The Jewelry Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
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EvolutionBlog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
Remember at the end of my last chess post when I wrote: But no need to despair! This is just the feeling out period. I suspect the real match will begin shortly. Oh baby! Was I more right than I knew! Vishy Anand drew first blood in the big chess match today, and did so in fine style. Once again Kramnik opened with his queen pawn, and Anand replied with the Slav. But whereas game one saw Kramnik employ...
EvolutionBlog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Two games down in the big chess match. The results? Two draws. And not the exciting type of draw with lots of thrust and parry and two lone, bruised kings remaining on the board at the end. I'm talking about boring draws. But no need to despair! This is just the feeling out period. I suspect the real match will begin shortly. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
biopact (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two weeks ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn has reported that greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries continue to rise. Data submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shows that emissions of 40 industrialized countries that have greenhouse gas reporting obligations under the Convention...
euronews24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bonn, Germany – Greenhouse gas emissions by 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty have dropped an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels, U.N. officials reported Monday. The 1997 treaty required the industrial
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Two weeks ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland, the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn has reported that greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries continue to rise.
Flavor Country (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
These idiots don't understand, doing things like this can land you in prison for a long, long time. VAY, Idaho – T he Secret Service is investigating a sign erected by a northern Idaho landowner that advertises a "free public hanging" of President-elect Barack Obama and other political figures. Bonner County Sheriff Elaine Savage said Thursday that she and a Secret Service agent from Spokane, Wash.,...
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Clare Lockhart, one of the architects of the Bonn Agreement, and a close colleague of Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s former Minister of Finance and a potential candidate for President in 2009, has her idea of how to “fix” Afghanistan: After 9/11, stability was created through a partnership between the Afghan people and the international community. In December [...]
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
FRANKFURT, Germany – Deutsche Telekom AG reported a strong rise in third-quarter net profit on Thursday, buoyed by lower taxes and a cost-cutting program. The Bonn-based telecommunications company, Europe's biggest, said
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
FATV, Channel 8, will broadcast live at 7 p.m. an episode of "Chess Chat," hosted by Martin Laine and George Mirijanian, members of the Wachusett Chess Club at Fitchburg State College. The show's topic will be the world chess championship, which ended earlier this week in Bonn, Germany, with Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand of India retaining his world title by defeating challenger Vladimir Kramnik of...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
World Chess: The Painter and the philistine Monday, 27 October 2008 Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers writes from Bonn, Germany: On Friday night in Bonn, Vladimir Kramnik, his wife Marie and an old friend and former assistant, Evgeny Bareev, enjoyed a Thai meal together. Kramnik had just drawn the eighth World Chess Championship game against Viswanathan Anand in the former German capital and...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Drugs in chess a ridiculous thought, says Anand Special Correspondent Online edition of India's National Newspaper The Hindu Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 Bonn: Drug testing in chess is new to those outside the sport who feel that performance enhancers are only for disciplines where speed, strength and stamina play a big role. A more skill-oriented sport like chess has dope testing at the highest level and...
UK Libertarian Party (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
Thanks to SpyBlog for spotting this. In a written statement on Wednesday, our beloved Home Secretary announced that she'd met with the Interior Ministers from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the United States State Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Bonn during September. Amongst the topic under discussion was " remote searches of computer hard drives ". Smith wrote that...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
Anand – Kramnik World Championship Match Bonn, Germany GM Mikhail Golubev of Chess Today ( www.chesstoday.net ), an excellent daily chess newsletter which I read DAILY, listed some of the well known websites covering the World Championship. Here are some of them according to GM Golubev and I added some more: For coverage in English (videos, annotations, references, etc.) he goes to the following sites:...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
Photo by Chessvibes Anand, Kramnik draw in 4th game of chess match The Associated Press Published: October 18, 2008 Game analysis is available here . Bonn, Germany : Defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India played to a 29-move draw with Russian challenger Vladimir Kramnik on Saturday in the fourth game of their world chess championship match. Anand leads the 12-game match 2.5-1.5. He won the...
