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Articles: Microsoft's Vista sales power up

Posted by Admin on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 09:23 AM

	Microsoft, the world's largest software company, has sold close to 40 million copies of its new Vista operating system, chairman Bill Gates has said. Read full article: 'Microsoft's Vista sales power up'

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Articles: Anglo American aims to triple share of world iron-ore market

Posted by Admin on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 09:19 AM

	RIO DE JANEIRO — Anglo American, the world’s second-largest mining group by sales, planned to more than triple its share of the world market for iron ore, the main ingredient in steel. Read full article: 'Anglo American aims to triple share of world iron-ore market'

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Articles: Wolfowitz in final plea for job

Posted by Admin on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 09:03 AM

	World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has met the bank's 24-member board to respond to allegations of favouritism. Read full article: 'Wolfowitz in final plea for job'

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Articles: Reuters agrees to Thomson buyout

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:05 AM

	News and information group Reuters has agreed to be bought out by Canadian financial data provider Thomson in a deal worth about £8.7bn ($17bn). Read full article: 'Reuters agrees to Thomson buyout'

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Articles: Wolfowitz 'broke World Bank laws'

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 07:01 AM

	A panel of executives at the World Bank says its President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in awarding a substantial pay rise to his girlfriend. Read full article: 'Wolfowitz 'broke World Bank laws''

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Articles: Cat survives slow boat from China

Posted by Admin on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 07:15 AM

	A cat trapped in a cargo crate without food or water seems to have survived a 35-day sea voyage from China to the US. Read full article: 'Cat survives slow boat from China'

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Articles: Google searches web's dark side

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 03:18 PM

	One in 10 web pages scrutinised by search giant Google contained malicious code that could infect a user's PC. Read full article: 'Google searches web's dark side'

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Articles: Vultures pick off human body farm

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 03:15 PM

	Plans by a US university to build a human "body farm" have been set back amid fears of vultures flocking towards the whiff of decomposing corpses. Read full article: 'Vultures pick off human body farm'

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Articles: Guilty verdict in US 'spy trial'

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 11:09 AM

	A US court has found a Chinese-born engineer guilty of conspiring to export sensitive defence technology to China. Read full article: 'Guilty verdict in US 'spy trial''

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Articles: US House passes Iraq funding bill

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 07:09 AM

	The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which would fund military operations in Iraq to the end of July. Read full article: 'US House passes Iraq funding bill'

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