• New iPhone on sale in U.S.

    New iPhone on sale in U.S.

    20/06/2009 05:00

    Early in the morning on Friday, fans, techies and ordinary consumers were lining up for the new iPhone 3GS outside Apple Inc’s flagship store on the Fifth Avenue of Manhatthan, New York. However, the crowd was much smaller than it was last year....

  • New Acropolis Museum officially unveiled

    New Acropolis Museum officially unveiled

    20/06/2009 05:00

    The galleries of the new Acropolis Museum that houses invaluable finds dating from the 4th Millennium BC to the 5th century AD found on the Sacred Hill of the Acropoliswere officially unveiled here on Saturday. French-Swiss architect Bernard...

  • Tropical storm Linfa lands in E China

    Tropical storm Linfa lands in E China

    20/06/2009 05:00

    Linfa, the third tropical storm for this year, landed in east China’s Fujian Province Sunday evening, packing winds at 23 meters per second at its eye. A local villager walks against strong gales at Jinjing Town in Jinjiang, a city in southeast...

  • Microsoft to provide free antivirus software

    19/06/2009 05:00

    Microsoft said Thursday it will soon release free antivirus software so people on tight budgets won’t skimp on protecting their computers from hackers. A beta, or test, version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be publicly available...

  • Thailand must address illegal ivory market: wildlife group

    19/06/2009 05:00

    Thailand is harboring Asia’s largest illegal elephant ivory market and shows few signs of addressing the problem, a wildlife trade monitoring group said Friday. The report from TRAFFIC said Thai authorities need to reassess measures for...

  • Obama promotes fatherhood ahead of Father’s Day

    Obama promotes fatherhood ahead of Father’s Day

    19/06/2009 05:00

    Two days ahead of Father’s Day, U.S. President Barack Obama used an entire afternoon on Friday to promote the importance of fatherhood, urging fathers to fulfill their responsibilities. U.S. President Barack Obama tells a story about talking on the...

  • Air France to compensate families of plane crash victims

    Air France to compensate families of plane crash victims

    19/06/2009 05:00

    Air France announced Friday that it will pay about 17,500 euros (about 24,000 U.S. dollars) as an initial compensation to the families of the victims of the Flight 447 air crash on June 1. A handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy shows...

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