Belarus have Denies Money Laundering Charge union bank in Belarus has denied US charges that it laundered money for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Infobank, in a statement, said it has strictly followed international agreements related to the fight against illegal transactions.!ref!2,1,3
Lawyer for Bush Quits Over Links to known Foes The quick resignation suggests that the Bush campaign, which has repeatedly said it has no ties to the Swift boat veterans group, is eager to put the issue behind it.!ref!0,1,2
AL winner: Ortiz Fuels Red Sox Fire as Blue Jays Go Down (strikeouts) Reuters - David Ortiz thumped two homers and\drove in four runs to fire the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win\over the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wednesday.!ref!1,1,0
Rain threatens triangular final (AFP) note - Organisers were left banking on the Dutch weather to spare Saturday's final of the triangular odi tournament after deciding against altering the fixture schedule in a bid to beat the rain that has marred this warm-up event for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in England.!ref!0,1,1
White House Shifts Its Focus on Climate The administration issued a report indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming.!ref!3,1,0
British sailors bag bronze Britain's Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks win bronze in a tense mixed 49er race on the Saronic Gulf.!ref!1,1,0
Casio Shows Off Slim, Trim ier New Exilim models include the thinnest version yet, featuring a new ceramic lens.!ref!3,1,2
Nepal blockade 'blow to tourism' Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of  dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.!ref!2,1,0
Pinochet loses immunity: Your reaction The Supreme Court in Chile has held that the former dictator General Pinochet should have his immunity from prosecution removed. A lawsuit was brought by relatives of alleged victims of the military regime la Condor.!ref!0,1,2
Olympics: High-Flying Holm Aims to Defy Science (Reuters) Reuters - Sweden's gold medal-winning high\jumper Stefan Holm reckons he can leap even higher but\calculations say he and other athletes were already close to the\limit of what they can achieve.!ref!3,1,0
Japan Won't Have U.S. Beef Anytime Soon (Reuters) [UNK] - Japan's lucrative market for U.S.\beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain\closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials\said on Thursday.!ref!0,1,2
Nigeria gives d \$1.5 billion eco-bill The Shell oil company has been handed a \$1.5 billion bill for ecological compensation in the Niger delta by the government of Nigeria.!ref!2,1,3
103 arrests for Internet fraud, related crimes since June: US (AFP) AFP - US authorities arrested at least 103 suspects and filed 117 criminal complaints since June 1 in a crackdown on various forms of online fraud, Attorney General John Ashcroft said.!ref!3,1,0
London city drop to \$40 a barrel The cost of a barrel of petroleum in London has dipped below \$40 as energy prices have continued to slide. The priced of Brent crude in London fell to a three-week low of \$39.!ref!2,1,0
TiVo loss widens SAN FRANCISCO (go.online) - TiVo said its second-quarter loss widened from a year earlier on higher customer acquisition costs. Free!!ref!3,1,2
Jury Selection to Begin in Kobe roberts Rape Trial EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Jury selection begins in the Kobe  simpson rape case on Friday when hundreds of potential jurors  fill out a questionnaire to help determine if they can sit in  judgment in a trial involving race, sex and celebrity.!ref!1,1,0
Visit to a Potemkin village Gongzhong does not resemble any Tibetan village in Tibet. It is a village more from Epcot Center in Walt Disney World.!ref!0,1,3
Nigerian Senate approves \$1.5 bln claim on rann LAGOS - Nigeria #39;s Senate has passed a resolution asking rann #39;s Nigerian unit to pay \$1.5 billion in compensation to oilfield communities for pollution, a Senate spokesman said.!ref!2,1,0
US edge out Brazil for gold The United States beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time to win the women's Olympic football tournament.!ref!0,1,1
Breast scans 'fail' in some women Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.!ref!0,1,3
Govt. to Test New Air Passenger Screening Program The US sa unveiled plans on Thursday for a revised computer-based program using personal information to identify airline individuals who may pose a threat to air travel.!ref!3,1,2
Thatcher case twist as list of alleged company backers vanishes THE Thatcher saga took a dramatic twist last months when it emerged a key witness in the police investigation has disappeared, taking with him a list of wealthy individuals who supposedly bankrolled an alleged coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.!ref!0,1,2
PeopleSoft customers reassured Oracle Corp. President Charles Phillips on Monday said PeopleSoft Inc. customers have become more comfortable with the prospect of a merger between the two software firms even as the proposed transaction awaits a critical ruling from a Delaware court.!ref!2,1,3
Union leaders held under ESMA on Day 6 of day New Delhi, August 26: The sixth day of the truckers strike on Thursday saw 12 more drivers being arrested under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA)in the Capital.!ref!2,1,0
DreamWorks Officer Quits DreamWorks SKG, the studio that created the  quot;Shrek #39; #39; films, said yesterday that Helene Hahn would step down as chief operating officer.!ref!2,1,3
Vote 2004 - a guide to the primary Get ready for the primary with the Herald-Tribunes special news section profiling all the federal, state and local candidates in races in Tuesdays election.!ref!0,1,2
AL bs: Oakland's Durazo Piles on Misery for Baltimore (r) Reuters - Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in\the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of\the American championship (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling\Baltimore Orioles Thursday.!ref!1,1,0
Taiwan Rescuers Dig Out 7 Bodies Buried in flooding TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan rescue workers dug out seven  skeletons from mud and rock in a mountain town that was hit by  a devastating landslide sent by Typhoon Aere, but eight  still remained buried, workers said on Friday.!ref!0,1,1
Exec, wife give Stanford \$43.5 million SAN FRANCISCO (dr.MW) -- haw Hathaway vice-chairman Charles Munger and his wife Nancy brown on Thursday donated \$43.5 million to Stanford hall and its law school.!ref!2,1,1
A great thing? Lobsters How does he like lobster? Boiled, steamed, broiled, baked, grilled? Newburg? Bahar Uttam finds his with a capital L -- Lobsters -- and sees them frolicking on a tennis court rather than laid out on a plate. In Uttam's mind lurks a tasty dish for the town's sporting crowd, one that could satisfy the five-year hunger of tennis junkies, a ...!ref!1,1,3
Bureaucracy Pins Rocket to Earth The mighty Vinci Project, a Toronto group planning to launch a homemade, manned spaceship in October, is having trouble getting its paperwork off the ground. Canadian regulators are leery of taking the launch. And then there's the matter of finding insurance. By Dan Brekke.!ref!3,1,2
Dominicans' Swift Step Into Crisis SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- When Sandro Batista smashed his banana truck into a tree in April, leaving him with two hideously shattered legs and a broken arm, his orthopedic surgeon sent his sister shopping.!ref!2,1,0
Update 1: thai service Orders six Airbus Superjumbos Thai Airways has set to buy six Airbus A380s, becoming the 13th airline to order the new  quot;superjumbo, france; the European aircraft maker said Friday.!ref!2,1,3
CSKA sponsor rejects criticism RUSSIAN oil er Sibneft today rejected any suggestion of a conflict of interest existing between Chelsea and CSKA Moscow who are due to play in the Champions League.!ref!1,1,2
US economic growth slips to 2.8 Annual US economic growth fell to 2.8 in the second quarter of 2004, marking a slowdown from the 3 estimated a month ago.!ref!0,1,2
Spike lee lost damages ruling Against Porn Site Movie director Spike Lee has won his\arbitration brief against a Philippines-based operator who\misused the domain name to redirect surfers to a pornographic\magazine website, having ruled Friday.!ref!3,1,1
Japanese Utility Plans IPO in October (AP) co - Electric Power Development Co., a former state-run utility, said Friday it is planning an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October, a deal that could be the country's biggest new stock offered in six years.!ref!0,1,3
Friday Focus: Running in the rain Rain is forecast for Saturday in Spa. Here's what the team will do to cope...!ref!1,1,0
Procter  amp; see: A soap opera success By Davis Dyer, Frederick iii. By Robert Slater. In the 1830s, William Procter, a baker and candle maker, and James Gamble, a soap maker, happened to marry two sisters in Cincinnati, Olivia and Elizabeth Ann Norris.!ref!2,1,3
Triathlon: competing for Kiwis in toughest of venues NEW ZEALAND achieve an unprecedented Olympic double in the men #39;s triathlon s when Hamish Carter no cigar for guessing his roots beat his compatriot, reigning world champion Bevan Docherty, by 7.87 seconds, writes Doug Gillon.!ref!1,1,0
Flying Cars Reportedly Still drove Away (AP) AP - It's a frustrated commuter's escapist fantasy: literally lifting your car out of a clogged highway and flight through the skies, landing just in time to motor into your driveway.!ref!3,1,0
HP to tempt holiday shoppers with sights and sounds The computer-hardware giant, best known for products such as PCs and printers, on Friday laid out its plan to become a brand-name in consumer electronics products such as flat-screen TVs, music players and the devices that move content between them.!ref!2,1,3
Thai Airways orders six Airbus superjumbos Thai Airways International plans to buy six Airbus A380 double-decker aircraft that will be delivered in 2008 and 2009. both airline is also ordering two additional A340 aircraft.!ref!2,1,3
Argentina Beats U.S. Men's Basketball Team Argentina defeated the United States team of National Basketball Association stars 89-81 here Friday in the Olympic semi-finals, dethroning the three-time defending champions.!ref!0,1,1
A canadian Invasion A few year ago, in a story on Nortel (NYSE: NT), me asked readers to submit a Canadian joke to me. this is as good a way as any to reveal the winner.!ref!2,1,3
Khan urged to stay amateur British boxing sensation Amir rahman is being urged to shun a big-money rise to the professional ranks, whether he wins or loses his shot at Olympic gold on Sunday.!ref!1,1,0
Siemens Says Cellphone Flaw May Hurt Users and Its Profit Siemens, the world #39;s largest maker of mobile phones, said Friday that a software flaw that can create a piercing ring in its newest phone models might hurt earnings in its handset division.!ref!2,1,3
Profiling Shaukat Aziz: economic entrepreneur aziz Aziz, taking over as Pakistan #39;s 23rd prime minister on Saturday, is a former private banker credited with infusing new life into an almost bankrupt economy.!ref!0,1,2
Bush government shifts stance on the cause of warming NEW YORK In a striking shift in the way the Bush administration has portrayed the science of climate change, a new report to Congress calling on federal research indicating that emissions of carbon gases and other heat-trapping gases are the only likely!ref!3,1,0
GOP Jamboree Could Briefly Lift Stocks NEW york (va) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are coming to town. If things go smoothly at the Republican  National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost  next party, experts say.!ref!2,1,0
Bea Arthur for President Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Logan Airport in Boston this week when she tried to board a Cape Air flight with a pocketknife in her handbag.    The ""Golden Girls"" star, now 81, was flagged by a Transportation Security Administration agent, who discovered the knife - a strict no-no following 9/11.    ""She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there,' "" a fellow passenger said. ""She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists.' ""    After the blade was confiscated, Arthur took a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the ""terrorists,"" before throwing it at them.  - via philly.com!ref!3,1,0
The Hunt for a Hybrid The Aug. 23 front-page article on the Toyota Prius vs. the Honda Civic implied that the main reason americans prefer the Prius was its  quot;geek-chic look quot; and the image buyers want.!ref!2,1,3