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China Orchestrated Google Hacking

Senior Chinese figures were behind the hacking of Google earlier this year which forced the search engine to quit the country, leaked US cables suggest. One cable, released by whistle-blowing site...


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Uncertainty A Source Of Anxiety In Patients

Uncertainty about a diagnosis causes more anxiety and can be more stressful than actually knowing that you have a serious illness, researchers reported here at the 2010 annual meeting of the Radiolo...


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Police Shut Down Bullying Facebook Page

The Italian postal police blocked a Facebook page, used by a baby-gang to bully and harass one of their classmates, according to a report by China's Xinhua news agency. The bullies had created a ...


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2010 Sets New Temperature Records

Temperatures reached record levels in several regions during 2010, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says, confirming the year is likely to be among the warmest three on record. Parts of...


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Miscarriage Raises Heart Risk

Having multiple miscarriages increases the risk of a heart attack later in life, according to researchers. The German study, published in the journal Heart, found that women who had more than thre...


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J&J Recalls Millions Of Antacids

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said that it is pulling millions of bottles of antacids from shelves because they don't list the alcohol content of flavoring agents, reports China's Xinhua news agency. T...


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Google Admits Trespassing

Google Inc. has acknowledged that it trespassed when it took a photo of a Pittsburgh-area house for its Street View service, but will pay only $1 in damages to a couple who sued. U.S. District Mag...


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Acer Faces Smartphone Supply Shortages

A surge in demand for the latest smartphones has taken the industry by surprise and left it facing a shortage in the key end-of-year holiday sales season, a chief of Acer's cellphone unit said. "T...


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Switch To Low-energy Lightbulbs

The United Nations urged a global phase-out of old-style lightbulbs and a switch to low-energy lighting that it said would save billions of dollars and combat climate change. About 40 countries a...


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US Cautious On Breast Milk Sharing

U.S. health officials are cautioning new parents about sharing breast milk as a growing number of women are using social networking and other websites to share their milk instead of turning to infan...


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Ball Lightning May Explain UFOs

Some UFO sightings could be explained by ball lightning and other atmospheric phenomena, claims Australian astrophysicist Stephen Hughes. The scientist has made a detailed study of an unusual even...


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Google To Be Investigated By EU

The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position. The body said it would look into whether the...


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Pacific Countries Top Most Overweight

The World Health Organisation has recently released the results of health surveys on world obesity, and the study showed Pacific Island countries make up most of the top 10 list of the world's fatte...


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Climate Warning Over Rising Emissions

A rise in global temperatures of four degree Celsius is likely to occur during the 21st century causing "devastating impacts" if greenhouse gas emissions continue rising at the current rate, accordi...


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Clue Found To Penis Birth Defect

Scientists have identified a gene which may play a role in a common defect affecting the genitalia of baby boys. Hypospadias, which affects one in every 375 boys, is the result of incomplete devel...


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International Migrants Estimated At 214 Million

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that the world's international migrants are estimated to be 214 million in 2010, China's Xinhua news agency reported. In a report named "Wo...


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InterNet-Dedicated Satellite Launches

The first satellite dedicated to delivering broadband services to Europe has launched on an Ariane 5 rocket. The Hylas spacecraft is designed to fill so-called "notspots" - remote locations such a...


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'Facebook killer' won't look like Facebook

n the spring of this year, the "Facebook alternative" Diaspora achieved extensive media coverage -- including an article in the New York Times -- and raised tens of thousands of dollars in funding f...


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New Australia phone app aims to fight skin cancer

Australians enjoying the summer sunshine can now know when it's time to cover up and avoid potentially cancer-causing ultraviolet rays thanks to a new iPhone application. Australia has one of t...


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Black Friday shoppers trampled in New York

Several Black Friday shoppers eager to get great holiday deals were trampled Friday morning as they surged through store doors in North Buffalo, New York. CNN affiliate WIVB had a camera inside th...


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Passive Smoking Kills 600,000 Worldwide

The first global study into the effects of passive smoking has found it causes 600,000 deaths every year. One-third of those killed are children, often exposed to smoke at home, the World Health O...


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Drug Reduces HIV Infection Risk

A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada amo...


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Facebook To Trademark The Word 'Face'

The social networking giant Facebook is a few steps away from trademarking the word face, online documents reveal. The site has been asked to detail a "statement of use" by the US Patent and Trad...


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Indonesia Aims To Halt Deforestation

Rainforest covers 60 percent of Indonesia, yet this developing country is among the world's highest carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly f...


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Rare German Postage Stamp Fetches A Fortune

Half a rare German postage stamp which dates back to 1872 has fetched some 261,000 euros ($347,500) at auction in the southern German town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, a spokeswoman for the auction hous...


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Orange And Green Vege Linked To Longer Life

Eating lots of orange and dark green veggies such as carrots, sweet potatoes and green beans may be tied to less disease and longer life, suggests a new study. This time it is not the beta-caroten...


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Former Penang CM Chong Eu Dies

Former Penang chief minister Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, 91, died at his home in Tanjong Bungah, Penang, at 9pm Wednesday. Lim had earlier been warded at the Penang Hospital for almost a month following...


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Chip Implant To Help Paralysed

A tiny, implantable chip that delivers electrical impulses to aid in exercising paralysed limbs has been unveiled by scientists. Similar attempts to promote muscle stimulation have been developed ...


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Researchers Drill For Dead Sea Secrets

From a barge floating above the deepest point on earth, a research team hopes to drill through half a million years of history to uncover secrets of climate change and natural disasters. Boring in...


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One Billion People Cannot Afford Healthcare

Around a billion people cannot afford any health services, and paying for healthcare pushes about 100 million people a year into poverty, the World Health Organisation said. In a global report o...


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