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Faster, cheaper hepatitis C test
AFP, Published on 14/03/2012
» The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians.
Putin vows to reverse Russian population decline
AFP, Published on 13/02/2012
» Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to reverse Russia's demographic decline and boost its population to 154 million, as he ramped up his re-election campaign in the face of protests.
Vietnam detains protester in drug clinic: lawyer
AFP, Published on 04/01/2012
» Vietnam has sent a female activist to a notorious drug rehabilitation centre for two years without facing trial as an apparent punishment for taking part in anti-China protests, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Internet takes "distance-learning" into the Amazon
AFP, Published on 21/08/2011
» The Internet is letting a school sprout in the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh living conditions and a scarcity of students.
IBM to build center of excellence in Romania
AFP, Published on 20/04/2011
» US computing giant IBM and the municipality of Targu-Mures on Wednesday signed an agreement on the construction of a center of excellence in the central Romanian city.
Russia taps geek power for growth
AFP, Published on 14/03/2011
» US-Russia trade has yet to live up to the reset in political ties but US firms believe Russia's human resources can soon do for high-tech engineering what India did to the IT sector two decades ago.
European debt crisis a boon for British blogger
AFP, Published on 03/01/2011
» When British economist Edward Hugh set up a blog that repeatedly predicted the euro could not survive, few people took notice. Not any more.