China scuttles Coke bid to take over juice maker
Kobe Bryant battles the Orlando Magic and Father Time in NBA FinalsLatest duet "They Live Well" by 2AM’s Changmin and 8eight’s Lee Hyun took first place on Gaon’s singles chart during the second week of August. The duo stepped up a notch from last week to No. 1 for their first win on the chart, pushing back previous winner "I’m a Guy Like This" by...
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Suicide bomber kills 28 in Pakistan
Air France plane lost: officials say ‘no hope’ of finding airliner
More than 200 people are believed dead after an Air France passenger jet disappeared over the Atlantic on a flight from Brazil. Officials said they had "no hope" for Air France Flight 447 which dropped off the radar three hours and less than 200 miles into a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. As the Brazilian air force mounted a search and rescue operation for the Airbus 330-200k in the waters around the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, families of passengers gathered at a crisis centre in Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport awaiting news.
Sri Lanka on brink of catastrophe as UN aid blocked
The Sri Lankan Government has blocked access to aid workers trying to help the nearly 300,000 civilians displaced by the army’s victory over the Tamil Tigers, raising the prospect of a humanitarian catastrophe. In the capital, Colombo, President Rajapakse announced the “complete defeat” of the rebels yesterday as state television showed pictures of what was said to be the corpse of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Tigers’ leader. Mr Rajapakse vowed in an address to the nation to press ahead with a “homegrown political solution” to end ethnic divisions between the majority Sinhalese population and minority Tamils.
‘Wolverine’ Gives X-Men the Weekend’s Box Office Lead
Weak reviews, cranky fans, a pirated version: none of it mattered. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” kicked off the spring-summer blockbuster season with $87 million in ticket sales, continuing the year’s box office boom and keeping a core franchise alive for 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment.
An Antarctic ice shelf vanished
According to scientists. One Antarctic ice shelf has disappeared, this means the glaciers are melting faster than anyone predicted due to climate change. They said the Wordie Ice Shelf, which had been disintegrating since the 1960s, is gone and the northern part of the Larsen Ice Shelf no longer exists. More than 3,200 square miles (8,300 square km) have broken off from the Larsen shelf since 1986. Climate change is to blame, according to the report from the U.S. Geological Survey and the British Antarctic Survey, available at pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2600/B.
Shuttle Discovery Back on Earth
Space shuttle Discovery returned in good shape, after traveling more than 5 million miles and circling Earth 202 times. The 13-day flight -- which ended as a Russian-launched crew was settling into the space station -- was highlighted by the installation and unfurling of the station's last pair of solar wings. The $300-million addition brought the orbiting outpost up to full power, a vital part of NASA's plan to double the space station population and boost scientific research in a few months.
Changmin and Lee Hyun’s "They Live Well" takes first place
Supernova to hold concert in Japan in December
Boy band Supernova will be holding a concert in Japan this coming December, according to the boys on Thursday. The six-member band broke the news to Asia Economic Daily before going on stage of music cable channel Mnet’s "M! CountDown" where they will give their first performance for their second album "Time to Shine"...
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Korean, Japanese hip-hop artists to perform at music fest
Several of the biggest names in Korean and Japanese hip-hop will be taking the stage for a summer music festival next weekend in Korea, according to the concert’s promoter TYPE Communication on Friday. TYPE announced in a press release that Japanese rappers Zeebra, Simon and Dabo will be performing along Korean artists such as...
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36 killed, hundreds injured in new China flooding
At least 36 people have died and 23 others are missing in fresh flooding from torrential rains in China’s Gansu province, the latest in a string of natural disasters to strike China. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the deaths came on Monday from flooding in Longnan city near Zhouqu.
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Baghdad Suicide Bomb Hits Army Recruits, Kills 60
A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among hundreds of army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters in an attack officials said killed 60 and wounded 125, one of the bloodiest bombings in weeks in the Iraqi capital. The massive blast took place around 7:30 a.m. just outside the former Iraqi Ministry...
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