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World Opinion Thu, 17 May 2012
Facebook - Mobile Phone - Wi-Fi
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Facebook: is it really worth $100bn?
Facebook has 70 per cent of the world’s internet users signed up, but can it justify such a high flotation? | Because he’s worth it: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in New York, where he wooed Wa... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
The Daily Telegraph
Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Security   War   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered
| Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him and others. | When he returned s... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Huffington Post
Afghanistan: A bridge too far Afghanistan: A bridge too far
| WASHINGTON — Realism is the idea of throwing a U.S. security blanket over Afghanistan for another 10 years after the last U.S. and NATO units leave at the end of 2014. It is a reflection of realit... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Afghanistan   Photos   Security   US   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party, CDU, and Christian Democrats Secretary General Ronald Pofalla, right, are seen after the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. Germany's Merkel faces test in key state election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are facing a tough task to avoid defeat in a key state election on Sunday. | Opinion polls in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia sugge... (photo: AP / Jens Meyer) BBC News
Election   Germany   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Angela Merkel  
General Opinion
Cigarette Smoking - Nicotine Public smoking takes away others' clean air rights
| I just have to respond to Mary Ann Graf's letter ("Losing Pleasures," May 7). I couldn't care less if anyone eats all the sugar or all the fatty foods they wa... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Health   People   Photos   Smoking   Wikipedia: Smoking  
A mother walking with her child on the road - parenting Can good parenting classes ever work?
The Government's multi-million pound scheme to teach good parenting must reach the right people to be effective. | Another sticking plaster? Under the 'Can Parent’ sche... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Daily Telegraph
Family   Parenting   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Parenting  
 KLdy1 - Aug06 - retail - fashion - fabric - textile - clothes - clothing industry - economy. (dy1)  DAVID GLEASON: Treat clothing shares with caution
| AN EXAMINATION, however brief, of the clothing retail sector inevitably leads back to the economy. And, believe me, there is no doubt that it has turned down. That rece... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Business Day
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Textile industry  
EPP Summit March 2011 Barroso Merkel Merkel tells Greece to back cuts or face euro exit
Greece may be forced to leave the euro if the country refuses to implement spending cuts agreed with the European Union, Angela Merkel warned. | "I believe it’s better ... (photo: Creative Commons / FishInWater) The Daily Telegraph
Euro   Germany   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
Fuel injection at a Shell gasoline station Gasoline in Denver still higher than the national average
|  The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver on Sunday was $3.77, four cents higher than the national average. | The cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver ... (photo: WN / RTayco) Denver Post
Economy   Energy   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing  
North America Europe
Fresno Co. ellections Office gets a new attitude, more polli
Judge releases interrogation video of man who killed Jennife
Twins outslug Detroit 11-7
Rice County man allegedly offered golf cart, ATV to hit man
This Dec. 2009 photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged in federal court with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Robert Fisk: Must we stand idly by while world leaders spout this codswallop?
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Spain snubs the Queen's Jubilee bash: Overseas royals sa
Spain's pain exposes the problem with putting your faith
Former Spain PM: Russia believes Israel will prevent Iran nu
Russia and Israel: The unexpected alliance
Europe's economic nightmare should be keeping us awake
Europe's economic nightmare should be keeping us awake
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Asia Middle East
HP CEO Whitman: We are proud to be a hardware company
China drops a hint about a Pacific cold war
HP conducts 7 Days Without Printer experiment in Bangalore
Jesus Loves China, Too
Picture must be drawn up for V-shaped business recovery
Picture must be drawn up for V-shaped business recovery
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Nakba Day events geared at vengeance, not reconciliation
The Palestinian day of vengeance and retribution
Anatomy of a Massacre
Video - Nakba Day: Return to Palestine
Israeli border police scuffle with a demonstrator during a protest calling for the release of prisoners jailed in Israel outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 1, 2012.
Israel: Profile of a Police State
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South America Africa
Oil Wars on the Horizon
Global plan for sustainable development
Lots of Exciting News This Week in Venezuela!
Latin America Delivers a Swift Kick
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
Oil Wars on the Horizon
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Globally Yours - or Why Continent Can't Make It
Rebranding the Continent - What is the Continent's Agend
Small Farmers Key to Africa Growth
Danger of Food Import
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan.
Oil Wars on the Horizon
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Australia Caribbean
'Buzz off': Keating irritated by flash bulbs
'Buzz off': Keating irretated by flash bulbs
We're no burden, say mature mums
Panel to help unions avoid HSU scandal
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Negotiate exchange with Cuba
Dale Sveum defends bunting with Starlin Castro in key spot
Foreign Policy: Preparing for Life after Castro
Cuba after Hugo Chávez
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