Karzai: Afghans want rules for troops changed KABUL ? President Hamid Karzai said Monday he wants new rules governing the conduct of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan and would be willing to talk with Taliban leaders who publicly renounce violence and endorse peace. But Karzai, acknowledging shaky relations with his international partners in the war on terror, told
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AP Interview: Karzai offers peace to Taliban who renounce violence; seeks new rules for troops
LONDON – Indian-born academic Bhaskar Sengupta is to lead a top British scientific team to conduct research and training aimed at preventing groundwater arsenic poisoning in eastern India, Queen’s University Belfast said Monday. Sengupta, who teaches environmental engineering at Queen’s, led a team of European and Indian scientists who last year developed a low-cost technology to
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Indian academic leads British team on arsenic prevention project
Taiwan and China leaders exchange messages TAIPEI, Taiwan ? Taiwanese and Chinese leaders have directly exchanged messages for the first time in 60 years amid warming ties. A Nationalist party press statement says Monday’s correspondence originated with a congratulatory message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to Taiwan’s leader Ma Ying-jeou after he won an election for the
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Taiwanese and Chinese leaders exchange direct messages for first time in 60 years
Taliban, Afghan gov’t agree to cease-fire in north KABUL ? An Afghan official says the government and a Taliban commander who controls a small part of northwestern Afghanistan have agreed to a cease-fire. Seyamak Herawi, a spokesman in President Hamid Karzai’s office, says the agreement will allow a road construction project to move forward and for presidential
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Local Taliban commander, Afghan gov?t agree to cease-fire in northwest province
US student’s lawyer challenges murder charge HONG KONG ? A drunken American university student challenged a murder charge Monday after being accused of causing the crash of a Hong Kong taxi and death of its driver before commandeering the vehicle and slamming it into another cab. Prosecutors said California State University, Chico student Kelsey Michael Mudd was
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Lawyer for American student challenges murder charge over Hong Kong taxi crash
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar has rejected former President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that Benazir Bhutto wanted him to continue as the head of the state if she had been elected Prime Minister. Babar described the retired general’s statement as “wishful thinking of a disgraced dictator.” In a rejoinder to the former president’s
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Pak rejects Musharraf?s claim that Benazir wanted him as President
Ryanair profit jumps on lower costs; outlook cut DUBLIN ? Irish no-frills airline Ryanair Holdings PLC reported surging first-quarter profits Monday, citing sharply lower fuel costs and a business model that thrives during recession. The company slashed its profit outlook, however, causing shares to slump.
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Ryanair Q1 net profit surges to euro136.5m on lower fuel costs but shares fall on weaker outlook
Massa communicating ‘passively’ BUDAPEST, Hungary ? Felipe Massa’s health was improving Monday after the Formula One driver communicated passively with doctors, and medical scans provided encouraging signs after surgery on multiple skull fractures. Department of defense ministry spokesman Istvan Bocskai told the Associated Press that Massa was not speaking but that the 28-year-old Brazilian reacted when spoken
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F1 driver Massa communicating ?passively? and showing ?positive signs? after medical scans
Just days after releasing Windows 7 to manufacturing, Microsoft proposed to release full functionality Windows 7 with web browser Ballot Screen option for European Economic Area (EEA) customers. In the original proposal, Windows 7 E removes the Internet Explorer 8 browser frame window and menus (user interface), which otherwise will install by default upon Windows
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Windows 7 Ultimate E RTM (x86 and x64) Official Microsoft DVD ISO Images Leaked
Microsoft will offer a choice of competing web browsers with European versions of Windows 7 when the new OS is released in October 2009. The company hopes the action will adhere with European Union legislation and fend off further anti-trust fines. Although Windows 7 is selling well , Microsoft revenues are down by almost a fifth and costly court cases will not help.
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Microsoft Backtracks on Browser-less Windows 7 E
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in building a “most comprehensive engagement” with India, the Obama administration was continuing with the “good work” done by his predecessor George Bush. “We’re building on some of the good work that’s been done in a bipartisan way with India, starting with my husband (Bill Clinton)” the
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Obama continues Bush?s ?good work? in building India ties: Clinton
Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed has been elected to the Governing Board of Directors of prestigious Northern Nevada International Center (NNIC) for the second three-year term. NNIC fosters the role of citizen diplomacy in building bridges of international awareness and understanding, through programs of international exchange and community and educational outreach. Its various programs include International
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Zed elected to the Governing Board of Northern Nevada International Center for 2nd term
Weak oversight mars success of Iraq hotel project WASHINGTON ? In Iraq, even the successful reconstruction projects aren’t trouble-free. Questionable payments, incomplete or missing paperwork and weak contract management marred the building of a hotel near the Baghdad airport, says a new report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
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Investigators find questionable payments, missing paperwork in probe of Iraq construction work
Designer Miki has created a 2-in-1 electric blower that doubles as a vacuum cleaner. This technologically advanced product features a specialized general motor that provides dual functioning of blowing and vacuuming just at a switch from one operation to another. It comes with a removable front cover for cleaning the fan to facilitate its working for a longer time
Unsold ad inventory on your web site can be not only a loss of income, but also an eye sore. Depending on the style of site, you can fill those empty slots with eye-catching graphics and hopefully turn some of those eyes into revenue generators by filling them up with affiliate marketing links. While the majority of affiliate programs only pay on a completed sale, others pay on leads and clicks, it’s just a matter of finding them
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White Sox beat Tigers 5-1 avoiding 4-game sweep DETROIT ? Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer in Chicago’s four-run first, Gordon Beckham added a solo home run the next inning and the White Sox coasted to a 5-1 win Sunday night over the Detroit Tigers and avoided a sweep. Clayton Richard (4-3) allowed only a run on
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Konerko homers to help White Sox beat Tigers to avoid sweep against AL Central-leading Tigers
Thanks to Andrew Betts, a PHPlondon regular, for coming up with BadAPI , a service that allows you to simulate misbehaving APIs. These days there’s almost no such thing as a web app that’s not integrating data from various external APIs, and with that integration comes a new set of problems the developer must handle. From the BadApi website: BadAPI allows you to simulate misbehaving APIs.
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Working with unreliable APIs – Demian Turner
Much as people love hearing on the new features of ASP.NET, one of the frequent requests that I receive is around performance counters, high transactional sites using ASP.NET and real world applications that do very well on ASP.NET. While there are thousands of sites out there running on ASP.NET, many of them being mission critical, our own Windows Update is a great example of high performance. Windows Update is something all of us use, whether we like it or not. It helps maintain your system up to date with critical patches, recommended downloads as well as optional add-ins. Windows Update also periodically provides major updates such as Service Pack for Windows Vista, Office etc., and it is an essential part of your Windows usage
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ASP.NET Performance – Windows Update – a great example for setting performance standards
Urinated walls are a common phenomena causing trouble for municipal corporations in maintaining hygiene in almost all the towns and cities across the world. Addressing the issue, Mexican designer Miguel Melgarejo has come up with a public urinal concept dubbed “Axixa” (urine in Nahuatl) that will help in maintaining the cleanliness in the streets. Featuring the shape that a leak leaves in a wall, the public ceramic urinal generates a permanent mark in public streets or places where people can urinate and participate in a manifestation in which the disposal itself becomes part of the public life.
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Axixa, a hygienic way of pissing on the walls
A highly technical and multifunctional cash counter, the “OLIMP,” has been designed exclusively for the supermarkets to provide better and efficient service to the customers. This design facilitates well synchronized treatment of various purchases of customers. Overcoming the difficulty of congestion emerging at cash counter in huge supermarkets, this cash box provides for number of accessories like a shelf for the basket, protection of the scanner, protection of the cash machine, separate purchases and table for packing your purchase
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OLIMP adds convenience to your shopping in supermarkets