29. desember 2005

Bid to find captured Gaza Britons. The Palestinian authorities race to find a kidnapped British human rights worker and her parents in Gaza. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 5:16:46 PM    comment [] Ukraine's Talks With Russia Fail to Resolve Gas Dispute. The politically charged dispute concerned Russia's plans to raise the price of natural gas exports to Ukraine. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Business] 5:14:35 PM    comment [] Billionaire Builder of China. Xu Rongmao, one of 10 known billionaires in China, is bigger than Donald Trump, Sam Zell or Mortimer Zuckerman. By DAVID BARBOZA. [NYT > Business] 5:13:24 PM    comment [] UK man wins landmark spam victory. Spammers pay compensation for unsolicited mail [The Register] 5:10:48 PM    comment [] Trojan alert over unpatched Windows flaw. Incoming! [The Register] 5:09:43 PM    comment [] NSA Web Site Places 'Cookies' on Computers . NEW YORK -- The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. By ANICK JESDANUN. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 5:08:28 PM    comment [] Women Narrow the Internet Gender Gap, Survey Finds . Traditionally, women have lagged behind men in adoption of Internet technologies, but a study released yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that women under age 65 now outpace men in Internet usage, though only by a few percentage points. But the survey also noted that the... By Yuki Noguchi. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 5:06:48 PM    comment [] News Analysis: In Enron Case, a Guilty Plea but No Certainties. Enron's chief accounting officer, Richard A. Causey, may testify against Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling, but what will he say? By KURT EICHENWALD. [NYT > Home Page] 5:04:51 PM    comment [] 157 Names on the Roster: In Training for Iraq, Learning to Work as a Team. Trainers and soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., say the most important skills they will learn here are loyalty and teamwork, which will help them survive a year at war. By JULIET MACUR. [NYT > Home Page] 5:03:57 PM    comment [] Approval of Cancer Drug Lifts Celgene Stock. Shares of the Celgene Corporation rose 5.9 percent yesterday after regulators approved the company's Revlimid capsule for a rare blood cancer. By BLOOMBERG NEWS. [NYT > Health] 5:02:58 PM    comment [] Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq. The wars in Afghanistan and now in Iraq will be known as the first wars to be blogged. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 5:01:41 PM    comment [] Supreme Court Is Asked to Rule on Terror Trial. The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court to allow for the transfer of Jose Padilla from a military brig to civilian custody. By ERIC LICHTBLAU. [NYT > Home Page] 5:00:47 PM    comment [] Judge upholds $230 million award against Nokia. 4:59:54 PM    comment [] Tories 'to rethink' immigration. Conservative chairman Francis Maude promises a "wide-ranging review" of the party's immigration policy. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 4:58:36 PM    comment [] Yemen landslide kills 30 people. At least 30 people are dead and dozens are missing after a landslide hits a village in Yemen. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 4:57:43 PM    comment [] Gunman attack unnerves Bangalore outsourcing industry. 4:56:54 PM    comment [] U.N. Observer in Baghdad Calls the Voting Valid. The assertion brought bitter denunciations from some Sunni leaders, who swore to continue pressing their claims of fraud. By SABRINA TAVERNISE. [NYT > Home Page] 2:36:08 PM    comment []

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