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Four dead, 28 injured as two buses crash in Buenos Aires suburb

ArgentinaBuenos Aires  - A head-on crash between two packed buses in a western suburb of Buenos Aires killed four people dead and left dozens injured, officials said Tuesday.

One of the bus drivers and three passengers died in the accident that took place during rush hour Monday. Of the injured, 28 remained in hospital Tuesday, and three were said to be in serious condition.

Earlier reports had put the number of dead at six.

The vehicles crashed into each other at a crossing in the suburb of Lomas del Mirador, as one bus was overtaking a parked car.

Diplomacy against Iran must have a timeline, Israeli minister says

Israel Defence Minister Ehud BarakHerzlia, Israel  - Diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear programme must be accompanied by a clear timeline, after which harsh sanctions could be imposed, accompanied by a willingness to act, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday.

He told an international conference in Herzlia, north of Tel Aviv, that all options regarding Iran were on the table. "Beyond that I will say nothing," he added.

TV, video games increase depression risk, US study finds

TV, video games increase depression risk, US study finds San Francisco  - Teenagers who watch a lot of television or spend long hours playing video games run a higher risk for depression as adults, according to a US study published this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

In the study, which began in 1995, 4,100 adolescents were asked about their television viewing habits and use of other electronic media such as video games. None of the participants had symptoms of depression when the study began.

Yemen's Saleh urges tribes to back state's fight against terrorism

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah SalehMarib, Yemen  - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday called on tribesmen in three desert provinces to help security forces in hunting down terrorists in their remote areas.

"Fight terrorism, and expel the saboteurs, otherwise I am able to get them," Saleh told tribal chieftains he met after attending a military manoeuvre in the north-central province of Marib.

Microsoft’s IE losing market share; Chrome and Firefox gain

Microsoft’s IE losing market share; Chrome and Firefox gainLatest data put forward by Net Applications on Monday, suggests that
last month saw market share of Internet Explorer fall down as Mozilla's
Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Apple's Safari experienced small gains.

The data also said that the top spot was held by Microsoft's IE, with
“67.55 percent of the browser market, though that was down .06 percent
from last month and down 7.92 percent from the same time last year.”

The number two spot was held by Firefox with 21.53 percent market share

Industry's First 2 TeraByte Hard Drives launched by Western Digital

Industry's First 2 TeraByte Hard Drives launched by Western DigitalThe maiden 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive was today announced by WD. As per industry experts, this hard drive is the world's highest capacity drive and the newest member of WD's well-liked, environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD CAviar Green hard drive family.

It should be noted here that the latest 3.5-inch platform is based on WD's industry-leading 500 GB/platter technology (with 400 Gb/in2 areal density) with 32 MB cache, producing drives with capacities of up to 2 TB.

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