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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:02 PM

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 69 Documents (in Environment)

By Matthias Williams NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Indian environment minister decided on Tuesday against allowing farmers to grow the first genetically modified (GM) vegetable in the country. WHAT'S BEHIND THE CONTROVERSY? A decision has been pending ... [Sharenet - 18 mins ago]

Entities: India, Genetically Modified Foods, Cotton, Genetically Modified Crops, Genetically Modified

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago - 143 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Mano Ganesan

Arrest stokes fears of repression across Sri Lanka

SARATH FONSEKA'S arrest was not unexpected, but it was swift. The former Sri Lankan military chief, who lost to the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in elections two weeks ago, was hauled from the offices of the main opposition alliance by military police ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 31 mins ago]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Arrests, Sri Lanka, Mano Ganesan

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 36 Documents

Editor Reviewing China Quake Deaths Is Sentenced

BEIJING - The sentencing of an outspoken literary editor to five years in prison for subversion showed that the Chinese government will not relent in its ongoing crackdown against critics and dissidents, supporters of the editor said Tuesday. The editor, ... [New York Times - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Earthquake, Jon Alpert, China, Gao Zhisheng

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 3 hours ago - 75 Documents

Viktor Yanukovych

Another 'Orange Revolution' unlikely

Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych won a narrow victory in the presidential run-off election Sunday, according to official results. Prime Minister and Orange Revolution co-leader Yulia Tymoshenko said she would stage another Orange Revolution, ... [China Org - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Orange Revolution, Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 30 Documents

Jane Lubchenco

New federal agency to monitor, report on changing climate

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced the formation of the NOAA Climate Service to work alongside the National Weather Service and National Ocean Service. "More ... [SmartBrief - 53 mins ago]

Entities: Climate, Jane Lubchenco, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 20 Documents

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA's Optimus Technology - Best of Both Worlds

Category : Notebooks/Laptops The Flaws of Switchable Graphics Depending on where you're coming from, Optimus, the new notebook technology that NVIDIA has announced today, is either a major improvement or a major patch. To provide some background, NVIDIA ... [Malaysia Hardware Zone - 18 mins ago]

Entities: Optimus, NVIDIA Corporation, Multiplexer, Battery, Pass-Through

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 5 hours ago - 262 Documents

Toyota Prius

Toyota SA says still too early to say if Prius to be recalled

It was too early to say whether local units of the Prius would be included in the international recall of the vehicle, Toyota South Africa said on Tuesday. Spokesman Leo Kok said the company was still waiting for instructions from Toyota in Japan on whether ... [Business Day - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 74 Documents (in Market News)

European Central Bank

US stocks bounce back on easing eurozone debt fears

US stocks bounced back Tuesday from heavy losses a day earlier as fears over the eurozone debt crisis eased slightly. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 125.23 points (1.26 percent) in opening trades to 10 033.62, a day after closing below ... [Business Report - 26 mins ago]

Entities: Greece, European Central Bank, European Union

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 58 mins ago - 12 Documents

Cisco Systems Inc

Video to drive 108% CAGR in mobile data use to 2014

(Telecompaper) Global mobile data traffic will reach 3.6 exabytes per month or an annual run rate of 40 exabytes by 2014, according to the Cisco Visual Networking... ... [Telecom Paper - 58 mins ago]

Entities: Cisco Systems Inc

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 33 Documents

Vehicle sales in RP up 33.8 % in January

MANILA, Feb. 9 — Sales of vehicles in the country rose to 11,763 units in January this year, up 33.8 percent from 8,791 units in January last year. 'A high January sales volume augurs well for the year. It is a good start for stronger sales for 2010,' ... [Balita.org - 18 mins ago]

Entities: Vehicle Sales, Philippines, Commercial Vehicle

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 16 mins ago - 88 Documents

Google Inc

New Google Tool Builds Hype

Theres nothing like rumours of a new Google tool launch to get the industry tongues wagging, and today theres lots of hype building. According to the grapevine, Google is on the verge (potentially even today) of releasing a new social app or toolwhich ... [searchnewz: Top Story RSS Feed - 16 mins ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, Social Media

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 17 Documents

Chicago Preview: Ford Transit Connect Electric and CNG-powered taxi van

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, Chicago Auto Show, Natural Gas Ford Transit Connect Electric - Click above for high-res gallery Ford's electric vehicle (EV) naming scheme is becoming clear: add the word "electric" to a vehicle's standard name and presto, ... [Autoblog Green - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Chicago, Electric Vehicle, Liquefied Petroleum Gas

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 49 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Galleon scam: Indian-American Intel exec pleads guilty

NEW YORK: Rajiv Goel, an Indian-American former Intel executive has pleaded guilty to providing insider information to Galleon Group's founder, Raj Rajaratnam in the largest insider trading fraud in US history. Goel, 51, a former Intel treasury department ... [Economictimes - 47 mins ago]

Entities: Galleon Group, Indian-Americans, Pleading, Raj Rajaratnam

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 32 Documents

Yulia Tymoshenko

Ukraine PM Tymoshenko to 'challenge vote results'

VIDEO Pro-Russia candidate Viktor Yanukovich on Monday won Ukraine's presidency after squeezing ahead of his rival Yulia Timoshenko in close elections. The leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution might have lost, but the spirit of the Revolution lives on. ... [Yahoo! Singapore - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine, Orange Revolution

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 39 Documents

Base commander's charges shock Eastern Ontario

Col. Russell Williams, until yesterday the commander of CFB Trenton, is facing first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two Eastern Ontario women -- including a fellow soldier -- as well as with the sexual assault and forcible confinement of two other ... [Sympatico - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Russell Williams, Base Commander, Belleville (Canada), Trenton (New Jersey, United States)

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 21 Documents

Mir Hossein Mousavi

Iran defies West and cranks up uranium work

TEHRAN: Iran has begun enriching uranium to 20 per cent purity at its Natanz plant in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog, state media have reported. It has conducted sensitive atomic work at the ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Uranium, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Sanctions

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago - 20 Documents

Michael Jackson

Los Angeles : Jacko's family fumes

Charged: Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged over his death. Picture: Reuters Source: news.com.au MICHAEL Jackson's family is outraged the pop star's doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter rather than murder, and last night confirmed plans ... [Herald Sun - 31 mins ago]

Entities: Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson, Los Angeles

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 27 Documents

Ex-governor charged in Philippine massacre

Authorities in the Philippines have filed murder charges against the former governor of southern Maguindanao province and 196 others in connection with last year's election-related massacre there. Considered the worst politically motivated violence in ... [CNN - 53 mins ago]

Entities: Philippines, Massacre, Andal Ampatuan Sr, Connivance, United States

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 18 Documents

Michelle Obama

First lady begins to fight child obesity in US

First lady Michelle Obama launched a campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity in the U.S., part of her effort to teach children about better nutrition and exercise. ... [Jakarta Post - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Obesity, Michelle Obama, Nutrition

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 17 Documents

Geneva: Actor and UN's Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti

Actress Angelina Jolie talks with Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez Source: Reuters Haiti visit comes after Dominican Republic Jolie's a UN goodwill ambassador Jolie and partner Brad Pitt donated $US1 million MOVIE star Angelina Jolie will ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Angelina Jolie, Haiti, Geneva, United Nations, Dominican Republic

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 28 Documents

Privacy prevails in airport scans

MODEST air travellers are being assured that what is private will stay private when full body scanners are introduced to Australian airports next year. The scanners will be part of a $200 million upgrade of aviation security following the Christmas Day ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Anthony Albanese, Sniffer Dogs, Kevin Rudd, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, Bomber

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 40 Documents

UN envoy in N Korea to spur nuke talks (AAP)

A senior UN envoy arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, the world body's highest-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years, amid an international push to get it back to the nuclear negotiating table.North Korea's top nuclear envoy, Kim Kye Gwan, ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 2 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, United Nations

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 44 mins ago - 19 Documents

Safer Internet Day, but for whom?

Sprinkled with figures that pass for statistics, Bulgarian officials and non-governmental organisations attempted to out-do one another in advice on how to be safe online on the occasion of international Safer Internet Day, February 9. The 110 registered ... [Sofia Echo - 44 mins ago]

Entities: Bulgaria, paedophilia, Social Networks, Microsoft Corporation

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 26 Documents

Nigerian parliament votes to suspend ailing president

Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.Both houses of the national assembly voted by consensus to install Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Blogs

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UN Asks for $538 Million to Aid Pakistan's Huma... [The World Newser - 24 mins ago] ABC's Nick Schifrin reports from Pakistan: The war that Pakistan has waged inside its own borders since 9/11 has cost the country $35 billion and displaced millions, ...
Text messages in Nigeria urge people to murder [textually.org - 30 mins ago] Text messages that urged people to murder and then burn their victims' bodies helped stoke inter-religious violence in central Nigeria that killed hundreds of people ...
'It’s Done, Honey': Obama Signs Memorandum on C... [Political Punch - 31 mins ago] ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: In the Oval Office this morning, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum in conjunction with his wife’s launch of a nationwide ...
How Health Care Reform Setback Might Benefit Bi... [WSJ.com: Law Blog - 32 mins ago] It’s an interesting, and often underexposed component of BigLaw practice — lobbying. And given the popularity nationwide of lobbyists and their oft-derided “special ...
Goldman’s Trojan currency swap [FT Alphaville - 36 mins ago] A curious game of Maastricht criteria hide-and-seekThe Spiegel is reporting that Goldman Sachs helped Greece cover up part of its whopping deficit. The deal was ...

Audio/Video

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A Hero Pilot's Tale [CBS - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Just Hangin' Around [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Devoted Fan [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
'Simulated Weapon' Leads to Suspension [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
A Hero Pilot's Tale [CBS News Online - YouTube - 1 hour ago]

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