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Facebook hits billion users amid revenue worries Facebook on Thursday celebrated eclipsing the billion-member mark, touting its mission to make the world more social while investors wondered how the service would cash in on its popularity.

05 October 2012

Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet 'to cool China row' Japan's unpopular prime minister will use a cabinet reshuffle Monday to try to mend fences with China and to boost his flagging popularity ahead of an expected general election.

01 October 2012

Popularity of Brazil government on the rise: poll The popularity of Brazil's government rose in September, apparently unaffected by an ongoing bribery trial, a poll said Wednesday.

28 September 2012

Post-convention poll boost for Obama US President Barack Obama received a significant popularity bounce from his party convention last week and now leads the White House race by a small but clear margin.

12 September 2012

London tourism rates plunge during Olympics The London 2012 Olympics appears to be deterring tourists from the capital's centre after warnings of travel chaos and overpriced hotel rooms.

03 August 2012

Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era The public knowledge website is more than a decade old and remains among the top 10 Internet sites in the world, but some say it is becoming old and dowdy. Others want to keep it that way.

14 July 2012

Japan's pursuit of cute spawns $30 billion industry Police forces use them; shops can't do without them; power companies have them -- and sack them when they become unpopular.

07 July 2012