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An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Japan early Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The focus of the quake, which occurred at 05:07 a.m. (2007 GMT),was located some 23 km under the sea in Suruga Bay, southwest of Tokyo, said the agency, which estimated a preliminary magnitude of6.6 for the quake [...]

The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when there’s no cell tower around. In June, a rocket is scheduled to lift the largest commercial satellite yet into space. In orbit 22,000 miles [...]

The great October fall of the US dollar is turning into an avalanche. Within six months (April through September) the dollar lost over 10 percent at the world foreign exchange trading, which marked the sharpest decline since 1991. Some experts believe that the American currency is close to collapse, which may lead to a new [...]

Arms show finished in Rio on April 18. Many believe that Russia has been developing the Latin American market steadily, although it is not quite so. A certain amount of progress became possible as a result of the restrictions, which the USA imposed on its own military cooperation with the countries of the region. The [...]

Rail unions and truckers in France joined fuel blocking strikes on Sunday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s pension reform, exerting more pressure on the government. Across the country, gas pumps have been drying up as millions of panic-stricken motorists rushed to fill their tanks. Truckers said they would block key streets from Sunday evening, and [...]