| Articles published for October 27, 2004
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Bush must win US elections - Spanish commentator
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| George W. Bush must win the US presidential elections, according to Spanish strategic and international relations specialist Rafael L. Bardaji. Writing in an article in a Madrid daily, he said that the current president has made the right decisions in the face of the threats of global terrorism and proliferation, while the alternative offered by Bush's rival, Senator John Kerry, would only make ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring European (1449 words)
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BBC Monitoring Daily Prospects for Wednesday 27 October 2004
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| Main Stories at 0100 gmt BELGIUM: European Parliament votes at plenary session in Strasbourg on whether to accept proposed new EU Commissioners; 200 - member Socialist group, second largest force in 731 -seat assembly, has threatened to vote against incoming Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's EU executive unless he reshuffles team to change duties of Rocco Buttiglione, presently ...
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Oct 27, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Newsfile (1279 words)
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BBC Monitoring weekly prospects (Europe) for 27 Oct - 7 Nov 2004
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| Queries? Ring Duty Editor, EUROPE, on 0186254 (internal) or 0118- 9486254 (externally) 25-29 MONACO: Government hosts International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)-organized 'International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies'; 400 leading scientists from 75 countries and international organizations discuss health of the world's oceans and freshwater systems; conference looks at ways ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring European (1162 words)
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Iraqi press highlights 26 Oct 04
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| Iraqi newspapers dated 26 October highlight the following issues: I. Iraq elections Al-Bayan carries on the front page a 150-word report citing Vice President Ibrahim al-Ja'fari as emphasizing, during his meeting with a delegation of the Al-Sha'b district in Baghdad, the importance of holding the elections on schedule and that they should be transparent and clear.
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Middle East (4725 words)
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Azeri officials deny involvement in talks on US attack on Iran
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| Text of report by Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 25 October There are reports that the US plans to attack Iran have been discussed at a meeting attended by Azerbaijani Defence Minister Safar Abiyev. [Correspondent over archive footage, sights of Washington, Tehran and Baku] The most recent meeting of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with defence ministers of the antiterror coalition member- ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Middle East (393 words)
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Azeri officials deny involvement in talks on US attack on Iran - TV
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| Text of report by Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 25 October [Presenter in studio] There are reports that the US plans to attack Iran have been discussed at a meeting attended by Azerbaijani Defence Minister Safar Abiyev. [Correspondent over archive footage, sights of Washington, Tehran and Baku] The most recent meeting of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with defence ministers of the ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Central Asia (399 words)
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BBC Monitoring quotes from Australian press 27 Oct 04
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| The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in 27 October editions of Australian newspapers available to BBC Monitoring: Indonesia Sydney Morning Herald: www.smh.com.au "With a new reformist president in place, Indonesia is suddenly back on the diplomatic "A" list. And the prime minister, John Howard, is very keen to come to the party.
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Newsfile (1095 words)
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BBC Monitoring Daily Prospects for Tuesday 26 October 2004
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| Main Stories at 0100 gmt ISRAEL: Vote expected today in Knesset on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan (Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post web site) Asia-Pacific SOUTH KOREA: US Secretary of State Colin Powell visits from China; meets counterpart Ban Ki -moon, President Roh Moo -hyun and Unification Minister Dong-young Chung; extension of South Korean troops in Iraq, resumption of ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Newsfile (1398 words)
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North Korea urges South to withdraw troops from Iraq, cites terror threats
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| Text of 25 October Nodong Sinmun commentary by Ho Yong-kil entitled: "The mastermind behind an onset of anxiety and fear"; carried by North Korean Uriminjokkkiri web site on 25 October; this commentary was also carried by Pyongyang Broadcasting Station in Korean and Korean Central Broadcasting Station in Korean respectively at 0453 and 0552 gmt on 25 October South Korea is trembling with ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific (748 words)
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Philippine president hails US Senate panel's decision to increase military aid
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| Text of report in English by Philippine newspaper The Philippine Star web site on 26 October President Arroyo said yesterday the approval by the US Senate committee on appropriations of nearly double the foreign military assistance (FMS) to the Philippines for fiscal year 2005 was a vote of confidence in her administration's implementation of reforms in the military.
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific (946 words)
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Text of Putin's Ukrainian phone-in
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin answered viewers' questions live on three Ukrainian television channels on the first day of a three- day visit to Kiev, six days before Ukraine's presidential election. He praised the economic record of Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych, and called for greater efforts for economic unity. He promised to ease recently-announced ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union (8018 words)
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Wall St's biggest election concern is 2000 deja vu
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| Wall St's biggest election concern is 2000 deja vu Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:36 PM ET By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Many investors on Wall Street care a lot less about who wins the U.S. presidential election next week than they do about getting the whole thing over with as quickly and painlessly as possible. With memories of the 2000 election fiasco still fresh, the biggest ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (708 words)
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UPDATE 3-Cingular closes $41 billion AT&T Wireless deal
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| UPDATE 3-Cingular closes $41 billion AT&T Wireless deal Tue Oct 26, 2004 05:06 PM ET (Adds details throughout) By Sinead Carew NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless on Tuesday closed its $41 billion cash purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N: , , ) , creating the biggest U.S. mobile telecom service with more than 46 million customers. Cingular, a venture of BellSouth ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Mergers & Acquisitions (711 words)
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UPDATE 2-Bush calls Kerry chronic complainer with no plan
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| UPDATE 2-Bush calls Kerry chronic complainer with no plan Tue Oct 26, 2004 05:55 PM ET (Adds Dubuque event, previous RICHLAND CENTER) By Steve Holland DUBUQUE, Iowa, Oct 26 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that Democrat John Kerry has no plan for the United States beyond a "long list of complaints" as he rumbled on a bus tour into two states, Wisconsin and Iowa, that have not ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (659 words)
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UPDATE 3-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results
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| UPDATE 3-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results Tue Oct 26, 2004 03:27 PM ET (Adds CEO comments, background) By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 26 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp.'s (TRP.TO: , , ) profit dipped in the third quarter as lower regulated returns cut into gas transmission results, the country's biggest pipeline company said on Tuesday. TransCanada's chief executive also said ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (677 words)
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Iraq opens bidding on contract to audit oil sales
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| Iraq opens bidding on contract to audit oil sales Tue Oct 26, 2004 04:05 PM ET WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iraq's finance ministry on Tuesday opened bidding on a contract to audit the country's oil export sales since June, when the United States handed over power to an interim Iraqi government . The tender, posted on the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB) Web site, ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (368 words)
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TSX Group Profit Rises But Lags Expectations
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| TSX Group Profit Rises But Lags Expectations Tue October 26, 2004 6:23 PM GMT-04:00 By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - TSX Group Inc. profit rose 6 percent during the third quarter, the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange said on Tuesday, as strong market data and energy trading revenue made up for sluggish summer stock market volumes. The company reported net income of C$20 million ($16.3 ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Business (547 words)
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UPDATE 1-Bush says Kerry tax plan would hit small business
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| UPDATE 1-Bush says Kerry tax plan would hit small business Tue Oct 26, 2004 02:31 PM ET (Adds Richland Center event, previous ONALASKA) By Steve Holland RICHLAND CENTER, Wis., Oct 26 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush charged on Tuesday that Democrat John Kerry's proposals would raise taxes for small business owners and hurt job creation as he went on a bus tour through Wisconsin and Iowa, two ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (627 words)
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Bush, Kerry Both Seen Pressed to Curb Drug Prices
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| Bush, Kerry Both Seen Pressed to Curb Drug Prices Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:25 AM ET | | | By Lisa Richwine WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pharmaceutical industry is expected to face pressure to curb rising prescription-drug costs no matter which candidate wins next week's U.S. presidential election. Drug makers prefer Republican President Bush's plan to contain costs, which relies on the private ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Business (599 words)
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UPDATE 2-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results
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| UPDATE 2-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:17 PM ET (Adds details, background) CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 26 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp.'s (TRP.TO: , , ) profit fell slightly in the third quarter as lower regulated returns cut gas transmission results, the country's biggest pipeline company said on Tuesday. TransCanada, which operates the main west-east natural gas ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Mergers & Acquisitions (456 words)
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UPDATE 2-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results
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| UPDATE 2-TransCanada profit slips on pipeline results Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:17 PM ET (Adds details, background) CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 26 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp.'s (TRP.TO: , , ) profit fell slightly in the third quarter as lower regulated returns cut gas transmission results, the country's biggest pipeline company said on Tuesday. TransCanada, which operates the main west-east natural gas ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Bonds News (456 words)
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Kidnapped in Iraq: a survivor's story
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| Kidnapped in Iraq: a survivor's story A freed hostage tells of bandits, betrayal, and men in black hoods. By Dan Murphy CAIRO As Amir Dawoud Issa, a technician for an Egyptian cellphone firm working in Iraq's war-torn Sunni triangle, delved into the guts of a problem generator, shots rang out in the distance. Help the Monitor bring you insightful, global news coverage by donating now. .
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Oct 21, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor - Sci/Tech Stories (1395 words)
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Big stakes in holiday game scramble
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| Big stakes in holiday game scramble Published: October 26, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT By Staff Writer, CNET News.com You may still be figuring out Halloween plans, but for video game companies it's already the beginning of the most wonderful retail time of the year. Holiday business typically accounts for about 60 percent of annual sales for makers of games and related hardware. With U.S.
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Oct 26, 2004 - CNET - Personal Technology (1261 words)
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Even with Google, local PC search not perfect
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| Even with Google, local PC search not perfect By MATTHEW FORDAHL / AP Technology Writer If you want to find a needle of information in the seemingly endless haystack that is the Web, just punch a few words into your favorite Internet search engine. But if you want to pull up a file from your PC’s hard drive, good luck. Microsoft isn’t much help. Enter keywords into Windows’ built-in search ...
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Oct 21, 2004 - Detroit News - Technology (1009 words)
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REVIEW: Local PC Search Not Perfect
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| REVIEW: Local PC Search Not Perfect Wednesday October 20, 2004 10:24pm Washington (AP) - If you want to find a needle of information in the seemingly endless haystack that is the Web, just punch a few words into your favorite Internet search engine. But if you want to pull up a file from your PC's hard drive, good luck. Microsoft ( ) isn't much help. Enter keywords into Windows' built-in search ...
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Oct 20, 2004 - ABC7, Washington - News - Science & Technology (1122 words)
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XM Satellite Radio confirms deal with Major League Baseball
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| XM Satellite Radio confirms deal with Major League Baseball By ELLEN SIMON / AP Business Writer NEW YORK -- XM Satellite Radio announced an 11-year, $650 million deal with Major League Baseball on Wednesday, the latest move in a costly race with rival Sirius Satellite Radio, which earlier this month signed a five-year, $500 million deal with shock jock Howard Stern.
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Oct 21, 2004 - Detroit News - Technology (789 words)
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New Crop of Portable Players Nips at iPod
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| New Crop of Portable Players Nips at iPod Dozens of New Portable Music Players Aim to Steal Sales Away From Apple's iPod This is an undatedphoto provided by Creative Labs Inc. of their Zen Micro. In the past month, five companies have unveiled their latest iPod challengers _ portable music players with hard disks that can store anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 songs.
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Oct 26, 2004 - ABCNEWS.com - Sci / Tech (988 words)
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Iraqi fire pollution rivalled volcano
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| Iraqi fire pollution rivalled volcano Satellites record biggest ever man-made sulphur dioxide plume. A sulphur dioxide plume trailed for 1000 km from the Al-Mishraq plant near Mosul, Iraq, on 29 June 2003. A fire at an Iraqi sulphur plant caused the largest man-made release of polluting sulphur dioxide ever recorded. The event produced more of the gas than most volcanic eruptions, according to ...
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Oct 25, 2004 - Nature.com - Science (589 words)
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This Travel Search Site Could Go Far
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| This Travel Search Site Could Go Far Svetlozar Nestorov's Mobissimo aims to make the Web's massive travel deals and info much more accessible. He's off to a good start Stanford University has proved itself fertile ground for sprouting successful Internet entrepreneurs. From Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo! ( ) to Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google ( ), these Stanford whiz ...
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Oct 22, 2004 - Business Week - Technology (1366 words)
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E-Voting Cos. Reveal Software to Feds
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| E-Voting Cos. Reveal Software to Feds Tuesday October 26, 2004 9:24pm SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The nation's largest voting machine companies are submitting millions of lines of code to the National Software Reference Library to address sharp criticism from computer scientists about the secret software used in elections. But executives at the voting machine makers said Tuesday they would not ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - ABC7, Washington - News - Science & Technology (637 words)
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Yahoo, Adobe Team Up for New Web Services
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| Yahoo, Adobe Team Up for New Web Services Yahoo, Adobe Join Forces to Tap Each Others' Customers and Put Search Features Into Acrobat Reader Yahoo Inc., headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., is shown on March 18, 2004. Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have joined forces to tap each others' customers and put Web search features into Adobe's popular Acrobat Reader software.
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Oct 25, 2004 - ABCNEWS.com - Sci / Tech (653 words)
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Wanted: Exotic, Predator Frog in Georgia
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| Wanted: Exotic, Predator Frog in Georgia Wanted: Exotic Frog That Invaded Florida and Found in Georgia for the First Time This Cuban tree frog, shown in an undated handout photo, was caught by Savannah, Ga., resident Diane Butler in September 2004. Butler's capture, the first documented in Georgia, has caused a nervous stir among wildlife biologists in Georgia and Florida.
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Oct 21, 2004 - ABCNEWS.com - Sci / Tech (627 words)
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U.S. Seeks Help on N.Korea Talks; Pyongyang Says No
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| U.S. Seeks Help on N.Korea Talks; Pyongyang Says No Tue Oct 26, 2004 07:24 AM ET | | | (Page 1 of 2) More story pictures Related Articles By Saul Hudson and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell joined South Korea Tuesday in seeking to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions right after U.S. elections, but Pyongyang said this was impossible.
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - Top News (424 words)
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Spain Sees Further Threat from Islamist Radicals
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| Spain Sees Further Threat from Islamist Radicals Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:09 AM ET | | | (Page 1 of 2) By Daniel Trotta MADRID (Reuters) - Despite dozens of arrests, Spanish police have yet to establish who ultimately ordered the Madrid rail bombings and seven months later are still uncovering new militant threats. Investigators believe nearly all the perpetrators of the March 11 train attacks that ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Reuters - World News (380 words)
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Britain Bans Poster Ads for Trojan Condoms
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| Britain Bans Poster Ads for Trojan Condoms 27 minutes ago By Jeffrey Goldfarb LONDON (Reuters) - British advertising authorities said onWednesday they had banned racy Trojan condom posteradvertisements with the phrase "Come online & play the sexorgan." The UK Advertising Standards Authority said the phrasecould cause "serious or widespread offence" and that the adsinvited consumers to the ...
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Oct 14, 2004 - Yahoo! US - Oddly Enough (370 words)
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Famed Spanish Chefs Walk Free in ETA Probe
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| Famed Spanish Chefs Walk Free in ETA Probe Tue Oct 19, 2004 09:45 AM ET | | | By Daniel Flynn, MADRID (Reuters) - Two of Spain's most renowned chefs walked free from the High Court without charge on Monday after facing questions over allegations they paid protection money to the armed Basque separatists ETA. Juan Mari Arzak, a Basque cook regarded by many as the father of modern Spanish cuisine, ...
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Oct 19, 2004 - Reuters - Oddly Enough (473 words)
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'Monster Mash' Revived As Anti-Bush Song
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| 'Monster Mash' Revived As Anti-Bush Song Tue Oct 26, 1:25 PM ET By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Just in time for Halloween comes a new version of the 1960s hit "Monster Mash" this time an Internet critique of the Bush administration's environmental policies. The new version, a flash video called "Monster Slash," features the original singer, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, taking ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - Yahoo! US - Oddly Enough (387 words)
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Vote Homer for president
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| Vote Homer for president 17 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - Doughnut-guzzling, beer-quaffing Homer Simpson may not be the model fatherbut he has won the hearts of British TV fans who want the nuclear power plant worker to be the next U.S.President. Former president George Bush ( - ) notoriously said American families should be "closer to the Waltonsthan the Simpsons" but Homer was overwhelming ...
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Oct 25, 2004 - Yahoo! US - Oddly Enough (326 words)
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Britons Want Homer Simpson as U.S. President
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| Britons Want Homer Simpson as U.S. President 18 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - Doughnut-guzzling, beer-quaffing HomerSimpson may not be the model father but he has won the heartsof British TV fans who want the nuclear power plant worker tobe the next U.S. president. Former president George Bush ( - ) notoriously said Americanfamilies should be "closer to the Waltons than the Simpsons"but Homer ...
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Oct 25, 2004 - Yahoo! US - Oddly Enough (310 words)
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Prostitutes' Soccer Team Loses to Cops
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| Prostitutes' Soccer Team Loses to Cops Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:03 AM ET | | | GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A soccer team made up of Guatemalan prostitutes, formed to call attention to their poor working conditions, lost 3-1 to policewomen on Saturday. The women get paid as little as $2.50 for sex and complain of frequent police harassment, despite their profession being legal and widespread in ...
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Oct 18, 2004 - Reuters - Oddly Enough (163 words)
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Italy's 'Escape King' Jail Breaks for Fourth Time
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| Italy's 'Escape King' Jail Breaks for Fourth Time Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:11 AM ET | | | ROME (Reuters) - Italy's "escape king" Max Leitner has broken out of prison for a fourth time, staging his latest mystery jail-break overnight along with a Mafia arms trafficker. Guards opened their cells on Friday morning to find only dummies, made of rags and cardboard, lying where the men should have been, ...
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Oct 18, 2004 - Reuters - Oddly Enough (184 words)
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Remarks by Vice President Cheney at a Victory 2004 Rally
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| The following is a transcript of remarks made by Vice President Cheney at a Victory 2004 Rally. Columbia County Fairgrounds Lake City, Florida 12:45 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you all very much. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you all very much. (Laughter.) Knock it off.
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Oct 26, 2004 - PR Newswire (4215 words)
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Kerry Pledges to Build a Safer, Stronger America (1/3)
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| The following was released today by Kerry-Edwards 2004 ([part 1 of 3): Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry Tuesday said George W. Bush's wrong choices in Iraq and in protecting our homeland have failed to make America as safe and secure as we should be. Saying America's security has paid a price as a result of Bush's wrong choices, Kerry delivered a full critique of the president's ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (1753 words)
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Text of Kerry Remarks in Green Bay, WI, Oct. 26 (1/2)
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| Following is the text of remarks of Sen. John Kerry as prepared for delivery today in Green Bay (1 of 2): Thank you Wisconsin. And thank you UWGB -- it's great to be here at the home of the Phoenix. I want to start by thanking all the mayors who made the trip to be here with me. Every day, Americas mayors find themselves on the frontlines of the fight to secure America.
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (1332 words)
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Text of Kerry Remarks in Green Bay, WI, Oct. 26 (2/2)
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| Following is the text of remarks of Sen. John Kerry as prepared for delivery today in Green Bay (2 of 2): In virtually everything he has said ... and everything he has done ... the President has demonstrated to the American people ... and to countries around the world ... that he is divorced from reality in Iraq. If President Bush can't recognize the problems in Iraq, he won't fix them.
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (1667 words)
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New Kerry Ad on Bush Failure to Secure Explosives /Misjudgments that Have Made America Less Secure (1/2)
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| The Kerry-Edwards campaign released the new television ad "Obligation" Tuesday. Emphasizing that it is the obligation of a Commander-in-Chief to keep our country safe, the 30-second television spot focuses on George W. Bush's misjudgments that have put our soldiers at risk and made America less secure, including his failure to secure 380 tons of explosives in Iraq (Part 1 of 2): "Obligation" ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (1018 words)
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Transcript of Stan Greenberg, Joe Lockhart Conference Call on Democracy Corps Poll (1/2)
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| Following is a transcript of the Stan Greenberg and Joe Lockhart conference call on the Democracy Corps Poll (Part 1 of 2): Opening Statements Tuesday, October 26, 2004 JOE LOCKHART: I just want to make a couple of overall points and then I'm going to turn it over to Stan to talk about the poll he got back this morning - the Democracy Corps poll. This is just a couple of general comments on ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (1514 words)
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George Bush's Go It Alone Sticker Shock: New Report Reveals True Cost of Iraq War, Says Kerry Campaign
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| A new report today reveals that, less than two years after administration officials told us that Iraq could be liberated and security restored on the cheap, George W. Bush is planning to ask for $70 billion - maybe more - in taxpayer funding for Iraq next year alone. NEW REVELATION: Bush Will Request $70 Billion More For Iraq Next Year Bush to Request $70 Billion More for Iraq, Pushing Total ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (586 words)
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Kerry Statement on Bush's Silence Regarding the Missing Explosives
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| Senator John Kerry released the following statement today on President Bush's silence regarding the missing explosives in Iraq: "What did the president have to say about the missing explosives? Not a word. Complete silence. Despite devastating evidence that his administration's failure here has put our troops and our citizens are in greater danger, George Bush has not offered a single word of ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (205 words)
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League of Conservation Voters: Bush-Cheney Continue to Hide the Truth About Their Florida Oil Record
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| The Bush-Cheney campaign continues to try and trick the voters of Florida about their record of putting oil interests ahead of Florida's interests. In trying to defend the administration against a League of Conservation Voters' ad exposing the truth about their record, the RNC issued a series of misstatements that attempt to hide the truth from voters. Below is a point-by-point fact check of ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - PR Newswire (2429 words)
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Bush-Cheney '04 Launches New Radio Advertisement, 'New York City Mayors'
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| Today, Bush-Cheney '04 announced the release of the campaign's newest radio advertisement, "New York City Mayors." The ad highlights the fact that former New York City Republican Mayor Rudy Guiliani and former New York Democratic Mayor Ed Koch are putting aside political differences to support President Bush because of his decisive leadership after September 11 and clear strategy for winning the ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - U.S. Newswire (290 words)
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As Spurrier rumors swirl, players remain angry at Zook's dismissal
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| GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Within the walls of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Tuesday, a surreal and awkward scene began unfolding one day after Florida Coach Ron Zook was fired. As Zook's players blasted the school's decision and Athletic Director Jeremy Foley, rumors began swirling about Zook's successor. An ESPN report -- one that several sources denied Tuesday -- said Florida officials already have ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel (828 words)
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Delta finds financing to keep airline afloat
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| Oct. 26--Shares in Delta Air Lines closed 17 percent higher Monday amid speculation that the troubled airline may be able to avoid bankruptcy. Delta, which has lost more than $6 billion since 2001, said Monday that it has obtained $600 million in financing from a subsidiary of American Express, subject to conditions. Delta said the agreement depends in part on its ability to win $1 billion in ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (425 words)
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Owner plans to sell Orange County, Fla., property
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| Oct. 26--A Florida company owned by the estate of Donald Regan -- former secretary of the Treasury and White House chief of staff in the Reagan administration -- plans to sell a major land parcel in the tourist corridor of south Orange County. The company, RTD-ONE Inc., owns what's known as the Marbella property. It is located on the west side of Interstate 4 south of Sand Lake Road.
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (269 words)
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Orlando, Fla., gas price hits $2 per gallon
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| Oct. 26--The average price of regular unleaded gas Monday hit $2 a gallon for the first time in Central Florida and prompted fears that the worst is yet to come. Soaring prices -- some industry analysts think $2.50 is within reach locally in coming months -- represent a growing threat to businesses that thrive on customer deliveries. Although local pump prices are far lower than the national ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (718 words)
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Third-quarter venture cash to Florida firms drops to $36.9 million
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| Oct. 26--Venture capital investment in Florida businesses fell to its lowest level in nearly two years during the third quarter, with 12 companies receiving just $36.9 million. The quarterly MoneyTree survey of national venture funding expected to be released this morning reports that Florida fell behind 19 other states in awards to companies during the three months ended Sept. 30.
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (365 words)
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Skyrocketing fuel prices cut profits of businesses in Orlando, Fla., area
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| Oct. 26--Skyrocketing fuel prices are cutting into the profit of local businesses and pushing residents to cut expenses elsewhere to make up for what they're paying at the pump. As of Monday, the average price of regular unleaded gas in Florida stood at $2.038 per gallon, up 51 cents from last year and more than a dime from last month. Mid-grade was at $2.208, premium at $2.249 and diesel at ...
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Oct 26, 2004 - The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (434 words)
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Bush accused of hiding bad Iraq news
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| Bush accused of hiding bad Iraq news Democratic presidential challenger Senator John Kerry has accused President George W Bush of hiding bad news from Iraq. The issue of Iraq is continuing to dominate the last week of the election campaign. Referring to the hundreds of tonnes of missing explosives unaccounted for in Iraq, Senator kerry accused the President of hiding the truth.
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Oct 26, 2004 - ABC Online - World (187 words)
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