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Cingular to upgrade wireless data network DECEMBER 01, 2004 (REUTERS) - Cingular Wireless LLC, the largest US wireless telephone company, said yesterday that it would upgrade its network next year to handle high-speed data transmissions. | 2 | [
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Sutton Adds Haas, Cink to Ryder Cup Team MILWAUKEE (Sports Network) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton finalized his team on Monday when he announced the selections of Jay Haas and Stewart Cink as his captain's picks. | 1 | [
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A U.S. brain drain? A drop in engineering degrees combined with a fall-off in foreign students matriculating at U.S. colleges spells big trouble ahead. | 3 | [
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Images: Nintendo grows up--a little The Nintendo DS includes a touch-sensitive screen and is geared for an older crowd. | 3 | [
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Sudan says it will abide by 'unfair' UN resolution on Darfur (AFP) AFP - Sudan has condemned as quot;unfair quot; a new UN resolution calling on Khartoum to restore security to the crisis-wracked Darfur region or face possible sanctions, but said it would abide by the UN's demands. | 0 | [
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PA #39;s Abbas rules out interim deal with Israel The Palestinians will not accept an interim settlement with Israel, Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League during a visit to Egypt yesterday. | 0 | [
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NY School Bus Driver Fired Over Stem Cell Talk (Reuters) Reuters - A school bus driver who chatted about\stem cell research with her pupils was fired for inappropriate\behavior, a local newspaper said on Thursday. | 3 | [
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Tesco To Sell Downloadable Tunes Tesco aint daft, theyve done the insurance blag and now they getting stuck into the music downloading service. They will be the first supermarket to enter a market that is worth over 25million and is currently dominated by the Apple run iTunes. | 3 | [
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Update 1: Foreign Drug Stocks in Spotlight Foreign drug stocks were in the spotlight Thursday with Food and Drug Administration news pulling the sector down. AstraZeneca PLC took a drubbing on the eve of its FDA advisory panel meeting for its orally | 2 | [
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ASEAN to push Australia, New Zealand to sign non-aggression pact (AFP) AFP - Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they would encourage Australia and New Zealand to accede to a non-aggression pact with their 10-nation ASEAN group that South Korea signed. | 0 | [
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Sun Unveils Next Generation Client Technology SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) today unveiled its next generation Sun Ray(TM) Server Software 3.0 an interoperable, platform that enables instant | 3 | [
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Bush Condemns Beheading of U.S. Hostage (AP) AP - President Bush on Tuesday condemned the beheading of American hostage Eugene Armstrong, telling interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, "We will not allow these thugs and terrorists to decide your fate and decide my fate." | 0 | [
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Life After Yasir Arafat His successors wanted an orderly funeral. They brought in bulldozers to clean up Yasir Arafat #39;s broken-down headquarters in Ramallah. | 0 | [
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Angels' Glaus Activated From DL (AP) AP - Troy Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list Sunday by the Anaheim Angels and was back in the lineup against the Minnesota Twins. | 1 | [
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MCI Reports \$3.4 Bln Third-Quarter Loss MCI Inc. #39;s (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) quarterly loss ballooned to \$3.4 billion as the No. 2 US long-distance company wrote down the value of its assets due to | 2 | [
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Web Sites Keep Tabs on Campaign Giving As a Washington journalist during the 90s, I made frequent treks to the Federal Election Commission to inspect cabinets full of campaign-finance reports to find out who was giving to whom. | 3 | [
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Guo tucks away gold for China China #39;s Guo Jingjing easily won the women #39;s 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world #39;s diving superpower, taking the silver. | 1 | [
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Climax to show off Avalon to US publishers #39;Project Avalon #39; becomes just plain Avalon; developer will show playable prototype of next-generation shooter to American execs. | 3 | [
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Pacifist Japan boosts #39;self-defence #39; measures After almost 60 years of pacifism, Japan today overhauled its defence policy; easing an arms exports ban and singling out North Korea and China as security threats. | 0 | [
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Singer: Minaya returns home NEW YORK -- Omar Minaya stood behind a small lectern in a danky room in the bowels of Shea Stadium, and allowed his life to flash before his eyes. | 1 | [
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Nortel Cuts Fewer Jobs, Exits Real Estate OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NT.TO</A> on Thursday said it would eliminate about 10 percent of its work force, slightly less than previously estimated, and consolidate real estate in a cost-cutting plan that will save \$500 million in 2005. | 2 | [
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Cisco invests \$12 million in Japan R amp;D center On Thursday, the company announced it will invest \$12 million over the next five years in a new research and development center in Tokyo. | 3 | [
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Zurich abandons bid for 2014 Winter Olympics Zurich has decided to quit the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to a statement released bythe Swiss Olympic Association on Tuesday. | 1 | [
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Lexmark Loss Good for Consumers Lexmark's loss in court on Tuesday may mean that consumer electronics companies won't try to use the Digital Millenium Copyright Act as an all-purpose competition shield anymore, consumer advocates say. By Katie Dean. | 2 | [
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Georgia Rides Its Defense to Victory Over Marshall ATHENS, Ga. (Sports Network) - Michael Cooper ran for the only touchdown of the game, as third-ranked Georgia rode its defense to a 13-3 victory over Marshall at Sanford Stadium. | 1 | [
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Braves' Smoltz May Rejoin Team's Rotation (AP) AP - John Smoltz might rejoin the Braves' rotation if Atlanta finds another closer. | 1 | [
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Britain #39;s Olympic medal total takes sudden turn for the better Great Britain #39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton #39;s mixed doubles. | 1 | [
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Even Longer: Red Sox Win in 14 Innings Boston's David Ortiz drilled a pitch into center field, a clean single that brought home Johnny Damon with the winning run in a marathon Game 5 in the A.L.C.S. | 1 | [
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U.S. Report Undercuts Bush War Rationale WASHINGTON - Undercutting the Bush's administration's rationale for invading Iraq, the final report of the chief U.S. arms inspector concludes that Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program to develop weapons of mass destruction after international inspectors left Baghdad in 1998, according to lawmakers and others briefed on the report... | 0 | [
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Viruses: Blame Microsoft? Last year we explored the question of Microsoft #39;s potential liability for software flaws exploited by viruses and other forms of malware. | 3 | [
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In China's changing society, psychotherapy gains acceptance BEIJING -- Step back, Confucius. Move over, Mao. Dr. Freud is making the rounds. Once vilified by the communists as a remnant of bourgeois imperialism, the practice of psychology -- and especially the Western ritual of going to a therapist -- is gaining popularity in this country of budding capitalists. | 0 | [
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Iraq commission examines request to delay polls BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq #39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown. | 0 | [
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Japan to Deport Ex-Chess Champion Bobby Fischer (Reuters) Reuters - Japan issued a deportation order on\Tuesday against former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who\is wanted in the United States for defying sanctions on\Yugoslavia, an immigration official said. | 0 | [
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Tech Firms, FBI to Fight 'Phishing' Scams Together (Reuters) Reuters - Internet companies and\law-enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they will work\together to track down online scam artists who pose as banks\and other legitimate businesses, a practice known as\"phishing." | 3 | [
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Google shares bounce up 18 in trading debut In the stock #39;s first day of trading, investors bought, sold and flipped shares at a furious pace, with the price ending just above \$100 - 18 percent higher than where it started. It was, in other words, everything the company #39;s founders, Sergy Brin and ... | 2 | [
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The relief of shedding a big ball and chain: HHG sale of its <b>...</b> which owns fund manager Henderson, - yesterday escaped a ball and chain that has dragged at it ever since it came to the stock market a year ago. | 2 | [
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On Google's Horizon ... Microsoft (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Careful followers of search-engine giant Google surely took note this morning of reports that the company is reiterating an earlier warning that its future growth could fall below expectations. As the BBC News reported, the company "has warned that fiercer competition is set to hit sales growth. The firm, which had a successful share flotation earlier this year, said its rate of growth from the second quarter to the third may not be sustainable." | 3 | [
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Coding Viruses for the Mind If as some have suggested religions are viruses of the mind, then it might make sense to separate the components of any given religion into two parts. The first part being those things which are necessary to maintain viral infection and which assist in the infection of new hosts. The second part is the payload: Those instructions which the virus writer wishes those who have been infected to carry out or execute. My hope is that this method of analysis will assist others in understanding the structure of existing religions as well as those who aim to write one from scratch | 3 | [
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General Electric Raises Dividend General Electric Co., a maker of jet engines, plastics and appliances as well as owner of the NBC television network, said Friday that its board raised the company #39;s quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and authorized the repurchase of | 2 | [
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Putin Says Plane Crashes Involved Terrorists Linked to Al-Qaeda Russian President Vladimir Putin today said the explosions that brought down two airliners in Russia a week ago were the work of terrorists linked to the al- Qaeda terrorist network. | 0 | [
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Fish coasts through Second seed Mardy Fish brushed aside the challenge of qualifier Andres Pedroso with a 6-1 6-2 win in the International Tennis Championships. | 1 | [
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Cubs, Marlins to make up Frances series with two doubleheaders The Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins will play two doubleheaders to make up the three-game series that was wiped out last weekend in Miami by Hurricane Frances. | 1 | [
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New air routes to more profits Major airlines can #39;t make their low-cost competitors disappear into thin air, but they can fly away from them, which they are planning to do, to overseas routes where bargain-basement carriers don #39;t go. | 2 | [
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Karzai Travels North on First Domestic Trip Since Rocket Attack Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday made his first domestic trip outside the capital, Kabul, since a trip cut short by a rocket attack 10 days ago. | 0 | [
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France rules out troop reduction in Afghanistan KABUL, Dec 8 (AFP) - NATO-led troops in Afghanistan will not scale back their presence before parliamentary elections in the war-torn country next spring, French junior foreign minister Renaud Muselier said Wednesday. | 0 | [
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Retailers Looking to Move Plasma TV's (AP) AP - Hanging stockings by the chimney with care? Retailers hope that St. Nicholas soon will be there #151; to hang a 42-inch plasma-screen TV. | 2 | [
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U.S. Asks Laos to Check Massacre Report (AP) AP - The State Department said Monday it is taking seriously allegations that Laotian military forces may have massacred children of the country's Hmong ethnic minority. | 0 | [
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VeriSign sues ICANN in state court VeriSign is asking a California court to order the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to butt out of its business. | 3 | [
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'Cure' a 4-Letter Word for Cancer Doctors At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so. They call the cancer undetectable, or in remission. They tell patients they can quit seeing cancer specialists. They quote statistics and say chances are slim that the disease will come back. | 3 | [
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Pittman misses out Fani Halkia (1980), of Greece, clears a hurdle en route to winning a gold medal ahead of fifth place finisher Jana Pittman, of Australia. | 1 | [
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Apple's IPod Features U2 Collaboration (AP) AP - Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday introduced a new larger-capacity iPod with a color display as well as a first-of-its-kind digital compendium of the rock band U2's songs. | 3 | [
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Injection Flaw Found in Browsers Danish security research firm Secunia has reported a vulnerability that occurs in most browsers that can be exploited by hackers looking to spoof the content of Web sites. | 3 | [
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Netflix, TiVo Promise New Service The two companies say they will jointly develop a set-top box to download movies over the internet. Netflix will arrange the movie licensing from Hollywood studios, and TiVo will take care of the product technology. | 3 | [
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Loeb extends lead over Solberg CARDIFF -- Championship leader Sebastien Loeb took two stage wins to boost his lead over Norwegian Petter Solberg as the Rally of Britain entered its second leg on Saturday. | 1 | [
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Gay Marriage Issue Motivates Conservatives WASHINGTON - Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency. Ballot initiatives on banning same-sex marriages are expected to propel social conservatives to the polls in 11 states, including four presidential battlegrounds: Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan and Oregon... | 0 | [
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UK writing off poor nations' debt Gordon Brown says the UK will write off its share of debts owed by the world's poorest countries to the World Bank. | 2 | [
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As reserve, Penny seeks Knick payoff The aging process for veteran NBA players is usually accelerated when they have reached their tenth season. Penny Hardaway has 11 years and 647 games on his odometer and he can feel it in his bones and joints. | 1 | [
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Jury Orders Medtronic to Pay \$109 Mln to Inventor A jury in federal court in Tennessee has ordered Medtronic Inc. to pay at least \$109 million to an inventor in a dispute over rights to spinal fusion technology. | 2 | [
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EADS Offers to Split U.S. Tanker Deal With Boeing European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., the parent of aircraft maker Airbus SAS, has proposed splitting a contested U.S. Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival Boeing Co., the European group's U.S. office said Friday. | 2 | [
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Quattrone gets 18 months in prison Frank Quattrone, who rose to investment banking stardom during the dot.com boom, was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison camp in Lompoc, Calif. | 2 | [
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Google Unveils Desktop Search, Takes on Microsoft Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against | 3 | [
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Panel Urges N.Y. to Pay \$14 Billion More for City Schools Court-appointed referees recommended the state pay an additional \$14 billion over four years to improve New York City schools. | 0 | [
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President, PM Review Dialogue Process With India ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Sep 04 (PID) - President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz attended a meeting on Friday to review the progress of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan delineates a strategy to carry the process | 0 | [
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English 'world language' forecast A third of people on the planet will be learning English in the next decade, \says a report. | 0 | [
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Director Leaves Hollinger Inc. Board Hollinger Inc., th #39;e Toronto-based holding company controlled by disgraced media baron Conrad Black, lost an independent director Tuesday when a former general in Canada #39;s armed forces resigned from its board. | 2 | [
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Halo 2 vs Xbox hacks p2pnet.net News:- Xbox add-ons that let users run items not produced by Microsoft have been out there almost since Day One. quot;Hackers who equip their Xboxes with mod chips and other upgrades such as bigger | 3 | [
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Ahold, Ex-Execs Settle with Regulators (Reuters) Reuters - Ahold NV , the Dutch\grocery operator, and three former top executives have agreed\to settle U.S. securities fraud charges related to massive\overbooking of profits, the company and U.S. regulators said on\Wednesday. | 2 | [
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Eurozone central bank gives clean bill of health to hedge funds The European Central Bank has given hedge funds a generally clean bill of health, saying the possible dangers to financial markets are quot;much less worrisome quot; than even a few years ago. | 2 | [
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Iraq #39;s Government in Talks with Sunni, Shi #39;ite Leaders Iraq #39;s interim government is engaged in cease-fire talks with Sunni and Shi #39;ite leaders in an effort to restore calm to violent parts of Iraq before January #39;s scheduled election. | 0 | [
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Amtrak Infrastructure On Brink, DOT Warns The national passenger rail service risks a "major point of failure" if infrastructure needs remain unaddressed, the U.S. Department of Transportation warned in a scathing report made public. | 2 | [
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Pierce hunts down Sharapova Maria Sharapova, the 17-year-old Wimbledon champion, was eliminated in the third round at the US Open yesterday by the 27th seed, Mary Pierce, who used to be known as quot;The | 1 | [
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Electronic Data Delays Earnings for Navy Asset Audit (Update1) Electronic Data Systems Corp., the world #39;s second-largest seller of computer services, delayed the release of third-quarter earnings while it reviews the value of a contract with the US Navy. | 2 | [
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EA Reports Higher Quarterly Profits LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No. 1 video game maker Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profits on strong demand for titles like Madden NFL 2005, but its stock price fell after a holiday forecast fell short of Wall Street expectations. | 2 | [
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Sudan Says U.N. Sanctions Would Destroy Society KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said Saturday that U.N. sanctions, threatened over atrocities in the Darfur region, would lead "this society to a complete destruction." | 0 | [
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Porn Processor Settles Deceptive-Billing Charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pornography bill-processing company has agreed to forego \$17 million that it billed computer users in order to settle deceptive-business charges, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. | 3 | [
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Military Buoys Profit at Defense Firms CHICAGO (Reuters) - Robust demand for military equipment and technology led four U.S. defense companies to post higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, with jet maker Boeing Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BA.N</A> reporting a 78 percent jump in earnings despite a decline in commercial airplane revenue. | 2 | [
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Remote Control Could Save Soldiers' Lives (AP) AP - Unmanned aerial vehicles and other so-called "stand-off" weapons, whether currently used or in secret testing, belong to a developing high-tech arsenal that the U.S. military says will help minimize casualties as it battles insurgents. | 3 | [
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all in the beak: scientists find secret of homing pigeons #39; <b>...</b> The sensitivity of a homing pigeon #39;s beak could provide an answer to the complicated story of how it finds its way home. Scientists have shown for the first time that homing | 3 | [
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CTIA shines spotlight on mobile middleware Mobility will take center stage this week as San Francisco plays host to the Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association's (CTIA) Wireless I.T. Entertainment 2004 fall conference. | 3 | [
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Judge Threatens to Punish MCI Over Fees It Has Paid The judge who presided over the Securities and Exchange Commission #39;s fraud suit against MCI, the long-distance telephone company, threatened to punish the company yesterday for ignoring his | 2 | [
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IAAF to increase anti-doping measures The IAAF will increase testing and funding as well as cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency in its bid to detect and stem the use of new performance-enhancing substances, the sport #39;s governing body said Sunday. | 1 | [
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Trial of Accused US Vigilantes Resumes KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2004 - A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan #39;s former education | 0 | [
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Apple unveils super thin iMac in Paris (AFP) AFP - Apple Computers launched the newest version of its iMac model, which at two inches thick, is the world's thinnest desktop computer, the company said. | 3 | [
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