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Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits |
...n respect of third party postings by virtue of a provision in the Communications Decency Act."
Perfect 10 v. Google. Filed on November 19, 2004.
Claims: Perfect 10 claimed Google to have allowed people to view copyrighted images through Google's image search.
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France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models |
...a thin look. The critics say that these promotions lead to eating disorders in young women, who strive to become models.
Unlike France, other prominent countries in the world of fashion, like Italy, Brazil, India and Spain, have already taken respective measures to not admit underweighted girls on the catwalk. This was also caused by the media attention the two death last year drew to the fashion industry.
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Drug wars in Rio resulted in 19 casualties |
...RIO DE JANEIRO - 19 people fell dead in Rio de Janeiro as a result of the drug wars taking place in the Brazilian city. Two rival groups are fighting for controlling the drug supply to one of the poorest districts (called 'favela') of the city.
Two shootings shoot-outs took place in different regions of the biggest Brazilian city, where 19 people found their death. In one of the cases two rival groups initiated a shoot... |
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Woman saved her baby with the ring |
...that moment, were not given a chance to survive. Both were killed in a robbery.
After the funeral of the girls took place, the case raised public protest to stop the crimes that became common for Brazil. People are living in fear and say they cannot protect themselves and their families from the sudden threat that breeds in a country.
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More Google Earth Users than People in Brazil |
...Over 200 million people worldwide have installed Google Earth application. There are more Google Earth users than residents in Brazil with population of 188 million people.
Google Earth, the mapping software that allows everyone interested see one's house from space, was introduced two years ago. It has already drawn more installations than Microsoft's Windows XP.
Michael Jones, chief technology officer of the compa... |
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Bad Memories Can Be Suppressed If Only You Really Want It |
... easy to forget if you simply decide to do so.
Researchers from University of Colorado at Boulder studied the mechanism of pushing aside memories on negative emotions to develop a therapy helping people suffering from post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and various fears. Several experiments were conducted while participants were learned to suppress their negative memories.
Brendan Depue, CU-Boulder doctora... |
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The Less Online Content - The Better, Study Says |
...The latest research conducted by University of Missouri-Columbia showed that people are more likely to focus on the online content with fewer options.
The participants took part in the experiment where their responses were studied while they were watching online pictures. Kevin Wise and Kimberlee Pepple, conducted the study where volunteers were given a task to choose three pictures from six and 24 selection of thumb... |
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Blondes Make Men Act More Silly, Study Says |
...terre said that the study shows how stereotypes can influence our behavior. Blondes can make men act silly just because they represent a common stereotype of "dumb blonde".
This study proves that people's behavior is largely affected by stereotypes. In earlier studies it was discovered that people tend to walk slower in front of the elderly people. Experts say that blondes became a subject of numerous stereotypes and ... |
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Divorces Cause Global Warming, Study Says |
...in the divorced households and the resource efficiency used per person is much lower than in married households.
The study included data of 12 countries with 3,283 households from the United States, Brazil, Ecuador, Kenya, Mexico, Spain and other countries.
It was revealed that households of divorced couples resulted in 61 percent increase of number of rooms per person, 46 percent increase of expenditures on electrici... |
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Inventor of LSD Drug Dies |
...ug about 20,000 for 12 hours.
LSD gained its popularity in 60s when it was praised as a way to self-discovery by rock stars. However, the consequences of using the drug such as the stories of the people committing the crime or suicide under hallucination led to the ban of LSD in US and other countries.
Hofmann is thought to take the drug occasionally for scientific purposes and insisted that it was not addictive. H... |
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Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics |
...The new research of the Paleolithic cave located in France, revealed that people, who lived in prehistoric times, preferred to draw their famous cave sketches in locations that have a natural resonant sound.
Researchers found at least 10 places with the prehistoric pictures of horses, bison and mammoths in which the sound of human voices, as well as the sound of musical instruments could be focused, amplified and trans... |
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Japanese Temple Offers High-Tech Grave |
...he capital of Japan costs from 2 to 3 million yen, which is somewhere between $18,000 and $27,000. The developers of a high-tech multi-storey vault managed to cut these costs three times and now more people are looking forward to apply the new technology.
For instance, a 79-year-old Shinya Shimada is now paying his respect to the ancestors by visiting a contemporary vault, instead of a traditional one.
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History Channel Experts to Analyze UFO Sightings in Australia |
...rts from the History Channel would arrive to the Territory soon.
"We are looking at an Australian UFO episode for the next season, that's for sure," he said.
The team looks forward to contact people who have spotted strange objects flying in the skies of the Northern Territory. Alan Ferguson is going to be one of the Territorians who managed to take pictures of a disk-shaped object that flew near his home, located... |
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U.S. to Place its Antiballistic Missile Defense System in Britain |
...that the British troops are deployed not only in Afghanistan and Iraq but also in the Balkans and Northern Ireland.
The military ventures of Mr. Blair faced a protest on Whitehall. A small group of people protesting against Prime Minister's position submitted a letter to Mr. Blair in which they called for a meeting with him.
The letter said that it was the sixth visit of the protesters, who asked a meeting with their ... |
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China Denies the Accusations on its Military Build-up |
... The officials from Peoples Republic of China denied the accusations of the United States regarding its military build-up. They stated that China, as a country with the biggest number of population, always looks forward to contribute to the world peace.
Despite China's statements on world peace, Dick Cheney raised concerns regarding its military build-up. He said that testing anti-satellite missiles does not represent a... |
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