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Angry Russia says forgotten at D-Day ceremony - 06/18/2009

MOSCOW- Russia on Thursday protested that its role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II had gone unrecognised at this month's D-Day ceremonies, reopening old wartime tensions. Only US...

Swiss court jails lover in French banker murder - 06/18/2009

GENEVA- A Swiss court on Thursday sentenced the lover of a prominent French banker to eight years and six months in jail for killing her partner during a latex clad sado-masochistic sex session in...

Cyber-sympathizers aid Iran protestors in online battle - 06/18/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, Glenn Chapman - Cyber-sympathizers from around the world have been battling online to help Iranian protestors dodge censorship, get out news of violent clashes and avoid real-world...

Doomed mammoths hung on for millennia - 06/18/2009

PARIS, Marlowe Hood - Woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000 years ago, around 6,000 years longer than previously thought, according to a study released Thursday. The study should settle...

MySpace to slash 30 pct of US staff - 06/17/2009

NEW YORK- US Internet social networking giant MySpace said Tuesday it would cut 420 jobs, nearly 30 percent of its domestic staff, in a restructuring aimed at boosting efficiency. MySpace, a unit...

World food prices to rise again by 2018: OECD - 06/17/2009

PARIS - World food prices will rise over the next 10 years but are unlikely to hit the peaks seen during the food crisis in 2007 and 2008, the OECD and the UN's agriculture agency said in a report on...

US healthcare reform could cost one trln dlrs - 06/16/2009

WASHINGTON - A healthcare reform reform being considered in Congress could cost one trillion dollars over 10 years, researchers at the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated Monday....

British foreign secretary nearly quit last week - 06/13/2009

LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband indicated in an interview Saturday he nearly quit in a wave of resignations which left Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for his job last week....

8Monkey Labs videogame recreates dark days in history - 06/13/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Videogame players will soon get to tinker with some of the grimmest times in history. "Darkest of Days" due for release in August blends history and game play in a first-person...

Google Apps synch to Microsoft Outlook email - 06/10/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Google synched applications available online as services with Outlook email programs, continuing a push into workplaces historically dominated by Microsoft software. Google Apps...
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