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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:04 PM

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 76 Documents

Jairam Ramesh

India halts GM crop

India has halted the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop, known as BT brinjal. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh says more studies are needed to ensure genetically modified aubergines are safe for consum ... [Radio New Zealand - 40 mins ago]

Entities: India, Genetically Modified, Jairam Ramesh, Monsanto Company

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 59 Documents

United Nations

UN to monitor Iran's nuclear enrichment

The UN nuclear watchdog says that a team of its inspectors is in place in Iran to monitor Iran's plans to start enriching uranium to higher levels. Tehran says it has begun to produce 20 per cent enriched uranium at its Natanz plant, in the presence of ... [ABC Radio Australia News - 43 mins ago]

Entities: Enrichment, Iran, United Nations

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 46 Documents

Maori Party (NZ)

Voters ready for tax change

But flagging an era of tax reform - especially of the widespread variety being recommended to give us the so-called world-class tax system - has the potential to create a whole new army of the disaffected. Mr Key, aiming for a perfectly executed high ... [stuff.co.nz - 36 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, Maori Party (NZ), Pita Sharples, Education, Shane Jones

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 147 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Mahinda Rajapakse

Former Sri Lankan general arrested

A former Sri Lankan general who ran against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January has been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country's government, authorities announced Monday night. Retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka led the troops that defeated ... [CNN - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapakse, Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lanka, Mano Ganeshan

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 29 Documents (in Internet & IT)

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Optimus

Switchable graphics may not be one of the most exciting new technologies to hit the notebook space in the last few years, but for PC enthusiasts, I think it's easily one of the most important. Enthusiasts are a notoriously demanding lot, you see. We crave ... [Dark Vision Hardware - 45 mins ago]

Entities: Optimus, NVIDIA Corporation, Intel Corporation

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 32 Documents (in Environment)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Proposes New Climate Service

The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Service, ... [American Scientist - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Web Portal, United States, Climate Research

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 7 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 - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 165 Documents

Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota bites the bullet on brakes

TOYOTA is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest auto maker. "I don't see Toyota... ... [Shanghai Daily - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Prius

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 92 Documents

MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Pick Up Steam; Dow Rises 220 Points

Optimism over potential stabilization in Greece buoyed U.S. stocks on Tuesday, with rallying steel, chemical and energy stocks helping the broader market accelerate midday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was recently up 221 points, or 2.3%, to ... [Morningstar.com - 35 mins ago]

Entities: Greece, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 36 Documents (in Economy)

American Commercial Lines beats analysts' expectations

Shares in American Commercial Lines Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLI ) were up sharply after it reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.09 per share, -- substantially better than the $0.06 analysts had been expecting. Commenting on fourth quarter and full year results, ... [Marine Log - 37 mins ago]

Entities: American Commercial Lines Inc, Continuing Operations, Declination, Operating Income

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 33 mins ago - 31 Documents

Food and Drug Administration

Study: 'Electronic cigarettes' don't...

'Electronic cigarettes' that vaporize nicotine juice to inhale instead of smoke from burning tobacco do not deliver as promised, according to research at . 'They are as effective at nicotine delivery as puffing on an unlit cigarette,' said Dr. Thomas ... [CNN - 33 mins ago]

Entities: Nicotine, Food and Drug Administration, United States

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 14 Documents

Cisco Systems Inc

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

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 Index report, offering forecasts on mobile data for 2009-2014. The forecast equates to a 39-fold increase ... [Digital Media Europe - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Cisco Systems Inc, VNI, Mobile Broadband, Proliferation

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 5 hours ago - 75 Documents

Yulia Tymoshenko

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 - 5 hours ago]

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

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 42 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Survivor found in rubble four weeks after Haiti quake

Comments are moderated by CNN, in accordance with the CNN Comment Policy, and may not appear on this blog until they have been reviewed and deemed appropriate for posting. Also, due to the volume of comments we receive, not all comments will be poste ... [CNN - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Earthquake, Haiti

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 20 Documents

Scott Harrison

Ford ready to take wraps off Transit Connect Electric

Dearborn --Ford Motor Co. is scheduled to unveil the Ford Transit Connect Electric on Wednesday at the Chicago Auto Show. It's the first in a series of battery-powered vehicles from the Dearborn automaker. As The Detroit News first reported last week, ... [Detroit News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Erich Merkle, Dearborn (Michigan, United States), Oak Park (Michigan, United States), Scott Harrison, Azure Dynamics Corp

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 30 Documents

Nearly 200 more arrests over Philippines massacre

The Philippines has charged 196 more people with murder over a pre-election massacre in Maguindanao province in November, which left 57 dead. Those charged include Andal Ampatuan Senior, formerly a provincial governor and ally of President Gloria Arr ... [ABC Radio Australia News - 42 mins ago]

Entities: Massacre, Philippines, Arrests

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 33 mins ago - 25 Documents

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's Doctor Hires More Lawyers

The legal team representing Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, has recently added two lawyers with deep experience in celebrity trials and wrongful death cases, , an Am Law Daily sibling publication. As you surely know, Los Angeles prosecutors ... [American Lawyer - 33 mins ago]

Entities: Michael Jackson, Joseph Low, Britney Spears, Murder, Wrongful Death

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 34 Documents

ConAgra Foods Inc

Gas Plant Explosion Kills Five Workers

Five workers were killed and 12 were injured from an explosion at a power plant in New Jersey. Investigators are looking at a range of possibilities, including a procedure that uses natural gas to purge pipes, as the cause of the deadly explosion. The ... [Processing Magazine - 56 mins ago]

Entities: ConAgra Foods Inc, Natural Gas, US Chemical Safety Board, Rosa DeLauro, Kleen Energy Systems

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 50 Documents

Indian-American Intel executive pleads guilty in insider trading scam

New York, Feb 9 (IANS) 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 ... [Yahoo! India - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Indian-Americans, Insider Trading, Pleading, Raj Rajaratnam

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 27 Documents

At least 24 dead after Afghan avalanche

A series of avalanches around a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan has killed at least 24 people with at least 40 others feared dead. Some of the victims froze to death in cars or were overcome by exhaust fumes in the tunnel. The avalanches -- following several ... [ABC Radio Australia News - 43 mins ago]

Entities: Avalanche, Hindu Kush, Kabul

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 22 Documents

China takes lead role with data on pollution

CHINA'S first national pollution census has identified nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste throughout the country. The survey focusing on industrial and agricultural pollution,... ... [Shanghai Daily - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Pollution, China, Census

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 25 Documents

First lady announces 'Let's Move'

First lady Michelle Obama announces 'Let's Move' Tags: White House , Michelle Obama , Text Size - + reset First lady Michelle Obama will launch a national campaign on Tuesday to combat the epidemic of childhood obesity. Photo: AP Digg/Buzz It Up POLITICO ... [Politico - 43 mins ago]

Entities: Obesity, Michelle Obama, Calorie, American Academy of Pediatrics

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 37 Documents

Quake researcher jailed

BEIJING - A Chinese court has sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said. Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang ... [New Zealand Herald - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Earthquake, Chengdu, Pu Zhiqiang, Quash, SubVersion

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 26 Documents

Germany loses trade crown to China as exports plunge

China overtook Germany last year to become the world's leading exporter as German trade suffered its sharpest slump since 1950, figures from Germany's national statistics ... [Taiwan News Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Germany, China

Blogs

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Kaizen Fail: Toyota Recalls 437,000 Hybrids Wor... [Treehugger - 1 hour ago] Photo: Toyota Ouch We all knew it was coming, but now it's official. Toyota has formally filed a voluntary recall for 437,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide. Most of ...
Innovations for Fighting Plastic Waste [Treehugger - 1 hour ago] Image credit: Good Plastic trash, we know, is a serious problem . It's refreshing to know that some innovative people are working on solutions.... Read the full ...
Reminder: Microsoft's WinMo on 18 Percent of U.... [All Things Digital - 1 hour ago] Here’s a metric to consider in advance of The Mobile World Congress next week and the likely debut of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Mobile 7 operating system : As widely ...
No Verizon iPhone Until 2011? [All Things Digital - 1 hour ago] Asked about Apple’s relationship with AT&T during a conference call last January, Apple COO Tim Cook described the carrier as “a great partner” and touted its plans ...
A Veteran of Big Music Explains Why Big Music I... [All Things Digital - 1 hour ago] There are plenty of people who can explain, persuasively, why the big music labels are screwed. And many of those people still work for the big music labels. But ...

Audio/Video

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Wenger on Ballck's criticism [ITN News - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
'Robonauts' to Provide Mechanical Assist [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Ad Nauseam: Super Bowl Edition [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Sweet Ideas for Valentine's Day [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Trial patient: Afinitor 'saved my life' [ITN News - YouTube - 1 hour ago]