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Investors buy emerging market debt and gold-EPFR

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Investors scrambling for cover during the U.S. deficit and debt ceiling talks and Europe's ongoing sovereign debt crisis sold stock funds and bought emerging market debt and commodities, data from EPFR showed on Friday.
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Gold up, metals fall on 'deadly cocktail'

Gold jumped more than 1 percent and metals market plunged on Friday as investors sought safe havens and fled riskier assets on worries over slowing global economic growth.
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Economy, Euro Zone Crisis Batter Stocks

World stocks sank for an eighth straight session of losses on Friday, with investors racked by worries about the slowing global economy and the dangerous spread of euro zone debt anguish into Italy and Spain.
China's Wang wins the women's 1000 metres final during the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2010 at Winter Sport Hall in Sofia

China Expels Olympic Champion Wang Over Brawl

China has kicked four-times Olympic gold medalist Wang Meng out of the national short track speed skating team and disqualified her from competitions for her part in a brawl with her team manager last month.
A board at the New York Stock Exchange shows the final trading numbers for the day

Insight: Wall Street Slide Sends Waves Across Economy

A scary drop in stocks and commodities threatens to squeeze life out of an already faltering U.S. economy, with deal-making, investment in plants and equipment, and capital raising at risk of slowing down or freezing up.
Super-typhoon Muifa Heads towards Eastern China.

Super Typhoon Muifa Heads Towards Eastern China

Shanghai and parts of eastern China are preparing to face one of the biggest typhoons in recent years called Muifa, which is expected to bring torrential rains and heavy winds as it passes by.
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U.S. Questions Cyber-Enemies Blamed in 'RAT' Security Breach, China Silent

A five-year campaign 'Operation Shady RAT' that compromised networks in 72 major organizations around the world, including several governments, ASEAN, IOC and the world anti-doping agency, made news Tuesday. Government agencies in India, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. were attacked, plus high-profile targets like the International Olympic Committee.
Josh Mayeux, network defender, works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs

"State actor" behind slew of cyber attacks

Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period.
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Cutting Emissions of Non CO2 Greenhouse Gases Could Slow Down Climate Changes

Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history and experts think the trend is accelerating.
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Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy

A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.

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