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Putin's hard man image targeted by spoof Web song

Reuters.com -- A spoof song which makes fun of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's hard man image as the savior of Russia's battered economy has been winning fans on the Internet. Public satire of Putin, who stepped down as president in 2008 to become prime minister, is rare and state media present the former KGB spy as the main figure handling the crisis.Putin last month publicly humiliated factory owners in the to...     07-29     采编 VincentZhang
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Goat's crowning as king of Ireland in doubt

Reuters.com -- DUBLIN (Reuters) - The annual crowning of a goat as king of Ireland at one of the country's oldest fairs is in doubt after organizers said the heir to the throne may be stopped from traveling to the festival.Traditionally a male goat is caught in the mountains of Kerry in southern Ireland and paraded through the town of Killorglin where he reigns for the three days of Puck Fair, a centuries-old fe...     07-23     采编 VincentZhang
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Roche bullish on markets, ups flu drug capacity

Reuters.com -- Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.VX) gave a bullish forecast for the next two years after its $47 billion acquisition of Genentech and said it would expand capacity for H1N1 flu drug Tamiflu.Roche missed forecasts with a 29 percent drop in first-half net profit on Thursday, hit by costs related to the Genentech purchase earlier this year, but its stock rose thanks to the strength of its underlying busin...     07-23     采编 VincentZhang
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Clinton: North Korea has "no friends"; must denuclearize

Reuters.com -- PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - North Korea has no friends left to shield it from the international community's demands that the country scrap its nuclear activities, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.Clinton said many nations had told a low-level North Korean delegation at a regional security meeting on the Thai island of Phuket to give up its nuclear weapons. Speaking at a ne...     07-23     采编 VincentZhang
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U.S. company converts onion juice to electricity

Reuters.com -- LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Onions make you cry, add flavor to food and are touted for their medicinal benefits. Now the vegetable has another use -- powering up green energy.A new system debuts on Friday that converts onion juice into electricity at Gills Onions, the largest fresh onion processor in the United States. The Oxnard, California-based company expects its new onion-fueled power to re...     07-23     采编 VincentZhang
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