Zimbabwe leaders 'to sign deal'
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition are close to signing a deal outlining a framework for talks on the country’s political crisis, a UN envoy says.
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Zimbabwe leaders ‘to sign deal’
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition are close to signing a deal outlining a framework for talks on the country’s political crisis, a UN envoy says.
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Barack Obama arrives in Iraq
Barack Obama arrives in Iraq
Presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Iraq on Monday for talks with Iraqi officials and American military commanders in a 5-year-old war he has pledged to end, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.
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Africa’s women last and least in food crisis
Africa's women last and least in food crisis
Cultural expectations ensure women are hardest hit amid growing scarcity
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Microsoft says demand for Vista is strong: 180 million licenses sold
Microsoft says demand for Vista is strong: 180 million licenses sold
Redmond (WA) – There was a small number hiding in Microsoft’s FQ4 (CQ2) quarter release – a number we did not catch initially: The company said 180 million Windows Vista licenses have been sold so far and that demand for the operating system has been growing over the past year. However, if those numbers are right, and if previous sales numbers provided by Microsoft are right as well, then demand may actually be slowing.
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The Dark Knight shatters box office record
The Dark Knight shatters box office record
Burbank (CA) – Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight set a new one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day. The latest Batman movie surpassed the previous record set by Spider-Man 3.
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Iran describes nuke talks as ‘constructive’
Iran describes nuke talks as 'constructive'
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator called talks Saturday with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana “constructive” but didn’t say whether Iran would accept a short-term proposal to jump-start negotiations on the nuclear issue.
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Corpse in Pennsylvania baby mystery tentatively identified
Corpse in Pennsylvania baby mystery tentatively identified
The body of a woman found tied up with her uterus cut open inside a Pennsylvania apartment has been tentatively identified.
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Iraqi PM disputes report on withdrawal plan
Iraqi PM disputes report on withdrawal plan
- A German magazine quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as saying that he backed a proposal by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months
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Report: Kidnappers say British hostage commits suicide
Report: Kidnappers say British hostage commits suicide
One of five British hostages captured in Iraq last year has committed suicide, the kidnappers said in a videotape obtained by The Sunday Times.
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Obama meets U.S. troops, Afghanistan officials
Obama meets U.S. troops, Afghanistan officials
McCain camp blasts trip; Iraqi prime minister likes withdrawal plan
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Pope urges young to spurn the ’spiritual desert’
Pope urges young to spurn the 'spiritual desert'
He challenges crowd of 200,000 to help world turn away from materialism
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Why it matters what Chad Hurley watches
Why it matters what Chad Hurley watches
What will it mean for YouTube if founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have, like many of us, entertained themselves by watching pirated videos found on their site?
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Live blog: Google rose loses bloom again
Live blog: Google rose loses bloom again
Most investors would be delighted with a 35 percent increase in net income, but not when it’s Google in a soft advertising market and the results fell short of expectations. Here are highlights of what Chief Executive Eric Schmidt and others had to say during Google’s conference call about its second-quarter financial results.
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Frogger, anyone? Old-school gamers revel in nostalgia
Frogger, anyone? Old-school gamers revel in nostalgia
It was the ultimate 30th birthday present for Rob O’Hara. His wife joined forces with friends and family in 2003 to bring a dream of his to life in the Yukon, Oklahoma, couple’s backyard.
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FDA lifts warning on tomatoes
FDA lifts warning on tomatoes
Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada.
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40years later, no justice for black man burned to death
40years later, no justice for black man burned to death
The blaze engulfed Frank Morris’ shoe repair shop in minutes, bright orange flames stretching 60 feet into the air. Morris was so severely burned, only the soles of his feet were spared.
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Fans ready to stay up all ‘Knight’ for Batman movie
Fans ready to stay up all 'Knight' for Batman movie
As “The Dark Knight’s” crusading District Attorney Harvey Dent vigorously tries to combat Gotham City’s crime spree, he quotes the old saying: “The night is always darkest before the dawn.”
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Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan
Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan
Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he’s missing the real war — in Afghanistan, where his brother is fighting the Taliban.
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200 GB per disk: Toshiba leads 2.5” hard drive storage density
200 GB per disk: Toshiba leads 2.5” hard drive storage density
Irvine (CA) – Toshiba has upgraded its 2.5” hard drive series with a new 400 GB model. The total capacity is 20% less than what Toshiba’s rivals are currently offering, but Toshiba has the edge in terms of storage density: While the 500 GB 2.5” drives use three 167 GB disks, Toshiba achieves 400 GB with just two 200 GB disks. These are impressive numbers if we are considering the fact that 200 GB per disk was widely used in 3.5” drives just last year.
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Apple says sorry and gives away a month of MobileMe for free
Apple says sorry and gives away a month of MobileMe for free
Cupertino (CA) – Apple’s new MobileMe cloud service has been hit with a series of unexpected performance and reliability issues that spoiled the Friday launch. While the company struggles to iron out various issues it is finally stepping forward to acknowledge problems. In an email letter sent out to all MobileMe users, Apple says that the .Mac to MobileMe transition was “a lot rockier than we had hoped.”
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