Google Threatens China ‘Sister’ Site Goojje
Feb 10 at 12:12am by
Google has threatened the operators of a remarkably similar-looking Chinese search engine with legal action unless it changes its appearance.
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Lethal Afghan Avalanches Strand 2,500
Feb 10 at 12:12am by
More than 60 people are feared dead and around 2,500 have been rescued from vehicles stranded after a series of avalanches in Afghanistan.
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British Man Dies In ‘Bungled Robbery’
Feb 10 at 12:12am by
A British man has died on the holiday island of Tenerife in what may have been a bungled robbery.
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Moscow Welcomes New Ally To Power In Ukraine
Feb 10 at 12:12am by
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has formally congratulated Viktor Yanukovich on winning Ukraine’s presidential election - despite an ongoing dispute over the results.
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UK Soldiers Arrested After Bar Brawl
Feb 9 at 10:10pm by
Six British soldiers have been arrested after reports of a brawl in a bar in Lanzarote.
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Drink Up! Beer Could Be Good For Your Bones
Feb 9 at 10:10pm by
Great news for beer drinkers! A pint a day could keep the doctor away, according to researchers who reckon it might be good for the bones.
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Leeches Pump Fresh Blood Into Economy
Feb 9 at 10:10pm by
A resurgence in the use of leeches is pumping fresh blood into Russia’s economy with health experts, western governments and movie stars endorsing their benefits.
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Bride, 12, Fights To Divorce Husband, 80
Feb 9 at 9:09pm by
A girl of 12 is fighting to divorce her 80-year-old husband in a landmark test case in Saudi Arabia.
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Lethal Afghan Avalanches Strand 1,500
Feb 9 at 9:09pm by
At least 28 people are dead and 1,500 are stranded after a series of avalanches in Afghanistan.
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New Iran Nuke Move Prompts Sanctions Call
Feb 9 at 9:09pm by
Israel’s Prime Minister has called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran after the country declared it is stepping up uranium enrichment to the significant level of 20% purity.
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Red Handed! Palin’s Scribbled Answers
Feb 9 at 7:07pm by
Potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been caught referring to prompts written on her hand during a public appearance.
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Country’s Entire Footie Team Given The Boot
Feb 9 at 7:07pm by
The West African nation of Benin has sacked every member of its international football team.
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Hundreds Dead And Stranded In Avalanches
Feb 9 at 7:07pm by
At least 28 people have died and 1,500 have been stranded in a series of avalanches in Afghanistan.
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Worldwide Recall Of Toyota’s Flagship Prius
Feb 9 at 5:05pm by
Toyota has announced a global recall of its newest Prius model because of potential problems with its brakes.
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Jackson Doctor: ‘I Didn’t Kill King Of Pop’
Feb 9 at 5:05pm by
Michael Jackson’s doctor has pleaded not guilty after being charged with involuntary manslaughter over the star’s death.
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Troops Flush Out Taliban Ahead Of Major Battle
Feb 9 at 5:05pm by
British troops are flushing out Taliban fighters from farmland as they prepare for what may be the biggest battle in Afghanistan since 2001.
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World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Romantic Queries Via Twitter
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
If Dear Abby and your therapist just aren’t cutting it this Valentine’s Day, you can tweet at the world’s longest-married (living) couple, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, for the scoop on how to score and sustain love.
That’s right, while some of the older set just can’t wrap their heads around Twitter (unless it’s connected to a fax machine), the Fishers will be all up on the microblogging site this V-Day, dispensing pearls of wisdom to the younger set (for whom the sanctity of marriage has already been destroyed by Facebook). The whole project was dreamed up by blinkbox, which is an on-demand movie and TV website in the UK.
Herbert and Zelmyra — who were married in 1924 and are 104 and 102 years old respectively — are inviting us romantically bankrupt miscreants to visit their Twitter page, @longestmarried, from today until February 12. Simply tweet your question to the pair, who will select 14 questions that they will then answer on February 14.
The couple, who enjoy hanging on their front porch, watching trains pass by, counting cars and talking to their neighbors, are apparently the model of wedded bliss. They each have their own bedroom — so Herbert can stay up late watching baseball. Well, I guess distance does makes the heart grow fonder.
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Egypt’s win
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
A look at how a football team’s victory also comes with a slight dose of regret.
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Mosquito hunter
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
Researchers zero in on one of Africa’s deadliest creatures.
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Gun amnesty
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
South Africa takes away the tools of violent criminals.
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Aperture 3 Hits the Apple Store
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
Earlier this morning, the Apple Store was down for a protracted amount of time. That almost always means one thing: Something new was added to the store. This time, it was Aperture 3.
Aperture is Apple’s photo management and editing software for professionals or users who just want more power than Apple’s iPhoto can offer. In many ways, you could call Aperture iPhoto Pro — and that looks like it’s an even more apt description in the latest version.
The software — which is $199 for new users and $99 to upgrade from a previous version of Aperture — lets you organize, edit and export or print all of your photographs.
Aperture 3 adds a bunch of new features, including the Faces and Places features first introduced in iPhoto ‘09. This feature will automatically detect people in your photographs, allowing you to add tags and identify people — which makes exports to Facebook and Flickr pretty simple. The Places feature uses GPS data embedded in your photographs to add location-related data to the photo. This is really cool if you’re on a trip and want to create a supplementary map of all the places you visited and took pictures.
The other big new feature with Aperture 3: It supports video. Photos are still the main focus, but as more and more digital cameras start to feature video and HD video, it makes sense to be able to import all the same data alongside your photographs. You can create a JPEG from a frame, create multimedia slideshows and edit clips. I just got my fiance a Panasonic GF1 micro four-thirds camera that shoots AVCHD Lite. Not having to use different programs to import footage from the card will be a great time-saver.
Even my favorite feature of Aperture — Photo Books — got an upgrade. You can now order extra-large 13
Sri Lankan general arrested
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
A former Sri Lankan presidential candidate was arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country’s government.
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Surgery error link to Murtha?
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen explains what may have gone wrong with Rep. John Murtha’s gallbladder surgery.
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Thousands of Dinosaur Footprints Uncovered in China
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, in an area said to be the world’s largest grouping of fossilized bones belonging to the ancient animals.
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‘In the mood’ foods
Feb 9 at 4:04pm by
Modern-day diners have been trying to bring the Goddess of Love back to the dinner table.
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