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Mexico might take legal actions to Starbucks after it released a line of coffee mugs bearing images of the Aztec calendar stone and the Pyramid of the Moon from the ruins of Teotihuacan.
The country has intellectual property rights over those pre-Hispanic images.
The archaeological agency of Mexico said they would decide …

ShareJob search website CareerCast.com stated that being an actuary is actually the best job for 2010. An actuary deals with calculating statistics to determine risk and uncertainty.
Second in line is software engineer, followed by computer systems analyst, biologist and historian.
The worst job on the other hand is roustabout, followed by …

ShareDubai officials unexpectedly renamed Burj Dubai on its opening Monday. The world’s tallest building which rises 828 feet from the ground would be known as Burj Khalifa, in honor Abu Dhabi emir and UAE president Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Khalifa is regarded as the savior of troubled Dubai. He …

ShareA strong 7.2 and 6.5-magnitude earthquakes hit the Solomon Islands on Monday. The tremors were followed by a tsunami. Initial reports said a number of homes and properties were destroyed but no one was badly hurt.
The quakes’ epicenter was located underneath the ocean floor near the town of Gizo, which …

ShareEleven African countries have vowed to help fund an environmental project dubbed as the “Great Green Wall”. This would be a wall of trees to be made to prevent Sahara from spreading southward.
The project is considered a solution to the destruction of farmlands caused by desertification.
The Africa-wide “wall” would stretch …

ShareDespite debt woes, the emirate of Dubai plans to open the world’s tallest building Burj Dubai on Monday.
The over 800-meter skyscraper consists of 160 floors, 49 of these are office spaces. It has 1,044 residential units and 54 lifts.

ShareOn January 1, the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) agreement came into effect. It is the largest free trade area in terms of population and third largest in terms of volume.
ACFTA reduced tariffs on over 90% of imported goods, or approximately 7,000 product categories, to 0. It first took effect …

ShareAbout 9,000 Hongkongers marched to the Chinese government’s liaison office Friday, demanding Beijing to grant full democracy to Hong Kong. The protesters stressed that the special autonomous region, being a wealthy city with 7 million people, is mature enough to choose its own leaders.
According to China’s ruling in 2007, Hong …

ShareIn a New Year’s message, North Korea confirmed its pledge to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula through dialogue and negotiations. The country also plans to develop good relations with other countries especially the United States and South Korea.
The message then highlighted the need to improve North Koreans’ standard of living through …