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People walk by the Time Warner building, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in New York.
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 CNN 
Time Warner tops Wall Street forecasts
February 2, 2011: 8:43 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Time Warner Inc. posted fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations, aided by a recovering TV advertising market. | The N... (photo: AP / Diane Bondareff)
Google - Internet - Technology
Asia   Internet   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Internet  
 Herald Tribune 
We're running out of Internet?
| NEW YORK - The spread of Internet use in Asia and the proliferation of Internet-connected phones worldwide are causing the Internet to run out of numerical addresses, which act as "phone numbers" to... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
A residential house built on a mountainous and forested area in Antipolo City, Philippines  Inquirer 
PH among world's most threatened forest hotspots
| MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is among the 10 areas in the world with the most at-risk forested areas, posing a danger to endemic species and could affect the livelihood of local residents, th... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Forest   Manila   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Endemism  
Heavy rain - Climate Change - Weather  m&c; 
Heavy rains displace over 2 million people in the Philippines
| Manila - More than 2 million people in the Philippines have been displaced during more than a month of heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides, a government official said Wednesday. | Benit... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Heavyrains   People   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Flood  
Top Stories
Security Council Meeting on Peace and security in Africa  H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti speaks IRINnews
DJIBOUTI: Interview with President Guelleh
ARTA, 2 February 2011 (IRIN) - IRIN interviewed Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh on 27 January in Arta about the drought, humanitarian challenges and regional i... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Challenges   Djibouti   Humanitarian   Photos   Wikipedia :Ismail Omar Guelleh  
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Newstrack India
Gillard rejects Assange's legal help plea over Wikileaks disclosure of US cables
| Canberra, Feb 2 (ANI): A day after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sought the Australian government's help over the ongoing secret US diplomatic cables leak fiasco, Pr... (photo: AP / Mark Graham)
Australia   Legal   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Julia Gillard  
Meat - Pork - Food Price Inquirer
DZIQ: DA mulls increase in penalty for sellers of 'hot meat'
| MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is considering increasing the penalty for those caught selling 'botcha' or meat taken from sick or injured farm anim... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agriculture   Philippines   Photos   Vendors   Wikipedia: Meat  
Water Inquirer
Lawmakers call for probe over water rate hike
| MANILA, Philippines – Protesting the 'unjust' water rate increase scheduled this month, lawmakers on Wednesday called for an inquiry and an audit of the water concessio... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Lawmakers   Philippines   Photos   Rate   Wikipedia: Water  
A Pakistani police officer makes his through wreckage after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. A car bomb has torn through a market place in northwestern Pakistan, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country. Al Jazeera
Deaths in Pakistan blast
| A car bomb exploded near a police station in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar,  killing at least nine people and injuring 19. | Among the casualty on Wedne... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Bombing   Pakistan   Photos   Police   Terrorism  
Gold Mining Weekly
Gold barely moves ahead of US data, equities weigh
| SINGAPORE – Gold barely moved on Wednesday as rising equities and hopes for further economic recovery in the US prompted some investors to shift to riskier assets... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Gold   Photos   Prices   Singapore   Wikipedia: Gold  
Maynilad sets world record as 'largest pipe drum ensemble' Inquirer
Maynilad sets world record as 'largest pipe drum ensemble'
| MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos have another reason to be proud as the country's own Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) made world history by setting a new Guinne... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Country   Manila   Philippines   Photos   Water  
Actress-model and Estee Lauder spokesperson Elizabeth Hurley poses for photos during an appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue store for Breast Cancer Awareness in Beverly Hills, Calif. Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. Newstrack India
New Zealand PM John Key stands by 'hot' Liz Hurley comment
| Wellington, Feb 02 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who has been criticized for calling British actress and model Liz Hurley 'hot', has brushed off claims th... (photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes)
British   Comments   Key   Photos   Wikipedia :Liz Hurley  
Business & Economy Politics
- Indonesia's Lion Air eyes $1 billion-plus in 2012 IPO
- Airline group: Passenger traffic up 8.2 pct
- What's eating Supervalu?
- Taiwan vows to secure economic growth in Year of the Rabbit
People walk by the Time Warner building, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in New York.
Time Warner tops Wall Street forecasts
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- Cyclone may be tipping point in Australia climate policy deb
- Gillard rejects Assange's legal help plea over Wikileaks
- Malaysia to evacuate 11,000 students from Cairo
- Triathlon CEO Moves on But is Not Lost to the Sport
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
Gillard rejects Assange's legal help plea over Wikileaks disclosure of US cables
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Sport Health
- New Zealand’s Vettori, Ryder injury worries for 5th Pakistan
- Australia score unlikely win
- FIFA hears appeals from 5 banned officials
- Record Australia run chase defies Jonathan Trott
Australia's Callum Ferguson plays a shot off the bowling of Pakistan's Yasir Arafat during the one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Australia in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates, Monday, April 27, 2009.
Ferguson rushed into Australia squad for England series
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- Britain stunned by 2400 job losses: Pfizer to axe R&D; centre
- Airline group: Passenger traffic up 8.2 pct
- Rajapaksa scoffs reports about his health
- Nitrates in spinach make you big, strong
Google - Internet - Technology
We're running out of Internet?
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Education Agriculture
- Divorced fathers have no say on children's education
- MessageSolution Releases Enterprise NSF Database Archive, Sh
- Malaysia to evacuate 11,000 students from Cairo
- University of Otago announces new Wellington campus Dean
Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak
Malaysia to evacuate 11,000 students from Cairo
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- Thousands lose power as Yasi descends
- Ethiopia offers India farmland 2/5th Punjab’s size
- Australia braces for ''heartbreak'' as giant
- Cyclone Yasi crosses the Queensland coast
Meat - Pork - Food Price
DZIQ: DA mulls increase in penalty for sellers of 'hot meat'
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Science & Technology Entertainment
- Internet down to last five blocks of addresses
- China to sell bullet train technology
- Last five blocks of Internet addresses to be shared
- Japan researchers collect wild eel eggs for first time
Starbucks Coffee Shop
Philippines' first 'green' Starbucks coffee shop opens in Bonifacio Global City
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- Inception dominates effects awards
- 'Inception' Dominates Visual Effects Society Awards
- Britney Spears Music Video: Dancing Double Alert!
- Ky-Mani Marley heads for Vanuatu
The sign on the EMI office in London, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2007. Terra Firma has succeeded in its US$4.9 billion, euro3.57 billion takeover of music company EMI, the private equity firm said Wednesday. Terra Firma Capital Partners said it had accumulated acceptances representing 90.27 percent of EMI Group PLC, home to artists such as The Beatles and Coldplay.
Citigroup takes control of EMI
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