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Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will stop production and sales of the original editions of its "Galapagos" tablet computer, just nine months after it was launched.
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HONG KONG - The deadly collision of two bullet trains in eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday, in which 39 people were killed and another 192 injured, has raised fears not only over the safety of China's fast expanding high-speed rail network but also over its high-speed development under the so-called "China model".
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Ken Barkwill found himself in World War II as a result of his love of model planes and trains.
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When I started booking foreigners into the Japanese inns on our island, the minshuku owners all had the same fear: "We don't know how to make a Western breakfast!" "No problem," I said, "just make the Japanese breakfast as you normally do. Foreigners don't expect you to change just for them. When in Rome . . . right?"
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Toyota is to begin selling the sound generator for installation in its best-selling Prius car - which runs in near silence on electric power at low speeds.
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Australia's only female shooter at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Emily Esposito is lucky, as she has her own role model, her Olympian father.
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Biodiesel made from waste coffee grounds and flax oil solves the "food for fuel" dilemma, says manufacturer.
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"Hey! This car is for us train geeks, not you regular passengers. Take a walk." The occasion was Sunday, Jan 24, the final day before
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Japan's efficient garden plots could be a model for how to keep feeding ourselves, even as sprawling cities devour land Japan - Agriculture - United States - Asia - Japanese language
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BEIJING -- The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to today's swarms of five-star hotels and six-figure autos, it is a cliché to say that the world has never before seen anything like this juggernaut.