Washington (dbTechno) - A 9-year old girl who went to the hospital due to stomach pains ended up having her own embryonic twin inside of her. Doctors in Greece stated that the girl had to have the embryonic twin surgically removed.
Doctors at the Larissa General Hospital in Greece looked over the girl, who was complaining of terrible stomach pains.
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ROME (AP) — Italian police cracked down on street crime and illegal immigration, arresting nearly 400 people in a week-long sweep, authorities said Thursday.
Italy's new government, led by conservative Silvio Berlusconi, has pledged to improve safety on the streets of Italy following a spate of crimes in recent months blamed on foreigners.
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“The core businesses of CNET Networks and CBS Interactive represent near perfect category symmetry in premium online content,”
Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive.
And that symmetry is apparently worth about $1.8 billion, which is what CBS just agreed to pay for CNET. The deals values CNET at $11.50/share, and puts a 45% premium on stock from their closing price yesterday. CBS, which is worth a little over $16 billion, is down just over 3% on the news as of 7:45 am PST
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Munich (Germany) - Today’s iPhone rumor comes from Intel’s 40th birthday bash in Germany, which was held yesterday night. The German ZDnet guys reported that Intel Germany boss Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that the Apple’s iPhone will be available with Intel’s Atom chip. There is a lot of interest in Apple’s new iPhone these days, so it is no surprise that the news spread like wildfire. Intel soon denied the report as false, but the author stands by his story.
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NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s market-leading mobile phone provider. And where DoCoMo excels is in its uncanny ability to stay ahead of the technology curve.
Just look at the mess China has itself in as it struggles to introduce a 3G mobile network in time for this summer’s Olympics.
While Beijing struggles to set up even a trial 3G network using its own TD-SCDMA standard, DoCoMo has had a commercial service called FOMA (using W-CDMA) in place since 2001.
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Fujitsu today supplied an early look at the LifeBook U2010, its sequel to the U810. The design shares the unique twist of a rotating 5.6-inch display, which offers a convertible tablet at the size of an ultra-mobile PC, but promises improvements both inside and out. The U2010 is the company's first to use the Intel Atom processor and should run faster while lasting longer than the original's A110 chip...
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Traditional telephone landlines in the US are slowly going the way of the rotary dial. According to a new survey from the National Institutes of Health, the majority of US residents still have both a home and mobile phone, but many are increasingly snipping the wires on their traditional home phone service in favor of a wireless phone.
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Israel's intelligence chief has warned that Palestinian militants will soon double the range of rockets they fire from Gaza at targets in Israel.
On Wednesday, a Grad-type rocket hit a shopping mall in Ashkelon, nine miles (15 km)from Gaza, wounding 14 people.
Three people were seriously injured in the attack, claimed by Islamic Jihad.
Maj-Gen Amos Yadlin told Haaretz newspaper that by 2010 the Hamas group would have rockets capable of hitting Beersheba and Ashdod 40km away.
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Pilar Rahola is angry, and she has a devastating piece titled "Apology for terrorism in Barcelona" in La Vanguardia today. The Barcelona Council of Youth, which receives large government subsidies, has invited Leila Khaled to speak on "the Palestinian cause." Ms. Khaled, in case you didn't know, is a member of the Marxist-Leninist PFLP terrorist gang, and was involved in several notorious hijackings in the early '70s. Khaled's speeches include such statements as, "Negotiations are usele
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GyPSii the leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has made a series of significant enhancements to its feature set.
“We are dedicated to continually developing and improving the GyPSii service to provide all users, whatever country they’re in or handset they’re on, with the best mobile geo-social networking experience in the world” said Dan Harple, GyPSii CEO. “The new GyPSii features further extend its position as the mobile lifes
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Boston (dbTechno) - On June 9, Steve Jobs will kick off the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The expectation is that Jobs will reveal the new 3G iPhone at the event, something which has been anticipated for months.
There is no telling as of yet exactly what Steve Jobs has planned at the WWDC keynote set for June 9th, but one thing is clear, plenty of people are watching.
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