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Articles: HMV upbeat on recent sales

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:40 AM

	Music and book retailer HMV Group has reported a 22 percent rise in annual pre-tax profit and says it is encouraged by recent sales trends and is considering share buy-backs. Read full article: 'HMV upbeat on recent sales'

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Articles: Somerfield gets new CEO as profits jump

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:38 AM

	Somerfield has announced a giant leap in full-year profits after store revamps and cost cuts paid off, and says sales have kept rising since the year-end. Read full article: 'Somerfield gets new CEO as profits jump'

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Articles: Israeli court orders changes to W.Bank wall

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:34 AM

	Israel's High Court has ordered that changes be made to the route of its controversial West Bank barrier to minimise hardships to Palestinians living in the area. Read full article: 'Israeli court orders changes to W.Bank wall'

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Articles: The brink of another polio outbreak

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:32 AM

IN SPITE of valiant efforts to stand in the track of poliomyelitis (polio), the world might not be seeing the back of the dreaded disease anytime soon. That's because epidemiologists attached to the World Health Organisation's (WHO's) Global Polio Eradication Initiative are expressing alarm at an upsurge in cases of the crippling condition in west and central Africa.

Read full article: 'The brink of another polio outbreak'

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Articles: Laws permitting medical marijuana will be reviewed

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:29 AM

	The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether federal drug laws apply to marijuana grown and used locally for medical treatments after the justices agreed to decide whether states can let seriously ill people use the drug to treat pain and other symptoms. Read full article: 'Laws permitting medical marijuana will be reviewed'

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Articles: Cactus Extract Soothes Hangovers

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:27 AM

	Researchers have discovered the ultimate hangover cure in a prickly pear cactus. According to researchers, the extract of a prickly pear cactus can prevent a severe hangover and significantly reduce nausea, dry mouth, and loss of appetite. Read full article: 'Cactus Extract Soothes Hangovers'

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Articles: 'Barbie' misery may be at end

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:23 AM

	Tom Forsythe, a self-taught photographer from Kanab, can finally relax. His Barbie doll nightmare of the past five years is over. Read full article: ''Barbie' misery may be at end'

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Articles: Spider-iffic!

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:20 AM

	Spider-Man fans can all relax, rejoice and relive the experience today: Spider-Man 2 is Spider-iffic! In a follow-up flick that defies the usual rule about diminishing returns in sequels, New York's web-slinging superhero is back with a vengeance. Read full article: 'Spider-iffic!'

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Articles: 'America's Heart and Soul' a contrast to 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:17 AM

	In an irony even Mickey Mouse would find hard to miss, America is about to weigh two wildly contrasting versions of itself in theaters this weekend as the Walt Disney Co. debuts its own foray into documentary filmmaking right alongside Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- which the studio refused to release. Read full article: ''America's Heart and Soul' a contrast to 'Fahrenheit 9/11''

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Articles: Sun's JDIC and JDNC: A Cross-Platform ActiveX?

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:14 AM

	Sun Microsystems has focused a lot of attention on its newly open-sourced Looking Glass three-dimensional user interface here at the JavaOne Conference. But a pair of technologies that Sun quietly released as open source last week will have a much more immediate effect on the success of Java on the desktop. Read full article: 'Sun's JDIC and JDNC: A Cross-Platform ActiveX?'

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