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Russian firm invests 200 mln dlrs in Facebook - 05/27/2009

NEW YORK, Charlotte Raab - A Russian Internet company has invested 200 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that values the US social networking giant at 10 billion dollars, the companies announced...

Myanmar to allow reporters back into Suu Kyi trial: official - 05/26/2009

YANGON- Myanmar's military regime will allow some journalists to cover the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, an official said, in what would be the second time it has opened up the prison...

Sarkozy may visit Pakistan in autumn - 05/26/2009

ABU DHABI - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to visit Pakistan this autumn to show backing for President Asif Ali Zardari in his fight against Taliban insurgents, a French official said here...

British opposition promise reform after expenses row - 05/26/2009

LONDON - British opposition leader David Cameron, who opinion polls suggest could be prime minister within a year, called Tuesday for a "radical redistribution of power" in response to the expenses...

Act now on climate change, Gore urges global leaders - 05/25/2009

COPENHAGEN, Slim Allagui- Former US vice president turned climate campaigner Al Gore warned business and political leaders Sunday that the world was running out of time to reach a deal on how to...

Viagra developer Furchgott dies at 92 - 05/25/2009

WASHINGTON - Robert Furchgott, the Nobel prize-winning scientist whose research on a gas's effect as a blood vessel relaxant paved the way for revolutionary impotence treatments such as Viagra, has...

Hulu to live-stream Dave Matthews concert - 05/24/2009

WASHINGTON - Hulu.com is to provide a live stream of an upcoming concert by the Dave Matthews Band in a first for the online video website better known for showing full-length television shows and...

Hariri murder probe sees Hezbollah role - 05/24/2009

BERLIN - The UN commission investigating the murder of Rafiq Hariri now suspects Hezbollah was behind the former Lebanese premier's assassination, a German magazine reported on Saturday. New...

Security breach at Buckingham Palace after driver paid - 05/24/2009

LONDON - A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and allowed one of them to sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported Saturday. The...

Canadian court convicts Rwandan of genocide - 05/22/2009

MONTREAL, Jacques Lemieux - A Canadian court found a Rwandan militia leader guilty Friday of crimes against humanity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in Canada's first war crimes trial. Desire...
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