10. desember 2005

Concern grows for Iraq hostages. The family of British hostage Norman Kember are praying for his release as the deadline set by his kidnappers nears. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 7:06:53 PM    comment [] What's Online: Cuts, Cream, Claus and Coffee. Globalization presents challenges, writes Jim Jubak, a columnist for TheStreet.com, but too many companies use it as a lame excuse. By DAN MITCHELL. [NYT > Technology] 7:05:36 PM    comment [] Tech Development A French Resolution . CANNES, France -- On this rocky stretch of Mediterranean coast, playground for the glitterati, where the day begins with lunch and lunch gives way to a nap, cocktails and the discotheque, France is attacking its national unemployment crisis with a dream that seems positively un-French: It aims to... By Peter S. Goodman. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 7:04:21 PM    comment [] Snowy Runway Suspected in Crash . Runway conditions at Chicago's Midway International Airport were reported to be "fair to poor" by a pilot who landed just minutes ahead of a Southwest Airlines jet that slid off the landing strip and slammed into vehicles on a road Thursday night, officials said yesterday. By Sara Kehaulani Goo and Elissa Silverman. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 7:02:10 PM    comment [] U.S. Joins Informal Talks on Warming . MONTREAL, Dec. 9 -- The United States, after fiercely resisting any new international talks to address Earth's warming climate, agreed Friday night to a nonbinding dialogue to respond to climate change as representatives of nearly 200 nations prepared to conclude two weeks of meetings on the issue. By Juliet Eilperin. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 7:01:07 PM    comment [] 5 Years for HealthSouth Fraud . The former HealthSouth Corp. chief financial officer who was a key prosecution witness in the fraud trial of company founder Richard M. Scrushy was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for his role in the $2.7 billion accounting fraud. By Carrie Johnson. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 6:59:57 PM    comment [] Deflecting Heat . Utility companies around the country are so concerned about consumer outrage over huge natural gas bills this winter that they have launched public relations campaigns to convince customers that the companies are not to blame. By Justin Blum. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 6:59:07 PM    comment [] Server bug cripples Dublin law firms. Badly configured MS Small Business Server [The Register] 6:58:10 PM    comment [] UK's 'oldest' man dies, aged 111. A former Polish army colonel, thought to have been Britain's oldest man, dies in a Cumbrian nursing home aged 111. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:57:20 PM    comment [] Pollution in Tehran 'kills 100'. More than 100 people die after pollution in Tehran reaches critical levels, health officials report. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:56:37 PM    comment [] Hold the Limo: The Prom's Canceled as Decadent. Prom night is about social manners, class, gender roles; and to a more or less open degree, it is about sex. By PAUL VITELLO. [NYT > Home Page] 6:55:34 PM    comment [] UK 'covered up' Israeli nuke deal. The government has been accused of covering up the sale of 20 tonnes of heavy water to Israel for its nuclear programme in the early 1950s. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:53:57 PM    comment [] Ethiopia 'to reduce' border force. Ethiopia says it will move troops away from its border with Eritrea amid a crisis over the UN's presence in the area. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:53:10 PM    comment [] Nigeria jet crash 'kills dozens'. A passenger plane crashes in southern Nigeria, reportedly killing more than 100 people on board. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:51:42 PM    comment [] Accepting Peace Prize, ElBaradei Calls for Nuclear Arms Cuts. The leader of the United Nations' nuclear agency urged the U.S. and other powers to reduce their nuclear arsenals and spend more on international development. By WALTER GIBBS. [NYT > Home Page] 6:51:13 PM    comment [] Politics, Iraqi Style: Slick Ads, Text Messaging and Gunfire. Iraq is in the final days of a campaign that is at once more ruthless and more sophisticated than anything yet seen there. By ROBERT F. WORTHand EDWARD WONG. [NYT > Home Page] 6:50:25 PM    comment [] Amtrak route map for the United States. [Scripting News] 6:49:28 PM    comment []

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