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Panda couple has local names before arrival in Finland

ApairofgiantpandashavebeengivenFinnishnamespriortotheirarrivalinFinlandinmid-January,andthenewnamesbothhavedenotationofsnow.ThemalepandaHuaBaohasbeennamedPyry,a

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Twitter expands display name length to 50 characters

Ifyou'vealwayswantedtouseallyournames,aliases,titlesandsuffixesonTwitter,now'syourtimetoshine.Thesocialnetworknowsupportsdisplaynamesupto50charactersinlength.It

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Top baby names in England and Wales announced

Justyesterdaywetoldyouaboutthebabynamesnoparentswerechoosing,butnowwehavenewsaboutthemonikersappearingattheotherendofthepopularityspectrum.Andtherehasbeensomemo

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Madcap monikers! Odd company names to be banned in China

"BeijingAfraidofWifeTechnology"and"WhatYouLookingatTechnology"arejusttwoexamplesofthekindofcompanynamethatwillsoonbeathingofthepast.Afterlaunchingacampaigntoeli

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Beyonce and Jay-Z twins' names could be Rumi and Sir

ThewaitmaybeoverforthenamesofthetwinsofmusicpowercoupleBeyonceandJay-Z.SignspointtothenamesasRumiandSir.Thepopdivaandrapper,whoserealnameisShawnCarter,havefiled

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Over 1 mln Chinese-character domain names in use

​A total of 1.037 million registered Chinese-character domain names are in use, the China Internet Network Information Center said Thursday.

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The Most Popular Long Baby Names

Long baby names have traditionally not been very popular. In the past 100 years, no name longer than seven characters has ever been the most popular boy name.

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Oxford's new dictionary of UK, Irish family names

A team of researchers has spent four years studying the meanings and origins of almost 50,000 surnames, from the most common to the highly obscure. Some names have been around for many centuries while other more recent arrivals are explained for the first time in the work, the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, which was published this week.

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Austrian zoo opens vote to name panda cub

The Schoenbrunn Zoo here opened online voting on Tuesday for the naming of one of the two twin panda cubs born in August, the zoo stated in a press release.

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"Exotic names" will soon vanish in China

In recent years, real estate developers and some local governments have chosen names based on locations and buildings overseas, such as "Manhattan" and "Venice". The use has proliferated, causing as much anger as amusement and prompting heated debate on public and online forums.

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China to clear out foreign, bizarre geographical names

​It is possible for a person to leave "Provence," a residential compound, and on their way to meeting friends at "Manhattan Plaza" shopping mall, they can walk by buildings called Venice or Milan.

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China shuts dating websites over fraud, obscenity

China's Internet watchdog has shut and canceled 65 dating and other match-making websites for allowing fraud and spreading obscene content.

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What's in a name? Britons have more options when getting married

British academics recently launched the country's biggest ever study into the impact of same-sex marriage on long-standing wedding traditions.

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Chinese giant pandas given local names in Malaysia

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced here Wednesday that the two giant pandas from China Fu Wa and Feng Yi were given local names of Xing Xing and Liang Liang.