The UK’s Iraq inquiry has visited the cities of Baghdad and Basra as part of its fact-finding mission. Members of the panel held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, as well as leading Iraqi officials. Its report, into the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, is due to be published early next year. Inquiry chairman…
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Remember that dual-mode OLED / Binem display from yesterday? Well, then you might want to hang onto those memories, as the company behind it has apparently now gone bankrupt. While there’s no official word from the company itself, French website Actualitte is reporting that the company, Nemoptic , was more than three million euros in debt and has been unable to find a buyer to bail it out. Of course, there’s always a chance that another company could now swoop in and pick up Nemoptic’s IP now that it’s in receivership, though there’s obviously no guarantees. French display company Nemoptic reportedly goes bankrupt originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The story of the miners in Chile really is an interesting one, and it’s about to come to a conclusion : A missile-like escape capsule was lowered into a nearly half-mile tunnel in the Chilean desert Tuesday night to carry 33 miners to fresh air and freedom after 69 days — the longest anyone has ever been trapped underground and survived. Steam rushed from the hole into the frigid night air — a sign of the humid, sauna-like conditions the men have endured in the gold and copper mine. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera patted the side of the custom-built capsule proudly as the last act of the mine collapse ordeal approached. “We made a promise to never surrender, and we kept it,” Pinera said as he waited to greet the miners, whose endurance and unity captivated the world as Chile meticulously prepared their rescue. Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said he hoped the first of the miners would still emerge before midnight, a slow process because of the need for methodical testing with a rescue worker inside once all the cables are attached and tested. A mine rescue expert will be lowered in the capsule and raised again to test it, and then that rescuer and a navy special forces paramedic will be lowered to the men to prepare them for the trip. Only then can the first miner be pulled to safety. It is expected to take as many as 36 hours for the last miner to be rescued. Those guys are really going to be happy to see the real world again… except for the guy whose wife met his girlfriend during a vigil at the site. They might have a hard time getting him out of that hole.
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LONDON (AFP) – Chilling footage of the devastation wrought by the 2005 London bombings was shown in public for the first time Tuesday at the inquests into the deaths of 52 passengers. The courtroom saw slow-moving, silent video from inside the Underground trains, revealing the bloody, scorched wreckage left by three simultaneous suicide bombings in footage filmed just hours afterwards. The hearing was also told in distressing detail about each victim's final moments, pieced together from eyewitness and forensic evidence, reviving the horror of July 7, 2005. The 8:49 am rush-hour explosions on three trains, and on a bus about one hour later, were the largest terror…
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Condoleezza Rice admits the Bush administration made mistakes after the Sept. 11 attacks but readers seeking her view on the decisions leading to the war in Iraq will find no such grist in her new memoir. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a lecture “The Future of Asia” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong March 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files) “We made our mistakes undoubtedly,” the former U.S. Secretary of State told Reuters in an interview to promote her memoir “Extraordinary, Ordinary People,” published on…
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Condoleezza Rice admits the Bush administration made mistakes after the Sept. 11 attacks but readers seeking her view on the decisions leading to the war in Iraq will find no such grist in her new memoir. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a lecture “The Future of Asia” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong March 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files) “We made our mistakes undoubtedly,” the former U.S. Secretary of State told Reuters in an interview to promote her memoir “Extraordinary, Ordinary People,” published on…
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Police indicated Tuesday they believe someone killed a 10-year-old North Carolina girl whose bone cancer left her with a prosthetic leg and hearing aids, saying they were shifting from a missing person search to a homicide investigation. (Oct. 12)
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It never really occurred to us that Windows Phone 7 buyers wouldn’t be able to use their phones in tandem with Apple computers, but here’s the confirmation all spelled out: Microsoft’s Oded Ran recently tweeted that Zune will let Mac users sync WP7 phones, presumably using an OS X compatible version of the desktop software package. Of course, since the tweet was deleted shortly after it was written, it’s possible this was some sort of mistake, but if buyers find the twain incompatible come launch day, you’d best believe there’s going to be some consumer outrage. Here’s hoping that if the software does exist, it’ll sync good ol’ Zune media players as well. Zune software headed to Mac, the better to sync your Windows Phone? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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In an election season already breaking records for spending, hard-hitting ads are on the rise. Over the past 30 days, candidates, parties and outside groups have purchased millions of dollars in commercial time. AP’s Mark Smith reports. (Oct. 12)
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