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| Old Atrocities, Now Official, Galvanize Afghanistan | | | The details and names of nearly 5,000 people killed by the Afghan Communist government in 1978 and 1979 were unearthed by Dutch investigators and made public by the Netherlands national prosecutors office. |
| Will social media foil Putin's plan? | | | The world is waiting to see how Russia deals with hosting its first Winter Olympics. Sochi may be under strict government control, but can Vladimir Putin prevent activists from gaining a global audience at the Games via social media? |
| How sensors make your phone "Star Trek smart" | | | Can your current smartphone be any smarter? Sure it can, if the device knows how to better understand its surroundings with the help of internal sensors. Qualcomm's Project Gimbal does just that for app developers. Here's a peek at how Paramount is using the technology. |
| First floating turbine seeks winds of change in US | | | Sept. 29 - North America's first floating wind turbine, launched in May, is being hailed as a prototype for a future US offshore energy industry. While the small "pilot phase" unit, sitting off the Maine coast, produces only enough electricity to power four homes, it represents the first stage of a far more ambitious project. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Giving airline food a lift | | | Take a look inside airline catering company Gate Gourmet's Hong Kong kitchens where they make their in-flight meals. |
| Royal baby a retail giant | | | UK retailers are riding the wave of excitement over Prince William and Kate Middletons baby all the way to the bank. Spending, from collectibles to celebratory libations, is expected to exceed $300 million. |
| Hitting Pay Dirt on Mars | | | The first rock examined by Curiosity last year turns out to be an uncommon alkaline rock, with a tiny amount of water. |
| Alicia Keys Get loud about fighting HIV | | | Bernadette's father died from AIDS complications when she was a child. Her mother never even knew he had HIV until she and her daughter tested positive years later. |
| UPDATE 4-UK039;s Royal Mail privatisation subscribed in hours-sources | | | LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Britain039;s Royal Mail privatisation garnered orders for all of the shares on offer in the space of a few hours on Friday, sources said, marking a strong start for a selloff that stands to flush up to 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into government coffers. |
| 1.3 tons of cocaine found on flight | | | There was something odd about the 30 suitcases that showed up on a flight from Venezuela. The colorful bags weren't registered to any of the passengers on the plane. |
| COMMODITIES-Markets tumble on US shutdown fears; gold jumps on Q3 | | | By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Oil and metals fell on Monday on fears of an imminent U.S. government shutdown and grains tumbled on oversupply concerns, while gold slipped for the session amid strong quarterly gains. The weaker U.S. dollar was little help to commodities priced in the currency as investors focused on the broader implications for business if Washington's budget crisis passed a midnight deadline without solution. Analysts caution that a government shut |
| Well Unequal Pain Relief in the Emergency Room | | | Black and Hispanic children who go to an E.R. with stomach pain are less likely than white children to receive pain medication and more likely to spend long hours in the emergency room, a new study reports. |
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