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Interior Minister: East Jerusalem plan wasn't intended to provoke - Ha'aretz

World News - 1 hour 51 min ago

The Hindu

Interior Minister: East Jerusalem plan wasn't intended to provoke
Ha'aretz
Interior Minister Eli Yishai apologized on Wednesday for causing domestic and international distress as a result of Israel's recent decision to approve 1600 more homes in East Jerusalem. Yishai was responding to the recent wave of condemnations, ...
Barak fumes at R. Shlomo announcementJerusalem Post
Joe Biden condemns Israel's plan to build 1600 homes on disputed landTelegraph.co.uk
Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plansThe Associated Press
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Nigeria: Soldiers open fire on youths - The Associated Press

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The Hindu

Nigeria: Soldiers open fire on youths
The Associated Press
JOS, Nigeria — Witnesses say soldiers in a Nigerian town at the center of a spate of religious killings opened fire on a crowd of youths that had surrounded a cattle truck driving after curfew. A nurse told The Associated Press on Wednesday that at ...
Nigerian army 'ignored warning of massacres' in JosBBC News
Massacre leaves Nigerians on edgeAljazeera.net
Ravaged Nigerian Village Is Haunted by Latest MassacreNew York Times
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IdiomaX Introduces Language Translation Software for Windows 7 and Office 2010 - PR Web (press release)

Translation News - 2 hours 17 min ago

IdiomaX Introduces Language Translation Software for Windows 7 and Office 2010
PR Web (press release)
... has launched a translation software package that incorporates five of the company's most popular language translation products. ...

GALA 2010 Early Registration Ends 12 March - PR Web (press release)

Translation News - 2 hours 17 min ago

GALA 2010 Early Registration Ends 12 March
PR Web (press release)
Presenters at GALA 2010: The language of business. The business of language.” include localization and translation buyers from such leaders as Hewlett ...

Bomber's death deals fresh blow to Indonesia militants - Reuters

World News - 2 hours 34 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

Bomber's death deals fresh blow to Indonesia militants
Reuters
CANBERRA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country. Dulmatin, who once trained with al Qaeda ...
Official: Bali bombing mastermind deadCNN International
Indonesia police raids 'kill three suspected militants'BBC News
Indonesian police shoot dead allegedly Bali bombing terroristXinhua
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Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participation - CNN International

World News - 2 hours 51 min ago

The Hindu

Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participation
CNN International
Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections. The Political Parties Registration Law, announced in state-run ...
Suu Kyi faces political expulsionABC Online
Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from pollsAljazeera.net
Myanmar Bars Democracy Advocate From ElectionNew York Times
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5 Pakistani Aid Workers Killed in Attack - CBS News

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BBC News

5 Pakistani Aid Workers Killed in Attack
CBS News
An attack which left five international aid workers dead in Pakistan on Wednesday "is directly linked to Taliban militants," a Pakistani intelligence official told CBS News' Farhan Bokhari after the incident, sharing an initial ...
Pakistan Attack on Aid Agency Office Kills 5 PeopleBloomberg
Five killed in attack at charity in PakistanCNN International
Attack on US NGO office kills 5 in northwest Pakistan's MansehraXinhua
Aljazeera.net -ABC Online -Press TV
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Israeli general renews threats against Iran - Press TV

World News - 2 hours 54 min ago

China Daily

Israeli general renews threats against Iran
Press TV
An Israel official has once again threatened Iran with military confrontation by repeating the famous phrase of "all options should remain on the table." While on a visit to New York, the Chief of staff of Israel's armed forces, Gabi Ashkenazi, ...
Profiting From Iran, and the USNew York Times
Israel: Outlook for tough UN steps on Iran "grim"Reuters
Israel tries to jump-start calls for Iran nuclear sanctionsWashington Post
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Seven held over alleged cartoonist murder plot - RTE.ie

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Washington Post

Seven held over alleged cartoonist murder plot
RTE.ie
Gardaí are continuing to question seven people arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose portrayal of the prophet Mohammed angered many Muslims. The four men and three women, originally from Morocco and ...
7 held in alleged plot to kill cartoonistBoston Globe
Ireland Arrests Seven Over Cartoonist PlotThe Epoch Times
Irish arrests for 'cartoonist plot'Aljazeera.net
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Child abuse claims hit Catholic institutions in Germany - CNN International

World News - 3 hours 37 min ago

Reuters

Child abuse claims hit Catholic institutions in Germany
CNN International
Some have accused the Vatican of trying to cover up the abuse scandal in the homeland of the pope. SCHARBEUTZ, Germany (CNN) -- Norbert Denef says for years he couldn't speak about the crimes committed against him during his childhood in Germany. ...
Vatican says wrong to single out Church over abuseReuters
Dutch church orders inquiry into sex abuse allegationsBBC News
Vatican on Defense as Sex Scandals BuildNew York Times
Times Online -AHN | All Headline News -AFP
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Sonia Gandhi hails historic vote on women - Times Online

World News - 4 hours 44 min ago

CBC.ca

Sonia Gandhi hails historic vote on women
Times Online
After two days of chaotic scenes in India's parliament, its upper house has overwhelmingly approved a historic bill that would reserve one third of seats in the national and state legislatures for women. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, ...
Indian parliament debates pro-women billCNN International
India's Sonia Gandhi hails historic vote on women MPsAFP
Can women's quota bill pass lok sabha testMoneycontrol.com
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Cyprus ex-leader's stolen body recovered - BBC News

World News - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:53

CBC.ca

Cyprus ex-leader's stolen body recovered
BBC News
A ransom was demanded for the return of the body of Cyprus ex-President Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen three months ago, a minister has said. The body was found in a cemetery in Nicosia after an anonymous tip-off. DNA tests confirmed it was that ...
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus saysReuters
Grave-robbing suspects arrested after snatching president's bodyABC Online
Corpse of dead Cyprus ex-president recovered from bodysnatchersTelegraph.co.uk
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Biblical text translators visit Abilene - ACU Optimist Online

Translation News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:38

Biblical text translators visit Abilene
ACU Optimist Online
... in the translation process. “Wycliffe exists so that by 2025, in every language, the Bible can be read in the heart language of the people,” Broom said. ...

Dispute over candidate disqualifications could mar Iraqi vote's legitimacy - Washington Post

World News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:24

Times Online

Dispute over candidate disqualifications could mar Iraqi vote's legitimacy
Washington Post
Amid a series of deadly bombings that killed at least 38 people across the country, according to Iraqi police, nearly 20 million Iraqis were eligible to vote in Sunday's elections. At about 10000 polling stations, Iraqis were able to chose from more ...
Ahead of Iraq election results news reports say Sunni, Kurd turnout strongChristian Science Monitor
Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq electionsTimes Online
Some Iraq Results Coming WednesdayNew York Times
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Toronto language diversity offers glimpse of Canada's future - National Post

Translation News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:38

Toronto language diversity offers glimpse of Canada's future
National Post
Patricia Macdonell, manager of 3-1-1, said simply that Language Line was the "successful bidder" for a five year deal to provide translation for 3-1-1 and ...

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Neighbors / Who's in favor of Turkey? - Ha'aretz

World News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:40

The Guardian

Neighbors / Who's in favor of Turkey?
Ha'aretz
By Zvi Bar'el The shock waves generated when the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed a bill defining the 1915 massacre of the Armenians as genocide did not stop at Turkey's shores. There have also been many ripples in the corridors of the ...
Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US YetVoice of America
Turkish minister cancels US trip following House panel voteXinhua
Turkey not ready to return envoy to Washington: PMAFP
Montreal Gazette -CNN International -Wall Street Journal
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GDC 2010: BioWare speaks up about Mass Effect 2's localization - Joystiq (blog)

Translation News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:27

GDC 2010: BioWare speaks up about Mass Effect 2's localization
Joystiq (blog)
... for flagging changes as "minor" or "major," with the latter prompting a re-translation by a trio of translators assigned to each different language. ...

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EU proposals on language standards - Irish Times

Translation News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:14

Travel Daily News International

EU proposals on language standards
Irish Times
Proposals announced by the European Commission will see minimum standards across the EU for interpretation and translation services offered to people facing ...
EC plans translation rightsThe Press Association
Defendants' rights caught up in EU institutional quarrelEUobserver.com

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Google's Computing Power Refines Translation - Slashdot (blog)

Translation News - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:59

Los Angeles Times

Google's Computing Power Refines Translation
Slashdot (blog)
gollum123 sends an excerpt from the NY Times on how Google has taken a lead in language translation, in one of the company's few unqualified successes as it ...
Android Translator Converts Spoken Foreign Language Into YoursBest Syndication
Google's Computing Power Refines Translation ToolNew York Times
Need a translation? Google awaits your callLos Angeles Times
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