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In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt., left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif
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 Canada Dot Com 
IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones
HELSINKI (Reuters) - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. As growth in developed markets such as... (photo: AP)
Exile Tibetan monks carry a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a protest against the Chinese government at Baudhanath Stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
China   Photos   Protests   Security   Tibet
 Al Jazeera 
Tight security on Tibet anniversary
China has stepped up security in Tibet as the Himalayan region marks the sensitive anniversaries of the failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 and bloody riots two years ago. In the Tibetan... (photo: AP / Binod Joshi)
Gold Jewelries  The Guardian 
Gold firms as euro zone fiscal concerns linger
* Euro zone fiscal woes linger, fuelling safe-haven demand * Dollar firms versus euro, cappint gains in gold * Platinum climbs to 7-week high, tracking other metals (Updates, adds comment, changes... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Dollar   Euro   Gold   Photos   Platinum
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant  Syracuse 
Lakers snap 3-game skid on Bryant's late jumper
(AP) - LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107... (photo: AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill)
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Buddhist Tantra meditation, Dharamshala, India The Star
Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back Uighurs
DHARAMSALA (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province,... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   India   News   Photos   Tibet
In this photo taken on Aug. 29, 2009, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, waves during a last minute speech to the public in downtown Tokyo, Japan, during the last day for Parliament's lower house election campaign. Japan voted Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party's nearly 54 years in power and give a largely untested opposition a chance to make good on its promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment. Breitbart
REFILING: 2ND LD: DPJ agrees to New Komeito request to expand child-allowance scope+
allowance scope+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—(EDS: CORRECTING DAY OF THE WEEK IN 2ND GRAF) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Health   Japan   Kids   Photos   Tokyo
H.K. flagship air carrier returns to profit+ Breitbart
H.K. flagship air carrier returns to profit+
HONG KONG, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flagship air carrier, said Wednesday it made a net profit of HK$4.7 billion ($606 million) in... (photo: GFDL / Terence Ong)
Airlines   Billion   Pacific   Photos   Revenue
World stocks little changed as China exports surge Breitbart
World stocks little changed as China exports surge
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March... HONG KONG (AP) - World stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese... (photo: Creative Commons / Jleon)
China   Exports   Photos   Products   Stock
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, military personnel march amongst residents in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region. The Times
Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown
Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. The... (photo: AP / David Wivell)
Buddhism   China   Photos   Protests   Tibet
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