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21. February 2010 | 00:20

Cries for Help via Text Messages Are Used to Direct Aid to Haiti

A new emergency relief effort relies on text messages and social networking Web sites to help coordinate humanitarian aid in quake-ravaged Haiti. (News Source: New York Times - 22:44:39)

Islamists Now Spreading Their Message in English

An increasing number of Osama bin Laden sympathizers are spreading his message in English-and with it the possibility of more attacks inside the United States. (News Source: Newsweek - 20:19:05)

Virginia Senate Approves Bill To Create ‘Trust Women. Respect Choice.’ License Plates

The Virginia Senate on Tuesday voted 26-8 to approve a bill (SB 18) that would create a specialty license plate with the message, “Trust Women. Respect Choice,” and direct a portion of the revenue to the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, the Washington Post reports. The bill also would approve other specialty license plates (Helderman/Kunkle, Washington Post, 2/17). According to AP/NBC29 … (News Source: Medical News Today - 16:17:06)

Why Cole Hamels could have a huge impact

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels relies on deception when he pitches. But his pitching coach Rich Dubee apparently is the opposite type. Dubee didn’t hide a thing Thursday while discussing Hamels, and what Hamels needs to do better to get back to the form of his heroic 2008 season. Dubee was as direct as Hamels is deceptive. (News Source: Sports Illustrated - 18:51:33)

Humax HD-FOX T2 and Panasonic TX-P42G20B become the first Freeview HD tuners on sale in the UK

Slowly but surely Freeview HD is making its entry into UK homes. The well-reviewed Humax HD-FOX T2 is living up to its promise of being the very first Freeview HD tuner around, and is now available to buy via the company’s online store or at your local electronics outlet. Priced at Â£180 ($281), its listing on the Humax Direct Sales site has an amusing “this is NOT a recorder” blinking message to … (News Source: Engadget - 14:21:39)

Woods’s words ring hollow

Column | Here’s the problem: Tiger Woods staged a fake news conference to apologize for being fake. (News Source: Washington Post - 21:26:58)

Malaysia must catch up to gain high-income status

WITH 2020 only a decade away, Malaysia has a lot of catching up to do if it is to become a high-income economy. This was the message conveyed by several prominent speakers at the recent 1Malaysia Econ… (News Source: MalaysiaNews.net - 04:14:58)

More efficient methods of food-recall notices needed

( Michigan State University ) Consumers need faster, more efficient ways of being notified when there is a recall of food products.That’s the message Michigan State University’s Ewen Todd gave to a symposium at the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting being held in San Diego. (News Source: EurekAlert! - 23:47:51)

Sudan’s president expects progress in Darfur peace talks in Doha

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday expected “pleasant news” to come from the peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups. Negotiators of the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups were holding separate meetings with international mediators on the resumption of direct peace talks to settle the festering conflict in the western … (News Source: People’s Daily - 03:31:08)

Fed hikes rate, loose policy stays

The Federal Reserve Board sent its most explicit signal yet that the emergency supply of liquidity to financial markets is done and the most aggressive monetary policy easing in its 96-year history will eventually reverse. Chairman Ben S Bernanke and his colleagues at the Board of Governors raised the rate charged to banks for direct loans by a quarter-point to 0.75 percent, effective yesterday … (News Source: People’s Daily - 02:56:15)

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