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	Tsunami News   2/27/2009 Thousands displaced in Indonesia as quake toll hits six (AFP). AFP - Six people were killed and some 10,000 displaced by the powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island this week, officials said Tuesday. Indonesia quake toll rises to six, more than 150 injured (AFP). AFP - The death toll from a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to six with more than 150 people injured, officials said Tuesday. Indonesia quake kills 4, buildings collapse (AP). AP - A powerful earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging hundreds of homes and briefly triggering a region-wide tsunami warning, officials said as they surveyed the damage. Indonesia quake kills at least 4, tears down houses (Reuters). Reuters - A powerful earthquake struck an area off Indonesia's northern Sulawesi early on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60 after hundreds of houses collapsed, a disaster official said. Local tsunami warning issued following Indonesia quake: US (AFP). AFP - On the heels of a major 7.5-strength earthquake in Indonesia, US officials issued a tsunami warning Sunday for the area within 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) of the earthquake's center. Major earthquake jolts Indonesia: USGS (AFP). AFP - A major 7.5-strength earthquake jolted the region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, the US Geological Survey reported Sunday.

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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India, 4:15:20 PM.

Different set of standards needed for GM food crops: Ramesh. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh tells TOI that the conflict of interest issue in GEAC will be resolved before the next round of tests. Excerpts from an interview.
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Is Pawar behind Sena's renewed opposition to SRK-starrer?. Sharad Pawar seems to have got back at Cong over the price rise missiles aimed at him during last week's CWC meeting by egging on Bal Thackeray to revive his opposition to SRK-starrer `My Name Is Khan'.
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Allahabad HC to decide Maya's spending on smaraks and statues: SC. Allahabad High Court will now decide in four months the legality of over Rs 2,000 crore spent by Mayawati government on building memorials for dalit leaders and installing their statues in numerous projects at Lucknow.
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Natwar Singh loses security cover; Buta, Amar downgraded. Natwar Singh's security has been withdrawn while other VIPs, including Buta Singh and Amar Singh, have been downgraded from the elite Z-plus category to Z.
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CBI unearths passport racket; arrests four officials, touts. The CBI has unearthed a passport racket being run from the Madurai and Chennai passport offices and arrested four officials for allegedly issuing travel papers on the basis of "forged" documents.
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SC upholds Delhi govt's 30-year-old acquisition of 31,000 acres of land. A huge tract of land -- 50,000 bighas or 31,250 acres to be precise -- in the prime location of Chhattarpur in south Delhi will now be available for planned development of the Capital.
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Gadkari formally elected BJP president. Nitin Gadkari, who was acting president of BJP since December, was on Tuesday formally elected to the top party post in the presence of senior party leaders.
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Panel divided on shortlisting of one name for NCERT post. The hunt for the new director of National Council for Educational Research and Training has taken a curious turn with the search committee divided on shortlisting of one candidate.
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Bengal's quota decision came after nudge from Centre. A week before West Bengal announced 'Muslim quota', the Centre had rapped the state on the knuckles for giving mere 7% reservation to OBCs which was at least 20% less than the provision made by other states.
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Iran against reconciliation package in Afghanistan. Iran has come out strongly against a reconciliation package for the Taliban in Afghanistan. "We don't believe in good or bad Taliban," Iranian envoy Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh said.
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NYT > World, 4:15:17 PM.

Chechen Leader Drops Libel Suits. Ramzan A. Kadyrov, backed down from a conflict with human rights defenders and journalists on Tuesday, withdrawing several libel suits at the request, aides said, of his mother.
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MacNN | The Macintosh News Network, 4:15:12 PM.

Notion Ink Adam tablet to get Flash, outlast iPad battery. Initial impressions of a prototype Adam tablet from Notion Ink, first announced late last year, show that the device has some significant advantages over competitors such as the iPad. Powered by the new NVIDIA Tegra chipset and using a low-power display from Pixel Qi, the pre-production Adam is said to last at least two to three times longer than the 10-hour battery life for the iPad when browsing the web using Wi-Fi or watching video, according to Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan....


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Belkin intros redesigned notebook cooling pad. Belkin on Tuesday announced it has redesigned its Laptop Cooling Pad to now include a unique AirFlow Wing shape that is more efficient at taking heat away from the computer and a user's lap. At the same time, the design results in the notebook itself being quieter. The fan was repositioned compared to the previous pad and retains its USB power cable....


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Zevrix launches PDF Checkpoint 1.2, adds transparency export. Zevrix has launched PDF Checkpoint 1.2, updating its PDF preflight and conversion software. The app exports PDFs as images, and splits and reduces the size of PDF files. Hundreds of files can be handled at a time via drag-and-drop batch processing....


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Siri Assistant debuts in public beta for iPhone 3GS. Siri has launched a public beta of its personal assistant software for the iPhone, Siri Assistant. The program is designed to help with everyday tasks such as booking a restaurant or contacting a taxi service. Its main feature is voice recognition technology, which operates in a question-and-answer style. Over time the app is designed to adapt, and become simpler to use....


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Elecom releases one of the first SDXC card readers. Japan's Elecom has launched two new memory card readers with support for SDXC memory cards. The MR-A001BK is a USB thumb reader that can also read nine other types of memory cards, including SD Pro High speed cards. The MR-A002 reader is larger and attaches using a USB cable. It will be available in black or white and supports 32 different types of portable media cards....


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Headwinds favoring extended AT&T iPhone exclusivity?. Several analysts have expressed conflicting views on AT&T's iPhone exclusivity, and whether or not it will end in 2010 or be extended another year. Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research has raised his Verizon rating from Underperform to Neutral, in part because there may be little future for AT&T even if Verizon does not get the US iPhone. AT&T's growth will "sputter" without the iPhone as a guaranteed draw, says Moffett....


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ESPN.com, 4:15:02 PM.

Brandon Webb of Arizona Diamondbacks throws off mound for first time since surgery. Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb threw off the mound on Tuesday for the first time since undergoing right shoulder surgery.
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Harlem Globetrotters play on hockey rink for first time in 84-year history. The Harlem Globetrotters have a new way to beat the Washington Generals -- on ice.
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MacNN | The Macintosh News Network, 3:15:47 PM.

Fraunhofer details MPEG Surround for handhelds. Best known for its work on the MP3 format, Fraunhofer this afternoon said it would use Mobile World Congress next week to formally roll out two new audio formats specially designed for mobile. MPEG Surround can produce as much as 7.2-channel surround sound but has no real effect on the bitrate versus a stereo mix. A smartphone or a networked media hub using MPEG Surround can get the full audio of a movie without needing more space or a faster network connection....


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BlackBerry Curve trumps iPhone, Droid as tops in US. IDC as part of a wave of mobile market share updates has again given the crown to the BlackBerry Curve as the top selling smartphone in the US. Despite the line's relative age, it outsold both the second-place iPhone and third-place Motorola Droid during the fall and was joined in the top ten by four other models: the Pearl, Bold, Storm and Tour occupied the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth place spots respectively. The iPhone 3G, Palm Pre and myTouch 3G filled out the fourth-, eighth- and tenth-place positions....


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Apple patents system for social experience in online stores. Apple has been granted a new patent, No. 7,660,749, that describes a system for "representing visitor activity in an online store." The background information suggests that online shopping offers a number of advantages over visiting brick-and-mortar locations, however the experience "can feel sterile and isolating" and lead to lower sales numbers....


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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India, 3:15:41 PM.

Australia admits some attacks were racist. Worried by the damage to its reputation in India and bilateral ties, Australia has for the first time acknowledged that some of the attacks on Indians were racial in nature, and has promised to punish those responsible.
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SC says no to CBI probe into 9 sensitive post-Godhra riot cases. The Supreme Court on Tuesday firmly said that it was not in favour of entrusting the CBI with further investigations into the nine sensitive post-Godhra riot cases, saying it would amount to putting the clock back.
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Centre to hold talks with Naga groups in April. Peace talks between the Centre and Naga militant group NSCN(IM) will be held in the first week of April.
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NYT > Technology, 3:15:39 PM.

Square Feet: New Jersey, Home of the Servers. Commercial real estate is experiencing a boom in data center construction, especially in New Jersey, thanks to its proximity to New York’s financial companies.
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Canon Improves Entry-Level Rebel D.S.L.R.. Canon improves the features of its starter D.S.L.R. cameras with the new EOS Rebel T2i, and adds four new PowerShot point-and-shoot models to its lineup.
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Google Tries to Get Some Good Buzz. A new social-network aggregator, Google Buzz, begins its rollout this week.
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ESPN.com, 2:15:19 PM.

Ankle could keep Kobe Bryant out of All-Star Game. Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum missed Monday's Lakers game, and Bryant could sit out the All-Star Game.
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John McEnroe says Roger Federer is best men's player ever. John McEnroe thinks Roger Federer is the best men's tennis player of all-time.
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Henrik Lundqvist's skate cuts Marian Gaborik's knee during New York Rangers practice. Marian Gaborik left practice after being cut on the right knee by goalie Henrik Lundqvist's skate.
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Six NHL teams to open 2010-11 seasons in Europe. Boston, Carolina, Columbus, Minnesota, Phoenix and San Jose will open their 2010-11 regular seasons in Europe, the NHL and the players' association announced Tuesday.
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NYT > World, 2:15:16 PM.

Man’s Story of Survival Four Weeks After Haiti Quake Confounds Doctors. Evans Moussignac was discovered severely dehydrated but without traumatic injuries in the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday night.
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Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say. Iranian security officials were believed to have arrested as many as 1,000 people in the past two months, a rights group said.
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New European Leadership Takes on Economic Hurdles. The European Parliament voted a new European Commission into power, endorsing Jose Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term as its president.
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NYT > Technology, 2:15:07 PM.

Google Offers Phone Help for Nexus One Owners. After mounting complaints about the lack of customer support for the Nexus One, Google is offering a phone hotline.
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Google Gets More Social With Buzz. Google's Buzz service, which ties into Gmail, is another way for people to tell others what they're doing, thinking and feeling.
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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India, 2:15:04 PM.

Commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal put on hold. The govt on Tuesday decided to put the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal on hold, bowing to protests from activists, resistance from opposition as well as Cong govts and suspicions about the genetically modified crops.
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MacNN | The Macintosh News Network, 2:15:04 PM.

Intel to add 1.33GHz ULV Core i7 this summer?. An unofficial report has Intel releasing a new ultra-low voltage Core i7 CPU this summer, the 660UM. The dual-core chip would produce a 1.33GHz clock speed but ramp up to 2.4GHz speeds when overclocked in Turbo Boost. When it arrives, it should supercede the 1.2GHz Core i7 640UM, support the same 800MHz DDR3 memory and consume the same 18W of total power as the slower model....


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Google unveils Buzz live updates on Gmail, Android, iPhone. Google at its event today gave its users a new real-time status update system. Google Buzz aggregates live updates from a user's Google contacts and shows not just direct messages but updates from Twitter, Google Reader updates, and media posts from Flickr, Picasa and YouTube. Photos and videos are given special treatment and include special media browsers to view content without having to leave the existing environment....


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ESPN.com, 1:15:09 PM.

Autopsy: Death of Nancy Kerrigan's father ruled a homicide. A Massachusetts medical examiner has found that figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's father died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box.
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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India, 1:15:08 PM.

No financial crisis impact? India's poor grew by 34 mn. It's a myth that the recession left India unscathed. The country is the biggest victim of financial crisis-induced poverty, according to data obtained by TOI from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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Naxal leader sets terms for peace talks with govt. Even as P Chidambaram met the CMs of naxal-affected states to strategise on anti-Maoist operations, the ultras made a renewed pitch for peace talks on the condition that some of their top jailed leaders be released.
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Apple Hot News, 1:15:06 PM.

Introducing Aperture 3. Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software. Aperture 3 offers more than 200 new features including Faces, Places, and Brushes. A 30-day trial is now available for download.
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MacNN | The Macintosh News Network, 1:15:06 PM.

ARES, ARES Commander promise cross-platform CAD. Germany's Graebert has formally announced ARES, a new CAD tool. The software is touted mainly as cross-platform, able to run natively on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. Mobile versions are planned for Android, Windows Mobile and the iPad....


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