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US to exploit Iran unrest for sanctions

New Delhi: US President Barack Obama plans to focus fresh sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the military force that oversees its pursuit of nuclear weapons. The Revolutionary Guard has also been...

Historic Precedent - Youngest Boy to Ride the River...in a Truck!

     I imagine most parents have a pretty good idea about how to watch out for their children, and some states tend to have some pretty strong ideas about how parents ought to be doing so,...

Current TV Granted License for Operation in Canada by CTRC

Current TV, the user generated media outlet founded by Al Gore, has been granted a license for operation in Canada by the CRTC, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. The CRTC announced the license with a few stipulations including a minimum of 35%...

Current TV Cancels IPO Due to Incovenient Truth of Economy

Al Gore's new media baby, Current TV, will not be going public as had initially been planned. Despite recent content successes with online, the progressive television network has lost money every year since its...

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...

Seven awesome iPhone freebies

Seven awesome iPhone freebies Posted by Rick Broida (Credit: Joost) As a mostly ecstatic new iPhone owner, I've spent considerable time checking out--you guessed it--the...

After More Balanced Coverage, What Next?

"Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Mosharraf Zaidi As the world’s attention turns increasingly to Pakistan and its role in tackling the threat of globalised terrorism, the country’s perception abroad is evolving. More than seven years after 9/11, a more nuanced approach to...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Computer chips give new spin on saving energy

"MICROCHIPS that process information without moving electrons could lead to a new generation of ultra-low-power computers. That is the promise behind a processor that uses waves rather than current to crunch...

Current TV, Wired, and Six Apart Slash Jobs

Although mainstream media across America are feeling the negative force of the current financial crisis -- note Conde Nast's employee and publication hachet job last week -- so too are their counterparts in the...

Separatist billboards

"Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Ahmed Quraishi There is little question that an American-occupied Afghanistan has emerged as the biggest security threat to Pakistan. But you...

Palin won't 'close doors' on Political future

The Republican Governors Association's two-day meeting included some of the party's rising stars and some of the likeliest candidates for the 2012 presidential election. But the main topic of the annual meeting...

Current warming sharpest climate change in 5,000 years: study

"This NASA image received in February 2006 shows the calving front, or break-off point into the ocean, of Helheim Glacier""Research on Arctic and North Atlantic ecosystems shows the recent warming trend counts...

US 'in secret overseas strikes'

US 'in secret overseas strikes' The US has carried out attacks in Pakistan in recent months The US has carried out nearly a dozen anti-terror...

IMF playing negative role in global economic crisis

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is playing a ‘negative role’ in the current global economic crisis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday. Aziz also stressed the need for a strategy to deal with future challenges. In an interview with ARY OneWorld,...

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