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Government Departments Are Given Go-Ahead to Use Iphones for Sensitive Data
Dec 24, 2012Government departments have been given the go-ahead to use iPhones to send and receive sensitive emails, as part of moves to broaden the number of approved public sector mobile devices beyond BlackBerrys. Under new guidelines, civil ...
Tags: iPhone, mobile device, Apple device, BlackBerry
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Renault Will Sign a Pact Today to Build Its First Plant in Algeria
Dec 24, 2012A company spokeswoman said that Renault will sign a pact today to build its first plant in Algeria during a highly symbolic visit by Mr François Hollande President to the former French colony. She said that “Renault will sign ...
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European Parliament Voted in Favour of New Patent Law to Provide One Regulation
Dec 21, 2012The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new patent law to provide one regulation and one court to cover inventions across the European Union (EU). Currently EU citizens can either apply for a national patent in their own country ...
Tags: European Parliament, national patent, unitary patent, patent system
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Coca-Cola Takes a Legal Case Against The Northern Territory Cash-for-Containers Scheme
Dec 21, 2012Coca-Cola is taking a legal case against the Northern Territory cash-for-containers scheme, which is the only comprehensive recycling and litter reduction scheme that really works, said Jeff Angel, convenor of Boomerang Alliance. "Mt ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, cash-for-containers, comprehensive recycling
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OPEC Declined 90,000 Barrels Per Day to 31.08 Million Barrels Per Day in November
Dec 21, 2012Trade Arabia reported that crude oil output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries declined 90,000 barrels per day to 31.08 million barrels per day in November. This follows October production of 31.17 million barrels per ...
Tags: crude oil output, crude oil, oil export, oil
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Saudi Arabia Arrived in Vienna to Take Part in The 162nd Ordinary Meeting of The OPEC
Dec 21, 2012IRNA reported that Mr Rostam Qassemi oil minister of Saudi Arabia arrived in Vienna to take part in the 162nd ordinary meeting of the OPEC oil ministers due to be held on 12th 2012. It is the second meeting of the OPEC oil ministers in ...
Tags: OPEC meeting, oil, crude oil output, crude oil
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French Government Agencies Could Become More Active Participants in Free Software Projects
Dec 20, 2012French government agencies could become more active participants in free software projects, under an action plan sent by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in a letter to ministers, while software giants Microsoft and Oracle might lose out as ...
Tags: French government, free software projects, software, plans
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Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco Will Receive USD 100 Million in Financing
Dec 20, 2012BS reported that Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco will receive USD 100 million in financing from Export Development Canada or EDC, the country's export credit agency for its Mahan Aluminium Project in Madhya Pradesh. The agreement, ...
Tags: Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco, export credit agency
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Steps Are Being Taken to Sign a MoU for Cooperation in The Area of Textiles and Clothing
Dec 19, 2012Steps are being taken to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the area of textiles and clothing between India and Sri Lanka, Mr. Anand Sharma, India's Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles, informed Sri Lanka's ...
Tags: MoU, cooperation, textiles, clothing, MoU deal
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Global ICT Leaders Will Gather at This Year's ITU Telecom World 2012
Dec 19, 2012Global ICT leaders will gather to discuss topics including the ‘radical transformation of the ICT industry’ at this year’s ITU Telecom World 2012, opening in Dubai next month. The event is staged for 14-18 October, and ...
Tags: Dubai, Global Leaders, ITU Telecom World, ICT
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UKraine Steel Pipe Imports and Exports Decreased Year to Year
Dec 17, 2012According to the data issued by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to October period of the current year Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 1.2% YoY to 1.352 million tonnes worth a total of USD 1.632 billion. In ...
Tags: Ukraine, exports, steel pipe, steel, steel market
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OPEC Ministers Have Failed to Agree on a New Secretary General
Dec 17, 2012By John Lee. OPEC ministers have failed to agree on a new secretary general and have asked Abdalla el-Badri to stay in the post for another year. Four countries had been competing for the job — Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Ecuador ...
Tags: OPEC, secretary general, audi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Ecuador
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The Introduction of Acrobatics in The Tang Dynasty
Dec 17, 2012The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui ...
Tags: various ethnic groups, court singers and dancers, royal palace
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The Introduction of Xianxiao
Dec 17, 2012Xianxiao (literally, virtue and filial piety) is a folk singing-and-story-telling art form accompanied by sanxian (a three-stringed plucked instrument). In terms of region, it can be classified into Liangzhou Xianxiao and Hezhou Xianxiao. ...
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The Final NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan Was Released
Dec 17, 2012The final NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan has been released by the Minister for Transport, Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Roads and Ports, Duncan Gay. The ministers said the master plan “brings together all types of ...
Tags: Gladys Berejiklian, Duncan Gay, Long Term Transport Master Plan
