Apr 27 2009

Swine flu death toll exceeds 100 as pandemic fears grow – guardian.co.uk


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Swine flu death toll exceeds 100 as pandemic fears grow
guardian.co.uk
Governments around the world are on high alert for a swine flu pandemic today as the death toll from the virus in Mexico rose to more than 100 and possible cases were reported as far afield as Israel, New Zealand and Scotland.
Video: Swine flu draws international attention KRQE.com
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Apr 27 2009

Pakistan talks with Taliban off: negotiator – AFP


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Pakistan talks with Taliban off: negotiator
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Talks between the Pakistan Taliban and the government over the Swat valley have been suspended until the army halts its latest operation against militants, a negotiator said on Monday.
Taliban commander confirmed dead in Pakistan's military offensive Xinhua
Amid US criticism, Pakistan again battles Taliban The Associated Press
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Apr 27 2009

British minister in Sri Lanka to check on humanitarian situation – Xinhua


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British minister in Sri Lanka to check on humanitarian situation
Xinhua
COLOMBO, April 27 (Xinhua) — A British government minister arrived in Colombo on Monday on a whistle stop to check on the Sri Lankan government's humanitarian relief with regards to the large displaced population in the northern battle zone.
Sri Lanka attacks rebels despite truce appeal The Associated Press
Thousands of Tamils demonstrate outside US embassy Toronto Star
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Apr 27 2009

15 Wonders of the LEGO World

LEGO is something people just love to play with. No matter if you are a kid, an adult or an old person, if you are able to see, you will love LEGO. These small bricks when coupled with some creativity and time can turn up into some of the most stunning and breath-taking sculptures ever.Check out these stunning LEGO creations!

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Apr 27 2009

Follow Everyone Back on Twitter w/o Ruining the Experience

How often have you heard the argument that not following back everyone who follows you is ’snobby’ and ‘arrogant’? – It’s not, and you shouldn’t listen to anyone who tells you so. You have a right to choose who you follow and don’t follow. Although, Following everyone back has other benefits…

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Apr 27 2009

Using XAMPP for Local WordPress Theme Development

In this article you’ll learn how to install and configure XAMPP for the desktop. Once that’s out of the way, you will install WordPress so that you can have your very own lightweight PHP and WordPress development environment just like the pros.

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Apr 27 2009

Facebook Drops Other Shoe Tomorrow?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting Facebook will open up most if not all of their user-contributed data to developers at a developer event tomorrow.Could this take us one step closer to the ultimate live stream of real-time events?

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Apr 27 2009

A Look At the Wolfram Alpha "Search Engine"

An anonymous reader points out a ReadWriteWeb piece on an hour-long demo of Wolfram Alpha (which we discussed at its announcement). Stephen Wolfram does not like to call it a “search engine,” preferring instead the term “computational knowledge engine.” It will open to the public in May. “The hype around Wolfram|Alpha, the next ‘Google killer’ from the makers of Mathematica, has been building over the last few weeks. Today, we were lucky enough to attend a one-hour web demo with Stephen Wolfram, and from what we’ve seen, it definitely looks like it can live up to the hype — though, because it is so different from traditional search engines, it will definitely not be a ‘Google killer.’ According to Stephen Wolfram, the goal of Alpha is to give everyone access to expert knowledge and the data that a specialist would be able to compute from this information.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Apr 26 2009

It's No Time for Hysteria Over New Flu – New York Times


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It's No Time for Hysteria Over New Flu
New York Times
By SUSAN DOMINUS Nobody panic. The government may be spending its last dime on the bailout package, but it's apparently filthy rich with stockpiles of Tamiflu.
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Apr 26 2009

Body of soldier who died in Afghanistan returns to Canada – CBC.ca


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Body of soldier who died in Afghanistan returns to Canada
CBC.ca
Maj. Michelle Mendes, 30, was found dead in her room at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan last Thursday afternoon. (DND)The body of a Canadian soldier found dead last week at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan was returned to a military base in eastern
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