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Japan's emperor turns 75 with worries over royal future - 12/22/2008

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito turns 75 this week with worries mounting over his succession in the world's oldest monarchy and with the country's stressed crown princess entering her sixth...

Charities and family on the agenda for Carla Bruni's Brazil visit - 12/22/2008

RIO DE JANEIRO -Philippe Wojazer- In Brazil, where soap operas fuel an abiding social fascination with celebrities, the arrival on Monday of Carla Bruni -- pop singer, ex-model and wife of French...

Iraqi shoe-thrower to go on trial Dec 31 - 12/22/2008

BAGHDAD -Ahmad al-Rubaye - The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that risk up to 15 years in...

Russia launches Canadian telecom satellite: report - 12/21/2008

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Proton-M rocket carrying a Canadian telecommunications satellite took off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported....

Mexico to host World Environment Day in June 2009 - 12/21/2008

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN Environment Program said here Monday, praising the country's efforts to tackle climate...

'Earth Overshoot Day' to mark overuse of resources - 12/21/2008

PARIS (AFP) - Green groups will stage "Earth Overshoot Day" on Tuesday to draw attention to estimates that people are gobbling up 40 percent more in resources than the planet can currently...

Japan launches first solar cargo ship - 12/21/2008

TOKYO (AFP) - The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers export their...

A burglar broke into Paris Hilton's Los Angeles home - 12/20/2008

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves broke into the hotel heiress' home in the Hollywood Hills at around 5am, and reportedly made off with around US 2 million dollars worth of jewellery and...

Zoo keeper of Knut the polar bear dead: police - 12/20/2008

BERLIN (AFP) - Thomas Doerflein, the zoo keeper in charge of rearing Berlin zoo's superstar polar bear Knut, has died, police said on Monday. There were no signs of any foul play and so...

Atom-smasher down for two months: CERN - 12/20/2008

GENEVA (AFP) - The world's largest atom-smasher has been shut down for two months following a helium leak, just ten days after it was switched on amid great fanfare to probe the secrets of the...
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