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The 2011 Billionaires List (25th annual Ranking) compiled by the Forbes Magazine has broken two records. First, the total number of listed billionaires (1,210) and the combined amount of their wealth ($4.5 trillion).

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The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes, China Auto Logistic, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, and Vitacost.com. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Ixia, SemiLEDs, Life Partners Holdings, Multi-Fineline Electronix, and DragonWave.

Jiang Zemin, the former President of China, is alive the reports on his death are pure rumours, China's state-run news agency Xinhua said, Thursday.

One of the most frightening aspects of life in India is the wholesale disregard many people have for baby girls – literally millions have been murdered, often by their own parents.

Amid rumors of Jiang Zemin's death, some are saying that the ex-leader who presided over the 1997 handover of Hong Kong died from lung cancer.

Rumors about Jiang Zemin's death are provoking the ire of Chinese censors.

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China has warned U.S. officials to avoid meeting with the Dalai Lama who is making his first trip to Washington D.C. since his “retirement” as the Tibetan leader-in-exile.

The Motorola Droid 3 is now available at Verizon Wireless for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

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Is Jiang Zemin dead or alive? No one is sure, but Xinhua News Agency just published a news update saying that they have it on good authority that his death is pure rumor.

Jiang Zemin: Is he dead or alive?

Speculation and rumors that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin may have died have led government Internet censors to quash any such discussion of the subject online.

Anish Kapoor's 'Orbit' is being compared to London's Eiffel tower.

Amidst a worsening labor dispute in the NBA that threatens the start of the next season, the top player in the game may lead a barnstorming tour of China, the league’s biggest potential market.

As the core of the third generation of Communist Party leaders, and as someone famous for his flamboyant personality, Jiang's absence from CCP's 90th anniversary is unusual. Rumors of his death triggers speculations about the power shifts within the Communist Party as the 2012 leadership transition is drawing closer.

On July 1, Jiang was absent at an important event in Beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party.A few days later, an important figure was urgently hospitalized into 301 Military Hospital located in Beijing, China. The figure is reportedly the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who was rumored to be in sickness since his last public appearance in Jiangsu on May 14th.

There has been speculation that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died, which led government Internet censors to suppress any such discussion on the subject online.

Speculation and rumors that former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin may have died have led government internet censors to quash any such discussion of the subject online.