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To: LindyBill who wrote (91342)	12/19/2004 7:30:02 AM
From: kumar	Respond to of 793912

<Watch what happens to Firefox as a percentage of the browser market.> I would be keen to watch its adoption in mainstream business - thats where the big $s come from for future sw development.

To: LindyBill who wrote (91342)	12/19/2004 7:30:57 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

Command Post blog command-post.org U.S. firm's workers taken hostage By Michele on Kidnappings A security source in Baghdad confirmed to CNN Sunday that 10 Iraqi employees for Sandi Group were taken hostage.This comes as Associated Press Television News released footage showing four masked militants holding 10 Iraqis hostage from the company. The wire service reported that the insurgents said they would kill the people if the company doesn’t leave Iraq. The video showed nine blindfolded men and another was lying down. The militants, whose faces were covered with scarves, brandished machine guns. The Sandi Group — which is headquartered in Washington — provides security, transportation, lodging and translation services in Iraq. Read more…... * Keep New: * Posted on: Sun, Dec 19 2004 3:20 AM * Email This * Clip/Blog This Iraqis Detain 45 Entering from Iran By Michele on Global Politics Iraqi police detained 45 men who illegally entered the country from neighboring Iran, and American troops said Sunday they captured eight Iraqis fleeing the scene of a roadside bombing.[…] The 45 detainees were captured Saturday at Mandali (search), on the Iranian border 60 miles east of Baghdad, police said. They had no identity documents but claimed to be Muslim pilgrims from Iran, Afghanistan or Bangladesh. They ranged in age from early 20s to 60s. Read more…... * Keep New: * Posted on: Sun, Dec 19 2004 3:18 AM * Email This * Clip/Blog This Election Workers Ambushed - Three Dead By Michele on Elections About 30 gunmen ambushed a car Sunday in central Baghdad carrying employees of the Iraqi organization running next month’s elections, killing three of the workers while two escaped unhurt, an official from the election body said.Adel al-Lami, a member of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, said the early morning attack took place in downtown Baghdad’s Haifa Street, the scene of repeated clashes between security forces and insurgents. Al-Lami said about 30 militants ambushed a car carrying five employees working for the commission’s Baghdad office, hurling hand grenades at the vehicle and firing at it with machine-guns. Read more…...