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Video: Details on Google's 'Super' Phone (Nexus One)
January 07, 2010 - ItAfter much anticipation, consumers can now buy Google's Nexus One phone on the web. The newest smartphone will now compete with Apple's popular iPhone and many other mobile devices. One big difference: consumers can buy Google's new phone directly...
US to release report on failed airplane bomb plot on Christmas Day
January 07, 2010 - SocialThe White House is set to share more details Thursday on the intelligence failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. Spokemsan Robert Gibbs says officials will release a declassified account of a probe into a Nigerian...
How the mobile Internet could change everything
January 07, 2010 - ItBy Luke Allnutt Speaking in June last year about how foreign policy had been changed by the democratization of the Internet, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, "You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly...
Yemenis comprise half of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay
January 07, 2010 - SocialPresident Barack Obama this week announced the suspenion of future transfers of prisoners to Yemen from a U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a U.S. airliner December 25 reportedly was trained in...
US grand jury indicts Christmas Day airline attack suspect
January 07, 2010 - SocialA U.S. grand jury has indicted the suspect in the December 25 bombing attempt of a U.S. jetliner. The six-count indictment was filed Wednesday in the state of Michigan. The suspect, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is charged with attempted...
US seeks to give all Americans high speed Internet access
January 07, 2010 - ItThe U.S. government is spending more than $7 billion to bring high speed Internet access to all Americans. It is a huge infrastructure project and its goal is to make sure every American - including those who live in impoverished urban and rural areas...
Importance of 2009 for leaders of Moldovan coalition parties
January 07, 2010 - PoliticomVlad Filat, Chiarman of the Liberal Democratic Party (Prime Minister of Moldova) The year 2009 was a new beginning both for our party and for the Republic of Moldova. The Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) shifted from opposition to government and our country...
Hubble photo displays galaxies from early universe
January 06, 2010 - ItThe Hubble Space Telescope has captured a mosaic of images to reveal the most complete picture of the early universe, with thousands of galaxies in "various stages of assembly." The U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday that the farthest galaxies...
Iran ban targets 60 Western groups
January 06, 2010 - PoliticomBy Golnaz Esfandiari Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has issued a list of 60 U.S. and international organizations that it accuses of inciting this summer’s postelection unrest and being involved in a “soft war” against the Islamic...
Moldova says Russia hikes gas price by 20 percent
January 06, 2010 - EconomieMoldovan Economy Minister Valeriu Lazar says Russia's Gazprom raised the natural gas price for Moldova by more than 20 percent on January 1, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The new price, which is valid for the first quarter of the year, is reportedly...