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Chinese negotiator flies to Taipei for highest-level talks

Chinese negotiator flies to Taipei for highest-level talksTaipei - Chinese negotiator Chen Unlin arrived in Taipei Monday for the highest-level talks between Taipei and Beijing in half a century.

Chen and his 74-member delegation arrived in a chartered Air China plane which landed at the Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei at 11:45 am.

The talks will begin at the Grand Hotel in Taipei Monday afternoon and last until Thursday.

Nuclear deal with US no hurdle for importing Iranian gas: Pranab

Pranab MukherjeeTehran, Nov 3: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said in Tehran that India's nuclear deal with the United States will in no way adversely impact a project to import Iranian gas via Pakistan.

"There will be no impact of Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline,” said Mukherjee to a joint press conference in Tehran along with Iranian Minister of Economy and Finance Shamsuddin Hoseyni.

Sleep loss produces false memory, caffeine straightens them out

Sleep loss produces false memory, caffeine straightens them outHamburg, Germany - If you don't get enough sleep at night, be sure to drink a strong cup of coffee before trying to remember important facts - otherwise your sleep-deprived mind will play tricks with your memory, according to a team of German researchers.

Virus causes irregular heartbeat, German researchers find

HeartbeatHamburg - There is new evidence that a virus could be the cause of irregular heartbeat in millions of patients who otherwise exhibit no diagnosed reason for atrial or ventricular fibrillation, according to a team of German scientists.

The researchers at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin say they have uncovered the first firm evidence of the molecular mechanism whereby virus infections cause cardiac arrhythmia.

Parents should monitor their teens' mood swings

Parents should monitor their teens' mood swingsCologne, Germany - Teenagers commonly experience mood swings and are not always approachable, and this behaviour can make it hard for parents to differentiate such emotional fluctuations from genuine depression.

Experts say it's important for parents to monitor their teenager's moods and seek treatment when warranted.

Hong Kong shares surge by more than 4 per cent in early trading

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