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Study: Are Google Searches Affecting the Stock Market? (Time.com)

November 15th, 2010

Time.com - A joint study by academics in Germany and the U.S. sheds new — and disturbing — light on the power of Google

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SAfrican students study math via cell phone (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - A South African think tank said Thursday they have lined up volunteers to tutor on a popular mobile phone platform after a nationwide teachers’ strike left students unprepared…

Study: To save tigers, protect key breeding areas (AP)

September 14th, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, tigers recently confiscated from the residence of an Indonesian businessman sit inside a cage at Animal Rescue Center run by Indonesian Forestry Ministry and Animal Sanctuary Trust Indonesia (ASTI) in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big…

Study: Aid after 2005 quake won trust in Pakistan (AP)

September 7th, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's army soldiers unload the relief supplies from a U.S. helicopter in Kalam, in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The U.S. had committed at least $87 million in aid and expected to give more in the coming days. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)AP - The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors’ trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did…

Bad calls prompt FIFA to study high-tech ref help (AP)

June 29th, 2010

World Cup soccer referees warm up during a training session in East-Lynn, Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. FIFA president Sepp Blatter's apology to England and Mexico for bad refereeing at the soccer World Cup is too little, too late. And the FIFA president's sharp U-turn on the possible use of technology to aid referees in football needs to be taken with a large dose of salt.  (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Upon further review, soccer’s governing body now agrees that something must be done about the blatant missed calls that have infuriated fans and players alike at the World…

What motivates international student to study offshore?

June 4th, 2010

I need inputs from everyone as many people as possible, and I would be appreciated if you would give an honest answer.

What motivates international student to study in foreign country?
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Russians to study warship sinking probe (AP)

May 31st, 2010

South Korean soldiers visit the monument memorializing the Korean War at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 31, 2010. China held back from joining the chorus of nations condemning North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship, making quick binternational/b sanctions unlikely but perhaps buying time while China quietly leans on its unpredictable, nuclear-armed neighbor. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - Russian experts arrived in Seoul on Monday to review findings of an investigation that blamed North Korea for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, as the…

Germany’s Birth Rate at Record Low, Says Fertility Study (Time.com)

May 24th, 2010

Time.com - New figures reveal Germany’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest point in over 60 years. With an aging population and a debt that could take generations to…

1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics, study finds (AP)

March 24th, 2010

AP - After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world’s biggest diabetes epidemic.

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Women on the pill may live longer, study says (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Contraceptive pills are seen at news conference in Tokyo August 26, 1999. REUTERS/Kimimasa MayamaAP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.


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