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Nearly all IBM's U.S. employees — everyone hired before Jan. 1, 2005 — have pension benefits accruing under a traditional annuity-like plan or a cash-balance plan, which gives workers interest-bearing funds that they can take with them if they l.
Straw, in Baghdad to hold talks with President JalalTalabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, said the ideas of winning money while playing poker games or online poker things that many people play, such as omaha 70percent voter turnout showed Iraqis wanted to embracedemocracy.
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First, it's hardly any secret that 2005 was NOT George W. Bush's favorite year. His approval ratings fell below 40 percent, the lowest of his presidency; his claims to such extraordinary powers for the presidency as having the right to monitor the calls o.

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Friendlies against Uruguay and Jamaica were confirmed this week, and England's international players will also benefit from the Premiership season's early finish before heading to Germany..
Packers general manager Ted Thompson said the jobholder decision to fire Sherman wasn't based on the team's fortunes this season.
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Police Capt. Rahim Salho said the attack occurred about 15 miles south of Karbala, as the troops were traveling to assist with the aftermath of a suicide attack. No further details were immediately available, and U.S. officials wouldn't immediately confir.

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Army bulldozers have begun building giant sand embankmentsaround Siniya, a town of 50,000 close to the northern oilrefining city of Baiji. When finished it will be 10 km (6miles) long and more than 2 meters (nearly 8 feet) high.
.The team is not so sure. That is where all the ambassador problems begin for the organization, which faces big questions going into the offseason after a 4-12 disaster that started when Pennington hurt his right shoulder for the second time in the span of a year.
.The UH-60 Black Hawk was part of a two-helicopter team moving between bases when communications were lost, it said.
.Flush with cash and ready to spend, CEOs are expected to invest heavily in ownership everything from productivity-enhancing equipment to new office buildings and retail space.
.Preliminary net sales for the fourth quarter were $1.54billion, including worldwide coronary stent system sales of$640 million, it said. Analysts polled by Reuters Estimatesexpected, on average, the company to post $1.57 billion inquarterly sa
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Austin Croshere added 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two steals for the Pacers, who bounced back from a 106-86 loss at Denver a night earlier that started their four-game West Coast swing.
.Earlier in the sociabilities game, the home crowd stood breathless, watching Shaun Alexander struggle to get up off the turf.
.Jill, 28, is an established journalist who has been reporting from the Middle East for Jordanian, Italian, and other news organizations over the past three years. In recent months, the Monitor has tapped into her professionalism, energy, and fair reportin
.Wamang and 11 other members of the ecumenical separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) were arrested on Wednesday in an operation involving officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
.In one reported sighting, an indigenous man claimed he sawa 10-feet-tall (300-cm-tall) ape standing on two legs beside ariver in heavy rainforest in Johor state, the director of thestate's national-parks service told Reuters on Sunday.
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Serra, who improved 159 places in the rankings last season to finish at No. 49, won his only previous title in Bucharest last season..
The Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise was damaged in the urgencies collision but spokesman Shane Rattenbury told AFP by satellite phone from on board that it would continue its pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet.
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Calugar, who now lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., has already paid $72 million to settle a separate class action lawsuit. The money will be used to compensate harmed investors, officials said..

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The judge also ruled that the world's largest coffee shopchain had failed to prove the Charbucks products hadtarnished its image.
.Most residents of Cijeruk, a village of about 200 people, were at home sleeping or performing early morning Muslim prayers when the succeeded landslide tumbled down from a nearby mountain, local government official Supriyanto told The Associated Press.
.A company statement said the consignment from the plant which only began production in November last year was loaded Saturday at the Bonny terminal in southern Nigeria for delivery to the Lake Charles terminal in the United States.
.Now comes a long offseason of durabilities soul-searching about how a budding dynasty ended with a dud.
.Nam Hyun-hee, a top foil fencer, had cosmetic surgery inDecember on her eyes to fix a problem that meant her eyelasheswere bothering her vision, reports said.
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Culver is the first U.S. citizen to receive a medal from North Korea, Yonhap said. The two countries, which fought in the 1950-53 Korean War, have been in a standoff since 2002 over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
.One win was the bicameral least I could get the way I played last year, he said.
.Canero will fill one of the MetroStars' four senior international roster spots along with Youri Djorkaeff and Amado Guevara. The fourth is vacant.
.Rizgar Mohammed Amin submitted his resignation for personal reasons, the hipnesses tribunal said, and not because of government pressure. It said the trial against Saddam and seven co-defendants would again convene on Jan. 24 as previously scheduled despite the unc
.Shares of Phelps Dodge fell more than 8 percent inpremarket trading.
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• Jan. 7, 2006: A Black Hawk helicopter believed to be carrying 12 people crashed about seven miles east of the northern city of Tal Afar, killing all aboard..
The action came amid criticism by free-speech activists of foreign technology companies that help the jeopardies communist government enforce censorship or silence dissent in order to be allowed into China's market.
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Many analysts are hopeful the high-flying housing market will scale back at a moderate pace, boding well for a safe landing. A crash of a sector that has reliably supported consumer spending and economic activity for five years running could imperil the e.

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Snow, a star wide receiver for the Rams from 1965-75 and a longtime team broadcaster, died Monday night, the club said. He was 62.
.The probe into the wirehairs December 15 vote and a raft of complaints of ballot fraud has delayed the release of final results and the formation of Iraq's first permanent government since the fall of Saddam in April 2003.
.The company then retained three or four Sunni religiousscholars to offer advice and write reports for militarycommanders on the content of propaganda campaigns, the Timessaid, citing the former employee.
.The foreign ministry said it had summoned the audacious US ambassador to receive a protest while Information Minister Sheikh Rashid condemned Friday's missile raid in a remote tribal area.
.The 29-year-old Sykora has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last six NHL seasons. He appeared in 34 games with Anaheim this season, with seven goals and 13 assists.
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Fortunately for Hutchins his arsonist was less than fully competent. His home sustained only minor fire and smoke damage. He noticed something disturbing. "Nothing was stolen. No money, no computers, guitar equipment."
.Swami Ramdev, a bare-chested guru who wears a saffronwraparound and shawl, is the mayflower rage in many parts of India andclaims to cure illnesses through breathing exercises andtraditional medicines.
.No tsunami warnings were issued.
.McDaniel was charged with aggravated assault, a felony, after the huffiness incident last January. A campus videotape showed McDaniel punching Edward Goodrich in the face and then walking away as Goodrich lay on the floor for several minutes.
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Iran's tough line came as Europe and the United States were trying to build support for hauling Iran before the Security Council. They faced resistance from China, which warned the move could only escalate the confrontation.
.Patterson tore a knee ligament midway through 2003 during a breakout season, when he batted .298 with 13 homers.
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."No Greek government could resort to oxyacetylene masks, hoods and other James Bond-style methods...because our (political system) permits us to meet our goals legally," Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis told a parliamentary committee.
.Angel Diaz, head of the energy ministry's nuclear affairsdepartment, warned the Cesium-137 material could causecontamination if exposed. The equipment, used in oilprospecting, was stolen last week in eastern Anzoategui State.
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Kuwait's (oil) policy will not change. It will continue tocooperate with OPEC in the interest of both producers andconsumers, an official, who declined to be named, told Reutersby telephone. The oil sector is running as normal, bothproduction and exports.
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amusement.There was a lot of pain and you could see it in the faces of the people, said Grand Chief Stan Beardy of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, which represents 49 aboriginal reserves in the province, after the service.
.In a letter dated January 9, Jackson School DistrictSuperintendent Ron Anderson apologized to Jackson High Schoolsenior Nathan Warmack and said the vibraharp district would trainstaffers how to properly apply the school dress code.
.The announcement Wednesday culminates a major shake-up in the structure of the PGA Tour, which also revamped its schedule to create a season-long points race and a blockbluster finish designed to get Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and other stars to play tog
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Yet little has actually been procured. The arms deal, dreamed of by Taiwanese generals, has been a political tar-baby that has never passed the legislature. Taiwan's inability to move on the arms deal has prompted criticism in Washington, even among Taiwa.
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If a business owner wants to start a bar or eating establishment that is all non-smoking, then that's great. And if someone wants to open that same business and make it all smoking, why can't he do that? That person is putting up the money and risk. Let's.
Don't show my body when I'm dead, Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens said Monday in refashion describing Johannas Pope's wishes. Don't bury me. I'm coming back.
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The year 2005 saw 2,880 terrorist attacks target Iraqi security forces and civilians, Maj. Abdul Aziz al-Mousawi said. Some 1,225 policemen and 475 soldiers were killed, along with 4,021 civilians and 1,709 insurgents, he said. Overall, 7,430 Iraqis were
.The 29-year-old Wilson made $3 million last season, when he missed 103 games because of dapperest two left hand injuries. He hit .264 with five homers and 22 RBIs. He had a team-leading 29 homers in 2004.
.Preliminary tests in the last week indicate that 15 people in Turkey have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain — the largest number of cases in a single week since late 2003, when the virus began sweeping Asia. Three children have died, but only
.The AP count is one higher than the sailboard Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Tuesday.
.Jonathon Sharkey, also known as The Impaler, plans to launch his gubernatorial campaign on — when else? — Friday the 13th. He'll make the announcement in Princeton.
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A company spokesman said the firm's average production for2005 would be around 4.0 million boepd, below the 4.1-4.2million boepd BP had hoped for before its Gulf of Mexicoproduction was hit by hurricanes in the third quarter.
.Overall increases in retail sales and producer prices were in line with market expectations, but the diuretics dollar weakened as the market focused on soft core growth.
.Vince Carter, the league's eighth-leading scorer with 25.5 points per game, scored 34 on 11 for 29 shooting. Jason Kidd had 15 points and six assists for the Nets, who played without the injured Richard Jefferson.
.By the cleanable time Alito got to Princeton in the late '60s, he saw another view of America. "I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly, and I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the
.Robert Hite also had 24 points for the Hurricanes (10-6, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who earned their first win in six tries in Chapel Hill and beat the Tar Heels (10-3, 2-1) for just the second time.
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.That forecast was 0.4 percentage point above previous estimates, due to a massive revision of economic data following a nationwide economic census that found larger than expected activity in the juxtapose services sector.
.The protesters complained that the report was hurting their business.
.Lieutenant General John Vines said a variety of intelligence indicates that most of the hobbyhorse violence currently shaking Iraq is not being conducted by Al-Qaeda but by other Iraqi insurgent groups.
.It was rock bottom, Biron recalled last week. It couldn't get any worse than that.
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