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Robin Givhan on Fashion: Madeleine Albright's pins were mightier than the sword

The pins are displayed in glass cases at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York so that the jeweled butterflies seem to be in mid-flight and the patriotic eagles and flags sparkle like Fourth of July fireworks in a vitrine....

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Qafco seeks expansion in South American market

Qatar Fertilizer Company (Qafco), an arm of Industries Qatar, said that it will raise urea production to 5.6 million tons a year by 2012 from three million tons a year to tap South American markets, QNA reported. Qafco awarded...

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Measuring Democracy - The US Department of State’s Reports on Human Rights - Artur Victoria Studies

of each country, the basic principle underlying them is in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. First the study focused only on the countries that were receiving assistance from the United States. Later on it was...

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Kim Jong-Il calls for scientific farming to increase crop production

PYONGYANG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong-Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has called for scientific farming to increase crop production to solve a current food shortage problem, official news...

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Bizarre vacations take tourists far off beaten track

Some travel agencies are marketing bizarre locations, total culture immersion and one-of-a-kind experiences as package deals. Would you want to volunteer at an elephant shelter in Thailand, or enter a rickshaw race?

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Asia-Pacific Region Seen as “Key Driver” of Global Economy

In advance of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk underscores the importance of U.S. relationships with trading partners in the region. He also reiterates the Obama...

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Obama's Asia tour kicks off at critical time on home front (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will leave the country for a four-nation tour of Asia starting Wednesday despite a host of domestic concerns, including the massacre at Fort Hood, a sharply rising...

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Potential for green energy

PENANG has shortlisted four out of eight companies responding to an open tender invitation to tap methane gas from Phase I of the Pulau Burung landfill. This is part of a move to explore supplementary revenue from the...

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LG's Android phone unleashed in Canada

LG has launched its first Android phone, a QWERTY slider called the "Eve," on Rogers Wireless' network in Canada. In other Android news, LG is prepping a second Android phone, this time with a Snapdragon processor, for Korea,...

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Gstar 2009: The Future of Video Games and the Video Game Industry

Gaming fans and members of the gaming industry from all around the world will gather together for the exhibition show Gstar 2009 at Busan’s Bexco Convention Center from November 26-29. Two hundred companies from 20 different...

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