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Facebook: is it really worth $100bn?
Facebook has 70 per cent of the world’s internet users signed up, but can it justify such a high flotation? | Because heâ€™s worth it: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph
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Apple's new iPhone to have larger screen: Sources
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetApple plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Kore... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Times Of India
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Frequent cooking will help you live longer
| In advanced economies, households generally cook less than half of their meals leading to an increased concern among nutrition policy makers that fewer meals are being ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) PhysOrg
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Buddhist musicians from Taiwan receiving blesses during the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's four day teaching in Dharamshala, H.P., India, on October 4, 2011. The teachings were held at the Main Tibetan Temple and were given at the request of a group from Taiwan.

China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations
| ISOLDA MORILLO | Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) â€” China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Guardian
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Facebook Ads: Is Anyone Clicking On Them?
| NEW YORK (AP) â€” Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods t... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Huffington Post
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Nikkei closes at 3-1/2 month low on Greece fears
Tweet | TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 3-1/2 month closing low on Tuesday, weighed down by exporters with exposure to Europe after Greece struggled to form... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Times Of India
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Tokyo Sexwale, South African Businessman, human rights activist and former politician at the 2007 World Economic Forum on Africa, Jun 13-15 2007, Cape Town

Sexwale could be compromise candidate
| HUMAN Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale arrived in the Eastern Cape yesterday, a province that those hoping to unseat President Jacob Zuma are keen to control. | Mr Se... (photo: World Economic Forum / World Economic Forum) Business Day
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China may use dissident sect against Dalai Lama: Tibet
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan government-in-exile on Monday pointed its finger towards a splinter community among Tibetans - the around 5000-strong ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Times Of India
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Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)
| writes: | All models are equipped with the eco-IDLE*3 systemâ€”an idling-stop function that shuts off the engine as the vehicle comes to a stop (approximately 7 km/h or... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Treehugger
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Leadership from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) provide a tour of the ship to Peter Berg, the director of the 2012 feature film

Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action
| ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE - On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from a U.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer ste... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee) The Charlotte Observer
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Canon eyes robot-only production for cameras
By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press Comments | Tokyo - Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs - a key change being... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam) Detroit news
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The Buddhist leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama arriving at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery for teaching events- April 4-6, 2012, Dharamshala, India

Dalai Lama silent on monk self-immolations
| By Richard Allen Greene | LONDON (CNN) – The Dalai Lama refused to answer a question Monday about whether Tibetan monks should stop setting themselves on fire to ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) CNN
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Texting while Driving - Car - Driver - Cellphone

Texting while driving in Minnesota and the impact on our energy
| Â The Minneapolis Star Tribune posted a front-page article on texting while driving and the statistics surrounding such behavior.Â It seems there were only 1,300 texti... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Examiner
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SJP's Baguette
| SARAH JESSICA PARKER has spoken about her love for Fendi's iconic Baguette bag, one of her Sex And The City character Carrie Bradshaw's most famous accessories, in a ne... (photo: Creative Commons / Rubenstein) Vogue
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Dalai Lama Poison Plot: China Denies Plans To Assassinate Tibetan Leader
| BEIJING -- China accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting p... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Huffington Post
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Jim Yong Kim, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank President, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2012. Kim is currently the president of Dartmouth College.

GAVIN KEETON: New World Bank chief is committed to the poor
| DO GLOBAL financial institutions suffer from a "democratic deficit"? Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan recently suggested that the election of an American, Jim Yong Kim, ... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari) Business Day
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Hair today, gone tomorrow: Young monks cry as their heads are shaved for their initiation ...
| Most children hate having their hair cut and it appears that these young apprentice monks are no different as they have their heads shaved for the first time. | Many co... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Daily Mail
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Picture must be drawn up for V-shaped business recovery
| Can the nation's businesses bounce back from a string of adversities, including the Great East Japan Earthquake, to achieve an early V-shaped recovery? | Every company ... (photo: WN / RTayco) Daily Yomiuri
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Walking from his simple exiled palace to the main temple, the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's four day teaching in Dharamshala, H.P., India, on October 4, 2011. The teachings were held at the Main Tibetan Temple and were given at the request of a group from Taiwan.

Dalai Lama reveals Chinese plot to poison him
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, the Dalai Lama speaks about poison plots against him by the Chinese and his friendship with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Daily Telegraph
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Orbit tower unveiled in London's Olympic park
| London, May 12 (IANS) Arcelor Mittal Orbit, the tallest sculpture in United Kingdom was unveiled in the Olympic park of London ahead of the Olympic Games Friday. ... (photo: AP / Tim Hales) Newstrack India
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