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  • AFP boss aims to target news direct to web users Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:12PMPARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog said in comments published Thursday.
  • During these salad days, let us entertain you Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:55AMWhen it’s too hot to cook, the Monitor’s language columnist considers how salads really are worth their salt.
  • Summer reading: John Reed on 'The Dark Knight Returns' Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:19AMJohn Reed has written novels -- "A Still Small Voice" and "Snowball's Chance" -- as well as stranger assemblages. What do you call a play made up entirely of mixed-up lines from six of Shakespeare's best-known plays? Reed called it...
  • Philippine history lessons in Paris - Living Abroad Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:18AMCan the country's new leaders help provide answers to Lhyanne's questions? By Marilyn P. Rayray Contributor PARIS, France--I was behind our door ready to ring the bell when I heard my 10-year-old daughter asking her father to help her...
  • Fortean London: The Great Fire of Superstition & Hatred Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:14AMThe Great Fire of London started in a bakery on Pudding Lane 344 years ago today. It destroyed four-fifths of the city and prompted Samuel Pepys to protect his prize parmesan by burying it. The destruction is thought to have cleansed the city of plague and gave Christopher Wren quite the career boost. Events like the Great Fire generate their own mythologies and madness and London before, during ...
  • Driven by Germany, Europe posts 1.0 per cent growth Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:56AM(BRUSSELS ) - Europe's economy outpaced the United States and Japan in the second quarter, EU data showed Thursday, but analysts warned that the German-powered growth would likely lose steam in the second half.
  • Chinese women opting for surgery to reclaim 'virginity' Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:05AMBEIJING — China has long been known as the land of cheap fakes — Rolexes, DVDs, handbags and designer clothes. Now add a new one to the list: fake virgins.
  • Swype appears on Symbian Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:31AMTHE INQUIRER Faster texting
  • Out & About for week of Sept. 2 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:47AMONGOING…
  • Nokia brings Swype to Symbian smartphones Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:00AMNokia has released a beta version of the Swype typing tool designed for theSymbian smartphone platform.
  • Commentary: The Sarrazin Debate - Germany Is Becoming Islamophobic Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:44PMThilo Sarrazin's comments about Muslims have triggered outrage in Germany and abroad, but have met with willing listeners among the general public. His rhetoric is slowly bringing about change in Germany, transforming it from a tolerant society into one dominated by fear and Islamophobia.
  • EU's Barnier 'shares fully' Sarkozy drive on commodities Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:56PM(BRUSSELS ) - The European Union commissioner responsible for writing new rules governing financial trading said on Tuesday he backs a French drive to rein in the scope for traders in raw materials derivatives.
  • Sanofi may need to pay $77 a share for Genzyme, Citigroup says Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:19PMSanofi-Aventis SA will probably need to raise its $69-a-share offer for Genzyme Corp. to between $74 and $77 a share to clinch a deal, Citigroup Inc. analysts said.
  • Hurricane Earl Heads for Mainland - Red Cross Makes Preparations Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:14PMStorm threatens coast, inland areas from Carolinas to New England.
  • EU to discuss giving Libya cash to halt migration: Italy FM Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:26PM(ROME ) - Italy's foreign minister on Tuesday said the European Union would discuss Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's request for five billion euros (6.3 billion dollars) a year to stop clandestine migration.
  • France defends Roma crackdown as EU voices concern Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:26PM(BRUSSELS ) - France defended on Tuesday its deportation of Roma migrants, insisting that it was in line with European Union laws as two French ministers met with top EU officials concerned about the crackdown.
  • Encore Announces Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 25th Anniversary Edition Software Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:37PMLOS ANGELES----Encore, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, announced today the launch of America’s best-selling typing solution Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 25th Anniversary Edition offering users everything they need to improve their typing skills in two weeks – guaranteed.
  • $1,000 reward offered for information about sexual assaults Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:31PMSudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers is offering a guaranteed $1,000 reward for tips that lead to the arrest of a man suspected of three instances of sexual assault in the Chelmsford area. On Aug. 5 and 15, three separate female victims were inappropriately touched while walking in the area.[...]
  • Environmental monitoring station installed at Ġgantija Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:41AMA state-of-the-art environmental monitoring station has been installed at the Ġgantija Temples in Xagħra, Gozo.
  • UN human rights office denies pressure from Ban to change Congo 'genocide' report Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:11AMThe U.N.'s human rights office said Tuesday it hasn't come under pressure from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to alter a forthcoming report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s.
  • Katrina evacuee gives thanks for Dallas ' big heart from rebuilt New Orleans home Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:35AMNEW ORLEANS - Three years after the storm, Chantel Johnson wrote a letter on scrap paper.
  • Review: "Four Fingers of Death" an epic space prank Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:34AMFollowing a dedication page that offers his fifth novel to the memory of Kurt Vonnegut, implicitly announcing as his goal to employ Vonnegut's shades of dark comedy and fluorescent farce — Rick Moody turns things over in "The Four Fingers of Death" to one Montese Crandall.
  • Katrina evacuee returns to New Orleans with thanks for Dallas ' big heart Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:23PMThree years after the storm, Chantel Johnson began a thank-you letter to the city that took her in, and then she put it away. It was a going-home letter, and it'd be another two years before she was ready to return - and send her farewell.
  • Mobile network systems have become essential, integral part of our existence Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:24PMBy Ray Perryman
  • G Balachandran: A sub-optimal outcome Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:08PMNow that the Lok Sabha has passed the nuclear liability bill, accepting all the amendments proposed by the opposition, including the controversial one about the supplier’s liability, it is time to examine the implications.
  • 48 hours in London Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:16PMGot 48 hours to explore the British capital during a business trip? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore London's mix of old world charm and modern culture.
  • Ashton says unable to attend Mideast peace talks Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:41AM(BRUSSELS ) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Saturday she could not attend next month's Middle East peace talks because of a China trip, and she had no place there anyway.
  • Serbia ready for Kosovo compromise, up to a point: Tadic Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:41AM(BELGRADE ) - Serbia is ready to discuss changes to a draft resolution it has submitted to the UN General Assembly on Kosovo, but will never recognise the breakaway state, President Boris Tadic said Saturday.
  • Youth are center of day for Acadians Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:29AMST. MARTINVILLE — Sunday marked a day to preserve history by “letting the children speak” at the Acadian Memorial, as the Cajun cultural tribute center memorialized the more than 1,400 children who were exiled from Acadie in Canada in 1755 and eventually landed on the shores of what is now Acadiana.
  • PRODUCTS & SERVICES Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 5:23AMTo get involved, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with 'For Tom Fordyce' in the subject), use 606 or text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used.
  • Nova Scotia's Cape Breton is a hotbed of musical talent Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:30PMWhen the idea arose of vacationing in Nova Scotia, it was immediately stamped as a music-chasing adventure by my musical girlfriend linda.
  • Eastern Townships Trail offers a window on the 19th-century Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:59PMMention haggis and people usually cringe, but there was nothing scary about the notorious organ-meat mixture at a surprising centre of Scottish cooking in Quebec's Eastern Townships.
  • The artists are ready for their Euros Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:29PMShow of up-and-coming French talent smacks of money as much as art.
  • Fall arts 2010: Dance Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 3:22PMMark Morris, Alonzo King companies promise stunning new works.
  • The History of Halo Leaks Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 1:02PMHalo: Reach (X360) Bungie's last Halo title has fallen victim to pirates. It's not the first.
  • Meet Bill Gates's Favorite Teacher Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:16AMEach day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Giving Gates an education. Just a few weeks ago, Bill Gates told a crowd at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the "unbelievable" online tutorials he and his son Rory have been taking. Today, Fortune profiles the man behind Khan Academy , the YouTube sensation that ...
  • European values 'ridiculed' by Roma treatment: MEP Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:26AM(BRUSSELS ) - The expulsion of Roma minorities from Germany and France and an Italian minister's call for "xenophobe" policies have made a mockery out of European values, a leading European lawmaker said Tuesday.
  • France to launch EUR 10bn tender for wind turbines Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:26AM(PARIS ) - The French government will next month launch a tender for contracts totalling 10 billion euros (12.6 billion dollars) to build 600 offshore wind turbines around the French coast, officials said Tuesday.
  • Thomas Cook back at airport Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:07AMTRAVEL giant Thomas Cook is to stage a return to Southampton Airport after more than five years’ absence by launching flights to Majorca.
  • Hamlet (1996) (Blu-ray) Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:44AMRecommended The Film: Oftentimes, I refer to Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet as the quintessential film version of William Shakespeare's play, but that's not necessarily because it's the one I favor. On a base level, this is one of the few instances, and easily the grandest, where the entirety of the bard's literary work has been captured on-screen. It sprawls over four hours in order to follow each ...
  • Always Respected, Rarely Liked - The Premier League Life Of Tottenham's New Signing William Gallas Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:09AMWilliam Gallas sits uneasily in an age where Premier League footballers have their images carefully airbrushed by broadcasters and PRs. He is grudgingly admired for his playing achievements in his near-decade in England, but widely disliked among supporters, media and even team-mates.
  • 13°C - Cloudy with showers, heavy at times Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:46AMMIGUEL Angel Jimenez has changed his mind and will now play this week's Johnnie Walker Championship to try to secure a fourth Ryder Cup cap.
  • Trapped Shrewsbury climber Finn McCann feared death Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:50AMA Shropshire climber dramatically rescued from Mont Blanc today revealed he feared he would not make it through the night when rescue teams were unable to launch a search after he got trapped in a fierce storm.
  • JIMENEZ TO PLAY AT GLENEAGLES Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:39AMMiguel Angel Jimenez has changed his mind and will now play this week's Johnnie Walker Championship to try to secure a fourth Ryder Cup cap.
  • RoadTrip: 2011 Scion tC Sports Coupe - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:18AMJoin Show host Mark Fulmer in San Diego as he talks with Scion Vice President Jack Hollis and Toyota's Senior Field Product Engineer Ron Ishii.
  • Dr. Manoj Jain: Vacation helps us recharge and refresh Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:04AM"A vacation is not a luxury but a necessity; it keeps us healthy and living longer." Try that line the next time you are negotiating vacation days with your boss.
  • With 'Piranha 3D,' Playboy cover girl Kelly Brook shows her teeth Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 8:47PMAfter being fired from a show by the caustic producer, Brook heads to L.A. for a rest and winds up with a steamy role in this summer's 3-D gore-fest and a Playboy spread. After being fired from a show by the caustic producer, Brook heads to L.A. for a rest and winds up with a steamy role in this summer's 3-D gore-fest and a Playboy spread.
  • Football transfer rumours: David Beckham to Blackburn Rovers? Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 6:47AMToday's little white lies are big in Andorra Entirely sensible and plausible soccer-crazy tycoon type Ahsan Ali Syed wants to buy David Beckham for Blackburn Rovers . "I was 26 when I started following the Premier League," the 26-year-old said yesterday. "I used to like Blackburn back then and also used to follow Manchester United's fortunes because of David Beckham," he added, remembering to ...
  • Changes coming Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 4:02AMThe biggest threat to prayer is memorization. Mindless repetition can strip words of their meaning, leaving hollow patterns in their place. And yet one of the great traditions of the Catholic Church is the familiar call-and-response proclamations that have been part of services for centuries. Even priests admit they have to be careful the words they've said several times a day for decades don't ...
  • Tony-Winning Revival of South Pacific Fades Into Broadway's Horizon Aug. 22 Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:16PMBartlett Sher's lavish Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific, starring Tony Award winner Paulo Szot and Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, concludes its two-year Broadway run Aug. 22 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.