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NASA launches iPad application
WASHINGTON (AFP) — NASA has landed on the iPad. Nearly one year after launching a free application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the US space agency has created a ...
In Venice, Rwanda highlights traditional designs
VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Rwanda, a first-time presence at the Venice architectural Biennale, is shining the spotlight on the use of traditional techniques and materials in design ...
Gmail gets Voice with online telephone calls
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Google on Wednesday began adding Internet telephone capabilities to its free Web-based email service in the United States.
Phelps safely into PanPacs 100m fly final
IRVINE, California (AFP) — Michael Phelps made it safely into the 100m butterfly final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Friday, a day after missing out on a berth in ...
Swann double checks Pakistan's progress
LONDON (AFP) — Graeme Swann once more took wickets early in his spell to leave Pakistan 111 for four at lunch on the second day of the third Test at The Oval here on Thursday.
Chinese man awarded patent for quake-proof bed: state media
BEIJING (AFP) — An elderly man in China has been awarded a patent for his design of a bed that automatically turns into a strongbox in the event of an earthquake, state media ...
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Driven by Germany, Europe posts 1% growth
BRUSSELS (AFP) — Europe's economy outpaced the United States and Japan in the second quarter, EU data showed Thursday, but analysts warned that the German-powered growth would ...
ECB holds rate as investors await bank measures
FRANKFURT (AFP) — The European Central Bank held its main interest rate at 1.0 percent on Thursday as investors waited for more news on ECB funding measures for banks and its ...
S.Korea, US launch massive joint war games
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea and the United States launched a new round of war games Monday involving tens of thousands of troops in a huge show of force against North Korea, which ...
S.Korea, US launch massive joint war games
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea and the United States launched a new round of war games on Monday involving tens of thousands of troops, despite threats of retaliation from North ...
Warnings exchanged ahead of S. Korea war games
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's president urged North Korea Sunday to end its military provocations but Pyongyang threatened the "severest punishment" over Seoul's massive joint war ...
Oil prices fall after brief surge
LONDON (AFP) — World oil prices dropped Thursday on profit-taking after soaring a day earlier in the wake of booming US manufacturing data, traders said.
Oil price slides under 72 dollars
NEW YORK (AFP) — World oil prices slumped Tuesday, extending five days of losses, with New York crude hitting an 11-week low under 72 dollars per barrel on rising concerns about ...