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Twenty five Islamic militants jailed in Egypt [Tue Apr 15, 2008]
Twenty five members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood including third-in-command Khairat el-Shatir were sentenced for up to 10 years by an Egyptian military court. Fifteen others were acquitted, Brotherhood officials said. Tuesday 15 April 2008
An Egyptian military court on Tuesday jailed 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood for up to 10 years for financing a banned org....
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Microsoft discuss joint Yahoo [Wed Apr 9, 2008]
- Microsoft Corp and News Corp are in talks about a joint bid for Yahoo Inc that would add MySpace to a proposed Microsoft-Yahoo combination, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
But Yahoo is in talks to merge with Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, a source familiar with the negotiations said, after Yahoo announced on Wednesday a test to use rival Google Inc's Web search service -- a three-way opti....
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China condemns Olympic torch disruptions [Wed Apr 9, 2008]
2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
China condemns Olympic torch disruptions
Tuesday 08 April 2008
China condemned disruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Europe. As the torch makes its way to San Francisco, three Tibet supporters scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to unfurl Tibetan flags. (Report: H.Morton, S. de Belzic)
Special Report On the Road to Beijing Tuesday 08 April 2008
By FRANCE 24 with w....
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Zawahri says bin Laden in good health [Wed Apr 2, 2008]
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was well and reports speculating about his sickness were false, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri said in a recording on Wednesday.
"Sheikh Osama bin Laden is in good health," Zawahri, who is also a doctor, said in response to questions compiled by Islamist Web sites. "The ill-intentioned always try to circulate false reports about him being sick.....
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Hungry crowds spell trouble for world leaders [Mon Mar 31, 2008]
- "Is it not said 'A hungry man is an angry man'?" commented Simon Nkwenti, head of a teachers' union in Cameroon, after riots that killed dozens of people in the central African country.
It is a proverb world leaders might do well to bear in mind as their impoverished populations struggle with food costs driven ever higher by record oil prices, weather and speculators trading in local market....
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Apple has biggest impact on world consumers [Mon Mar 31, 2008]
LONDON - The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while Microsoft and the United States nation brand are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.
The poll by online magazine brandchannel.com asked its readers to identify the brands with the greatest impact on their lives, and say how they affected readers' behaviour and their view o....
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SYRIA - ARAB SUMMIT [Sat Mar 29, 2008]
SYRIA - ARAB SUMMIT
Saudis call for 'positive move' from Syria on Lebanon
Saturday 29 March 2008
Saudi Arabia's foreign affairs minister took advantage of the Arab League Summit in Damascus on Saturday to press for Syria's support in the resolution of the Lebanese political crisis. (Report: O. Fairclough) Saturday 29 March 2008
By Allaoua Meziani/ FRANCE 24 with news wires
Saud....
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Mobile phone inventor dreams of human embeds [Fri Mar 28, 2008]
- When Martin Cooper invented the cell phone 35 years ago, he envisioned a world with people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies.
But while phones have come a long way since the former Motorola (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) researcher made the first-ever wireless call from a busy New York street corner in April 1973, Coo....
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Cuba allows unrestricted cellular phone service [Fri Mar 28, 2008]
HAVANA - Cuba announced on Friday that it will allow Cubans the unrestricted use of mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.
Cuba has the lowest rate of cellular telephone use in Latin America with the service been mainly restricted until now to foreigners and government officials.
The Cuban telecommuni....
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African Union forces seek rebel leader [Wed Mar 26, 2008]
Within hours of an African Union-backed Comoran offensive on rebel island Anjouan military officials said they had "located" renegade leader Mohamed Bacar but it was not clear whether he had been detained. (Report: F.Berruyer) Wednesday 26 March 2008
With the arrival of night, confrontations between the Cormoran army — supported by African Union troops — and Colonel Bacar’s loy....
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Japan's Watanabe urges U.S. to inject funds [Sun Mar 23, 2008]
Japan's Watanabe urges U.S. to inject funds: report
TOKYO - The United States should inject public funds into its financial system to solve the mortgage crisis that has sparked global credit fears, Japan's financial services minister was quoted as saying by the Financial Times.
Urging the United States to learn from Tokyo's experience during its bad loan crisis, during which massive amoun....
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Crane falls and crushes building in NYC, four dead [Sun Mar 16, 2008]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant crane fell and crushed a residential building in Manhattan on Saturday, killing four construction workers and injuring more than 10 other people, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
He said the crane "basically just flattened" a four-story townhouse with a bar on the lower level and damaged three other buildings. The bar was closed at the time.
Greta Wel....
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