Turkish air strikes, saying innocents have died. | 0World
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Pakistan has handed over to the US a key suspect in the bombings of US embassies in East Africa, officials say. | 0World
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After skipping training camp, disgruntled center Jason Ball signs a $380,000 contract tender on Friday night with the Chargers. | 1Sports
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Reuters - Time Warner Inc. , the world's
largest media company, plans to offer services that let
consumers download movies from the Internet that can be burned
onto DVDs in 2007, its top executive said on Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Numerous applications, including some of Microsoft's own, have encountered compatibility problems with Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). | 3Sci/Tech
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KABUL (Reuters) - At least 17 people including children were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Sunday and another blast overnight at a religious school in the southeast. | 0World
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No thanks: At the launch of Oprah Winfrey's 24-hour lifestyle channel on XM Satellite radio yesterday, Winfrey said she is not interested in taking her television, publishing, or radio operations public. ``Not even for more money," the billionaire said. | 2Business
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 (REUTERS) - Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola Inc. said today that it would cut 1,000 jobs and take related charges of about $50 million to focus on its wireless business. | 2Business
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Ed Bloom considered himself a very educated consumer when he made the decision last year to purchase identity theft insurance. | 2Business
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AFP - A rocky day for global stocks ended Monday with a rebound on Wall Street as US investors shook off concerns over the economic outlook and some of the speculative fever came out of oil and currency markets. | 2Business
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AP - An Islamic militant sought by Turkey as the suspected mastermind of a plot to crash a plane into a major landmark was flown to Istanbul on Tuesday, hours after a court approved his extradition, a police official said. | 0World
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Ford Motor Co., the world's second- biggest carmaker, plans to cut production of Jaguar cars by 15,000 units this year to trim losses at its European luxury-vehicle unit. | 2Business
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AP - Gerry McNamara had 22 points to lead No. 7 Syracuse to a 70-61 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night, making Jim Boeheim the first coach with 300 Big East wins. | 1Sports
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday, with investors hesitant to make big bets on equities before Friday's jobs report and as retailers reported mixed sales for August. | 2Business
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Alistair Darling sets out new regulations aimed at preventing another Northern Rock-style crisis. | 2Business
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BEIRUT, Sept. 25 -- Hezbollah and its political allies on Tuesday blocked the election of a new president in Lebanon by boycotting parliament, deepening the fierce power struggle between the U.S.-backed government and the pro-Syrian opposition. | 0World
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You might be sleeping on a bull market. | 2Business
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Fast facts the Fool way. | 2Business
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AP - Pelican nesting grounds will be off-limits to the public this year at a refuge in central North Dakota while biologists plan their most extensive study ever of the big birds. | 3Sci/Tech
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A small book publisher faces off against the titans in a Harry Potter copyright case. | 2Business
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Atlanta Braves' 20-hit, 8-5 victory was so frustrating to the Chicago Cubs that the losing pitcher and his catcher were swinging at each other before the game ended on Friday. | 1Sports
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Violence in Somalia could spill over into the greater Horn of Africa region if the government does not receive urgent help in bringing about peace and stability, President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Monday. | 0World
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With Yahooâs board rejecting Microsoftâs bid, it will fall to Christopher P. Liddell, an outsider to the software industry, to plot Microsoftâs next steps in the bitter battle. | 3Sci/Tech
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Notre Dame accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix against a Pac-10 team on Dec. 28. | 1Sports
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RS Pura: The fencing work along the International Border in RS Pura sector in Jammu region would be completed by March 2005, a year ahead of schedule, BSF officials told Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here on Sunday. | 0World
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Volkswagen AG has warned its German workers that more than 30,000 jobs could be lost if they don't agree to a pay freeze and other concessions, raising | 2Business
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STRAFFAN (Reuters) - Tiger Woods is in danger of being dropped from a Ryder Cup session for the first time in his career after Europe maintained their stranglehold on the biennial team event on the second day. | 1Sports
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Reuters - Google, on Wednesday disclosed
data showing that while its pay-per-click Web advertising
system is under regular attack from fraudsters, virtually all
such tricks are automatically detected, rebuffing critics who
say its online ads are a magnet for fraud. | 3Sci/Tech
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Rudi Voeller resigned as coach of AS Roma on Saturday following a 3-1 loss to nine-man Bologna in an early fourth round match. Franco Baldini, sport director of the Roman team, told | 1Sports
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Texas assistant Greg Robinson will be hired as the new Syracuse head football coach, according to the Dallas Morning News on Monday. | 1Sports
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AP - The next report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should deal with the "frightening" possibility that both Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets start melting at the same time, the chief U.N. climate scientist said Tuesday. | 0World
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An advanced system of video surveillance will alert Chicago police whenever anyone viewed by the cameras acts suspiciously. | 3Sci/Tech
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German companies are determined to preserve their ties to a country that has been one of their most durable trading partners. | 2Business
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AP - Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday it lost $62.8 million in the second fiscal quarter, on lower overall sales and a restructuring. | 2Business
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries can refuse to
disclose names of file sharers on the Internet in civil cases,
the EU's top court said on Tuesday in a blow to copyright
holders trying to fight digital piracy. | 3Sci/Tech
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AP - Iran vowed Sunday to use a new 2,000-pound "smart" bomb against its enemies and unveiled mass production of the new weapon, state television reported. | 0World
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A tobacco treaty of the World HealthOrganization (WHO) will become part of international law in 90 days, following ratification by 40 countries in the past 17 months. | 0World
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On Adobe's anniversary, execs consider accomplishments, choices, and opportunities. | 3Sci/Tech
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MAMARONECK, NY Ryan Moore, the 21-year-old golf phenom from Puyallup, added one more laurel to a great year yesterday as the medalist in qualifying play at the US Amateur. | 1Sports
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Campbell's fourth-quarter income cools -- should you sell? | 2Business
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NAIROBI (dpa) - Around 30 relief workers from a British charity have been forced to flee renewed fighting in Sudan's western Darfur region, the organisation said Tuesday. | 0World
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks barely moved above the unchanged mark on Wednesday as crude oil prices touched a record over $52 per barrel, boosting oil stocks. | 2Business
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The Senate on Monday approved $137 billion in tax breaks for corporations and special interests over 10 years, including a $10 billion buyout for tobacco farmers. | 2Business
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Cheap drugs will not control the world's spiralling rates of HIV alone and poverty must be tackled, a charity warns. | 0World
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves behind a legacy of sweeping economic and political reforms. | 0World
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IBM acquires software developer Venetica to pump up the content-handling capabilities of its DB2 platform. By Paul McDougall and Rick Whiting. | 3Sci/Tech
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AFP - Despite low consumer demand, the king of German drug stores, Schlecker, plans to open 500 new shops this year and strike fear into the heart of competitors, not to mention unions. | 0World
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The fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix, enters the North American cinema chart at number one. | 0World
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc's board is considering BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Larry Fink and NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain as possible replacements for embattled Merrill Chairman Stan O'Neal, according to people familiar with the situation. | 2Business
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A woman is allowed to bring Kenya's first lawsuit for alleged discrimination for being HIV positive. | 0World
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Cole Hamels becomes the first Phillies pitcher since 2004 to rack up 10 wins before the All-Star break as Philadelphia tops Houston, 8-3. | 1Sports
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, announced one of the biggest shake-ups in its 82-year history Tuesday, with plans to axe at least 2,900 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, and trim $624 million in costs. | 0World
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Can computers get along fine without writers? Word is they just might. In an essay in the New York Times... | 3Sci/Tech
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Halfway, Ore., which once publicly changed its name to Half.com, sells piece of dot-com history; Web site's founder puts in winning bid. | 3Sci/Tech
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The government is studying a major overhaul of how to test the safety of chemicals, to see if robotic machinery can predict what is toxic as well as animals do. | 3Sci/Tech
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A recent food shortage aboard the international space station forced its two residents to cut back on meat, potatoes and vegetables. | 3Sci/Tech
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp will
authorize a proxy battle for Yahoo Inc this week to
convince the Web company's shareholders to agree on a takeover
deal that the Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York
Times' Dealbook blog said on Tuesday. | 2Business
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The world's premier consumer electronics show wouldn't be complete without the fanciful and outlandish: A smart oven preserved and cooked meals based on remote commands, while a 102-inch plasma TV - taller than the 8-foot walls in many homes - inspired ooohs and aaahs from couch potatoes. | 3Sci/Tech
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SBC Communications has announced it is finalizing an agreement that will pay each school $530,000 for the naming rights to the annual Michigan-Ohio State season-ending showdown for the next two years. | 1Sports
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.94 percent by mid-morning on Friday as Nippon Steel Corp. and rival steel makers took a hit following China's surprise decision to raise interest rates. | 2Business
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A major Japanese trading company is investing in Isuzu Motors Ltd., a truckmaker allied with General Motors Corp. of the United States, to strengthen a partnership in Thailand. | 2Business
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Mumbai: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Scottish oil firm Cairn Energy Ltd have decided to team up for oil exploration and production (E&P) in the domestic as well as international markets. | 2Business
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Hosted CRM evangelist Salesforce.com Inc. began a new branding campaign this week to draw attention to its customer service support functionality, launching a new Web | 3Sci/Tech
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Super Bowl coaches Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin should not have too much trouble understanding each other's mindsets because the pair kick-started their careers working together. | 1Sports
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Crude oil futures jumped above 51 dollars a barrel Tuesday amid concern that hurricane damage to production in the Gulf of Mexico would keep supplies from rising enough to meet winter needs. | 2Business
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A look at Finish Line before the first-quarter earnings report comes out. | 2Business
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AP - Evangelical Christians in the U.S. have helped convince dozens of Iranian Jews to move to Israel in recent months, offering cash incentives and claiming that Iran's tiny Jewish community is in grave danger. | 0World
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Boeing has received down payments for up to 200 of its new 7E7 planes in addition to the known 52 orders it has gained, Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher said in an interview published Thursday. | 2Business
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar slipped to a record low against the euro on Monday on concerns about bloated U.S. budget and current account deficits, weighing on Asian exporters' stocks and sending gold to 16-year highs. | 2Business
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Canadian Press - FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick hospital workers went on strike as promised early Monday in Premier Bernard Lord's Moncton riding. | 0World
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Roughly the same percentage of the Mac OS X installed base upgraded to Leopard over the weekend as the percentage of the Windows installed base that has upgraded to Vista in nine months. | 3Sci/Tech
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A homeless man was charged with stalking and burglary after swimming nude across Biscayne Bay in search of tennis star Anna Kournikova. | 1Sports
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Blog: British newspaper suggests that the media company may be willing to give MySpace to Yahoo for a 25 percent stake in the struggling dot-com. | 3Sci/Tech
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York University announced today that an agreement has been reached for the construction of a new 25,000-seat stadium on the York University Keele campus. | 1Sports
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Ex-Pipexers discover banking details on new website
Pipex's new account management website has angered its former customers by revealing that the ISP has retained personal details, including banking information, for up to 11 months after they quit their contract.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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AP - Barry Bonds hit his 734th career home run to break Hank Aaron's NL record, but the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past San Francisco 10-8 Saturday night for their third consecutive win over the struggling Giants. | 1Sports
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Wood pigeons are flocking to urban areas because of changes in farming, the British Trust for Ornithology says. | 3Sci/Tech
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Google has launched a beta test version of a text service that allows people to use mobile phones to search the Web via text messages. | 3Sci/Tech
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