News tagged with gun battle
Bullet pulled from woman's head in China after 42 years: report
Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media said Friday.
May 15, 2009 |
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Africa's last rhinos threatened by poaching
Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade powered by poaching.
May 07, 2012 |
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Microsoft deal with AOL part of patent scramble
(AP) -- AOL's $1 billion deal to sell and license patents to Microsoft is another in a series of "Antiques Roadshow" moments in the technology world. Faded companies have been rummaging through their assets ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Science under fire from 'merchants of doubt': US historian
Scientists are facing an uphill battle to warn the public about pressing issues due to dissenters in their ranks who intentionally sow uncertainty, says a US historian.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall
On his way up, he fooled them all: judges, journalists, investors and companies. Then the man who renamed himself Kim Dotcom finally did it. With an outsized ego and an eye for get-rich schemes, he parlayed ...
Feb 25, 2012 |
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"Twisted Metal" gamers get shot at real gunplay
Fans of "Twisted Metal" will get to welcome a long-awaited sequel of the car-battle videogame with a real-world bang by blasting an ice cream truck to bits with a machine gun.
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa
New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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EU court rejects challenge to airline emissions charges
Europe's top court on Wednesday threw out a US-led challenge to new charges for carbon emissions across EU airspace, opening up fears of a possible trade war which could also draw in China.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan
In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Zynga brings edgy crime play to 'Mafia Wars 2' game
Social game star Zynga, known for friendly titles such as "FarmVille," is letting people unleash crime lord fantasies in "Mafia Wars 2" tailored for play at Facebook.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Climate cycles are driving wars, says study
In the first study of its kind, researchers have linked a natural global climate cycle to periodic increases in warfare. The arrival of El Niño, which every three to seven years boosts temperatures and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2011 |
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