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Case Closed , known as Detective Conan in Japan and most other countries, is a detective manga and anime series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994. In the English world, it was renamed "Case Closed" due to legal issues concerning the name with that of the Conan the Barbarian franchise.

Case Closed follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a young detective inadvertently turned into a prepubescent boy by a secret criminal organization when they knock him out and give him a drug that was supposed to kill him, but backfires.

Case Closed is adapted into an anime series by the animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto, and airs in Japan on Nippon Television, Yomiuri TV and Animax. The first episode aired on January 8, 1996, with 509 episodes as of July 14, 2008. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into 12 Golden Week movies, with the first released on April 17, 1997, and one movie released each year since. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, nine OVAs have been released.

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L: change the WorLd, directed by Hideo Nakata, is a spin-off film of the Death Note movie series. The series is based on the manga Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, but follows an original storyline. L decides to take on one last case before his self-arranged death, and sets out to find a cure to a deadly virus that is threatening to spread throughout the world. The film was released in Japan on February 9, 2008, Hong Kong on February 7, 2008 and Singapore on February 21, 2008. Hideo Nakata told The Daily Yomiuri that he wanted to reveal L’s "human side," which had not been explored in the Death Note series. The movie follows the events during L’s final 23 days, which takes place after the storyline of the Death Note manga and previous films.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Guinness World Records has returned the title of world’s tallest man to China’s Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines.
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Bao, who stands at 7 feet, 8.95 inches, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk, who is 8 feet 5.5 inches tall, Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, told Reuters.

While Bao has been measured by Guinness, which required him to be measured six times in one day — both standing and lying down — Stadnyk has refused. His title was awarded based on a statement from his doctor.

"We realized there was such interest and excitement in these categories to do with height that it was too important a category for us to leave it to a doctor alone," Glenday said. "So we decided to tighten things up completely to make sure there was no doubt."

 

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When Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officials promised to use it as a showcase for new technology and China’s economic development.

  

 

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event which is being celebrated in Beijing, People’s Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008 and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will also mark the third time that Olympic events will have been held in the territories of two different National Olympic Committees (NOC), with the equestrian events to be held in Hong Kong.

  

 

Allison Cameron, M.D., is a fictional character on the FOX medical drama House, portrayed by American actress Jennifer Morrison. An immunologist, Cameron was a member of Dr. Gregory House’s team of handpicked specialists at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital’s Department of Diagnostic Medicine.

Cameron is known for her honesty, sincerity, idealism and strong ethical center. She is hyperopic and an atheist. According to the New York Times she plays "Jane Eyre to House’s Edward Rochester."

Cameron objects to House’s reliance on deceiving their patients and has gone head-to-head with him several times on the issue. She has also been reluctant to deliver bad news to patients or their families.Nonetheless, she is effective at gaining patients’ trust and their consent to diagnostic procedures, in contrast to House’s strong-arm methods.

  

 

Dr. Robert Chase is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House. He is portrayed by Jesse Spencer. His character is a part of the team of diagnosticians who works under Gregory House until the end of third season when House fires him.Robert Chase is the longest-serving member of House’s staff. Chase has been attracted to Cameron since the beginning of the show and embarks on a relationship in "Human Error".

Chase has been portrayed to be an eager fellow of House, often supporting his opinions and carrying out his orders without question. His character is a Christian, and before becoming a doctor, he was in the Seminary. He often takes part in House’s morally questionable plans when the other members of the team have refused, showing a situational application of ethics and a flexible stance on morality. This leads to tension between Chase and Foreman, who is quick to disagree with House and prove him wrong. It is stated several times that the thing Chase cares most about is his job. When Edward Vogler begins to put pressure on House, Chase is willing to pass on information about House to Vogler in order to prevent House from firing him.