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Orange Austria bietet Mobilfunk mit 42 Mbit/s [New Window]
Mobile Breitband-Zugnge sind in sterreich sehr erfolgreich. Vergangenes Jahr waren 70 Prozent aller neuen Breitbandanschlsse mobil, wodurch der Mobilfunkanteil am Gesamtmarkt von 38 auf 44 Prozent stieg.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:35:58 -0400 Clinton: Netanyahu responded with 'useful, productive' ideas to defuse crisis [New Window]
MOSCOW--Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that she had received a "useful and productive" response from Israel after a tense standoff over a housing project threatened to derail plans for Middle East peace talks.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:34:00 -0400 German Diocese Ignored Abuse Warnings, Doctor Says [New Window]
A psychiatrist says that the German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored his warnings in the early 1980s about a priest accused of sexually abusing boys.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:20:41 -0400 Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban [New Window]
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:08:07 -0400 For Chinese people, loss of Google would mean 'nothing but darkness' [New Window]
BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:06:01 -0400 Arrests of Top Taliban Figures Ended Talks, Ex-Envoy Says [New Window]
Kai Eide, the former top U.N. official in Afghanistan,said that the arrests by Pakistan have complicated peace negotiations.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:57:25 -0400 Clinton Calls Israels Moves to Ease Tension Useful [New Window]
At an international meeting on Friday, the emphasis was on starting Israels indirect talks with the Palestinians.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:40:41 -0400 British Airways Resumes Talks With Union in Effort to Avert Strike [New Window]
Airline and union leaders restarted talks on Friday to try to halt a strike this weekend that would disrupt thousands of passengers.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:30:01 -0400 After a Bitter Campaign, Forging an Alliance [New Window]
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have formed a surprisingly credible partnership.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:20:46 -0400 Tourists Believe They Found Natalee Holloway's Remains [New Window]
LANCASTER, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania couple believe they may have found Natalee Holloway's skeleton on a vacation to Aruba.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:11:00 -0400 SC Gov. agrees to pay $74,000 in ethics fines over travel, spending; His divorce becomes final [New Window]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has closed two chapters of his life, agreeing to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve ethics charges brought against him after last summer's revelation of an extramarital affair, and receiving word that a judge had formally ended his 20-year marriage to his wife, Jenny.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:54:00 -0400 Apple sucht Inhalte frs iPad [New Window]
Die Nachfrage nach Apples Tablet-Computer scheint riesig. Aber mit den speziell dafr ausgelegten Inhalten von Fernsehsendern und Verlagen soll es noch hapern.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:54:17 -0400 Rift on Iran Emerges as Clinton Visits Moscow [New Window]
In a tart public clash over Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the planned opening of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran would send the wrong signal.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:40:33 -0400 Sheriff's office: Body found on Wash. island beach is missing boy; mother still missing [New Window]
SEATTLE (AP) — The body of an 8-year-old boy who vanished with his mother has washed ashore on an island beach in Puget Sound about 12 miles from where their abandoned minivan was found. The boy's mother is still missing.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:40:00 -0400 For Indias Newly Rich Farmers, Limos Wont Do [New Window]
Land acquisition has created pockets of instant wealth and a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:48:27 -0400 Japanese fish dealers welcome rejection of tuna trade... [New Window]
Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:45:49 -0400 Profi-Klasse [New Window]
Lenovo baut ins Thinkpad X100e viele Merkmale eines Business-Notebooks ein: Spitzentastatur mit Trackpoint, UMTS, mattes Display.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:35:43 -0400 U.N. Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna [New Window]
Delegates at a conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, rejected the U.S.-backed measures.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:30:59 -0400 German Archbishop Expresses Shame Over Scandal [New Window]
The leader of the Catholic Church in Bavaria discussed the molestation cases that have shaken Pope Benedict XVIs home region.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:30:47 -0400 N. Korea Is Said to Execute Finance Chief [New Window]
The fate of Pak Nam-gi, who is said to have spearheaded a botched currency reform, became an object of speculation after absences from official functions.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:11 -0400 Colombia rejects U.S. extradition request [New Window]
Daniel Rendon Herrera, an ex-paramilitary leader and suspected drug trafficker, has been indicted by the U.S. The Colombian high court bars his extradition, citing his cooperation in domestic cases. Colombia's Supreme Court has blocked the extradition to the United States of a notorious former paramilitary leader and alleged drug trafficker arrested last year, citing the importance of his testimony in bringing justice to victims of decades of violence in the South American country.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Gaza rocket kills Thai worker in southern Israel [New Window]
The latest in a recent spate of attacks causes the first such fatality in the area in more than a year. A group taking responsibility cites the 'Judaization of holy sites' in Jerusalem. A rocket launched Thursday from the Gaza Strip killed a Thai farmworker in southern Israel, the first such fatality in the area in more than a year.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Al Qaeda's new tactic is to seize shortcuts [New Window]
U.S. officials believe Al Qaeda and affiliates now favor opportunity over complex, multilayered mass casualty attacks. And that makes prevention tougher. Al Qaeda and its affiliates have adapted their tactics to emphasize speed and probability of success over spectacle, U.S. intelligence officials believe, a shift in strategy that poses problems for spy agencies that were reorganized in recent years to stop large-scale attacks like those of Sept. 11, 2001.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Hillary Clinton, Russians clash publicly over Iran reactor [New Window]
With Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at her side, the secretary of State reproaches Moscow for building and fueling the plant without assurances on weaponry. Lavrov stands his ground. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had barely arrived in Moscow for nuclear arms and Mideast talks when tensions over Iran flared up publicly Thursday.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 U.S. envoy trip to Mideast is back on [New Window]
George J. Mitchell, whose planned visit had been called off amid a diplomatic dispute with Israel, will head back to the region this weekend to resume talks. The Obama administration said Thursday that its Middle East peace envoy is headed to the region this weekend to resume consultations, a visit that had been postponed earlier in the week over a diplomatic dispute with Israel.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Religious tensions flare in Malaysia [New Window]
Canings and church firebombings have some wondering whether the nation's Muslims are becoming more conservative and less tolerant of Christians and other minority groups. The Metro Tabernacle Church, a storefront with metal shutters, sits gutted, black smoke stains on the concrete pillars bearing witness to the intense fire that destroyed the property.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 World Briefing | EUROPE: Czech Republic: Doctors Group Apologizes to Jews [New Window]
A Czech doctors organization apologized to Jewish doctors Thursday for the persecution they endured in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:39 -0400 Report Says China Sold Bad Vaccines to Hospitals [New Window]
A newspaper article has reawakened a controversy over whether provincial authorities improperly stored vaccines, rendering them ineffective, and then let them be administered to children.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:39 -0400 World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: 20 More Detained in Overthrow Plot [New Window]
The police detained about 20 people on Thursday in a continuing investigation into a supposed plot to overthrow the government with the backing of the countrys powerful military.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:36 -0400 World Briefing | ASIA: Thailand: Antigovernment Protesters Vow to Continue [New Window]
Antigovernment demonstrators said Thursday that they would continue their protests at least through the weekend, as efforts to mediate a standoff with the government faltered.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:40:34 -0400 Johannesburg Journal: Music, Infused With Sorrow and Joy, in Honor of Migrant Dreamers [New Window]
A show by a legendary trumpeter celebrates the music of the migrant workers who converged in South Africa from different parts of the continent to dig for gold.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:56 -0400 Raids Aim to Find Killers of 3 in Mexico [New Window]
Agents cracked down on a gang in El Paso to determine whether it was behind the deaths of three people tied to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:35 -0400 Gaza Rocket Attack Kills Thai Worker in Israel [New Window]
A foreign agricultural worker was the first fatality from Gaza rocket fire since Israels 2009 military offensive.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:34 -0400 Woman Known as JihadJane Pleads Not Guilty [New Window]
Colleen R. LaRose, 46, known by her Internet name, JihadJane, pleaded not guilty in Philadelphia to charges of being a terrorist sympathizer.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:43 -0400 Polanski Appeal Alleges More Secret Dealings by Judge in 77 Case [New Window]
Lawyers for the director Roman Polanski said that testimony by a former prosecutor supports their claims of judicial misconduct.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:57:31 -0400 U.S. Citizen Is Released From Prison in Myanmar [New Window]
Mr. Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist from Myanmar who is a naturalized American citizen, had been in detention since September.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:06:50 -0400 Tiger Deaths Raise Alarms About Chinese Zoos [New Window]
A zoo where 11 rare Siberian tigers recently starved to death is fast becoming a symbol of the mistreatment of animals in China.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:06:31 -0400 Young Hostage Freed After Wide Hunt [New Window]
A harrowing saga of kidnappers, cops, ransom and surveillance that reached from Pakistan to Spain ended with arrests and the return of the 5-year-old hostage.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:04:53 -0400 World Briefing | Australia: Lawmakers Reject Inquiry on Scientology [New Window]
The Senate on Thursday rejected a call for an inquiry into accusations against the Church of Scientology made by former members who said they had been abused and harassed.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:02:09 -0400 World Briefing | Africa: Congo: Soldiers Seize Wounded Patients at Gunpoint [New Window]
Government soldiers barged into a hospital in eastern Congo last week, harassed medical workers and removed four wounded patients at gunpoint.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:59:50 -0400 Insurers Large Public Offering Could Lift Japans Markets [New Window]
The offering by Dai-Ichi Mutual Life is expected to raise $12 billion, but the market for new listings has been unpredictable.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:47:41 -0400 U.S. Presses China on Valuation of Renminbi [New Window]
In a speech, the American ambassador reiterated the stance of the United States as China polled manufacturers on the issue.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:42:29 -0400 Israeli Suggests Steps to Aid Peace Talks [New Window]
Israels premier called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to propose steps to be taken by Israelis and Palestinians to help restart peace negotiations.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:19:17 -0400 Man Pleads Guilty in 1968 Plane Hijacking to Cuba [New Window]
Luis Armando Pea Soltren, who was arrested when he returned to Kennedy Airport after more than 40 years in Cuba, will be sentenced June 29.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:10:21 -0400 Citing health-care vote, Obama delays trip to Indonesia [New Window]
The T-shirts showing President Obama's likeness had been printed. The state dinner was being prepared. And millions of Indonesians were ready -- finally -- to see a U.S. president they claim as their own arrive to a hero's greeting.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley admits role in Mumbai attacks [New Window]
An American man who scouted targets for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist strike pleaded guilty Thursday to a dozen criminal charges and agreed to help prosecutors and intelligence analysts probing other likely targets overseas.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 U.S. to send envoy back to Mideast as Israel moves to smooth relations [New Window]
In an effort to defuse a bitter spat with the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday night to propose confidence-building measures to get Middle East peace talks back on track, U.S. and Israeli officials said.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Defense official says Afghan program was authorized [New Window]
Michael D. Furlong, the senior Defense Department employee under investigation for allegedly running an unauthorized intelligence-gathering operation in Afghanistan, says his now-suspended program was fully authorized by top U.S. military commanders.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 U.S. agents target El Paso gang in effort to solve 3 killings in Juarez [New Window]
MCALLEN, TEXAS -- More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in a bid to learn who killed three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last weekend.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 U.S., Russian negotiators 'at the finish line' on new START nuclear pact [New Window]
MOSCOW -- U.S. and Russian negotiators are "at the finish line" in negotiating a major agreement to cut the number of nuclear warheads each side has deployed against the other, with just one or two issues left to resolve, officials said Thursday.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Featured Advertiser [New Window]
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 World news roundup: In Turkey, at least 20 are arrested in coup plot [New Window]
TURKEY Turkish police on Thursday rounded up at least 20 people suspected of being part of an underground network that allegedly conspired to topple the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies [New Window]
By early 2008, top U.S. military officials had become convinced that extremists planning attacks on American forces in Iraq were making use of a Web site set up by the Saudi government and the CIA to uncover terrorist plots in the kingdom.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 California officials investigate booby trapped police station; call acts 'urban terrorism' [New Window]
The California attorney general seeks the public's help in solving the attacks, so far without injuries, targeting an anti-gang task force and police officers in Hemet. Describing it as "urban terrorism," California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown joined with Riverside County officials Thursday in asking the public to help find those who tried at least three times to kill officers assigned to a Hemet-based gang task force.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:58:00 -0400 Safety Issues Linger as Nuclear Reactors Shrink in Size [New Window]
Some environmentalists said the nuclear industry would be risking its green record if it adapted smaller nuclear reactors, like those once used in submarines, to light a city.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:50:12 -0400 A Guilty Plea to 2 Terrorism Charges [New Window]
David C. Headley pleaded guilty to helping plan both a terrorist attack in India and a proposed attack in Denmark.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:36:42 -0400 Irans Opposition Seeks More Help in Cyberwar [New Window]
Iranian democracy advocates welcome a U.S. decision to lift sanctions on some online services, but they say they need more help in overcoming government roadblocks to information.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:10:41 -0400 Second death in Fiji storm [New Window]
Fijians cleaning up after a devastating cyclone discovered the body of a second victim on Friday, as military forces from three nations worked to find out the extent of damage to outlying islands and deliver aid.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:03:55 -0400 Federal grand jury subpoenas GOP senatorial committee, companies in Sen. Ensign probe [New Window]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Sen. John Ensign, who has been under scrutiny for his efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:02:00 -0400 Germany Now Says I.M.F. Should Rescue Greece [New Window]
After originally backing a European rescue for Greece, Germany signaled that help should come from the I.M.F.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:46 -0400 Christiane Amanpour replaces Stephanopoulos for ABC Sunday morning job [New Window]
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has hired Christiane Amanpour, one of CNN's best-known personalities for her hard-nosed reporting from war zones over the past two decades, to host its Sunday morning political talk show starting this summer.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:02:00 -0400 Netanyahu reaches out to Clinton on deadlock over Israeli settlements [New Window]
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday night with specific proposals to improve the prospects for peace in the Middle East, in an effort to end the fierce dispute over Israeli building in the disputed parts of Jerusalem, U.S. officials ...
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:00 -0400 Wait, Wait, Don't Torture Me [New Window]
French television producers managed to trick dozens of people -- who were told that they were taking part in a pilot for a new game show which, in fact, never existed -- into administering apparently painful electric shocks to a fellow contestant.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:35:49 -0400 Terror suspect admits scouting for Mumbai massacre [New Window]
A Chicago man admitted in court Thursday that he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai before a 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 dead and helped plan an attack a Danish newspaper that never took place.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:26:13 -0400 Painter recolors Afghanistan [New Window]
Moheb paints his own reality, each canvas a refuge in a broken country caught up in a war that seems to have no end. Moheb Sadiq gazed at his self-portrait and sighed.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:18:00 -0400 Turkey detains 20 suspects in coup conspiracy [New Window]
ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Thursday rounded up at least 20 people suspected of being part of an underground network that allegedly conspired to topple the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:13:52 -0400 Tilikum, SeaWorld trainers redo routines after tragedy [New Window]
Three times a day, just as they always have, SeaWorld Orlando's killer-whale trainers brush Tilikum's teeth.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0400 NY Gov. Paterson says he was first to tell media about conversation with aide's accuser [New Window]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that he was the first to reveal a conversation he had with a woman at the center of a domestic violence scandal, the second consecutive day the once-silent governor defended his actions.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:00 -0400 Letter from China: Navigating Child Policy in China [New Window]
After decades of being told when they can give birth and how often, China's women usually follow their heads, not their hearts.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:44 -0400 Man killed in Gaza rocket attack [New Window]
Palestinian militants have killed an Israeli farm worker in their first rocket attack from Gaza since last year's Israeli offensive.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:01:04 -0400 Burma junta frees, deports Montgomery Co. activist [New Window]
Burma's government on Thursday released a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Montgomery Village after six months of sometimes brutal captivity.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:33:57 -0400 China Mobile: 65 Millionen Neukunden - in einem Jahr [New Window]
Das Unternehmen China Mobile hat seine Position als grter Mobilfunk-Provider weltweit ausgebaut: Zum Jahresende 2009 zhlte der Konzern 522 Millionen Kunden 65 Millionen mehr als vor einem Jahr.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:31:16 -0400 First Couple of Iran's Opposition Post Video Messages for Persian New Year [New Window]
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have posted defiant messages on Facebook to mark the Persian new year, Nowruz.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:28:26 -0400 Iran frees activists for Iranian New Year holiday [New Window]
Iran released a prominent opposition politician as well as two reformist activists and a filmmaker detained for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, a relative and state media said Thursday.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:58:00 -0400 Kindle-Software fr Mac [New Window]
Die kostenlose Software Kindle for Mac zeigt bei Amazon gekaufte E-Books auf dem Mac an.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:27:17 -0400 A Call to Jihad in an American Accent [New Window]
CNN has obtained and broadcast parts of a new audio recording it says was made by Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Muslim cleric with an online following and links to several terror plots.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:07:52 -0400 Gericht weist Klagen gegen Frequenzversteigerung ab [New Window]
Die Mobilfunker E-Plus und O2 sowie der Breitbandanbieter Airdata sind mit ihren Klagen gegen die geplante Versteigerung von Mobilfunkfrequenzen einschlielich der Digitalen Dividende in der ersten Instanz gescheitert. Das Verwaltungsgericht Kln wies die Beschwerden ab.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:03:14 -0400 Mexican Marines Raid Rown Police Force, 8 Cops Arrested [New Window]
VILLALDAMA, Mexico a ' Mexican marines detained more than half the police force of a northern rural town Wednesday for suspected ties to drug cartels.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:40:27 -0400 Crowded Bus Plunges Into Nepal River, Killing 24 [New Window]
A crowded bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a river in western Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and leaving another nine missing, officials said.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:39:30 -0400 Some Fargo, ND, residents determined to stay despite floods, but 1 has a canoe just in case [New Window]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:32:00 -0400 Thai Protests to Continue Through Weekend [New Window]
Antigovernment demonstrators said that they would continue their protests through the weekend, and announced plans for a parade through Bangkok.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:25:35 -0400 HTC weist Apples Patentvorwrfe zurck [New Window]
Im Patentstreit mit Apple will sich der taiwanische Smartphone-Spezialist mit "allen rechtlichen Mitteln" verteidigen, sagte HTC-Chef Peter Chou. Apple wirft HTC vor, mit seinen Touchscreen-Smartphones zahlreiche iPhone-Patente zu verletzen.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:59:00 -0400 Mono fr Android [New Window]
Laut Mono-Projektleiter Miguel de Icaza soll bis zum Sommer eine Android-Version der .NET-Implementierung Mono fertig sein.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:14:45 -0400 Kidnap boy reunited with father [New Window]
A five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers after his family paid a 110,000 ransom has been reunited with his father.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:51:33 -0400 Poland convicts three men in theft of Auschwitz sign [New Window]
A Polish court convicted three men Thursday of the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) sign from the Auschwitz memorial site in December.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:50:00 -0400 Mexico border city relives nightmare of violence [New Window]
Renewed feuding in Nuevo Laredo between drug gangs spurs old fears amid dozens of deaths. Residents of this scruffy border town thought they had seen the worst of the violence five years ago, when rival drug gangs staged wild gunfights in the streets and a new police chief was slain just hours after being sworn in.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Numbers behind healthcare bill cheer Democrats, clear way for vote [New Window]
The bill will cut the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, top Democrats say. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost $940 billion over 10 years, less than expected. Healthcare overhaul will cut the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, top Democrats said on Thursday as they unveiled a preliminary Congressional Budget Office scoring that clears the way for a House vote as soon as Sunday.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:18:00 -0400 Senior official: Al-Qaida leader believed killed [New Window]
An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American missile strike last week, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:18:09 -0400 Irish Celebrate Despite Shamrock Shortage [New Window]
As if the financial crisis didn't bring enough bad news to Ireland, now it appears that changes in traditional agriculture there have decreased the amount of naturally occurring wild shamrock in the Irish countryside.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:53:55 -0400 SMS Omg: Indian's couple's steamy text messages lands them in Dubai jail [New Window]
A string of steamy text messages has resulted in a jail sentence for an Indian couple, local media announced Wednesday, in the latest case of passions clashing with the law in the cosmopolitan, yet occasionally conservative, Gulf city of Dubai.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:36:28 -0400 Nation, world go green for St. Patrick's Day [New Window]
People enjoy the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland Wednesday March 17, 2010.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:54:59 -0400 Pauschaltarif fr bundesweite Umleitung der Festnetznummer aufs Handy [New Window]
Mit einer speziellen Tarifoption von O2 lsst sich eine Festnetznummer fr monatlich rund 9 Euro aufs Handy umleiten.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:30 -0400 Pocket-Computer mit offener Hardware-Plattform fr 99 Euro [New Window]
Die Macher des freien Linux-Smartphones Openmoko haben unter dem Fimennamen Qi Hardware den Pocket-Computer Ben NanoNote vorgestellt. Das Gert im Format einer Zigarettenschachtel kostet 99 US-Dollar und steht als offene Hardware-Plattform unter einer Copyleft-Lizenz.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:32 -0400 Telekom auf dem Weg in die "Gigabit-Gesellschaft" [New Window]
Glasfaseranschlsse, mobiles Internet und neue Geschftsfelder sollen fr die Telekom den Umsatzschwund im alten Kerngeschft kompensieren. In Bonn stellte Vorstandschef Rn Obermann seine Strategie fr die "Telekom 2.0" vor.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:32 -0400 Turkey Threatens to Deport 100,000 Armenians [New Window]
Turkey's prime minister has warned that he might deport up to 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey without citizenship after resolutions passed by U.S. and Swedish lawmakers defining World War One-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:32:53 -0400 Protesters Splatter Blood on Thai PM's Home [New Window]
The gesture is the latest move by the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, or UDD, to force Abhisit to dissolve parliament and call new elections.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:07:29 -0400 Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists [New Window]
One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:48:11 -0400 Wettbewerb: Neue Add-ons fr den mobilen Firefox [New Window]
Die Mozilla Foundation hat einen Entwicklerwettbewerb gestartet, in dem Add-ons fr den Firefox Mobile programmiert werden sollen.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:55:32 -0400 Clashes Erupt in Jerusalem As Envoy Cancels Trip [New Window]
Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set garbage bins ablaze and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police Tuesday.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:22:06 -0400 Hate Groups, racists increase use of social networking [New Window]
If Time Magazine can name both the computer and " you " as Person of the Year, why can't the Internet win the Nobel Peace Prize? Perhaps because there's just as much hate involved on the Web as there is peace.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:45:18 -0400 Mexican police implicated in killings, abductions [New Window]
Scores of police officers - including the entire department of one town - have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:41:53 -0400 Huawei bernimmt Netzpflege von O2-Mobilfunk [New Window]
Der chinesische Netzwerkausrster Huawei bernimmt zum April die Wartung der Mobilfunkinfrastrukur von O2 in Deutschland. Dazu wechseln rund 220 Service-Mitarbeiter der Telefnica-Tochter zu Huawei.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:34:01 -0400 Google Appears to Drop Censorship in China [New Window]
Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, Tibet and regional independence movements could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday, after the company said it would no longer abide by Beijing's censorship rules.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:38 -0400 Pakistani officials: Suspected US missile kills 9 [New Window]
An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:13 -0400 US-Regulierer plant Breitband-Offensive [New Window]
Mit einem nationalen Breitbandplan will die Federal Communications Commission in das Rennen um die "Gigabit-Gesellschaft" einsteigen. 100 Millionen Haushalte sollen mit 100 MBit/s versorgt werden.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:20:44 -0400 Bericht: PC-Markt kehrt zum gewohnt zweistelligen Wachstum zurck [New Window]
Nach Einschtzung von Marktforschern wie IDC ist die vom Krisenjahr 2009 verursachte Wachstumsdelle im weltweiten PC-Geschft berwunden. 2010 und in den kommenden Jahren sei wieder mit zweistelligen Zuwachsraten zu rechnen.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:16:19 -0400 Mobiles Internet soll Freenet wachsende Gewinne bescheren [New Window]
Im Kerngeschft setzt der Mobilfunkanbieter aufs mobile Internet, will gleichzeitig aber auch neue Geschftsfelder erschlieen, etwa den Vertrieb fr Energieversorger. 2009 konnte das Unternehmen Umsatz und Gewinn steigern.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:11:56 -0400 Mix: Microsoft zeigt erste Windows-Phone-Anwendungen [New Window]
Auf der Entwicklerkonferenz Mix zeigt Microsoft ein fast fertiggestelltes Silverlight 4, die berwiegend kostenlosen Entwicklerwerkzeuge und die damit mglichen Anwendungen fr das angekndigte Smartphone-Betriebssystem.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:33:21 -0400 NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still [New Window]
Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:18:33 -0400 Telekom-Chef sieht Branche am Scheidepunkt [New Window]
Seit einigen Jahren kmpft die Telekommunikationswirtschaft in Europa und den USA im klassischen Sprachgeschft mit sinkenden Umstzen und enormem Preisverfall im Mobilfunk. Laut Ren Obermann wird die Branche knftig noch strker mit Internetunternehmen zusammenarbeiten mssen.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:29:37 -0400 Opera Mini 5 und Mobile 10 erschienen [New Window]
Der "kleine" und der "groe" Mobil-Browser aus dem Hause Opera nhern sich im Funktionsumfang aneinander an. In den neuen Versionen knnen beide Browser mit Tabs umgehen.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:25:40 -0400 Nur noch interpretierte Anwendungen fr Windows Phone 7 [New Window]
Das kommende Windows Phone 7 wird nur noch Anwendungen ausfhren, die in Silverlight oder dem fr Spiele entwickelten XNA geschrieben sind.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:17:11 -0400 Nexus One ab April bei Vodafone UK [New Window]
Der Online-Shop von Vodafone UK nennt jedoch bislang weder Preise noch einen genauen Liefertermin fr das Gert.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:45:24 -0400 Microsoft zeigt erste Windows-Phone-Anwendungen [New Window]
Auf der Entwicklerkonferenz Mix zeigt Microsoft ein fast fertiggestelltes Silverlight 4, die berwiegend kostenlosen Entwicklerwerkzeuge und die damit mglichen Anwendungen fr das angekndigte Smartphone-Betriebssystem.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:58:06 -0400 Opera Mini und Mobile in Version 5 erschienen [New Window]
Der "kleine" und der "groe" Mobil-Browser aus dem Hause Opera nhern sich im Funktionsumfang aneinander an. In Version 5 knnen beide Browser mit Tabs umgehen.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:10:51 -0400 Vodafone stampft Navigationsdienst Wayfinder ein [New Window]
Nachdem Google und Nokia die Branche mit ihren kostenlosen Navigationslsungen aufgemischt haben, zieht sich Vodafone zurck und schliet den erst Ende 2008 bernommenen Offboard-Spezialisten Wayfinder.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:11:53 -0400 Silverlight: Symbian-Version als Beta und Analytics Framework [New Window]
Zwei Jahre nach der ersten Ankndigung soll die erste Beta von Silverlight fr Symbian fertig sein. Allerdings gibt es wohl nur eine Variante fr Gerte mit der 5. Edition von S60.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:52:15 -0400 Alpine iceman reveals Stone Age secrets [New Window]
Some 5,300 years after his violent death, a Stone Age man found frozen in the Alps is slowly revealing his secrets to a global team of scientists.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:13:34 -0500 Panda skeleton found in 4,000-year-old tomb [New Window]
The skeleton of a giant panda has been found in a 4,000-year-old tomb in central China, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, adding that the now-endangered animals were apparently being hunted at that time.
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:59:37 -0500 Discovery suggests ice, liquid water might still exist on Mars [New Window]
European scientists have found what they believe is a dust-covered, frozen sea near the equator of Mars, raising the possibility that liquid water may still exist on Mars, locked under 90 feet of ice.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:40:05 -0500 French to mark another Wright Brothers flight [New Window]
Five years after the first flight in North Carolina, Wilbur Wright staged a flight in France that finally convinced a skeptical public on both sides of the Atlantic that humans really could fly.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:36:10 -0500 Brazil slows Amazon forest destruction [New Window]
Destruction of Brazil's Amazon rain forest will slow down in 2005 after the murder of a U.S. nun prompted the government to launch an unprecedented crackdown on illegal loggers and ranchers, the head of Brazil's environment agency said Monday.
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:26:39 -0500 Life, water returning to ancient Iraqi marsh [New Window]
Water and new life are returning to an ancient Iraqi marsh considered by many as the cradle of Western civilization.
Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:01:07 -0500 Titan is world frozen forever in its youth [New Window]
Data from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft suggest that Titan, a moon of Saturn, is a world with the potential of life that was frozen in its youth, prevented by deep cold from ever developing into a livelier place.
Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:59:17 -0500 Tsunami wave rose 90 feet, scientists find [New Window]
In the minutes following December's catastrophic earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a surge of seawater more than 90 feet high inundated stretches of the remote western coast.
Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:47:32 -0500 Mexico blames U.S. for drop in Monarch butterflies [New Window]
The population of Monarch butterflies has suffered a drastic decline, but Mexico where deforestation has long devastated Monarch wintering grounds is now blaming the United States and Canada.
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:36:10 -0500 Brazil croc fossil sheds light on old continent [New Window]
A unique, nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a prehistoric crocodile found in Brazil backs up theories that there were land links between South America and Madagascar about 70 million years ago.
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:24:08 -0500 Kyoto global warming pact takes effect [New Window]
The Kyoto global warming pact went into force Wednesday, seven years after it was negotiated, imposing limits on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases scientists blame for rising world temperatures, melting glaciers and rising oceans.
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:28:47 -0500 Ruins correspond to myth of Rome's founding [New Window]
Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods.
Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:43:05 -0500 TB may have reduced leprosy [New Window]
For most of the Middle Ages, leprosy was the scourge of Europe, its victims stigmatized and forced to huddle in caves or gather in charity camps run by monks. By 1300, University College of London physician and archaeologist Mark Spigelman says, "almost every town had a leprosarium."
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:02:59 -0500 New signs of decline in big fish [New Window]
A new survey of the world's oceans has confirmed the startling finding, first reported two years ago, that commercial fishing has wiped out 90 percent of large predatory fish in the past 50 years, researchers report in the current issue of Royal Society Proceedings B in Britain.
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:01:12 -0500 Images show huge ruptures near tsunami epicenter [New Window]
The first images Thursday of the seabed battered by the earthquake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami revealed huge ruptures spanning several miles.
Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:52:00 -0500
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