The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
L'Aquila, Italy - The Italian government has ordered the closure of a group on the social networking website, Facebook, calling for the death of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an official said Thursday. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni also indica...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
L'AQUILA, Italy -- More than 4,000 people who survived last spring's earthquake in Italy are shivering in tents, but they say they hope to be living in new, earthquake-proof homes soon.
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
(Click Above Image to Enlarge) The image above shows an interferogram, a map of ground movements produced with measurements made remotely by Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), plotted atop digital topography. United Kingdom geophysicists Richard Walters and John Elliott used measurements acquired by a European Space Agency satellite on February 1 and April 12 to capture ground movements...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
By OP Gupta IFS (Retd) http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=313&page=7 So far as India is concerned Obama has continued to behave as a non-proliferation Ayatollah neglecting outstanding self-imposed restraints and non-proliferation roles of all Indian Governments. The unemployment rate in US is running high and is expected to keep rising to 10 per cent...
The ArchitectsNewspaper Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
On the occasion of the 2009 G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, architecture firm MDAA (Massimo d’Alessandro & Associati) of Rome designed a photovoltaic tower to power an existing cellular communications aerial. The installation brought to life an idea that has been paddled about quite a bit in recent years: equipping our existing infrastructure with energy-producing [...]
TerraBlog from TerraPass (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
We've got to focus on the cause, not the symptoms by Tim Varga In early July at the Major Economies Forum in L’aquila, Italy, G8 leaders took a big step by publicly announcing a goal of limiting global warming to 2° C. Let us all acknowledge that it is a Big Deal that these countries — the ones who created climate change to begin with — are going to take steps to mitigate this...
MCC International - Agency Blog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
As the world’s leaders recently united for the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, they were supported in their initiative by a cutting-edge technological infrastructure, capable of providing total data traffic and Internet connection security. Extreme Networks’ products were deployed to form the local network infrastructure by Elsag Datamant, responsible for the management of the large...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
In recent high-level announcements, from the G-8 statement issued from L'Aquila, Italy, through the statement released by the Council of the Federation, and on to the "Three Amigos" summit, much has been made by our political leaders of the need to transition to "green economies." These statements, and the upcoming Copenhagen meeting on climate change, point to the need for Canada...
Terrierman's Daily Dose (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
A lineup of G8 leaders at the summit, earlier this year, in L’Aquila, Italy. From Vanity Fair , which has a complete not-to-be-missed slide show of Qaddaffi get ups. . From: Terrierman's Daily Dose To order the book. web site.
The New Security Beat (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
In what CNN has dubbed her " biggest trip yet ," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has commenced an 11-day, seven-nation tour of Africa that will take her to many of the continent’s most volatile states, including Kenya, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Liberia, and Cape Verde. Global hunger and food security are her top agenda items , as Clinton...
AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
World Fact Book - Traveller's Guide 1.0 Category: Travel Price: $9.99 -> Free ( iTunes ) Description: The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities Includes The Following Countries and Territories: A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda...
Blog for Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Iowa Events by Paul Deaton Thursday, August 6, 2009 will mark the 64th anniversary of the United States dropping the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, we dropped the second on Nagasaki, Japan. The bombs destroyed both cities in a flash and killed by blast, fire, or acute radiation poisoning approximately 250,000 people. After...
Open and Shut? (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
In his latest encyclical letter Pope Benedict XVI argues that rich countries are asserting their intellectual property with "excessive zeal", especially in the field of health care — a statement that has led some to conclude that the Pope has been converted to the Open Access ( OA ) cause. Whether or not this is the case, is it not perhaps time for the Vatican to reassess the way in...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
by Mark Silva At this moment, we are told, President Barack Obama is lobbying the head of FIFA to schedule a World Cup soccer tournament in the United States. And at this moment, we are told, FIFA president Joseph Blatter is lobbying Obama to attend next year's World Cup in South Africa. "We'll use the opportunity of the meeting to advocate for the United States to host the World Cup in either...
LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Italy - Proel was among the companies that represented Italy at the G8 summit held at the Guardia di Finanza Military Headquarters in L'Aquila from the 8 - 10 July 2009. This multinational ...
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tamilselvan1 | 07/11/2009
US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to seeing the pink satin draped booty of 17-year-old girl Mayara Tavares at the taking place is G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy on July 9, 2009.
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The media can't even get it straight! Is Mayara 16 or 17 years old? They are full of it!!
komal111 | 07/09/2009
G8 Summit 2009 In L'Aquila, Italy Themes And Scenarios For G8 Summit In Italy, The talks are expected to focus on the state of the world economy, financial regulation, climate change and trade and development. Following are the main themes that will be discussed and possible outcomes from the meeting. Read More From Orginal Site
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