New York, US A woman wears a TV screen showing short documentary video زWar on Greed. The video is part of filmmaker Robert Greenwalds attempt to shine a light on what is his belief of the destructive role of private equity firms in the American economy.

Tokyo, Japan Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer speaks to press at the companyصs headquarters in Tokyo 11 December 2007. Sony will launch the companyصs ultra-thin organic light emitting diode (OLED) television, launched in Japan last month, in the US next year.

Dulles Int Apt/Washington, US South Korean get scanned with a new 10-fingerprint scanner (foreground) for international arriving passengers at Dulles International Airport in Dullas,Virginia. Most foreigners aged who travel to the United States have been required since 2004 to provide the prints of two fingers and a digital photograph to US officials,

Tokyo, JAPAN Japans machinery maker Kawasaki Heavy Industries robot زCube-kun solve a 3x3x3 Rubikصs Cube for the demonstration in Tokyo 04 December 2007. The double armed industrial robot is displayed with advanced technology products here through the end of February.

Shanghai, China Chinese staff work in a TCL store at a computer mall in Shanghai. French electronics company Legrand SA has agreed to buy a low-voltage electrical unit of struggling Chinese consumer electronics maker TCL Corp for 500 million yuan (USD67 million).