January 14, 2012
“The Iron Lady,” the new biopic starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, was controversial before audiences even saw it, largely because of its portrayal of the aging former prime minister’s dementia. The current UK prime minister, David Cameron, suggested the movie was premature and shouldn’t have been made while Thatcher was alive. Her former [...]
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December 23, 2011
We’re finally beginning to see some distinctive 10-inch Android tablets that are more than iPad knockoffs. Earlier this year, Sony released its wedge-shaped Tablet. Now, two more entries provide features and functionality beyond Apple Inc.’s offerings: Asustek Computer Inc.’s Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the Droid Xyboard 10.1 from Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and [...]
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November 21, 2011
There’s a lot of heel-nipping in the tablet market these days. Amazon.com Inc. just released the Kindle Fire, the most serious attempt yet to take on Apple Inc.’s mighty iPad 2. Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble Inc. has shipped the Nook Tablet, which in turn takes aim at Amazon. I’ve tried both new devices and [...]
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October 15, 2011
William Colby (R) and President Gerald Ford and his Cabinet and Colby Family are pictured in the Oval Office at the White House as Colby receives the National Security Medal in this 1976 handout photograph. REUTERS. When the body of former CIA director William Colby was found underwater near his vacation home in Rockpoint, Maryland [...]
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September 3, 2011
Inflation is cutting into sales volumes in Vietnam and has hurt consumer confidence, said Darin Williams, the managing director of Nielsen Co. (Vietnam) Ltd., speaking at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam’s inflation rate reached 23.02 percent in August, the fastest in 33 months and the 12th straight increase in the figure. [...]
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February 8, 2011
A two-week-old is held by his mother at The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado August 23, 2010 during a research study on obesity in infants. Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new [...]
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February 6, 2011
A homeless man sits besides his belongings on a street in Washington, DC. In the dead of winter last year, after 13 years of wandering the streets and homeless shelters of the US capital, Maureen Brosnahan was given a tiny apartment with no strings attached. She would no longer have to endure icy nights lying [...]
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November 8, 2010
A customer looks at the Apple iPhone 4. The commercial tsunami unleashed by the iPhone has served as a launch pad for the videogame industry in Montreal, which hopes to seize on the success of Appleâs smartphone. Hundreds of participants in the two-day Montreal International Game Summit that opens Monday in Quebecâs big city will [...]
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November 28, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Steamed rice rolls come in all shapes and sizes, each version representing the culture and spirit of a different region. White rice is inescapable in Vietnam. Even if you’re not having a “rice-dish,” chances are the noodles you’re eating, whether in soup or fried, are made from rice. Even the cake in Vietnam [...]
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November 27, 2009
A woman makes banh cuon at Ben Thanh Market in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Steamed rice rolls come in all shapes and sizes, each version representing the culture and spirit of a different region. White rice is inescapable in Vietnam. Even if youâre not having a ârice-dish,â chances are the noodles youâre eating, whether [...]
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