 Malaysia's Proton develops new hybrid car: reports August 03, 2008 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Malaysia's state-owned carmaker Proton is developing a new, fuel-efficient hybrid car to beat rising costs and address environmental concerns, reports said Sunday. | |
 Australia bans exotic cat breed August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Australia has banned imports of an exotic breed of cat, calling it an extreme risk to the country's native wildlife, a minister said Sunday. | |
300 dates in 24 hours? No sweat August 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Francesca Salcido went on 300 dates in 24 hours without breaking a sweat. Her encounters with aspiring beaus happened online at SpeedDate.com, a US start-up built on a belief that it doesn't take more than 90 seconds to find ... | |
 One of Austria's last privately owned lakes, Mondsee, is up for sale August 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Hidden in a sea of greenery and tucked away between the mountains of the Salzkammergut region near Salzburg, one of Austria's last privately-owned lakes, the Mondsee or Moon Lake in German, is up for sale. ... | |
 China drops some Internet curbs ahead of Games August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
China on Friday rolled back a few high-profile planks of its Internet censorship system in an apparent effort to defuse an embarrassing dispute over media freedom just days ahead of the Olympics. | |
World's first transplant of two full arms: German team (Update) August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A German medical team said Friday it had performed what it called the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had lost both his limbs in an accident. | |
US anthrax suspect commits suicide (Update) August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A US government scientist has committed suicide just as he was about to be charged in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that sparked widespread panic in the United States, US media reported Friday. | |
 China opens first very high-speed rail line August 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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China's first very high-speed rail line went into operation Friday, linking Beijing to neighbouring Tianjin, where sporting events will be held during the Olympic Games. | |
Profits up over 47 pct at Taiwan's Acer August 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Taiwan's Acer Inc. said Friday its net profit for the second quarter rose 47.5 percent from a year earlier on expanded notebook computer shipments. | |
 California threat to sue US govt over ship, aircraft emissions July 31, 2008 | User rating: 1.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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California said Thursday it planned to sue the US government for failing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft, construction and agricultural equipment. | |
EDS shareholders endorse tie-up with Hewlett-Packard July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Electronic Data Systems shareholders on Thursday approved a tie-up with Hewlett-Packard, voting almost unanimously to go through with the 13.9 billion dollar takeover. | |
NASA extends 'successful' Phoenix lander mission July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
NASA scientists said Thursday the agency was extending the Mars mission of its Phoenix lander until the end of September, describing its progress so far as "very successful." | |
 Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet July 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain. | |
SKorea court rules parents may know baby's sex July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 8
South Korea's top court ruled Thursday that parents have the right to know the sex of their unborn babies, sparking concerns the decision might result in more sex-selection abortions. | |
South Korea's Hynix reduces quarterly losses July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
South Korea's Hynix Inc. said Thursday it had cut losses in the second quarter, helping to push up the share price of the world's second-largest chipmaker. | |
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