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Sushi Rice
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 China Daily 
US study concludes rice originates in China
Tue 3 May 2011
2011-05-03 08:52:17.0US study concludes rice originates in Chinacrop species,rice11021343Science and Health2@webnews/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - Rice originated in China, a team of US genome... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 The Street 
Cotton, Sugar Prices Take a Beating
Mon 2 May 2011
Official data from Thailand shows that sugar output from the Southeast Asian country will reach about nine million metric tons this year, 30% greater than the 2009 to 2010 crop year. Sugar for July... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Members of Chinese delegation from worldwide reading the official statements of government in-exile during the 50th anniversary of Tibetans come to India, Dharamshala, India  WorldNews.com  Mon 2 May 2011
Chinese from New Zealand and Australia Praise Tibetan Elections
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: - Media sources from inside China have decried Tibet's recent elections as inconsequential and illegitimate. But outside China... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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US Dollars Currency  CNN  Mon 2 May 2011
Stocks rise following death of bin Laden
Click the chart for more market data. May 2, 2011: 10:11 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks were modestly higher on Monday, as investors cheered news that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S.... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Osama bin Laden, left, with his top lieutenant Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, are seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. Bin Laden praised God for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and swore America ``will never The Examiner Tue 3 May 2011
Obama Kills Osama: A Time to Reflect, Not Rejoice
What a difference a consonant makes: "b" instead of "s" makes you President as opposed to dead. Together they spell BS. Of course, there's a lot more to the death of... (photo: AP/Al Jazeera)
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 Exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in this April 1998 picture in Afghanistan. American officials said they are looking at Bin Laden for involvement in the Friday, Aug. 7, 1998 Kenyan and Tanzanian U.S. embassy explosions. He has threatened a The Examiner Tue 3 May 2011
The death of Osama Bin Laden
A wide array of reactions swept across the cities, nation and the world, immediately after President Obama announced to the nation that Osama Bin-Laden is dead. In... (photo: AP Photo)
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Afghan police officers stand guard at a check point following death of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The News & Observer Tue 3 May 2011
Raid's success may sway policy
WASHINGTON -- The death of Osama bin Laden stands to reshape U.S. policy by strengthening the position of officials in Washington who want to sharply scale down the... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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Sourav Ganguly to join Pune Warriors India for IPL 4 The Times of India Tue 3 May 2011
Sourav Ganguly to join Pune Warriors India for IPL 4
NEW DELHI: After going unsold in the players' auction, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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INDIA-PRESIDING-OFFICER-CHECK-EVM-MACHINEIndia Presiding Officers  Check the  EVM Machine on the Polling Station at Burdwan in Eastern India ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK Deccan Herald Tue 3 May 2011
21 per cent polling in first two hours of voting in WB
Kolkata, May 3, (PTI): Tuesday, May 03, 2011 --> Twenty-one per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 63 constituencies in Howrah, Hooghly, East... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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Sony PlayStation The Times of India Tue 3 May 2011
Sony: Another 25M users' info hacked
TOKYO/NEW YORK: Sony's Internet security crisis deepened with the company revealing hackers had stolen data of another 25 million users of its PC games system in a second... (photo: Creative Commons / Michel Ngilen)
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