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Motorola Xoom is the first tablet computer with the features to compete against the uncontested leader iPad, according to AP's technology writer.

Will Apple develop an iPhone that can run on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA 3G standard, a move that could boost the sales of iPhone in China? There is no word as yet from Apple on this, but the chairman of China Mobile said on Friday Apple's Steve Jobs has expressed interest in developing an iPhone for his network, Reuters has reported.

Crude prices will touch $200 a barrel if the Arab revolution spreads to Saudi Arabia, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said on Friday.

The Chinese yuan rose 0.1 percent against dollar on Friday as markets speculated that Chinese monetary policy would tighten in view of the rising inflation and the prospect of social unrest.

China is ramping up its military spending at a time its financial firepower is increasingly in focus after it unseated Japan as the second biggest economy in the world.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the leading global risks for mortality in the world are high blood pressure, tobacco use, high blood glucose, physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity.

Motorola Xoom, which is touted by some as the iPad killer, is hackable, it has emerged.

The European Central Bank (ECB) held the benchmark rate at a record low of 1 percent for the 23rd consecutive month.

Libyan air forces have launched attacks on the eastern oil city of Brega in an effort to retake the port city from the rebels, according to media reports.

The irony can't be missed when the scion of a tiny sub-Saharan country, which has the dubious distinction for having the highest child mortality rate in the world and abysmal public health and education systems, splurges ill-gotten money on a multi-million dollar super-luxury yacht.

Convicted Robert Kennedy killer Sirhan B. Sirhan, who is serving a life term, has been denied parole for the 13th time.

Marauding human impact on fragile eco systems could spawn a deadly scenario of species becoming extinct one after another, leading to the possible extinction of life on Earth, according to scientists.

Apple unveiled iPad 2 on Wednesday at a function attended by Steve Jobs. The second generation iPad is lighter and more mobile, has better processor speed as well as more frills and trimmings like dual video cameras and gyroscope.

Speculation is rife that Jobs will attend the event, despite skipping many Apple events, including the company's annual shareholders meeting, since he went on medical leave in January.

The chances of Portugal accepting a bailout has increased as hopes of reining in the borrowing costs of peripheral European governments have faded.

Here are some vignettes of pitched battles raging in Libya as well as visuals of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the North African country:

Militants linked to the Taliban shot dead Pakistan's minorities affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who was a staunch critic of the controversial blasphemy law, on Wednesday.

The political stalemate in Ivory Coast following the disputed presidential elections is escalating as gun battles have broken out once again between rival camps.

Crude output in Libya has fallen to levels significantly below its normal 1.65 million barrels per day (bpd) output, and well below its 1.47 million bpd OPEC production quota in the aftermath of violent anti-government protests, according to a senior energy analyst at IHS Global Insight.

Unemployment in the euro area fell back to sub-10 percent levels in January, official data showed on Tuesday.

Eurozone gross domestic product (GDP) will rise 1.6 percent this year, slightly above the previously forecast growth rate of 1.5 percent, the European Commission said in a report on Tuesday.

Stung soundly by the turn of events in Egypt, where it lost one of a few friendly governments in the region, Israel has swung back into action by calling for the banning of Muslim Brotherhood.

Reports say many cities along the west of the country are being besieged as forces loyal to Gaddafi are trying to retake control of them. ABC News has reported, quoting diplomats, that thousands of people have died in the western border with Tunisia in the two weeks since violent protests erupted.

Apple will hold an event on Wednesday that is likely to be the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPad 2. But Apple will likely face supply constraints owing to production difficulties.

Irrespective of whether the new government will be able to renegotiate a better bailout deal, the outlook for the country remains grim owing to looming fiscal squeeze and waning consumer confidence.Irish outlook to remain grim even if Fine Gael wins better bailout deal

Despite a rise in inflation expectations caused by a flurry of positive economic data, the U.S. Federal Reserve may still not decide to tighten rates any time soon, according to an analyst.

Bahraini protesters blockaded the parliament building on Monday two weeks after the Shiite uprising started, demanding political reform in the country and an end to alleged discrimination at the hands of the Sunni ruling class.

The 'benevolent Arab monarchs' of the Middle East are hurriedly loosening their purse strings as long-simmering disgruntlement over the lack of political reform and equitable economic opportunities threaten to destabilize long entrenched regimes in the region.

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