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Read MoreMumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless
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Read MoreUS unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The […]
Read MoreSydney holds voluntary one hour blackout
Saturday, March 31, 2007 Many lights in Sydney, Australia‘s largest city, were turned off for one hour at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC) on March […]
Read MoreShrink-wrapped sheep survive: Researchers say ‘Biobag’ artificial uterus, successful on lambs, may one day be suitable for use on premature human babies
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Read MoreKosovo: voters go to the polls for the first time since independence declared from Serbia
Sunday, November 15, 2009 Voting polls opened in Kosovo at 7am (0600 UTC); the first time since declaring independence from Serbia last year. Both ethnic […]
Read MoreApple to hold media event on September 1, may update iPods and Apple TV
Friday, August 27, 2010 Apple Inc. will hold a music-centered event in San Francisco, California on September 1. It has been widely speculated that the […]
Read MoreBeatles’ Apple Corps sues Apple Computer
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