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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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Facebook lurking makes you miserable, says study

Too much Facebook browsing at Christmas - and seeing all those "perfect" families and holiday photos - is more likely to make you miserable than festive, research suggests.

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Indian air force test fires long range air-to-air MICA missile

Indian Air Force has test fired long range air-to-air MICA missile on a manoeuvring target from a combat aircraft, a statement issued by Indian government's Press Information Bureau said Saturday.

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Government plans insurance program for disabled seniors

As family sizes shrink and China's population ages, the country will have to expend more resources and money to provide elderly citizens with everyday assistance. Shan Juan reports.

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South Korea's Park says door not shut on dialogue with North

(REUTERS) Geun-hye said on Tuesday, but warned that Pyongyang, facing new U.N. sanctions, would be subject to even greater pressure as long as it stuck to its nuclear program.

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S. Korea warns harsh price against DPRK's satellite launch

South Korea on Wednesday warned a harsh price against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s long-range ballistic missile launch after Pyongyang's notification of its plan to launch a satellite.

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Japan, U.S. FMs hold talks over possible DPRK rocket launch

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday discussed the possibility that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may be gearing up to test a long-range rocket.

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About two percent of global GDP lost to corruption every year

​Around 1-1.5 trillion U.S. dollars, or around two percent of global GDP, are lost to corruption every year, Daniel Kaufmann, president of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), said on Sunday.

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No immediate signs of DPRK's long-range rocket launch: S.Korea

​There has been no immediate signs detected yet that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would launch a long-range rocket, South Korea's defense ministry said Friday. "There is no sign yet that the long-range rocket launch (by the DPRK) is immediate,"Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told a press briefing.

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S.Korea to rapidly respond to possible DPRK rocket launch

​South Korea said Tuesday that it will make rapid and effective responses to possible launch of a long-range rocket by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) via the UN Security Council.

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DPRK hints at satellites launch

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that it is accelerating efforts at the final stage of development for satellites for earth observations, hailing its huge progress in research on developing geostationary satellites.

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Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Commission set to meet for 1st time

​The Cuba-United States Bilateral Commission will meet for the first time Friday in Havana, Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

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22 dead, 38 injured as bus overturns in Xinjiang

A long-distance bus overturned on an expressway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region late Tuesday night, killing 22 people and injuring 38 others, local authorities confirmed Wednesday.

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Courage, wisdom needed in U.S.-DPRK dialogue to turn momentum into milestone

​The ice-breaking dialogue between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Singapore Sunday offers some ray of hope for the settlement of the decades-long predicament, but turning the positive momentum into milestone requires both courage and wisdom to compromise from the two sides.

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New technology may help doctors diagnose lethal heart rhythm in womb

U.S. researchers said Monday they have developed a promising technology that may enable doctors to diagnose and possibly treat in utero a common cause of stillbirth and sudden death in infants.

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IAEA proposes to Japan to keep monitoring marine environment near crippled nucl

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday suggested that Japan continue to monitor freshwater and marine environment near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Chinese long for different kind of holiday

After the week-long National Day holiday that ended on Monday, many Chinese people found themselves even more fatigued than usual as they battled large crowds.