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UN issues urgent plea for more funding to Burma
The United Nations issued an urgent plea today to stress to the international community that more funding is still needed. The UN says it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying aid unless more...UN official killed in Kenya
A UN official has been killed in nothern Kenya. This is the first killing of a UN official in that area. "Silence Shirara, a Zimbabwe national, was the head of the WFP office in Lokichoggio town, about 650km north...Google, IBM sponsor parallel computing courses at universities
"IT companies are becoming more active in making sure that there will be enough engineers that will be able to handle emerging technologies such as parallel computing. Following examples such as the one set by...All UK 'must be on DNA database'
The case for everyone's DNA in the UK to be on the national database is harmless to some and worrying to others. Would the Government approve of this before or after the general elections? I have no qualms with the...A Democratic Sellout on Bush's Mercenaires by Jeremy Scahill and Tom Engelhar...
"Let's be clear about what it is – when it comes to "withdrawal" from Iraq – that the president will veto this Wednesday. Section 1904(b) of the supplemental appropriations bill for the Pentagon, H.R. 1591, passed by the House and Senate, mandates that the secretary of...US Hires Mercenaries for African Operations
The US has a long history of outsourcing for military operations. All those "contractors" we read aobut in Iraq? Mercenaries. The issue here is of accountability. Mercenaries are not subject to the same legal scrutiny as official soldiers, though that has been meaning less...Weekend Tech: Setting Up a Family Web Site
A family Web site is a great and easy way to let everyone keep up with one another’s doings, pictures, contact information and more. There are even logistical reasons to create a family Web site, like scheduling...
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