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Articles: Three Americans on trial in Kabul

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:07 AM

	Three Americans went on trial yesterday yesterday on charges that they tortured eight prisoners in a private jail, with the group's leader saying he had tacit support from senior Pentagon officials who once offered to put his team under contract. Read full article: 'Three Americans on trial in Kabul'

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Articles: SCO flops in Unix lawsuit

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:04 AM

	The SCO Group, a struggling company with a loud campaign to profit from Unix intellectual property, has largely lost a case it brought against DaimlerChrysler. Read full article: 'SCO flops in Unix lawsuit'

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Articles: View-Master turns 65

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:02 AM

	With the pump of a finger, the View-Master has given generations a 3-D look at everything from man's first moonwalk to the adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants. Read full article: 'View-Master turns 65'

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Articles: CBC-TV gets new head

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:59 AM

	Richard Stursberg, the chief executive officer of Telefilm Canada, was named Wednesday the new head of CBC Television. Read full article: 'CBC-TV gets new head'

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Articles: Maestro, film music please

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:58 AM

The news coming out of the classical-music world can be pretty bleak these days. With orchestras in dire straits and schools cutting back on music education, some critics have predicted that a whole generation of young people will grow up without knowing what a symphony orchestra sounds like. Yet this hasn't happened -- thanks to Hollywood riding to the rescue.

Read full article: 'Maestro, film music please'

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Articles: Microsoft's Canadian contribution

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:55 AM

	Canadian mutual fund companies are poised to reap a windfall in the millions of dollars from Microsoft Corp.'s plan to disburse $75-billion (U.S.) in cash to its shareholders over the next four years. Read full article: 'Microsoft's Canadian contribution'

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Articles: Molson-Coors agree to merger

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:53 AM

	Canadian beer giant Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co., agreed on a $6-billion (U.S.) merger Wednesday night, the New York Times reported. Read full article: 'Molson-Coors agree to merger'

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Articles: The UN's blinkers

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:50 AM

Israel has long been the United Nations' favourite punching bag. About a quarter of the denunciations issued by the UN Commission on Human Rights focus on Israel. In the UN General Assembly, each year sees a ritual lineup of resolutions condemning Israel for oppressing the Palestinian people and standing in the way of peace. So it came as no surprise, particularly to Israelis, when the assembly voted 150-6 on Tuesday to demand that Israel comply with an order of the International Court of Justice and pull down its security barrier in the West Bank. Even so, this was an unusually vivid example of the UN's bias.

Read full article: 'The UN's blinkers'

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Articles: More Filipinos favor pullout decision

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:48 AM

	More Filipinos agreed with the government's decision to pull out its troops from Iraq for the release of Filipino hostage Angelo de la Cruz, said a survey released Thursday. Read full article: 'More Filipinos favor pullout decision'

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Articles: Six more taken hostage; pullout demands made

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:45 AM

	Militants kidnapped six foreign truck drivers and threatened yesterday to behead them unless their company ends its business in Iraq and their countries — India, Egypt and Kenya — pull all their citizens out. Read full article: 'Six more taken hostage; pullout demands made'

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