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Microsoft Upgrades Its Xbox 360 |
 ...outselling Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 on the market of gaming consoles during the last months. However, the reason for this outselling could be mentioned the fact that the Wii is a family-friendly entertainment device, which could be purchased at a price $50 cheaper than the basic Xbox 360 model, and even more cheaper than a Sony's PlayStation 3.
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US Military Accused of Manipulating Soldier's Death |
 ...g a professional football player, Cpl Tillman had turned down a multi-million dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to fight for his country. His death was greatly publicized in the US.
Pat's family was told he had died as a hero fighting the enemy. But Kevin Tillman has strong reasons to believe the truth about his brother's death was deliberately concealed from their family. He testified to a congressional panel... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
 ...he protesters near the embassy. People threw dandelions at the ambassador's car. The Estonian President states that the history of the bronze soldier is over. The members of the Estonian ambassador's family evacuated from the Russian capital. Spammers spread mail propaganda for gathering financial support for further protests.
May 3, 2007 - In Moscow hooligans are throwing stones into Estonian embassy. Bush administra... |
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New Saliva Test to Save 1,000 Unborn Babies Each Year |
 ...death, due to the fat that they are being born prematurely. Most women that are at risk include: first-time mothers, women who are over their 40s, women that suffer from obesity and those that have a family history of pre-eclampsia.
The pre-eclampsia was, for the first time, identified 150 years ago. Till nowadays,however, doctors were not able to find what causes the condition.
Dr. Brian Owen-Smith, a retired hosp... |
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Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage) |
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The "YuzhKuzbassUgol" promised to pay the families of the dead miners one million rubles (about $40,000) each. In addition, the Government promised to provide material support too, thus every family will be paid about 2 million rubles. Local authorities also plan to organize a center for solving various social and household problems of the dead miners' closest relatives.
Today, Saturday, May 26th, the miners ha... |
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Anti-abortion Activist Life Sentenced for Murder |
 ...ves in June 1999.
The wife of the victim together with her four sons, aged between 7 and 15 became the witnesses of the tragedy. Mr. Slepian was shot down through a window in their house when his family was at home. One of the sons tried to stop the blood flow. Lynne Slepian addressed the audience saying that many other people can become victims of anti-abortion extremists who are still free and ready to commit anothe... |
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There Are Successful Bloggers in Africa Too |
 ...year-old high-school student was invited to the conference to share his personal experience of designing and building a windmill completely on his own.
Kamkwamba left school when he was 14 as his family was not able to afford the school fees. The boy built his first windmill using a book on electricity, plastic piping and some other objects. The windmill generated enough power to provide lighting in his room.
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Disney's Heroes Don't Smoke |
| ...The Walt Disney Company declared on Wednesday that all family movies, coming under "Touchstone" and "Miramax" trademarks, will not depict their action figures smoking.
In the future the movie-maker intends to place an anti-smoking warning ad on the cover of those movies, where it was not possible skipping the smoking scene. An independent movie-maker "Weinstein" has already accepted this strategy of avoiding smoking sc... |
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Texas Executed the 400th Prisoner |
 ...e when the witness tried to escape. Then he deadly shot twice in the head the owner of the store, a 49-year-old woman.
Before the execution Conner asked for forgiveness and said that he loves his family. In addition he also said that his death penalty was wrong.
What is happening to me now is unjust and the system is broken, he outlined.
It was the second out of five executions that are planned to take place thi... |
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Forced Adoption Doesn't Give Parents Any Chance |
 ...doption process and was always done in child's interests. However, the process seemed to be too shortened as decision on adoption was often made without sufficient evidence.
The limited access to family courts that was explained by the fact that child welfare is of primary importance to the court, also contributed to more hastened decisions.
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The World Says Rest in Peace to Luciano Pavarotti |
 ...ee daughters from the first marriage were walking next to the coffin.
Many of Pavarotti's friends arrived in Modena soon after the news of his death came. Among the first to visit the villa of the family was mayor of Modena, who declared that the town theatre would be named after the "golden voice".
During his over 40-years' career Luciano Pavarotti showed the whole world the true value of classic music, of great pe... |
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Woman lives with needles inside her body |
 ...her body could be life-threatening. The hospital from Yunnan province where woman came, organized a team of 16 specialists, including those from abroad to decide on operation next week.
Chinese family planning policy gives a priority to boys and this still especially actual for rural areas. There are also a lot of cases where woman knowing she is expecting a girl decides on abortion or even killing a baby at birth. ... |
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