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* Scientists working in [[Papua New Guinea]] announce the discovery of over forty new species, including a [[Bosavi Woolly Rat|giant rat]] weighing approximately 1.5kg. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8210000/8210394.stm (BBC)] |
* Scientists working in [[Papua New Guinea]] announce the discovery of over forty new species, including a [[Bosavi Woolly Rat|giant rat]] weighing approximately 1.5kg. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8210000/8210394.stm (BBC)] |
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*[[Kraft Foods Inc.]] says it will pursue a takeover of [[Cadbury Plc]] after the [[British]] maker of [[Trident gum]] and [[Dairy Milk]] rejected a $16.7 billion bid. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atVk42eW3GqY (Bloomberg)] |
*[[Kraft Foods Inc.]] says it will pursue a takeover of [[Cadbury Plc]] after the [[British]] maker of [[Trident gum]] and [[Dairy Milk]] rejected a $16.7 billion bid. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atVk42eW3GqY (Bloomberg)] |
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* The [[premier of the Republic of China|Premier]] and [[Executive Yuan|cabinet]] of [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) resign due to criticism and public anger over the slow handling of the disaster during [[Typhoon Morakot]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP494665.htm (Reuters)] |
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- South Korea asks North Korea to explain a sudden discharge of dam water which left six people dead or missing across the border. (Xinhua) (Yonhap) (RIA Novosti)
- Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama proposes a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, up from 8% by the outgoing administration. (Japan Today) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Drivers in Samoa prepare to switch from driving on the right hand side of the road to the left as a new law comes into effect, the first nation to change sides in 40 years. (BBC) (Reuters) (Associated Press)
- Israel formally approves the construction of new settlements in the West Bank. (CNN) (Jerusalem Post)
- The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation is to investigate the helicopter crash which killed the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others. (Times of India)
- Scientists working in Papua New Guinea announce the discovery of over forty new species, including a giant rat weighing approximately 1.5kg. (BBC)
- Kraft Foods Inc. says it will pursue a takeover of Cadbury Plc after the British maker of Trident gum and Dairy Milk rejected a $16.7 billion bid. (Bloomberg)
- The Premier and cabinet of Republic of China (Taiwan) resign due to criticism and public anger over the slow handling of the disaster during Typhoon Morakot. (Reuters)
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