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08 Jan 2009 10:30AM - Channel 4 News
Twendy-One, a robot with hands that can pick up delicate objects without crushing them, serves toast at Waseda University, Tokyo.
People participate in a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by the official news agency KCNA.
China's leadership is coming under pressure as factories close and job losses begin to mount, reports Nick Paton Walsh.
A suicide bomber strikes the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, after the government says its troops have captured the Tamil Tigers' HQ. Alex Thomson reports.
The 21st century may well belong to China.
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