Fri, 30 Jul 2010
(Photo: AP / Yoan Valat)Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Richard Drew)Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth
Specialist Patrick Murphy, left, directs trading in Citibank at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday afternoon Sept. 29, 2008....Full Story

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(Photo: Creative Commons)DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
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(Photo: AP / Fars News Agency)Iran Aims for Space, U.S. Aims for War
This photo released by the Fars News Agency claims to show an Iranian satellite launching rocket named "Safir-2", translated in English as "Ambassador-2", carrying the satellite "Omid", or "Hope" in English, photographed at launch at an undisclosed location on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international obser...Full Story

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Obama Touts Car Revival as He Is Dogged by a Slowdown
| DETROIT — President Obama came here on Friday to tout an economic success story, but instead got a lesson in how hard it is going to be to turn around the perception and the reality that the recovery is sputtering. | Mr. Obama was fired-up at Chrysler and Genera...Full Story
Far From '86, Davey Johnson Is at Ease With His Florida Life
| SANFORD, Fla. — Considering what might have been, Davey Johnson looked tanned, rested and comfortable in his own skin on a recent steamy Central Florida evening, as well as in the uniform of the Sanford River Rats of the Florida Collegiate Summer League. | Keep ...Full Story
'Mars rocks containing evidence of life identified'
LONDON: Scientists have identified rocks they claim could contain proof of life on Mars. An international team, led by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) in California, has made the discovery in the ancient rocks of Nili Fossae, the 'Earth and...Full Story
Hitchens Brothers' Rift Starts With Religion
| OXFORD, England — Chatting at a coffee shop in his hometown, Peter Hitchens is disinclined to talk about his older brother, Christopher, the famously combative journalist. | In May, Peter published the American edition of “The Rage Against God,” a pr...Full Story
Rocket From Gaza Hits Israeli City
| JERUSALEM — A Katyusha-type rocket fired by militants from Gaza struck the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, damaging buildings and causing panic after more than a year of relative calm. | There were no physical injuries, but police said that several r...Full Story
Fragments in time tell family's story
By Andrew Stone 4:00 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Inspired by the chance discovery of her mother's hidden correspondence, Ann Gluckman traced her family back to a corner of Europe that no longer exists. Andrew Stone writes | The night before Ann Gluckman leave...Full Story
Taking Calls From Veterans on the Brink of Suicide
| CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — Melanie Poorman swiveled in her chair and punched a button on the phone. The caller, a 30-something Iraq war veteran, had recently broken up with his girlfriend and was watching a movie, “Body of War,” that was triggering bad memo...Full Story
Battle for gaming supremacy is on as new titles hit shelves
| Dubai: The ongoing battle of attrition in the UAE games console market shows no sign of abating. All trends point to a ratcheting up of stakes for all players. | For Microsoft, the coming weeks will see a slew of launches on the games side. | "This is our biggest...Full Story
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Sat 31 Jul 2010
Losing control of your online life
Gulf News | London: When Peter Eckersley recently clicked on to one of America's biggest online job sites, he was not alone for long. | Using software to monitor programmes running on the page of CareerBuilder.com, the researcher for the Electronic Frontier Fo...
Fixed-line telecom industry enjoys significant growth
Gulf News | Dubai: The fixed-line telecom industry continues to enjoy significant growth in the Middle East and Europe as more than 50 per cent of consumers are switching to handsets with advanced features. | The development in the Middle East and Africa (MEA)...
New Kindle keeps Amazon in the race
Gulf News | When the Apple iPad launched in April, everyone who knew anything about e-readers declared it to be the final — if only — nail in the Kindle's coffin. That certainly included me. | OK, I admit it. I was wrong. But hey, how could anyone ...
Mexican Drug Lord Killed
The New York Times | MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers have killed a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in a shootout, providing a badly needed victory to President Felipe Calderón in his war against drug cartels. | The drug lord, Ignacio Coronel Vill...
For Most, Implants Beat Dentures, but at a Price
The New York Times | Mark Panko still gets riled when he recalls the two years he suffered with traditional dentures. Related | More Articles in This Series Peter Thompson for The New York Times | Implants can be used to replace a single tooth or a mouthful. | “T...
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
The New York Times | PARIS — | Two employees of the United States Embassy in Paris underwent medical examinations on Friday after handling a suspicious envelope that arrived at the embassy, but officials said its contents did not appear to be harmful. | “Th...
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed to 2.4% Rate in 2nd Quarter
The New York Times | The United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter, after expanding 3.7 percent in the previous three months, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. | Nonresidential fixed investment, which covers items l...
Wall Street Slips After U.S. Data on Growth
The New York Times | Traders on Wall Street got what they had been waiting for all week — a look at the crucial second-quarter report on economic growth in the United States. | The report, issued by the Commerce Department, said that the nation’s economy gr...
Greece and the Power of Negative Thinking
The New York Times | Once the cradle of European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis. The now-fading consensus in the market and among opinion-makers was that Greece is likely to fail, taking the euro zone with it. The country...
Fri 30 Jul 2010
Why patients can't stay out of hospitals.
Slate | This year has not been a good one for rock singer and Poison frontman Bret Michaels. A lifelong diabetic, Michaels was admitted to the hospital in April for appendicitis. One week after being discharged, he returned with a massive headache caused b...
Motorola Spent $880,000 Lobbying in Second Quarter
ABC News The Associated Press | WASHINGTON July 30, 2010 (AP) | Motorola Inc., the maker of cell phones and other telecommunications equipment, spent $880,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on laws that sought to discourage electronics m...
Nokia Spent $150,000 on Lobbying in Second Quarter
ABC News The Associated Press | WASHINGTON July 30, 2010 (AP) | Nokia Inc., the world's largest maker of cell phones, spent $150,000 in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. federal government on patents, the use of minerals from rebel-held mines in the Congo ...
Varian Semi Posts 3Q Profit, Revenue Growth
ABC News The Associated Press | GLOUCESTER, Mass. July 30, 2010 (AP) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. said it returned to profit in the fiscal third quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, on strong revenue growth linked to recovering demand for c...
Everglades, Madagascar Rain Forest on UNESCO List
ABC News The Associated Press | RIO DE JANEIRO July 30, 2010 (AP) | An alligator swims by as a fisherman looks on in Coopertown, the Everglades, Fla., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (AP) | The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades Natio...
Perfumed virtual reality mask can change the taste of cookies
The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES | Between the crunch, the buttery feel in your mouth and the rich taste, cookies seem pretty perfect already. But they're not quite perfect enough for Takuji Narumi of Tokyo University. Here at the SIGGRAPH computer animation and interact...
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