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Taiwan, China airlines team up on lucrative routes
AFP Relax News, Published on 04/01/2013
» Four major Taiwanese and Chinese airlines teamed up Thursday to strengthen their services on lucrative routes carrying passengers between the former Cold War foes.
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Consumer tech events of 2013
AFP Relax News, Published on 02/01/2013
» 2013 promises to be another landmark year in consumer technology with everything from television sets to family car interiors getting a high-tech makeover. The fun will begin as always at CES in January where the world's leading technology companies and a growing number of car makers will stand side by side to show the public the groundbreaking innovations that are destined to become mainstream realities in the future. As well as an increased focus on mobile devices and new uses for them, expect a renewed focus on the connected home and green technologies focused on making our living spaces even more comfortable, technological and yet environmentally friendly. More information about all of these events and other key dates in 2013 can be found below.
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Zachary Levi and Jim Sturgess shortlisted for 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
AFP Relax News, Published on 28/12/2012
» Actors Zachary Levi and Jim Sturgess are competing to be the hero of Marvel Studios' newest movie, scheduled to hit the screens in 2014, Variety reveals.
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Indian washermen spin out decades-old tradition
AFP Relax News, Published on 26/12/2012
» The young man swings the sodden red garment around his head and thrashes it against the flogging stone before it is spun and hung out to dry in the fierce Indian sun.
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Luxury firms pin hopes on China
AFP Relax News, Published on 24/12/2012
» Clad in a black and orange Prada winter coat with a diamond-shaped pattern she snapped up during a trip to Milan, Jennifer Ren embodies China's nouveau riche.
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Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'
AFP Relax News, Published on 20/12/2012
» Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.
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China researchers link obesity to bacteria
AFP Relax News, Published on 20/12/2012
» Chinese researchers have identified a bacteria which may cause obesity, according to a new paper suggesting diets that alter the presence of microbes in humans could combat the condition.
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Arctic town eyes future as Europe's gateway to space
AFP Relax News, Published on 18/12/2012
» Sweden's small Arctic town of Kiruna has a surprisingly international airport with regular flights to London and Tokyo, but it has even bigger plans: to offer commercial space flights.
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Wikipedia sees future -- and threat -- in cell phones
AFP Relax News, Published on 14/12/2012
» Cell phones could be Wikipedia's path to global domination, but may also pose a risk to the crowdsourcing culture the online encyclopedia relies on, chief executive Sue Gardner says.
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Ravi Shankar: 'The Godfather of World Music'
AFP Relax News, Published on 12/12/2012
» Ravi Shankar, who died on Wednesday aged 92, was the world's most famous sitar player, who popularised classical Indian music abroad largely through his work with The Beatles' George Harrison.
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