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Terrorism or cry of desperation? | | The events on Beijing's Tiananmen Square that resulted in the death of five people were tragic, but are they representative of a serious terrorist threat to the Chinese state as is now being suggested by official sources? |
Start-Up to Offer Didion E-Books | | Beginning Monday, ZolaBooks.com alone will sell the e-book of Slouching Towards Bethlehem as well as other digital books by Joan Didion. |
Johnson Wastes a Chance to Run Away at HSBC | | For 16 holes, Dustin Johnson looked like the player who has won every year since turning pro and has played on two Ryder Cup teams. Starting the third round of the HSBC Champions with a five-shot lead, he blasted his way to 10 birdies and was running away from the field. |
Sony suffers TV relapse as Japan peers change channel | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai's determination to stick to the consumer electronics that made the company's fame will be put to the test in the months ahead as domestic rivals step up a shift to more profitable industrial technology. |
Turkey says aware of Iraqi concern on Kurdish oil projects | | ANKARA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Turkey is aware of Iraq's concerns about Iraqi Kurdistan's energy projects and will take them into account, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Friday, after the semi-autonomous region said it would build a second oil pipeline to Turkey. |
U.S. jobless claims declined by 10,000 last week | | WASHINGTON, Oct 31 - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits declined largely as expected last week as the impact of a California computer glitch worked its way out of the... |
Air pollution linked to low birthweight in Europe | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women exposed to even low levels of urban air pollution during pregnancy may be at heightened risk of having a low-birthweight baby, according to a review of evidence from Europe. |
WHO Polio cases confirmed in Syria | | Ten cases of polio have been confirmed among children in Syria, the first outbreak of the disease in that country since 1999, a World Health Organization spokesman told CNN Tuesday. |
Beyonce jumps off a building | | Beyonce took a break from her tour to base jump off of New Zealand's tallest building. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports. |
Pee-powered cell phone points to 'smart toilet' technology | | Aug. 13 - Does the call of nature hold the answer to a new form of renewable energy? Scientists in the UK are confident that it does. With backing from both the British government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the researchers have developed a method for charging mobile phones with human urine. Matthew Stock reports. |
U.S. private hiring slows, inflation stays muted | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private-sector employers hired the fewest workers in six months in October while tepid domestic demand kept inflation benign last month, suggesting the economy was still... |
Gogo says U.S. move on inflight devices 'favorable tailwind' | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. decision to allow greater use of electronic devices on flights is "another favorable tailwind" for Gogo Inc., the internet provider for 80 percent of the U.S. commercial aircraft fleet, its chief executive told Reuters on Thursday. |
NSA denies Google, Yahoo hack | | The National Security Agency's director flatly denies reports the agency secretly broke into links connecting Google and Yahoo data centers. |
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