label: 2 text: Cisco #39;s Chambers Expects Slower 2nd-Qtr Sales Growth (Update4) Cisco Systems Inc. shares had their biggest decline in three months, dragging down other technology stocks, after Chief Executive John Chambers said sales growth will slow this quarter


label: 3 text: Canadian Team Joins Rocket Launch Contest (AP) AP - The  #36;10 million competition to send a private manned rocket into space started looking more like a race Thursday, when a Canadian team announced plans to launch its rocket three days after an American group intends to begin qualifying for the Ansari X prize.


label: 2 text: Big setback for Merck cholesterol drug High doses of Zocor provide no benefits in preventing new problems in heart attack patients: study. MUNICH (Reuters) - Merck #39;s anti-cholesterol drug Zocor suffered a setback after a major study found high


label: 1 text: Iowa, Michigan remember rare rout in Ann Arbor Michigan Stadium was mostly filled with empty seats. The only cheers were coming from near one end zone -he Iowa section. By Carlos Osorio, AP.


label: 3 text: Kerry Debate Shows Fickleness of Memories (AP) AP - Past presidential candidates and their critics have been known to shade the truth for political purposes. But to memory researchers, it doesn't take intentional falsifying to understand the discrepancies in the retelling of Sen. John Kerry's war experiences.


label: 0 text: Malaysia #39;s Anwar called  #39;traitor #39; Members of Malaysia #39;s largest political party have labelled former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim a  quot;traitor quot;. The head of the youth wing of the United Malays National Organisation ( Umno) ruled out the


label: 3 text: Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Back Up on EBay MIAMI Nov 16, 2004 - The Internet auction house eBay Inc. reversed itself Tuesday and is allowing bids for half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary.


label: 1 text: Red Sox' Anguish and Yankees' Mystique and Aura Dissolve in Game 7 With a barrage of four home runs the Boston Red Sox eliminated the Yankees with a 10-3 victory in Game 7 of the A.L.C.S. at Yankee Stadium.


label: 3 text: Convention Boasts Miles of Technology The Republican National Convention has more than 40,000 miles of cabling to operate high speed computer systems, telephone lines and live television broadcasts.


label: 2 text: EU Wants Windows Cleaned of DRM The acquisition by Microsoft and Time Warner of a company with a significant portfolio of patents covering digital rights management technologies generates scrutiny by European antitrust regulators. The main focus of the investigation: Microsoft. By Wendy M. Grossman.


label: 2 text: Safety Regulators Want Recall of Durango, Dakota Trucks Federal safety regulators and DaimlerChrysler are sparring over a problem with Dodge Durango and Dakota trucks. The government believes the defect could


label: 1 text: Glazer - has upped his stake. (Getty Images) Manchester United fans have promised Malcolm Glazer a continued campaign of hostility after the American business tycoon increased his take in the Old Trafford club.


label: 2 text: The prison that Martha Stewart will call home When lifestyle doyenne Martha Stewart arrives at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp, the multimillionaire businesswoman won #39;t just


label: 3 text: NHS 6.2bn computer system probed Government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, is to investigate a 6.2bn programme to install a computer system at the NHS.


label: 3 text: Hard drives to accelerate into gadgets A report predicts one third of all hard drives will be in consumer electronics devices by 2008.


label: 3 text: Video games get serious In my own case, the event is the release of Halo 2 shortly after midnight this morning. It #39;s the sequel to my favorite video game Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the best games ever made for


label: 1 text: Monty Seals Record Ryder Cup Triumph for Europe  BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Rampant Europe  retained the Ryder Cup after dominating the last-day singles  matches on Sunday to beat the United States by a record 18-1/2  points to 9-1/2.


label: 3 text: NEC develops fast computer TOKYO NEC, Japan #39;s biggest seller of personal computers, said Wednesday that it had developed the world #39;s fastest supercomputer, with almost double the speed of International Business Machines #39; fastest machine.


label: 3 text: IBM strikes out at Intel with new Opteron box IDF Fall '04 Still behind HP and Sun


label: 0 text: Blast at Egyptian Resort Kills at Least 20 A massive explosion tore off the front of a seaside hotel in the Egyptian resort of Taba late Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100 in what appeared to be a terrorist attack aimed at Israeli tourists, officials said.


label: 0 text: Officials Rap Kerik on Background Check (AP) AP - Bernard Kerik, who withdrew his nomination for homeland security secretary after disclosing that he had not paid all required taxes for a nanny, did not fill out a background form when he was appointed police commissioner in 2000, city officials said.


label: 1 text: Nitties maintains one-shot lead at Australian PGA Former Australian amateur James Nitties birdied the 18th hole Saturday while Bob Estes bogeyed the last, allowing Nitties to overtake the American and maintain his one-shot lead at the Australian PGA championship.


label: 3 text: Gadgets galore at Japan show photo gallery CEATAC exhibition features electronic gear from a 65-inch TV to a fuel cell-powered mobile phone.


label: 3 text: Calif. Law Seen as First Salvo in Spyware Fight (Reuters) Reuters - California's pioneering law aimed\at cracking down on spyware -- signed this week to curb the\software that hides on computers and secretly follows users\around the Web -- is only a partial step toward protecting\consumers, critics said on Friday.


label: 3 text: Court May Clear the Way for Cheaper Ink Lexmark suffers a setback in its fight to keep third-party ink cartridges off store shelves.


label: 0 text: Iraq #39;s Sunni Clerics Call for Election Boycott An influential group of Sunni Muslim clerics on Tuesday urged Iraqis to boycott the first democratic election in decades in protest at a US-led offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja.


label: 1 text: Comeback not enough To say the Sixers had trouble scoring in the first quarter Thursday is like saying a fish has trouble surviving out of water. Of their first 16 shots, the Sixers missed exactly 16.


label: 0 text: Vindication will rest in election In the 18 months since America declared victory in the war against Iraq, the contrast in military styles of the two pillars of the coalition could not be starker.


label: 1 text: Mariners Defeat Athletics 4-2 (AP) AP - Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki's fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Athletics into second place in the AL West for the first time since Aug. 5 with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.


label: 3 text: Grokster launches a legal Net radio Grokster, one of the best-known P2P services (at least one of the best-known by the RIAA  amp; co), has taken yet another step in its path to make its P2P service to please the record labels by teaming up with a start-up called Mercora to provide an artist


label: 2 text: National Foods posts increased net profit Australia #39;s biggest supplier of fresh milk, National Foods, has posted a net profit of \$68.7 million, an increase of 14 per cent on last financial year.


label: 0 text: House Votes to Protect Pledge From Courts WASHINGTON - In a vote with election-year consequences, the House sought to assure that God's 50-year place in the Pledge of Allegiance will be safe from federal court challenges.    The bill, approved on a 247-173 vote Thursday, would prevent federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from ruling on whether the words "under God" should be stricken from the pledge...


label: 1 text: Angels Taking High Road in Pennant Race On the day the Anaheim Angels played for first place, several players crammed onto an L-shaped couch in the visiting clubhouse, turned toward a flat-screen television and pressed their internal mute buttons.


label: 0 text: China Mine Blast Death Toll Rises to 66 (AP) AP - Desperate to know their loved ones' fates, grieving relatives scuffled with guards Friday at the scene of China's worst mining accident this year as rescue workers pulled more bodies out of a mine shaft choked with poison gas.


label: 2 text: Cerberus to buy LNR Property for \$3.8 bn NEW YORK, August 30 (New Ratings) - LNR Property Corporation (LNR.NYS) has reportedly agreed to be acquired by Riley Property Holdings LLC for about \$3.


label: 3 text: Microsoft issues five bulletins on Windows flaws Microsoft today released five Security Bulletins warning of several vulnerabilities that put computers running Windows at risk of attack. None are rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating.


label: 0 text: Russian Coal Mine Explosion Kills 13, Injures 23, Ministry Says A gas explosion in a central Siberian coal mine killed 13 people and injured 23 others, Russia #39;s Emergency Ministry said. The explosion happened at 5:45 am local time in the Listvyazhna


label: 2 text: Earnings growth slips Annual growth in workers #39; pay slowed unexpectedly in the three months to September to its lowest this year, official data has shown, providing more


label: 2 text: Australia Westpac seeks end to takeover restraints SYDNEY: The chief executive of Australia #39;s Westpac Banking Corp said yesterday he believed government restraints on mergers and takeovers between the country #39;s main four banks should be removed.


label: 2 text: GM #39;s Opel pledges to secure plants General Motors #39; Adam Opel AG unit said Tuesday it had agreed with employee delegates to try to ensure the survival of its main plants in Germany beyond 2010, while finding  quot;socially acceptable quot; ways of cutting back their work force


label: 1 text: Mexico Has Repeat Champion Unam Pumas became the first team to win back-to-back titles in Mexico when they defeated Monterrey on Saturday in the second leg of the title series.


label: 0 text: Blast carnage in Iraq : A car bomb brought fresh carnage to the heart of Baghdad today, killing six people and wounding eight near the education ministry, officials said.


label: 3 text: Microsoft stops winking on MSN 7.0 beta Microsoft has delayed beta testing of the next version of MSN Messenger because of a security flaw. Vulnerabilities were discovered in MSN Messenger 7.0, due to be released today, after testers found it had


label: 0 text: Dominican Republic battered SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Tropical Storm Jeanne brought heavy rain and winds to the Dominican Republic yesterday after killing two people in Puerto Rico, as the latest in a stream of Atlantic storms crossed the Caribbean toward the United States.


label: 3 text: Water on Mars: More Evidences The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA #39;s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet.


label: 0 text: Opposition strike hits Dhaka: World News: Dhaka, Oct 10 : Shops were shut in Bangladesh as most vehicles stayed off the roads in a daylong strike called by opposition parties to demand the resignation of the government.


label: 3 text: Hollywood Targets File Swapping Networks The Motion Picture Association of America this week started an aggressive legal campaign against the eDonkey, BitTorrent, and DirectConnect file swapping services, filing suit against individuals operating servers for the peer-to-peer file swapping


label: 2 text: Ford Settles Investors #39; Suit Over IPO Of Goldman The Ford Motor Company agreed yesterday to settle a lawsuit that accused its chief executive of improperly accepting shares of the initial public offering of the Goldman Sachs Group, which agreed to pay \$13.


label: 1 text: Berlin to host 2009 world athletics championships Berlin was selected as the venue for the 2009 world track and field championships by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here on Saturday.


label: 1 text: Schilling to Test Ankle Against Yankees (AP) AP - The Boston Red Sox are to send hobbled star Curt Schilling to the mound Tuesday night against the New York Yankees, whose 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven AL championship series is down to 3-2 after back-to-back marathon games. But rain in the forecast could make for another long night of delays or earn both teams some much needed rest.


label: 3 text: Highly Anticipated iTunes Music Store Canada Opens Today, after months of anticipation, the highly anticipated iTunes Music Store Canada was revealed. It was announced at Apple #39;s special music event in October


label: 1 text: Sao Caetano Defender in Critical Condition (AP) AP - Sao Caetano defender Serginho was taken to a hospital unconscious and in critical condition after collapsing during a Brazilian championship match Wednesday.


label: 2 text: GE settles with SEC over Welch retirement package General Electric Co. on Thursday entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations the company failed to disclose to investors the scope of the retirement package of former President and CEO Jack Welch.


label: 0 text: Six dead as Nepal rebels vow to step up blockade KATHMANDU : Maoist rebels who have cut off Nepal #39;s capital for four days pledged to expand their blockade to the Tibetan border as fresh violence left six people dead.


label: 3 text: Microsoft to Offer Cheaper, Limited Windows in Russia It's part of the company's effort to beat back Linux and piracy efforts in developing technology markets.


label: 0 text: Latham #39;s ace: free health care for the over-75s SYDNEY - Australia #39;s opposition leader Mark Latham may have dealt the killer blow against his rival John Howard in the run-up to next week #39;s federal election by offering free medical care to people aged above 75.


label: 1 text: England serve notice of intent Whether they care to admit it or not, this was the contest England had yearned for all summer. It was a measure of the team #39;s recent advance that they had become tired of pounding West Indies


label: 0 text: Turkish police probe concert blast that injures at least 13 A grenade may have caused a blast under a police car that injured more than a dozen people in southern Turkey, officials said Monday.


label: 1 text: Montoya can be  #39;even better Juan Pablo Montoya could become an  #39;even better #39; Formula One racer at the wheel of a McLaren, Woking CEO Ron Dennis said prior to returning to Europe.


label: 2 text: HP eyed breaking up 3 times Each time, board decided against it Hewlett-Packard Co. #39;s board considered on three occasions whether to break up the company, but each time directors unanimously concluded it would


label: 0 text: Sacked India censor files lawsuit A sacked Indian film censor who refused to approve a movie on Gujarat riots sues a politician for defamation.


label: 1 text: Bonderman goes blank, shuts out Sox The Detroit Tigers #39; young right-hander has been going through a rough stretch. His 21-year-old brain was being overloaded with too many thoughts about mechanics.


label: 2 text: Martha Cleans Up The news media were fascinated by Martha Stewart #39;s surprise request yesterday. She said she wanted to put the entire ImClone Systems (Nasdaq: IMCL) mess behind


label: 1 text: Stanford coach #39;s last loss is job Three years ago, Ted Leland thought he had found the right offensive mind for Stanford in coach Buddy Teevens. The results eventually told the athletic director otherwise, and Teevens was


label: 3 text: The Sims 2 FINALLY, after a gaggle of expansion packs, the sequel to The Sims has landed, and those who enjoyed the original are in for a treat.


label: 1 text: Ramirez cuts short Japan tour TOKYO -- Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez cut short his tour of Japan today (Japan time), electing to fly back to the United States. Ramirez, who participated in a home run derby yesterday and played five innings last night, getting two hits, told team officials that his left hamstring was bothering him. Officials decided that if Ramirez was unavailable to ...


label: 2 text: Palm school signs \$500,000 contract with Coke, continuing trend of <b>...</b> It #39;s the real thing: \$500,000 for William T. Dwyer High School during the next seven years. Administrators just finished negotiating a new contract with Coca-Cola, which will have exclusive


label: 0 text: Train wreckage operation begins A painstaking operation to lift the mangled wreckage of the Berkshire train crash from the tracks has been taking place. The exact events surrounding the crash which killed seven people are still being investigated


label: 2 text: Viacom Pegs \$8 Billion for Buyback Viacom (VIAB:NYSE - news - research) reported 4 revenue growth for the quarter, increased its dividend and put a size on the stock repurchase program long promised by CEO Sumner Redstone.


label: 3 text: Safety concerns spark Linux drive in Iran Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favor of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide


label: 0 text: After ceasefire, Sadr looks to elections The rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army militia to halt attacks on coalition and Iraqi Government forces, as aides said he was ready to join the US-backed political process.


label: 3 text: First snapshot of a distant planet? In what could be a breakthrough in the search for worlds, an international team of astronomers claims to have made an image of a planetlike object beyond our solar system.


label: 2 text: Bain acquires SuperPages Canada Bain Capital, a Boston private-equity firm, has agreed to buy the Canadian phone-directory business of Verizon Communications Inc. for \$1.54 billion. SuperPages Canada is the nation's second-largest publisher of phone directories. The deal includes online directories. SuperPages Canada had \$293 million in revenue last year. (Beth Healy)


label: 3 text: Yahoo gets Travel Savvy Yahoo has said that it would soon begin testing a search engine called FareChase that allows travel shoppers to compare prices. The site, available to the general public since late Tuesday is meant to help


label: 1 text: Gagne blows his 2d save Pinch-hitter Lenny Harris delivered a three-run double off Eric Gagne with two outs in the ninth, rallying the Florida Marlins past the Dodgers, 6-4, last night in Los Angeles.


label: 0 text: "Greed and arrogance," made Rod Stewart keep concert deposit, court hears (AFP) AFP - Raspy-voiced British Rock star Rod Stewart kept a 780,000-dollar cash advance made for an abortive concert tour out of  quot;greed and arrogance, quot; a Los Angeles court has been told.


label: 0 text: China wants refugees handed over China has asked Canada to hand over a group of 44 people, thought to be North Koreans, who stormed the Canadian embassy in Beijing on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Weis accepts Notre Dame job Notre Dame said New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis has signed a six-year year contract to coach the Irish. The 48-year-old Weis returns to the school he graduated from in 1978.


label: 3 text: Experts warn of Internet flu vaccine scam Although the United States is experiencing a shortage of flu vaccines this fall, don't be so eager for one that you're duped into purchasing it online.


label: 2 text: Fannie Mae to Defend Action to Congress  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Managers of mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae will defend themselves before Congress on Wednesday  against government findings that they broke accounting rules to  deliver steady earnings growth quarter after quarter.


label: 3 text: Cisco switch products target small business Company aggressively addresses smaller businesses with products that reduce the cost and complexity of operating a Cisco network.


label: 0 text: Ukraine poll marred by fraud and unrest Ukrainians vote for a new president today against a backdrop of explosions, predictions of massive ballot-rigging and fears of widespread violence.


label: 3 text: Ofcom sets out stall on VoIP Telecoms regulator Ofcom has welcomed the arrival of Voice over IP (VoIP), aka  quot;Voice over Broadband quot; down at the telecoms regulator, and promised to stay well out of the way as services develop.


label: 3 text: Intel helping clients in Asia to use Linux Intel, the world #39;s biggest semiconductor maker, said it is helping Chinese and Indian customers build personal computers that use the Linux operating system, an alternative to Microsoft #39;s Windows software.


label: 2 text: Oracle: PeopleSoft Board to Reject Bid  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Software maker Oracle Corp.  ORCL.O on Wednesday said it will let PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O  shareholders decide for themselves whether to accept Oracle's  \$8.8 billion hostile takeover bid after learning that  PeopleSoft's board of directors will reject it.


label: 3 text: 'THX': Young film geniuses at work (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - The newly restored THX 1138 arrives on DVD today with Star Wars creator George Lucas' vision of a Brave New World-like future.


label: 2 text: Rand falls on shock SA rate cut Interest rates are trimmed to 7.5 by the South African central bank,  but the lack of warning hits the rand and surprises markets.


label: 1 text: Sox Ace Eyes Return Boston pitcher Curt Schilling threw in the bullpen for the second time in three days Sunday, but it was unclear whether he would be available for the rest of the ALCS.


label: 1 text: India feel pressure from home fans Pressure is building on the Indian team from millions of home fans to deliver their first home Test series victory in two years when they take on South Africa in the second and final Test on Sunday.


label: 2 text: McDonald #39;s posts another monthly sales gain, led by US OAK BROOK, Ill. Oak Brook-based McDonald #39;s is reporting a solid four-point-two percent gain in worldwide comparable sales for November and a 20th straight monthly increase for its US business.


label: 1 text: Parking Fees May Help A plan to raise \$100 million by charging for parking near a new stadium is one of the top proposals in the city's bid to find private money to finance the ballpark.


label: 2 text:  #39; #39;Strategic partnership #39; #39; to be formalised at summit: PM New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the European Commissions proposal to bestow  #39; #39;strategic partnership #39; #39; to India will be formalised at the coming India-European Union Summit hosted by the Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Belkende.


label: 1 text: BCS rankings still rankling It didn't take long. First poll, first controversy. Or at least mini-controversy. If you had taken the wisdom of the two human polls, the first Bowl Championship Series rankings that were released yesterday should have been a no-brainer.


label: 2 text: Samsung Develops First 60-Nanometer 8-GB NAND Flash Memory Samsung #39;s advanced 60nm process technology is two thousandths the width of a piece of human hair and achieves approximately 30 percent reduction in cell size over the 70nm 4Gb NAND Flash memory developed last year.


label: 3 text: Oracle May Drop Its PeopleSoft Bid Lower (AP) AP - Oracle Corp.'s hostile  #36;7.7 billion bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. could drop by one-third to one-fourth, Oracle co-president Safra Catz said Monday.


label: 0 text: HSBC, Shanxi Trust to form joint venture in China (AFP) AFP - British-based banking giant HSBC Holdings is to team up with Shanxi Trust and Investment Corp to form a joint venture fund management company in China, HSBC announced.


label: 3 text: US Cybersecurity Chief Resigns The director of cyber security for the Homeland Security Department, Amit Yoran, has resigned his post. The issue of whether cybersecurity was receiving sufficient attention at DHS created


label: 1 text: Hip hip hooray: Billups rallies Pistons past Wolves Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Chauncey Billups scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half to help the Detroit Pistons rally for a 93-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in coach Larry Brown #39;s first game back from hip surgery.


label: 2 text: Consumer Confidence Falls in August Consumer confidence, which had been on the rise since April, declined unexpectedly sharply in August, a private research group said Tuesday.


label: 3 text: New at Starbucks: Burn a music CD Starbucks Corp. announced Thursday that it will add computer kiosks in stores in Austin, Texas, and in Seattle where customers can burn music CDs for about \$10 while waiting for their Frappuccino.


label: 2 text: Putnam Investments to eliminate 100 jobs BOSTON -- Putnam Investments said Monday it will cut about 100 jobs, an announcement that came a week after parent company Marsh  amp; McLennan Cos.


label: 1 text: MLB Notebook: Johnson trade still in the works The New York Yankees, Arizona and Los Angeles spent yesterday trying to put the finishing touches on the megadeal that would move All-Stars Randy Johnson, Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez.


label: 2 text: Movie Studios Lose In Case Against File-Sharing Apps The decision is likely to force the industry to take the more costly and less-popular route of going directly after file-swappers.


label: 1 text: Hewitt advances Lleyton Hewitt of Australia moved into the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Alejandro Falla of Colombia in Washington.


label: 3 text: Penguin Chicks Face Starvation as Iceberg Blocks Food Route Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguin chicks could starve to death in the next few weeks as a huge iceberg blocks access to coastal feeding grounds, a New Zealand official said today.


label: 1 text: Former Blue Jays Manager Mattick Dies (AP) AP - Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and '81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89.


label: 3 text: Robot rescuer for Hubble? NEW YORK The American space agency is becoming increasingly optimistic that the failing Hubble Space Telescope can be revived and rejuvenated by a robot rescuer.


label: 0 text: No clue on CNN producer #39;s fate Palestinian security men Tuesday sought CNN producer Riad Ali who was kidnapped in Gaza by gunmen Monday evening on a busy street.


label: 3 text: Martian explorer marks first year Nasa celebrates the first year on Mars of its Spirit rover and says the vehicle can go on working for some time.


label: 2 text: Medarex, Pfizer team up for \$510M project Medarex Inc., a Princeton, NJ, biotechnology company, could receive up to \$510 million under a global collaboration deal it signed with New York-based Pfizer Inc.


label: 2 text: EU pursues Oracle-PeopleSoft case BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union regulators suggested Monday they are not bound by a US decision to allow Oracle Corp. to pursue its \$7.


label: 1 text: Record-Tying Beltran Blasts Astros Into Tie  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St. Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece Sunday.


label: 2 text: Jet Demand, IT Propel Lockheed Profit Up  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N, the No.  1 U.S. defense contractor, posted a 41 percent jump in  quarterly profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street forecasts, as  demand climbed for its combat aircraft and information  technology services.


label: 0 text: 54 dead, million flee homes as rains lash northeast India, Bangladesh (AFP) AFP - At least 54 people have died and more than a million have fled their homes as torrential rains lashed parts of India and Bangladesh, officials said.


label: 3 text: Egyptians treated animals like kings Ancient Egyptians revered cats and other animals and took as much care in preparing them for their passage to the next life as they did with humans, scientists said Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Turkey gets conditional OK for EU talks In a historic move that could extend Europe #39;s borders to the edge of the volatile Middle East, the European Union recommended Wednesday setting mostly Muslim Turkey


label: 0 text: EU Urges Iran to Heed UN Nuclear Freeze Demand  VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Union called on Iran Monday  to comply with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's demand that it  suspend all activities connected with uranium enrichment, a  process that can be used to develop atomic weapons.


label: 2 text: US Stocks Boosted by Oil #39;s Fall US blue chips recovered ground on Friday after a fall in oil prices offset a profit warning from aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , while a tech


label: 3 text: China, Linux Could Put PalmSource in the Catbird Seat Opinion: While the Palm Inc. spinoff has had a tough infancy, its acquisition of China MobileSoft promises to position it as a formidable contender in the emerging mobile market.


label: 2 text: Insurance giant to  #39;export #39; 1,100 jobs to India One of the country #39;s biggest insurance firms today announced plans to transfer more than 1,100 jobs to India over the next few years, sparking fears of a  quot;crisis quot; in the UK.


label: 0 text: Ailing Arafat Feeling Much Better: Aides Paris, Nov. 1 (NNN): Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is feeling better, his aides say, as he undergoes medical examinations in a French army hospital near Paris.


label: 0 text: Soldier Sentenced to Three Years for Murder of Iraqi Civilian WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2004 -- A Task Force Baghdad soldier was sentenced Dec. 10 to three years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering an Iraqi civilian, military officials in Baghdad, Iraq, reported today.


label: 1 text: Finland can #39;t stop hockey power from claiming title of world #39;s <b>...</b> There were about 40 seconds left. The Finns had pulled their goaltender. Coach Pat Quinn had to put out someone to protect Canada #39;s one-goal lead in the final of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday night.


label: 1 text: Ganguly Appeals Commissioner appointed The International Cricket Council on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of New Zealand barrister Tim Castle as the Appeals Commissioner to hear India captain Sourav Ganguly #39;s case.


label: 2 text: Rising material costs hit Heinz Second quarter profits at ketchup maker Heinz are hit by higher material and transport costs.


label: 0 text: Guantanamo hearing postponed A hearing at Guantanamo Bay for a man accused of being an al-Qaeda paymaster is postponed.


label: 2 text: Toys R Us Narrows Loss on Kids R Us Sale (AP) AP - Toys R Us Inc., the nation's second biggest toy retailer, reported a narrower third-quarter loss as a gain on the sale of Kids R Us stores boosted results despite a sales decline.


label: 3 text: The Nation #39;s Weather Heavy rain dampened parts of Minnesota and a warm front brought showers and thunderstorms to parts of the Northeast on Saturday as a lingering front generated heavy rain, lightning and strong wind in parts of Texas.


label: 2 text: Siemens Selects Qualcomm #39;s Chipsets reserved. US digital wireless communications products developer Qualcomm has announced that German handset maker Siemens is to build wireless multimedia handsets based on chipsets from Qualcomm #39;s WCDMA (UMTS) Mobile Station Modem (MSM) portfolio.


label: 0 text: Christians Aiming to Boost Religion (AP) AP - Emboldened by their Election Day successes, some Christian conservatives around the country are trying to put more Christ into Christmas this season.


label: 2 text: HP boosts share repurchase plan Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it bought \$1.3 million in common shares back from Merrill Lynch and its board approved the buyback of an additional \$3 billion in shares.


label: 3 text: OSS torpedoed: Royal Navy will run on Windows for Warships Combat management contractor opts for Win2k as base OS


label: 2 text: Colgate Warns Profit Short of Forecasts  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N on Monday  warned that earnings for the second half of the year will fall  short of earlier forecasts due to higher marketing costs.


label: 3 text: New Mydoom Worm Exploits IE Flaw A new variant of the Mydoom worm that exploits an unpatched flaw in Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer browser is in the wild and posing particular risk to home and small business users, security experts warn.


label: 2 text: Airline pleads with pilots (September 11, 2004) - US Airways made a last-ditch contract offer to the union that represents its pilots Friday as the airline tries to avoid a second bankruptcy filing that may be just be days away.


label: 0 text: HK government set to petition release of democrat jailed in China HONG KONG : The Hong Kong government is interceding with the mainland authorities for the release of a legislator who was arrested and jailed in Guangdong.


label: 1 text: Calvillo surpasses 6,000-yard plateau to lead Als past Argos 58-20 Anthony Calvillo threw three touchdown passes and surpassed the 6,000-yard plateau as the Montreal Alouettes humiliated the Toronto Argonauts 58-20 on Thursday night.


label: 1 text: A harsh injection of reality What if baseball had a steroid scandal and nobody cared?  quot;In all honesty, that's an issue, quot; said Gary Roberts, an expert in sports law at Tulane.  quot;For all we know, the American public may not give a damn. They may be happy if all their gladiators were stoked up on steroids and hitting 500 home runs.


label: 2 text: US Airways Asks Pilots for Pay Cut  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Airways UAIR.O, struggling to  avoid a second bankruptcy, has asked pilots for a 16.5 percent  pay cut, USA Today reported in its Friday editions.


label: 0 text: Russia: Chechens Were Part of School Raid MOSCOW Sept. 9, 2004 - Ten of the militants who seized a school in southern Russia have been identified and six were from Chechnya, security officials said Thursday, drawing a strong connection to the Chechen


label: 1 text: RAMPANT PAKISTAN ON SHOULDER OF SRI LANKA Pakistan are closing in fast on Sri Lanka #39;s first innings total after impressing with both ball and bat on the second day of the opening Test in Faisalabad.


label: 0 text: Pakistani forces arrest several Al Qaeda suspects Pakistani security forces arrested several suspects on Monday, including some linked to Al Qaeda network. The arrests came one day after Pakistani security forces killed a senior Al Qaeda operative, Amjad Farooqi, in a raid in southern Pakistan.


label: 3 text: E-Mail Authentication Will Not Stop Spammers For consumers and businesses increasingly shaken by the growing onslaught of unwanted e-mail and computer viruses, any hope for quick relief was dashed Wednesday during a government-hosted gathering of technology experts.
 -The Washington Post


label: 2 text: Oil Prices Rise for Second Day in a Row  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose for the second day in  a row on Thursday with an Arctic blast forecast to hit the  United States next week, ramping up demand for heating fuels.


label: 2 text: BHP Billiton leads London on bigger share buyback LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Anglo-Aussie miner BHP Billiton (BHP) (UK:BLT) climbed 2.8 percent to lead FTSE 100 components after it increased its share buyback to A\$2.27 billion (US\$1.78 billion) from the A\$1 billion to A\$1.5 billion it had predicted it would buy


label: 3 text: Bee Decline May Spell End of Some Fruits, Vegetables Bees, via pollination, are responsible for 15 to 30 percent of the U.S. food supply. But in the last 50 years the domesticated honeybee population has halved, scientists say.


label: 1 text: Harrington coasts back to form for Ryder test Bernhard Langer will lead a contented team of players on the plane to Detroit today with yet another member of the European Ryder Cup side celebrating a victory on the eve of the match against the Americans.


label: 2 text: Airbus #39;s Forgeard to Be EADS Co-Chief, Replace Camus (Update1) Airbus SAS Chief Executive Officer Noel Forgeard, who turned the European company into the world #39;s largest planemaker, will replace Philippe Camus as co-CEO of its parent, European Aeronautic, Defense  amp; Space Co.


label: 1 text: Greek weightlifter stripped of bronze for doping In another embarrassing incident for the Olympic host nation, a Greek weightlifter has been stripped of his bronze medal for a doping offence.


label: 3 text: Pre-Retirement Interview With Intel CEO Barrett kevcol writes  quot;The San Francisco Chronicle has an excellent interview with Intel #39;s CEO Craig Barrett who retires next year.


label: 1 text: Today's schedule College field hockey: MIT at Wellesley, 3 p.m.; Salem St. at Lasell, 3 p.m.; University of New England at Bridgewater St., 3 p.m.; Wesleyan at Tufts, 3:30 p.m.; Western New England at Babson, 7 p.m.; Clark at Wheaton, 7 p.m.


label: 3 text: Google Acquires Satellite Map Company In a deal that could give a boost to local search marketing, search engine giant Google said yesterday it acquired Keyhole Corp., which sells online satellite maps.


label: 0 text: Blair set to face unions' wrath as TUC kicks off annual conference (AFP) AFP - Britain's trade unions opened their annual conference amid threats of strike action ahead of a general election expected in 2005, urging Prime Minister Tony Blair's government to tackle concerns about pensions and job cuts.


label: 1 text: Jets: Edwards says Pennington is still hurting Jets coach Herman Edwards said yesterday that Chad Pennington still has some discomfort in his right arm, lingering effects of a strained rotator cuff.


label: 2 text: New York AG to Sue Insurance Broker  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer on Thursday sued insurance broker Marsh   McLennan Cos.  MMC.N, charging they engaged in market manipulation.


label: 2 text: Ballmer Visits New Campus in India Microsoft is also preparing to begin construction of a second building on the campus, spokeswoman Tami Begasse said yesterday. But the company hasn #39;t yet decided whether it will proceed with the third and final building on the 42-acre Hyderabad site.


label: 2 text: Insurer to Refund Money to Soldiers Who Bought High-Cost Life Policies Hundreds of soldiers who unwittingly signed up for high-cost life insurance will receive full cash refunds from the insurance company.


label: 1 text: Old QB makes adjustments with new team Three years ago, when the Patriots were starting their run to the Super Bowl, a lot of New England fans suspected something special was percolating in Foxborough, even though the team was only 2-3 going into Game 6.


label: 0 text: Exiles Add to Claims on Iran Nuclear Arms An opposition group said Iran bought blueprints for a nuclear bomb and obtained weapons-grade uranium on the black market.


label: 0 text: Pakistan Found to Aid Iran Nuclear Efforts new assessment of Iran #39;s nuclear program by the United Nations #39; International Atomic Energy Agency says that, as early as 1995, Pakistan was providing Tehran with the designs for sophisticated


label: 0 text: Four US Marines killed in Iraq Four US Marines were killed in three separate incidents west of Baghdad, the US military said. The four were assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and were killed Friday while conducting security operations in Anbar province, the military said.


label: 1 text: SI.com HOUSTON (Ticker) -- For the second time in a week, Brandon Backe dominated the Cincinnati Reds . Backe threw seven strong innings to propel the Houston Astros to their 10th consecutive win, an 11-5 victory over the Reds.


label: 3 text: REVIEW: the  #36;70 Portable Video Player (AP) AP - Most American kids get enough television, but just in case yours don't here's a good way to keep them pacified while away from the real thing: a new portable video player from Mattel.


label: 3 text: JFK: Reloaded JFKReloaded.com recreates the last few moments of the President #39;s life and challenges participants to help disprove any conspiracy theory by recreating the three shots that Lee Harvey Oswald made from the infamous sixth floor of the Dallas book depository


label: 1 text: Gymnastics: Russia Plans Top-Level Protest  ATHENS (Reuters) - Russia are to lodge a forceful protest  with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over what they  say was biased judging throughout the Athens gymnastics  competition, the team spokesman said Tuesday.


label: 1 text: To Yao, Shaq looms large HOUSTON  As the Rockets approached Sunday #39;s exhibition against the Heat at Toyota Center, Houston center Yao Ming was asked about yet another matchup against Shaquille O #39;Neal.


label: 3 text: Recruiter Puts Its Money Where Its Workers Are Clint Heiden's two-month-old recruiting firm offers its clients in the technology industry what amounts to a partial money-back guarantee: A job candidate hired through the Heiden Group, which specializes in sales positions for tech companies, will be a top performer within six months. If the candidate quits or falls short, the recruiter refunds between 20 and 40 percent of its placement fee, which averages about 25 percent of a candidate's annual salary.


label: 2 text: ConocoPhillips buys big Lukoil stake ConocoPhillips has bought a major stake in Russia #39;s second largest oil producer OAO Lukoil Holdings. The Houston company, formed by a merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum, won


label: 2 text: Seeking the third way Boston's new common ground -- or a 21st century battleground for our age-old tribalism? There is no doubt what we want to encourage and what we want to discourage as we build out the Rose Kennedy Greenway and finally put the \$15 billion Big Dig behind us. A half-baked plan to build a Boston knockoff of Rome's Piazza Navona in ...


label: 1 text: Worldstars play strong defensive game in 5-1 victory over HV 71 JONKOPING, Sweden (CP) - Ray Whitney scored and assisted on Alexandre Daigle #39;s goal as the Worldstars played a strong defensive game in a 5-1 victory over HV 71 on Friday.


label: 2 text: Linux wins heart of global SAP user Switzerland's EndressHauser (International) Holding AG, a global supplier of process control systems, has migrated all its business applications from SAP AG to a mainframe running the open-source Linux operating system.


label: 0 text: France advises its citizens against travelling to Saudi Arabia  quot;Given the increase in attacks since April and in the context of an elevated terrorist threat, travelers planning to go to the kingdom are advised to delay their trip for the moment except for imperative professional reasons, quot; the French Foreign Ministry


label: 3 text: Siemens to sell mobile phone biz to China - report Chinese distributor lined up as 'potential buyer'


label: 2 text: Pace of U.S. Factory Growth Climbs in Dec  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth at U.S. factories  picked up in December, boosted by an increase in new orders and  despite a decline in employment, a report showed on Monday.


label: 3 text: UK #39;s BT changes mobile partner, plots comeback Britain #39;s BT Group Plc re-entered the mobile phone market yesterday, launching its own branded cellphone service on Vodafone #39;s network as it looks to boost revenues with its fixed-line business in decline.


label: 2 text: Linde merger with UK #39;s BOC Group  #39;speculation #39; - report LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Linde (DE:648300) is not discussing a 8.6 billion pound merger of its industrial gas operations with the UK #39;s BOC Group (BOX) (UK:BOC) , Germany #39;s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported.


label: 2 text: CCB picks founding shareholders ahead of IPO State-run China Construction Bank, the countrys top property lender, has chosen five founding shareholders for its listing vehicle in an initial step towards an estimated \$10 billion IPO, a shareholder said on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Seminoles rally past struggling Wolfpack On a night dominated by the defenses, 11th-ranked Florida State rallied with three second-half scores to pull out a 17-10 victory before a national-television audience and a sellout crowd of 56,800.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Speeds Up SP2 (PC World) PC World - With VPN bug resolved, distribution of Windows XP update will increase.


label: 0 text: White House Deals With Detainee Legalities (AP) AP - The Bush administration is taking the narrowest possible view of legal rights the Supreme Court gave to terrorism detainees while trying to fend off any new court challenges. Ultimately the high court probably will weigh in again, lawyers said.


label: 3 text: Experts Nix Endangered Status for Grouse (AP) AP - Interior Department biologists have recommended against adding the sage grouse to the endangered species list, a determination that could wind up benefiting natural gas and oil producers but add to environmentalists' concerns.


label: 0 text: Suspected Muslim rebels attack monk-protection unit, killing one <b>...</b> : Suspected Muslim insurgents attacked an army unit protecting Buddhist monks at a monastery early Friday, killing one of the soldiers as sectarian violence continued in southern Thailand, police said.


label: 1 text: Hey 19 -- Pats can #39;t lose Team stumbles but sets NFL win mark Foxboro, Mass. -- There have been prettier games in the streak, and certainly more meaningful ones. But among the hallmarks of the victories the Patriots have collected like so much pocket change over the


label: 3 text: Study: PDA Market in Decline (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - For the third consecutive quarter, shipments of handheld devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs), have declined, according to a study by IDC.


label: 3 text: Microsoft, ISPs launch anti-spam offensive Microsoft, America Online (AOL), Yahoo and Earthlink have filed a handful of lawsuits against spammers, allegedly targeting some of the world #39;s largest unsolicited mail offenders.


label: 1 text: Wannstedt won #39;t pursue U. of Pittsburgh job Ex-Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt is an ardent supporter of the University of Pittsburgh, but he decided Thursday against pursing the Panthers #39; vacant head coaching position.


label: 0 text: Chemicals exporter faces genocide charges AMSTERDAM A Dutch businessman will face genocide charges for allegedly supplying Saddam Hussein #39;s government with chemicals used to make poison gas that killed thousands of Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s, prosecutors said Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Rooney unhappy with Everton Everton striker Wayne Rooney says he is  quot;disappointed quot; with the way the club have handled his transfer request. Newcastle and Manchester United want to sign the 18-year-old who requested a transfer on Friday


label: 1 text: Broussard gives LSU leg up BATON ROUGE, La. -- Alley Broussard ran for 80 yards and a touchdown, spearheading a strong game by No. 19 Louisiana State in a 24-7 victory over Vanderbilt last night.


label: 0 text: N Korea food prices 'rocket' Changes in North Korea's economy have led to spiralling food prices many people cannot afford, the UN says.


label: 3 text: Overseas Surfers Barred From Bush Poll Site Washington, Oct. 28 (NNN): Since Monday morning, surfers outside the US have been barred from visiting the official re-election site of President George Walker Bush.


label: 2 text: U.S. Stocks to Watch on Dec. 13  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks to watch on Monday: ORACLE  CORP. ORCL.O, PEOPLESOFT INC. PSFT.O:


label: 0 text: Candidates Spar After Contentious Debate ELYRIA, Ohio - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states...


label: 0 text: Sudan bows to pressure, allows AU to monitor police in Darfur <b>...</b> KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan bowed to mounting pressure over the crisis in Darfur and agreed to allow African Union forces to monitor the activities of its police in camps for displaced persons in the region.


label: 3 text: Controlling  #39;The Sims #39; Instead of genre staples such as lobbing grenades or casting spells, the game asked players to get excited about tasks such as personal hygiene and interior design.


label: 0 text: Holocaust survivor laments Darfur UNITED NATIONSToo little has been done, too late, to end rape and killing in Sudan #39;s Darfur region, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel said yesterday and urged a more vigorous international response.


label: 2 text: Shrimpers hail tariffs on imports Federal trade officials Tuesday announced final tariffs on shrimp from China and Vietnam, affirming US shrimpers #39; claims that exporters in those countries have dumped their product in the United States at artificially low prices.


label: 2 text: NO OVITZ-SIGHT Disney #39;s board of directors didn #39;t get to see all the details of Michael Ovitz #39;s fat employment contract or the deal that let him walk away with a \$140 million severance


label: 0 text: Tamil Tigers reject peace plans Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels dismiss new government proposals to restart peace talks.


label: 0 text: You #39;ll be back, Arnie tells Japan HE was last in Japan as the Terminator, while he was away he became the Governator, and now he #39;s back as ... what, the Promotivator?


label: 2 text: US Economy's 'Soft Patch' to Linger -UCLA  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. economy will linger  through a "soft patch" for the foreseeable future and a  pullback in consumer spending could trigger a recession within  the next two years, according to a widely watched forecast  issued on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Robiskie Picks Up  #39;Interim #39; Tag Once Again Terry Robiskie is growing accustomed to inheriting someone else #39;s team and someone else #39;s problems late in a wildly disappointing season, with little or no hope of turning things around and virtually


label: 3 text: Symbol launches new Pocket PC with wireless LAN Symbol Technologies, Inc. has introduced the first in a new family of what they call durable enterprise digital assistant (EDA) products specifically designed for business essential applications within the enterprise environment.


label: 0 text: Sri Lanka: Demonstrations outside Norwegian Embassy In Sri Lanka, angry demonstrators outside the Norwegian Embassy on Monday placed a coffin with the dead body of a Tamil politician outside the Norwegian Embassy.


label: 2 text: Doing a deal, Boston-style There really ought to be a special place in heaven reserved for rich people who fight with each other, if only because of the great theater they provide for everyone else.


label: 3 text: ESPN Eyes Mobile Phone Market Sports media company teams with Sprint to offer a branded cell phone service.


label: 3 text: MacCentral Week in Review Both under the hood and above it, the Apple iPod from HP looks just like the Apple iPod from Apple. It has the same Click Wheel, backlit black and white LCD screen and chrome and white case design.


label: 3 text: Dalhousie scientists first to clone insects Hoping other scientists might apply their findings to humans, a team of researchers in Halifax has announced they #39;ve become first in the world to successfully clone insects.


label: 3 text: IBM delivers Power-based servers with Linux IBM is unveiling an aggressively priced series of Linux-only systems today that will push its Power5 line of servers down into the low end of the market, taking Linux with it.


label: 3 text: Warning of major NHS IT overspend The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could reach 31bn - five times the declared figure, a report says.


label: 0 text: Good times make Howard favourite This morning, as Australians prepare to vote in their federal election, John Winston Howard looks increasingly likely to win a fourth term as Prime Minister, eclipsing Labor #39;s Bob Hawke to become


label: 1 text: Singletary executes Chatlos #39; plan, wins Cup race as 16-to-1 <b>...</b> When trainer Donald Chatlos brought Singletary to Bay Meadows to win the San Francisco Breeders #39; Cup Mile on April 24, it was part of a much bigger plan.


label: 3 text: Microsoft JPEG exploit reported Hacker web sites are claiming to have posted proof-of-concept exploit code for the latest critical Microsoft Corp software vulnerability, which is sometimes a precursor to broader attacks using a worm.


label: 3 text: Pitcairn By now, most people will have heard of the rather sordid tale of the Pitcairn Islands. For those who haven't, it is a tale of sex, scandals, infamy, mutineers, fights for survival and all sorts of other stuff that tabloid newspapers love.


label: 2 text: Yukos partly suspends oil exports to China LONDON, September 20 (newratings.com) - Russian oil giant, OAO Yukos Oil Company (YUSA.FSE), has partly suspended its rail shipments to China, leading to increased supply disruption risks in the global oil market.


label: 2 text: Gannett Profit Up on TV, Paper Ad Growth Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported an 11 percent jump in quarterly net profit on advertising sales gains at its newspapers and local


label: 1 text: Dover II: Tony Stewart race report DOVER, Del., (Sept. 26, 2004) - A sixth-place finish in any type of race car at Dover International Speedway is a solid and respectable achievement, but after two wins, nine top-fives and now 11 top-10 results


label: 1 text: Vieira Misses Euro Clash Patrick Vieira will miss Arsenals Champions league match against Panathinaikos on Wednesday and is a major doubt for the clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.


label: 1 text: England, France suffer first night nerves; Greeks tumble It was not just a two-goal lead England threw away in its opening World Cup qualifier against Austria here on Saturday. Sven-Goran Eriksson #39;s margin for error was also discarded when David James allowed Andreas


label: 1 text: Germany, Argentina hold no fear for Socceroos MATCHES against soccer powerhouses Germany and Argentina await the Socceroos at the Confederations Cup next year in what they hope will be a dress rehearsal for the 2006 World Cup finals.


label: 0 text: Tennis: Ferrero falls in epic Last year's runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero goes out of the US Open after a five-set battle with Stefan Koubek.


label: 0 text: Details of Congress'  #36;388B Bill to Bush (AP) AP - Congress sent President Bush a  #36;388 billion legislative package Tuesday that covers the spending of every federal agency but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.


label: 0 text: Al-Jazeera TV: Two women of Allawi #39;s relatives released in Iraq Al-Jazeera TV in Qatar said that one Islamic group has released two women of the relatives of the Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi, but still holding his cousin as a hostage.


label: 3 text: Alien Moon Titan Flyby Coverage Begins Tuesday on Local Cable <b>...</b> It is an encounter that planetary scientists and space science enthusiasts have been waiting for as the Cassini-Huygens Probe darts into the upper atmosphere of the Saturn moon Titan on Tuesday afternoon October 26th.


label: 2 text: S.E.C. Is Said to Examine Stock Pricing By Big Brokers About a dozen brokerage firms are suspected of failing to secure the best available price for stocks they were trading for their customers.


label: 3 text: Oracle looks beyond big-ticket contracts This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. Oracle has begun selling business applications software to small companies in conjunction


label: 2 text: SEC Files Civil Suit Against Former Hollinger Executives The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed a civil lawsuit alleging that media baron Conrad M. Black fraudulently diverted millions of dollars from Hollinger International Inc.


label: 1 text: Gatlin, Hayes Earn Jesse Owens Awards  PORTLAND, Ore. (Sports Network) - Olympic medalists Justin  Gatlin and Joanna Hayes Monday were named the winners of the  2004 Jesse Owens Awards by USA Track   Field.


label: 2 text: Samsung to make \$24B chip investment by 2010 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to invest 25 trillion won (US\$24 billion) in building new semiconductor production lines by 2010, the company said Monday.


label: 0 text: Bashir charged in hotel bomb case Militant cleric ordered suicide attack on Marriott hotel, says indictment. Not clear whether Bali bombings included in charge. JAKARTA - Indonesian prosecutors have formally charged militant cleric Abu Bakar


label: 0 text: Cheney Leaves Hospital After Tests (AP) AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart trouble, went to a hospital Saturday after experiencing shortness of breath. Tests found no abnormalities, an aide said, and Cheney left after three hours.


label: 3 text: Sun, Dell Lead Server Sales (PC World) PC World - Low-cost Linux and Windows servers are outselling Unix models, Gartner analysts say.


label: 3 text: Roman cosmetic secrets revealed The fashion conscious women of Roman Britain used a tin-based foundation to get a pale and appealing look. The evidence comes from a sealed pot of ointment found at an archaeological dig in Southwark, south London, last year.


label: 3 text: Cheat Sheet: Firefox It #39;s a new internet browser. The first full version, Firefox 1.0, was launched earlier this month. In the sense it #39;s a browser, yes, but the differences are larger than the similarities.


label: 2 text: No personal shareholding in Reliance Energy, claims Anil Caught in a row with elder brother Mukesh Ambani over the ownership of Reliance empire, Reliance Energy chairman and managing director Anil Ambani on Sunday sought to enlist support of all the 25,000 strong workforce of the company saying like them he was


label: 3 text: Sony Launches MP3 Walkmans to Counter IPod  LONDON (Reuters) - Sony Corp 6758.T launched its first  MP3-compatible flash memory digital music players under the  Walkman name on Monday in the latest bid to reclaim the lead in  a market it has lost to Apple Computer's iPod.


label: 1 text: NBA Ratifies Referees Five-Year Contract (AP) AP - NBA referees have entered into a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the league, removing the possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming season.


label: 2 text: Oil Prices Keep Rising The cost of a barrel of oil jumped more than 25 cents in just a few hours Thursday -- hitting \$52.53. .At this rate, the price could be aiming for the \$53 mark soon.


label: 0 text: Fire stops production at Bridgestone #39;s biggest tire plant in Japan TOKYO : Production at Bridgestone #39;s biggest tire plant in Japan remained suspended a day after a fire broke out at a rubber refining facility, a company spokesman said.


label: 0 text: Chinese Advocates of Reform Seek Help From Deng's Spirit China's retired elders are using the 100th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's birthday to emphasize the urgency of political reform.


label: 2 text: Wall Street stocks shed on downbeat Coca-Cola outlook <b>...</b> Wall Street stocks fell Wednesday as a gloomy outlook from Coca-Cola Co. and a weaker reading on industrial production for August pressured on the market.


label: 2 text: Lenovo, IBM May Soon Reveal PC Unit Deal  HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's largest personal computer  maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., could announce as early as Tuesday  that it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for up to  US\$2 billion, a source familiar with the situation said.


label: 3 text: Police Arrest 28 in Online ID Theft Scams Federal authorities have arrested 28 individuals in the United States and several other countries who are accused of operating public Web sites designed to help people steal, sell and forge credit cards and identification documents. -washingtonpost.com


label: 0 text: At Least 19 Killed, Scores Injured in Iraq Bombing A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb today near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard in the northern city of Kirkuk.


label: 3 text: Nokia, Vodafone join forces to simplify mobile phone software (AFP) AFP - Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia and British mobile operator Vodafone said they would collaborate to simplify mobile phone software using the Java computer language, paving the way for cheaper mobile phones in the long run.


label: 3 text: Ancient Greek burial ground uncovered Athens, Greece - Archaeologists have discovered ancient graves during excavations near Ancient Olympia, the hallowed site where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.


label: 2 text: Oil prices decline on rise in US crude inventories NEW YORK, October 27 (newratings.com) - Crude oil prices declined sharply today after the US weekly inventory data revealed a higher-than-expected increase in crude oil inventories last week.


label: 2 text: Defense stocks jump on outcome The Boeing Co. and other defense stocks jumped higher Wednesday, buoyed by expectations that President Bush #39;s re-election would benefit the sector.


label: 3 text: News: Bill would narrow intruder surveillance Senate proposal would scale back a provision of the USA Patriot Act that lets the FBI monitor alleged computer trespassers without a warrant.


label: 1 text: Arsenal manager Wenger dismisses Real link Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reconfirmed his commitment to the English premier league club on Friday, saying that he would sign a new contract before the end ofthe year.


label: 3 text: Anti-Spam Effort Killed Amid Patent Row (AP) AP - A row over intellectual property claims from Microsoft Corp. has dealt a fatal blow to an ambitious effort by Internet engineers to create a technical standard for curbing junk e-mail.


label: 1 text: Clark is all business on, off course In the Deutsche Bank field of 156 golfers, many are well-known, but a lot are far removed from the spotlight. Meet another of those unheralded golfers -- South African Tim Clark.


label: 2 text: FedEx Profit Jumps, Outlook Is Raised (Reuters) Reuters - FedEx Corp. , the world's top\air-express shipper, on Thursday said quarterly profit more\than tripled on strength in its international, ground and\freight businesses, and the company raised its full-year\earnings forecast.


label: 3 text: Chicago Mayor Unveils Surveillance Plan (AP) AP - More than 2,000 surveillance cameras in public places would be tied in to a network that would use sophisticated software to spot emergencies or suspicious behavior under a plan announced Thursday by Mayor Richard Daley.


label: 0 text: Hamas Says to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote  GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamic militant faction  Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a  successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on  Wednesday.


label: 1 text: UW Men Tops In Alaska ANCHORAGE - The University of Washington men #39;s basketball team was without Brandon Roy Saturday night, but the 22nd-ranked Huskies still won the Great Alaska Shootout.


label: 3 text: China aims at five-day space shot China #39;s second manned space flight will carry two astronauts into space and will orbit the Earth for five days. The country #39;s space authorities made the announcement about the mission, which is scheduled for


label: 3 text: Let human diversity color the cosmos ROBERT ZUBRIN: First for the science, second for the challenge, and third for the future. First, for science. Mars is the key to letting us know if life is a general phenomenon in the universe.


label: 2 text: Westmoreland agrees to NC deal Colorado Springs-based Westmoreland Coal Co. (AMEX: WLB) will buy LG amp;E Energy #39;s 50 percent stake in a North Carolina power project for \$125 million.


label: 1 text: Germany #39;s Glagow, Fischer win biathlon events Germany #39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men #39;s 20-kilometer race.


label: 2 text: Update 5: Constellation Makes \$970M Bid for Mondavi Constellation Brands Inc., an international producer and marketer of wine, spirits and beers, said Tuesday that it had made a \$970 million cash bid to acquire The Robert Mondavi Corp.


label: 0 text: Rice Defends Comments on Iraq Nuke Threat WASHINGTON - National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time.    In the run-up to the March 2003 war, Rice said in a television interview in 2002 that the Iraqi president was trying to obtain high-strength aluminum tubes to rebuild his nuclear weapons program...


label: 1 text: Yankees Decline Options on Quantrill, Lee (AP) AP - The Yankees declined their 2005 option on first baseman Travis Lee on Friday and their 2006 option on reliever Paul Quantrill.


label: 3 text: Oracle #39;s New App Server Targets Midmarket Oracle Tuesday continued its midmarket push with the release of a new version of its 10g J2EE application server priced for midsize customers.


label: 3 text: Coast-Mapping Satellites Will Follow the Tides Satellite image acquisitions will be synchronised with the tides as part of an ambitious new project to map coastlines from space. Accurate up-to-date marine charts are essential for safe shipping navigation.


label: 2 text: Interest Rates Expected To Rise The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a quarter-point rise in the federal funds target rate from 1.75 percent to 2.0 percent, economists and traders agree.


label: 3 text: Earth to See Total Eclipse of the Moon (AP) AP - Earthlings are about to be treated to a total lunar eclipse, just in time for Halloween.


label: 2 text: U.S. Holiday Spending Expected to Rise  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rosier economic outlook will boost  U.S. holiday spending by up to 5 percent this year despite a  firm resolution by many consumers to spend less, a consumer  group said on Monday.


label: 3 text: Lanka claims \$5m for  #39;cable damages #39; COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities tried to seize an Indian ship yesterday and sought \$5 million in damages, accusing it of breaking the undersea fibre optic cable that connects the tropical island #39;s main Internet links to the rest of the world.


label: 1 text: Shockey unhappy with himself, not coach Jeremy Shockey yesterday reiterated his comments from Wednesday about his frustration with his role but denied he was insinuating that he is unhappy with how Giants coach Tom Coughlin is using him.


label: 1 text: Jones looks to end dissonant year on golden note Controversial triple Olympic champion Marion Jones will try to claim the two titles she missed out on in 2000 when she competes in the long jump final and, hopefully, the 4x100 metres relay at the Athens Games on Friday.


label: 2 text: Yudhyono boost for stock market Indonesia's stock market makes strong gains as former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks set to become president.


label: 1 text: Spadea in semifinals Top-seeded Vincent Spadea beat qualifier Hugo Armando 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Friday night to reach the semifinals of the Millennium International Tennis Championships.


label: 3 text: At Mount St. Helens, the Big Eruption Is of Data, Not Lava In the years since Mount St. Helens last erupted, technology has completely revolutionized volcano science.


label: 2 text: Nikkei Up Over 1 Percent at Midday  TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei stock average rose 1.02  percent by midsession on Monday as investors were encouraged to  seek bargains by a recovery in U.S. stocks after crude oil  prices retreated from record highs.


label: 2 text: Microsoft Settles With Novell and a Trade Group Microsoft settled with Novell for \$536 million. Novell also intends to file a new suit againt Microsoft regrading word-processing software.


label: 2 text: F.D.A. Failing in Drug Safety, Official Asserts Federal drug regulators are "virtually incapable of protecting America" from unsafe drugs, a federal drug safety reviewer told a Congressional panel.


label: 0 text: Maldives political reforms cosmetic - opposition (Reuters) Reuters - The chief political opponent of Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Friday accused Asia's longest serving ruler of continuing to stifle democracy despite his pledges of reform.


label: 1 text: Hawks Ink Free Agents Kenny Anderson, Jon Barry (Reuters) Reuters - The Atlanta Hawks signed free\agent guards Kenny Anderson and Jon Barry on Thursday. Terms of\the contracts were not disclosed.


label: 3 text: Enterprise Windows IT Microsoft Contests Eolas Patent Infringement <b>...</b> Microsoft is appealing a \$565 million judgment awarded to Eolas, a spinoff of the University of California, in a patent infringement case.


label: 1 text: Germany Paddles to Bronze The men #39;s single slalom canoe race ended with balled fists and shouts of joy for Stefan Pfannmller. But for Germany #39;s women, there was nothing to celebrate.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Sees  #36;100 Million First Day for 'Halo 2' Game (Reuters) Reuters - First-day sales of Microsoft\Corp.'s  new video game "Halo 2" will reach  #36;100\million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Liverpool captain Gerrard ready to return Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is expected to return from a two-month absence Saturday at Middlesbrough.


label: 1 text: A's Want Kendall Three-time All-Star catcher Jason Kendall has waved a no-trade that could send him from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Oakland Athletics.


label: 2 text: Crude futures bounce around \$46 per barrel range Crude futures prices traded near two-month lows on Wednesday after the US government reported that commercially available oil supplies increased for the eighth straight week.


label: 1 text: They can #39;t turn down chance to turn corner inally, you can see the corner. It #39;s right there, waiting with all of its trappings. Get past it and you #39;re downwind. Get past it and everything is different.


label: 2 text: After the battle comes the war The three-way battle for Warner Chilcott reached a new pitch this morning when the company recommended a 1.6 billion bid tabled by a US-led private equity team.


label: 0 text: Strike is averted by deal with British Airways LONDON British Airways and union leaders said over the weekend that they had agreed to a three-year pay deal for check-in employees and baggage handlers and that a strike scheduled for Friday had been suspended.


label: 3 text: Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi micro PC Preview Smaller than a laptop, bigger than a PDA - the perfect PC size?


label: 2 text: Poverty Still Mars Chile #39;s Success Story Chile is using a Pacific Rim summit to showcase itself as a Latin American model for free trade, democracy and modernity. But grinding poverty just outside the convention


label: 0 text: Six family members hanged in Egypt over killing spree (AFP) AFP - Six members of the same family were hanged in Egypt after being convicted for the revenge-killing of 22 members of a rival family two years ago.


label: 2 text: Group of Cities, Counties Sues Microsoft  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of California cities and  counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against  Microsoft Corp.MSFT.O, saying that the world's largest  software maker overcharged government agencies for software.


label: 0 text: Japan Airlines Cancels Flights as Typhoon Heads to Main Islands Japan Airlines Corp., the country #39;s largest carrier, has canceled flights between the southern islands of Okinawa and Daito as Typhoon Chaba slowly proceeds west to Japan #39;s main islands.


label: 3 text: Sci-Fi Paints a Pretty Picture Whether you're into science fiction's predicted future or just like bizarre creatures, here's an art show for you. Rachel Metz reports from New York.


label: 2 text: Oil Rises for Fourth Day as Yukos May Reduce Exports to China Crude oil rose for a fourth day in New York after OAO Yukos Oil Co. said it will halt shipments to China #39;s biggest oil company because its bank accounts have been frozen in a tax dispute with the Russian government.


label: 1 text: Phillies Consider John Russell for Manager (AP) AP - John Russell might be perceived as a long shot among Philadelphia Phillies managerial candidates.


label: 0 text: Putin Offers Hand to Bush in U.S. Election (Reuters) Reuters - Russian President Vladimir\Putin, siding with President Bush two weeks before the U.S.\election, said Monday that armed attacks in Iraq were staged by\"international terrorism" out to block his re-election.


label: 3 text: Symantec issues fixes for critical flaws Symantec has released firmware fixes for a string of critical security holes in its firewall/VPN and Gateway Security products which could be exploited to cause a denial of service, identify


label: 0 text: Two Men Questioned in Pakistan Bombing (AP) AP - Police said Monday they were questioning two men in connection with a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque in eastern Pakistan that killed three people plus the bomber  #151; the latest violence in what appears to be rising strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.


label: 0 text: Latham on the mend Federal Labor leader Mark Latham is up and walking around this morning and his office says there is every indication he will leave hospital in the next 48 hours.


label: 3 text: PalmOne Wi-Fi SD Card Review Wireless networking for your Zire 72, Tungsten T3 or T5


label: 2 text: Nortel rivals cool outlook for wireless gear How long can the wireless networking boom last? Not much longer, according to major competitors of Nortel Networks. Ericsson, the giant of the wireless industry, put a damper on stock markets yesterday when


label: 3 text: Adults-Only rated Leisure Suit Larry now available More nudity, more raunch, more sex scenes fill new  quot;Uncut quot; version of VU #39;s risqu college adventure. Is it even possible to make Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude--a video game characterized by nothing


label: 0 text: U.N. Bolstering Troops on Congo Border (Reuters) Reuters - The United Nations is sending\extra peacekeepers to Congo's North Kivu province, which will\improve security in the area after Rwanda threatened to carry\out a strike against rebels operating on Congolese soil, a U.N.\spokesman said on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Russia launches operation to capture Chechen militants Moscow, Sep 20. (UNI): Russian troops have launched a special operation to capture Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev and rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov wanted for a series of terrorist attacks in Russia including the Beslan school strike.


label: 2 text: Circuit City Cuts Loss, Stock Soars  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N on  Friday reported a narrower quarterly loss as it kept a tight  rein on expenses and sales of digital televisions and notebook  computers rose, sending its stock up 5 percent.


label: 1 text: Larsson goal caps return to Celtic as Barca win 3-1 Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson marked his return to Celtic with his Spanish side #39;s third goal in an impressive 3-1 win against the Scottish champions in Tuesday #39;s Champions League Group F opener.


label: 2 text: Stronach offers no answers on Tobin departure from Magna TORONTO - Magna International chairman Frank Stronach on Monday shed little light on the departure of Brian Tobin, former Newfoundland and Labrador premier and former federal cabinet minister, from the Magna group.


label: 1 text: Sven Ponders Three-Pronged Attack Sven-Goran Eriksson today admitted he is considering deploying a three-man attack against Wales in tomorrows World Cup qualifier.


label: 0 text: Japan #39;s navy gives chase to suspicious sub The government ordered the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) to chase an unidentified submarine that was spotted in Japan #39;s territorial waters around southwestern Okinawa Prefecture Wednesday morning, a government spokesman said.


label: 3 text: Cut-down Windows XP released in India Microsoft has developed a cut-down version of Windows XP with a Hindi interface for the Indian market. The Indian version, which will be available early next year, will also feature help and training in Hindi.


label: 3 text: Microsoft downplays XP SP2 flaw claims Microsoft has won the first round against security researchers digging for flaws in its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), dismissing claims by German consultants to have identified vulnerabilities.


label: 2 text: US Airways Says Not Selling Aircraft (Reuters) Reuters - US Airways  said on\Saturday it has no current plans to reduce its fleet of\aircraft, disputing postings on the Internet that the bankrupt\carrier has put planes up for sale.


label: 3 text: Siberian cubs get radio collars Tiny endangered tiger cubs from Siberia have been kitted out with radio collars so that scientists can track them. They are the youngest tigers to wear the special elastic collars, says the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).


label: 3 text: Atari launches 64-bit AMD 64 game CHIP FIRM AMD has got itself very excited because Atari has released a game that takes advantage of 64-bitness. The game, called Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, has more detail, uses artificial intelligence and  quot;never before seen textures quot;.


label: 3 text: Space Specimens Saved From Wrecked Capsule cientists think useful samples of all the many types of solar particles collected by the Genesis space capsule survived its crash in the Utah desert almost four weeks ago, promising researchers


label: 2 text: Cahoot hit by web security scare A security loophole at internet bank Cahoot allowed customers to view other people's accounts, a BBC investigation reveals.


label: 1 text: Wenger:  #39;The referee #39;s decision made the difference #39; Arsene Wenger was predictably fuming at referee Mike Riley following the  #39;homer #39; referees incredible decisions at Old Trafford.


label: 0 text: Annan to Urge World Leaders to Respect Human Life  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to tell world leaders on Tuesday to respect human  life, whether civilians or prisoners of war in Iraq, villagers  in Sudan or children in northern Uganda or Russia.


label: 3 text: Adobe Repairs Reader, Acrobat Flaws Adobe this week updated its Acrobat and Reader software to fix vulnerabilities spotted by Reston, Vir.-based security intelligence firm iDefense.


label: 1 text: Golf: Bohn, Ellis open with 63s at Michelin Championship LAS VEGAS, United States : Danny Ellis and Jason Bohn fired rounds of 63 to lead after the first round of the four million dollar PGA Michelin Championship.


label: 1 text: Liverpool keep dream alive Running on pure adrenalin, attacking in relentless red waves towards a beseeching Kop, Liverpool fought back magnificently against the dying of their Champions League light last


label: 3 text: Feds Kick Off Digital TV Consumer Campaign It's one of the biggest technical changes in television since color TV: the digital transition. And because many Americans remain in the dark about it, federal regulators began an education campaign Monday to enlighten them.


label: 3 text: Borland moving forward with SDO 15 Sep 2004, 16:01 GMT - Borland Software took a new direction this week, with the announcement of Software Delivery Optimization (SDO).


label: 3 text: Robbie #39;s Album on Memory Cards Robbie Williams #39;s new Greatest Hits album will be sold on memory cards, which can be inserted into cellphones and laptops and listened to in MP3 format.


label: 1 text: Halkia's Win Extraordinary, Says Pittman's Coach  ATHENS (Reuters) - Fani Halkia's victory in the Olympics  women's 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related  questions about the Greek's performance are unfair, Australian  coach Phil King said Thursday.


label: 0 text: Bloc flag flap offers "great opportunity" to appreciate veterans: Harper (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - RICHMOND, Que. (CP) - A Bloc Quebecois MP's refusal to hand out the Maple Leaf has given the Conservatives and the whole country a chance to further appreciate Canada's veterans, Tory Leader Stephen Harper said Saturday.


label: 0 text: Palestinian commission to investigate Arafat #39;s cause of death RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat #39;s death. A statement from Ahmed Qureia #39;s (AHK #39;-mehd kuh-RAY #39;-uhz) office says a commission will


label: 2 text: KMPG Agrees to Pay \$115 Million to Settle Suit The accounting firm KPMG has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming the company failed in its audit of a software company which later collapsed.


label: 0 text: India tests Agni II missile NEW DELHI, Aug 29: India tested its Agni II surface to surface missile on Sunday in overcast conditions, PTI said quoting defence sources.


label: 3 text: Titan #39;s surface like an icy eggshell, images show The surface of Titan, Saturn #39;s largest moon, looks like a cracked eggshell, a windblown landscape dotted with propane lakes, according to images that NASA released Thursday.


label: 0 text: China Explains Sub Incursion Facing strong protests, China broke a week-long silence Tuesday and offered Japan its first explanation about a Chinese submarine that Tokyo said intruded into Japanese territorial


label: 2 text: Opec to raise output ceiling issue in Sept 15 meeting JAKARTA: Opec wants a faster retreat in oil prices and will discuss whether to raise its official oil output ceiling at its September 15 meeting, cartel president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Thursday.


label: 3 text: Qualcomm Raises 4Q, Year Outlook (AP) AP - Qualcomm Inc. Friday raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the current quarter, based on higher shipments of its cell-phone chips.


label: 0 text: 7 killed in crash of cargo jet in Canada OTTAWA - A Boeing 747 cargo jet registered in Ghana crashed and burned on take-off from Halifax airport in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Thursday, killing all seven crew on board, police said.


label: 2 text: Levi Strauss Posts Profit  CHICAGO (Reuters) - - Jeans maker Levi Strauss   Co. on  Tuesday posted a quarterly profit, compared with a year-earlier  loss, helped by sales of higher-priced products in Europe and  Asia and lower costs.


label: 0 text: Militants Give France Another Day Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq extended their deadline by another 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported. The kidnappers threaten to kill the journalists unless France agrees to remove a ban on headscarves in schools.


label: 0 text: Car Bombing Kills 39 at Pakistan Religious Rally  MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 39 people were killed  and more than 80 wounded when a car bomb exploded at a rally to  commemorate an assassinated militant religious leader in  central Pakistan early Thursday, police said.


label: 3 text: University Offers Free Microsoft Software to Students PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- Students returning to Washington State University this week found free Microsoft software waiting for them...


label: 2 text: CSC Wins \$1.35 billion Contract Computer Sciences Corporation has won a ten-year, \$1.35 billion contract to manage telephone and computer networks for Ascension Health, the largest nonprofit health care system in the US


label: 2 text: Gulf monetary union requires political consensus, says IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, Rodrigo de Rato, said the road to a monetary union could be bumpy at times, as it requires strong political commitment


label: 2 text: Sprint begins \$3 billion march to 3G Sprint, the fourth-largest US cell phone operator, has started a \$3 billion network upgrade, with \$1 billion earmarked for a wireless broadband service to launch soon in selected cities, a Sprint executive said Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Celtic 0, AC Milan 0 Celtic manager Martin O #39;Neill last night said it was time for the board to  quot;take stock quot; after their latest European adventure came to an end weeks before Christmas.


label: 1 text: Rulon Gardner Loses Bid for Repeat Gold (AP) AP - Rulon Gardner was in another Olympic wrestling upset  #151; his own. One of the biggest stars of the 2000 Summer Games, Gardner was thrown to the mat in overtime Wednesday by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and lost 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal match.


label: 2 text: Cisco 1st-Qtr Net Rises 29 Amid Web-Phone Sales Gain (Update2) Cisco Systems Inc., the world #39;s largest maker of computer-networking equipment, said first- quarter profit rose 29 percent amid demand for Internet phones and devices that link homes to the Web.


label: 3 text: U.K. deploys electronic image archiving in all hospitals General Electric and EMC have won a \$200 million deal to install electronic image archiving systems in 70 hospitals in the U.K., as part of an effort to centralize communications and modernize technology throughout the national health system.


label: 2 text: BHP #39;s Shenzi-3 Well Finds Oil in US Gulf of Mexico (Update1) BHP Billiton, Australia #39;s biggest oil and gas producer, said a second appraisal well at its Shenzi discovery in the Gulf of Mexico found oil, increasing the likelihood the field can be commercially developed.


label: 3 text: Comcast's Perks to Montgomery Criticized The cable television company has taken an aggressive and, critics say, sometimes heavy-handed, approach to protecting its interests in the Maryland county.


label: 0 text: Blair: 'Casinos will bring jobs' Allowing dozens of casinos to be built in the UK would bring investment and thousands of jobs, Tony Blair says.


label: 3 text: Microsoft demonstrates supercomputing Windows A forthcoming version of Windows Server is designed for building supercomputers from clusters of PCs.


label: 0 text: Gunmen kill 22 police in attacks in western Iraq Gunmen stormed police stations in western Iraq on Sunday and shot dead up to 22 Iraqi policemen in cold blood, a day after attacks on security forces killed 35 people, police and witnesses said.


label: 1 text: Bird Bounces Monarchs Nursing a repaired nose, Sue Bird has 10 points and 14 assists to lead the Seattle Storm to the WNBA finals with an 82-62 win over the Sacramento Monarchs on Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Hero British soldiers die in Basra Two British soldiers have died trying to save comrades following an ambush near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.


label: 0 text: Syria frees political detainees It is reported to be the biggest single amnesty for three years. The official Sana news agency said it was part of an  quot;open and tolerant policy quot;.


label: 0 text: Nigerian oil flows, for now The threat of violence in petroleum-rich Nigeria this week, followed by a spike in oil prices, underscored yet again that country #39;s importance and danger to companies that work there.


label: 1 text: Brett Favre Shines as Green Bay Mauls St. Louis Brett Favre celebrated his 200th consecutive start by throwing three touchdown passes as the Green Bay Packers destroyed the St. Louis Rams 45-17 at Lambeau Field Monday.


label: 2 text: WTO Approves Sanctions Against US in  #39;Byrd #39; Row The European Union and its allies got the go-ahead on Tuesday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in a row that could stir trade tensions ahead of the US elections.


label: 2 text: Northwest Airlines CEO resigns Richard Anderson has quit as chief executive officer of Northwest Airlines. He said Friday he has been hired as executive vice president of a health care company which like Northwest is based in Minnesota.


label: 2 text: Germany #39;s Deutsche Post takes 38 per cent stake in Unipost of <b>...</b> German mail giant Deutsche Post said Tuesday it is taking a 38 per cent stake in Spanish postal company Unipost. Deutsche Post did not disclose the price of the stake in Barcelona-based Unipost


label: 0 text: France investigates airport gaffe France launches an inquiry  into how airport police lost plastic explosives they hid in a passenger's luggage.


label: 3 text: 'Insider' Information Puts City Blogs on the Map Locally focused group "metro" blogs -- compilations of events, reflections, recommendations, news and complaints -- are emerging to put a number of big cities in intimate, street-level relief.


label: 3 text: HP Repurchases \$1.3B of Common Stock Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers, printers and information technology systems for businesses, said Monday that it bought back about \$1.3 billion worth of common shares from Merrill Lynch   Co. in an accelerated repurchase program, while its board also approved the repurchase of an added \$3 billion in stock.


label: 2 text: Tractor Supply 3rd-Quarter Earnings Drop (Reuters) Reuters - Farming supply retailer Tractor Supply\Co.  on Monday reported that its earnings fell in the\third quarter because of higher freight costs, higher costs for\steel and other commodities and a shift in sales to lower\margin hurricane-related items.


label: 3 text: 'Virtual' repairs for Cutty Sark Digital models of an historic ship are created as part of its restoration to test if it will survive the process.


label: 1 text: Seattle Burned Again by 4th-Qtr Collapse (AP) AP - Seattle's young defense hasn't been the same since collapsing in the fourth quarter of an October loss to St. Louis. For good measure, the Seahawks did it again against the Dallas Cowboys.


label: 1 text: Eagles Lose OL Andrews  PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Offensive lineman Shawn  Andrews, Philadelphia's No. 1 draft pick this year, suffered a  fractured right leg in Sunday's game against the New York  Giants. Head coach Andy Reid said after the Eagles' 31-17  victory that Andrews will miss the rest of the season.


label: 0 text: Haiti Storm Toll Tops 1,500; 900 Missing GONAIVES, Haiti - The staggering death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne shot upward to an estimated 1,500 people Saturday, with 900 Haitians still missing as a thunderstorm drenched the homeless who are living on rooftops and sidewalks.    U.N...


label: 3 text: Intel Announces Latest Mobile Chip Intel has announced the latest version of its Centrino mobile processor family, the Pentium M 765, which offers 2 MB of Level 2 cache and a 400-MHz system bus.


label: 3 text: Intel Says It's 'Recovered' from Costly Missteps  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. INTC.O will  miss  its 2004 product cost reduction targets because of a widely  publicized string of product delays and problems, but those  missteps are largely behind it now, the world's largest chip  maker said on Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Nvidia Shores Up Development Gap with Intel Pact Under a cross-licensing agreement with Intel, Nvidia will be able to develop its nForce platform for Pentium chips. The agreement will give the graphics chip maker a boost in its race to keep


label: 0 text: N.Y. Welcomes Protesters With Discounts (AP) AP - Discounted hotels and Broadway show tickets for convention protesters?


label: 3 text: Russia is Fourth Country for Windows XP Starter Edition Microsoft this week announced that it #39;s expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition into Russia. The company said that it hopes to get the software to PC OEMs in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States by early 2005.


label: 1 text: Tuesday #39;s Sports Transactions Dec 7, 2004 - ATLANTA BRAVES Named Tim Conroy special assistant to the general manager-major league scout. CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with SS Nomar Garciaparra on a one-year contract.


label: 0 text: Tennis: Agassi rolls on American Andre Agassi defeats Sargis Sargisan to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open.


label: 2 text: Smaller Companies Given 45-Day Delay on Audit Certification although not large ones - were given a reprieve yesterday from requirements imposed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals that they certify their financial controls.


label: 3 text: Lycos Europe Aims To Thwart Spammers with DDoS Attacks  quot;It #39;s not going to work, quot; said Laura Atkins, President of the SpamCon Foundation.  quot;Spammers will start putting in garbage URLs, and most of those will belong to innocent bystanders.


label: 2 text: Wal-Mart Sales Estimate Boosts Sector  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's No. 1 retailer, on Monday said December sales would be  at the top end of its prior estimate on better-than-expected  post-Christmas spending, driving its shares up 1 percent.


label: 3 text: New OSes, applications from PalmSource PalmSource has been busy lately, and has now announced updates to both of its OS lines as well as a new web browser and OTA installer.


label: 2 text: China Aviation seeks rescue plan Collapsed jet fuel supplier China Aviation Oil launches a rescue plan after running up \$550m in trading losses.


label: 1 text: Solberg Turns Up Heat Petter Solberg turned up the heat on world championship rival Sebastien Loeb with a blistering display on stage six to close in on the Wales Rally GB leader.


label: 3 text: Groups Chide U.S. on Mercury Regulations (AP) AP - Environmentalists and two Maryland Democratic congressmen chastised the Bush administration Wednesday for proposed regulations they said will not do enough to reduce mercury contamination of Maryland rivers, lakes and the Chesapeake Bay.


label: 1 text: Baseball GMs Weigh in on Instant Replay (AP) AP - After a pennant race and postseason dotted with reversed rulings, baseball will get another chance to see who else wants to give replay a look. The topic is on the agenda for Thursday at the GM meetings. And there seems to be growing support among teams to join the NFL, NBA and NHL in using instant replay on calls such as fair or foul and homer or not, but definitely not balls and strikes.


label: 1 text: Navy Pounds Army  PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Kyle Eckel rushed for a  career-high 179 yards and a touchdown to lead the Navy  Midshipmen to a 42-13 rout of the Army Black Knights in the  105th meeting of the storied rivalry between the service  academies from Lincoln Financial Field.


label: 2 text: Damage to increase grapefruit price tag Florida will produce the smallest grapefruit crop in almost 70 years after three hurricanes hit the state #39;s citrus producing counties, blowing over trees, ripping fruit from limbs and flooding groves.


label: 0 text: Russia in shock as school hostage drama looms Iran condemns Moscow <b>...</b> MOSCOW, Russia (Agencies) -- Seven people were killed as armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and took at least 100 people hostage on Wednesday, Russian media reported.


label: 1 text: Adu Hurts Shoulder United medical staffers confirm that Freddy Aduhas  first degree sprain to his right shoulder after a hard fall in last Sunday's regular season finale.


label: 0 text: Pakistan Says 'Important' Al Qaeda Men Arrested (Reuters) Reuters - Pakistani security forces have\arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an\Egyptian, a senior official said on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Hirst restaurant sale makes 11m Fixtures and fittings from Damien Hirst's restaurant Pharmacy sell for 11.1, 8m more than expected.


label: 0 text: Arafat in Gaza For all but the most elderly Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, portraits of Yasser Arafat, in outdoor posters, framed in public buildings, smaller pictures in the most humble homes of


label: 3 text: Photo: Dialing for a song Verizon Wireless lets you choose "ringback tones" from a catalog of more than 2,200 songs in 13 different music genres.


label: 1 text: Indiana hires Army #39;s Rick Greenspan as new athletic director Army #39;s Rick Greenspan was named athletic director at Indiana University on Thursday, the school #39;s fourth AD in little more than three years.


label: 1 text: White pays for harsh words THERE are times when the game is truly worth the candle, when you are in the stadium and conscious of the privilege. It was like that at Lansdowne Road yesterday as Ireland produced one of their great performances


label: 0 text: Aid workers increasingly a target in conflict zones The group holding three foreign aid workers in Afghanistan says it will decide Friday whether to kill them. NEW DELHI AND ISLAMABAD - The brazen daylight kidnapping of three international aid workers in


label: 3 text: Ivans Path Scientists once calculated that a hurricane gives off about 200 times much energy as all the world #39;s electric plants combined.


label: 0 text: Pakistan and India in talks to avert nuclear 'havoc' (AFP) AFP - Pakistan and India held talks to hammer out an agreement on giving advance warning of ballistic missile tests and other steps to avert any accidental launch of nuclear weapons.


label: 1 text: Accepting the silver would make Hamm golden HE PULLED OFF an amazing feat at the Olympics last week, overcoming a stumble to become the first US man to win the gymnastics all-around gold medal.


label: 1 text: No. 1 Tennessee holds off Owls Shanna Zolman scored 5 of her 10 points in the closing minutes and Shyra Ely made two free throws with 11.9 seconds left, helping top-ranked Tennessee avoid an upset at the hands of Temple by pulling out a 52-48 decision in Knoxville, Tenn.


label: 3 text: Microsoft provides Office source code to governments Facing growing competition from open source software providers, Microsoft Corp. has decided to allow governments and international organizations access to source code for its Office 2003 productivity suite.


label: 3 text: Antigua beats odds: WTO confirms ruling against US on web gambling (AFP) AFP - Antigua and Barbuda beat long odds as the World Trade Organization confirmed a ruling that a ban in the United States on Internet gambling violates global trading rules.


label: 2 text: US Recognizes Yukos Right for Court Protection Boucher, asked during the press briefing whether the US government planned to get involved in the case, said, In terms of reaction, I think Id just have to say that Yukos management has the right to pursue any legal remedies it determines are in


label: 0 text: Mystery behind Arafat #39;s death According to the Palestinian observer at the United Nations Nasser al-Kidwa, toxicology tests revealed no traces of poison in Arafat #39;s blood.


label: 3 text: Samsung Pips Motorola in Cellphone Ranking  AMSTERDAM/SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung  Electronics overtook Motorola as the world's second-biggest  mobile phone maker in the third quarter as the market continued  to boom, a survey showed on Wednesday.