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Sharp unveils 3D televisions in JapanTokyo (AFP) May 31, 2010 Japanese electronics giant Sharp unveiled a line of 3D televisions Monday, joining rivals Samsung Electronics and Sony Corp. in an increasingly competitive sector the industry hopes will drive profits. Sharp's first line of three dimensional liquid crystal display TVs will start selling in late July in Japan before roll outs in the United States, Europe and China by the end of the year, executive vice president Masafumi Matsumoto said. The four 3D Aquos "Quattron" models incorporate what Sharp h ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2010A man was executed Sunday for carrying out a bloody assault on 32 people, mostly small children, at a kindergarten in eastern China, one of a spate of attacks on schools that shocked the nation. Xu Yuyuan, 47, burst into a classroom in the city of Taixing last month and stabbed children and teachers with a large knife, leaving four victims badly injured. The assault is one of a number th ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2010Technology giants Nokia and Sony on Friday joined a chorus of concern over labour conditions at a vast assembly plant in China after yet another attempted suicide by a worker who slashed his wrists. The companies said they were looking into conditions at the factory in the southern economic zone of Shenzhen run by Taiwanese supplier Foxconn, following similar pledges by Apple, Hewlett-Packar ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2010An explosion at a colliery in central China has killed 17 workers, a provincial official said Sunday, in the latest deadly accident to hit the nation's notoriously dangerous mining industry. The blast happened on Saturday in Hunan province's Rucheng county, an official with the provincial work safety bureau, who refused to be named, told AFP. "Rescue work has ended," he said, without pr ... more |
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Rats damage huge swathes of China's grasslandsBeijing (AFP) May 27, 2010 A plague of rats has gobbled up vast swathes of grasslands in north China, sparking a mass extermination drive amid concerns for herders, state media said Thursday. The proliferation has left holes across 65,000 kilometres (25,000 square miles) of Inner Mongolia, making it difficult for herders to ride their horses, whose hooves can get caught up, the official People's Daily newspaper said. Authorities have launched a massive extermination drive, with more than 1,000 tonnes of poison dumped over ... read more |
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