Hurricane Watch Issued for Gaston Off site.project. COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hurricane watch was issued for the South Carolina coast Saturday as forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Gaston would make landfall near Charleston on Sunday night...$LABEL$0,1,3
Health Highlights: aug. 28, 2004 A new medication that fights a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, won applause if not approval from a group of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration.$LABEL$2,1,3
File-Sharers, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You President Bush likes to project the swashbuckling picture, but this week it was the folks over at the Justice Department who formed the posse to go after the evildoers -- the ones on the Internet.$LABEL$3,1,2
Mobile phone  #39;atm #39; risk index.national news:- Defects in Siemens 65 series mobile telephone could cause deafness, hence the company.  quot;In extreme cases, this volume could lead to hearing damage.$LABEL$3,1,2
Sunday: A fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants <b&jr;...&sgt;/ss&mr; Tuesday: A Shiite insurgency appeared to be weakening as Iraqi forces moved to within 200 yards of the Imam Ali Shrine. Wednesday: Iraq #39;s top Shiite cleric returned home with a peace initiative demanding an end to the fighting in america.$LABEL$0,1,3
Terror is below radar in Russia It took 2 days for Russia #39;s security service to announce what virtually everyone else believed from the moment two domestic passenger airlines plunged to earth simultaneously$LABEL$0,1,2
Five facts about culture #39;s Muslim headscarf ban - The French parliament passed the law in March to ban  quot;conspicuous symbols quot; of faith from its state school system. Guidelines for applying the law identified Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and various$LABEL$0,1,3
Saboteurs rolled Up Oil Pipeline in Iraq (AP) may - ap blew up a pipeline in southern Iraq on Sunday in the latest attack targeting the country's crucial oil industry, a senior oil official said.$LABEL$0,1,2
Vote near, Saudis push to modernize technology, Saudi Arabia -- Even as Saudi Arabia struggles internally with violent extremists and externally with its image as the country that produced most of the attackers of Sept. 11, 2001, the desert kingdom's rulers are moving on multiple fronts to modernize and moderate their nation.$LABEL$0,1,3
Spilled Oil, Gas Ignite in Iraq's South Rumaila Field BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Oil and gas spilled during recent  sabotage attacks on Iraq's southern oil pipelines ignited  Sunday and firefighters battled to douse the flames.$LABEL$0,1,3
Conn. Man, 70, Oldest to swim Channel LONDON - today leading Connecticut pilot has become the oldest person to swim the england Channel. George Brunstad, 70, left Dover, france, Saturday morning heading for the French Coast...$LABEL$0,1,3
Tropical Storm flowed Into Coastal streams.ca. CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Gaston blasted the South Carolina coast with rain and near-hurricane strength wind early Sunday, flooding roads and knocking out power to at least 75,000 homes...$LABEL$0,1,3
Our mobile margins will fall: Telstra TELSTRA chief financial officer John Stanhope has admitted Telstra #39;s margins in its \$4.5 billion a year mobile phone business will shrink this year in the face of increased price competition and the growing cost of acquiring new customers.$LABEL$3,1,2
Dyke reopens broadcasting row Former BBC chief Greg Dyke has reopened the company over Tony blair #39;s decision to go to war with Iraq. Dyke was forced to resign from his post, along with former BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, last January after Lord$LABEL$0,1,2
Closing Ceremonies Host city athens laid a final farewell to the athletes and guests of the 2004 Summer Games with a spectacular party under a full moon.$LABEL$1,1,0
China launches prototype satellite China announces an experimental satellite into orbit Sunday, atop a Long March 1b carrier rocket; reported Xinhua, China #39;s republic news agency.$LABEL$3,1,0
A  #39;new Greece #39; beams after success of time As Greeks get a boost, it remains obvious if success will mean much stature in Europe. in Peter Ford  Staff writer of The Christian Science worker.$LABEL$1,1,2
Canada, US fail to resolve beef trade dispute Canada and the United States have failed to reach an agreement on resuming US imports of Canadian live cattle, local press reported Sunday.$LABEL$2,1,0
GOP Jamboree winners Give Stocks Brief Lift NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are in state. If things go smoothly at the republicans National  Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost this week,  experts say.$LABEL$2,1,0
Beijing gears up for 2008 Although the Beijing paralympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in$LABEL$1,1,0
New Namath Book Is Fact, Not Fiction for you follow the recent excerpt of ""Namath"" in Sports Illustrated and were put off by the apparent focus on the iconic Broadway Joe's personal life, be comforted in the way that Mark Kriegel's 441-page biography includes plenty of football, too. all books is exhaustively researched and includes telling anecdotes from Beaver Falls, Pa., to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to New York.$LABEL$1,1,3
For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change. In October, most major cellphone carriers plan to start compiling a publicly accessible listing of wireless phone numbers.$LABEL$2,1,3
Scaffold collapse survivors improving One of the men who survived Friday #39;s fatal scaffold collapse is in guarded condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital and the two other survivors were released on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said.$LABEL$2,1,0
On TV -- from the Internet  SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The promise of Internet-based video has long been hamstrung by copyright and piracy worries, slow dial-up connections, technical challenges, and consumer disdain for watching blotchy videos on their home computers.$LABEL$2,1,3
Intel in new chip breakthrough Intel creates a more powerful memory chip without increasing its size, confounding the firm's critics.$LABEL$2,1,3
space ballistic: Agni-II test fired NEW DELHI: Indias quest to develop a solid missile defence took a step forward today when it successfully test-fired the surface-to-surface Agni-II missile, which can cover targets in the 2000-2500 kms-range, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at$LABEL$0,1,3
Carnival crowds likely to top 1m As the rowland Hill Carnival enters its final day, police say they are pleased with how it has gone so far. About 250,000 people took to the streets on Sunday - more than double the first day last year - to celebrate 40 years of the west London event.$LABEL$0,1,1
Minister Lee Says Uncertainty Deepens Economic Lethargy Deputy Prime Minister and Finance-Economy Minister lee Hun-jai said Monday the nation #39;s current economic lethargy is due to unsubstantiated uncertainty #39; #39; about the future, which in turn weakens the confidence of market players.$LABEL$2,1,0
Atlas Copco to Sell Electric Tool Business Swedish engineering company Atlas Copco said Monday it will sell its electric tool business to Hong Kong-based Techtronic industries Co.$LABEL$2,1,3
Defrocked Priest Gets Suspended Sentence for aggravated Attack A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdays Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in greece today.$LABEL$1,1,0
Bryant Makes First Appearance at Trial (AP) AP - NBA star Kobe Bryant arrived at his sexual assault trial Monday as attorneys in the case who spent the weekend poring over questionnaires prepared to question potential jurors individually.$LABEL$3,1,1
GOP Sharpens Attacks As Convention Opens NEW times (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Monday it was fair game to expose Democrat John Kerry's anti-war protests three decades ago, firing an opening salvo as Republicans at their own convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong party leader.$LABEL$0,1,3
Microsoft spends 1bn to keep out the news The growing threat of hackers and viruses has obliged Microsoft to roll out a billion- dollar refit of its Windows computer operating system to strengthen security.$LABEL$3,1,2
Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News (AP) AP - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market.$LABEL$2,1,0
Iraqi oil exports slump: report NEAR daily attacks on pipelines and pumping stations had pushed down Iraq #39;s oil exports to their lowest point in nearly a year, Britain #39;s Financial Times newspaper reported today.$LABEL$0,1,2
A Better Solution for Israel The hysterical case of Daniel Seidemann #39;s plea to the next US administration to save Israel from itself serves no useful purpose op-ed, Aug. 26.$LABEL$0,1,2
presidential Jury Selection Behind Closed Doors (AP) AP - Prospective jurors in the Kobe Bryant rape case were asked their feelings on racial prejudice, interracial relationships, marital infidelity and justice for the rich and famous in an 82-item questionnaire released Monday.$LABEL$1,1,0
Japan should outsource more The Japanese information services industry clocked up sales of 13,703.9 billion yen in fiscal 2001, according to a report on selected service industries for 2001 released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).$LABEL$0,1,2
Milosevic opens his defense case, starting second half of his <b>...&ds;/b&c; Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic opened his long-delayed defense at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, describing the battles of his Serbian people as self defense against internal rebellions and external attacks by Islamic warriors.$LABEL$0,1,3
Hall of Shame   Hall of Fame We spotlight people and products that pester us...and the heroes saving us from trouble.$LABEL$3,1,2
FCC asks high court to rule on broadband (bill.com) USATODAY.com - The federal government is challenging an appeals court ruling that, officials fear, would stifle the expansion of cable broadband services by burdening the providers with new regulations.$LABEL$3,1,2
UBS pays 265 million dollars for Schwab capital markets business (AFP) AFP - Swiss banking group UBS said that it had paid 265 million dollars (219 million euros) to buy SoundView, the capital markets division of online broker Charles Schwab to strengthen its position on the US Nasdaq market.$LABEL$2,1,0
Conditions Worsen in Darfur, U.N. agencies say (Reuters) say - conditions for 1.2 million sudanese\displaced in Darfur continue to worsen amid violent attacks,\spreading disease, and heavy rains which wreak havoc with aid\unicef, United Nations agency said on Tuesday.$LABEL$0,1,3
EU, Japan Win WTO approval to Impose Duties on US (japan) The European Union, Japan and Brazil won World trade organization backing to impose tariffs on US imports after Congress failed to end illegal overseas subsidies worth \$850 million since 2001.$LABEL$2,1,0
Study: CEOs rewarded for outsourcing NEW america (CNN/cn) - The CEOs of the top 50 US companies that sent service jobs overseas pulled down far more pay than their counterparts at other large companies last year, a study said Tuesday.$LABEL$2,1,0
Samsung owned Philips #39; cellular market for cellphones MANHASSET, NY - philips Electronics and Samsung Electronics have entered into a deal that will enable Samsung to deploy cellular devices using Philips #39; near-field communications power and technology.$LABEL$3,1,2
Hurricane Frances Nears NE Caribbean (AP) AP - Hurricane Frances strengthened as it churned near islands of the northeastern Caribbean with ferocious winds expected to graze Puerto Rico on Tuesday before the storm plows on toward the Bahamas and the southeastern United States.$LABEL$0,1,3
Japanese electronics giants in LCD joint venture Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita Electric have formed a joint concern to manufacture large liquid-crystal displays for flat-screen televisions, escalating competition for a piece of the digital living room.$LABEL$3,1,2
Francis Nixes Hurricanes' Front Office Job (AP) AP - Ron Francis turned down a front-office job with the carolina hurricanes and is still deciding whether he wants to continue his shooting career.$LABEL$1,1,3