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• Mass of Media: War in Georgia

  Saturday, August 9th, 2008

  Bush says attacks on Georgia “dangerous escalation” Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Saturday said attacks by Russia on neighboring Georgia outside the war zone of South Ossetia marked a … Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia The Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to [...]

• Imagine

  Saturday, August 9th, 2008

  (A video against the war, including the actual war in Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia) More at http://www.setthings.com Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die [...]

• Earthquake in Southern California

  Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

  A moderate earthquake of 5.4 magnitude, centered 35 east of downtown Los Angeles, some minutes ago. No structural damage. Felt in Las Vegas and San Diego, says New York Times. The earthquake was strong enough to scare the people and to take some emergency measures.

• Italy: Rome starts today fingerprinting the gypsies

  Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

  This is the first time after the World War II when a government initiate an ID action based on racial criteria. During the next 48 hours, Rome’s authorities will fingerprint about 10,000 gypsies, helped by the Italian Red Cross. In accordance with ANSA agency, about one hundred employees of the Red Cross will help the [...]

• Google Health and Search Factory Tour

  Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

  Google shows the latest research in various search-related fields and announced the official debut of Google Health. R.J. Pittman, Director of Search Properties, showed some of the amazing advances Google made in image search, as well as how ads might work to enhance the user experience on image search. “There are over 300 million digital [...]

• Mass of Media: Jenna Bush

  Monday, May 12th, 2008

  Jenna Welch Hager, née Bush (born November 25, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush and the fraternal twin of Barbara Pierce Bush. Jenna and Barbara are known as the First Twins both because they are the children of the U.S. President and because [...]

• NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania

  Sunday, February 24th, 2008

  The NATO summit will take place in Bucharest, Romania, during the April 2-4, in order for Allied leaders to carry forward decisions taken at the Riga Summit and review the evolution of NATO’s main commitments, which are all mutually reinforcing. During the summit, heads of state and government will assess the situation in Afghanistan and [...]

• Mass of Media: Kosovo

  Friday, February 15th, 2008

  Kosovo moves to calm minority Serbs as it prepares for independence The Canadian Press PRISTINA, Serbia – Kosovo’s prime minister announced on Friday the creation of a government office to handle the concerns of the Serb minority in an attempt … Kosovo breakaway prompts East-West split Times Online, UK Russia warned the West today that [...]

• Valentine’s Day

  Monday, February 4th, 2008

  Valentine’s Day (also called St Valentine’s Day) is observed by Western and Western-influenced cultures on February 14, as a cultural and multinational type where lovers express their feelings to each other by sending greeting cards and gifts, and dating. Saint Valentine of Terni and his disciples. 14th Century France. Richard de Montbaston. There are similarities [...]

• Wikia Search, the new search engine powered by MediaWiki

  Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

  Next week will be officially launched Wikia Search, powered by the free software MediaWiki and managed by Wikia Inc., with about 50 million to 100 million Web pages indexed. Wikia Search will have open-source search algorithms and application program interfaces, and will include the Grub search project, acquired by Wikia in July 2007. Jimmy Wale, [...]