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- Pope presides over final general audience
- Kenyan city fears violence re-run ahead of tight vote
- VIDEO: Syria destruction alarms aid agencies
- Kurdish rebel leader sees August withdrawal from Turkey: media
- NZ man fatally attacked by shark, police open fire
- Head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union jailed
- Israel returns 6 wounded to Syria after treatment
- NZ man fatally attacked by shark, police open fire
- Australia cyclone upgraded as winds hit coast
- Badges Lend Gravitas To Free Education Revolution
- Getting the Right People into the Right Seats on the Bus is Essential to a Company's Success
- EA Implements 'Single Identity' System (and Data Tracking) Across All Platforms
- Australian Muslim activists lose free speech case
- Israel repatriates six Syrians treated for civil war wounds
- Parties may struggle to form government in Italy
- Fire at illegal market In India kills at least 18
- Kurdish rebel leader sees August withdrawal from Turkey: media
- VIDEO: Tourists watch balloon tragedy unfold
- Could TiVo And Roku Beat Apple To TV Nirvana?
- FDA Wants to Regulate Drug Firms on the Internet. Its Targeting Facebook "Likes"
| Pope presides over final general audience Posted: 26 Feb 2013 11:06 PM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI is preparing for his final general audience, the weekly appointment he kept with the faithful and tourists to teach them about the Catholic faith. |
| Kenyan city fears violence re-run ahead of tight vote Posted: 26 Feb 2013 11:10 PM PST KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Some businesses in Kisumu, Kenya's third-largest city, have reduced stock or closed ahead of Monday's presidential elections for fear of a repeat of the tribal violence that killed more than 1,200 people at the last such vote five years ago. |
| VIDEO: Syria destruction alarms aid agencies Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:39 PM PST Aid agencies say they are shocked and appalled by the number of children killed in Syria last week. |
| Kurdish rebel leader sees August withdrawal from Turkey: media Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:15 PM PST
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| NZ man fatally attacked by shark, police open fire Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:52 PM PST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man was attacked and killed by a great white shark on Wednesday in a rare fatal shark incident in the country, prompting police to open fire. Police said they fired shots at the shark after a man was fatally bitten at Muriwai beach located around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Auckland, one of many beaches dotted along the North Island's west coast that are known for their wild surf. Rescue crews were quoted by local media as saying the shark was a "white pointer", commonly known as a great white, measuring roughly 4 meters (13 feet) long. ... |
| Head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union jailed Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:54 PM PST
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| Israel returns 6 wounded to Syria after treatment Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:41 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says six wounded Syrians have been returned to their country after receiving medical treatment in Israel. |
| NZ man fatally attacked by shark, police open fire Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:52 PM PST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man was attacked and killed by a great white shark on Wednesday in a rare fatal shark incident in the country, prompting police to open fire. |
| Australia cyclone upgraded as winds hit coast Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:32 PM PST Cyclone Rusty upgraded to category four, as country's mining belt braces for more rains and destructive winds. |
| Badges Lend Gravitas To Free Education Revolution Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:35 PM PST Just over a year ago, I wrote a column about badges, those digital displays of hyper-focused competency that migrated from foursquare, gaming, and e-commerce to education. I noted then that badges "won't supplant transcripts, majors, degrees, and resumes anytime soon," but that "they are a free or low-cost way in which job-seekers can demonstrate hyper-specialized competency in lieu of, or as an adjunct to, a certificate or diploma." I also mentioned in an earlier piece on MITx that badges might be a way for a free online Massive Open Online Course (or MOOC) to verify competency. |
| Getting the Right People into the Right Seats on the Bus is Essential to a Company's Success Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:29 PM PST Behind every company, whether it's a multinational corporation or the smallest startup, is an intersection of talent. Each person is uniquely capable of performing their job: the company spokesperson is a gifted public speaker; the administrative assistant is a master multi-tasker; and the CEO is excellent at setting the vision and leading the team. |
| EA Implements 'Single Identity' System (and Data Tracking) Across All Platforms Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:18 PM PST According to Venture Beat, EA has employed 1500 engineers over eighteen month to create a single ID system, Single Identity, which will unify all their games across every platform: PC, Xbox, PS3, even iOS and Facebook. Intrigued, I talked to an EA representative to learn more of this new system and what it will mean for EA…and for gamers. Okay, to be honest, my first thought was, "OMG, I can play my game on both the Xbox and the PS3." |
| Australian Muslim activists lose free speech case Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:28 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's highest court on Wednesday narrowly rejected the case of two Muslim activists who argued they had a constitutional free-speech right to send offensive letters to families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. |
| Israel repatriates six Syrians treated for civil war wounds Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:53 PM PST
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| Parties may struggle to form government in Italy Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:53 PM PST
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| Fire at illegal market In India kills at least 18 Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:18 PM PST KOLKATA, India (AP) — A fire broke out at an illegal six-story plastics market in the Indian city of Kolkata early Wednesday morning, killing at least 18 people, police said. |
| Kurdish rebel leader sees August withdrawal from Turkey: media Posted: 26 Feb 2013 10:15 PM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan envisages the withdrawal of his fighters from Turkey by August under a draft peace plan sent to his group's leadership and Kurdish politicians, media reports said on Wednesday. |
| VIDEO: Tourists watch balloon tragedy unfold Posted: 26 Feb 2013 02:06 PM PST A tourist in a hot air balloon over Luxor, Egypt, caught the moment another balloon caught fire and plunged to the ground, killing 19 people. |
| Could TiVo And Roku Beat Apple To TV Nirvana? Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:58 PM PST Fifth in a series. |
| FDA Wants to Regulate Drug Firms on the Internet. Its Targeting Facebook "Likes" Posted: 26 Feb 2013 09:56 PM PST The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its regulation of the Internet. |
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