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Letter Calls For End To Internet Censorship

A group of veteran reformers in China's Communist party has demanded that the country dismantle its elaborate censorship apparatus, an appeal for accelerated political reform which Beijing quickly m...


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Whale Swims A Quarter Of The World

In a record-breaking journey, a female humpback whale has travelled across a quarter of the globe, a distance of at least 10,000km. The event, reported in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters...


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Renewable Energy As Future Growth Engine

President Lee Myung-bak said the development of solar, wind power and other forms of substitute energy sources will become the backbone of South Korea's future economy, Yonhap news agency reported. ...


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Sony Unveils TVs With Google's System

Sony's lineup of sleek televisions boasting Google's Web-surfing system will go on sale Saturday, testing how much consumers are willing to pay to combine access to the entire Internet with their re...


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Education Key To Better World

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said Tuesday that education, particularly at an early stage, is the most important tool to nurture children into responsible leaders and good citizens and shape the future f...


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Iceland Leading For Gender Equality

Iceland remains the country that has the greatest equality between men and women, according to an annual report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the second year in succession that Iceland ...


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Microsoft Debuts Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 7, its latest attempt to break into the lucrative smartphone market. Until now the company has failed to provide a credible challenge to rival operating system...


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New Drug For Advanced Prostate Cancer

Men with advanced prostate cancer lived nearly four months longer on a new drug from Johnson & Johnson, according to keenly awaited study data that cancer experts said would change clinical practice...


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Solo Flight For Virgin Spacecraft

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship, Enterprise, has made its first solo test flight, in California. The spaceship was carried to an altitude of 45,000ft (13,700m) by an aeroplane and then...


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Pear-Shaped Genes Uncovered

The parts of our DNA which may influence body shape, including the classic "apple" or "pear" shape in women, have been revealed. A UK study in Nature Genetics found the locations of 13 genes which...


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Google Tests Self-Driving Car

Engineers at Google have tested a self-driving car on the streets of California, the company has announced. The cars use video cameras mounted on the roof, radar sensors and a laser range finder t...


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Soyuz Capsule Docks With ISS

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS). The men will complete a five-month tour of duty aboar...


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Global Climate Talks Wrap Up In China

Representatives from about 200 countries wrapped up a meeting in China on climate change and said they had moved closer to defining what could be achieved at a later conference. The week-long tal...


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Scientists To Look For China's Bigfoot

A group of Chinese scientists and explorers is looking for international help to mount a new search for the country's answer to Bigfoot, known locally as the "Yeren," or "wild man." Over the years...


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Athletes Hit By Dengue And Malaria

At least three foreign athletes have fallen victim to Malaria and Dengue, forcing them to pull out of the 2010 Commonwealth Games here. Nigerian table tennis player were suspected to be seriously...


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Microsoft To Use Some Palm Patents

Microsoft Corp has licensed some technology relating to rival Palm Inc's smartphones, the latest move in a complex web of deals and litigation in the fast-growing phone sector. The world's largest...


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HK Removes A/H1N1 Diseases List

Influenza A/H1N1 was removed from the list of statutorily notifiable infectious diseases of Hong Kong, Xinhua cited a spokesman from Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health as sayin...


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Men Sweat Alot During Exercise

The adage "men perspire, women glow" is correct, according to Japanese researchers, who found men are much more efficient at sweating. Women unused to physical exercise had the worst sweating resp...


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Microsoft To Take Over Adobe

Shares of Adobe soared in heavy trading Thursday on a report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed a possible buyout of the company. A report posted in the "Bits" blog of The New York Times ...


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Infected PCs Should Get Internet Ban

Virus-infected computers that pose a risk to other PCs should be blocked from the net, a senior researcher at software giant Microsoft suggests. The proposal is based on lessons from public healt...


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China To Send Humans To Moon

China will be able to send humans to the moon ahead of India, a Chinese scientist said Thursday, following the successful launch of a second unmanned moon orbiter, according to Yonhap news agency. ...


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Moon Collision May Have Formed Saturn's Rings

Saturn's rings may have formed when a large moon with an icy mantle and rocky core spiralled into the nascent planet. A US scientist has suggested that the tidal forces ripped off some of the moon...


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New Species Discovered In Mekong Region

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the list of 145 new species discovered in the Mekong River region since 2009 as a proof for the "biological treasure" of the river, Vietnam news ag...


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Facebook unveils 'groups' feature

Facebook has introduced new features aimed at giving users more control over their information and who can see it. There are yet more new features being added to the updated Facebook   The ...


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Google Denies Oracle's Copyright Complaint

Google has denied Oracle's complaint of copyright infringement in development of Android smartphone software and asked a U.S. court to dismiss Oracle's lawsuit, court documents showed. Oracle sued...


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New Virus Causes Dengue Symptoms

A potentially fatal dengue-fever like virus has emerged in Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency (VNA)reported, citing the Health Ministry. The Chikungunya virus is thought to be transmitted by the Asian ...


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Molecule Building Work Wins Nobel

Three scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together. The Nobel was awarded to Professors Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Ak...


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Flu Jabs In Pregnancy Aid Child

Babies are less likely to get flu if their mothers have had the vaccine during pregnancy, a US study says. Researchers examined 1,169 women from an American Indian tribe, finding it reduced infect...


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Materials Breakthrough Wins Nobel

Two scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize for Physics for their "groundbreaking" work on a material with amazing properties. Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both at Manchester Unive...


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Walnuts Improve Reaction To Stress

A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a team of Penn State researchers who looked at how these foods, which contain polyunsaturated fats...


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