Silobreaker: Welcome

Silobreaker.com

NEWS SEARCH ANALYSIS INSIGHT

360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends

Advanced Search Options >>

Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:28 PM

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 67 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

7 Afghan security forces killed in NATO airstrike

Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.‘Due to a NATO forces air strike on November 6 in Badghis province seven Afghan security personnel (both ... [Khaleej Times - 34 mins ago]

Entities: NATO, Friendly Fire, Air Strike

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 35 Documents (in Environment)

Climate change commitments of different countries

The US has said it will not sign up to a climate change deal unless developing nations also cut pollution. But what have rich and poor nations signed up to so far?Pledges by rich countries on 2020 levelsUN: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... [Telegraph - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Emission, Global Warming/Climate Change, Nationalism

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 39 mins ago - 30 Documents

Barack Obama

Obama signs bill extending jobless benefits and homebuyer tax credits

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic-stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.The bill-signing came a day after the House, ... [Denver Post - 39 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, Barack Obama, Unemployment, White House

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 162 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Sacked worker in Orlando shooting spree

A disgruntled ex-worker shot dead one person and wounded five others Friday in the US city of Orlando, before shouting 'they left me to rot' as he was hauled into custody, police said.In the second mass shooting in the United States in two days, the alleged ... [Fijilive.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Buddy Dyer, Fort Hood (United States), Fort Hood, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 61 Documents

Robert S Mueller III

Shooting tragedy also showed 'best of America': Obama

WASHINGTON (AFP) US President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to reassure US service men and women in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas, saying the tragedy had also displayed 'the best of America.' 'Thursday's shooting was one ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Fort Hood, Robert S Mueller III, Fort Hood (United States), Nidal Malik Hasan

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 mins ago - 42 Documents

Republican Party (US)

The House health care debate: What to watch for

As Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray mentioned in their Washington Post story Saturday, not a single Republican is expected to support the legislation, so House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) needs at least 218 of the 258 Democrats -- about 85 percent ... [Washington Post - 14 mins ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), C-SPAN, Zack Space, Louise Slaughter, Baron Hill

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 41 Documents

Gordon Brown

UPDATE:UK Brown:G20 Should Mull Global Financial Transaction Levy

ST ANDREWS, Scotland -(Dow Jones)- The Group of 20 leading economies should consider applying a global financial transactions tax to pay for the cost of future banking crises, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday.Brown said G20 members should discuss ... [Nasdaq - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Levy, Gordon Brown, United Kingdom, Taxes

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 82 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Verizon Communications Inc

Happy Droid Day

After weeks of speculation, followed by a real announcement , followed by more waiting, Motorola and Verizon have finally released the Droid, the supposed iPhone-killer which is the first device using version 2.0 of Google’s Android operating system.The ... [Industry Standard - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Verizon Communications Inc, iPhone, Greg Kumparak, Motorola Inc

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 14 mins ago - 13 Documents

ATandT completes delayed Centennial acquisition

ATandT said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications, has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. Full story... ... [TechNews.AM - 14 mins ago]

Entities: Acquisition, Complementary, Centennial Communications Corp.

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 20 Documents

Canadian, U.S. Jobless Data Sow Confusion

OTTAWA - The missing link in the U. S economic recovery -- job creation -- could materialize in the coming months, analysts say, after figures released yesterday indicated the pace of layoffs has eased considerably even though the jobless rate soared ... [Financial Post - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Stewart Hall, United States, Canada, Layoffs

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 145 Documents

The U-6

Earlier in my post on US Unemployment Reaching a 26-Year High, I said this about the U-6: Among all groups, the U6 underemployment rate -- a broader measure of the jobs shortfall which includes people whose hours have been cut, those working part-time ... [MyDD - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Recession, Unemployment Rate, David Leonhardt

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 17 Documents

Baldor Electric Company

What recovery? US unemployment tops 10%

Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the US economy relapsed on Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought. The jobless ... [NDTV Profit - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Jose Betancourt, Recession, Baldor Electric Company, Unemployment Rate

More Top Stories

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 25 Documents

US Pacific Fleet

11 dead in military plane crash (ABC)

1:54 amRussia detains two over Politkovskaya murder November 5, 2009, 10:30 pmRussia spy chief warns of new Georgia war November 6, 2009, 2:02 amRussia says nationalists killed lawyer, reporter November 6, 2009, 4:13 amAwash in notes? Piano "drowns" ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Russia, Tupolev, Military/Armed Forces, US Pacific Fleet

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 23 Documents (in Politics)

Hizballah

Hezbollah agrees to join Lebanon unity government

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday. Lebanon has been without a functioning ... [Haaretz - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Hizballah, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Okab Sakr, Ziad Baroud

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 60 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Skype Technologies SA

Skype founders get stake

Online auction giant eBay ended a year-long battle with the founders of Skype yesterday, clearing the way to sell off the Internet calling service.Litigation had been flying back and forth among Skype's founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who ... [New York Post - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc, Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 45 mins ago - 23 Documents

Hosni Mubarak

Premier Wen meets Egyptian president

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) talks with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo November 7, 2009. [Agencies]CAIRO: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on ... [CHINAdaily - 45 mins ago]

Entities: Egypt, Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Wen Jiabao, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 50 mins ago - 24 Documents

United Nations

UN to refer Gaza report

Edith M LedererNew York - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he will send a report calling for Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war crimes during last winter's conflict in Gaza to the UN Security Council 'as soon as possible.'The ... [News24.com - 50 mins ago]

Entities: Israel, International Criminal Court, Riyad Mansour, United Nations, Crime

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 17 mins ago - 18 Documents

5,000 cut off by flooding on New South Wales

35 min 29 sec ago(NECN/CH 7/CH 9) - The New South Wales state government declared several areas on the state's mid north coast a natural disaster zone after severe flooding damaged roads and left up to 5-thousand people isolated, Australian news agencies ... [NECN.com - 17 mins ago]

Entities: Flooding, Sydney (Australia), Disaster

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 18 Documents

International Atomic Energy Agency

Iran politician says nuke deal 'off'

A proposal for Iran to send semi-enriched uranium out of the country to be processed into nuclear fuel rods has been called off, an Iranian politician says.The semiofficial Iranian Student's News Agency Saturday quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chief of ... [UPI - 29 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Enrichment, Nuclear Fuel, International Atomic Energy Agency

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 43 Documents

GM's Europe chief leaving after Opel deal rejected

Carl-Peter Forster, who has been General Motors' top European executive since June 2004, supported a proposed Opel sale that was rejected by GM's board. ( AFP/ file photo ) DETROIT Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe who ... [Denver Post - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Adam Opel GmbH (Opel), Carl-Peter Forster, General Motors Corporation

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 14 Documents

Families fear for fate of captured fishermen

The families of 36 kidnapped Spanish fishermen, under threat of death by Somali pirates, have come together to urge their government to give in to the brigands demands.Spain holds two Somali men captured in connection with the hijacking of the tuna trawler ... [EuroNews - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Hostage, Indian Ocean, Piracy

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 33 Documents

United Security Bank in Sparta, Georgia closes

United Security Bank, Sparta, Georgia, was closed Friday by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.To protect depositors, FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption ... [Big News Network - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Security Bank Corp, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Georgia

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 32 Documents

'Combat Barbie' Is The New Miss England

Damien Pearse, Sky News Online A soldier dubbed 'Combat Barbie' has been crowned Miss England after her predecessor relinquished the title over a nightclub bust-up. Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge takes over from Rachel Christie, 21, who is stepping down ... [Sky News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: England, Miss Jones, Katrina Hodge, La Senza, Miss World

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 31 Documents

S. Arabia 'neutralising' Yemen rebels

Arabia) Saudi Arabia said on Friday its jets and ground forces blasted Yemen rebels on the two countries rugged border after being attacked and briefly occupied by the insurgents.Sporadic shelling could be heard from the border around the Jebel Al Dukhan ... [Oman Tribune - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Yemen, Neutralization, Jizan (Saudi Arabia), Tornado, Military Campaigns

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Canon EOS 7D firmware update cures 'residual im... [Engadget - 46 mins ago] Say what you will, but Canon's customer service / engineering department definitely looks out for consumers willing to spend just under two large on a new body. ...
Ex-Hurricane Ida batters Nicaragua [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 ...
Obama 'firm' on US support for Taiwan [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] President Barack Obama, set for a mission to China this month to boost warming ties, will stay firm on the US policy of supporting but not recognizing rival Taiwan, ...
Russian military plane crashes, killing 11 [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials ...
ASUS to dizzy eyes with G51J3D and G72GX 3D lap... [Engadget - 1 hour ago] Well, lookie here. ASUS has just jumped in on the 3D bandwagon. Just a few weeks after the 5738DG was unveiled, two more 3D laptops are now said to be on tap. Yeah ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
'Everybody's Fine' premiere [CNN.com - Video - 10 hours ago]
Mobile bulletin - 1935 - 06 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
Crowds Roar, Confetti Falls for NY Yankees [Associated Press - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
CNN News Update (11-6-2009 9 PM EST) [CNN News Update - 10 hours ago]
Independence, satire and press freedom [News On ABC - YouTube - 10 hours ago]

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options