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LATEST World News, Jul 18, 2011


Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman
Reuters
Two top Murdoch executives have quit and the Australian-born media baron has shuttered his News of the World tabloid that was at the heart of the phone hacking, and abandoned a $12 billion deal to buy up British satellite broadcaster BSkyB . ...
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China to pilot carbon emission trading
China Daily
By Qiu Bo and Yang Jun (China Daily) GUIYANG - China will start a pilot carbon emissions trading project, and gradually set up a carbon emissions trading market, said a top climate change official at a major international conference on Sunday. ...
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AlwaysOn Names ExactTarget as A Top Global Private Company
PRWire
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Top Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website. The AlwaysOn honor follows Dorsey's recent award as Executive of the Year from the American Business Awards SM . Dorsey garnered the national title of top ...
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World Cup was a magical event
ESPN
And then, when the Nadeshiko were faced with the daunting task of scoring from the spot against theworld's best goalkeeper, Hope Solo, they fell back on their greatest strength -- technique. Yes, PKs are an excruciating test of nerve, but they also ...
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Global economy weekahead
Stuff.co.nz
Treasury bonds could soon lose the privilege of being the only debt securities in the world whose value actually rises on the threat of a ratings downgrade. That is because for the first time, the United States' top-notch debt rating is in jeopardy. ...
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Academic gets top job
Times LIVE
The forum is an international organisation geared at "improving the state of the world" by engaging with academics, leaders in society, businesses and governments. Malan will serve on the GlobalAgenda Council on Values and Decision Making of the forum ...
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Check media concentration
Xinhua
Murdoch's troubles started on July 4 after the Guardian newspaper in Britain revealed that the country's best-selling Sunday newspaper, the Murdoch-owned News of the World, was involved in the illegal hacking of mobile-phone messages. ...
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India faces a reversal in cotton business
Deccan Herald
In 2001-2, India's cotton production area was 27 per cent of the global total, while production was just 12 per cent of the world total. By 2007-08, the yield had doubled, thanks to the use of higher quality seeds. Among the major cotton growing ...
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The Great Global Debt Depression: It's All Greek To Me
The Market Oracle
With the global economic crisis rampaging throughout the world in 2008, Greece experienced major protests and riots at government reactions to the crisis. The unpopularity of the government led to an election in which a Socialist government came to ...
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Sharon Williams
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'Potter' is whammo at worldwide BO
Variety
The last installment of Warner's mega-hit franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," swept the industry's triple crown (best global, international and domestic openings) -- previously held by three different pics -- with a staggering ...
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Variety
A taste of global flavours
Express Buzz
She has a modernised and mechanised kitchen with all the latest kitchen appliances such as inbuilt oven and grill and griddles. Parveen is always busy. But this mother of three makes it a point to cook a meal for her family and loves to serve anything ...
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China leads global auto industry rock party
Torque News
About 669 million passenger cars are now on the world's roads. Including light- and heavy-duty trucks, the number is 949 million. 2. Car sales in China have soared in recent years, but the rates are expected to be lower in 2011 due to the Chinese ...
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UK Police Chief Quits Over Hacking Scandal
Onislam.net
LONDON – Britain's top police chief has become the latest victims to a widening hacking scandal that has shaken the political landscape in the country, amid speculations about the collapse of the coalition government. "I had no knowledge of the extent ...
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Cameron Cuts Africa Trip Short Due to Phone Hacking Scandal
Voice of America (blog)
Earlier Sunday, British police arrested Rebekah Brooks, a former News of the World editor and a key executive of Rupert Murdoch's global media empire. She was freed on bail several hours later. Brooks was the 10th person arrested in connection with the ...
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Global output of stainless steel to rise 10% in 2011
Wall Street Journal
According to an estimation by Albanian__Minerals CEO Sahit__Muja the quantity of high carbon ferrochrome consumed in the world in 2011 to be 9 million tones. Chrome ore is converted into ferro chrome through smelting with carbon or silicon. ...
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US Afghan policy: Neo-isolationism vs. American exceptionalism
World Tribune
How can we sustain our global leadership if our leaders consistently undermine our national andinternational responsibilities? The systematic devastation of Afghanistan over the past 30 years began in the name of progress and was self-inflicted at ...
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UAE emerges as largest Arab market
TopNews Arab Emirates
UAE has been ranked 25th largest global importer of goods and 19th exporter in the World last year. UAE accounted for nearly 1.1 per cent of the World's total imports of goods and 1.5 per cent of the global exports, according to latest figures released ...
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Banishing hunger needs right strategy
Times of Oman
But problems at the top of the food system must be addressed as well. An important step would be better regulation of global financial markets in order to end the derivatives speculation that forces food prices up. Moreover, the World Trade ...
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Recent Business School Graduates Covet Technology-Sector Jobs, Again
Wall Street Journal
"Top talent is thinking about their résumé and about where they're going to be challenged and excited, which I think might explain some of the tech companies on the list," said Russ Hagey,world-wide chief talent officer for Bain & Co. ...
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Australian Stock Futures Rise
Bloomberg
By Shani Raja - Sun Jul 17 23:41:58 GMT 2011 Australian stock futures rose after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the region can surmount its debt crisis, boosting confidence in a global recovery that would benefit Asian ...
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Italy's Luxury Bailout
Newsweek
“La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence,” Della Valle said. “That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.” The moguls' largesse is needed ...
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Establishing diplomatic ties with the Vatican is top of Najib's agenda
Malaysia Star (blog)
Najib's discussion is expected to focus on interfaith issues and his call for a “GlobalMovement of Moderates” initiative to counter extremism. Establishing diplomatic ties with the Holy See is said to be on top of his agenda. ...
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Malaysia Star (blog)
Video: SV TV recent uploads adds DOG BITES SHARK
Global Surf News
To top things off it's it a 'free for all' download for surf fans around the globe. More THE TravelSIM Team Australia junior squad recently returned home from a bronze medal podium finish at the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in ...
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Harry Potter shatters overseas launch record on $307m
Screen International
The latest chapter in an already astonishing year for international box office saw the Harry Potter finale devour the overseas opening weekend mark as the global tally climbed to $475.6m since Wednesday's [13] first wave of launches. ...
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Protections sought for cornerstone of California Current Ecosystem
SignOnSanDiego.com
NOAA's latest full-scale evaluation of the California Current Ecosystem, issued in February, shows downward trends for chinook salmon, market squid, top predator biomass and fish diversity. It left unanswered the questions about the overall health of ...
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HKBN Offers 6.5x Global Average Bandwidth to YouTube - What Does Your ISP Offer?
MarketWatch (press release)
YouTube is the world's most popular video website. www.youtube.com/my_speed tracks the past speeds of YouTube video downloads that Internet users get from their locations around the world, and also shows aggregate video speed by other users in their ...
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Asian Stocks Fall as US Debt-Ceiling Impasse Spurs Export-Demand Concern
Bloomberg
Chairman Rupert Murdoch is struggling to control the destiny of the company he began building six decades ago after Brooks, former editor News of the World and a trusted deputy was arrested, and Scotland Yard's top official quit over ties to a suspect ...
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Key will raise exchange rate problem with top US officials
Otago Daily Times
Congress must raise the $US14.3 trillion ($NZ16.98 trillion) limit on US borrowing by August 2 or the Government will run out of money to pay its bills, causing turmoil in global financial markets and potentially forcing the United States into another ...
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Can-Am commits to Aust, NZ
Stock and Land
The company's VP and GM - International division - Chris Dawson, gave Russia the nod as far as being its top sales destination, adding: "Australia and NZ are key markets" when looking at the big picture of its global operations. ...
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Hacking scandal fells UK top cop (Reuters) | Stock Market News ...
By Editor - Top News Stories
Two top Murdoch executives have quit and the Australian-born media baron has shuttered his Newsof the World tabloid that was at the heart of the phone hacking, and abandoned a $12 billion deal to buy up British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. ... With politicians from Australia to the United States demanding to know if similar abuses occurred elsewhere in Murdoch's global media business, the 80-year-old has been forced on the defensive and the position of his son James as ...
Rocket News
Global Warming: Now Real to Most Americans, Christian News « GCC ...
By Shiva
Some of the shifts in Americans' views today reflect real-world events, including the publicity in arecent report conducted by the National Academy of Sciences that revealed 97 out of 100 scientists now believe in man-made climate change. Many scientists are stepping up the pace to ... The Pew Research Center updated its yearly poll on priorities for the president and Congress earlier this year and 26 percent of Americans said global warming should be a top priority. ...
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World Travel Market 2011 to Unveil Largest ... - Adventure Travel News
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It is extremely important to our vision to include new and emerging markets. Last year we added Brazil to our data set and this year we add India, which is home to around 50 million gay and lesbian adults. The Out Now Global LGBT2020 ...
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Rebekah Brooks Arrested | News of the World Phone Hacking Scandal ...
By Colby Hall
She was editor of the News Of The World (NOTW) when missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone was hacked and messages were deleted. The teenager was later found murdered. Watch CNN's breakingreport on this news (followed by a statement by London authorities): ..... the only way to expunge thisglobal scourge, then so be it. But I'll be disappointed if the bigger picture fades into the background. If people don't realize the danger to a free society if too much power is ...
Mediaite
'We are sorry' Murdoch tells UK in full-page ad - World News - IBNLive
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnonline.com
Murdoch is struggling to contain the crisis, which has already forced him to shut down the 168-year-old News of the World, scuttled his bid for lucrative TV broadcaster BSkyB, knocked billions off the value of News Corp. and claimed the ... The phones of celebrities, royal aides, politicians and topathletes are also alleged to have been hacked, and police are investigating whether victims of London's 2005 terrorist bombings and the families of dead British soldiers were ...
IBN Top Headlines
A British Tabloid Phone Hacking Scandal is the Top News of the Day ...
By Lonely Conservative
The top story today on memeorandum is the news that Rebekah Brooks has been arrested. She had just resigned from her position as CEO of News International ... ... Murdoch attacked as if he was a threat to our security and a global menace, and the NYTIMES lauded. Some are even comparing theNews of the World scandal (a Sunday tabloid) to Watergate! Anything to keep them from reporting on the Operation Fast and Furious scandal, one in which many innocent lives have been ...
The Lonely Conservative
Hacking scandal fells Britain's top cop as Brooks freed on bail ...
By Reuters
A phone-hacking scandal centered on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment. ... The flame-haired Brooks, who once edited the News of the World tabloid, was released on bail at midnight on Sunday, about 12 hours after she went to a London police station to be arrested, her spokesman said. Brooks has denied any wrongdoing. Analysts said the gathering pace of heads rolling ...
Interaksyon.com
The Weekly Turbo: FS+G Global Poker Index, 2011-2012 WSOP Circuit ...
The Weekly Turbo is bringing you the week's top poker news stories including the announcement of FS+G's Global Poker Index, the 2011-2012 WSOP Circuit schedule, and more. ... FS + G GlobalPoker Index. Federated Sports + Gaming announced the launch of its Global Poker Index on Thursday. The Global Poker Index, or GPI, is "a patent pending system that ranks and tracks the weekly performance of the world's top 300 live tournament poker players. ...
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Fox News Owner Murdoch Facing Unprecedented ... - Your Black World
By Staff
Rupert Murdoch apologized to victims of criminal phone hacking by one of his tabloids and accepted the resignations of News Corp's top two newspaper executives, Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton. Moving to gain control of a scandal washing over his global business, the U.S.-based magnate made a personal apology to the parents of a murdered schoolgirl in what appeared to be an admission that the News of the World, then edited by Brooks and overseen by Hinton, ...
Your Black World
World Bank chief urges broad global trade accord ... - Network News
By admin
In a speech to the World Trade Organization that he is to deliver Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, Zoellick said he was disappointed the global round of trade negotiations, which he helped launch in 2001, might only deliver a deal much ...
Network News
NewsDaily: British police arrest former Murdoch aide Rebekah ...
Police have arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, Sky News reported on Sunday. ... NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news ...
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NewsDaily: Gold hits record high on U.S., Europe debt worries
By Rujun Shen
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking newsTOP NEWS. Share Blog Subscribe Print Email Bookmark ... for bullion as a safe storage of value increased, as investors feared that the stalemate in negotiations over U.S. deficit plan could lead to a default, which might wreak havoc in global markets and send the world's top economy back to recession. ... Enter a keyword or phrase to find the latest news stories, plus related articles, videos, blog posts, and podcasts. ...
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Murdoch's World: Demagoguery, Propaganda, Scandal ... - MWC News
By mwcnews@gmail.com (Stephen Lendman)
"one of the world's leading villains (and) global pirate(s)," rampaging the mediasphere, telling worldleaders what he expects from them and what he'll offer in return. It's "let's make a deal," Murdoch-style that's uncompromisingly hardball, ... So far, however, a bumpy ride followed London Guardian writers Nick Davies and Amelia Hill breaking the story, headlining on July 4, "Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World," saying: ...
MWC News
Latest Space News 2011-07-16 | Latest Space News - Echoes of Apollo
By Robert Brand
by Neil Armstrong; “Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better,to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots,and that led to the astronaut business.” by Alan Shepard · Click to get your own widget ...Sunday,17 July 2011 10:50. Dive into the awe-inspiring,beautiful and quirky world of science newswith award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. ...
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Egypt PM names new ministers in face of protests - World news
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prime minister named 12 new Cabinet members Sunday in a reshuffle under pressure from protesters demanding a purge of remnants of the former regime, state television reported. A lawyer for Hosni Mubarak, meanwhile, ...
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BJP seeks strong global framework against terrorism ... asked the international community to join hands to strengthen the global framework against terrorism ...
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News of the World - The Knowledge Effect
There was even more news today in that Rebekah Brooks has resigned as ... are hosted discussion forums that bring together the top global experts, ... The latest allegations prompted News Corp to shut down the 168-year-old tabloid. ...
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How the Phone Hacking Scandal Threatens News Corp. - Global - The ...
Of course, this isn't the first time News of the World has drawn global scrutiny for ... the history of reported News Corp. payouts and the latest developments. ... hacked into Dowler's phone and now is the top executive of News Corp. ...
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