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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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	Only Diplomatic Means Are Allowed to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Issue
...ficial meeting, Putin stated that the same diplomatic means should be also used in resolving other conflicts, like the ones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and any other case. According to Mr. Putin the current meeting proved that the governments of the two countries share their views on solving conflicts, including an unacceptable use of force.. Romano Prodi has acknowledged everything said by Mr. Putin, and added that t...
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	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year. Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide...
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	Google buys DoubleClick, Microsoft still too far from online ads
...d space. Some experts are a bit skeptical about this merger. They ask how Google will manage these two businesses together, avoiding interest conflicts between the two divisions. And indeed, if the current DoubleClick clients see that Google uses DoubleClick only to improve its own ad technique, they might break up the connection. David Rosenblatt, the CE of DoubleClick, said that many of the companies clients are enga...
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	Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game
...this electronic guide for his 'student fellows' as he said that when international students arrive in the UK, everything was different for them and they hardly know an appropriate reaction to certain events. Mr. Minar's game has firstly gained support from the International Office of the University and the British Council before its development started. The scenario of the game is quite simple: it follows an inter...
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	Germany Threatens Google Users' Privacy
..., as the company is a faithful fighter for privacy and became its 'unacknowledged' protector. The company has already had a series of lawsuits against the US Justice Department on this issue. The current act is prepared as another step in fighting world terrorism, which will, however, impose on Google rejecting the company's credo of keeping their users' information away from anyone, even the Government. Google rep...
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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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	World's First Center to Treat Nail Biting Habit
...ities but at the same time it prevents nail biting. In addition it gives nail biting lovers extensive therapy as well as counseling to make the bad habit stop. Van Abbe stated that the Netherlands currently has about 2 million people who love to bite their nails. According to statistics about 15 percent of adults, 33 percent of children and 45 percent of adolescents have this habit. ...
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	Researchers Suggest: More Happiness Results in More Suffering
...igehiro Oishi (University of Virginia) and his colleagues from three other institutions suggests that on average, European-Americans feel happy in general. They feel more happy than Asian-Americans, Japanese or Koreans. However, European-Americans loose their happiness more easily when influenced by negative factors and need more time to recover than those living in Asia or having an Asian ancestry. The study also s...
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	Illegally Most Wanted Vehicles
...mry 1997 Ford F-150 Series Pickup 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 Pickup 1994 Nissan Sentra 1994 Dodge Caravan 1994 Saturn SL 1990 Acura Integra It is clear that popularity of Japanese vehicles didn't lose much as the NICB's list of most stolen cars in 2006 didn't really alter: the two leaders only switched places, while their follower remained the same. However one could notice that Dodge Ram Pick...
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	Samurai Swords to be Banned in UK
...ort and hire of samurai swords is going to be illegal in UK. Those who do not follow the ban would be punished with six months in jail and a £5,000 fine. However, those who posses the genuine Japanese swords and martial arts connoisseurs would be exempt from the ban. According to the government report there was more than 80 serious crimes where imitations of samurai swords were involved over the last four years. ...
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	Apple Introduces the Multi-Touch Touchpad with the New MacBook Air
...applications and games. It is also known that Apple plans using the new technology with the upcoming models of traditional MacBooks. However it is not known whether it would be possible upgrading the current MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks to be able to use these new technologies. The multi-touch track is one the many novelties Apple developers used in creating the world's thinnest notebook - MacBook Air. If your bus...
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	HD DVD Lost the War Against Blu-ray, Toshiba Gave Up
... The officials from Toshiba Corporation on Tuesday announced that the Japanese company would stop the campaign meant to promote its HD DVD format for the follow-up generation DVD. The statement was made after Toshiba lost the support of some of the main studios and retailers, who had chosen Blu-ray technology, which is backed by Sony Corporation. Thus Toshiba's decision ends the war between the competing consortiums, l...
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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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	Message from Aliens to Arrive in 2015
...2015 from live forms from the Altair solar system. They say that the message will be the response to a radio-wave signal, which had been sent to Altair a quarter century ago by Hisashi Hirabayashi, a Japanese astronomer. According to Mr. Hirabayashi the response is likely to arrive in 2015. This is in case the intelligent beings received the message decoded it and sent an instant response. It is worth mentioning that ...
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