Samsung’s revealing its new Galaxy S4 phone today in New York. The smartphone is getting a lot of buzz because it’s the first phone set to challenge Apple’s ‘cool.’
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Japan and China have failed to block new restrictions on shark fishing at an international conference in Thailand.
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