The annual summit of Arab monarchs in the Gulf opened in Manama on December 24th Monday with a call for closer economic integration and unity in the face of the turmoil which has swept much of the Middle East. Mr King Hamad of host ...
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After carefully working with China for the past two years, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt bluntly predicted the fall of the Great Firewall of China. "I believe that ultimately censorship fails," Schmidt said in an interview last week with ...
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Rice has drawn heavy fire from Republicans for remarks she made in the aftermath of a September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. "I am highly ...
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THE Australian dollar was little changed against its US counterpart yesterday,but it hit a 19-month intraday high against the yen as investors predicted Japan's new government would encourage a return to reflationary policy by the Bank of ...
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Arcadia Biosciences has signed an agreement with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center(CIMMYT)and the US Agency for International Development(USAID)to develop heat-tolerant wheat variants. The wheat varieties will be ...
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Lobbying among countries and various special interests to"take control"of the internet is intensifying in advance of the International Telecommunications Union(ITU)World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai next week. ...
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Only 6%of UK citizens think the government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill,a survey has revealed. In contrast,71%of more than 1,800 adults polled said they do not trust that the data will be ...
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