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Siemens quits Fujitsu computing joint venture

SiemensMunich - German electronics company Siemens AG Tuesday finalized plans to quit computer producer Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Joint venture partner Fujitsu will take over Siemens' 50-per-cent share for a price of 450 million euros (567 million dollars), the company formally announced.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers was founded in 1999 to integrate the firms9 personal computer and server businesses in Europe. The joint-venture contract was due to run out next year.

First images of ‘superbugs’ as they spread antibiotic resistance captured

Washington, November 4 : Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have moved a step closer to finding a way to prevent the spread of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria, also known as “superbugs”.

Dr. Philip Silverman and Dr. Margaret Clarke, both OMRF researchers, say that they have been able to visually observe a major step in the process whereby superbugs spread antibiotic resistance in hospitals and throughout the general population.

Hamilton celebrates F1 victory with just two glasses of champagne!

London, Nov 4: Lewis Hamilton celebrated becoming Formula One world champion – by partying until 9am and downing only two glasses of champagne.

The 23-year-old race ace and his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, who was trackside to witness Hamilton''s amazing victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix, were joined by his family and McLaren staff.

However, Hamilton insisted the only thing he was dizzy on was his pride at becoming the sport’s youngest world champion.

“I only had a couple of glasses of champagne,” the Mirror quoted Hamilton, as telling a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“I remember sitting there towards the end of the night and a song came on, We Are The Champions by Queen.

7 killed in Pak suicide attack

7 killed in Pak suicide attackPeshawar, Nov 4 : At least seven people, includin

Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta recovering 6 months after Nargis

Yangon/Singapore - Many young women in Myanmar's (Burma's) Irrawaddy delta region have stopped wearing their hair traditionally long, word goes.

Too many of them died in the metre-high floods brought on by Cyclone Nargis, because their hair got entangled in tree branches, or were strangled by their own hair as it wrapped around their neck.

Whether that is true or not is hard to verify. But hundreds of thousands were traumatised by the worst natural catastrophe the country has ever seen.

More than 138,000 lives were lost during the cyclone in May, and some 2.4 million people lost their belongings, while about 800,000 homes were destroyed.

Carla Bruni voted ‘The Coolest Person Of The Year’

Carla BruniLondon, Nov 4: French first lady Carla Bruni has been named ‘The Coolest Person Of The Year’ in a poll.

According to the survey, nearly one in four Brits said that the wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy was their favourite hip celeb, reports the Sun.

The 40-year-old hit headlines this year when she met the Queen and saw a nude portrait of herself fetch 45,000 pounds.

She has beaten Wuthering Heights singer Kate Bush, who won 14 per cent of votes in the survey of 4,000.

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