Jesse Jackson Enters Fray Over Grammy Cuts
JAN 28, 2012 NEW YORK – Controversy over the grammy awards, The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy’s cuts to its Grammy categories: He’s asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the [...]
File Sharing website Megaupload shut down
JAN 20, 2012, McLEAN, Virginia USA – In an attempt to crackdown on copyright and control over internet activities, US Government has shut down popular File sharing site Megaupload from Yesterday.
As Reported by media agencies, One of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites was [...]
UAE club Al Wasl found Diego Maradona as their coach
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates May 17, 2011-Legendary Footballer Diego Maradona was hired Monday to coach the United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl, marking the Argentine great’s return to coaching since leading his country to the World Cup quarterfinals last year.
He signed a two-year contract and [...]
Japanese farmer waited weeks for help, scared and alone
MINAMI SOMA, Japan April 09, 2011- Weeks of isolation, shortage of drinking water and food, no family members near by, the life of an old farmer in the tsunami zone of Japan.
The farmhouse sits at the end of a mud-caked, one-lane road strewn with toppled trees, the decaying carcasses of dead pigs and [...]
Karen Rodriguez eliminated from American Idol contest
March 19, 2011-New York- As final episodes of American Idol of this season is nearing, American Idol viewers are saying adios to Karen Rodriguez.
The bubbly, bilingual 21-year-old wannabe diva from New York, who crooned Taylor Dayne’s Love Will Lead You Back in English and Spanish on the Fox talent [...]
Divers begin daring recovery of CA suspect's car
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson says the badly damaged Toyota Corolla pulled from the canal just before 6 p.m. Friday was empty.
Divers have been combing the canal since last week after receiving a tip that a car matching the one in which the suspect allegedly fled was seen heading into [...]
LinkedIn looks to link up with investors with IPO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LinkedIn Corp., the company behind the largest website for professional networking, plans to raise at least $175 million in an initial public offering of stock that could open the IPO floodgates for other widely used online services that connect people with common [...]
Security forces disappear off Cairo streets
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces have all but disappeared from the streets in the heart of the country’s capital ahead of planned demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak’s rule.
Egyptians had expected a huge police presence ahead of Friday’s planned protests.
Instead, [...]
Macworld opens for second year without Apple
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An annual trade show for Apple aficionados is now open to the public.
Macworld Expo, which is held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, is a showcase for companies that make software, protective cases and other accessories for Apple Inc.’s Mac computers, [...]
Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up
CAIRO (AP) — Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.
The developments were a sign that President Hosni Mubarak’s regime was toughening [...]
Amazon.com posts surprise 4Q revenue miss
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon.com uncharacteristically missed Wall Street’s revenue target in the fourth quarter, sending the stock tumbling nearly 9 percent and showing that not all Internet companies benefited equally from the holiday shopping season.
The results from the world’s [...]
AP Interview: Electric car boss sees global change
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Electric car pioneer Shai Agassi is a man with a startling prediction: Before 2020, he says, more people everywhere will be buying electric cars than those powered by gasoline.
“It doesn’t mean that oil is not necessary, but we’re starting the [...]
Lenovo, NEC to form Japan's largest PC venture
TOKYO (AP) — NEC and China’s Lenovo said Thursday they will join forces to create the largest personal computer business in Japan and are exploring a possible tie-up in global PC sales.
Lenovo will own 51 percent of the joint venture to be known as NEC Lenovo Group Japan. NEC Corp. [...]
Nepal to vote for 17th time for prime minister
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s parliament will try again next week to elect a prime minister after 16 failed attempts over the past six months, officials said Thursday.
President Ram Baran Yadav asked for a new round of voting which will be held next Thursday, spokesmen for the president and [...]
Qualcomm 1Q earnings surge nearly 40 percent
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday that earnings in the latest quarter surged 39 percent, driven by a growing worldwide embrace of smart phones and tablets that run on high-speed data networks.
The designer and maker of wireless chips sharply raised its income and revenue estimates [...]
Anti-Government Protests Continue to Rock Egypt
Anti-Government Protests Continue to Rock Egypt
VOA News
January 26, 2011
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