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December 2008

Executives put on trial in China milk scandal

December 31, 2008 Health

The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, said four milk company executives have gone on trial in China over a contamination scandal that left at least six children dead and hundreds of thousands ill. The former chairwoman of the Sanlu Group, Tian Wenhua, was among those in court. In the past week, 17 people have gone [...]

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New Year to come a second later

December 31, 2008 Entertainment

This time New Year enthusiasts would have to wait for one more second. This is because an extra second will be added to our standard time measurements, which are based on atomic clocks, on the cusp of 2009 to bring it in sync with the rotation of the Earth. The International Earth Rotation Service, which [...]

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Bomb blast rocks Bilbao in Spain

December 31, 2008 World

MADRID: A bomb exploded outside a television station in Spain’s Basque region Wednesday. The blast occurred after the warning came an hour ahead of the bombing and gave police enough time to evacuate the area. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage. ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long [...]

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Israel rejects cease-fire proposals

December 31, 2008 World

JERUSALEM: Israel has officially rejected the proposed cease-fire, declaring that as proposed there were no guarantees Hamas fighters would honor the agreement. Israel continued to pound the Gaza Strip for the fifth day from the air and from the sea, targeting Hamas outposts and the network of tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border used by the [...]

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I’m not ready to have kids, says Kelly Osbourne

December 31, 2008 Entertainment

New York: Kelly Osbourne has said that she’s not ready to have kids, despite pressure from her mom. She revealed to Closure magazine that her mum Sharon Osbourne is keen to become a grandma and has been urging her to get pregnant. “Mum”s been trying to get me to have a happy accident for ages, [...]

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Intel releases quad-core notebook processor

December 31, 2008 Tech

Intel has released quad-core notebook processor. Among the other chips in Intel’s new mobile line are the 2.93GHz T9800, the 2.66GHz P9600 Core 2 Duo, the 2.66GHz T9550, and the 2.53GHz P8700. The chips range in price from $241 to $530. Intel is, of course, Apple’s exclusive chip supplier, so there’s a pretty good chance [...]

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Aso to Visit Seoul on Jan. 11

December 31, 2008 Business

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan said that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will visit Seoul in January. He didn’t provide any other details. Aso will arrive on Jan. 11 and leave next day, Yu said in Seoul today. Separately, South Korea and the U.S. are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State [...]

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are not splitting

December 31, 2008 Entertainment

Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony aren’t separating. Their publicist Leslie Zelnik has confirmed the report that talk of their split is a rumor only. The New York Daily News reported yesterday that the split would be made public onstage at Marc’s show on Feb. 14 at Madison Square Garden. “There is no merit [...]

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Kevin Bacon hurt in Madoff scheme!

December 31, 2008 Business

Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon and his wife are the latest people to have lost money on investments connected to accused swindler Bernard Madoff. He’s a prominent Wall Street economist too. The media reports said that economist Henry Kaufman lost several million dollars, which he had in a brokerage account with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities [...]

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Vitamins not to prevent cancer, study says

December 31, 2008 Health

In a recent study, researchers have said that Vitamins are not useful to prevent cancer. It’s seen as another blow to the supposed cancer-fighting powers of vitamins C and E. The study lead author Jennifer Lin, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School said “Simply taking antioxidant supplements is insufficient to prevent cancer [...]

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