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30
Oct
The Duke LAN is experimental and operates within a small space but Professor Chase believes the techniques developed there could eventually help computer users obtain more efficient access to larger scale networks, including a future version of the Internet.
It might also mean that standard TCP/IP type software could be used for such cutting edge applications [...]
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29
Oct
Nicolas Sarkozy’s television appearance was a major chance for him to reassert his authority and to assure the French people that the government’s reforms were on the right track.
It was billed less as a presidential address to the nation, than as a disgraced pupil being dragged before the rest of the school to explain his [...]
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29
Oct
But Calcuttans also bring their own Indian perspective to the Catholic nun.
“We are all Hindus - we believe in God, and we always worship the mother, in the sense of the lady God in our life,” Mr Ganguly said, describing Mother Teresa as a “Goddess who we worship, and who always wants to render help.”
However, [...]
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29
Oct
People who work to bring Jews and Arabs together often neither seek nor gain glory.
The projects grind on, in the shadows, on the margins, with little reward.
But Avi Levy’s self-proclaimed work on co-existence is not just handsomely rewarded, it also could not be more out there.
Mr Levy, 49, is a pornographer. Eight years ago, along [...]
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29
Oct
Animal rights campaigners in Spain are hoping to see an end to bullfighting in the Catalan city of Barcelona.
The city’s authorities are discussing whether to take a vote on the issue after a 245,000-signature petition.
Deputy Mayor Jordi Portabella has backed the campaign for the city to declare itself anti-bullfighting.
A city council spokesman, who said most [...]
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29
Oct
Infrasound has become the subject of intense study in recent years. Researchers have found that some animals, such as elephants, can communicate with low-frequency calls.
Infrasound can be detected at volcanoes and may provide a way to predict eruptions.
And recent work by some of the scientists involved in this latest study found that hauntings - the [...]
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29
Oct
In Africa, the virus is normally transmitted by the Culex univittatus mosquito.
After the first cases of West Nile fever were identified, the Romanian Ministry of Health asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to look into the outbreak, see if local laboratories were capable of diagnosing new cases and recommend control measures.
They found [...]
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29
Oct
US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is to become the fourth judge on American Idol, taking over the spot recently vacated by singer Paula Abdul.
The 51-year-old will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi next year for the show’s ninth season.
DeGeneres - who will not be giving up her chat show - said that [...]
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28
Oct
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28
Oct
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