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| Sat, 19 May 2012 17:44:12 GMT Mafia fingered for Italian school attack |
The southern Italian town of Brindisi is in shock after a bomb in a rubbish bin outside a school killed a 16 year-old girl, and injured 10 others,…  |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 16:44:11 GMT Demonstrators march in Frankfurt |
In Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital at least 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets to protest against austerity measures aimed at tackling…  |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 16:23:16 GMT Chen gets his wish to go to America |
The Chinese authorities today allowed the quiet departure from a hospital in Beijing of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng. He and his wife and…  |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 15:56:11 GMT US film Lawless is presented at Cannes |
There is an unusually high number of American productions at Cannes this year including Lawless. The prohibition-era drama is one of five US movies…  |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 15:13:12 GMT G8 united in approach to Iran says Obama |
Talks have opened at the G8 summit at Camp David. High on the agenda is the crisis in the eurozone with analysts predicting German Chancellor, Angela…  |
| Sat, 19 May 2012 14:55:16 GMT UN warns al-Qaeda behind Syrian car bombings |
Human rights activists in Syria say another 19 people, most of them civilians, died on Saturday as violence continued unabated. Nine were killed in…  |
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| Tue, 01 May 2012 13:32:00 +0200 RIM launches developer tools for BlackBerry 10 |
(Telecompaper) Research In Motion has released the first developer tools for the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10, the latest version of its mobile operating system. Smartphones running BlackBerry 10 are expected to launch in the "latter part" of 2012, RIM said at its annual developer conference in Orlando, Florida. The toolkit for native and HTML5 app development is available in beta as a free download. The toolkit includes the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK with Cascades, which allows developers to create native apps in C/C++ using Qt. The native SDK comes with a set of APIs that give developers access to core device features and a range of BlackBerry application services, such as push and payment services. The toolkit also includes support for HTML5 application developers with the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK. This supports HTML5 and CSS for building apps and provides JavaScript bindings to native device APIs along with RIM's open source UI toolkit, bbUI.js, to create applications with native-like capabilities. Applications created with any of the BlackBerry 10 tools will run on BlackBerry 10 smartphones as well as BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. RIM is giving developers who attend the conference a free BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device to try out the new OS. Some of the developers already working on BlackBerry 10 include Gameloft, Endomondo, Mippin, Occiptel, PixelMags, Poynt, Truphone and Wikitude. |
| Tue, 01 May 2012 10:55:00 +0200 WACS sets 11 May launch date |
(Telecompaper) The management committee of the West African Cable System (WACS) has announced that it will hold a launch event for the new submarine cable on 11 May. WACS is a 14,500 kilometre optical fibre submarine cable that aims to link Southern Africa, West Africa and Europe with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Portugal and the UK with a point-of-presence in London. According to WACS, it is the first cable to land in Namibia, Togo, the Republic of Congo and the DRC, and dramatically increases the international capacity in the other countries it touches. WACS is a 4-fibre pair, 128-wavelength system, with a design capacity of 5.12 Tbps and an open access policy. The investors in the USD 650 million WACS project are Angola Cables, Broadband Infraco, Cable and Wireless Worldwide, Cabo Verde Telecom, Congo Telecom, MTN Group, Portugal Telecom, SCPT (DRC), Tata Communications/Neotel, Telecom Namibia, Telkom South Africa, Togo Telecom, Vodacom Group and Vodafone Spain |
| Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:31:00 +0200 LG launches cloud service for mobiles, smart TVs |
(Telecompaper) LG Electronics announced the beta opening of its LG Cloud service on 01 May. The service will support online storage and streaming of media content for LG phones, tablets, PCs and smart TVs. To use the service, users need to download the LG Cloud app from Google Play, the LG SmartWorld app store or the LG Cloud website (www.lgecloud.com). LG's Cloud service automatically synchronizes smartphone content with the cloud server and the user's PC and TV. Photos and videos taken with the smartphone can be viewed and streamed to the PC or TV almost instantaneously. Videos edited on a PC can be uploaded to LG Cloud for viewing seconds later on a smartphone. LG says the service offers quicker transfers than rival cloud services, thanks to its Real-time Streaming Transcoding technology. The conversion happens on the server in realtime, not on the device. The service also works with 3D content. To develop the cloud services, LG created a new division called Smart Business Center to focus specifically on content and services. Havis Kwon, President and CEO of LG's Home Entertainment Company, is also responsible for the new Smart Business Center. LG Cloud will be offered as both a free and paid service. Free storage space and pricing will differ market to market and will be announced separately as the service becomes available in that country. |
| Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:20:00 +0200 Barnes & Noble sells stake in e-books business to Microsoft |
(Telecompaper) Barnes & Noble is selling a stake in its Nook e-reader business to Microsoft. The US books retailers announced earlier this year that it was looking at strategic options to spin off its digital business. Under the agreement, Microsoft will pay USD 300 million to buy a 17.6 percent stake in a new company set up to control the Nook e-reader, digital books and college software businesses. The agreement values the Newco at USD 1.7 billion. Barnes & Noble will own 82.4 percent of the new subsidiary, which will have an ongoing relationship with the company's retail stores. The company has not yet decided on the name of Newco. As part of the deal, the companies will develop a Nook application for Windows 8, helping extend the reach of the digital books service. The agreement also ends the patent dispute between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble, with the latter and Newco granted a licence to Microsoft technology, on which they will pay royalties. B&N said it was not decided yet if the new company would eventually be spun off or become a standalone public company. |
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 13:38:15 +0200 Germany's Schäuble calls for directly-elected EU president (News) |
| German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble used his acceptance speech when awarded the Charlemagne Prize to detail his future vision of the European Union, arguing for a directly-elected Commission president. More » |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 12:50:43 +0200 French to revive Sarkozy's EU carbon tariff idea (News) |
| Arnaud Montebourg, the newly-appointed French minister for "industrial revival" who has built a reputation for his fierce attacks against globalisation, has promised to revive old plans by Nicolas Sarkzoy for a carbon tariff at the EU's borders, an idea previously rejected as protectionist among France's European partners. More » |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 11:41:14 +0200 Carbon trading has a pivotal role in European energy policy (Analysis) |
| In order to re-establish confidence in Europe’s power sector as an actor in the European quest to cut carbon emissions, a few conditions need to be met. These include concrete intermediate reduction targets and an emissions trading scheme capable of delivering a clear CO2 price signal, writes Giuseppe Montesano. More » |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 08:49:48 +0200 France’s ‘No’ man entrusted to lead EU affairs (News) |
| Laurent Fabius, who led the Socialist opposition to the draft European Constitution, has been tapped by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to head France's foreign ministry. A close aide, Bernard Cazeneuve, will manage European affairs. EurActiv France reports. More » |
| Fri, 18 May 2012 08:18:17 +0200 Amsterdam offers a haven for low-energy future (News) |
| In an old harbour crowded with houseboats, Amsterdam is looking to the future with plans to construct low-energy homes in a climate-neutral neighbourhood. More » |
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Continuities denied |
| Why does Europe find it so difficult to remember the facts of migration, both voluntary and forced? Reluctance to address the more noxious aspects of collective European identity impedes an engagement with migration history, argues Claus Leggewie. |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Four ears listen to a lie, but only one mouth tells it |
| Croatian novelist Dejan Sorak's latest protagonist, a Machiavellian secret policeman, serves to critique the political system and ideological matrixes, writes Gjorgje Bozhoviq. |
| Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Raiders' state |
| Even Ukrainian cultural journals have become the target of "raiders" -- shady groups working on behalf of powerful interests who use bogus property claims to close down businesses. The biggest raider of all is the Yanukovych government itself, says Mykola Riabchuk. |
| Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Talking about my generation |
| The recession has returned a generation of Spaniards to a cruel reality: that they may have to live with less than their parents did. Whether they alter their expectations or try to stop the clock will be decisive, writes Ramón González Férriz. |
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 18:41:07 +0000 International Atomic Energy Agency's chief in Iran |
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and other top officials of the International Organization,will travel to Tehran on Sunday May 20, for talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator. Iran and IAEA officials met recently in Vienna for talks, that have been described as "a good exchange of views".
The United Nations nuclear monitoring agency said that its chief will travel to Tehran this Sunday to discuss issues of mutual interest with high Iranian officials.
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 18:32:45 +0000 NATO summit draws thousands of protesters |
Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to be in Chicago to protest against NATO- Summit which starts on Sunday, when delegations from about 60 countries are expected to participate in the two days talks.
Officials have said that the demonstrations will draw thousands for one more reason,because of a performance by former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, an activist who has played at many "Occupy movement" demonstrations..
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 18:28:34 +0000 Big demonstrations in Syria |
Tens of thousands of protesters took the streets across the country,while Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse the citizens.
On May 18 took place in Syria’s city of Aleppo the bigest demonstration since the start of the uprising in March 2011
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 18:24:18 +0000 Afghanistan: New attacks against NATO forces |
Two US troops were killed on May 18, when rockets crashed into a U.S. base and a house in the Nari district of Kunar province. Later,NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the deaths of the two NATO soldiers.
According to officials, six other NATO soldiers were slightly wounded,while in another attack in the Watapoor district of Kunar, three people were killed, two women, a child and six other civilians were wounded.
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 16:41:28 +0000 A Greek tragedy, a European failure |
Last Thursday, the new Greek Parliament issued by the elections of 6 May gathered for its inaugural session. Usually, such gatherings are cheerful and full of hope; but this one wasn’t.
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| Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:40 +0000 Brussels dreaming the remake of 1981 |
As Greece gets close to the June 17 election, the scenery gets quite clear and the prospects get easier to foresee. Greece is not an island, and thus its Eurozone future, at this very time, is determining for the future of the Eurozone itself and consequently the future of the European Union in its present format.
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT Focus - Newsletter: Strasbourg plenary session 21-24 May 2012 |
 MEPs will have much to discuss during the Strasbourg plenary session on 21-24 May, ranging from ways to reform the economy to measures to plug the gender pay gap. Parliament will vote on a proposed financial transaction tax on Wednesday as well as on a proposal to maximise the efficient use and recovery of natural resources, while also debating measures to support SMEs. On Thursday MEPs will vote on a resolution addressing the gender pay gap, which still averages 16% in the EU.
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT Article - Day against homophobia: the situation in the EU is improving |
 May 17 is the International day against homophobia, an area in which the European Parliament is very active. This year's theme is "fighting homophobia and transphobia in and through education". So where do EU countries stand? Which countries protect their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens against hate crimes and afford them the same rights as other citizens? Find out in our infographic.
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area external trade surplus 8.6 bn euro |
| The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in March 2012 gave a 8.6 bn euro surplus, compared with +1.0 bn in March 2011. The February 2012 balance was +2.3 bn, compared with -2.9 bn in February 2011. In March 2012 compared with February 2012, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.9% and imports by 1.1%. |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area annual inflation down to 2.6% |
| Euro area annual inflation was 2.6% in April 2012, down from 2.7% in March. A year earlier the rate was 2.8%. Monthly inflation was 0.5% in April 2012. |
| Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area and EU27 GDP stable |
| GDP remained stable in both the euro area (EA17) and the EU27 during the first quarter of 2012, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2011, growth rates were -0.3% in both zones. |
| Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100 Industrial production down by 0.3% in euro area |
| In March 2012 compared with February 2012, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27. In February production rose by 0.8% and 0.4% respectively. |
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 10:34:00 UT Venus Express:Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history |
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ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found evidence that the planet's rugged highlands are scattered with geochemically more evolved rocks, rather than the basaltic rocks of the volcanic plains. This finding is in agreement with previous studies, which used data from the spacecraft's Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) to map the planet's surface in the southern hemisphere.
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 08:51:00 UT Herschel:How massive stars sculpt a cosmic crib |
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ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has captured a new, stunning image of Cygnus X, one of the richest star-forming regions in our cosmic neighbourhood. The image reveals in unprecedented detail the intricate network of filaments, pillars and bubbles present in the region. These structures have been carved by the powerful effects of the many young, massive stars being born in this stellar nursery.
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| Wed, 09 May 2012 08:11:00 UT Herschel:The most powerful black holes quenched their galaxy's star formation |
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A survey of galaxies performed with ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has shown that only the most powerful black holes in the early Universe were able to quench the formation of stars in their host galaxies. This finding is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the most hotly debated phases of galaxy evolution.
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| Thu, 10 May 2012 14:33:00 UT Hubble:Hubble observes a dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula [heic1207] |
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, star-forming nebula and is close enough for astronomers to discern its individual stars.
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 19:18:00 +0100 Security and privacy in the digital world - Solutions from the Smart Security Industry
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| This conference is organized by Eurosmart, the association representing the Smart Security Industry for multi-sector applications. It will focus on 3 major topics: security of mobile devices, applications and transactions; smart embedded security for the Internet of Things; digital identity and access management for cloud based services. Speakers and panelists will discuss the options followed by the European Commission and public authorities to boost trust and security in online environments, with a special insight on the Digital Agenda actions. Eurosmart experts will further develop the solutions that the Smart Security Industry can offer to secure digital information and data transactions, innovate and support the digital economy in Europe. |
| Wed, 16 May 2012 18:13:00 +0100 ICT Proposers' Day 2012
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| This event will offer a networking opportunity to build quality partnerships for participating in the new Information and Communication Technologies Work Programme for 2013. Presentation of project ideas, first-hand information from European Commission officials, practical guidance on how to submit a proposal and much more will be provided during the event. |
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| Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 +0200 Do we live in a 'green economy'? New report assesses progress in Europe |
Despite progress in some areas, Europe must do more to create the 'green economy' needed for the continent to become sustainable, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). |
| Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:00 +0200 Europe's future depends on cities resilient to climate change |
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change. Europe should seize the opportunity of improving quality of life while adapting to climate change in cities, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report also warns that delaying adaptation will be much more costly in the long-term. |
| Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 +0200 Increase in cancers and fertility problems may be caused by household chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
Chemicals which disrupt the hormone system – also known as 'endocrine disrupting chemicals' (EDCs) – may be a contributing factor behind the significant increases in cancers, diabetes and obesity, falling fertility, and an increased number of neurological development problems in both humans and animals, according to a review of recent scientific literature commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA). |
| Thu, 10 May 2012 11:20:00 +0200 Water: how can we account for our most vital resource? |
The world is entering a period of growing water scarcity: by 2030, global demand for fresh water could outstrip supply by more than 40 % if water is used in the same way that it is today. These stark figures are the background to a new report from the International Resource Panel, a group of natural resources experts hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme. |
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