Archive for November 8th, 2009
Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (AFP)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
AFP – Pakistan’s traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.
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‘Made in China’ now made in Egypt (AFP)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
AFP – With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home.
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First IPhone Worm Spreads Rick Astley Wallpaper (PC World)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
PC World – The first worm written for Apple’s iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.
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Ally of Zimbabwe’s PM goes on trial for terrorism (Reuters)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Reuters – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Roy Bennett goes on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF.
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Iraq explosives detection gadget does not work: US general (AFP)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
AFP – A top US army officer said on Sunday he did not have confidence in a hand-held device used by Iraq’s security forces to detect explosives and stop suicide bombers passing through checkpoints.
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In El Salvador 91 die in floods caused by hurricane (Reuters)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Reuters – At least 91 people died and another 60 or more are missing after floods and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by Hurricane Ida, the government said on Sunday.
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World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Reuters – World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.
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MSN Offers Public Sneak Peek at New Look (PC World)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
PC World – Microsoft is set to give its MSN portal a major upgrade, freshening up the popular destination with a new look and with social networking hooks such as integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. This is no minor change, but a bold departure from MSN’s previous presentation. Microsoft says that the main purposes of the update are to declutter the MSN homepage and to refresh its outdated look.
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Microsoft redesigns MSN, adds Twitter, Facebook (AP)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
AP – Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker’s search engine.
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Yahoo teams with OneRiot on real-time search (Reuters)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Reuters – Yahoo Inc, looking to match rivals in providing up-to-the-minute Internet search results, is running tests with several real-time search partners, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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