Nepal decides to measure up Mount Everest (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT AP - Nepal's government has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is.  
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Tear gas quells asylum seeker protest in Australia (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:41 PM PDT AP - Australian police fired tear gas and shock grenades to quell asylum seekers who set fires at a detention center in a protest that the prime minister said Wednesday could hurt their chances of getting visas.  
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Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:46 PM PDT LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan's south Tuesday where Afghan forces are readying to assume security responsibility within hours, another worrying sign as insurgents seek to disrupt a gradual transition process.  
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5 Foods that Burn Away Fat Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:19 PM PDT When it comes to losing weight, food can be your friend. But only the right foods. Here, 5 foods tha  
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Cisco's Cuts Don't Impress, Priceline And TravelZoo Show Spunk With Quiksilver and LULU Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT Priceline rallies from $511 intraday on Monday to a close of $537 on Tuesday. Still to come this wee  
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Lenovo Launches Family Of Tablets: Two Android, One Windows Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT In the world of tablets, some companies launch one model and stick to it (Apple). Others introduce s  
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Carlos Slim's Gift To The Disabled Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:40 PM PDT Anthony Kennedy Shriver's Best Buddies charity got the richest guy in the world to give seed money t  
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Tech, U.S. debt progress lifts stocks; euro dips (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - Asian shares rose on hopes that an 11th-hour deal in U.S. debt talks would avert a rapidly approaching default while blowout results from Apple lifted the tech sector which is likely to extend gains into European trading as well.  
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Dora named 4th hurricane of Eastern Pacific season (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT AP - Rain fell on the Mexican coast late Tuesday as Dora became the fourth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season.  
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Powerful earthquake strikes southern Kyrgyzstan (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:32 PM PDT AP - A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan early Wednesday. No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported.  
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Uruguay reach Copa America final Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:36 PM PDT Luis Suarez scores twice as Uruguay, seeking record 14th title, beat Peru to advance to Sunday's final in Buenos Aires.  
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ASEAN-China agree on South China Sea guidelines (AFP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:59 PM PDT AFP - Officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said Wednesday they had agreed a set of guidelines regarding cooperation in disputed areas of the South China Sea.  
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Tear gas fired in Australian immigration riots (AFP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:53 PM PDT AFP - Australian police Wednesday said they fired tear gas, sound and flash weapons and "bean bag" bullets to quell overnight riots at the Christmas Island immigration detention centre.  
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VIDEO: Piers Morgan denies phone hacking claim Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT During questioning of the Murdochs, a Conservative member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Louise Mensch, claimed that his autobiography referred to the use of hacking.  
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Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phone hacked (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:02 PM PDT Reuters - Two Taliban spokesmen said their mobile phones, emails and a website had been hacked and messages issued on Wednesday falsely reporting the death of the movement's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.  
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Kenya's Latest Crisis: The Refugee Camp Around the Refugee Camp (Time.com) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT Time.com - There is no room in the world's largest refugee encampment to take in the latest influx of Somalis fleeing drought and famine in their homeland.  
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Taliban deny that their leader is dead (AP) Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:34 PM PDT AP - Taliban spokesmen are denying reports that the insurgent group's leader Mullah Omar is dead.  
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Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phone hacked Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:02 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Two Taliban spokesmen said their mobile phones, emails and a website had been hacked and messages issued on Wednesday falsely reporting the death of the movement's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.  
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Another Foxconn worker "falls to death" at south China plant Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:33 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday, the latest in a series of apparent suicides by young migrant workers at its factory complexes in the past two years.  
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FBI arrests 16 over cyber attacks Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:04 PM PDT Arrests made in connection with attack on PayPal website allegedly carried out by hacker collective Anonymous.  
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