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Scientists: We ve cracked wheat s genetic code
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 AP - British scientists say they ve decoded the genetic sequence of wheat and are posting the data online.
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North Korea's Kim not seen heading for retirement yet
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 Reuters - North Korea's ruling party holds its biggest meeting in 30 years early next month to pick a new leadership and likely anoint an heir to the dynasty as Kim Jong-il's health deteriorates.
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Lions rookie Suh fined for hit on Delhomme
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 AFP - Detroit Lions rookie defender Ndamukong Suh was fined 7,500 dollars by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-the-passer penalty on quarterback Jake Delhomme in an exhibition game against Cleveland.
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Mozambique ministers meet after deadly riots
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 AFP - Mozambican police patrolled the streets of the tense capital Thursday after President Armando Guebuza called for calm following protests over food and fuel prices that left four people dead.
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The Emmy Awards Get Social
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Mashable - The 2010 Emmy Awards are this Sunday, and NBC is using the ceremony to embrace social media in a big way. |
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Frenchman crowned air guitar champion once again
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 AFP - Sylvain "Gunther Love" Quimene of France won the annual Air Guitar World Championships for the second time in a row late Friday, the event's organisers in Finland said.
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Fiscal "alchemy" must mimic monetary science
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Reuters - Tax and budget policies need the same regularity and independence as monetary policy if countries around the world are to cope with looming stresses from pension programs, world central bankers were told at a Federal Reserve conference on Saturday. |
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Irish groups to buy ship for new Gaza aid flotilla
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Reuters - Pro-Palestinian groups in Ireland launched a fundraising drive Monday to buy a ship for a second attempt to breach Israel's sea blockade of Gaza. |
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Corus in talks to sell steel plant
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 AFP - A Teeside steel works which was hit by 1,600 job losses in a partial closure earlier this year is likely to be sold to a Thai company, its owners announced Friday.
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Afghan withdrawal won't be a "hand-off": Petraeus
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 Reuters - The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan from next July will begin with a general "thinning out" of forces rather than any large-scale drawdown, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Tuesday.
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