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Patchwork of carriers to build legacy 3G in India

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Most Indians seem content to use phones for voice calls and texting. Only 40,000 or so iPhone (AAPL)s are being used in the country, and smartphones make up well under 5% of the handset market, India’s government estimates. Of India’s 530 million-plus subscribers, only 2 million regularly use the mobile Net, mostly to download pictures of cricket players and Bollywood stars, according to the Internet & Mobile Association of India, a trade group. “I don’t even have an e-mail account,” says Delhi taxi driver Ranjit Mishra. With a handset that includes a built-in FM radio, he wonders, “What would I do with Internet on this phone? I have music already.

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Elihu Yale stole money from East India Company to fund Yale Univ. named after him

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In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company.

Because of scandals concerning his administration, Elihu Yale was removed in 1692 and returned to London in 1699. While in the East Elihu Yale had amassed a large fortune through private trade.

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Optimising Defence Spending

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The 2008-09 economic downturn has certainly affected the defence plans of many countries. It seems the whole world is trying to somehow get more out of the money they spend on defence. Some interesting reports about cost cutting measures undertaken by leading Western and other countries deserve a deeper look. The UK Defence Green Review [...]

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EU bans on Burqa, Minaret may be overturned

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“We believe that banning it from the public sphere… risks stigmatising people and above all being totally ineffective because it would be unenforceable,” Socialist leader Martine Aubry told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Francois Fillon to discuss the issue.

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Delhi ban on China telecom may delay Wi-Max, TD-LTE, HSPA in India

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A chagrined Beijing spokesman has given a very measured response to the Bharati (Indian) recalcitrance to allow Chinese companies to do business in Bharat. ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies are some to the companies that are on the leading edge of the telecom revolution. They are ushering in new waves of technologies that are leeching off each other and developing new solutions as they are being implemented.

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50 million missing girls in India-murdered, aborted or killed

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Due to the scale of the problem, it would be easy for resignation to take over. So what can be done? According to Rita, “Change begins with each one of us. It begins with how we respond to this issue. The first thing we need to do is to abnormalise what our history has normalised. We must refuse to allow this normalcy. So the next time you hear of a case of female infanticide, or foeticide, or dowry murder — please speak up. Speak loud. Rant, rave, protest, resist, but do not say — ‘this happens’, and look away.”

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Fake promises: Clinton lies to Afghan women again!

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Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham-Clinton has once again lied to Afghan women. She said that America will not abandon Afghan women. It already has. America has not kept its promises to the women of Afghanistan. The youngest woman in the Afghan parliament has used International Women’s Day to slam the “disastrous conditions” for women [...]

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Nelson's Ship in a big Bottle

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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is expecting an increased interest in HMS Victory this summer, following the unveiling of Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, commissioned by the Mayor of London for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. The work will highlight the square’s history from Monday 24th May 2010, for a two-year residency. HMS Victory, [...]

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India insurgency escalates: Maoists blow up bus

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India insurgency escalates: Maoists blow up bus

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Hamid Mir lashes out against 'PPP-ANP-MQM' government

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From: Hamid Mir Subject: Re: A New Web War Against Hamid Mir – Warning for Journalist Community “Dear All, Thank you very much for your support. Today, Publisher of Daily Times and [PPP] Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer created a new record in the history of yellow journalism by publishing a one-sided [audio] tape drama scandal [...]

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