Mar
10
2010

Haiti Constructive Plans, Somalia Destructive Scams

The Haitian government presents a new plan for the reconstruction of Haiti.

Iran criticizes the US’s involvement in Afghanistan saying that there will never be stability in Afghanistan as long as the United States has troops there.

Transonic Combustion, a new company out of California, has created a fuel injection system that can be [...]

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Feb
27
2010

Apple Suppliers Are Sour; California Woes Are Louder

Apple’s suppliers may be violating the company’s code. Of cited violations in 2009, three involved the hiring of underage workers; three involved the use of noncertified vendors for the disposal of hazardous waste; three involved the presentation of falsified records during the audit; and eight involved excessive recruitment fees.

Warren Buffet admitted fault to the shareholders [...]

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Feb
11
2010

Nuclear Capabilities Unfold; Text Message Saviors Untold

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has claimed that Iran is almost ‘nuclear ready’.

Only two days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the American Red Cross raised $7 million via text messaging from more than 700,000 wireless customers. Donations poured in from every wireless network, including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Red [...]

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Feb
05
2010

Haiti Starting From Blank, Karma Biting Banks

Customs officials and tax inspectors in Greece are holding a two-day strike to protest against government austerity measures, including wage cuts.

In a new effort to loosen the gridlock that is blocking progress towards peace in the Middle East, the US State Department has appointed one of its foremost Arabists as its new Ambassador [...]

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Feb
02
2010

Kidnapping In Haiti; Chinese Ivy League

Ten Americans have been arrested in Haiti for allegedly kidnapping 33 children with the intent of putting them up for adoption in the U.S.

China’s top universities could soon rival Oxford, Cambridge and the Ivy League, the president of Yale University has said. But the Chinese government now spends billions of yen – at least 1.5% [...]

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Jan
27
2010

Change Is Questioned; No Transportation And Texting

Haitians are buying nails to make initial repairs, searching out “tri-tri” – a powder of tiny dried fish used to season rice – and even getting haircuts: all of which means that, slowly, the economy is showing signs of life after being knocked out by the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Teen pregnancy in the U.S. has started [...]

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Jan
26
2010

Teens Are Drinking; Children Are Aiding

Teens who get drunk are more likely to suffer “irreversible brain damage” than adults who drink, according to a study by the University of California, San Diego.

In London, more than 150 people have approached consumer publication ‘Which? Computing’ claiming to have been wrongly targeted in crackdowns on illegal file-sharing.

A heated debate on Capitalism on a [...]

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