US diplomatic convoy hit by Gaza bomb A convoy carrying US diplomats and CIA officials was hit by an apparent roadside bomb in the Gaza Strip, according to a western official. At least three Americans were killed.
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US markets were set to open higher as investors react to upbeat results from chip maker Intel. The Dow and S&P 500 are expected to open above their 16-month closing highs on Wednesday.
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EUROPEAN EQUITIES Chips top the menu in Europe Technology stocks sent equity markets close to their best levels of the year in Europe as investors took their lead from a solid set of results from ASML and Intel of the US.
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Analysis
Why the next Pope may choose continuity Karol Wojtyla's 25 years as head of the Catholic Church have made history. But a gulf has opened up between his conservative message and the practices of many believers. There is a chasm dividing the Church's teaching on sexual and social topics and the practices of millions of Catholics. Oct 14 2003 | Read
The Bush administration seems to forget that the war on terrorism is but one of many wars to fight, writes Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
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All will need to show willingness to make serious concessions after the failure at Cancún, writes Eduardo Perez Motta, permanent representative to the WTO for Mexico.
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I never got round to applying for the post of chief executive at Barclays, but I am glad it was John Varley who got the job instead of me.
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Bill Gates Chris Nuttall, FT's IT correspondent, talked with Bill Gates about his rationale for the new mobile web services pact with Vodafone, Office 2003 and a new search engine. 17:31 | Read