Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders’ first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a Vatican spokesman said Friday. Archbishop Rowan Williams, the Anglican leader, was already due to
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Pope to meet Anglican chief for first time since Vatican sought to lure disaffected Anglicans
4th typhoon in month hits sodden Philippines MANILA, Philippines — An official says the fourth typhoon in a month has slammed ashore in the eastern Philippines and is spinning toward the capital of Manila, which is still reeling from deadly floods. Forecaster Rommel Yutuc says Typhoon Mirinae made landfall near Infanta town in Quezon province, where authorities
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Thousands evacuated in Philippines as 4th typhoon in month hits, heads toward flooded capital
UK drug adviser fired after marijuana comments LONDON — Britain’s top drug adviser was fired Friday after saying that marijuana, Ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol. David Nutt’s comments have embarrassed the British government, which moved to toughen the penalties for possessing marijuana earlier this year despite protests from the British scientific community, which said
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UK drug adviser fired after saying marijuana, Ecstasy and LSD less dangerous than alcohol
Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the Ethics
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Names of dozens of lawmakers under ethics scrutiny go public when confidential report leaks
more images more images Medvedev: Soviet-era terror cannot be justified MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says there can be no justification for the Soviet-era oppression that left millions of people dead at the hands of their own state. Medvedev said in a blog posting Friday that Russians must not forget the crimes of the Soviet era.
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White House backs Clinton’s Pakistan remarks WASHINGTON — The White House is standing behind Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s blunt suggestion that Pakistani officials know where top terrorists are hiding. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that Clinton’s public comments echoed what U.S.
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White House stands behind Clinton’s blunt remarks on Pakistan, calls them ‘appropriate’
Stocks sink as worries mount about spending NEW YORK — Stocks plunged Friday, erasing all of the previous day’s big gains, as a drop in consumer spending fanned worries that the economic recovery won’t be sustainable. Major stock indexes tumbled more than 2 percent in afternoon trading, including the Dow Jones industrials, which gave back all of
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Stocks erase prior day’s big gains as personal spending dips; Dow drops 220 points
more images more images Iran undermines heart of Western nuclear offer TEHRAN — Iran insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Friday, calling the demand a “red line” that will not be abandoned. The condition undermines the basis of a U.N.-backed plan demanding Iran ship most of its uranium
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Iranian media says country open to nuclear discussion, but rejects heart of Western offer
FBI reviews security video after LA shooting LOS ANGELES — The FBI is reviewing security camera footage in the hunt for a gunman who wounded two men at a Los Angeles synagogue. Police Detective Rich Wheeler says federal authorities are enhancing and clarifying the grainy footage taken Thursday of the parking garage at the Adat Yeshurun Valley
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FBI reviews security video in search for shooter in LA synagogue parking lot attack
more images more images EU offers billions to climate change aid fund BRUSSELS — European Union leaders on Friday pledged to pay their “fair share” into a euro50 billion ($74 billion) annual fund to help developing nations fight climate change — but didn’t agree on how much Europe would actually contribute. Evironmentalists blasted the 27-nation bloc for failing to
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EU promises to pay its “fair share” into global climate fund, but sets no exact figure
Judge dismisses UPMC, Highmark antitrust lawsuit PITTSBURGH — A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and insurer Highmark Inc. West Penn Allegheny Health System sued the hospital system and insurer in April, claiming UPMC refused to contract with other health insurance companies at reasonable rates.
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Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit against University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Highmark
more images more images Gov’t says 650,000 jobs created, saved by stimulus WASHINGTON — About 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan, the White House said Friday, saying it is on track to reach the president’s goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. New job numbers from businesses,
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White House adviser: Latest stimulus report card will show 650,000 jobs created or saved
Lawyer: NYer forced wife to violate Muslim beliefs NEW YORK — A defense lawyer says a woman accused of slashing the neck of her sleeping husband was “emotionally abused” and forced to violate her Muslim beliefs. Rabia Sarwar is free on bail after appearing in a Staten Island court Thursday on attempted murder and other charges
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NY woman accused of slashing husband’s neck says he forced her to violate her Muslim beliefs
Egyptian-funded Globalive not Canadian enough TORONTO — Canada’s telecom regulator said Thursday that startup wireless carrier Globalive does not comply with Canada’s ownership standards because it is majority funded and controlled by Orascom, an Egyptian telecom company. Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris and Canadian entrepreneur Anthony Lacavera, founder and chairman of Globalive, are behind the Toronto-based upstart, which
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Canadian regulator says Egyptian-funded telecom co. does not meet Canada’s ownership standards
Hydro-Quebec agrees to buy more energy assets TORONTO — Canadian utility company Hydro-Quebec says it will pay 4.7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.4 billion) for the assets of New Brunswick Power, a deal that would help the company secure greater access to electricity markets in the U.S. Hydro-Quebec announced Thursday that it expects to spend up to 25
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Hydro-Quebec agrees to proposed energy deal that will expand its power exports to the US
Cost cuts lead Washington Post to big profit jump NEW YORK — The Washington Post Co. increased its profit 69 percent in the third quarter, as the company cut costs to narrow losses in its newspaper division and kept business steady at its cable TV and education divisions. The company, which owns Newsweek magazine, Kaplan education services
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Washington Post Co. says newspaper cost cuts help it achieve a 69 percent jump in 3Q profit
Massey settles age discrimination suit CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hundreds of miners who were not rehired after Massey Energy bought a West Virginia mine have settled an age discrimination lawsuit against the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer. A hearing to approve the deal is scheduled for Friday before Fayette County Circuit Court Judge Paul Blake Jr.
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Coal producer Massey Energy settles class-action age discrimination suit with union miners
Stocks give back some of previous day’s big gains NEW YORK — The stock market is giving back some of the previous day’s big gains as a tepid report on consumer spending does little to inspire buying. Personal spending fell 0.5 percent in September, the Labor Department reported Friday, in line with forecasts.
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Stocks slip in early trade, giving up some of previous day’s gains, as personal spending dips
Dutch court nixes teenager’s round-the-world sail UTRECHT, Netherlands — A Dutch court has ruled that a 14-year-old girl is not yet experienced enough to set off on a record-breaking solo sailing trip around the world. Judges at Utrecht District Court also placed Laura Dekker under the guardianship of child protection authorities until next July. The ruling on Friday
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Dutch court says 14-year-old sailor not experienced enough for round-the-world voyage
Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups LOS ANGELES — It was bound to happen: Some people who aren’t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problems. Before Los Angeles County health officials stepped up screening
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Swine flu vaccine seekers on their honor; few vaccine police weed out non-priority citizens
AU to impose sanctions on Guinea’s leaders NAIROBI, Kenya — African leaders say they will impose travel bans and freeze the assets of Guinea’s military junta. The African Union said in a statement late Thursday that sanctions will be implemented within a week. The decision was made in Abuja, Nigeria at a meeting of the AU’s second-highest
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African Union imposes travel bans, asset freezes on Guinea’s military junta
Pakistan military: 24 militants killed in 24 hours ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military says it has killed two dozen militants over the past day and is closing in on a prominent guerrilla stronghold in the mountains of South Waziristan. A Friday statement from the military also says that two Pakistani soldiers were killed during a militant mortar attack
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Pakistan military says it killed 24 militants in 24 hours, closes in on guerrilla stronghold
more images more images NEW DELHI – Underlining that the challenges lie “primarily at home”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday unveiled his vision of India in 2020 revolving around the three pillars of inclusive growth, composite culture and a peaceful, forward-looking neighbourhood. Manmohan Singh also made a strong pitch for sustaining 9-10 percent economic growth per annum and
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Manmohan unveils vision of India 2020 and new South Asia (Roundup)
more images more images Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday. The IP address — the Web equivalent of a street address or phone number — that triggered the Web
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Deadly end to China coal mine heist: 10 suffocate BEIJING — Ten people suffocated during a botched robbery at a coal mine in northern China, the country’s work safety watchdog said Friday. Fourteen people allegedly broke into the shuttered mine in China’s Shanxi province on Monday, with two managing to escape the underground tunnels Tuesday, the State
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10 suspected robbers die in shuttered Chinese coal mine; loot was cables, metal
One of the crucial features of the pending IPX specification are the three proposed public peering points: in Asia, Europe and North America, where all IPX providers would connect and be able to peer, regardless of service type. However, potential IPX participants have also articulated a strong value to maintaining existing interconnections, which may not happen to be located at the preferred peering points. For carriers with hundreds of bilateral connections already in place, many of which have already been migrated to IP, the costs associated would be significant
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Public Versus Private Peering in IPX
Motifs of the TCL Interactive Card The 2009 version of the TCL holiday card was to offer multiple options of colors, motifs, logos and message. Click to view the Flash card and the External Interface Controls via Javascript The design department created the static mosaics (except for the tree, which I did.) I then re-created the whole thing in Illustrator (using symbols) and imported the final mosaics in Flash for some coding fun. A little OOP magic and I setup a particle like system to animate each of the little triangles in sequence.
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TATA Communication Holiday Card 2009
3D Stacks created in Illustrator… Aside being the resident Flash & Map guy at STC , one of my main task was business illustrations… Cleaning up Powerpoint Illustrations to make them shiny and pretty. I actually started doing all the re-makes in Illustrator and gradually extracted icons and elements to use directly in Powerpoint.
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I (heart) Powerpoint
Tata Communications is planning to invest $2 billion (Rs 8,000 crore) in the next three years for expansion of its infrastructure and services . Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata, Srinivasa Addepalli, senior vice-president, corporate strategy, Tata Communications, said, “ Half of the investment will go into submarine cables and network enhancement and the rest 50 percent will be invested to roll out WiMax to cover 15 cities by 2009. Currently, WiMax services are available only in Bangalore .” The company is also expanding its global virtual private network (VPN) to China through a network-to-network interface (NNI) agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation (China Entercom or CEC), a value-added telecommunication services and integrated IT solutions provider and subsidiary of China International Trust and Investment Corporation
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Tata Comm Plans $2 Bn Expansion
Close up of the navigation bar As requests for flash based presentation grew at STC, I developed a simple platform to quickly create and manage them. Each presentation uses a simple XML data structure to update the presentation’s config, sections and slides. The slides could be of 3 types: static, animated or stepped
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Flash Presentation Platform