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A bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76M in Tokyo
The price of the single bluefin tuna works out to a stunning $3,603 per pound.
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'DNA evidence' in India rape case
DNA tests have linked five men with a gang rape and murder last month that has caused outrage in India, a court in Delhi has heard.
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China chills hit 28-year low, trapping ships in ice
Temperatures in China haveplunged to their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough tofreeze coastal waters and trap 1,000 ships in ice, officialmedia said at the weekend.
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Why we need a currency war with China
Every now and again, policymakers express interest in cracking down on foreigners — particularly the Chinese government — who buy up stocks and bonds in the United States to keep their own currencies cheap and their exports high.
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US condemns Assad 'puppet' speech
The state department said a peace plan outlined by Mr Assad was "detached from reality", calling it "another attempt by the regime to cling to power".
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Asia's most addictive, fattiest, calorie-loaded foods
A new report suggests fatty food lovers may be addicts, so we hunt down the Asian dishes most likely to send you into rehab
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The Age of Surgical Censorship
Iran's "smart" approach involves monitoring, rather than blocking, its citizens' use of social media.
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Why Is Google Exec Interested In North Korea?
Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has landed in North Korea. His trip there is a bit of a mystery. North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, recently set out a series of policy goals that included expanding science and technology as a way to improve the North Korean economy in 2013.
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Chinese dad hires virtual hitmen
A man in China hired virtual "assassins" to hunt down his son in online video games and kill off his avatar, according to local media.
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Why Is Google's Eric Schmidt Going to North Korea?
As with so many things related to North Korea, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding this trip.
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Short skirts, bad stars and chow mein: why India’s women get raped
If you thought the Delhi gang rape would cause a serious debate on women’s rights in India, you’d be half right. Let’s look at the other half: last December’s brutal incident seems to have put a spell on India’s politicians, holy men and otherwise educated people.
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China's Counterfeit Culture: Even Buildings Fall Victim To Copycats
China has long had a reputation for its abundance of counterfeit goods, but now its copycat culture is going beyond the intellectual property of movies, music and other bootleg items. Several of the nation's new architectural projects are carbon-copy replicas from other parts of China and around the world.
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Want to See Bin Laden's Autopsy Photos?
They have been classified since the May 2011 raid that killed him, but now the autopsy and burial photos of Osama bin Laden may be available for public viewing. A federal appeals court on Thursday will consider whether the public has that right.
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Moment of Trickery in North Korea
"From the moment we arrived in Pyongyang, we were accompanied, at all times, by three 'minders.' They were polite, but kept their distance and spoke mainly to our American guide.
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Ex-CIA analyst finds mysterious Chinese complex on Google Earth
Late last month, former CIA analyst Allen Thomson was looking for an orbital tracking site being built near the small city of Kashgar in southwestern China when he came across something unexpected.
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Pakistan bombings kill at least 100
Attacks in city of Quetta, including two bombs in ten minutes at snooker club, come at time of heightened political tension.
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Burger King in China won't serve Coke, Only Pepsi.
Diners who go to a Burger King in China can now expect to be served Pepsi, rather than the Coke they get at the fast-food chain in the United States.
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A report on Google chairman Eric Schmidt's trip to North Korea from someone who was there
John Delury, a professor of history at Yonsei University, in Seoul, travelled with Eric Schmidt and the Google delegation to North Korea.
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Bad Roads, Red Tape Slow Wal-Mart in India
Wal-Mart and other foreign retailers face a fundamental problem in India: how to move goods efficiently in a country with little modern logistics and a dilapidated infrastructure.
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A Maid's Execution in Saudi Arabia
Although their remittances lift their societies from stark poverty, a foreign maid steps into a world of abuse, overwork, and suspicion in Saudi Arabia.
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