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Syria, Moscow condemn US aid to rebels
Syria and ally Russia denounced a US pledge to provide direct non-lethal aid to rebel fighters, saying it will fuel more violence in the two-year conflict.
02 March 2013
©REUTERS Judge slashes $1 bn Samsung-Apple penalty in half
A judge on Friday cut $450 million from a $1 billion award to be paid by Samsung in a landmark patent lawsuit from Apple, saying a jury had wrongly calculated the damages.
02 March 2013
Peter Gabriel wants to talk with animals online
Peter Gabriel joined big thinkers and one of the Internet's founding fathers Friday in launching an "Interspecies Internet" for animals to communicate with us and each other.
02 March 2013
©REUTERS $85 billion austerity hit lines up US economy
An $85 billion dollar austerity time bomb was to detonate against the US economy Friday, as President Barack Obama blamed a Republican refusal to compromise for a failure to avert "dumb" spending cuts.
02 March 2013
Russian boy's Texas death ruled accidental
The death of a young boy adopted from Russia at his Texas home was an accident and the bruises found on his body were self-inflicted, a coroner ruled Friday in a case that ignited a diplomatic row.
02 March 2013
Video games zap their way into top New York museum
Pac-Man and other legends from the video game world became the latest and perhaps most unlikely additions to the Museum of Modern Art's illustrious collections in New York on Friday.
02 March 2013
Asian markets mostly down, weak China data
Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday as traders took a breather after healthy gains in the previous session while Chinese data showed growth in manufacturing activity had slowed.
01 March 2013
US, South Korea launch major joint exercises
Thousands of US troops converged on South Korea Friday for the start of annual joint military exercises, a report said, as tensions run high on the peninsula following North Korea's third nuclear test.
01 March 2013
The world's first space tourist Dennis Tito. ©REUTERS First-ever space tourist plans Mars mission
The world's first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans Wednesday to send a manned mission to Mars and back, targeting a launch date less than five years away.
01 March 2013
Wang goes for 'modern elegance' in Balenciaga debut
New York fashion star Alexander Wang presented his much anticipated first show for Balenciaga with a collection praised as "elegance, modernity, structure".
01 March 2013
©REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz US film, music industries roll out anti-piracy program
A new "copyright alert" system has begun rolling out this week in the United States in an effort to curb online piracy.
01 March 2013
US pledges first direct aid to Syria rebel fighters
The United States has announced it will provide direct aid to Syrian rebels, but not the arms they had hoped for, as well as $60 million in extra assistance to the political opposition.
01 March 2013
Facebook buys advertising firm from Microsoft
Facebook agreed Thursday to buy Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft as part of an effort to boost ad revenues at the massive social network.
01 March 2013
©REUTERS Glasses.com turns heads with 3-D iPad app
Jonathan Coon turned heads Wednesday with iPad software that lets people try on sunglasses by manipulating 3-D images of themselves from the neck up.
28 February 2013
©REUTERS New study finds anti-nausea drug safe for pregnancy
Morning sickness is an all-too-common side effect of pregnancy, and a new study out Wednesday said a medication used to treat the most serious cases is safe for fetuses.
28 February 2013
Jack Andraka. Photo courtesy of themellowjihadi.com US teenager crafts early detection tool for cancer
Jack Andraka catapulted from being a typical US teenager unaware of the pancreas to one with a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ before it turns deadly.
28 February 2013
In smartphone's wake comes the intelligent watch
After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touching their phones.
28 February 2013
US pianist Van Cliburn, Cold War music hero, dies
US pianist Van Cliburn, who won a world competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War and whose music transcended the decades-long standoff, died at age 78.
28 February 2013
Photo courtesy of wn.com US drug firm Mylan to buy Indian firm for $1.6 bn
US generic drugs specialist Mylan said Thursday it would buy a unit of India's pharma firm Strides Arcolab for $1.6 billion, boosting its presence in the high-growth injectable drugs market.
28 February 2013
Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards". ©REUTERS/Stephen Chernin 'House of Cards' deals winning hand to fans of binge TV
The Machiavellian scheming of a fictional US congressman with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind is taking binge television viewing to a new level.
28 February 2013

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