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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: Business, News, Science & Technology | Tags: browser, Business, calendars, Chrome, email, explorer, flawed web pages, flawed webpages, Google, Google Chrome, Google Inc., internet, Internet explorer, internet search engine, isolate flawed web pages, isolate flawed webpages, Microsoft, Microsoft’s Excel, Microsoft’s Word, Microsoft’s Word and Excel, most popular internet search engine, News, online search, search, search engine, Technology, web browser, web pages, webpages, word processing |
Google Inc., owner of the most popular internet search engine introduced a browser to challenge Microsoft’s decade long dominance of the market. The program, known as Chrome, will isolate flawed web pages so users can close them without shutting down the entire browser, and will make it easier to run other applications without downloading them [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: News, Science & Technology | Tags: a sea ice specialist, deglaciation, Environment Programme, Glaciers, ice age, NASA, NASA's image, NASA's Satellite image, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, National Snow and Ice Data Centre in the US, News, Professor Mark Serreze, Professor Mark Serreze a sea ice specialist at National Snow and Ice Data Centre in the US, Satellite Image, Satellite Image of Arctic, Science, UN, UN Environment Programme |
NASA’s satellite images have revealed that the melting ice cap has facilitated the opening up of both the north-west and north-east passages, making it possible for the first time after Ice age 125,000 years ago, to pass through. In fact the images suggest the north-west passage opened last weekend while the final blockade on the [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008. Filed under: News, Science & Technology | Tags: africa, African Buffalo, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh University’s School of Biological Sciences, elephants, forest, Global warming, grassland, Julian Derry, Julian Derry of Edinburgh University’s School of Biological Sciences, lakes, new species, News, Researchers, Researchers at Edinburgh University, rivers, Scotsman |
According to a report in the Scotsman, the future loss of lakes and rivers in
Africa would influence how species such as buffalo and elephants evolve. Large populations of animals, which need water to survive, could be divided and, over time, evolve into new species to cope their new surroundings. An isolated population of buffalo, unable [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: army, asia, Asif Ali Zardari, Asif Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto’s widower, Congressman, Congressman Pete Hoeskstra, dementia, depression, Haqqani, Hussain Haqqani, London’s High Court, News, nuclear arsenal, Pakistan, Pakistan’s, Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, Pakistan’s US ambassador, Pakistan’s US ambassador Hussain Haqqani, Pete Hoeskstra, Poltics, post traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder, President, US ambassador, US Officials |
Disclosures about Benazir Bhutto’s widower Asif Ali Zardari’s mental health surfaced after his lawyer argued in London’s High Court that he was too ill to testify in corruption related cases. While Zardari’s spokespeople say he has been cured, US Officials, among them Congressman Pete Hoeskstra, ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee have expressed concern [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: News, Politics | Tags: ashram, ashram in Jalespeta, Christans, communal, Communal violence, CRPF, Government, Jalespeta, Kandhmal, Laxmanananda Saraswati, leader, News, Orissa, Politics, RDC, RDC Satyabrata Sahoo, rehabilitation, relief, relief arrangements, remote villages, Riots, Satyabrata Sahoo, security arrangements, State, State Government, State Government of Orissa, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Tikalbali, VHP, VHP leader, VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, Violence |
A fresh wave of violence hit some remote villages in Orissa’s Kandhmal district on Monday, 1st September 2008. Five additional companies of CRPF were sent to tackle the situation. The State Government has sanctioned Rs 20 million for relief and rehabilitation of people who bore the brunt of recent communal violence that broke after the [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008. Filed under: News | Tags: American Gulf Coast, barrier system, Category 3 hurricane, city devastated, Fifth District, Flood, flood waters, floodwalls, Gulf Coast, Gustav, Hurricane, Industrial Canal, Kartina, levees, Miami, monster hurricane, monster storm, Mother of all storms, National Hurricane Center, New Orleans, New Orleans Industrial Canal, storm, The National Hurricane Center Miami, US Army, US Army Corps, US Army Corps of Engineers |
Designated as “Mother of all Storms”, Gustav barged ashore on the US Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday, hammering the city devastated by Katrina in 2005 with surging floodwaters that threatened its rebuilt levees. The storm was weaker than predicted by The National Hurricane Center in Miami. Waves splashed over floodwalls containing [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008. Filed under: News | Tags: air force, airstrips, airstrips at Bihta, airstrips at Purnea, AN-32 aircraft, armed forces, army, army engineer, army engineer task forces, Barah Kshetra, Barah Kshetra area, Barah Kshetra in Nepal, Bihar, Bihta, Crisis, Crisis Management Group, flood area, Floods, Ganga, Government, Government of Bihar, India, Kosi, Madhepura, navy, Nepal, Patna, Patna Airport, Purnea, rescue, rescue operation, special army engineer task forces, State Government, State Government of Bihar, Supaul, task forces |
Vast expanses of lush green farm lands between Madhepura and Supaul in Bihar are destroyed by flood waters of Kosi. The Kosi looks invincible and its water are moving in any direction they choose. Somewhere it is moving northwards whereas some where southwards. Those who have been lucky enough to escape are moving but don’t [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008. Filed under: News | Tags: America, Bobby, Bobby Jindal, Category 3, Category 3 hurricane, Contraflow, Cuba, Flood, Governor, Governor Bobby Jindal, Gulf, Gulf Coast, Gustav, Hurricane, Jindal, Katrina, Killings, Louisiana, Miami, monster hurricane, Mother of all storms, National Hurricane Centre, New Orleans, News, People Killed, US, USA |
America is holding its breath as a monster hurricane, Gustav described as more powerful than Katrina and mother of all storms, is roaring its way towards the country’s Gulf Coast. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal initiated what is called a “Contra-flow”, which means all roads, including eight lane highways lead out of New Orleans starting Sunday [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2008. Filed under: News | Tags: asia, China, China's Official, damaged, destroyed, diaster, Earthquake, Epicenter, Epicentre, natural diaster, News, Panzhihua, People Killed, quake, Sichuan, US Geological survey, USGS, Xinhua, Yunnan |
An earthquake which hit China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 27 people and injured more than 350 people. It has damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents. According to US Geological survey, the epicenter of the quake was about 30 Km southeast of Panzhihua, near Sichuan’s border with [...]
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