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Japan killer's Internet warnings
Jun. 12 - Questions are raised over whether the random killing of seven people could have been...
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Whaling crisis - ''watch not kill''
Jun 25 - Japan is being urged to consider whale-watching instead of whale-hunting as way of...
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Tokyo on high-alert ahead of G8
Jul 3 - Police in Japan are increasing security levels ahead of the G8 summit.
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Mali hosts anti-G8 summit
Jul 8 - The "anti-G8" summit kicks off in Mali aiming to counterbalance the official G8...
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Japan fishing strike
July 15 - Fishermen in Japan, one of the world's top seafood consumers, went on a 1-day strike to...
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Japan marks 30 years of Star Wars
Jul 20 - Lightsabers are in plentiful supply as Japan celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star...
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Japan quake hurts many, shuts plants
July 24 - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early Thursday, injuring at least 99 people...
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Raw Video: Escalator Accident in Japan
At least 20 people have been injured after an escalator at a
Tokyo convention centre jerked to an...
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Flesh-eating fish pedicure
After gaining popularity in China, Japan and Singapore - the fish pedicure has now taken off in...
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Japan plane crashes into street
Light plane crash lands in busy Japanese street, injuring both aviators.
The street was...
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200 to Tango
The 2008 World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina opens with 200 dancers.
In total,...
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Deadly floods sweep Japan
A woman has died and half a million people have been ordered to leave their homes after heavy rains...
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Storm clouds thicken in islet row
South Korea steps up its defences around a remote group of volcanic islets which Japan also...
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Japan juggles PM policy vacuum
The second Japanese prime minister to resign in less than a year threatened Tuesday to create a...
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Japan PM race heats up
Japan's race to be the next prime minister is heating up with a wealth of candidates pledging tax...
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Powerful typhoon hits Taiwan
At least one person was injured as typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan on Saturday (13 September)...
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Japan eyes Kim fate
Japan's defence minister says the nation has prepared for any development in North Korea,...
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Sailors killed on Russian warship
A fire on a Russian warship in the Pacific kills two sailors, the latest in a series of accidents...
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N.Korea off U.S. terror list
The U.S. announces it's taking North Korea off its terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage talks...
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Indian baby goes home to Japan
A baby fathered by a Japanese man and born to a surrogate mother in India begins her journey back...
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Raw Video: Obama Town, Japan Reacts
Obama Town, Japan reacts to word that Barack Obama has become
President-elect. Dancers performed...
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Russian sub victims suffocated
At least 20 sailors and civilians die aboard a Russian nuclear submarine when a fire...
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Beyond the Group of Seven
A two day economic summit in Washington will include emerging nations like China, Brazil, and...
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Clinton, Japan eye NKorea
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton met with Japan counterparts on the first leg of an Asian tour,...
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Lessons from Japan's "lost decade"
Secretary of State Clinton made her first stop on her Asia tour in Japan, a country that spent...
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Clinton hails Indonesia ties
The U.S. Secretary of State visits Jakarta, and calls for a comprehensive partnership with the...
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Japan cargo plane crashes
A FedEx cargo plane landing at Japan's Narita airport skid off the tarmac in a wind gust, bursting...
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G8 summit concludes in Japan
Jul 9 - The G8 summit in Japan concluded Wednesday, with developed and developing nations looking...
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Nippon Steel fire
July 29 - A fire broke out at a southwestern Japan factory of world No. 2 Nippon Steel, halting...
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Japan economy shrinks
Japan's economy contracted, reinforcing views the world No. 2 may have slipped into recession...
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Asia rebounds on bargain-hunting
A battered Asian share market saw investors return to bargain-hunt Monday, but a sustained rally...
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Japan tries to fend off recession
Japan is trying to fend off recession with inflation at a decade high and a package of stimulus...
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Japan firm serves China gold bug
Gold has been a hot asset in the global commodities boom, and Japan's top bullion house is...
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Tech, economy weigh on Asia
Technology and U.S. economic jitters weighed on Asian investors Thursday, as concerns grew about...
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Lehman bankruptcy rocks Asia
Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy sent shock waves across Asia Tuesday, as much of the region came back...
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BOJ cheers U.S. bailout
A top Bank of Japan official expressed hope Monday a $700 billion U.S. government bailout fund...
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Japan, Asian shares soar
Japanese and Asian shares soared Tuesday following a Wall Street rally, recouping some of the...
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Japan bans naked short selling
Japan brings forward short selling restrictions in a bid to curb market turmoil.
The...
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Asian stocks mixed
Japan's benchmark Nikkei jumped on hopes the Bank of Japan would follow the Federal Reserve to...
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Germany to spend and fight recession
Germany and Japan say they may spend billions of dollars to bolster the economy in a bid to stave...
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Japan tech firms in talks:Sources
Consumer electronics giant Panasonic is in talks with major shareholders of Sanyo Electric to buy...
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Japan carmakers deal with U.S. woes
Most Japanese carmakers shook off the worst overall U.S. sales month in 25 years, with only...
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Global data adds to anxiety
A slew of negative readings from China, Japan and Britain compounded global recession...
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Stocks sink despite new loan aid
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Citigroup all announced revised lending terms to help struggling...
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Citi, Japan fan recession fears
Citigroup's plan to slash 52,000 workers and Japan's slip into an official recession stoked fears...
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Japan output nosedives
Japan's economic picture turned gloomier Friday, with industrial output tumbling and the risks of...
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Japan deeper in recession
Japan's export-driven economy is deeper in recession than initially thought, reinforcing...
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Steel downturn hits Japan
World steel No.3, JFE, is speeding up output cuts as the global downturn bites.
A year ago the...
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Nikkei up, but 2008 worst ever
Asian shares crawled higher Tuesday as resource-linked firms rose with energy prices, while...
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Japan eyes new bad loan plan
Japan's government and central bank are eyeing a $110 billion bad loan buying-scheme, the Sankei...
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Japan spending slides
The slowdown in the world's No.2 economy has been staggering and nowhere more so than at its...
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ECB cuts rates to two percent
The European Central Bank cuts interest rates for the fourth month running, lowering them by...
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Business Update: Japan aid plan
Japan is planning a $16.7 billion scheme to buy shares in private firms hit by the global...
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Japan beer firms buying
Japanese beermakers, hit by plunging domestic demand, are spending billions for overseas stakes...
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Business Update:Japan eyes bank plan
Japan reacted with disappointment to the U.S. bank bailout plan, as shares found only mild relief...
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G7 to fight recession
The G7 industrial powers said they will tackle the recession doing all that they can without...
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Business Update: Japan GDP, G7
Japan's economy shows the biggest contraction since 1974, while a G7 meeting in Rome fails to...
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Business Update: Japan recession
Japan's factory output fell by a record 10 percent, while joblessness rose in the world's No.2...
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Japan triples medical staff at airports to check for flu
Tokyo - Japanese airports increased the number of quarantine officials Tuesday as...
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Japanese teenager suspected of swine flu after return from Canada
Tokyo - A Japanese woman arriving from the United States Thursday tested negative...
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At swine flu epicentre, death toll climbs amid world alert
As the death toll climbed to 152 in Mexico, countries around the world took steps to warn the...
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Clinton seeks "meaningful" steps against climate change
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the...
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Japan logs first annual trade deficit in 28 years
Tokyo - Japan's trade balance for fiscal 2008 marked the first deficit in 28...
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China willing to mediate for six-party talks resumption
Tokyo - China has expressed a willingness to mediate in talks between North Korea...
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IAEA inspectors leave North Korea
Vienna - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said its inspectors left North Korea...
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North Korea heading toward further isolation, US says
Washington - North Korea has taken a step toward further isolation by ending its cooperation with...
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South Korea sees no end to nuclear talks with North Korea
Seoul - South Korea's government has not written off the six-nation talks aimed...
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Japanese fleet kills 680 whales, misses target
Tokyo - Japan's whaling fleet failed to achieve its target but still returned to...
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North Korea vows to boycott nuclear talks
Seoul - North Korea announced Tuesday it will boycott international...
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UN Security Council to act on North Korea missile launch
New York - Held back from stronger steps by China and Russia, the United Nations Security...
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Japan fails to reach whale hunt target due to obstruction
Tokyo - Japanese whaling ships returned Monday after a so-called scientific...
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Japanese Parliament condemns North Korean missile launch
Tokyo - The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards as a...
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Japanese parliament condemns North Korean missile launch
Tokyo - Japan's parliament on Tuesday condemned what it regards as a...
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China seeks restraint, Japan a resolution on North Korea
Beijing/Tokyo - China called Monday for restraint after North Korea's rocket...
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Japan, Venezuela to cooperate in natural resources development
Tokyo - Japan and Venezuela agreed on Monday to seek ways to jointly develop oil...
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North Korea launches rocket, draws international ire
Seoul/Tokyo/Washington - North Korea launched a rocket early Sunday and claimed to have put a...
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Japan denies reports of North Korean rocket launch
Tokyo - North Korea has not gone ahead with a planned rocket launch yet,...
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EU greets US proposal for climate change forum in April
Beijing - The European Union on Monday welcomed US President Barack Obama's...
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Japan prepares to intercept North Korean missile debris
Tokyo - Japan on Friday readied for North Korea's planned rocket launch, ordering...
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Sanctions would spell end to nuke talks, North Korea warns
Seoul - North Korea warned Tuesday that talks on ending its nuclear weapons...
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US assures world that economic fundamentals are strong
Washington - The United States sought to reassure other countries Friday that its long-term...
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Fujimori taken to hospital in Peru
Lima - Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was taken out of jail and to hospital in...
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Planned North Korean satellite launch arouses suspicion
Seoul - North Korean plans to launch a communications satellite in early...
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Yokohama Set To Mark 150th Anniversary Of Open Port
Yokohama, Japan - Much of the world was tuned in to Yokohama for a little over 90 minutes in 2002,...
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Taiwan Reached A Record High In Its Foreign Exchange Reserves
Taipei - According to the Central Bank, Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves...
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Japan's Stock Market Ends Worst Year In Trading History
Tokyo - For Tokyo's traders, it was the worst year on record for Asia's leading stock market -...
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Taiwan Succumbs To China's Panda Diplomacy
Taipei - For six decades, China tried in vain to recover Taiwan with military force and political...
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UN Nuclear Watchdog Leaves Much To Do For New Director
Vienna - As Mohamed ElBaradei is about to enter his last year as head of the International Atomic...
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U.S.
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US criticizes North Korean threat to withdraw from nuclear talks
Washington - North Korea's decision to withdraw from the six-nation negotations on its nuclear...
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Former US candidate McCain in Vietnam, calls for military ties
Hanoi - The United States "would like to increase military- to-military relations" with...
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Obama gives Prague vision of a non-nuclear world
Prague - US President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious plan to rid the world of atomic weapons in...
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World leaders greet Obama inauguration with hope, caution
World leaders lined up on Tuesday to pay tributes to Barack Obama on the occasion of his...
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Report: Oldest man in United States dies at 112
Francis, who was born on June 6, 1896, in New Orleans, passed away Saturday after being...
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ANALYSIS: Obama could unlock impasse on global warming
Poznan, Poland - With talks on global warming stalled, the world's eyes are on Barack Obama to...
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Supercentenarian Woman, Edna Parker, Dies at 115
Edna Parker, the woman who was certified as the world’s oldest person, died Wednesday at a nursing...
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President-elect Obama's busy new life
Washington - If Barack Obama thought he'd get a break after the election, reality has proven...
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California to get first bullet train in US
Los Angeles - California is to get the first bullet train network in the United States, with trains...
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Suicide Rates Up Among American Middle-Aged Women
Suicide rates in America are rising for the first
time since the early ‘90s, and the most affected...
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Health
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Travel and swine flu: US vice president stirs pot
Washington - While countries debate whether it's wise to travel to Mexico or the United...
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Japan's Aso urges calm, cooperation on swine flu
Beijing - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday urged Japanese...
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Japanese woman travelling from US tests positive for influenza
Tokyo - A Japanese woman who arrived at Tokyo's airport from Los Angeles tested...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Group: Baby Care Products Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals
A health advocacy group found out that more than half the baby shampoo, lotion and other infant...
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HIV - Among the Greatest Battles In The History of Humanity
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature confirms the fact that the battle against the HIV...
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Resistance to Popular Tamiflu Growing
Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu appears inefficient in some people suffering from flu viruses...
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Lilly, Daiichi Blood Thinner Prasugrel Gets European Approval
The European Commission on Monday gave its approval for blood-thinning drug Efient for heart...
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FDA Approves First New Gout Treatment in 40 Years
The Food and Drug Administration approved febuxostat, made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the...
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Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Flu Vaccine Development
A team of researchers working under Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has...
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Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research
Teams of friends, family, neighbours and colleagues are organizing for the 2009 Relay for Life, the...
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Secrets Released About the 1918 Pandemic Flu
Researchers have recently discovered the cause which had led to the death of so many people...
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Genes Caused the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
Researchers found out the main cause of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic. Apparently, the main cause of...
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Weight Loss Products May Cause Health Problems
The FDA announced that people should avoid consuming weight loss products, as they may contain...
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FDA Warns Consumers About Weight-Loss Products
The FDA issued a warning today about the purchase or use of more than 25 products for weight loss....
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FDA Issues Warning for 28 Weight Loss Products
The Food and Drug Administration is warning against 28 products marketed for weight loss that you...
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Hourglass Shape May Not Be The Best Female Figure
A new study challenges the common
perception that the hourglass figure for females – tiny...
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CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography
New research published in this week’s New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...
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Melamine Traces Found in US-Made Infant Formula
China’s
tainted milk crisis that sickened thousands of babies across the country continues
to...
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Sleep and Exercise Help Prevent Cancer, Especially In Women
It’s a well known fact that getting a good night’s sleep, usually estimated to be of eight hours, a...
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Baby formula makers target Asian mothers after melamine scare
Hong Kong - An attractive, smiling, healthy-looking couple pose with their thumbs up in front of a...
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Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or catching up...
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Sex Trumps Sports as a Sleeping Aid
Kassel, Germany - Even though humans sleep away about one-third of their lives, sleep science is...
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US Infant Mortality Rate – Definitely Not Improving, CDC Says
Infant mortality rate is continuously decreasing in the
United States, dropping to 29th in the...
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Drinking Coffee Does Not Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Coffee isn’t harmful to your health, a new
study confirms that theory. Is it true that long term,...
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Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells
The search for viable alternatives to replace
the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
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Countries Ban, Recall Chinese Dairy Products As a Result of Tainted Milk Scandal
Thailand health inspectors are testing nearly 100 imports from China
from possible melamine...
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New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique
The results of a study conducted by researchers
at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
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China’s Toxic Milk Crisis Spreads Fear in Other Parts of the World
China’s tainted milk crisis that killed four infants and sickened 53,000 babies across the country...
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Stem Cell Research Advocates Gather at the World Stem Cell Summit
On Monday and Tuesday, hundreds of
researchers, stem cell research advocates and investors...
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Sports
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Rosberg shines again in practice - big three trail
Barcelona - Nico Rosberg dominated another Formula One practice on Friday in a strong showing of...
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American Campbell sets pace; Harrington, Woods in touch
Augusta, Georgia - American Chad Campbell enjoyed a small piece of Masters history Thursday...
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Rosberg sets pace as Williams surprises in Melbourne
Melbourne - Nico Rosberg set the pace as Williams upstaged the traditional favourites in both...
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Confederations Cup: A troubled History
Johannesburg - Few international football tournaments have had such a troubled history as the...
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Lewis Hamilton: Looking to be F1's youngest ever champion
Lewis Hamilton is just one step away from being crowned Formula One's youngest ever world drivers'...
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Felipe Massa: Ferrari's Brazilian hope
Felipe Massa has finally stepped out of the shadows at Ferrari and goes into Sunday's Brazilian...
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Hamilton Means Business in China GP Practice
Shanghai - Lewis Hamilton made a strong statement on Friday when he dominated free practice for the...
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Massa closes in on Hamilton as Alonso wins Japanese GP
Fuji, Japan - Felipe Massa cut Lewis Hamilton's lead in the Formula One drivers' standings to just...
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Toyota's Home Delight as Glock Tops F1 Practice in Japan
Fuji, Japan - Timo Glock of Germany led the way for home team Toyota in Friday's free practice for...
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Hamilton has fastest lap in first Japanese Grand Prix practice run
Oyama, Japan - Lewis Hamilton, the leader in the Formula One standings, scored the fastest lap...
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Hamilton looking for repeat of Japan GP success
Fuji, Japan - Championship leader Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix...
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Roddick on a Roll as Ferrer Falters in Tokyo
Tokyo - Second seed Andy Roddick bore down on a second Asian title in as many weeks, earning a...
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Top Five Charge into Tokyo Quarters
Tokyo - Top seed David Ferrer and number two Andy Roddick moved closer to a seeded showdown at the...
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Seeds Charge to Wins in Tokyo under Welcome Dry Skies
Tokyo - Spanish seeds delivered a one-two winning punch while Bangkok champion Jo-Wilfried staged a...
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Officials Go under Cover to Catch Up Rain-Hit Japan Open
Tokyo - Officials took cover indoors as rain from an approaching typhoon dampened the Japan Open...
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Brazilians Break Ties with Their National Team
Rio de Janeiro - A goalless draw against a 10-man Bolivia in Rio de Janeiro was the spark that...
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Gulnara Galkina-Samitova In Stunning Steeplechase Debut, Slovenian Delight
Beijing - Gulnara Galkina-Samitova of Russia turned on the style on Sunday, winning the inaugural...
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Golden Bolt sets 100m world record; Phelps matches Spitz
Beijing - Usain Bolt won the men's 100 metres final with a stunning world record while fellow...
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Chinese satisfied with their athletes, but want less pressure
Beijing - With China leading the medals table with 10 golds on Tuesday, the host nation's...
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China win's men's team event in artistic gymnastics
Beijing (- China secured the men's team gold in the artistic gymnastics event at the National...
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Phelps gets second gold as records tumble
Four world records tumbled in a remarkable second day of Olympic swimming Monday as American...
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Lewis Hamilton Grabs Pole Position For Hungarian GP
The British driver Lewis Hamilton dominated the qualifying session
for Sunday's Hungarian Grand...
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Danica Patrick - That's What IndyCar Is All About!
How does a woman feel in a men’s
competition? Victorious is the answer that comes to mind after...
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Danica Patrick Big In Japan, Wins IndyCar 300
Danica Patrick defeated Helio Castroneves in Japan IndyCar 300 and she became the first woman ever...
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Beckham’s 90-Minute Game Didn’t Save Galaxy From PPC Defeat
Hawaiian soccer fans were
ecstatic to see international superstar David Beckham on a 90-minute...
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Fukudome Proud to Be a Cub
Everyone eagerly awaited for Wednesday’s press conference to
begin, as Japanese outfielder Kosuke...
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Dodgers Take Kuroda In For $35.3 Million Deal
The 32-year-old Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda came to
an agreement with the Los Angeles...
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Fukudome Signs a $48 Million Contract With the Chicago Cubs
The Chicago
Cubs signed on Tuesday a 4-year $48 million contract deal with Japanese
outfielder...
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Brazil to Host the 2014 World Cup
The FIFA executive committee voted on Tuesday that the 2014 edition of the World Cup will be hosted...
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Hamilton Closes In on Title after Victory in Japan
Lewis Hamilton took another step towards his first Formula 1 title after he finished first on a wet...
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Gadgets
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GameStop Kicks Offs DSi Reservation Program
GameStop has recently announced that it was launching a reservation program that would enable...
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Nintendo Confirms April 5 as DSi Release Date
Wednesday, Nintendo confirmed that the DSi gaming console would hit the United States market on...
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Sony Introduces “Carnival Color” PSPs
This month, four new colors of PSP hardware are scheduled to be released in Japan, with the...
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Nintendo DSi Coming to the United States in April
Even though Nintendo’s DSi was made available to Japanese gamers as early as last November,...
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Don't Forget to Pack Your Portable Videogames for the Holiday Vacation
As the holiday season is rapidly nearing and everybody is getting ready to go on vacation,...
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The Ds Sales More Than The PSP
In a recent data comparison it seems that on the portable gaming platforms, the DS is winning in...
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Honda Designs Walking Aid
The future and the way it was envisioned by many sci-fi writers is becoming more and more real as...
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Nintendo Launched the DSi in Japan
Saturday, Nintendo launched their new version of the DS
portable gaming machine, called DSi, in...
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HP Enters The Mini-Notebook Market
Computer manufacturer HP has introduced on Wednesday its new
line of ultra-portable notebooks,...
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Sony to Release e-Reader in Germany from Spring 2009
Frankfurt - Sony is to offer its e-book reader, a replacement for paper books, in Germany from the...
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Nintendo Doesn't Disappoint And Unveils New Shiny DSi
Putting an end to intense speculation, president and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata announced...
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Report: Nintendo Will Release New DS Version by Year's End
Nintendo will allegedly release an improved version of its Nintendo DS gaming gadget, featuring a...
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New Nintendo DS to Be Launched
The Sunday edition of „The Nikkei Business Daily” has
revealed in a report that Nintendo has a new...
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Update: Apple Sells 1 Million Phones and 10 Million Applications
Apple has pulled it off. The Cupertino company managed to sell in a very short timespan a million...
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As Expected Microsoft Announces $299 Price Tag For Xbox 360 Pro
It seems like the rumors about the imminent price cut of
Xbox 360 were true. In a press statement...
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Sony Determined To Not Cut The PS3 Price, Even If Xbox 360 Goes $299
It seems like Sony is decided to keep its “most expensive”
label for its PlayStation 3. While...
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Pioneer Develops 400 GB Blu-Ray-Like Optical Disk
Pioneer has announced that it has found a way to pack up to 400 GB of data on a single 12 cm...
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China Mobile Talks With Apple About An iPhone Deal
It seems like Apple’s ultimate gadget, the 3G iPhone will
soon be available in China.
According...
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Confirmed: iPhone Coming to Japan this Year
According to a press release from SoftBank Mobile, the Japanese service provider has secured an...
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iPhone Might Exceed The 10 Million Target?
Last year when Steve Jobs announced Apple’s intention to
sell 10 million iPhones until the end of...
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Wii Leads The Sales In Japan Too
It seems like Wii is unbeatable. Shortly after the NPD Group
released its data about the gaming...
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Report: Sony To Discontinue PS3 80 GB Version
An internal retail memo leaked from BestBuy could provide a
clue about the US
future of PS3 80 GB...
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Skype-Enabled PSP Postponed In Japan
The Japanese fans of PSP won’t get their hands on the Skype version
of Sony’s gaming handheld this...
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A New Surprise From iPhone
One year after Steve Jobs announced at MacWorld the iPhone the
frenzy is far from over, especially...
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The Original PS3 Models Say Sayonara!
On the verge of finding success with its 40 GB PS3 model, Sony
announced today it will discontinue...
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JVC Announces New Line of iPod-Enabled LCDs
JVC Americas Corp. has announced a new line of JVC LCD TVs with a built-in iPod dock. JVC's new...
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Boarding Pass on Your Cell Phone
A new boarding pass system has been launched this week,
according to The Transportation Security...
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PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan. A Sign Of Revival?
Finally, one year after the official launch of its gaming
platform, Sony did the right thing. The...
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PSP Slim Sells One Million Units In Japan
Maybe PlayStation 3 is lagging behind competition, but the
new slim PSP seems to be a real hit. At...
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Console War Heats Up Over Holidays
The Nintendo-Playstation-Xbox war is heating up over holidays, as expected. Sony isn't about to...
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Video Games
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Sony to Launch New PSP Go! UMD-Free
More and more details about the rumored Sony's new PlayStation Portable are...
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Nintendo President: No Price Cuts for Wii, DSi
Japanese video games developer Nintendo doesn’t have any plans of cutting prices on its Wii...
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Nintendo DSi to Launch in U.S. on Sunday
Nintento will launch the next generation DSi, its highly popular console for video games, in the...
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Nintendo DSi UK Launch Date Officially Announced
After announcing the official release date for the Nintendo DSi in the United States, Nintendo...
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It’s Official: the Nintendo DSi Launches in U.S. on April 5
The Nintendo DSi, the third version of the Nintendo DS handheld, has finally been given an official...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo Released on Xbox 360 for U.S. Gold Members
Let the mayhem begin!
Resident Evil 5 demo version is available for Xbox 360 "Gold"...
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Final Fantasy XIII For North America, Europe Delayed Until April 2010
Despite initial promises that Final Fantasy XIII will be arriving in North America this year,...
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Final Fantasy Fans Will Have To Wait For The New Release
United States and UK fans of the Final Fantasy game will have to wait quite a while before playing...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo: Exclusively On Xbox 360
In case if you are the happy owner of a Xbox 360, then Xbox Live has a pretty nice surprise...
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Nintendo Wii Is Expanding Towards Videos As Well
Game maker Nintendo will join forces with ad agency Dentsu Inc to launch a video distribution...
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Finally, Home, PlayStation's Home Will Open In Beta
PlayStation’s take on Second Life, the twice-delayed project
Home will become available as an open...
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Playstation Home Goes Open Beta Starting Thursday
Sony Computer Entertainment is moving Home, is online
virtual environment for the Playstation 3,...
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Wal-Mart To Offer Tens Of Thousands Of Wiis
As we are facing another holiday season with Nintendo’s Wii
in high demand, Wal-Mart is ready to...
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Assassin’s Creed 2 Confirmed, French Revolution Setting Rumored
According to boasts by Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed was one of
their most successful franchises. They...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo Set For Launch In Japan
It really seems that Resident Evil 5, scheduled to arrive in March 2009, will offer its fans a...
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Video Games Makers Are Ready For The Holiday Season
Video games makers are making the final preparations in order to ensure that they are ready to...
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Wii Sales Exceed 7 Million In Japan
It’s been almost two years since Nintendo set loose the Wii
upon the world, in hopes of starting a...
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Grand Theft Auto IV Next Episode Revealed
“Lost
and Damned,” the first episodic pack for the action-adventure video game Grand
Theft Auto...
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EA Sports Introduces Fitness Game for Wii
Thursday, Electronic
Arts Incorporated introduced their first fitness videogame, thus joining...
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Microsoft Holiday Offer: Xbox 360 Bundles With Free Video Games
Microsoft’s holiday offer will be the same this year: Xbox 360 bundles with free games. The bundles...
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Report: New Nintendo DS Is Coming Next Week
Apparently, two years after the launch of Nintendo DS Lite,
Nintendo is ready to revamp its...
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The Battle of the Band Games Rocks the House
Rhythm games have been becoming more and more popular of
late. We’re not just talking about the...
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Microsoft Lowers Xbox 360 Prices in the U.S. to Boost Sales
Microsoft realized its Xbox 360 home console has few chances of competing with Nintendo's Wii and...
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Will Price Cuts Be Enough to Boost Xbox 360 Sales?
In an anticipated move, Microsoft has decided to cut the
price of Xbox 360 not only in Japan,
but...
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Sony PSP-3000 Revives Japanese Gaming Console Competition
Sony is working on improving its gaming sales as of this
fall by introducing the new PlayStation...
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Microsoft Slashes Again The Price Of Xbox 360 In Japan
Microsoft is making a new attempt to keep up with its
competitors, Sony and Nintendo, on the...
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Xbox 360 Hammers PlayStation 3 In Japan's Weekly Sales
According to various media reports, the past week has been a
god one of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in...
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Update 2: In July Nintendo On Top, Gamers Play NCAA 09 For Xbox 360
The latest sales figures for the U.S. console gaming market
released by NPD Group this week...
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Everyone Awaits The Final Fantasy XIII Game
Over the weekend, Japanese game developer Square Enix Co Ltd
invited the video game enthusiasts to...
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Nintendo Files Lawsuit Against Illegal Game Programs
On Tuesday five Japanese firms were sued for selling equipment that allows illegal game programs to...
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Science
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ISS ready for six residents, most international crew ever
Washington - After more than 10 years of construction, the International Space Station is...
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Taiwan scientist claims breakthrough in earthquake early warning
Taipei - A Taiwan scientist has made breakthrough in earthquake early warnings, allowing the public...
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Milestone for space station: final solar panel unfurled
Washington - With sunlight glowing golden across its expanse, the fourth and final pair of solar...
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Discovery docks with space station
Washington - The space shuttle Discovery docked Tuesday with the International Space Station on a...
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Space Shuttle Discovery Finally Launches towards ISS
Space shuttle Discovery finally blasted off into Earth’s orbit with its crew of seven...
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NASA Delays Discovery Launch Again
NASA delayed the launch of space shuttle discovery for the fifth time. This time the space agency...
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NASA’s Discovery Shuttle to Launch Tonight
NASA’s space shuttle Discovery is set for launch on Wednesday on a mission that aims to...
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Discovery headed on long-delayed ISS expansion mission
Washington - After weeks of delay, the space shuttle Discovery is set to make an important delivery...
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Countdown until NASA’s Discovery Launch Begins
Yesterday, the clocks measuring the time left until space shuttle Discovery launches for the...
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Obama Raises Hope On Tackling Climate Change Issues
These days, talks of efficient energy policies and reforms are once again in the spotlight, and the...
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Discovery Launch Gets Another Delay Over The Same Problematic Valves
NASA has taken its time in reviewing the shuttle Discovery, and it will take its time in...
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NASA Delays Space Station Mission Over Valve Issues
Space launches rarely go according to plan, so NASA’s decision to postpone the launch of...
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NASA Prepares The Launch Of Its Orbiting Carbon Observatory
NASA announced its plans to begin a project that is looking to investigate the global warming...
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Are Meteorite Strikes The Reason Life Appeared on Earth?
Yoshihiro Furukawa at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan unveiled an amazing discovery. He claims...
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Tycho Brahe’s Supernova Mystery, Resolved
A group of scientists from Japan, Germany and Holland presented a research about the supernova...
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NASA Already Planning The Next ISS Power-Expansion Mission
The space adventure of the STS-126 mission astronauts ended
successfully on Sunday with...
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Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography
New research published in this week’s New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...
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India's moon impact probe lands on lunar surface
New Delhi - A moon impact probe launched from India's first lunar spacecraft successfully landed on...
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Talking car technology making progress
Smart car-to-car communication will one day make traffic jams obsolete and significantly improve...
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Successful Cloning Process With 16-year-old Frozen Tissue
An extraordinary report was made public by a group of
scientists from Japan. It is for the first...
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Frozen Mice Cloned by Japanese Scientists
This week, mouse
cloning expert Teruhiko Wakayama, along fellow colleagues at the Center...
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Frozen Mice Clones Could Hold Key To Resurrecting Extinct Species
Japanese scientists have recently reported a major breakthrough
in cloning, opening new...
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Study Bashes Violent Video Games, Links Them to Aggressive Behavior in Kids
Despite their huge popularity among young and adult players,
video games continue to remain a...
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India Looking Forward To Space Exploration Beyond The Moon
The first years of Moon exploration revealed a thirst of exploring
space beyond our boldest...
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India Is Reaching For The Moon
Lunar exploration was largely dominated by the U.S.A and Soviet Union in the beginning, later other...
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Three Reseachers Get The Nobel In Physics
In 1895, Alfred Nobel’s will was the cornerstone of the Nobel Prize: one of the wishes written in...
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Ig Nobel Prize Winners Know How To Make Potato Chips Sound Fresher
Each year, around the time when the Nobel Prize recipients
are announced, the Ig Nobel Prize...
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China Launches Third Manned Mission For Spacewalk
Thursday, China launched a 3-man crew mission that
is to perform the country’s first spacewalk,...
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The LHC Needs Two Months For Complete Restoration
The European Organization for Nuclear Research announced
that the recently discovered problems...
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Update: The LHC Is Ready For Its Upcoming Scheduled Objectives
After its first official test, which took place yesterday and
ended up being a complete success,...
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Technology
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EU slaps record 1-billion-euro fine on Intel
Brussels - The European Commission, in a bid to provide computer buyers with more...
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Google Germany agrees to remove Street View images before release
Hamburg - Internet giant Google said Monday it would allow German householders to complain...
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Intel: the PC Market has hit the Bottom, Will Grow
Intel said on Tuesday that the PC industry is not at the lowest sales level and it will start to...
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AT&T in Talks with Apple to Extend iPhone Partnership
AT&T plans to keep the Apple iPhone exclusive for a bit longer than expected. The mobile phone...
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Honda Unveils Robot that Can ‘Read’ Your Mind
Imagine a world of robots doing everything people can do, from ordinary things like cleaning the...
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Third undersea cable planned to bring faster internet to Asia
Taipei - Several Asian countries plan to jointly build a third Asia-Pacific...
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Resident Evil 5 Fans Get Exclusive Bundle Offering From Microsoft
Microsoft decided to celebrate the release of the upcoming Resident Evil 5 video game with the...
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Nintendo DSi Will Soon Be Released in the U.S.
It’s happening - the Nintendo DSi is coming to North America on April 5, for $169.99....
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Nintendo DSi To Be Available In US This April
Nintendo DSi, which was launched last November in Japan, will be released in the United States,...
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Resident Evil 5 Demo: Exclusively On Xbox Live For A Week
In case if you are the happy owner of a Xbox 360, then Xbox Live has a pretty nice surprise...
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Toyota Extremely Optimistic About 3rd Generation Prius Hybrid Sales
Despite the tough economic times, the Detroit Auto Show was the perfect opportunity for Toyota...
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Panasonic Unveiled Several New Products At The CES
Known as an event filled with innovations and prototypes, the International...
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Sony Also Unveils The New Vaio P Series
Sony has also unveiled at CES what it claims to be the world's lightest netbook, weighing only...
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Nintendo Releases Video Streaming Service for Wii
Nintendo plans to offer a video service for its gaming console after teaming up with Dentsu, the...
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Nintendo Launches Video-Distribution Service With Dentsu
Nintendo is working with Japan's largest advertising agency, Dentsu, in order to offer a...
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Video Service Available for Wii
Nintendo plans to offer a video service for its gaming console after teaming up with Dentsu, the...
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NORAD And Google Once Again Track Santa Claus
A special Google Maps-powered Web site established by the North American Aerospace Defense...
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Nintendo Will Launch A Video-Distribution Service
Recent news shows that Japan's largest advertising agency, Dentsu, is working with Nintendo in...
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Toyota Announces Losses For This Fiscal Year
For the first time in 70 years, Toyota announced on Monday that it will lose money this...
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$1 billion Needed for US-Made Lithium Ion Batteries Master Plan
Electric cars seem more and more close to become a practical, normal alternative to those using...
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Metal Solid Gear Touch for iPhone Out in Spring 2009
The next Metal Gear Solid game has been confirmed, and no,
it isn’t the MGS 5 or MGS4 port for...
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Sony Launches PlayStation Home Service
Thursday,
the long awaited virtual community for users of Sony Corporation’s PlayStation
3 gaming...
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Nokia Reveals New Gadget, N97
Even if many companies have
said their gadget is a true iPhone killer, when Nokia says that, we...
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NVIDIA Reveals First 4GB Professional Graphics Card
Today NVIDIA announced the newest of the professional Quadro
line of graphics cards, the Quadro FX...
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Panasonic Wants to Buy Sanyo
Panasonic and Sanyo announced on Friday that they plan to discuss the acquisition of Sanyo by the...
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Honda Unveils Walking Assisting Machine
The ever-ingenious Honda Motor Company has come up with a computerized device designed to help...
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Nintendo’s DSi Launched Today In Japan
Technology is, without a doubt, one of the fields where
progress and update are vital for success,...
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Nintendo DSi Starts Selling In Japan
Nintendo DSi, Nintendo's latest games console, went on sale in Japan on
Saturday for 18,900 yen...
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Sony Recalls Yet More Laptop Batteries
Sony has done it again apparently. Three of the biggest
laptop manufacturers who fit their...
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Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Makes Debut in Japan
Dell officially introduced the Inspiron Mini 12 to the Japanese market, the next example of...
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Music
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Rocker Rod Stewart stocks up on tight trousers in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Veteran rock star Rod Stewart proved he is wearing well at 64 by...
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Michael Jackson shows a sell-out on first day
London - Tickets for Michael Jackson's This Is It comeback tour in Britain were sold out within...
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Britney Spears' Dad Gets A Christmas Bonus For Coaching Her
While Britney and her two young sons, Sean Preston and Jyaden James are happily smiling at the...
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Fall Out Boy Are At It Again!
Fall Out Boy is a rather new American-based punk band, as Patrick Stump (lead vocals, rhythm...
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Britney Spears’ ‘Circus’ Makes A Fine Comeback Record
By now it’s probably safe to say that Britney Spears’ pop-princess reputation is almost entirely...
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Britney Spears’ “Circus” Top Seller
Britney Spears’ comeback is spectacular, as her newly released studio album made record sales,...
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iLike Steps Helps Unsigned Artists Promote Their Music
Recently the popular music service iLike has teamed with TuneCore in order to help artists promote...
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Bon Jovi to Regale Fans with Free Concert in New York
Veteran rock band Bon Jovi plans to play a free concert in Central Park in less than two weeks, as...
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Coldplay’s “Violet Hill” Will Be Available For Free
Following a recent movement in the music business, the Brit
group Coldplay is joining the move...
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Lisa Marie Fights Back at “Vicious Personal Attack”
Lisa Marie Presley is frustrated and angry that her previously
unannounced pregnancy has been...
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Bjork Annoys China with Tibet Chant
The Icelandic singer Bjork stunned her fans at a show in China.
She appeared at the Shanghai...
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Jack Johnson Makes Triumphant Return on the Billboard Chart
Jack Johnson’s brand new album, “Sleep Through the Static,” is certainly not the...
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Velvet Revolver Denied Visas To Japan
The five members of hard rock band Velvet Revolver have canceled a string of concerts in Japan as...
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Bon Jovi Rocks Prudential Center Arena
Legendary rock band Bon Jovi announced plans for a world tour supporting new album “Lost...
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Led Zeppelin's Music Goes Digital Before Tribute Concert
Led Zeppelin's music is to be available on digital platforms from all online retailers beginning...
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Rock Duo The White Stripes Cancels Tour
The White Stripes, one of the most popular US rock groups, had canceled their US tour due...
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Live Earth: Musical Warning Against Global Warming
Global warming is a real problem
that should concern everybody: public and private persons,...
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Police Kicks Off World Tour
Reunited rockers The Police have kicked off their first
world tour in more than 20 years. Opening...
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People
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John Travolta Devastated by Son Jett’s Death
John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, both actors, said that they were heartbroken by the...
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Star Trek Actress Led to Her Last Way
Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles was filled with people on Sunday for...
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Brooke Burke, Winner of “Dancing’s” 7th Season
“Dancing with the Stars” is the American version of the original British show named “Strictly Come...
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Biggs Suicide, Indifferent Viewers Partly To Blame
Abraham Biggs Jr. gained notoriety by regrettable means. He
was one of a few people to broadcast...
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Lindsay Lohan Forwards, Dad Backs Up
Well, Lindsay Lohan seems to haven’t crossed to the other
side just yet. Although she admitted to...
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Harper and Finley Are the Two Additions to the Presley-Lockwood Family
The twins got names! Lisa Marie Presley and her husband,
Michael Lockwood, have chosen to call...
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Lisa Marie Presley Welcomes Third and Fourth Child – Twins
Lisa Marie Presley and husband Michael Lockwood welcomed
twin girls last Tuesday at a Los
...
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It Runs in the Family. Lisa Marie Presley Welcomes Twins
Another famous name can be added on the impressive list of
celebrities who have seen it double....
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Update: Janet Jackson Is Back On Track
The 42-year-old performer was rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal on Monday night,...
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Hayden Panettiere's Dad Arrested For Domestic Violence
Looks like the family of "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere, who was often dubbed by...
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“King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s” Daughter Expecting Twins
It seems that Angelina Jolie became a trendsetter in what
concerns giving birth to twins....
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Update: Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza Is Miss Universe 2008
Dayana Mendoza, a 22-year-old Venezuelan native, was crowned
Miss Universe 2008 Monday, July 14,...
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Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fisher Dies at 64 in Iceland
The U.S. chess Grandmaster Bobby
Fisher died at age 64 of an unknown illness, the national radio...
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Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland Arrested for DUI
Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland was arrested for DUI – ironically just a week after it...
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Arrest The Cheerleader?
"Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere became a wanted person in Japan following her brief role...
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Paris Hilton Fights For Drunken Elephants In India
Since her charity trip to Rwanda got postponed, hotel heiress Paris Hilton proved she is indeed a...
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David Beckham Back in UK for Ill Father
Soccer superstar David Beckham took the first flight from Los Angeles to London Thursday, upon...
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Frida Kahlo Celebrated With Huge Exhibit
Not only is it huge, it is the largest exhibit ever opened in celebration of the Mexican artist...
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Miss Japan Crowned Miss Universe 2007
Miss Japan,
Riyo Mori, became the new Miss Universe late Monday, at a gala held in Mexico City's...
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Specials
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Nation's 11 Most-Endangered Structures, Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing today its list of the most endangered...
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Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor Wins 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize
The most prestigious award in the field of architecture, the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize went...
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Taipei Zoo seeks correction of April Fool's panda prank
Taipei - A furious Taipei Zoo on Friday demanded that a newspaper run a...
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Hong Kong pop star takes leave from industry after drugs arrest
Hong Kong - Hong Kong pop singer Kelvin Kwan plans to leave the entertainment...
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"Inappropriate video" Russian too hot for Australia's dream job
Sydney - The top Russian candidate for the dream job of caretaker on a paradise island in...
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Relay for Life Events to be Held across the U.S.
Relay for Life events are scheduled across the U.S. to bring people together for a common...
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Phil Sais Six More Weeks
The world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow yesterday, predicting that...
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Relay for Life Scheduled to Kick Off February 12 at Capital Banquet
Relay for Life, an event organized by the American Cancer Society, is scheduled to begin on...
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Number of Internet Users Exceeds 1 Billion
According to a report that was released on Friday by ComScore, global Internet usage surpassed...
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IBM received The Most Patents In 2008
Recent data shows that IBM is the leader when it comes down to the most patents received last year....
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Japan welcomes Year of the Ox with tolling bells
Tokyo - Millions of Japanese flock to the country's temples in the night of December 31 to...
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Youngsters Who Skip Breakfast Have Sex At Earlier Age
A government-backed Japanese medical researcher said that youngsters who skip breakfast are more...
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FDA: Weight Loss Products Are Hazardous to Our Health
The holiday season is almost here and I guess you are anxious to taste everything that...
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Local Legend Puts Jesus' Tomb In Japan
Shingo, Japan - A blue-and-white signpost on a snowy village street points the way. After a long...
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Edna Parker, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 115
The world’s oldest person has died. United States citizen Edna Parker died at the age of 115. After...
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Web Site Operators Investigated For Not Taking Action To Prevent Young Man’s Live Suicide
Abraham Biggs Jr. was found dead in his father's bed Wednesday, 12 hours after he first declared on...
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British conductor Richard Hickox dies of suspected heart attack
London - British conductor Richard Hickox has died from a suspected heart attack at the age of 60,...
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Japan's Economic Stimulus May Miss Those Most In Need
Tokyo - As the Japanese government hopes to encourage consumption by cash handouts as part of its...
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Wine lovers defy recession to pay up to 40,000 dollars a bottle
Hong Kong - Wine lovers from across Asia showed their love for a fine vintage is recession-proof...
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First Japanese Mother Selected to Travel into Space on 2010 Shuttle Mission
Tokyo - Naoko Yamazaki was selected to become the first mother and the second Japanese woman to...
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Census of Marine Life: Amazing Marine Life Discoveries Announced
According to a "Census of Marine Life," a complex project that is trying to map the...
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Animal Planet’s ‘Whale Wars,’ against Japanese Whalers Premiers Tonight
Animal Planet its launching Whale Wars, a reality show which focuses on a group of eco-warriors of...
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Scientists Clone Dead Mouse
Scientists from Japan claimed they have managed to successfully clone a mouse that was dead for 16...
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Microsoft Details Malware Threat
Worldwide threats from malicious software that cripple computers
with spy programs, viruses and...
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The French Artificial Heart
Recently, French scientists have seriously engaged in the race of building the first proper...
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Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety
An expert panel asked by the Food and Drug Administration to
review its way of handling of the...
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The Zeppelin’s Era Is Back, This Time over Bay Area Skies
The zeppelin, used for commercial passenger transport and military operations until the beginning...
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Japanese woman arrested for murdering virtual husband
Tokyo- A Japanese woman was arrested for cold-blooded murder of her husband - in...
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Space Tourist Safely Returns To Earth
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying video games tycoon
Richard Garriott along with a Russian...
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Gap between Rich and Poor Widened in Most Industrial Countries
Paris - The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in most industrial countries over the...
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Business
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China's GDP growth slows to 6.1 per cent
Beijing - The expansion of the Chinese economy slowed to a record low in...
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Intel profits drop 55 per cent, but upswing seen
San Francisco - Computer-chip giant Intel reported a 55-per- cent drop in first-quarter income...
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Nintendo: No Price Cuts For Wii Or DSi
Despite the economic crisis, Nintendo has no intention to cut the price of its flagship products,...
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Japan launches 154-billion-dollar stimulus plan
Tokyo - The Japanese government and the ruling coalition parties finalized an...
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Japan's foreign reserves rise above 1 trillion dollars in March
Tokyo - Japan's foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in March,...
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Fed agrees to currency swaps to provide liquidity
Zurich - Four key central banks have agreed to provide foreign currency to the Federal Reserve so...
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Japan to draw up largest-ever stimulus worth 100 billion dollars
Tokyo - The Japanese government plans to draw up a supplementary budget for...
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Tokyo market opens higher on weaker yen, optimism over US economy
Tokyo - The Tokyo market opened higher Monday as investors bought mostly export-oriented...
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World economic powers reach deal to combat crisis
London - The world's biggest economic powers reached a deal Thursday aimed at forging a new global...
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Microsoft's Encarta falls victim to Wikipedia
San Francisco - Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it was terminating its Encarta online...
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Carmakers stay away from Tokyo Motor Show as crisis bites
Tokyo - Exhibitor numbers for this year's Tokyo Motor Show are down as...
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China: Rich nations should pay for pollution from exports
Washington - The world's wealthiest nations should be responsible for China's pollution coming from...
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Toyota Cuts North American Production, Offers Buyouts to Workers
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, announced its decision to reduce...
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Panasonic Prepares 15,000 Job Cuts
Panasonic announced earlier today that it will cut 15,000 jobs as part of its strategy to make it...
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Four New Colors For Sony's PSPs
Sony Japan prepared a treat for its clients, announcing the upcoming release of a new batch of PSPs...
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Sony Might Post $1.1 Billion Loss
Sony is likely to post an operating loss amounting to approximately $1.1 billion for the fiscal...
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Honda to Launch Insight Hybrid in Japan
Honda Motor Company announced that in February, it would begin selling the Insight, the first of...
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Toyota to suspend domestic plant operations to cut output
Tokyo - Toyota Motor Corp decided to further reduce output by halting operations for 11 days at 12...
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Toyota Forced to Lower Profit Forecast Again
Toyota, the largest automaker in Japan, revised its earnings forecast, setting them lower, now...
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Infinity Storage Media Releases The First Hybrid Disc
Infinity Storage Media announced the release of its hybrid disc which presents both Blu-ray and DVD...
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Sony to Cut 8,000 Jobs
Japanese electronics maker Sony Corporation has announced it
would be cutting 8,000 jobs,...
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Companies in emerging economies most likely to bribe: report
London - Companies based in emerging markets are more likely to pay bribes in order to win...
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Kindle, Out Of Stock
Amazon.com, Inc. is one of the most famous electronic commerce companies worldwide. It was founded...
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Nintendo Sets Up The Scene For December
With the holiday season approaching, the videogame
industry’s players are setting everything up...
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Output and spending drop in Japan amid global financial turmoil
Tokyo - Japan's industrial output dropped in October because of slow overseas demand for cars and...
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Nokia to pull out of Japan
Helsinki - The world's largest mobile phone maker, Finnish- based Nokia, said Thursday it was to...
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Nintendo DS Tops The Sales Charts!
The Nintendo DS’ success on the market has been extraordinary, according to the research done by...
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1,500 laid off at Nikon factory in Thailand as exports slow
Bangkok - Nikon Corp's unit in Thailand laid off 1,500 of its subcontracting staff amid signs that...
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Tokyo Stocks Down on Wall Street Overnight Losses
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks fell in Tuesday morning trading after the US market declined overnight on grim...
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Japan Airlines' Quarterly Operating Profit, Revenues Down
Tokyo - Japan Airlines Corp saw its operating profit and revenues fall in the July-September...
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