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Gaining weight? You may suffer from heartburn
Publish Date : 6/1/2006 9:02:00 AM   Source : Health News Sofianewsroom.com
A slight weight gain could raise the risk of developing heartburn in women, said a study, although researchers say they are not sure whether the results also apply to men.

Combination drug shows promising results in lung cancer patients
Publish Date : 6/1/2006 9:02:00 AM   Source : Health News Sofianewsroom.com
A study has revealed that pairing an experimental targeted therapy with a common anti-inflammatory produces promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Bank of China launches world's biggest IPO in Hong Kong
Publish Date : 6/1/2006 9:01:00 AM   Source : Business News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bank of China Limited today launched the world's biggest initial public offering in six years in Hong Kong stock exchange.

Arcelor must explain in what way Severstal better
Publish Date : 6/1/2006 9:01:00 AM   Source : Business News SofiaNewsroom.com
Arcelor's tie-up with Russian steel giant Severstal has raised doubts in some quarters with a shareholder activist claiming that the deal was to escape the Mittal offer at "any cost".

The New Google Search Promises Ill For Adsense Publishers
Publish Date : 5/31/2006 1:52:00 PM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
In short, Google bought a new search engine technology which improves the relevance of results to a search and displays more detailed information to the user so that he can decide if this is what he needs or not.

iPod Takes On The Job Of Personal Trainer
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 9:12:00 AM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
The system is made up of a small transmitter built in the shoe which delivers the information to a musical device at every taken step.

Bulgaria's Interior "Introduces" Criminals to PM
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 9:01:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bulgaria's interior minister will make the first move to speed up and bring to indictments legal proceedings against people with more than two pending trials, who are currently at large.

Bulgaria Replaces Army General Staff Leadership
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 9:01:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
The outgoing Chief of the Bulgarian Army's General Staff General Nikola Kolev will hand the post over to his successor General Zlatan Stoykov at an official ceremony Monday.

Intel Relentlessly Pursues Cutting Edge
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:44:00 AM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
The glass-encased room inside Intel Corp.'s microchip factory here, with its shiny, metallic surfaces and frigid air, is a world away from the blistering sun and brown earth outside.

Ramco Systems Q4 net loss at Rs 3.82 cr
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:43:00 AM   Source : Business News SofiaNewsroom.com
Ramco Systems Ltd today posted a net loss of Rs 3.82 crore for the quarter ended March 31, as compared to a net loss of Rs 30.03 crore for the same quarter in financial year 2004-05.

Arcelor merger plans smack of hypocrisy, shareholders told
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:41:00 AM   Source : Business News SofiaNewsroom.com
Arcelor shareholders are being exhorted to vote against the company board's proposal to merge with Russia's Severstal and seriously consider Britain-based steel baron Lakshmi Mittal's takeover bid.

BERARDINO: Bonds focuses attention on Babe Ruth and his museum
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:40:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Mike Gibbons swears he wasn't doing anything untoward up there near Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Ricky Williams signs to play for Argonauts
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:39:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
The Dolphins will not be getting a rusty Ricky Williams back in 2007 after all.

SKOLNICK: Pistons' question -- Who's in charge here?
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:38:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Everyone knows what the Pistons, trailing 2-1 to the Heat, should be doing differently.

'Breakfast Club' Principal Gleason Dies
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:37:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in "Trading Places" and the angry high school principal in "The Breakfast Club," has died. He was 67.

Murtha: Iraq Killings May Hurt War Effort
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:36:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
The fallout from the killing of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians by Marines could undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq more than the Abu Ghraib prison scandal did, a lawmaker who is a prominent war critic said Sunday.

Iraq War Widows Seek Strength Amid Loss
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:35:00 AM   Source : World News SofiaNewsroom.com
War lives on long after the last clods of dirt turn over a soldier's grave. It hangs from the faces of husbands and wives -- mostly wives -- whose lives crumble after foreign horrors take their spouses.

Sunni Who Aided U.S. Gunned Down in Iraq
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:34:00 AM   Source : World News SofiaNewsroom.com
A tribal chief who challenged Iraq's most feared terrorist and sent fighters to help U.S. troops battle al-Qaida in western Iraq died in a hail of bullets Sunday -- the latest victim of an apparent insurgent ......

Supplies Arrive in Indonesian Quake Zone
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:33:00 AM   Source : World News SofiaNewsroom.com
Emergency aid began arriving Monday in areas devastated by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia, but officials said the supplies were not reaching survivors quickly enough as victims pleaded ......

OCL to invest Rs 700 cr to hike cement production capacity
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:03:00 AM   Source : Investing News SofiaNewsroom.com
On the back of robust demand, Orissa-based OCL India Ltd is planning to double its cement production capacity for which it has chalked out a Rs 700 crore investment programme.

Renaissance Jewellery to invest Rs 33 cr, files for IPO
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 8:02:00 AM   Source : Investing News SofiaNewsroom.com
Mumbai-based Renaissance Jewellery Ltd (RJL) would be investing close to Rs 33 crore in retail expansion, capacity expansion and modernization of existing facilities within next two years.

Realty firms still gung-ho over IPOs, to raise Rs 20,000 cr
Publish Date : 5/29/2006 7:58:00 AM   Source : Real Estate SofiaNewsroom.com
Real estate growth seems to have come out unscathed by gauging the market sentiments, which is yet to fully recover from the recent turbulent conditions, as investors go gung-ho over ......

It Is Now Possible To Recover Data on Memory Stick Cards
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 5:13:00 PM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
The recovery of accidentally deleted files on Sony flash cards becomes easier due to the new service provided by the company.

Bulgarian Composer Receives Special Billboard Award
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 9:02:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bulgarian composer Atanas Kossev received Billboard's President's Choice Special Recognition Award for outstanding composition, lyrical content, and commercial appeal for his song "To Elvis".

Intel Unique in New Manufacturing Methods
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 8:45:00 AM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip maker, is unique in the way it rolls out new manufacturing methods, perfecting it in a laboratory and then painstakingly duplicating it at factories around the world.

WHO Says Bird Flu Drug Maker on Alert
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 8:45:00 AM   Source : Health News Sofianewsroom.com
The biggest case yet of humans possibly infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organization to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment ......

Sadly, Doo Wop motels are fading into the past
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 8:06:00 AM   Source : Real Estate SofiaNewsroom.com
The Lollipop and The Starlux. The Shalimar and The Caribbean. The Imperial 500 and The Tangiers.

AAI to invest Rs 1500 cr on non-metro airport modernisation
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 7:57:00 AM   Source : Investing News SofiaNewsroom.com
The Airport Authority of India will invest about Rs 1,500 crore to modernise at least 10 non-metro airports in the country by 2008.

Small savings be given equity conversion options in PSUs:Study
Publish Date : 5/28/2006 7:57:00 AM   Source : Investing News SofiaNewsroom.com
The government should give option to investors in small savings scheme to convert their investment at the time of maturity to equity of public sector units to reduce its interest liability and rein in fiscal deficit, industry body Assocham has said.

Nadal's dominance frustrates Federer
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:37:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Two days before the Sunday start of the French Open, the enormously popular defending champion Rafael Nadal seems to be everywhere, including deep within the psyche of world No. 1 Roger Federer......

No Bulgarians Injured in Java Earthquake
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:35:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
No Bulgarian citizens have been injured in last night's strong earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Java.

Johnson outduels Mets' Martinez
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:35:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
The three-run eighth had its purpose.
It gave Joe Borowski some wiggle room in the ninth. It fired up however many of the 15,338 Dolphin Stadium fans that weren't decked out in Mets attire.


Bulgaria's Interior Reports on Organized Crime Fight
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:34:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
The Supreme Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will meet to hear information on the Interior Ministry's priorities in acting on the recommendations of the European Commission in the Monitoring Report.

Bulgaria to Take Pride in Nearly 720km New Highways by 2015
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:27:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
A total of 717,14 km of highways will be constructed by 2015, according to the draft National Strategy for Integrated Infrastructure Development for 2006-2015. The document was discussed at the Council of Coordination......

Senate Confirms Hayden As CIA Director
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:26:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
Gen. Michael Hayden won confirmation to be the 20th CIA director Friday in a lopsided Senate vote, placing a career Air Force officer in charge of the civilian spy agency that is grappling .....

Top Veteran Official Joins Pentacle Debate
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:24:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
Over the years, families have used religious symbols such as the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross and the Islamic crescent and star to honor their loved ones on headstones and markers.

Strong Indonesia Earthquake Kills Hundreds
Publish Date : 5/27/2006 9:23:00 AM   Source : Asia News SofiaNewsroom.com
A powerful earthquake flattened buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday, killing several hundred, injuring thousands and leaving overburdened hospitals appealing for help.

Bulgaria Bans Romanian Poultry over Bird Flu
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:34:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bulgaria's ban on poultry products from Romania comes into effect on Friday as part of the tightened safety measures with its northern neighbour, which has been hit by the bird flu virus.

Bulgarian Holocaust Survivors Still with No Compensation
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:33:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bureaucratic hurdles stand in the way of dozens of Bulgarian Jews entitled to reparations despite the fact that they were ‘only' expelled from their homes and not taken to concentration camps.....

Russia, EU sign visa agreement
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:32:00 AM   Source : World News SofiaNewsroom.com
Russia and the European Union signed a visa agreement Thursday that streamlines procedures for travel between them.

Australian troops arrive in East Timor
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:31:00 AM   Source : Asia News SofiaNewsroom.com
Hundreds of Australian peacekeepers are on the ground to quell growing violence in East Timor.

Sexual predator can live in trailer
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:30:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
A California judge has ruled that a violent sexual predator who has completed treatment in a mental hospital can live in a trailer outside a prison.

Morgan leads latest Champions event
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:29:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Gil Morgan shot 5-under 66 on Thursday to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Championship in Edmond, Okla.

Raja Bell doubtful for the Suns
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:28:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Guard Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns likely will miss Game Two of the Western Conference Finals against Dallas on Friday night because of left calf injury.

Riggs wns Coca-Cola 600 pole position
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:28:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
Scott Riggs of Evernham Racing Thursday won the pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.

Chiefs withdraw Super Bowl request
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:27:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
The Kansas City Chiefs Thursday lifted their request to host the 2015 Super Bowl because of faltering plans for a rolling roof at Arrowhead Stadium.

Hatchell gets new deal at UNC
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:25:00 AM   Source : Sports News Sofianewsroom.com
North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell Thursday was given a new six-year contract.

Google inks pact with Dell, Yahoo teams up with eBay
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:24:00 AM   Source : Technology News Sofianewsroom.com
Google signed a deal with Dell to have its software package installed on consumer models of the world's best-selling computers, while Yahoo entered into a strategic alliance with eBay.

Health centre in tsunami land - with love from Germany
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:23:00 AM   Source : Health News Sofianewsroom.com
The process of rebuilding her life after the devastating tsunami of 17 months ago is almost complete for 54-year-old Shakuntala -- with a brand new medical centre in her relocated village.....

Mine accident kills eight in northwest China
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:22:00 AM   Source : Asia News SofiaNewsroom.com
Eight persons were suffocated to death in a lead-zinc mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the local government said today.

100 take suicide bomber pledge
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:20:00 AM   Source : Asia News SofiaNewsroom.com
Under a banner showing coffins draped with American, British and Israeli flags, more than 100 Iranian men and women pledged Thursday to become suicide bombers, if necessary, to defend their country and Islam.

Car Bombing Kills 8, Wounds 31 in Baghdad
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:18:00 AM   Source : Asia News SofiaNewsroom.com
A car bomb exploded in an outdoor market Friday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding 31, police said, as Iraq's new prime minister expressed hope two key security posts could be filled within days.

Bush Orders FBI-Congress Documents Sealed
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:17:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
President Bush is calling a timeout in the constitutional tussle between Congress and the Justice Department, ordering that documents seized in the FBI's raid of a representative's office be sealed for 45 days.

Bush, Blair Acknowledge Mistakes in Iraq
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:16:00 AM   Source : US News SofiaNewsroom.com
More than three years after sending their troops to invade Iraq, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair cannot escape questions about their decision to go to war even as they acknowledge far-reaching mistakes.

Crude Oil Prices Rise to $71.43 a Barrel
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:15:00 AM   Source : Business News SofiaNewsroom.com
Oil prices gained Friday as market participants worried by the approach of the U.S. summer driving and Atlantic hurricane seasons purchased oil contracts ahead of a long weekend in the United States.

U.S. gives up tax fight
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 9:10:00 AM   Source : Tax News SofiaNewsroom.com
The Treasury Department, conceding that it has no right to continue collecting a 108-year-old tax on long-distance telephone calls, announced Thursday that it will drop its legal battle for the tax ......

New U.S. home sales off last month
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 7:30:00 AM   Source : Real Estate SofiaNewsroom.com
Existing U.S. home sales eased in April on the heels of a two-month rebound, an industry group reported Thursday.

Nationwide sells British unit to investors
Publish Date : 5/26/2006 7:25:00 AM   Source : Investing News SofiaNewsroom.com
A private equity group is buying the British unit of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.'s Gartmore Group.

Sofia Invites 5 Bidders over 2nd Danube Bridge
Publish Date : 5/25/2006 9:34:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Bulgaria's Transport Ministry invited five companies and consortia to participate in the tender for the construction of the second Bulgarian bridge over the Danube River.

Sofia Seeks Political Help over Garbage
Publish Date : 5/25/2006 9:07:00 AM   Source : Bulgaria News SofiaNewsroom.com
Sofia's mayor has called on political leaders for a meeting, to share the responsibility about the capital city's garbage crisis.

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