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10 Aug 2010 09:54

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World: BlackBerry comeback: RIM charms the heck out of Saudi Arabia

Good news to Saudi citizens: After making some progress, BlackBerry maker RIM scored a deal with the country and earned a reprieve. So your phones will work. source
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10 Aug 2010 09:47

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World: The Afghan War got much deadlier between January and June

  • 31% increase in civilian deaths in just six months source
  • » Why the dramatic increase? Blame the intensifying insurgency. Seventy-six percent of the casualties were caused by “antigovernment elements” such as the Taliban, a number up by 53 percent from January to June 2009.
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09 Aug 2010 10:15

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World: Should the poor in India have a right to food? It’s a big debate

As important as this debate may be – between vouchers and a distribution system – it’s worth pointing out that the logistics shouldn’t get in the way of helping this guy. source
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09 Aug 2010 09:39

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World: Uh, what were they shooting at? North Korea fires its weapons

  • 100 rounds of artillery shot into the sea for some reason source
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09 Aug 2010 09:35

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World: Mia Farrow’s blood diamond testimony contradicts Naomi Campbell’s

  • She said in the night she had been awakened by men knocking at her door and they had been sent to her by Charles Taylor, and they had given her a huge diamond.
  • Mia Farrow • Testifying in the war crimes trial against Charles Taylor – you know, the one Naomi Campbell testified at last week. Campbell claimed she was given “dirty little rocks.” But Farrow’s testimony, which completely contradicts Campbell’s on a key fact, could be very dangerous for the supermodel. source
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08 Aug 2010 20:46

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World: There’s a really big piece of ice that fell off of Greenland

  • 260 the size of the chunk in square kilometers
  • 100 the size of the chunk in square miles; in other words, huge source
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08 Aug 2010 11:24

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World: Were the slain aid workers in Afghanistan pushing Christianity?

  • The accusation is completely baseless, they were not carrying any bibles except maybe their personal bibles. … As an organization we are not involved in proselytizing at all.
  • International Assistance Mission executive director Dirk Frans • Regarding Taliban-made allegations that the medical workers killed this weekend were killed because they were trying to promote Christianity. The eight medical workers, among ten total people killed in the attack, were carrying bibles in Dari, one of the country’s two main languages. There has been no independent confirmation of the Taliban’s claims. source
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08 Aug 2010 11:02

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World: Landslides in China kill hundreds, affect tens of thousands

  • 127 number of people reported killed in Gansu province
  • 2,000 people reported injured; the landslides were caused by heavy rain
  • 50k have been affected by the deadly landslides and flooding source
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07 Aug 2010 22:42

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World: The dudes on the International Space Station suck at repairs

  • eight number of hours two astronauts spent on a spacewalk to fix the !&@@ing cooling system
  • no it didn’t work, so these guys are going to be really unhappy for a little while longer source
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07 Aug 2010 12:51

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World: Twitter all a-chatter about Fidel Castro’s public appearance today



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