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- Bolt makes history with 200m gold
- Gu Kailai’s trial scene: Rain, reporters and police
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- US Postal Service in $5bn loss
- Rudisha breaks record in 800m win
- Angolan MPLA says opposition backs pre-poll protests
- Bits Blog: Spy Virus in Beirut Banks Linked to Iran Cyberattack Coding
- Excerpts From Gu Kailai’s Book, ‘Winning a Lawsuit in the U.S.’
- More sex for sleep deprived birds
- Iran urges dialogue to end Syria war
- French court hands Hollande victory with EU pact ruling
- Greece unemployment reaches record high
- Economic Growth Flagging in China
- Shop 'Raids' Underline Spanish Despair
- Heterosexual HIV-drug cover urged
- Google fined over Safari privacy violation
- Rover makes first colour panorama
- Hodgson set to name England squad
- Syrian rebels driven by religion, but on their own terms
- After 40 Years, U.S. to Clean Up Agent Orange in Vietnam
| Bolt makes history with 200m gold Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:58 PM PDT Usain Bolt becomes the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m.
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| Gu Kailai’s trial scene: Rain, reporters and police Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT HEFEI, China, Aug 9 - At Gu Kailai's trial on Thursday, it was hard to tell whether the police outnumbered the journalists, or the other way around. Either way, everyone was drenched. China's "trial of the century" opened Thursday, the same day that typhoon Haikui, which hit Shanghai and coastal Zhejiang province late Wednesday, began to wallop Anhui province with torrential downpours and gale force winds. Read full article >>   
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| Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT
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| US Postal Service in $5bn loss Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT The US Postal Service reports a quarterly loss of more than $5bn the week after making its first default on retirement health benefits.
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| Rudisha breaks record in 800m win Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT David Rudisha becomes the first athlete to set a new world record on the track at London 2012 as he wins 800m gold.
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| Angolan MPLA says opposition backs pre-poll protests Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's ruling party, the MPLA, accused three opposition parties on Thursday of stirring up trouble before the general election on August 31 by helping civil war veterans plan protest rallies to demand payment of overdue subsidies.
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| Bits Blog: Spy Virus in Beirut Banks Linked to Iran Cyberattack Coding Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:39 PM PDT Security experts said they had discovered what they believed was the fourth state-sponsored computer virus to surface in the Middle East in three years.
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| Excerpts From Gu Kailai’s Book, ‘Winning a Lawsuit in the U.S.’ Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT Before she was standing trial before a Chinese court on a murder charge, Gu Kailai authored a book, written in a breezy style, disparaging aspects of the United States legal system.
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| More sex for sleep deprived birds Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT Sleep deprived birds appear to have greater mating success, according to a study conducted in Alaska.
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| Iran urges dialogue to end Syria war Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT Tehran appeals to Syria's government and opposition to begin peace talks as it hosts conference on the conflict.
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| French court hands Hollande victory with EU pact ruling Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council ruled on Thursday that the EU's budget responsibility pact did not require a change to the constitution, easing its path to ratification and removing a potential headache for President Francois Hollande.
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| Greece unemployment reaches record high Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT Latest data shows jobless rate has climbed to 23.1 per cent, with more than one million Greeks out of work.
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| Economic Growth Flagging in China Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:16 AM PDT Key areas are expanding far less than expected compared with the same period a year ago, although inflation has decreased dramatically.
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| Shop 'Raids' Underline Spanish Despair Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:29 AM PDT A small Spanish union raided two supermarkets in one of the poorest parts of the country earlier this week, in a vivid sign of growing discontent with Spain's deepening economic crisis and the government's austerity plans.
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| Heterosexual HIV-drug cover urged Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:32 AM PDT Women and straight men at high risk of contracting HIV should also have access to a pill that can help prevent the virus, says US health officials.
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| Google fined over Safari privacy violation Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT US Federal Trade Commission orders web giant to pay $22.5m for violating privacy of rival Apple's Safari browser users.
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| Rover makes first colour panorama Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:28 AM PDT Nasa's new Mars rover returns its first 360-degree colour panorama image from the surface of the Red Planet.
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| Hodgson set to name England squad Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Roy Hodgson is expected to omit several senior players when he names his England squad for Wednesday's friendly against Italy.
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| Syrian rebels driven by religion, but on their own terms Posted: 09 Aug 2012 10:51 AM PDT BEIRUT — The 29-year-old Syrian rebel is full of enthusiasm as he prepares to return to the battle front after nursing his leg wound, his second this year, in a northern Lebanese city. A jovial young man with a long bushy beard, he discusses the war the rebels are now waging with one eye shifting to the television screen to keep track of the archery competition at the Olympics, though he says his favorite sport is rifle shooting. Read full article >>
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| After 40 Years, U.S. to Clean Up Agent Orange in Vietnam Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT A four-year, $43 million program is being welcomed in Vietnam, but many people say the effort is too little and too late.
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