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WW II-Era Shipwreck with Silver Worth $200 Million Found (PHOTOS)

The image shows the torpedo hole in the area in which German U-boat Captain
The wreck of a World War II-era British cargo ship, whose holds are believed to be filled with seven million ounces of silver, has been discovered approximately 4,700 meters below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean. At today's value, the cargo is worth in excess of $200 million.

Samsung seeks Dutch ban on 3G iPhone, iPad

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Samsung Electronics Co and Apple Inc fought the latest battle of their patent wars on Monday when the Korean firm urged a Dutch court to ban Apple's iPads and iPhones in the Netherlands.
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Retailers warn euro crisis hitting consumers

The euro zone debt crisis is sapping consumer confidence and if policymakers do not take effective action soon the consequences will be felt the world over, retail executives warned on Monday.
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Novartis Drug May Help Older Breast Cancer Patients

Novartis's bone drug Zometa extended survival in older breast cancer patients but failed to improve disease-free survival among younger women patients in a large-scale clinical trial, researchers said on Sunday.
Lock of Aboriginal hair

Century-Old Hair From Australian Aboriginal Man Unlocks Mystery of Human Dispersal

In the 1920s, an Aboriginal man from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia gave a lock of hair to a British anthropologist. Now, after over a century, scientists have obtained a genomic sequence from that 100-year-old lock of hair, which showed that Aboriginal Australians are descendants of an early human dispersal into eastern Asia, possibly 62,000 to 75,000 years ago.
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Bill Gates backs financial transaction tax to aid poor

A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
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Gates backs financial transaction tax to aid poor

A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
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Aboriginal Hair Reveals Two Waves of Human Migration

A 100-year-old lock of hair is telling scientists a new story of humanity's early migration, indicating that our ancestors moved from Africa to the rest of the world in two separate waves -- one through southern Asia to Australia, the other to Europe.
Senden of Australia hits off the fourth tee during round one of the Tour Championship PGA golf tournament in Atlanta.

Extra Cup Pressure for Senden at East Lake

With Presidents Cup aspirations looming large among other major incentives this week, John Senden put himself under extra pressure by making an erratic start to the Tour Championship on Thursday.
Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger shakes hands with fans at Ballhausplatz in Vienna

Schwarzenegger to Write Unbelievably True Nemoir

Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.
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Australia Economy: Why Some Retailers Are Doing It Tough

Two significant speeches from senior Reserve Bank officials in the past day or so have added to the arguments and view the central bank has about the current state and direction of the Australian economy, which appeared in this week's minutes of the September 6 RBA board meeting.
Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger shakes hands with fans at Ballhausplatz in Vienna

Schwarzenegger to write unbelievably true memoir

Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.

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