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Google, Yahoo United in Map Services

Google (www.google.co.kr) and Yahoo (www.yahoo.co.kr) are joining hands in Web maps and local search services as they can ill-afford to allow their Korean rivals to extend their virtual duopoly into the new market. Google Korea and Yahoo! Korea announced plans … Continue reading

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Bushfires rage in Australia

Sat Feb 7, 2009,Australian bushfires have killed 35 people and burned hundreds of homes in the worst fire disaster in three decades, as a heat and strong winds sent sheets of flame racing through towns and farmland near Melbourne. Police … Continue reading

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Japan launches satellite to monitor greenhouse gases

An H-2A rocket No. 15 (H-2A F15) carrying Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), known as “Ibuki” in Japan, blasts off from the southern island of Tanegashima January 23, 2009. Japan launched a satellite on Friday … Continue reading

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Big Oily Water Spill at Alaska Field

A corroded pipeline ruptured on Christmas Day at ConocoPhillips’ Kuparuk oil field in Alaska, causing one of the biggest-ever spills of oil-laced water on the North Slope, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said on Tuesday. The 94,920-gallon spill … Continue reading

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