| Larry Page to be new Google CEO Posted: Eric Schmidt, a technology veteran brought in as Google Inc.'s "adult supervision" a decade ago, is relinquishing the CEO job to Larry Page, one of the prodigies who co-founded the company behind the Internet's dominant gateway.  
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| Paul the Octopus immortalised in soccer avatar Posted: Paul the Octopus was immortalized, so to speak, with the unveiling of a six-foot high plastic replica of the octopus engulfing a soccer ball.  
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| Five men found with ape heads, body parts Posted: A wildlife advocacy organization has said that officials in Central Africa have arrested five men found with chimpanzee and gorilla heads. WWF said that officials in the nation of Gabon had found 12 chimpanzee heads and the head of an endangered gorilla.  
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| FBI, police arrest more than 100 in and around New York Posted: The criminal accusations spanned several states and several decades, encompassing figures from seven mob families, and led to the arrest of nearly 125 people on federal charges on Thursday.  
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| Bombs kill 50 pilgrims in Iraq's Karbala Posted: Iraqi police and hospital officials say 50 people have been killed in bombings at security checkpoints targeting pilgrims headed to a Shiite holy city for rituals. The death toll was continuing to rise after Thursday afternoon bombings. As many as 175 people were believed to be wounded.  
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| The upside down school Posted: Birdie Hooper spends most of her day hanging upside down. She is one of more than 100 young people from around the world training at Canada's National Circus School in Montreal. National Circus school was founded in 1981. Since then, it has trained hundreds of students in classic circus arts.  
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| An incubator for abandoned babies Posted: Viktoria is a normal healthy new born child just a few hours old. Lying snuggled up in a cot in Budapest's Childrens Hospital; her vital signs are monitored while she sleeps. She's the first baby rescued from an outdoor incubator specially set up for abandoned infants.  
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| Saudi king's gifts for Obama worth $300,000 Posted: In his first year as US President, Barack Obama, his family and and staff were showered with jewellery, ornaments and rare books worth more than USD 300,000 from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.  
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| How Michelle Obama is changing Wal-Mart strategy Posted: Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, will announce a five-year plan on Thursday to make thousands of its packaged foods lower in unhealthy salts, fats and sugars, and to drop prices on fruits and vegetables.  
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