Journal Reviews Ex-MIT Professor's Papers
Journal Reviews Ex-MIT Professor's Papers: "The publisher of a scientific journal is investigating the accuracy of several papers written by a biology professor who was fired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for allegedly fabricating research data."
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Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Mounting bird flu fears in China
Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Mounting bird flu fears in China: "Fears that several people in China and Thailand had been infected with bird flu appear to have been proved groundless."
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Warner Brothers backs Sony's DVD format - Financial Times - MSNBC.com
Warner Brothers backs Sony's DVD format - Financial Times - MSNBC.com: "The move by Warner Brothers, one of Toshiba's staunchest supporters, follows the decision by Paramount earlier this month to bring out content in both HD-DVD and Blu-ray disc standards, and appears to tip the balance in favour of Sony's format."
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Bloomberg.com: Germany
Bloomberg.com: Germany: "China is ``confronted with increasingly acute potential social unrest caused by disparity in development and distribution, inequality, injustice, and corruption despite rapid economic progress,'' Xinhua said on Oct. 6, in an unusually frank assessment of the problems facing the country. "
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Bloomberg.com: Germany
Bloomberg.com: Germany: "Those achievements have come at the cost of environmental degradation, corruption and a widening gap between cities and the countryside, where about 800 million of the nation's 1.3 billion population live. Average urban disposable incomes were 3.2 times those in rural areas last year, a gap that's widened from 1.9 times in 1978, according to Xinhua. "
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Bloomberg.com: Germany
Bloomberg.com: Germany: "Two decades of economic growth averaging 9.5 percent a year have made the Asian nation the world's biggest consumer of commodities such as steel, cement and grain and the second- largest user of oil. China, the world's seventh-largest economy, has become its biggest producer of computers, mobile phones, televisions and other manufactured goods. "
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ABC News: Chinese Crew Blasts Off for Space Mission
ABC News: Chinese Crew Blasts Off for Space Mission: "The manned space program is a key prestige project for China's ruling Communist Party, which hopes that patriotic pride at its triumphs will help to shore up the party's public standing amid frustration at official corruption and social problems.
In Beijing, hundreds of people gathered on a plaza outside the Chinese capital's main train station to watch the launch on a giant television screen. Some clasped their hands in anxiety as the rocket surged skyward. "
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GamesIndustry.biz - PlayStation celebrates birthday with Emmy award
GamesIndustry.biz - PlayStation celebrates birthday with Emmy award: "We felt that the advent of PlayStation exemplified a significant shift in the direction of the gaming and are pleased to recognise Sony Computer Entertainment for its contribution"
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