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Men armed with automatic weapons burst into a shoe factory in northern Honduras, killing 18 people in a suspected gang attack.

An anonymous reader writes "Following Qualcomm, Samsung is also close to launching a new smartphone processor with two cores. Based on ARM architecture, the new Orion processor promises five times the graphics performance of current chips and to enable 1080p video recording and playback. Next year, it seems, dual-core smart phones will be all the rage. Apple, which is generally believed to have the most capable processor in the market today, may be under pressure to roll out a dual-core iPhone next year as well."

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A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler.

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.

Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'.

The number of rape convictions in Wales has risen to a four-year high, according to figures revealed to BBC Wales.

Mould, flies, and maggots - watch what happens when food is left to rot

Rafael Nadal beats Feliciano Lopez in straight sets to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

Barclays appointment scrutinised

COMING TO THE GAME LATE: Now Obama wants tax cuts for business. Plus an astounding deficit graphic.

KOS MEDIA AND RESEARCH 2000 reach tentative settlement.

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN THIS WOULD HAPPEN: Judge Keeps Ban on Stem Cell Funds. And they were right!

TIM CAVANAUGH: Manliness Is Next to Joblessness. “Daily Markets’ Mark Perry declares the Great Mancession in session, with help from a mesmerizing time-lapse chart tracking employment growth by job type since 2008. Click here to watch the real-time shrinking of majority male sectors in opposition to the growth of two majority female sectors — education and health care. . . . In fact the most disturbing thing in the job sector statistics is that health care jobs have been growing at such an insatiable rate. Are people sicker than they used to be?”

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla Labs has started an initiative to promote and develop gaming based on Open Web technologies. They write, 'We are excited to present to you the latest initiative from Mozilla Labs: Gaming. Mozilla Labs Gaming is all about games built, delivered and played on the Open Web and the browser. We want to explore the wider set of technologies which make immersive gaming on the Open Web possible. We invite the wider community to play with cool, new tech and aim to help establish the Open Web as the platform for gaming across all your Internet connected devices.' To that end Mozilla Labs will launch Game On 2010, a game development competition, at the end of September."

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UH OH: Here Are 13 Signs That We’re Actually In A Depression Right Now.

CLIVE CROOK: Obama Surrenders On Jobs.

The xx express surprise at debut album's success

JONATHAN CHAIT: “Obscure blogger linked by InstaPundit.” Ipse dixit!

But does the Washington Examiner’s Fenty endorsement change the analysis?

HEH: “He could end all of this if he’d just show us his dog licence.”

As preparations are made for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, Radio 1 Newsbeat's Natalie Jamieson has a look behind the scenes.