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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:09 +0100 Berlusconi bites back as heckler wrecks news conference |
| Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi enters a press conference to accuse opponents of preventing his party from registering candidates for… |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:08 +0100 Greece braced for second general strike |
| Striking refuse collectors in Greece hold a funeral march. They want to bury the government's austerity measures aimed at reviving the country's… |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:06 +0100 Al-Qaeda hostage back home in Spain |
| It is being reported that at least one Spanish woman held by al-Qaeda insurgents in Mali has been freed, however the release of another female… |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:45:07 +0100 Biden toughens criticism of Israel settlement plan |
| United in condemning Israel's latest settlement moves, US Vice-President Joe Biden and Mahmoud Abbas have met in Ramallah. The Palestinian… |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:06 +0100 Jerusalem: crossroads between peace and conflict |
| Since the beginning of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, Jerusalem has been the main stumbling block. And central to the… |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:05 +0100 Ahmadinejad lashes out at Gates on Afghan visit |
| The image is disturbing enough for the United States, as its arch-foe Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is warmly greeted by Washington's ally, Hamid Karzai. But… |
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| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 Every bastard a king |
| "Mute" navigates the mediarchipelago; "Osteuropa" locates Khodorkovsky's Rubicon; "Samtiden" warns a species headed for self-destruction; "Ny Tid" goes gender neutral; "Dilema veche" considers fast-food religion and other less fashionable phenomena; "Vikerkaar" recommends social democracy as antidote to Estonia-ization; "Arche" has seen Lukashenka's economic policy somewhere before; "Revista CrÃtica" uses biography for empowerment; and "Ord&Bild" measures the distance between us and the living. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 On the post-city |
| As the ideological frenzy of modernism gives way to "content management systems", and as global megacities render the urban grid and its certainties obsolete, societies of discipline become societies of control. Daniel Miller cracks open the password protected "post-city". |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 "The most important thing here is self-discipline..." |
| In October 2008, Russian novelist Lyudmila Ulitskaya wrote a letter to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former oligarch and Russia's most debated prisoner. That was the beginning of a correspondence that has been making waves ever since it was published by the "Novaja Gazeta". |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 Letters from prison |
| An introduction to the Khodorkovsky-Ulitskaya correspondence by the editors of "Osteuropa". |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:11:00 +0100 Dutch 2.6GHz auction attracts 9 bidders |
(Telecompaper) The Dutch auction of 2.6GHz radio frequency licences will start on 20 April, with nine bidders qualified, the government announced. The spectrum regulator Agentschap Telecom evaluated the applications from potential bidders, which were due by 8 January. A trial auction was already held in December and another will follow before the final bidding. Depending on how long the auction runs, the government expects to issue the licences in late May or early June. Available for Wimax or LTE services, the new licences are expected to open the way for at least three new service providers on the market. Of the 190 MHz made available, 135MHz will go to newcomers. The existing mobile operators KPN and T-Mobile Netherlands will be subject to a cap of 20 MHz and Vodafone Netherlands to 20 MHz. This takes account of their existing holdings in the 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands; Vodafone has the smallest amount of these. Licences for paired use will be offered in blocks of 2x5 MHz, while unpaired licences are offered in blocks of 5 MHz. Regardless of demand, at least 25 blocks, of which 13 for paired use and 12 for unpaired use, and 38 licences will be available. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:00 +0100 Swisscom wins appeal against termination rate fine |
(Telecompaper) The Swiss federal administrative court has upheld the main elements of an appeal by Swisscom over a ruling by the competition commission Weko regarding allegedly illegal mobile termination fees and has overruled the fine of CHF 333 million. In February 2007 Weko ruled that Swisscom was market dominant in mobile termination and had violated its position as defined under the Swiss Cartel Act, following an investigation launched in 2002 into possible abuse of dominant market position by Switzerland's three mobile operators. Weko found that Swisscom was market dominant and had violated its position by charging unreasonably high fees between 1 April 2004 and 31 May 2005. Swisscom appealed to the Federal Administrative Court, arguing that it neither had a market dominant position nor acted improperly. The court found that Swisscom has a dominant market position, but rejected Weko's conclusion that the operator abused that position to charge higher mobile termination fees. The verdict is open for appeal at the Swiss Federal Court. Both Swisscom and Weko will review the reasons behind the ruling point by point over the coming weeks and decide on next steps. No provision has been set aside by Swisscom to cover this fine, which proved to be the right decision based on this ruling. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:00 +0100 AT&T completes 100G field trial |
(Telecompaper) AT&T announced the successful completion of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology. During the trial, AT&T field tested the new Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. AT&T also used the Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP client side modules and Ixia's "K2" 100 Gigabit traffic generator and analyzer. AT&T's trial demonstrated a single-carrier 100G transmission with real-time coherent processing on a 900-km long-haul transport link between Louisiana and Florida. AT&T in 2008 completed a large deployment of 40G network technology in its US IP backbone network, and in 2008 and 2009, the company led teams that completed two lab trials of 100G technology. The 100G technology is expected to be ready for commercial deployment over the next few years. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:34:00 +0100 Cisco triples routing capacity with CRS-3 launch |
(Telecompaper) Cisco unveiled its next-generation routing platform for operators, the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. The Cisco CRS-3 triples the capacity of its predecessor, the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, to up to 322 Tbps. According to the company, the system offers 12 times the traffic capacity of the nearest competing system. Designed to support the ever-increasing amount of video and data traffic on networks, the CRS-3 can handle core network and data centre services, including IPv6 and IP/MPLS. Existing Cisco CRS-1 customers can reuse the existing chassis, route processors, fans and power systems with the addition of new line cards and fabric when upgrading to the CRS-3. AT&T recently tested the Cisco CRS-3 in a a field trial of 100G backbone network technology, which took place in AT&T's live network between New Orleans and Miami, and other field trials are underway, Cisco said. Pricing for the routing system starts at USD 90,000. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:58:09 +0000 Parliament threatens court action on anti-piracy treaty |
The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:11 +0000 Commission proposes 'European Heritage Label' |
The European Heritage Label should be established as an EU-wide initiative, Culture Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou suggested yesterday (9 March), presenting plans to highlight historical sites across Europe that "symbolise European integration, ideals and history". |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:11:46 +0000 Barroso considers ban on speculation with sovereign debt |
The European Commission said on 9 March it will consider banning 'naked' selling of derivatives contracts and Greece said curbs on speculators would be examined by the G20 powers. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:34:49 +0000 EU comes up with exit strategy for climate talks |
The EU's new commissioner for climate action wants Europe to continue leading global negotiations and pursue deeper emission cuts, even if its current pledge of 20% reductions by 2020 is not matched by other developed countries. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:19 +0000 China promises 'national treatment' for foreign firms |
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has committed Beijing to treating foreign companies equally to local firms, much to the relief of EU business leaders, who had expressed growing concern about the business climate in China. |
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| EP on Transnistria referendum |
| After a long absence, the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria was once again on the European Parliament's agenda today. |
| Azeri press pressured |
| The OSCE is increasingly concerned about press freedom following a string of cases of prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:00 GMT Post-Copenhagen deal in spotlight in Tuesday debate |
 The post Copenhagen climate deal was debated by MEPs Tuesday afternoon with Europe's climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard outlining the way forward. She argued for the EU to maintain momentum ahead of the next climate conference in Mexico at the end of the year and push for a legally binding deal. Source : © European Parliament |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty debated |
 During the cold war the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was the cornerstone of international efforts to control the balance of nuclear bomb-making technology. In the complex post cold-war international environment, the spread of nuclear technology and fears it could fall into terrorist hands have become major concerns. Ahead of the forthcoming Treaty review meeting MEPs are set to question Council and Commission today (Wednesday 10 March) on measures to improve the situation. Source : © European Parliament |
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| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 A statistical perspective on women and men in the EU27 |
| How much higher is the life expectancy for women than for men, and what is it expected to be in 2030? Is the unemployment rate for women higher than for men? And what about the employment rate? What are the differences between women and men in their use of the internet - sending e-mails, reading on-line newspapers, doing internet banking or checking work opportunities? |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.1% |
| GDP increased by 0.1% in both the euro area (EA16) and the EU27 during the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with the previous quarter, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the third quarter of 2009, growth rates were +0.4% in the euro area and +0.3% in the EU27. |
| Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in both euro area and EU27 |
| In January 2010, compared with December 2009, the volume of retail trade decreased by 0.3% in both the euro area (EA16) and the EU27. In December 2009 retail trade rose by 0.5% and 0.2% respectively. |
| Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100 Industrial producer prices up by 0.7% in euro area |
| In January 2010 compared with December 2009, the industrial producer price index rose by 0.7% in the euro area (EA16) and by 0.9% in the EU27. In December 2009, prices increased by 0.1% in both zones. |
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| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 Every bastard a king |
| "Mute" navigates the mediarchipelago; "Osteuropa" locates Khodorkovsky's Rubicon; "Samtiden" warns a species headed for self-destruction; "Ny Tid" goes gender neutral; "Dilema veche" considers fast-food religion and other less fashionable phenomena; "Vikerkaar" recommends social democracy as antidote to Estonia-ization; "Arche" has seen Lukashenka's economic policy somewhere before; "Revista CrÃtica" uses biography for empowerment; and "Ord&Bild" measures the distance between us and the living. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 On the post-city |
| As the ideological frenzy of modernism gives way to "content management systems", and as global megacities render the urban grid and its certainties obsolete, societies of discipline become societies of control. Daniel Miller cracks open the password protected "post-city". |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 "The most important thing here is self-discipline..." |
| In October 2008, Russian novelist Lyudmila Ulitskaya wrote a letter to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former oligarch and Russia's most debated prisoner. That was the beginning of a correspondence that has been making waves ever since it was published by the "Novaja Gazeta". |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:02 +0100 Letters from prison |
| An introduction to the Khodorkovsky-Ulitskaya correspondence by the editors of "Osteuropa". |
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| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:58:00 UT Herschel:Herschel-HIFI unveils precursors of life-enabling molecules in Orion Nebula |
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ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potential life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion Nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy. This detailed spectrum, obtained with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) - one of Herschel's three innovative instruments - demonstrates the gold mine of information that Herschel-HIFI will provide on how organic molecules form in space.
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| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:00 UT Hubble:Bully galaxy rules the neighbourhood [heic1004] |
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In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" - hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to be hungry loners. These cosmic oddities have set astronomers on the "case of the missing neighbour galaxies".
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| Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:29:00 UT Mars Express:Mars Express to make closest ever approach to Phobos |
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On 3 March 2010 Mars Express will make its closest ever approach to Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. During a series of flybys, spanning six weeks, all seven instruments onboard Mars Express will be utilised to study Phobos. The close approach provides a first opportunity to perform a unique gravity experiment that may reveal the distribution of mass within this intriguing moon.
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| Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:15:00 UT JWST:James Webb Space Telescope sunshield passes critical design review |
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The James Webb Space Telescope sunshield has passed its critical design review, marking the successful completion of another mission milestone. The review certified that the sunshield design is complete and meets all the mission requirements; this clears the way for the start of manufacturing of the flight model sunshield.
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| 10 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +0100 ICTs: Building the green city of the future |
| The theme of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is: "Better City, Better Life", referring to the common wish for better living standards in future urban environments. Through different sub-themes, Expo 2010 will create blueprints for future cities and harmonious urban life styles.
Smart buildings, smart grids that will create greater energy efficiency, intelligent transport systems that can get our cities moving again, multimedia conferencing systems and teleworking technologies that will reduce travel : ICTs have an important role in urban sustainability. ITU is working on many fronts to foster the use of green ICTs to reduce green house gases.
This ITU workshop particularly aims at capturing student visions of the role for ICTs in providing for urban sustainability.
The workshop is calling for original academic presentations offering innovative approaches addressing this challenge (submission deadline : 15 March) and a prize fund totaling $10,000 will be awarded to the three best presentations. |
| 10 Mar 2010 13:46:00 +0100 VPHOP Satellite Symposium at IOF WCO-ECCEO10 Congress |
| The symposium ?Assessing fracture risk: the future for designing new therapies" program, aims to present the clinical experts the state of the art in technologies to assess the risk of fracture in patients affected by osteoporosis. VPHOP or Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human is a European osteoporosis research project within the framework of the Virtual Physiological Human initiative. Until August 2012, VPHOP will develop, validate and deploy the next generation of technology to predict the absolute risk of fracture in patients with low bone mass, thereby enabling clinicians to provide better prognoses and implement more effective treatment strategies (both pharmacological and interventional). To attend the satellite symposium you have to be registered to the IOF WCO-ECCEO10 conference. However, the invited participants to the VPHOP Satellite Symposium are entitled to a special fee. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT More orthodontics visits for kids whose first teeth are slow to erupt? |
| Writing in the open-access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Genetics, British and Finnish geneticists pinpointed five genes linked with the time the first milk tooth emerges from a baby's gums. Although this tooth is temporary, the scientists hypothesised that it is an extremely important part of the baby's overall health and well-being. Their hunch turned out to be correct. The study's findings are part of the EURO-BLCS ('Biological, clinical and genetic markers of future risk of cardiovascular disease'), which received EUR 1.4 million under the 'Life quality' Thematic area of the EU's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5). |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Europeans set to crack chronic kidney disease puzzle |
| Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent disease that affects 1 in 10 Europeans. Despite research into CKD, early-stage diagnosis and personalised treatment need improvement. Another burning issue is the lack of information on the pathophysiology of the disease. Enter the SYSKID ('Systems biology towards novel chronic kidney disease diagnosis and treatment') project, which is determined to resolve these issues. The 60-month project is supported under the Health Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 11.8 million. |
| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT EU and EECA push for better research ties |
| Building better research relations between the EU and EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) nations is an important objective for everyone, and the EECAlink project, which has received EUR 600 000 under the Health Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), is determined to make this happen. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT EU project gives non-tech-savvy people a boost |
| Advances in information and communication technologies have done people a world of good but not everyone has access to these innovations. The EU-funded I2HOME ('Intuitive interaction for everyone with home appliances based on industry standards') project, which received EUR 2.7 million under the 'Information society technologies' (IST) of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), set out to solve this problem by designing and implementing such technologies in a 'Design for All' approach. |
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