Most Wanted Games In Japan

Famitsu has released the most wanted games by its readers.
The top ten most wanted video games in Japan:

• PSV Persona 4: The Golden

School Shooting: Hunt For Gunman And Motive

Scores of French police and counter terrorism experts are hunting a gunman who shot dead four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse and appears to have killed three French paratroopers in the last fortnight.

At least two dead in avalanche in Norway

At least two people are confirmed dead and one has been rescued after an avalanche buried six foreign skiers in northern Norway, the Associated Press reports.

Dimitar Berbatov set to leave Manchester United, says agent

Dimitar Berbatov joined Manchester United from Tottenham Hotspur in 2008. 

 

Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov is poised to leave Manchester United....

Kate Middleton: A Princess On Her Own

With Prince William on a military mission, the Duchess of Cambridge steps out solo into the royal spotlight

Supernatural Romance, Action Attract All Ages

A movie version of Suzanne Collins' popular series of novels, "The Hunger Games," opens in U.S. theaters this month.  It is expected to provide an even bigger boost to what has become one of the most lucrative segments of the publishing market: Young Adult Fiction.  While book sales overall have dropped by five percent, sales of these novels - many of which feature romance with a supernatural twist - have gone up more than 80 percent.

NetZero "Returns" With Free 4G Wireless Broadband

NetZero's new wireless access may be free, but it still comes with a price.

It's like the late 1990s all over again: PC gamers are hacking away in Sanctuary, Billy Crystal just hosted the 84th Academy Awards, and ...

15 Knockoff Gadgets

The Sony PS Vita has only just debuted, but already knockoffs have been appearing all over the place in China. Here we have a console with the same design as the original version, but that uses ...

Adventurers of the Year Chosen

National Geographic Adventure has chosen their ten Adventurers of the Year. Readers are now encouraged to vote for their favorites for the People's Choice Adventurer of the Year. One of the adventurers, 16-year-old Jessica Watson, circumnavigated the globe solo this May. It took 210 days, but she did it--and became the youngest person to make the journey while she was at it! Raised on sailboats, Jessica had been training her whole life to make this difficult voyage, with the support of her parents.

Lollipop Chainsaw: A Possible Movie

Juliet Starling might be making her way to the movies. Warner Bros has expressed an early interest in a film version of Lollipop Chainsaw, but it depends on the success of the video game.  

Exclusive: Bethesda to Announce Elder Scrolls MMO in May

Bethesda and ZeniMax are hard at work on a new MMO, and it's taking you back to the world of Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind.

You might as well face it you're addicted to coal

IN A world increasingly turning away from fossil fuels, Australia is now less prepared to prosper than it was 25 years ago, a new report says. 

 

The left-leaning Climate Institute says Australia is the only G20 country to score lower on its low-carbon competitiveness index for 2012 compared with 1995.

Change is coming to China – but will Beijing lead a social revolution?

It was the greatest political upheaval in years, but it may not be the last. China's dramatic ousting of the leadership contender Bo Xilai on Friday may have been an anomaly – or it may be a sign of trouble ahead as the world's second largest economy prepares for a once in a decade power transition.

Bomb Explodes in Aleppo One Day After Deadly Damascus Attacks

A bomb has exploded in Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo, one day after a double car bombing in the capital, Damascus, killed 27 people and wounded more than 100.

Syria's state news agency says that Sunday's explosion in Aleppo

Mike Daisey took aim at Apple, now challenges Chinese translator

NEW YORK--Mike Daisey made a name for himself by taking on mighty Apple but is now challenging the credibility of a little-known Chinese translator. 

The actor and Apple critic is putting his word against hers. The woman who assisted him during a trip to China in 2010 disputes many of his claims about witnessing inhumane working conditions at factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled.

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Moammar Ghadafi's former intelligence chief arrested

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Mauritania on Saturday arrested Moammar Ghadafi's former intelligence chief, accused of attacking civilians during the uprising in Libya last year and the 1989 bombing of a French airliner. The International Criminal Court, France and Libya all said they want to prosecute Abdullah al-Senoussi.