India launches "world's cheapest" tablet computer
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By Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI Oct 5 (Reuters) - India launched what it dubbed the world'scheapest tablet computer on Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidised price of $35 and later in shops for about $60. Most of India's 1.2 billion people ...
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Czech quartet scoops top classical award
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By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - The Pavel Haas Quartet won "recording of the year" at an awards ceremony held by Britain's Gramophone magazine on Thursday for a CD of Dvorak quartets the group said was inspired by the spirit of the Czech composer. ...
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Baghdad opens third film festival since invasion
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By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Cinema fans in Iraq opened the third Baghdad InternationalFilm Festival this week in an attempt to revive the country's movie industry after years of financial and security struggles since the 2003 US invasion. ...
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RPT-Disney moves in on Angry Birds with Swampy game
Reuters
By Lisa Richwine and Liana B. Baker LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - It's not surprising, perhaps, that a game based on a sewer-dwelling alligator named "Swampy" ranks as the top paid app for iPhones and iPads. What's surprising is that the game ...
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New show examines artist Bacon's debt to Rembrandt
Reuters
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - An exhibition at a new London gallery examines what its owner believes is a long overlooked subject -- 20th century painter Francis Bacon's debt to 17th century Dutch artist Rembrandt. It was Rembrandt's Spanish ...
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Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl
Reuters
Although tightly controlled by government officials, an Alertnet reporter and Reuters photographers and video journalists were able to conduct a week-long trip into the South Hwanghae region. The visit included rare access to collective farms, ...
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Web overtakes TV as most popular UK ad medium: IAB
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"Overall, we predict Internet advertising will increase its share of the ad market from 14.4 percent in 2010 to 18.9 percent in 2013, when it will overtake newspapers to become the world's second-largest medium," Zenith said. ...
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RPT-Apple iPhone voice raises pitch in war vs Google
Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) beefed up its new iPhone with faster chips and better cameras, seeking to set its handset apart from the rising tide of Google (GOOG.O) Android smartphones. ...
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Yahoo joins ABC in online news partnership
Reuters
Oct 3 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) struck a deal with ABC to use the media company's news on its website and to jointly produce journalism projects as well as sell Web advertising. The partnership, announced on Monday, started with the debut of ...
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Deere to build two equipment plants in Brazil-CEO
Reuters
SAO PAULO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Deere & Co (DE.N), one of the world's biggest heavy equipment producers, will build two plants in Brazil to meet demand from construction and infrastructure projects, Chief Executive Samuel Allen said on Monday. ...
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Gaddafi determined to avoid Saddam Hussein's fate
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks during a live speech in this still image taken from videoApril 30, 2011. By Christian Lowe ALGIERS (Reuters) - When Muammar Gaddafi ponders his future from his hideout somewhere in Libya, he will probably recall ...
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Al-Qaeda woes deepen with loss of top propagandist
Reuters
By William Maclean TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki robs al Qaeda of a Web-savvy propagandist who inspired lone militants in the United States and Britain to acts of violence, helping the Pakistan-based core leadership project an ...
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Anti-Wall Street protesters vow to keep up fight
Reuters
By Ray Sanchez NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed to keep up their fight on Sunday despite the arrests of more than 700 people the previous day for blocking traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge in an unauthorized protest. ...
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UK studio tour aims to conjure Harry Potter magic
Reuters
By Mike Collett-White LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Wave a wand and a ladle across the room turns in a cauldron. Move your hand and a knife starts to chop. Warner Brothers aims to recreate the magic of the Harry Potter movies with a major tour at its newly ...
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UK studio tour aims to conjure Harry Potter magic
Reuters
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Wave a wand and a ladle across the room turns in a cauldron. Move your hand and a knife starts to chop. Warner Brothers aims to recreate the magic of the Harry Potter movies with a major tour at its newly ...
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First lady targets world record for jumping jacks
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(Moti Milrod / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Bieber's "Baby" was the most popular videoof any kind online, with 463820304 views as of Feb. 16th, 2011. (Beawiharta / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation Available on the menu at Big ...
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Latter-day Saints launch "I'm a Mormon" ad campaign
Reuters
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - "The Book of Mormon" debuted this year as a Broadway hit that won nine Tonys, and the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination features not one, but two candidates of the Mormon faith. ...
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