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- Engineer who warned over Bangladesh building held, toll tops 500
- Engineer who warned over Bangladesh building held, toll tops 500
- S. Korea jails nuclear workers over bribe scandal
- Will the Thunderbolt port go mainstream?
- Yes, some people do leave Facebook, forever: study
- IBM unveils 'world's smallest movie' using atoms
- HTC to debut One ‘mini'
- Getting started with Google Glass
- Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs: research
- Old foes to battle for world record on Everest
- Two teens take lives over unfinished homework: media
- Political teaching material
- S. Korea to block anti-North leaflet launch
- Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
- Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases shot dead
- Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring
- Israel’s Netanyahu says would put peace deal to referendum
- N.Korea could eventually reach US with nuclear arms, says Pentagon report
- Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead, say police
- US lifts more sanctions on Myanmar to support reforms
| Engineer who warned over Bangladesh building held, toll tops 500 Posted: 02 May 2013 11:59 PM PDT DHAKA, May 3 — Police investigating the collapse of a Bangladesh factory building that killed more than 500 people have arrested an engineer who warned the day before that the eight-storey complex was unsafe. The arrest of engineer Adbur Razzak brought to nine the number of people held over the April 24 disaster, which has put the spotlight on the ... 
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| Engineer who warned over Bangladesh building held, toll tops 500 Posted: 02 May 2013 11:51 PM PDT DHAKA (Reuters) - Police investigating the collapse of a Bangladesh factory building that killed more than 500 people have arrested an engineer who warned the day before that the eight-storey complex was unsafe. 
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| S. Korea jails nuclear workers over bribe scandal Posted: 03 May 2013 12:14 AM PDT South Korea on Friday jailed six nuclear power engineers and suppliers linked to a major corruption scandal that stoked public concern over safety standards. | ||
| Will the Thunderbolt port go mainstream? Posted: 03 May 2013 12:09 AM PDT Computing peripheral and accessory companies, including Belkin, are finally launching docking stations for the technology that could play a key role in bringing desktop features to mobile devices. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Yes, some people do leave Facebook, forever: study Posted: 03 May 2013 12:07 AM PDT Considering quitting Facebook, or perhaps taking a breather for a few weeks? A full third of users polled in a recent study say that they have deactivated their account before, and one in 10 never comes back. | ||
| IBM unveils 'world's smallest movie' using atoms Posted: 03 May 2013 12:06 AM PDT IBM scientists Wednesday unveiled what they called "the world's smallest movie," which tracks the movement of atoms magnified 100 million times. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Posted: 03 May 2013 12:03 AM PDT HTC appears to be following Samsung's lead with a smaller version of its flagship handset. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Getting started with Google Glass Posted: 03 May 2013 12:02 AM PDT A new official user video is the clearest glimpse yet of what it's like to see the world through Google's high-tech headset. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs: research Posted: 03 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose small-screen devices over PCs, research figures showed Wednesday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Old foes to battle for world record on Everest Posted: 02 May 2013 11:52 PM PDT An 82-year-old Nepalese man who holds the world record for being the oldest person to summit Mount Everest will defend his title against a familiar octogenarian competitor, organisers said Thursday. | ||
| Two teens take lives over unfinished homework: media Posted: 02 May 2013 11:50 PM PDT Two teens in eastern China committed suicide after "failing to complete homework assignments" state-run media said on Friday, in an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren can face. | ||
| Posted: 02 May 2013 11:50 PM PDT Will our tertiary education institutions become more sacred, beautiful and inviolably if we do not allow students to participate in political activities and talk about politics, as well as deny its access into campuses? | ||
| S. Korea to block anti-North leaflet launch Posted: 02 May 2013 11:28 PM PDT South Korean police said Friday they would stop a planned launch of anti-North Korean leaflets across the tense border, after Pyongyang threatened to retaliate. | ||
| Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring Posted: 02 May 2013 10:49 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million (643 thousand pounds) in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures. 
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| Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases shot dead Posted: 02 May 2013 11:17 PM PDT Pakistan's main state prosecutor in the 2007 murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the 2008 Mumbai attacks was shot dead in Islamabad en route to court Friday, police said. | ||
| Chinese police bust million-dollar rat-meat ring Posted: 02 May 2013 10:55 PM PDT BEIJING, May 3 — Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than US$1 million (RM3 million) in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said, in a food safety crackdown that coincides with a bird flu outbreak and other environmental pressures. Authorities have arrested 904 suspects since the end of January for selling and ... 
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| Israel’s Netanyahu says would put peace deal to referendum Posted: 02 May 2013 10:40 PM PDT JERUSALEM, May 3 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday he would put any peace deal with the Palestinians to a referendum, raising expectations that direct negotiations might soon resume following a two-year stalemate. It was the second time in just three days that Netanyahu has publicly mentioned the possibility of holding a ... 
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| N.Korea could eventually reach US with nuclear arms, says Pentagon report Posted: 02 May 2013 10:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 3 — North Korea's continuing development of nuclear technology and long-range ballistic missiles will move it closer to its stated goal of being able to hit the United States with an atomic weapon, a new Pentagon report to Congress said yesterday. The report, the first version of an annual Pentagon assessment required by law, said ... 
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| Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead, say police Posted: 02 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT ISLAMABAD, May 3 — Gunmen on a motorcycle today shot dead a prosecutor investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, one of the most shocking events in the country's turbulent history. Police sources said Chaudhry Zulfikar was killed as he left his home and headed to a hearing in the case. Zulfikar was ... 
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| US lifts more sanctions on Myanmar to support reforms Posted: 02 May 2013 09:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 3 — The United States yesterday lifted another set of sanctions against Myanmar to support reforms in the formerly army-ruled country, while retaining visa and investment bans against individuals accused of human rights abuses. The Obama administration decided that a 1996 ban on granting US entry visas to the former Burma's ... 
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