State & Community
Tunisia: Rice Should Press for Rights Improvements
05.09.2008 14:03
humanrightswatch.org
End Harassment, Detentions of Rights Defenders US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should urge the Tunisian government to end its harassment and imprisonment of human rights activists when she visits the country on Saturday, September 6, Human Rights Watch said today. She is scheduled to meet with President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who has held office since 1987.
Tunisia
Human Rights Protection
East Coast braces for Tropical Storm Hanna
05.09.2008 10:30
usatoday.com
Beach vacationers in the Carolinas prepared to pack up and head inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward ...
USA
Social Life
Economics & Finance
ListingVUE.com Introduces Property Listing Themes
05.09.2008 12:39
prurgent.com
Making real estate listings stand out from the rest appears to drive more, much needed, attention towards them.
World
Press Releases
Schapelle.net Responds to ABC's Admission of Schapelle Corby Reporting Errors
05.09.2008 12:39
prweb.com
ABC have today admitted a breach of their own 'Editorial Policies' as they apologize and broadcast a 'correction'. The UK based Schapelle.Net group, however, have questioned to what extent this really compensates for the additional suffering of Schapelle Corby. (PRWeb Sep 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/schapelle/corby/prweb1289804.htm
World
Advertisement & PR
Daimler, RWE to Roll out Electric Cars in Berlin
05.09.2008 12:38
dw-world.de
German carmaker Daimler is joining forces with RWE, one of the country's largest energy providers, to create a network of electric cars and charging stations in Berlin.
World
Economics & Finance
Incidents
Markov to Complain about Ukraine to European Parliament. PHOTO
05.09.2008 08:14
mignews.com.ua
Sergey Markov intends to appeal to ombudsman Nina Karpacheva in accordance with a prohibition to enter Ukraine, and to bring up a question to the European Parliament and PACE.
Ukraine
Incidents
Heavy rain brings flooding calls
05.09.2008 04:03
bbc.co.uk
Emergency teams are called to flooding incidents across south and west Wales, after heavy downpours.
World
Incidents
Hurricane Gustav Category 5 Storm
30.08.2008 14:22
nationalterroralert.com
Hurricane Gustav is rapidly growing into a monster Category 5 storm. ‘FEMA’ Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. FEMA officials said Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center, interrupted an afternoon teleconference involving the agency, Gulf [...]
World
Terrorism
Technologies
Nokia N96 gets put through its paces
05.09.2008 12:28
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia We've already seen Nokia's new N96 up-close and unboxed, but if you're looking for a bit more information before your potential purchase, you may want to head over to All About Symbian, which has a few first impressions of the phone. Among other things, its contributor found the screen to be "great," even outdoors, and the overall build quality is described as "good," if a bit "plasticky." He also found the music quality to be especially good over Bluetooth/A2DP, and from the built-in speakers as well, which are apparently "very loud." On the downside, the camera shutter key proved to be a bit stiff, and some of the third-party applications like ProfiMail were to be a bit buggy, as was Nokia's Switch app when attempting to transfer data from an E90 to the N96. Hit up the link below for a few more details, and some sample photos taken with the N96's camera. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World
Mobile Phones
Google Chrome Information Round-Up
05.09.2008 10:26
searchenginejournal.com
What a week it has been especially in Google land. As early as Tuesday, a comic book introducing Google’s Chrome browser was accidentally leaked out. Immediately after that, Google admitted that it is actually releasing its own browser, despite being a constant supporter of Firefox.What follows soon after is a frenzy over how Google’s Chrome [...]
World
Search Engines
Call for Review: RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing Proposed Recommendation
05.09.2008 10:26
w3.org
2008-09-04: The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and XHTML2 Working Group have published the Proposed Recommendation of RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing. The modern Web is made up of an enormous number of documents that have been created using HTML. These documents contain significant amounts of structured data, which is largely unavailable to tools and applications. When publishers can express this data more completely, and when tools can read it, a new world of user functionality becomes available, letting users transfer structured data between applications and web sites, and allowing browsing applications to improve the user experience. RDFa is a specification for attributes to express structured data in any markup language. The group has published an implementation report as part of the Candidate Recommendation phase. Comments are welcome through 03 October. Learn more about the Semantic Web. (Permalink)
World
Internet
Science & Education
Music - The Spike
05.09.2008 12:28
roomthirteen.com
This has summer festival hit written all over it. The Music at their best shouty chorus and all.
World
Books & CD
New drug to treat dogs with heart disease
05.09.2008 12:24
telegraph.co.uk
A drug has been shown to extend the lives of dogs with heart disease by around double what is possible with current treatments. By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
Observatory: Marijuana Ingredient May Fight Bacteria
05.09.2008 10:16
nytimes.com
Researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent.
World
Sciences
Hard & Soft
Report: Dell looking to sell off manufacturing plants
05.09.2008 14:02
computerworld.com
Dell is looking to sell its manufacturing plants, according to a report in today's Wall Street Journal.
World
Hard & Soft
3D Models - Fire Emergency Ambulance
05.09.2008 12:37
the3dstudio.com
Name: Fire Emergency AmbulanceType: 3D ModelsAuthor: be_fastPrice: $105.00File types: max 3ds objDescription: Ambulance 3d model for 3d softSee complete details
World
Computer Design & Modelling
Document Management With Epiware
05.09.2008 12:27
linuxtoday.com
<b>Linux.com:</b> "Out of the many available open source document management packages, Epiware GPL is noteworthy because it includes project management features: if your work has to do with producing written matter, you can not only manage the documents themselves, but the development project as well."
World
Open Source Software
Health & Beauty
Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism
05.09.2008 12:38
usatoday.com
New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Researchers Develop Questionnaire To Test Mental Health Of Children After ICU Stay
05.09.2008 12:26
medicalnewstoday.com
According to a study published in the Journal of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, spending time in an intensive care unit can traumatize children, and the effects can persist even months after returning home. The findings come from an analysis of survey data using the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale developed by Dr. Janet Rennick (Research Institute of The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Center) and colleagues.
World
Mental Disorders
Universal flu vaccine tests start
05.09.2008 10:06
bbc.co.uk
A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.
World
Health & Beauty
Culture & Arts
ICED EARTH Launch New Website, Official Fanclub
05.09.2008 12:30
bravewords.com
ICED EARTH have launched a newly designed website featuring artwork showcased in the band’s forthcoming CD, The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked Part...
World
Rock Music
Blab! art show in Los Angeles, Sept. 6, 2008
05.09.2008 12:29
boingboing.net
(Click image for full size) The preview images for the new Blab! show at Copro-Nason in Los Angeles are up. I'm fascinated by Ryan Heshka's work (he has 19 pieces in the show, including the one shown here), which borrows themes from old science fiction pulps and takes them in new direction. Link...
World
Culture & Arts
Documentary on Marsden Hartley Makes World Premiere in Lewiston, Maine
05.09.2008 10:32
prweb.com
The Bates College Museum of Art and 217 Films announce the world premiere of the Marsden Hartley documentary "Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet." The Bates museum is home to the world's largest collection of Hartley artifacts, and "Visible Silence" features many pieces from this extensive archive. (PRWeb Sep 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1291024.htm
World
Cinema, Video & DVD
Recreation & Entertainment
Venice welcomes Rourke’s wrestling film
05.09.2008 12:35
breakingnews.ie
Mickey Rourke’s new film role as a lonely has-been wrestler took the Venice Film Festival by storm today.
Ireland
Recreation & Entertainment
Pool cleaner impresses Dannii, Cheryl
05.09.2008 12:33
digitalspy.co.uk
Essex pool cleaner Daniel Evans impresses the judges on this week's episode of The X Factor.
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Report: Dead Space Banned in Three Countries
05.09.2008 12:30
shacknews.com
EA Redwood Shores' sci-fi survival horror title Dead Space, which was recently pushed up twice for finishing early, has hit a snag: the game has been outright banned from sale in Japan, Germany, and China, reports Destructoid. According to the report, publisher EA has not yet announced whether or not it will re-work the game for release in those countries. On our shores, the game is still set for its new early launch date of October 14 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC version will arrive on October 20.
World
Computer Games
Automotives
Ford says scandal's end shifts focus back to city, economy
05.09.2008 12:34
freep.com
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford, who also heads two organizations dedicated to regional economic development, told the Free Press today that metro Detroit can begin refocusing on the future now that the scandal with Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is coming to an end.
USA
Autonews
Subaru Boxer Diesel Engine Paris Debut in Forester and Impreza Models
05.09.2008 12:33
worldcarfans.com
First revealed in the Outback/Legacy range in Geneva earlier this year, Subaru is now debuting the engine in Paris this October in two of its other models, the Impreza 5-door hatchback and Forester SUV.
World
Cars
Honda Accord Tourer: In the showrooms
05.09.2008 08:16
telegraph.co.uk
The latest arrivals at dealerships. Compiled by Paul Hudson.
Great Britain
Autonews
Sports
USA looks back then ahead
05.09.2008 12:39
usatoday.com
As the last gold medals won by U.S. athletes were awarded Sunday, as The Star-Spangled Banner was cued one last time, U.S. Olympic basketball player Jason Kidd turned to his teammates on the medal podium and reminded them to put their hands over their hearts.
USA
Olympic Games
Tyrrell not surprised by Davy factor
05.09.2008 12:36
breakingnews.ie
There is one man in the Cats camp this weekend who knows more than most about the man patrolling the line for the opposite side.
Ireland
Sports
Disgraced track star Jones leaves Texas prison
05.09.2008 10:00
reuters.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones left a federal prison in Texas on Friday after serving a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about steroid use that helped her win five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
World
Sports
Tourism
FAA investigating 11 air carriers on safety issues
05.09.2008 10:32
usatoday.com
Federal aviation officials say they are investigating 17 cases in which 11 air carriers did not comply with safety directives.
USA
Tourism
Headstand surfer is making waves
05.09.2008 10:06
bbc.co.uk
A survivor of the 2004 Asian Tsunami has become a Dorset tourist attraction by surfing while standing on his head.
World
Tourism
Rovijn, Croatia – Come See What the Italians have tried to keep Secret
05.09.2008 06:23
europealacarte.co.uk
Rovijn is a beautiful town in the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia in the very far west of the country. The town has a classic Mediterranean look and was fortified by walls in the Middle Ages and then gates were built around the city in the later part of the 18th century. Rovijn used to be [...]
Europe
Tourism
Blogs
FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON: Good riddance
04.09.2008 14:19
freep.com
Detroit breathes a huge sigh of relief.
USA
Blogs
Frog blog: Hunt for world's rarest frogs
04.09.2008 04:07
bbc.co.uk
BBC reporter Rebecca Morelle joins a team in the rainforest attempting to track down some of the world's rarest frogs.
World
Blogs
Advertisements
Buying Into the Vineyard Lifestyle
04.09.2008 20:12
nytimes.com
Despite the declining housing market, developers are finding that homes built around wineries are still selling among wealthier buyers.
World
Real Estate
Spain offers best quality lifestyle
23.08.2008 10:33
propertyinspain.net
A new survey contrasts the work treadmill of Britain with Spain where people earn less and live longer and the country is now top of the Quality of Life Indicator...
Spain
Real Estate
Weather Forecast
Wet summer brings mushroom boom to Northeast
05.09.2008 10:32
usatoday.com
There's a mushroom boom in the wet woods of the Northeast this summer.
USA
Weather Forecast
Winds and rain battering Britain
05.09.2008 08:06
bbc.co.uk
Flood warnings are in place in Wales and many parts of England as heavy rain and strong winds sweep across the country.
World
Weather Forecast
History's Most Important Forecast
06.06.2008 11:23
accuweather.com
Col. William McIntosh, the Foundation President of the National D-Day Memorial in Lynchburg, Va., speaks with AccuWeather.com News Director Steve Penstone about the impact of the weather on the D-Day ...
World
Weather Forecast
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