Report claims Chinese airstrip near disputed islands near completion

Source: China Post

The China Post news staff--Attack warplanes and land-to-air missiles are being deployed to a Chinese air base with an operational radius reaching both Taipei and the disputed islands in the South China Sea as tension in the region continues to mount, a r ...
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Has Ubuntu One Lost The Personal Cloud Market?

Source: LXer

Google recently announced its Google Drive which is clearly positioned as a competitor to iCloud, SkyDrive or alternative to services like Dropbox or semi-open source Spider-Oak. A lot of Linux users are upset as there is no client for Linux at ...
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As the Transit approaches…

Source: Cumbrian Sky

We’re now just a couple of weeks away from the long-awaited “Venus Transit”, during which the planet Venus will move across the face of the Sun in a kind of “mini eclipse”. The last time this happened the event was widely ...
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For holiday trip, be prepared before driving off

Source: AZ starnet.com

It doesn't matter if you're new to Tucson, just passing through or a sun-baked native of the Old Pueblo - everyone needs to be prepared for potential emergencies before embarking on a road trip through Southern Arizona. "There are going to be more people ...
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Andy Carvin on Twitter as a newsroom and being human

Source: GigaOM

The discussion at the Mesh 2012 conference (full disclosure: I am a co-founder) touched on a number of different elements of what Carvin did during the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, including two important factors tha ...
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NATO position has not crossed my mind: Gül

Source: Hurriet Daily News

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said May 24 that he has never considered becoming the secretary-general of NATO, dousing recent speculation that he could be nominated for the prestigious post. “The NATO Secretariat-General is an importan ...
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Swagman Sailing: Day 4 in Croatia - Enroute Dubrovnik to Split

Source: Sail Blogs

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Nasrallah: Fences Won't Ensure Israel's Existence

Source: Arutz Sheva

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel on Friday, saying the Jewish State is hiding behind walls and fences and that these cannot ensure its future existence. Nasrallah made the comments during a video speech which ...
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Hatching elegance

Source: Hamilton Journal-News

The term hatchback conjures up many images. But my tester for the week — the Audi A7 — makes you rethink everything about a hatchback. Long, dominating grille, fading roofline, elegant, luxurious and sexy — those are the images of THIS hatchback. This ...
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