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23. august 2005
 

Gasoline Prices Rise 6 Cents to New High . NEW YORK -- The retail price of gasoline rose more than 6 cents last week to an average $2.61 a gallon nationwide, a new record, the Energy Department reported Monday.
By AP. [washingtonpost.com - Business]
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School test results questioned. Research questions what the test results achieved by children in England's primary schools demonstrate. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Victory for Japan's war critics. A Japanese court rejects a claim that journalists made up the story of a killing competition in 1930s Nanjing. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Maradona stands by 'Hand of God'. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has no regrets over the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Ex-Street star charged with rape. Former Coronation Street star Chris Quinten is to appear in court on Wednesday charged with rape. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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Google plans instant-messaging system, report says (Reuters).

Google Inc. is set to introduce its own instant messaging system, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday, marking the expansion by the Web search leader into text and also voice communications.The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California in the August 18, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Clay McLachlanReuters - Google Inc. is set to introduce its own instant messaging system, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday, marking the expansion by the Web search leader into text and also voice communications.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
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Synthesizer Innovator Robert A. Moog Dies (AP).

Robert Moog, inventor of the Synthesizer, sits next to a Van Koevering Interactive baby grand piano, in this Aug. 1999 file photo, in New York. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at his home in Asheville, N.C., according to his company's Web site. He was 71. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - He may not have been a rock star himself, but Robert A. Moog's influence can be heard in the music of bands from The Beatles to Yes, Herbie Hancock to Chick Corea.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
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