Half Of Small Businesses Limit Employee Access To Social Networks

The majority (81%) of small businesses have an employee Internet policy and half say employees are not allowed to access any social networks on a company computer, according to a new survey by security firm Webroot.
"Clearly the potential impact of social networks as a threat vector has hit home for IT administrators," said Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of Webroot.

Irish Bailout Threatens to Reignite Euro Debt Crisis

By Don Miller, Associate Editor, Money Morning

Ireland's reeling banking system, and the government's reluctance to accept outside help, is threatening to reignite the European debt crisis that nearly led to the demise of the European Union (EU) and its currency last spring.
EU officials are trying to persuade Irish officials to shore up the country's devastated banking sector with a possible $100 billion (73.5 billion euros) aid package as Irish policymakers continue to insist that the financially troubled nation doesn't require a bailout.

LNG Is the Future of Energy

By Kent Moors, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Money Morning

Sometimes the most important impact on a raw material commodity comes less from its actual extraction and more from how product is introduced into new markets.
Indeed, that is becoming the next major development in North American natural gas. The expansion in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports may well hold the key to turning a glut into advancing profit.

How the Dollar and Europe's Ireland Moves Will Steer Fate of U.S. Stocks

By Jon D. Markman, Contributing Writer, Money Morning

Stocks retreated over the past week following an earnings warning from tech giant Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), renewed tensions in Europe over the ability of Ireland to pay its debts and a surge in the U.S. dollar.

Overlaying the action was word out of South Korea that the G-20 meeting of leaders of the world's largest economies was not going well, with European and Asian leaders expressing exasperation with U.S. monetary stimulus and a distaste for U.S. President Barack Obama's scolding tone on export targets.

Star Gazing: Jada Pinkett Smith Takes Kids to Hawaii

 

Jet-setting around the globe for Jaden's movie premieres and Willow's musical appearances must be tiring for the Smith family. Jada took her superstar kids to Hawaii for some much needed down time. The actress looks pretty relaxed as she soaks up that famous Pacific sun.

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Mr McCully was due to arrive in Canberra yesterday afternoon for the biannual meeting.
"These talks are an opportunity to discuss the foreign policy agenda in depth, and to set our shared goals for our trans-Tasman relationship," Mr McCully said in a statement.
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Israel to take in 8000 Ethiopians

JERUSALEM, AFP - The Israeli cabinet has voted to bring to the country about 8000 Ethiopians who claim Jewish descent, saying they are living in conditions of disease and hunger.
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"We have a moral commitment as Jews, as the People of Israel, to find a solution."

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The pilgrims are estimated to total up to 2.5 million this year.

Papandreou Meets with Sarkozy & French Leaders in Paris | Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and the French President Nicola Sarkozy met today in Paris shortly after 1 pm local time. The meeting focused on relations between the two countries, developments in the global economy and climate change.

At 6 o’clock this afternoon the Prime Minister will meet with François Fillon. Fillon is once again the leader of the new formed cabinet, according to last night’s announcements.

Papandreou Says Greek Voters Rejected ’Sirens of Instablity’

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Gabrielle Union at Day of the Child

Gabrielle Union and other celebs gathered in Los Angeles on November 14, for the 12th Annual Day of the Child. The actress looked fresh and sweet in a periwinkle blue dress with embroidered eyelets.

Shanghai fire: 40 dead as apartment block engulfed in flames

At least 40 people have been killed by a blazing fire in a high-rise residential building in the business centre of Shanghai, on the east coast of China.
A further 90 people were also injured in the incident, which took place at 2pm local time (6am GMT) today in the Jingan district.
Building materials caught fire, and the blaze spread to scaffolding and then to the 28-storey building, home to retired teachers, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
More people could have been hurt, but the 28-storey apartment block was being renovated.

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AP – Army soldiers raise a Nicaragua's flag by the San Juan riverside, the border zone with Costa Rica which
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Cuba frees the first of 13 political prisoners

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press – Sun Nov 14, 12:09 am ET

HAVANA – The first of 13 remaining Cuban dissidents jailed since 2003 was released from prison Saturday and returned to his home in the capital, a strong signal the government intends to release all of the men despite their refusal to go into exile.

Bertha Soler, a member of the Ladies in White dissident group, told The Associated Press that Arnaldo Ramos Lauzurique had "arrived at his apartment" in central Havana after his wife received a telephone call from Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega informing her of the government's intentions.

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United States To Face Attacks on Quantitative Easing Policy at G20 Summit as Currency War Rages On

By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning

The United States will go on the defense at this week's Group of 20 (G20) meeting, having to explain its quantitative easing (QE2) policy to foreign leaders who have criticized the move as a currency war tactic to weaken the dollar and damage other countries' export-driven recoveries.

China, Brazil, Germany and South Africa all have spoken out against the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement last week that it will buy $600 billion in U.S. Treasuries through June. Finance policymakers from around the globe say the move will depress the dollar and drive capital flows to emerging markets, creating asset bubbles.

Brazil's central bank president Henrique Meirelles said the extra liquidity in the U.S. economy would cause "risks for everyone," and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called the Fed's move "clueless."

PASOK Wins 8 out of 13 Regions

It’s the first time after twenty- four years that the councils of Athens and Thessaloniki passed under the umbrella of PASOK.

PASOK won 8 out of 13 regions. These include Attiica, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Sterea Hellas, Western Greece, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete, plus the southwest region of Central Macedonia, West Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, and the Ionian Islands.

British couple released by pirates

A British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago was set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since a rash of piracy began off East Africa. Paul and Rachel Chandler appear at a news conference at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, accompanied by Somali

Somali Pirates Release Hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler

Somali pirates released a British couple from captivity on Sunday, ending a yearlong drama in which the pair was moved, separated and moved several times again as negotiations to win their release stalled over the amount of ransom to be paid. The pirates turned Paul and Rachel Chandler over to local Somali authorities near the central town of Adado on Saturday. From there, they flew to the capital Mogadishu, where they met with officials from the Transitional Federal Government before leaving for Nairobi on Sunday night. "We're fine. We are rather skinny and bony, but we're fine," Paul Chandler told the BBC on Sunday. Official photographs released by the Somali government showed them smiling and looking healthy as they met with Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Belgium floods kill 2

A man cycles through a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, on Sunday. (Yves Logghe/Associated Press)Belgian authorities called in the army Sunday to assist with emergency evacuations after severe flooding killed two people in the southwestern region of Beaumont, near the French border.
A 72-year-old woman drowned overnight after her husband lost control of their vehicle, Lt. Fabrice

Greece's Socialists win local elections

Greece's governing Socialists emerged the winner of local government elections Sunday, despite a record low turnout and renewed pressure on the crisis-hit nation to impose a new round of drastic spending cuts.
With 99.6 per cent of the vote counted nationwide, the Socialists won mayoral races in Athens and Greece's second largest city,

N. Korea repeats warship sinking denial

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World - Shanghai apartment fire kills 8

Fire engulfed a highrise apartment building under renovation in China's business centre of Shanghai on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 90 and sending some residents racing down scaffolding to escape.More than 80 fire trucks were called to fight a fire that engulfed a highrise apartment building in China's business centre of Shanghai

World - Burmese flee homes as tensions increase

Hundreds of people living along the border between Burma and Thailand fled their homes overnight Sunday, trying to escape renewed fighting between the Burmese army and one of the country's largest ethnic rebel groups.
Fighting between the Burmese military and ethnic Karen rebels follows the release of pro-democracy leader Aung Sung Suu Kyi.

World - Mexico resort blast kills 5 Canadians

 

Family members of hotel employees wait for news after a gas explosion at the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in Cancun on Sunday.
Mexican officials are trying to determine what triggered a gas explosion at a Playa del Carmen hotel complex on the weekend that killed two Mexicans and five Canadians, including a nine-year-old boy and a newlywed.

British pair freed from pirates, BBC UK

A retired British couple are freed more than a year after being taken captive by Somali pirates who boarded their yacht off the Seychelles.

Seven die in fire in immigrant hostel in Dijon, France

Several people jumped out of windows to escape the blaze in Dijon
Seven people have been killed and 11 seriously injured by a fire in a nine-storey hostel housing immigrants in the eastern French city of Dijon.
One person died after jumping from the seventh floor of the building, while the other six died from the effects of smoke inhalation.

Troop pull-out urged in Nicaragua-Costa Rica border row

Nicaragua says its troops will not withdraw
The Organization of American States has urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica to withdraw their security forces from a disputed river border, where there has been tension for a month.
In a resolution, the OAS said the two countries should begin urgent talks to resolve their differences.

US offers Israel incentive plan for settlement freeze

Israel's 10-month construction freeze in the West Bank expired on 26 September
Israel's prime minister has briefed his cabinet on a package of incentives the US has proposed if it renews a partial freeze on settlement construction.Washington has reportedly said it will strengthen its commitment to oppose UN resolutions critical of Israel, and

Ireland 'in preliminary talks with EU on bailout'

The Republic of Ireland's government has not formally denied it is in talks with the EU
The Republic of Ireland is in preliminary talks with EU officials for financial support, the BBC has learned.
It is now no longer a matter of whether but when the Irish government formally approaches the European Financial Stability Fund

ESA Science & Technology: Call for a Medium-size mission opportunity for a launch in 2022

Through the present Call for Missions the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration solicits from the broad scientific community proposals for the competitive selection of mission concepts to be candidate for the implementation of one medium-size (M-class) mission for launch in 2022, following the launch of the first L-class mission. The deadline for submission of proposals is 3 December 2010, 12:00 (noon) Central European Time.

ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: The ESA-NASA ExoMars programme 2016-2018

Establishing if life ever existed on Mars is one of the outstanding scientific questions of our time. To address this important goal, the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with NASA, has established the ExoMars Programme to investigate the Martian environment and to demonstrate new technologies paving the way for a future Mars sample return mission in the 2020's.
Two missions are foreseen within the ExoMars programme: one consisting of an Orbiter plus an Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator (to be launched in 2016) and the other, with a launch date of 2018, consisting of two rovers. Both missions will be carried out in cooperation with NASA.

ESA Science & Technology: New roadmap to guide ESA in search for exoplanets

The idea of other planets hidden in the vastness of space has long captured human imagination and there has been a recent explosion in the number of exoplanets discovered, with the total fast approaching 500. As the research community heads towards this milestone, ESA called on them for recommendations on how the Agency could build upon this success. The result is a recently published roadmap from the Exoplanet Roadmap Advisory Team (EPR-AT), which looks at the future of the field and how to reach their ultimate, long-term goal: finding an Earth-like planet with possible signatures of life.

Solar Sailing Messages from Earth

As of March 22 we are no longer collecting names for IKAROS, however you can still send your name and message on the LightSail mission.
A pioneering mission is preparing to set sail and you can be aboard!
Lightsail, a project of The Planetary Society, will merge the ultra-light technology of nanosats with the ultra-large technology of solar sails setting a course to the stars. LightSail-1 is the beginning of an innovative program that will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of several years.

Earth's pull 'shaped Moon's surface'

The Moon, showing part of its far side, photographed from the Apollo 16 spacecraft in April 1972

The Earth may have played a major role in shaping the lunar surface, according to a new research study by US researchers.

The team members say our planet's gravitational pull distorted the shape of the Moon in ancient times.

Eggs with the oldest known embryos of a dinosaur found

An artist's impression of what the dinosaurs might have looked like

Palaeontologists have identified the oldest known dinosaur embryos, belonging to a species that lived some 190 million years ago.

Twitter anger over bomb tweeter

Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport.

The Twitter community is angry that the 27-year-old accountant has failed to overturn his conviction.

Francis Ford Coppola receives lifetime Oscar

Coppola has produced more than 30 films, including The Black Stallion, The Outsiders and Lost in Translation

Somali pirates free UK couple Paul and Rachel Chandler

Retired UK couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, hours after being released

A retired British couple have been released by Somali pirates after being held captive for more than a year.

Paul, 60, and Rachel Chandler, 56, from Kent, were seized from their yacht near the Seychelles in October 2009.

Aung San Suu Kyi 'willing to meet Burma's generals'

Ms Suu Kyi said her party was investigating allegations of fraud in the elections

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the BBC she is willing to meet its military leaders to help work towards national reconciliation.

A day after her release from house arrest, she said it was time to "sort out our differences across the table".

Sizing up Brazil

The Globalist is a daily online magazine about the global economy, politics, and culture.

Amidst all the hype surrounding its Asian counterparts China and India, Brazil has quietly but firmly established itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies. As the country prepares to elect a new president, we wonder: Which of these statements about Brazil are true?

Al-Qaida denies plot to target Muslim haj pilgrims

DUBAI: Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi minister said such an operation could not be ruled out.

Britain may run out of web addresses by 2012

LONDON: Britain will run out of internet addresses by 2012, warns a web scientist.
Vint Cerf, a Google vice-president, said the "unbelievable" trend could prevent British businesses from communicating with their customers around the world and in the country.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi, newly free, calls for talks

YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of cheering supporters on Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation. She called for face-to-face talks with the junta's leader.

Obama warns Asia that States will push their exports - World - NZ Herald News

Obama also missed his goal of reaching agreement with longtime ally South Korea on a new free-trade pact. Photo / AP
Obama also missed his goal of reaching agreement with longtime ally South Korea on a new free-trade pact. Photo / AP Shrink
Obama also missed his goal of reaching agreement with longtime ally South Korea on a new free-trade pact. Photo / AP
JAPAN: President Barack Obama appealed to Asian leaders yesterday

Airbus says bearing box failure caused engine fault

SYDNEY: An Airbus executive says Rolls-Royce has identified a faulty bearing box as the cause of the oil leak problem implicated in the midair disintegration of an engine on one of the world's largest airliners.

Freedom fighter set free

Burma's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi walked free last night from the lakeside home that has been her prison for most of the past two decades, to the delight of huge crowds of waiting supporters.

Death toll rises to 240 from Indonesia volcano

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian volcano has killed 240 people since it started erupting in October, officials said Saturday, a day after it spewed more hot ash and sent residents fleeing.

More than 390,000 people have been displaced, according to the nation's disaster coordination board.

Japan hopes for U.S. help in row with China

APEC summit begins
Japan's prime minister thanks Barack Obama for support with territorial disputes
Japan stresses the need for U.S. help in its strained relations with China
U.S. attempts to play peacemaker
(CNN) -- The key topic of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit may be trade, but on the sidelines, host nation Japan is

Aung San Suu Kyi: 'I'm very happy to see you again'

Aung San Suu Kyi release
Obama praises courage of the Nobel Peace laureate
Thousands gathered outside her party headquarters in Yangon
She has spent 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest
(CNN) -- Myanmar's ruling military junta released democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest Saturday to a throng of supporters trying to reach out

At least 700 families living outside Kenya refugee camp face peril

Newly arrived Somali refugees stand outside the UNHCR registration centre at the Ifo camp in Dadaab, Kenya, on September 9.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The largest refugee camp in the world can no longer accept families
Medecins Sans Frontieres calls on deal to provide assistance to families
U.N. Human Rights Council found services in May "stretched to their limits"

The Peoples Voice News, Nov 13, 2010

Currency 'wars' dominate G20 summit

I always cringe when I read references to 'war' in the sports pages. It was a 'war on the pitch', a 'war on the court'. Now we have 'a war' in the financial pages of the newspapers and you can thank Brazil for that. By most accounts, it was recently the Brazilian finance ministry that first coined 'currency war' in relation to the monetary face-off between China and the US taking place at the G20 in Seoul. The 'currency war' term has stuck. Now Brazil is going to try to act as unofficial mediator between the two superpowers.

U.S. officials try to address air security worries - Video

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Pistole met executives from the travel industry, including hotels and online sites, on Friday to talk about concerns the added security is crimping travel and hurting their businesses. "The meeting with Secretary Napolitano was informative but not entirely reassuring," said Geoff Freeman, an executive vice president with the U.S. Travel Association. "We understand the challenge DHS confronts but the question is where we draw the line." Pistole mentioned several forthcoming reforms for so-called trusted travelers, Freeman said. "Our country desperately needs a long-term vision for aviation security screening rather than an endless reaction to yesterday's threat," he said.

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BBC News - Polish composer Henryk Gorecki dies aged 76

Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 became the best-selling record by a contemporary composer
Polish composer Henryk Gorecki has died at the age of 76, the country's national orchestra has announced.He was best known for his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which was composed in 1976 and sold more than a million copies following a 1992 re-release.

BBC News - G20 to tackle US-China currency concerns

Leaders of the G20 group of major economies have agreed to avoid "competitive devaluation" of currencies after talks concluded in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
Leaders agreed to come up with "indicative guidelines" to tackle trade imbalances affecting world growth.
Tensions had been high between some delegations over how to correct distortions in currency and trade.

Pakistani Christian woman appeals over death sentence

 

Rights groups say the blasphemy law is often exploited by Islamist extremists or people harbouring personal grudges.
Relatives of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad say they will appeal against her conviction.
Asia Bibi is believed to be the first woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

Obama hails Iraq 'milestone' after power-sharing deal

Mr Maliki (left) has a month to persuade Mr Allawi (right) to join his new administration
US President Barack Obama has said the new power-sharing agreement in Iraq after eight months of deadlock marks another "milestone" for the country.Speaking at the G20 summit in Seoul, Mr Obama said the new Iraqi government would be "representative,

Kosovo medics accused of trafficking kidneys

The alleged operations took place in 2008

EU prosecutors have accused seven people, including doctors and a health official, of trafficking kidneys through a clinic in Kosovo.

International trafficking allegedly took place in 2008 at the Medicus clinic in the capital, Pristina.
Kidney "donors" and recipients were of different nationalities, prosecutors said in a press release.

BBC News - Burma generals 'sign Aung San Suu Kyi release order'

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years
Reports are coming out of Burma saying the military authorities have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.But hopes that the Nobel laureate would be freed on Friday appear to be fading.
A leader of her National League for

Nigeria to question Iranian over arms seized in Lagos

The weapons had been hidden in containers labelled as building materials
Iran has allowed Nigeria to interview an Iranian citizen inside its embassy, in connection with a shipment of arms seized in Lagos.Iran was accused of being behind the arms and there were suggestions Nigeria was being used as a smuggling route.