Ivory Coast’s president-elect Alassane Outtara is holed up in a hotel that has been encircled by the army, on orders of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, for two months. Now, Outtara tells Time , he’s ready for West Africa’s economic community to use force. “I wanted to give peace and dialogue a chance….
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — A prime minister chosen by Hezbollah and its allies was poised Monday to form Lebanon’s next government, unleashing angry protests, realigning politics here and in parts of the Mideast and culminating the generation-long ascent of the Shiite Muslim movement from shadowy militant group to the country’s pre-eminent political and military force. –> –> A practical impact may be the realignment of Lebanon away from the United States, which treated the government of Saad Hariri as an ally. The government that Najib Miqati, a billionaire and former prime minister, forms may in the end look much like past cabinets in this small Mediterranean country and, indeed,…
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President Obama will focus squarely on the economy, and his plans to boost job growth and US competitiveness in his State of the Union address. AP’s Julie Pace reports. (Jan. 24)
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enlarge Apparently living in DC all those years works against you when trying to prove your Chicago residency to run for Mayor. Who knew? So Rahm Emanuel, who left the position of Chief of Staff of the Obama White House to realize his personal dream of Mayor of Chi-Town, is off the ballot . A state appeals court ruled on Monday that Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, cannot run for mayor of Chicago in February because he was not a resident of the city for a full year before the election. The ruling overturned decisions by a lower court and a Chicago elections board that had allowed Emanuel on the February 22 ballot. A Chicago Tribune poll published last week showed Emanuel leading the race by a comfortable margin. Emanuel’s attorney has promised to file an appeal either today or tomorrow. Guess that those more than $10 million in donations will come in handy for his legal fees.
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It ain’t exactly soldering guns at dawn , but it looks like HyperMac is going through a few somersaults to ensure that its products stay on the market without offending the legal team at Apple. First there was the HyperJuice auto / airline adapter , and now the Magic Box takes things to an even more invasive level. First step: cut the power cord of your Mac’s MagSafe power adapter in half. Second step: feed the cable that you cut in half into the MagicBox… and you now have your very own HyperMac battery pack for those extra-long liveblogging sessions. Seems dead simple, right? And for the time being, the company is throwing in a free car charger to sweeten the deal. Available for $50 in March. Magic Box MagSafe mod kit brings the external battery back to your Mac (some assembly required) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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“127 Hours” star James Franco will be in class at Yale University Tuesday morning when the Oscar nominations are announced and he has no intention of missing school. Nominated or not, Franco is confiden’ about his hosting gig. (Jan. 24)
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A suicide bomber set off a deadly explosion in the international terminal of Moscow’s highly trafficked Domodedovo Airport on Monday, killing 31 people and wounding close to 170, according to the Associated Press’ last update. AP via Google News: The international arrivals terminal at Domodedovo Airport was engulfed by smoke and splattered with body parts after the mid-afternoon terror attack sprayed shrapnel, screws and ball bearings at passengers and workers in a loosely guarded area. Hundreds of people were in the area at the time. President Dmitry Medvedev immediately ordered authorities to beef up security at Moscow’s two other commercial airports and other key transport facilities. He also canceled plans to fly out Tuesday to Davos, Switzerland, where he aimed to promote Russia as a profitable investment haven to world business leaders. Monday’s attack was most likely carried out by a suicide bomber and “attempts were being made to identify him,” Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said. The Interfax news agency, citing law enforcement sources, said the head of the suspected bomber had been found. Read more Related Entries January 12, 2011 Russia Points to Pilot Error in Polish President’s Crash January 3, 2011 Want to Own a Chunk of Facebook?
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Photo: Lazy Lizard Tales Few things excite the blogosphere, or human beings for that matter, as much as the discovery of a new species. Especially a strikingly beautiful mammalian one. As such, the news of the Sunda Leopard’s discovery — the “world’s newest cat”, according to the BBC — wasted no time in spreading like wildfire (the proverbial kind, of course, that would in no way endanger the new cat’s habitat). It’s not hard t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Yes, it’s the Dell Venue , and no, you still can’t buy one outside Hong Kong or South Korea just yet. All we can speculate is that this Android phone is facing the same manufacturing issues as its WP7 cousin , but hopefully we’re wrong. Anyhow, what matters is that we’ve finally gotten our hands on a retail unit of the Snapdragon -packing Venue. So is it worth the wait for Androiders distanced from the Far East? And will this handset be the answer for our love-hate relationship with the Streak ? Head on right past the break to find out. Gallery: Dell Venue review Continue reading Dell Venue review Dell Venue review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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