Diplomats say Palestinians want UN rights council resolution on Gaza 'war crimes' postponedOctober 1st, 2009 Diplomats: Palestinians want Gaza resolution delayGENEVA — Diplomats in Geneva say the Palestinian Authority has withdrawn its support for a U.N. resolution endorsing a report on alleged war crimes by Israel and Palestinians in Gaza.
Tharoor, his Twitter - and the humourless Indian political discourse (Comment)September 19th, 2009 In the realm of bogus controversies what India's junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor is in the midst of is laughably unserious. Someone needs to flush the sanctimony that clogs India's political discourse.
Tweeting helps communicate product informationSeptember 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's not just individuals and NGOs -- companies are tweeting too, and they are letting everyone know by displaying in their ads the logo of an animated blue bird that says "follow me". Twitter, a micro-communication service that gives users an opportunity to express their thoughts in 140-character "tweets", is a hit in the social media world.
Cuba rebukes diplomats from 5 EU embassies who visited home of jailed political activistAugust 28th, 2009 Cuba protests diplomats' visit to activist's homeHAVANA — Cuba delivered a formal protest Friday to diplomats from five European Union embassies who visited the home of a jailed dissident. The Ministry of Foreign Relations summoned the diplomats from Sweden, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Germany to denounce the visit, according to two of the officials.
Web address shortening service tr.im returns days after announcing shutdownAugust 12th, 2009 Short Web address site tr.im to stay in businessSAN FRANCISCO — Web address shortening service tr.im is back in business — just days after announcing it would trim itself out of operation. Eric Woodward, co-founder of The Nambu Network, said his company's tr.im service has reopened in the wake of "countless public and private appeals."
"Nambu will keep tr.im operating going forward, indefinitely, while we continue to consider our options in regards to tr.im's future," he wrote in a blog post Tuesday.
Market for shortening Web address shrinks; existing tr.im links to work until end of yearAugust 10th, 2009 Short Web address market shrinks: tr.im trimmedSAN FRANCISCO —The market for shrinking Web addresses is itself shrinking. The Web-address shortening service tr.im is shutting down after about a year in operation.
Obama says diplomacy now needed to solve problems of environment, education and even athleticsJuly 28th, 2009 Obama: Diplomacy matters to solve problemsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says diplomacy is more important now than ever before. Obama on Monday told ambassadors to the United States that his administration is committed to working with countries to advance common goals.
Diplomats: UN nuclear agency chooses veteran Japanese diplomat as its new director generalJuly 2nd, 2009 Diplomats: IAEA chooses Japanese as new headVIENNA — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency's governing board has chosen a veteran Japanese diplomat as its new head.
European diplomats urge extension of UN monitoring in NepalJune 18th, 2009 KATHMANDU - European diplomats have urged Nepal to extend the terms of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), media reports said Thursday. The call came during a meeting between Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and diplomats from the European Union (EU) countries based in Kathmandu Wednesday, Nepal Samacharpatra newspaper reported.
Evan Rachel Wood's twitter horrorApril 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Evan Rachel Wood was left baffled when she discovered she had a loyal fanbase on the micro-blogging site Twitter, because she doesn't even use the site. Evan was dazed to realize that an impostor had gathered the attention of her zillion fans by posing as her.
Kim Kardashian complains of odd sunburn on TwitterApril 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood socialite Kim Kardashian recently posted her own photos on her Twitter page revealing a bad sunburn, and she urged fellow Twitter users to help her get rid of it. Kim, who slept wearing her sunglasses while sunbathing, has developed a total sunburn except the area covered by her huge sunglasses.
Oprah makes her Twitter debutApril 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - After Ashton Kutcher's record-breaking debut on Twitter, the social networking world has now welcomed yet another celebrity entrant - Oprah Winfrey. Around 10 a.m.
Hugh Jackman looking for most needy charity through TwitterApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman has asked his fans through Twitter to tell him about their favorite charities, so that he can donate to the most needy one. Hugh intends to give a whopping 100,000 dollars to the most worthwhile charity organization.
Demi Moore helps prevent suicideApril 4th, 2009 LONDON - American actress Demi Moore and her fans on social networking website Twitter have helped to avert a possible suicide bid by a Californian woman. The actress, one of the most frequent and high-profile Twitter users, was messaged Friday while in the south of France by a woman who threatened to 'get a knife', reported the contactmusic online.
Lebanese PM slams Hezbollah over missing diplomats issueJanuary 29th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora has hit back at Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah for holding his government responsible for the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982, a media report said Friday. In a statement Thursday, Seniora said his government had sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon in September last year, urging him to help resolve the issue of Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped during the Israeli invasion in 1982, the NBN TV reported.
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