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Raha Moharrak: Happy to change views on Saudi women
KATMANDU, Nepal: The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest said she doesn’t intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people’s opinions of Saudi women and...
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Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough

Monday 13 May 2013
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.
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Dan Brown hounded for calling Manila ‘gates of hell’

Thursday 23 May 2013
MANILA: Dan Brown’s description of Manila as “the gates of hell” in the American novelist’s latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
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80-year-old Japanese becomes oldest atop Everest

Thursday 23 May 2013
KATMANDU, Nepal: A Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.
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Sunbathing crocodile shocks Indonesian beachgoers

Friday 24 May 2013
JAKARTA: Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-meter crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays, an official said yesterday.
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Star Wars hero’s pants auctioned for $ 36,100

Friday 24 May 2013
LOS ANGELES: The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning “Star Wars” film went under the hammer Tuesday for $ 36,100, according to auction house’s website.
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Russian officer ‘posed at Putin’s desk to impress girls’

Friday 24 May 2013
MOSCOW: Russia’s federal guard service launched an investigation after photos appeared in the media of a disgraced former employee posing behind Vladimir Putin’s desk in the Kremlin, an official s
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Replicators? NASA mulls 3-D printers for food

Thursday 23 May 2013
NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem.
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Poll: More US teens turn to Twitter; Facebook old

Thursday 23 May 2013
Twitter is booming as a social media destination for US teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study about onlin
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Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading

Thursday 23 May 2013
Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is.
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Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

Thursday 23 May 2013
An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain yes
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