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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a giant panda takes a shower near another after arriving at Fuzhou Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Sequencing, Annotation And Comparative Analysis Of Nine BACs Of Giant Panda Wed 10 Mar 2010
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 09:38 CST BGI has carried out deep sequence exploration on nine BACs of giant panda with traditional sanger sequencing methods.... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Jiang Kehong) redOrbit
China   Panda   Photos   Physiology   Sciences
Tibetans-internet-websites-computers-people-Dharamshala, India Research Streamlines Data Processing To Solve Problems More Efficiently Wed 10 Mar 2010
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 09:28 CST Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) redOrbit
Carolina   Data   Photos   Research   Tech
Google Google to Digitize Old Books From Rome, Florence Wed 10 Mar 2010
ROME March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) ABC News
Books   Florence   Google   Photos   Rome
Facebook - Website - Internet - Networking TechBytes: Facebook Will Share Locations Wed 10 Mar 2010
By BRETT LEVY, RONNIE REISS and CLAUDIA MORALES March 10, 2010 Facebook lets you know everything your friends are thinking and doing, and soon it will let you know... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) ABC News
Devices   Facebook   Motorola   Photos   Software
People walk past the Ala Moana branch of Bank of Hawaii, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 in Honolulu. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, worked at Bank of Hawaii starting as a bank secretary working her way up to one of the first female bank vice presidents in Hawaii . Dunham, who was 86, died late Sunday night. Bank of Hawaii Offering Coupons Free Online Wed 10 Mar 2010
HONOLULU March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Bank of Hawaii says it's come up with a way to generate more business for its clients. The bank has launched... (photo: AP / Marco Garcia) ABC News
Bank   Hawaii   Online   Photos   Technology
Are you ready for the toilet of the future? Wed 10 Mar 2010
— While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious... (photo: WN / RTayco) Newsvine
Health   Photos   Technology   Travel
Google Google Opens Web Store For Business Applications Wed 10 Mar 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) WPXI
Google   People   Photos   Technology   World
Indonesian paramilitary policemen carry their weapons during a search for militants in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security Wed 10 Mar 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months,... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda) The New York Times
Defence   Indonesia   Photos   Security   Terrorism
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran Wed 10 Mar 2010
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) The New York Times
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Saudi Arabia   US
An Iraqi woman eyes U.S. soldiers as they stand guard outside a polling center during the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. Voting ended later with no reports of major violence, though voters at some polling stations complained that their names did not appear on lists. Balloting was extended for one hour to accommodate v Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected by Thursday Wed 10 Mar 2010
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations official said, offering... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The New York Times
Elections   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Society
In this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo, American Airlines aircrafts are shown operating at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American Airlines says, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, it will cut domestic capacity by 11 percent to 12 percent in the fourth quarter as it grapples with record-high fuel prices. E.U. Signals Approval for Larger Airline Alliance Wed 10 Mar 2010
BRUSSELS — European antitrust regulators took a step Wednesday toward approving an expanded alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia after the... (photo: AP / Tony Gutierrez, file) The New York Times
Airlines   Business   EU   Industry   Photos
s China's Exports Rise 46% Wed 10 Mar 2010
BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer... (photo: WN / abeer) The New York Times
Business   China   Economy   Beijing   Photos
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008. Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan Wed 10 Mar 2010
ISTANBULTurkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds,... (photo: AP / ) The New York Times
Economy   Finance   IMF   Photos   Turkey
 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the final hour of trading, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Wall Street advanced for the third straight session Wednesday, although the Dow Jones industrial average fell just short of touching its Stock Futures Narrowly Mixed Ahead of Opening Wed 10 Mar 2010
Filed at 8:14 a.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures are narrowly... (photo: AP/Richard Drew) The New York Times
Business   Economy   Job   Market   Photos
A passenger at Houston's Bush Intercontintental Airport checks in at a special scanner Airport scanners violate rights: UN official Wed 10 Mar 2010
London, March 10: A senior official in the United Nations has warned that the growing use of full body scanners at airports breaches individual rights. Martin Scheinin,... (photo: AP / Pat Sullivan) The Siasat Daily
Aerospace   Airport   London   Photos   Travel
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Wed 10 Mar 2010
By Willy Lam China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Asia Times
China   Defence   Photos   Politics   US
Food - Diet - Health Salty, sweet: Study says fat is the sixth 'taste' Wed 10 Mar 2010
Sydney: People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research that found human tongues can... (photo: WN / sweet) DNA India
Fat   People   Photos   Salty   Sydney
Asus Laptop Asus EEE PC 1201T Seashell Wed 10 Mar 2010
The Asus EEE series is one of the most popular netbook brands around. But the company is now slowly taking the focus away from the 'low-powered netbook' and putting the... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Mumbai Mirror
Asus   Intel   Laptop   Photos   Processor
Facebook Facebook calls for 'iconic games' Wed 10 Mar 2010
The world's largest social network has thrown down the gauntlet to game developers to design an iconic social game like Mario or Halo for Facebook. Research suggests... (photo: WN / theresa) BBC News
Facebook   Games   Network   Photos   Social
Soldiers of Pakistan's para military force provide security to Pakistani disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, center, who arrives to attend funeral of his brother in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A Q Khan network offered to build nuclear bomb for Saddam: Book Wed 10 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON: An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan had offered Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990 that they could build an atomic bomb for him in... (photo: AP / Shakil Adil) The Times of India
Iraq   Nuclear   Pakistan   Photos   Saddam