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Korean Pop, known by its throngs of shrieking teenage fans as KPop, filled the Bercy music stadium in Paris, France, on Feb. 8 to watch their favorite Korean Pop groups and stars sing and dance while computerized music blared from gigantic speakers and a light show bathed singers and fans alike in an array of flashing colors.

Almost as shocking as India's high prevalence of child malnutrition is the country's failure to reduce it, despite the economy tripling between 1990 and 2005. It is in fact a national shame.

Given that Pakistan has extensive experience with nuclear weapons technology, is it conceivable that they would offer any assistance with Iran’s embryonic atomic project?

Apple iPad 3 will double the iPad 2 screen resolution it has been confirmed, but how sure can we be about other features the new tablet will launch with? A new iPad 3 display has been leaked, and a photograph of it under a microscope appears to show a pixel pattern that would double the amount of pixels per inch.

China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan ($55.6-$63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation as the world's second-biggest economy faces a fifth successive quarter of slowing growth.

Hague claimed that London has urged the Israelis not to launch such a strike.

The government of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is emerging as a rare supplier of diesel to Syria, potentially helping the government of the Middle Eastern country's Bashar al-Assad fuel its military in the midst of a bloody crackdown on civilian protests and undermining Western sanctions.

The People's Bank of China -- the country's central bank -- cut the amount of cash that commercial lenders must hold as reserves on Saturday for the second time in about three months, the latest step to bolster the nation's slowing economy.

Apple Inc. has requested European Union antitrust regulators to step in and settle a technology patent dispute between the company and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., according to a Motorola Mobility regulatory filing on Friday.

Apple has asked EU anti-trust regulators to step in and settle a technology patent dispute between the company and Motorola Mobility, according to Motorola Mobility.

The 2012 London Fashion Week kicked off Friday, Feb.17, with opening line-ups from previous year's Fashion Fringe prize winner, Israeli-born designers Golan Frydman and Latvian Fyodor Podgorny, and their bold see-through ensembles, alien-inspired green glittery skin, tribal nose rings, piercings, and innovative hair-dos.

A prominent former soccer boss and a referees director were handed long jail terms for bribery and match-fixing in China on Saturday as part of a massive anti-graft drive aimed at cleaning up the corruption-blighted local game.

Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

The Fair Labor Association has uncovered a number of issues that need to be addressed at Foxconn's Shenzhen factory, according to report.

While threats that could pull down global economy are never far away, recent data depict a brightening outlook according to IHS, a global business and economic information provider.

It was going to be another win for rookie Jeremy Lin, who had already helped his Knicks win the last seven games. But tonight, it was not in the cards for Lin, as he found himself surrounded by Hornets. The Knicks lost to the New Orleans Hornets, 89-85.

At the end of the first half of a big Friday night game between surprise star Jeremy Lin and his Knicks against the Hornets, New Orleans, one of the worst teams in the league, is pummeling arguably one of the most talented rosters in the NBA in the Knicks. The Knicks have been on a seven-game winning streak since Jeremy Lin has been featured on the team. He is 6-0 as a starter, averaging about 21 points about 9 assists.

Kung Fu Panda creator Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc plans to build a production studio in Shanghai with some of China's biggest media companies, a landmark deal that gives the company a foothold in one of the largest untapped markets for Hollywood.

Standing by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Everett, Wash., on Friday, President Barack Obama called on Congress to reshape the corporate tax code to benefit companies that keep jobs in the United States, giving a boost to the domestic manufacturing sector and exports.

The head of Avon Products Inc's Canadian unit will become president of the cosmetics company's China business next month as the company contends with sliding sales there and a probe into alleged bribery of officials in that country.

The U.S. economy is growing at a respectable 2.8 percent annual rate, the U.S. jobs market has added 243,000 nonfarm payrolls in January and the S&P 500 Index is up eight percent year-to-date. Nouriel Roubini's economic prediction for 2012, however, is still decidedly bearish.