Country’s Foreign Ministry says decision ‘vindicates the valid and legitimate desire of the Palestinian people for a free and independent state’
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Taken a look at Google’s homepage recently? If not, we’d recommend you do so, STAT. The image you see here will only be an active doodle — a name given to Google’s “special” logos used to commemorate certain events and holidays — for a few more hours. According to a lengthy report over at the Wall Street Journal , the Holiday 2010 Doodle is El Goog’s “most ambitious one yet,” taking five artists some 250 hours to create. Google estimates that it has crafted some 900 doodles since 1998, with a whopping 270 of ‘em running in 2010. This particular one relies on 17 interactive portraits of holiday scenes from around the globe, and it took the team a number of months to finally whip up a finished product that everyone was stoked on. We’d encourage you to click around on it to discover what the tiles actually mean, and if you’re hungry to learn about the shockingly interesting backstory that surrounds it, the source link has a URL with your name on it. Google’s 2010 holiday doodle: its ‘most ambitious one yet’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Group calls for dismissal of Metropolite of Piraeus Seraphim over claim that ‘Adolf Hitler was instrument of world Zionism’
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Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “…the ascription of innocence largely permits adults to not assume responsibility for their role in setting children up for failure, for abandoning them to the dictates of marketplace mentalities that remove the supportive and nurturing networks that provide young people with adequate healthcare, food, housing, and educational opportunities.” -Henry A. Giroux, Stealing Innocence, Corporate Culture’s War On Children It was the week before Christmas when I glanced at the local paper. The headline read: “Couple charged with baby’s murder.” The parents of a two-year old girl had just been arrested for charges of physical abuse towards their…
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THOUSANDS of travellers are stranded at the main Paris airport after hundreds of Christmas flights were cancelled, as freezing weather and widespread snowfalls caused travel chaos across Europe. About 400 flights in and out of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle were scrapped, with some 30,000 travellers’ plans disrupted by the cancellations and delays, said the airport’s director Patrice Hardel. Flights in Belgium and Germany were also affected and motorists stayed off the roads as western Europe battled the latest cold snap. “Since Roissy came into being, we’ve never seen anything like this,” Pierre Graff, the head of Aeroports de Paris, the group that runs the airport, told RTL radio. The…
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ABUJA (AFP) – West African nations were preparing to send a high-level delegation to Ivory Coast after threatening force if Laurent Gbagbo refused to quit power. Leaders from the 15-member ECOWAS regional bloc also warned Friday in a statement after their summit that those responsible for post-election deaths would face international prosecution. Gbagbo's internationally recognised rival in last month's presidential vote, Alassane Ouattara, meanwhile urged the army to desert the incumbent leader. The ECOWAS delegation was an “ultimate gesture” to Gbagbo in the hope that he could be persuaded to leave peacefully, said leaders of the Economic Community of West African…
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Remember the electric car with the ingenious hook of a reserve battery that can only be accessed in the case of an emergency by texting or calling the car’s manufacturer? Well, it appears that the project is having a bit of trouble getting off the ground in the US, though it shockingly doesn’t have anything to do with that flagship feature. As the story goes, upstart Bannon Automotive signed a deal with the car’s manufacturer, India-based Reva Electric Car Company, that gave it the exclusive license to manufacture and sell the car in the US, but Bannon is now alleging that Reva broke its agreements and says it’s been left with no choice but to take legal action. Ill-conceived feature aside, the stakes in the lawsuit are fairly high, as Bannon Automotive was actually formed with the sole intention of bringing the Reva electric car to the US, and it had hoped to bring as many as 250 jobs to Onondaga County, New York. Reva’s text-to-recharge electric car rolls to a standstill the US originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Federal authorities are investigating a pilot who posted videos on YouTube that were critical of security at San Francisco International Airport, the pilot’s attorney said Friday. The pilot, or his airline has not been identified (Dec. 24)
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The Falcons can win the NFC South with a win Monday night over the Saints. The Jets seek a second straight playoff berth, meet the Bears in Chicago. Ravens try to wrap up a playoff spot, take on Browns. (Dec. 24)
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