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11 Siberian tigers starve to death in China zoo: report
Eleven Siberian tigers have starved to death over the past three months at a zoo in northeast China, after the cash-strapped animal park fed them cheap chicken bones, state media reported.  more
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist arrested in Japan
A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was arrested in Japan Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.  more
Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday.  more
Putin to sign multi-billion dollar arms deals in India
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to seal a series of multi-billion dollar arms deals Friday during a visit to India aimed at boosting ties with Moscow's old Cold War ally.  more
Speculation grows over Woods return to golf
Speculation was mounting that Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf within the next month, but just where and when remained a mystery.  more
Market Reports
Obama issues new call on China over yuan
President Barack Obama called on China to embrace a "market oriented" exchange rate, upping US pressure on the yuan at a time of turmoil in Washington's delicate relations with Beijing.  more
Oil prices mixed in holding pattern
Oil prices traded narrowly mixed Thursday as the market weighed prospects for global economic recovery ahead of an OPEC meeting next week.  more
Australia iron ore, coal exports hit record: official data
Australian exports of iron ore and coal hit record levels in the final quarter of last year thanks to strong demand from Asia, official figures showed.  more
Figures show Audi surging over other VW brands
Volkswagen's luxury brand Audi is racing ahead of VW's other makes and generated more than 85 percent of total operating profit in 2009, according to group figures released on Thursday.  more
Japan PM calls for 'firm steps' against strong yen
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday made a rare call for "firm steps" to stem the strength of the yen after the currency's recent advances hit exporters' earnings.  more
Entertainment
Lifelike statues teeter at edge of New York rooftops
Naked figures of human beings have appeared on rooftops and ledges around New York -- not in a sudden rash of suicide threats, but a daring new art installation.  more
Madonna, Lourdes to launch 'Material Girl' line
Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called "Material Girl" in the US this August.  more
Yulia, a Cossack chief in a man's world
Dressed in the red and black uniform of the Cossacks, a sabre sheathed at her side, Yulia Tkachenko is the only woman "ataman" or leader of the legendary warriors, but there is no doubt who is in charge.  more
Life's no beach for Greece's crisis-hit tourism sector
Visitors to the Greek stand at the ITB, the world's top tourism fair that opened Wednesday, could be forgiven for thinking the country is booming, not battling one of the worst crises in its history.  more
US honors pioneering women military pilots
More than 60 years after the end of World War II, American lawmakers paid tribute Wednesday to the pioneering but long-overlooked role played by women pilots in the US military.  more
Health & Medical
S.Korea abortion debate heats up after crackdown
Abortion has suddenly become a hot topic in South Korea after years of near-indifference, with a group of doctors seeking a crackdown on pro-life grounds and the government eager to boost the birthrate.  more
Parents give kids fewer bad genes than thought: study
American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.  more
S.Africa announces plans to ramp up HIV testing
The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June.  more
New maps guide African truckers to AIDS clinics
African trucking routes, long known as pathways for spreading HIV across borders, have been drawn in new maps that also direct drivers to clinics that treat AIDS, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.  more
Sequencing of patients' genomes offers new hope: studies
US researchers have decoded the entire genome of patients to identify the root cause of their diseases paving the way towards individual genomic treatments, according to newly published studies.  more
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High Tech
Media need multiple platforms, revenue streams to thrive
Multiple platforms and revenue streams are going to be key for media industry players hoping to survive and thrive in the fast-changing digital landscape, top media executives said here Wednesday.  more
China lawmakers test out microblogging
Mao Zedong may have used paintbrush and ink to write classic poems in calligraphy, but his grandson is firmly in the 21st century -- micro-blogging by laptop from China's annual session of parliament.  more
Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US
The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others.  more
Google honours Iranian women bloggers
Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists' rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year's post-election unrest.  more
Text message erasing application goes international
A California start-up on Thursday went international with a TigerText iPhone application that lets people kill embarrassing text messages after they have been sent out.  more
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