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Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II |
 ...The apology on Japan's contribution to forced women prostitution, made by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was not convincing enough to acknowledge their responsibility.
Earlier this month Shinzo Abe disapproved Japan's implication into the women's sex slavery during the World War II and that caused negative response all over the world.
More than 200,000 women from Korea and China were exploited for sexual service i... |
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One dollar salary for Google's founders |
 ...The founders of number one search engine Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in 2006 earned their salaries of just one dollar. The information was provided after the examination of specific documents.
The two partners who were able to create the Internet giant starting with a small room in Stanford University, in 1990's, received last year only nominal wages from their company. According to the statements that were fi... |
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Google buys DoubleClick, Microsoft still too far from online ads |
 ... than just DoubleClick's yearly profit. And besides, according to Google's last year revenue papers, they had about $11,25 billion in cash and other marketable securities. So they can feel free to go shopping
What Google was also interested in when negotiating the purchase is the DoubleClick's new exchange that makes Web publishers and ad buyers come together on a site to bid at actions for ad space.
Some experts are... |
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New Hollywood Movie Makes Japanese Feel Sick |
 ...Japanese national newspapers warn people that watching a new Hollywood drama can make its viewers feel sick. The warnings are published on request of Gaga Communications, the movie's Japanese distributor.
Babel, a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning 2006 multi-narrative drama, was released in Japan on April 28. Since then the movie's distributors have received complaints from at least 15 people who felt ill while w... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
| ...Note: Current chronology covers mainly the latest events with a small introduction of events leading to them.
September 26, 2006 - Estonian Prime-Minister Andrus Ansil intends demolition of the Soviet Soldier monument, standing on the central square of Tallinn. He claims that in 1944 the Soviet army did not free the Estonian capital from fascist occupation. The Government said that the fascists have left Tallinn by the... |
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Israeli consul works in gay porn |
| ...A member of Israeli consulate administration in New York has been working part-time as a gay pornographic actor, Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported.
The consulate official, after being involved in the scandal, left his post. However, members of administration staff are not diplomatic officials, embarrassing incident published in New York press undermined Israel image once again.
That is a second time when Israeli F... |
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Woman lived with bullet for 64 years |
| ...A Chinese woman, 77, who arrived at hospital with a headache was x-rayed to find a bullet that was in her head for 64 years.
Jin Guangying, a grandmother from Shuyang town, Jiangsu province recalls the incident that happened during the World War II in 1943. She was 13 year old girl, when Japanese soldiers invaded their province and one of them tried to kill her as she was taking meal to her father, who was a guerrill... |
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Germany Threatens Google Users' Privacy |
 ...Google threatens closing its mail services in Germany, which is one of the most popular in the country. This became possible due to an upcoming German law imposing ISPs to provide the authorities with users' personal information. People at Google said this law is a serious threat to people's privacy.
Google's reaction could not be called unexpected, as the company is a faithful fighter for privacy and became its 'unack... |
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Over a Quarter of Japanese Want an iPhone, Survey Showed |
 ...A survey showed that about 27% of Japanese are willing to purchase an iPhone from Apple. Taking into consideration that Japan is the land of hi-tech novelties and a test ground for them these 27% should be considered flattering for Apple.
It is a fact that an outlander smartphone has slight chances in winning a good place on Japanese market, because in most cases authentic manufacturers' smartphones are more function... |
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Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing |
 ...Japan will never forget Hiroshima. Recently the country market the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. On Monday there was a solemn ceremony. During the ceremony the mayor of Hiroshima criticized the United States that ignored the proposal to stop its program for producing nuclear weapons.
The Peace Memorial Park gathered tens of thousands of children, elderly survivors, as well as ... |
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Male birth decline - an environmental fault? |
 ...Researchers are concerned about major male birth decline and blame air pollution for this. The drop in number of male babies born in comparison to female babies was largely observed in United States and Japan.
Devra Davis, a scientist from University of Pittsburg suggests in the publication of June issue of Environmental Health Perspectives that there is a strong tendency for less boys to be born lately. She says th... |
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Apple Experiences a 67% Sales Growth |
 ...The fourth quarter of this year has brought Apple a 67% sales growth. This figure was conditioned by an extreme popularity of its new iPod touch models and iPhones, which are still gaining popularity worldwide.
During this period the company had a $904 million revenue, i.e. $1.01 for one stock. Comparing these numbers with the previous year, one could notice a great difference, since last year's numbers are $546 million ... |
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Apple Introduces the Multi-Touch Touchpad with the New MacBook Air |
 ...After Apple introduced the world's thinnest laptop at MacWorld 2008 - MacBook Air - the company presented also their trackpad, based on the multi-touch technology, designed for the new series of Apple laptops. This trackpad was used for the first time with the highly popular iPhone and experts are of opinion that this is a truly a revolutionary technology, as unlike the common two-finger manipulations on MacBooks, the new... |
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Ex-Chairman of Nintendo Officially Became Japan's Wealthiest Businessperson |
 ... Hiroshi Yamauchi, who is also known as the ex-chairman of Nintendo, has officially been announced by the Forbes as Japan's richest man. It is worth mentioning that he started as a maker of playing cards and ended up as the chairman of one of the most famous videogame makers in 2005. He still remains the company's main shareholder.
After the profit boost of Nintendo DS and Wii, the capital of Mr. Yamauchi reached $7.8... |
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The Japanese Create Robotic Girlfriend |
 ...A firm from Japan announced that it was able to create a robotic girlfriend that can kiss on command. The robot is 38 cm (15 inch) tall and its inventors dubbed it "Eternal Maiden Actualization" or shortly "EMA".
Producers stated that EMA will go on sale in September and its price will be $175. The robotic girlfriend is aimed to a particular target market, i.e. adult men.
"Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the... |
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