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- Study links long work hours with extra weight in women
- Cooling efforts onboard tanker ongoing: MISC
- Analysis: Fight over Islam, money and power brings violence to Volga
- Two soldiers killed in blast in southeast Turkey
- 5 killed, 3 missing in flash floods, landslides triggered by Typhoon Vicente in Vietnam
- Google unveils new ultra-high-speed internet
- Spark in Sabah
- Onlookers hamper whale rescue in Indonesia
- Philippine massacre witnesses live in fear
- Summer concerts pull crowds to French wine country
- Super telescope aims to inspire future S. African scientists
- More empty stomachs in North Korea as Kim plans reforms
- VIDEO: Mitt Romney gaffe over London Olympics
- Cambodian town with gruesome past lures tourists
- U.S. fears Syria preparing for massacre in Aleppo
- China-Canada oil deal raises political hackles in Washington
- Insight: Cautious on Syria, Obama moves to help rebels
- Pony parade
- China indicts Bo's wife for murder
- Tweeting all the way to the finish line
| Study links long work hours with extra weight in women Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:18 AM PDT Ladies, need a reason to go to the gym at lunch? Middle-aged women who work more than 35 hours a week are more likely to pack on the pounds and lead a less healthy lifestyle, according to a new study announced on Tuesday.
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| Cooling efforts onboard tanker ongoing: MISC Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:07 AM PDT The fire on board a tanker of the Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) Bunga Alpinia in Labuan, Sabah has been contained, and further cooling efforts are ongoing.
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| Analysis: Fight over Islam, money and power brings violence to Volga Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:06 AM PDT KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Not far from glitzy boulevards where an oil boom has sent up stadiums and high-rises overlooking the Volga River, women in headscarves wander through Islamic bookstores selling pamphlets on the institution of sharia in Russia. 
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| Two soldiers killed in blast in southeast Turkey Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:44 PM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed in the mainly Kurdish southeast on Friday when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a remoted-controlled explosive, security sources said. 
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| 5 killed, 3 missing in flash floods, landslides triggered by Typhoon Vicente in Vietnam Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:56 PM PDT Flash floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Vicente have killed at least five and three others are missing in Vietnam's northern mountainous provinces over the past few days, Vietnam's state-run news agency reported on Friday.
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| Google unveils new ultra-high-speed internet Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:54 PM PDT After more than two years of anticipation, Google finally announced Thursday that the company's ultra-high-speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September.
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| Onlookers hamper whale rescue in Indonesia Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:11 PM PDT Rescuers in Indonesia fought Friday to help a sperm whale stuck in shallow waters to return to sea, as their efforts were hampered by local residents arriving on boats and driving it back to shore.
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| Philippine massacre witnesses live in fear Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:08 PM PDT Hired assassins are stalking witnesses to a Philippine massacre in which a political warlord allegedly led the slaughter of 57 people, victims' relatives and a rights group said almost two years into a complex trial.
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| Summer concerts pull crowds to French wine country Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:05 PM PDT Fresh air, fine wine and world-class performers are pulling the crowds to Bordeaux's wine country for an ever-rising number of summer jazz and classical concerts in the French region.
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| Super telescope aims to inspire future S. African scientists Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:57 PM PDT Excitement surges through a school hall set in the vast South African outback as rows of children roar "S-K-A" on a chilly winter morning.
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| More empty stomachs in North Korea as Kim plans reforms Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:35 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Talk that North Korea's young leader plans to reform the broken economy is already having an impact. It's helping send rice prices even further out of the reach of most families in one of the world's most under-fed societies. 
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| VIDEO: Mitt Romney gaffe over London Olympics Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:05 PM PDT US presidential candidate has appeared to question London's readiness to host a successful Olympics in an interview for American TV.
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| Cambodian town with gruesome past lures tourists Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:48 PM PDT Want to see Pol Pot's grave or his broken toilet seat? How about a visit to the house of a feared Khmer Rouge commander known as "The Butcher"?
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| U.S. fears Syria preparing for massacre in Aleppo Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:25 PM PDT AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces renewed a ground and aerial bombardment of Aleppo on Friday, extending efforts to crush rebels in Syria's commercial capital in what the United States said it feared could become a massacre. 
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| China-Canada oil deal raises political hackles in Washington Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government should block a bid by China's state oil company CNOOC for Canadian oil company Nexen until China's government provides fair access for U.S. companies that want to invest in China, a top Democratic senator plans to tell Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday. 
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| Insight: Cautious on Syria, Obama moves to help rebels Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his first year in office, U.S. President Barack Obama sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seeking a new start to a long-strained relationship. 
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| Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:01 PM PDT Wild ponies are herded into the Assateague Channel for their annual swim to Chincoteague Island, Virginia.
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| China indicts Bo's wife for murder Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:12 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will try Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, on charges of murdering a British man, state media said on Thursday in the latest turn in a scandal that has rocked the government in Beijing and could bring Gu the death penalty. 
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| Tweeting all the way to the finish line Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:59 PM PDT (Britain-AFP) - The 2012 Olympics will be the first Games to take place in a truly social network environment. Facebook and Twitter are firm favourites for team members encouraged to interact but some athletes can take it a little far. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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