India’s future role in the United Nations might just bump up a big notch soon, thanks to Barack Obama’s endorsement. The president officially announced his support for India’s permanent inclusion on the UN’s Security Council on Monday, a move that was met with some skepticism and wariness in neighboring Pakistan.
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After a rather large complement of leaks , Samsung has finally confirmed its Continuum phone for Verizon, via Twitter of all places. The phone will ship on November 11th. Samsung is billing it as the “first phone with a dedicated ticker display,” referring to the secondary 1.8-inch color screen below the capacitive touch buttons. There’s a Samsung Mobile event happening at 6PM EST that will undoubtedly shed more light on this Android handset, but for now we expect the specs to be in line with other Galaxy S-series handsets. You know, except for the ticker part. Samsung is also proud to announce that it’s shipped 3 million Galaxy S phones in the US, a sizable chunk of the 7 million or so sold globally so far . Samsung confirms Continuum dual-display Android handset for Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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THE chief counsel of a probe into causes of the BP oil spill says so far he hasn't found evidence that anyone put money ahead of safety. Investigators from a…
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Photo: Flickr , CC Studying Bird Flight Patterns Can Lead to Better Conservation Efforts It’s pretty obvious that a lot of human activities affect birds directly (millions of birds are killed by cars, cats, buildings, pesticides, etc), but just the presence of human structures on the ground can apparently affect bird flight patterns and populations. Indeed, birds might seem completely free to fly wherever they want, but they are actually greatly influenced by what’s on the ground below where they fly. If we can better understand… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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JERUSALEM – Israel is pushing ahead with plans to build 1,300 new apartments for Jewish families in Arab East Jerusalem, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, despite fierce opposition from Palestinians. The timing of the announcement could prove an embarrassment for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in the United States looking for ways to revive Middle East peace talks that have stalled over the issue of Jewish…
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By Nomi Prins In the wake of the election, the Fed pulled off a move detected only by downtown Manhattan. It quietly announced a purchase of $600 billion in Treasury securities (read: our debt) while pundits on the left and right were dissecting the role of the tea party in political life as we know it. Related Entries November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism November 5, 2010 Bomb Attacks Shake Pakistan
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So, in his hype-o-matic interview with George W. Bush, “Today Show” talker Matt Lauer gets a glimpse of the former president’s post-White House lifestyle. Hey, he has an iPad! All the better for reading the word of the Lord and Rupert Murdoch—not necessarily in that order. Related Entries November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism November 5, 2010 Bomb Attacks Shake Pakistan
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RABAT (Reuters) – Clashes between security forces and protesters in Western Sahara killed several people on Monday after Moroccan authorities stormed the site of the disputed territory's biggest anti-government protest in decades. Morocco said two of its police officers and a firefighter were killed by protesters, while the pro-independence Polisario Front said Moroccan security forces killed a 26-year-old activist during a raid on a protest camp in the desert. The violence was some of the worst in years in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony…
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first suspect transferred from the Guantanamo military prison to face U.S. civilian trial was described on Monday by a federal prosecutor as a mass murderer with “the blood of hundreds on his hands.” Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since…
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