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NDTV sells majority stake in subsidiary to Turner
Thaindian News —
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Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Media house New Delhi Television (NDTV) Tuesday said it has sold 76 percent of its indirect stake in subsidiary NDTV Imagine to global news and entertainment major Turner for $117 million.The total transaction size is $117 million that involves a sale of 76 percent of NDTV Imagine for $67 million ...1 day ago -
The Angry Mermaid
Hypo Global —
Authority: 128
Copenhagen ’s iconic Mermaid statue is staring in anger right now! Her city is hosting crucial international climate talks very soon, yet thousands of business representatives are planning to attend, and shamefully many have no intention whatsoever to tackle climate change. Instead they are lobby, planning and ...1 day ago -
On a dark Swedish afternoon, thoughts of eternal life
Global News Blog —
Authority: 495
It’s not everyday one meets a Nobel laureate who is said to have offered a tantalising clue in the search for the fountain of youth. American scientist Elizabeth Blackburn was here in Stockholm to collect her Nobel prize for medicine and everyone attending her news conference wanted to know the same thing. When ...1 day ago -
Copenhagen sex trade puzzles Americans, but it’s the norm in some countries
The US Report —
Authority: 125
by Kay B. Day The idea of legal sex trade combined with sex workers’ unions may puzzle Americans, but some countries regulate the trade and derive revenue from the same. As dignitaries, financiers, entrepreneurs, government bureaucrats and groupies head to Copenhagen for the big climate change powow, sex trade ...3 days ago -
Darfur: Is the war over or is the world losing interest?
Africa Blog —
Authority: 417
Its more than six years since mostly non-Arab rebels in Sudans western Darfur region revolted after accusing Khartoum of neglecting their remote corner of Africas biggest country. Khartoums U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, declared in New York this week that the "war in Darfur is over." But Luis ...4 days ago -
Darfur: Is the war over or is the world losing interest?
Global News Blog —
Authority: 495
It’s more than six years since mostly non-Arab rebels in Sudan’s western Darfur region revolted after accusing Khartoum of neglecting their remote corner of Africa’s biggest country. Khartoum’s U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, declared in New York this week that the “war in Darfur is over.” ...4 days ago -
What to do while the world burns
Environment —
Authority: 552
A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...4 days ago -
What to do while the world burns
Global News Blog —
Authority: 495
A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...4 days ago -
Obama forgot ALL about Pakistan
Pumas Unleashed —
Authority: 125
Obama failed to outline the way forward in Pakistan.. (dumber than a box of rocks!) 12/02/2009 By Brian Katulis One striking thing about the president’s speech last night was how little he actually said about Pakistan, especially in comparison to his speech last March outlining the initial strategy. He ...5 days ago -
France: Labor strike widens, shuts Louvre museum and Versailles
L.A. Times - Daily Travel Deal Blog —
Authority: 606
More disappointment for visitors to France: A labor strike that shut about a fifth of France’s museums widened Thursday after negotiations broke down, shuttering the celebrated Louvre museum in Paris and the palace of Versailles outside the French capital, the Associated Press reported.The strike, to protest plans ...5 days ago -
Other rumbles in the Iran nuclear storm
Global News Blog —
Authority: 495
In the sound and fury following the U.N. nuclear governors’ censure of Iran last week for its cover-up of a second uranium enrichment site, and Tehran’s rejection of a nuclear cooperation deal with world powers, a broader, festering issue was obscured. That is the question of “alleged military ...5 days ago -
History comes alive at Demjanjuk trial
Global News Blog —
Authority: 495
Entering the Munich court this week to cover the trial of John Demjanjuk , 89, accused of helping to force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers at an extermination camp in 1943, was like stepping into a history book. Inevitably, the spotlight was on Demjanjuk himself. The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s most wanted Nazi war ...5 days ago -
Obama Brings Afghan Strategy to Health Care Reform
ScrappleFace —
Authority: 121
(2009-12-02) — A day after a televised address about his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in order to bring them home again soon, President Barack Obama announced he would apply his Afghanistan war strategy to domestic health care reform. “It’s important that we seize the initiative,” the ...1 week ago -
WEST POINT Cadets not your average sheep…
Pumas Unleashed —
Authority: 125
1 December 2009 At a White House meeting with military leaders on Sunday, President Barack Obama formally issued the order to send at least 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan. Underscoring his contemptuous attitude toward popular opposition to the war or any other democratic considerations, Obama did not ...1 week ago -
US troops increase as local hero says no – Afghanistan’s Malalai Joya
Women News Network - WNN —
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Cairo correspondent Joseph Mayton for Women News Network – WNNHer name doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. But what makes Malalai Joya who she is has nothing to do with her name. It is the fact that the former Afghanistan Member of Parliament is not shy about speaking her mind. It has run her into [...]1 week ago -
Wire story on global warming shows root problem in newspapers’ meltdown
The US Report —
Authority: 125
by Kay B. Day On the heels of one of the greatest scandals in the history of science, my hometown newspaper ran stories on global warming, carbon dioxide levels and the end of the world in 2012. The stories ran in section A in Sunday’s big fat paper—fat because of all the Christmas advertising inserts. There ...1 week ago -
Obama administration closely monitoring Dubai debt crisis
Bank REO Real Estate —
Authority: 120
The White house and most of the world are looking intently at the looming situation in Dubai after the announcement from Dubai World that they will be postponing almost $60 billion dollars in scheduled bond payments. Reaction on Friday was severe compared to what is usually a light trading day. The dollar fell on ...1 week ago -
How To Make Money Online | TETETZET on Global News
PHILCHAR —
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How To Make Money Online – TETETZET on Global News, World News, Glba;l Issues, Celebrities, S candals, Gossip, Actress, c;tors, Photos, Videos, Musics, Movie, Entertainment, Infotainment. Read more: How To Make Money Online | TETETZET on Global News © 2009, indilmjinty . All Articles belong to their ...1 week ago -
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan… (this affects ALL of US)
Pumas Unleashed —
Authority: 125
Pentagon tried to ‘intimidate’ journo covering Blackwater November 26th, 2009 The office of Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking soldier in the US, tried to intimidate a reporter working on a story about security contractor Blackwater’s operations in ...1 week ago -
Tarpley makes sense of Blackwater carrying out assassinations in Pakistan…
Pumas Unleashed —
Authority: 125
November 25, 2009 Investigations by The Nation show that Xe Services, the successor to Blackwater, is carrying out targeted assassinations in Pakistan, supposedly without the knowledge of the White House. What is the role of military contractors in Pakistan? Is outsourcing these operations a way to eliminate ...1 week ago
