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 CNN 
Suspicion rises over higher food costs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Forced to pay for once-free sandwich toppings and twice as much for some steak cuts, shoppers are wondering whether higher grocery bills and restaurant tabs truly reflect the... (photo: Creative Commons / Jeremy Keith)
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Animals   Disease   Health   Photos   Wildlife
 New Scientist 
Captive cheetahs at risk from their own faeces
Breeding endangered cheetahs in captivity has been fraught with difficulties, not least the high death rates suffered from an illness with nasty similarities to mad cow disease. Now a team led by... (photo: PDPhoto.com)
 Nissan Micra C+C / wam2  CBS News 
Nissan 4Q Profit Rises; Outlook Poor
Nissan reported a big jump in fiscal fourth quarter profit Tuesday compared with the previous year. But like other Japanese automakers pinched by a strong yen and soaring oil and material costs, it... (photo: creative commons)
Automakers   Business   Japan   Market   Photos
JoseGuillenSwinging  AOL 
Baseball: Lewis pitches, hits Hiroshima past Hanshin+

TOYAMA, Japan, May 13 (Kyodo) - (EDS: ADDING LATE GAMES) Colby Lewis pitched seven shutout innings and helped his own cause with a two-run double, leading the Hiroshima Carp to a 9-3 rout of the... (photo: Creative Commons / Cacophony)
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 KLps1 - January07 - Automobile - Car - Cars - Technology - Nissan - Nissan Showroom. (ps1)  International Herald Tribune
Nissan to sell electric car in U.S. and Japan by 2010
: Nissan Motor plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. The... (photo: WN/Patricia)
Automaker   Business   Japan   Nissan   Photos
 KLdy1 - Aug06 - soft drinks - coke - coca cola - coca-cola. (dy1) ABC News
Coca-Cola Seeks More Acquisitions to Grow Business
May 13, 2008 FONT SIZE Coca-Cola delivery driver Shawn Hagerty, loads up cases of Coke for delivery in downtown Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Beverges   Business   Investment   Market   Photos
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, hands over his nomination papers to a judge at local court for the upcoming by-elections in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Monday, May 12, 2008. CNN
Pakistan coalition crumbles as ministers resign
By CNN's Saeed Ahmed (CNN) -- The junior partner in Pakistan's fragile coalition quit the government Tuesday, saying it has not delivered on a promise to restore judges... (photo: AP)
Democracy   Justice   Pakistan   Photos   S Asia
 The Airbus A380 landing at the Farnborough Air Show, Sunday 23 July 2006. ( fa0 ) wnhires myTELUS
Airbus announces new delays on deliveries of superjumbo A380
Emma Vandore, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS - Airbus on Tuesday announced new delays on deliveries of the superjumbo A380, already almost two years late, saying the company... (photo: PD file)
Airbus   Business   Industry   Photos   Production
 Cyprus, Ayia Napa - Tourists sunbathing on sun loungers - parasol - Mediterranean Sea - beach - tourism - vacation - holiday  (cg1) Asbury Park Press
Parasols become a modern fashion accessory
Why waste a fashion-forward umbrella on a dreary rainy day? Instead call it a parasol and show off the beautiful colors, fabrics and embroideries that have become a part... (photo: WN)
Accessories   Beauty   Fashion   Lifestyle   Photos
Yasuo Fukuda The Star
Japanese get premier of their dreams -- on TV
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lumbered for months with an unpopular leader, the Japanese are at last on track to get the prime minister of their dreams -- at least in a television... (photo: AP)
Japan   Photos   Politics   Television   Tokyo


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