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Microsoft's Kinect to control TV, YouTube, more games

Microsoft Corp is looking to put its popular Kinect motion-sensing device at the heart of its Xbox game console, unveiling plans on Monday to allow users to control live television feeds, search YouTube and play action games with voice commands.
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Microsoft expands Kinect, adds TV to Xbox in US

Microsoft Corp is looking to put its popular Kinect motion-sensing device at the heart of its Xbox game console, unveiling plans on Monday to allow users to control live television feeds, search YouTube and play action games with voice commands.
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UK Foreign Secretary Meets With Libyan Rebels

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited with Libyan rebel groups in the eastern part of the country in a bid to support and uphold the opposition movement seeking to remove Moammar Gaddafi from power.
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What Was D-Day?

This Monday, June 6, will be the 67th anniversary of the most decisive battle of World War II which finally turned the tide against Nazi Germany and ultimately paved the way for an Allied Victory in the European Theatre.
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Britons asked to leave Yemen as violence escalates

British citizens in Yemen must leave the country on commercial fights as soon as possible to avoid being stuck up amid escalating violence in the Gulf state, Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned, a report in The Telegraph stated on Saturday.
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'If anyone’s going to kill me, it should happen now': JFK after Cuban missile crisis

Did John F. Kennedy have an inkling of what was in store for him in the immediate aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis in which he trumped the Russians? According to a little-known strand from biographical writings on him revealed recently, JFK knew that his assassination at that particular juncture in time would define his legacy like no other.
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New deadly E.coli strain is a rare mutation: WHO

Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) said that a highly infectious new strain of E.coli bacteria, which is causing a deadly outbreak of food poisoning in Germany and other countries, is a never-before-seen mutation.

Gold and Stocks Fall As Weak Climate Keeps QE3 On The Table

The Gold Price climbed to $1544 per ounce Thursday morning but then dropped sharply to $1520 and stabilized at $1532 per ounce, while stocks, commodities and US Treasuries were all hit after worse-than-expected US economic news and a further downgrade for Greece.
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China rejects Gmail hack attack allegations

China has rejected allegations of involvement in a cyber attack that originated from the city of Jinan that selectively targeted key government officials in the U.S. and its allies.
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MPs say UK Border Agency granted amnesty to Asylum Seekers

A report published on Thursday claims that what equals to an amnesty has been granted to more than 160,000 asylum seekers over the past five years by a UK Border Agency.The Commons home affairs select committee report says it is indefensible that officials have been unable to trace a further 74,500 asylum seekers, among a total of 450,000 unresolved legacy cases, and say the UKBA simply had no idea what where were the applicants.The agency has been working through...
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China blamed for Gmail hack attack; cyber warfare in focus

A cyber attack that originated from the Chinese city of Jinan that selectively targeted key government officials in the U.S. and its allies has focused uneasy limelight on China, even as the western governments are tinkering with their military rule books to call cyber attacks 'acts of war'.
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New cyber war: Did Chinese state authorize hacker attack on US and allies?

Chinese hackers broke into the personal Gmail accounts of senior officials and military personnel of the U.S. government and it allies and stole sensitive data, setting the stage for an era of heightened cyber tension between the world's top military powers. The latest hack attack, which might bring Google and the Chinese administration into a fresh fist fight, was precisely planned and executed, raising doubts if the Chinese state had authorized it.

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