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05/20/2012 10:06 PM 'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan
President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.
05/20/2012 09:43 PM Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.
05/20/2012 09:58 PM Thousands watch Pacific eclipse
An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, has moved across east Asia and is due to reach the western US later.
05/20/2012 09:55 PM North Koreans 'free Chinese crew'
The 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea by unidentified North Koreans are free, Chinese reports say.
05/20/2012 08:37 PM Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies
Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.
05/20/2012 07:09 PM Italy quake victims given shelter
Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy spend the night in shelters as aftershocks continue in the region.
05/20/2012 01:32 PM Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.
05/20/2012 07:51 PM Mexican massacre suspect arrested
The Mexican army says a leader of the Zetas drug cartel has been arrested for the killing of 49 people whose bodies were dumped by a roadside.
05/20/2012 03:27 PM Pakistan restores Twitter access
Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".
05/20/2012 08:02 PM IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran
IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
05/20/2012 11:03 PM Medina leads in Dominican poll
Early results in the Dominican Republic's presidential election put the candidate of the governing party, Danilo Medina, in the lead.
05/20/2012 12:54 PM Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for millennia is bubbling out, potentially accelerating global warming.
05/19/2012 07:14 PM VIDEO: Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste island
Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.
05/20/2012 01:08 PM VIDEO: How world leaders watched Chelsea win
Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.
05/20/2012 09:25 AM VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
05/20/2012 11:44 AM VIDEO: One-minute World News
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
05/20/2012 06:40 PM VIDEO: Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies
A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.
05/20/2012 08:43 PM VIDEO: Nikolic elected Serbian president
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.
05/20/2012 05:33 PM VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal
Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
05/20/2012 05:35 AM VIDEO: Bankruptcy fears in Greek town
As the likelihood of Greece leaving the euro grows, the BBC's Tim Whewell reports from the small Greek town of Lavrion to find out what life is like when the money runs out.
05/20/2012 10:49 PM Yahoo sells half Alibaba stake
US internet company Yahoo says it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group.
05/20/2012 02:09 AM Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'
US President Obama wraps up a G8 summit saying that leaders agree economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.
05/17/2012 01:20 PM Met Police to extract phone data
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
05/18/2012 07:09 AM Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
05/20/2012 07:07 AM Crowded House drummer Jones dies
Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at the age of 45.
05/18/2012 09:13 AM Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies
The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert's song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.
05/20/2012 08:55 PM Greens' concern for energy bill
Environmentalists fear the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas".
05/19/2012 06:58 AM SpaceX aborts launch at lift-off
The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.
05/20/2012 02:26 PM Cheap dysentery drug 'promising'
A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.
05/18/2012 10:02 PM US baby boomers in Hep C warning
US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.
05/20/2012 02:01 PM West Indies raise victory hopes
West Indies mount a stirring fightback to raise their hopes of pulling off an unlikely victory over England in the first Test at Lord's.
05/20/2012 02:23 PM Sharapova wins Italian Open crown
World number two Maria Sharapova recovers from a set and 4-0 down to beat Li Na and defend her Italian Open crown.
05/19/2012 10:16 PM Facebook boss in surprise wedding
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.
05/18/2012 07:22 PM World's oldest football up close
The Smith Museum in Stirling is unlocking the display case and letting fans hold the oldest football in the world.
05/20/2012 09:57 AM Sudan releases foreign nationals
Sudan releases four foreigners detained last month near in the disputed area near the border with South Sudan, officials say.
05/19/2012 11:41 PM Sri Lanka general to be released
Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.
05/20/2012 01:22 PM Thousands cheer winners Chelsea
Thousands of Chelsea fans cheer on the squad during a parade to celebrate their team's Champions League victory in Munich.
05/20/2012 11:59 AM Falklands War memorial unveiled
A service has taken place to dedicate a new memorial at Britain's National Memorial Arboretum to the Britons who died in the Falklands War.
05/20/2012 02:35 PM Syria town shelling 'kills 34'
Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
05/19/2012 11:49 PM China activist Chen lands in US
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.
05/20/2012 08:24 PM A fifth 'have no pension savings'
A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.
05/20/2012 10:48 PM Greek election 'is vote on euro'
Prime Minister David Cameron believes the Greek elections amount to a referendum on Greece's membership of the euro, sources close to him say.
05/20/2012 10:37 PM UK childcare 'needs an overhaul'
Childcare in the UK needs to be overhauled to make it more affordable, a report by MP Elizabeth Truss, for the CentreForum think tank, suggests.
05/20/2012 08:47 PM Single 30% income tax rate urged
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.
05/18/2012 12:40 PM Week in pictures: 12-18 May 2012
News photos from around the world
05/18/2012 08:08 AM Day in pictures: 18 May 2012
24 hours of news photos: 18 May
05/18/2012 12:12 PM In pictures: Monarchs at Windsor
The world's monarchs gather at Windsor Castle
05/18/2012 01:09 AM Hackney's 'beauty and ugliness'
A photographer's view of Hackney
05/17/2012 11:17 AM In pictures: Royals in North West
Queen's visit to Cheshire and Merseyside
05/16/2012 07:32 AM In pictures: Olympic flame tours Greece
Olympic flame tours Greece
05/17/2012 09:54 AM Your pictures: Sailing
Readers' photos on the theme sailing
05/17/2012 06:44 AM Day in pictures: 17 May 2012
24 hours of news photos: 17 May 2012
05/19/2012 06:39 AM Somali expat 'thanked' for being rich
Expat millionaire 'thanked' by poor Somalis for being rich
05/20/2012 12:34 PM What next if Greece quits the euro?
What happens if Greece quits the euro?
05/20/2012 10:06 AM Lockerbie case questions remain
Death of Megrahi will not end debate about 1988 bombing
05/20/2012 07:08 PM Obituary: Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, one of the most successful bands ever
05/20/2012 08:33 PM Sierra Leone 'blood diamonds' not forever
Why jewels now mean jobs not war in Sierra Leone
05/20/2012 08:23 PM US love affair with British pop
How British bands doubled their share of the US music market
05/20/2012 12:38 PM Bleak times for Calcutta business
Political change in Calcutta isn't working for either
05/20/2012 01:54 PM Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary
How did Pete Doherty's acting debut go down at the festival?
05/20/2012 12:28 PM Smaller engines drive petrol revival
Smaller engines drive petrol revival
05/20/2012 10:06 PM 'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan
President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.
05/20/2012 09:43 PM Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.
05/20/2012 09:58 PM Thousands watch Pacific eclipse
An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, has moved across east Asia and is due to reach the western US later.
05/20/2012 09:55 PM North Koreans 'free Chinese crew'
The 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea by unidentified North Koreans are free, Chinese reports say.
05/20/2012 08:37 PM Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies
Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.
05/20/2012 07:09 PM Italy quake victims given shelter
Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy spend the night in shelters as aftershocks continue in the region.
05/20/2012 01:32 PM Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.
05/20/2012 07:51 PM Mexican massacre suspect arrested
The Mexican army says a leader of the Zetas drug cartel has been arrested for the killing of 49 people whose bodies were dumped by a roadside.
05/20/2012 03:27 PM Pakistan restores Twitter access
Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".
05/20/2012 08:02 PM IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran
IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
05/20/2012 11:03 PM Medina leads in Dominican poll
Early results in the Dominican Republic's presidential election put the candidate of the governing party, Danilo Medina, in the lead.
05/20/2012 12:54 PM Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
Scientists identify thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane stored for millennia is bubbling out, potentially accelerating global warming.
05/19/2012 07:14 PM VIDEO: Maldives' 'apocalyptic' waste island
Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.
05/20/2012 01:08 PM VIDEO: How world leaders watched Chelsea win
Millions of football fans around the world watched Chelsea's dramatic Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich on Saturday night, including world leaders gathered for the G8 Summit at Camp David.
05/20/2012 09:25 AM VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
05/20/2012 11:44 AM VIDEO: One-minute World News
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
05/20/2012 06:40 PM VIDEO: Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies
A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.
05/20/2012 08:43 PM VIDEO: Nikolic elected Serbian president
Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is elected president of Serbia beating incumbent Boris Tadic in a run-off vote, and vowing to stay on the EU path.
05/20/2012 05:33 PM VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal
Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
05/20/2012 05:35 AM VIDEO: Bankruptcy fears in Greek town
As the likelihood of Greece leaving the euro grows, the BBC's Tim Whewell reports from the small Greek town of Lavrion to find out what life is like when the money runs out.
05/20/2012 10:49 PM Yahoo sells half Alibaba stake
US internet company Yahoo says it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group.
05/20/2012 02:09 AM Obama: EU 'must focus on growth'
US President Obama wraps up a G8 summit saying that leaders agree economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery.
05/17/2012 01:20 PM Met Police to extract phone data
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
05/18/2012 07:09 AM Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
05/20/2012 07:07 AM Crowded House drummer Jones dies
Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at the age of 45.
05/18/2012 09:13 AM Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies
The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert's song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.
05/20/2012 08:55 PM Greens' concern for energy bill
Environmentalists fear the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas".
05/19/2012 06:58 AM SpaceX aborts launch at lift-off
The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station.
05/20/2012 02:26 PM Cheap dysentery drug 'promising'
A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.
05/18/2012 10:02 PM US baby boomers in Hep C warning
US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.
05/20/2012 02:01 PM West Indies raise victory hopes
West Indies mount a stirring fightback to raise their hopes of pulling off an unlikely victory over England in the first Test at Lord's.
05/20/2012 02:23 PM Sharapova wins Italian Open crown
World number two Maria Sharapova recovers from a set and 4-0 down to beat Li Na and defend her Italian Open crown.
05/19/2012 10:16 PM Facebook boss in surprise wedding
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ends a hectic week by getting married to long -time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony at his home.
05/18/2012 07:22 PM World's oldest football up close
The Smith Museum in Stirling is unlocking the display case and letting fans hold the oldest football in the world.
05/20/2012 09:57 AM Sudan releases foreign nationals
Sudan releases four foreigners detained last month near in the disputed area near the border with South Sudan, officials say.
05/19/2012 11:41 PM Sri Lanka general to be released
Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.
05/20/2012 01:22 PM Thousands cheer winners Chelsea
Thousands of Chelsea fans cheer on the squad during a parade to celebrate their team's Champions League victory in Munich.
05/20/2012 11:59 AM Falklands War memorial unveiled
A service has taken place to dedicate a new memorial at Britain's National Memorial Arboretum to the Britons who died in the Falklands War.
05/20/2012 02:35 PM Syria town shelling 'kills 34'
Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
05/19/2012 11:49 PM China activist Chen lands in US
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.
05/20/2012 08:24 PM A fifth 'have no pension savings'
A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.
05/20/2012 10:48 PM Greek election 'is vote on euro'
Prime Minister David Cameron believes the Greek elections amount to a referendum on Greece's membership of the euro, sources close to him say.
05/20/2012 10:37 PM UK childcare 'needs an overhaul'
Childcare in the UK needs to be overhauled to make it more affordable, a report by MP Elizabeth Truss, for the CentreForum think tank, suggests.
05/20/2012 08:47 PM Single 30% income tax rate urged
A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.
05/18/2012 12:40 PM Week in pictures: 12-18 May 2012
News photos from around the world
05/18/2012 08:08 AM Day in pictures: 18 May 2012
24 hours of news photos: 18 May
05/18/2012 12:12 PM In pictures: Monarchs at Windsor
The world's monarchs gather at Windsor Castle
05/18/2012 01:09 AM Hackney's 'beauty and ugliness'
A photographer's view of Hackney
05/17/2012 11:17 AM In pictures: Royals in North West
Queen's visit to Cheshire and Merseyside
05/16/2012 07:32 AM In pictures: Olympic flame tours Greece
Olympic flame tours Greece
05/17/2012 09:54 AM Your pictures: Sailing
Readers' photos on the theme sailing
05/17/2012 06:44 AM Day in pictures: 17 May 2012
24 hours of news photos: 17 May 2012
05/19/2012 06:39 AM Somali expat 'thanked' for being rich
Expat millionaire 'thanked' by poor Somalis for being rich
05/20/2012 12:34 PM What next if Greece quits the euro?
What happens if Greece quits the euro?
05/20/2012 10:06 AM Lockerbie case questions remain
Death of Megrahi will not end debate about 1988 bombing
05/20/2012 07:08 PM Obituary: Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, one of the most successful bands ever
05/20/2012 08:33 PM Sierra Leone 'blood diamonds' not forever
Why jewels now mean jobs not war in Sierra Leone
05/20/2012 08:23 PM US love affair with British pop
How British bands doubled their share of the US music market
05/20/2012 12:38 PM Bleak times for Calcutta business
Political change in Calcutta isn't working for either
05/20/2012 01:54 PM Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary
How did Pete Doherty's acting debut go down at the festival?
05/20/2012 12:28 PM Smaller engines drive petrol revival
Smaller engines drive petrol revival
05/20/2012 10:57 PM :: ارسال کارت تبریک تولد به آدرس زندانیان سیاسی در زندان
شما می توانید در این جشن تولد به ما کمک نمائید .
ایده بسیار ساده است. ارسال یک کارت پستال به آدرس زندانی در زندان
مطمئن باشید اگر کارت به دست صاحبش نرسید خبر ارسال کارت به زندانی خواهد رسید .
به امید آزادی تمامی آزادگان در بند
با ۶۰ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سیاست لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:51 PM :: تعهد گروه ۸ در مورد جبران کمبود نفت ایران در بازار
سران "گروه ۸" تاکید کردند که کمبودهای احتمالی نفت بعد از تحریم نفت ایران را جایگزین کنند. آنها خواستار کنارهگیری بشار اسد از قدرت شده و ابراز تمایل کردند که یونان همچنان در حوزه پولی یورو باقی بماند.
سران ۸ کشور صنعتی جهان در نشست خود در کمپ دیوید متعهد شدند که کمبود احتمالی نفت در بازارهای جهانی در نتیجهی اعمال تحریم نفتی علیه ایران را جایگزین کنند. در بیانیهی منتشرشده از سوی سران "گروه هشت" رهبران کشورهای صنعتی ایران را مورد خطاب قرار داده و متذکر شدند که توقف خرید نفت از ایران، بازارهای جهانی را متلاطم نخواهد کرد.
باراک اوباما، رئیسجمهور ایالات متحدهی آمریکا که ریاست این دور نشست کشورهای گروه هشت را برعهده داشت، ابراز امیدواری کرد که نشست پیشرو با مقامات جمهوری اسلامی ایران در بغداد سازنده باشد. اوباما تاکید کرد: «همهی ما بر سر مسئلهی ایران متحدیم و به دنبال اتخاذ موضعی یکسان هستیم.»
در بیانیهی رهبران ۸ کشور صنعتی جهان تاکید شد که آنها خود را برای خطرات و کمبودهای احتمالی نفت از آغاز تحریم نفت ایران که در ماه ژوئن شروع خواهد شد، آماده کردهاند. با ۳۶ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اقتصاد لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:26 PM سرگرمی :: واژه « شاهزاده » نادرست است
همانطوری که سال گذشته با مدرک ثابت کردم ، واژه « امامزاده » نادرست میباشد و این مقاله علمی / فلسفی / فرهنگی را در سایت دنباله لینک کردم ، اینبار هم ثابت خواهم کرد که واژه « شاهزاده » نادرست است ! با ۴۱ امتیاز و ۱۲ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سرگرمی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:22 PM :: تحقیق پزشکی در استان گلستان :مصرف مستمر تریاک احتمال ابتلا به سرطان معده،سرطان مری و سرطان ریه را سه برابر میکند
رادیو فرانسه- ماه گذشته انتشار نتایج تحقیقات پژوهشگرانی پیرامون عواقب مصرف تریاک، در نشریه ی معتبر پزشکی بریتانیا "British Medical Journal"، در محافل علمی و تخصصی، بسیار انعکاس داشت. ولی این مقاله ی علمی آنطور که باید و شاید، در رسانه های فارسی زبان منعکس نشد//این تحقیقات در استان گلستان ایران دنبال شده اند. جایی که نه تنها یکی از بالاترین میزان تعداد مصرف کنندگان تریاک را دارد، بلکه در استان گلستان، رشد و توسعه ی بیماری سرطان، به مراتب بالاتر از دیگر نقاط ایران است//در این پژوهش، جمعیتی ۵۰هزار نفری که بین ۴۰ تا ۷۵ سال سن دارند، در شرق استان گلستان انتخاب شده اند که در این میان، ۱۷درصد این افراد مصرف کننده ی مستمر تریاک بودند و به مدت شش سال، به صورت بسیار دقیق مورد پیگیری قرار گرفتند.//پس از پایان دوره ی پژوهشی در سال ۲۰۱۱ میلادی، ۲۱۴۵ نفر از این افراد جان خود را از دست دادند و ارقام اصلی نتایج این تحقیقات، حاکی از آن است که مصرف مستمر تریاک ۸۶درصد امکان مرگ زودرس را نزد افراد افزایش میدهد که این رقم در میان زنان به ۱۴۳درصد افزایش مییابد. با ۳۸ امتیاز و ۴ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش دانش و فناوری لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:21 PM :: پخش زنده فینال چمپینس لیگ بین بایرن مونیخ و چلسی
پخش زنده فینال چمپینگس لیگ بین بایرن مونیخ و چلسی با ۳۲ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش ورزش لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:19 PM :: رژیم ادعا می کند قادر است انسان به فضا بفرستد ،اما بند شلوار را از چین وارد می کند
رژیم ولایت فقیه که ادعای ساخت موشک و فناوری هسته ای و گنده گویی های دیگری مانند فرستادن انسان به فضا(خبر را در پایان صفحه بخوانید) دارد ، رب گوجه، سير ، بند شلوار ، دکمه ، ميخ و پونز را از چین وارد می کند.
آمار واردات سال گذشته نشان ميدهد كه ايران از چين، واردات عمده اي داشته و حجم اين واردات به بيش از 7 ميليارد دلار رسيده است. بر اين اساس چين بعد از امارات متحده عربي در سال گذشته بيشترين ميزان صادرات را به ايران داشته است.
به گزارش ايسنا، در اين ميان اما واردات برخي كالاها از چين تعجب برانگيز است. در واقع با ارز دولتي و در حالي كه كشور با نوسانهاي ارزي شديد روبرو بود، واردكنندگان از كشور چين كالاهايي وارد كردند كه قطعا امكان توليد آنها در داخل وجود دارد. بخش قابل توجهي از اين كالاهاي وارداتي، محصولات كشاورزي است.
رب گوجه فرنگي، سير، شلنگ پلاستيكي، دكمه لباس و مسواك، تنها بخشي از اين كالاهاست. از آنجا كه فهرست واردات كالا از چين بسيار طولاني است، امكان مطالعه دقيق آن در زمان كم وجود نداشت و آنچه در پي ميآيد تنها بخشي از كالاهاي وارداتي با نمونه مشابه داخلي است كه در اين فهرست مشاهده ميشود.
1- رب گوجه فرنگي به ارزش 14.5 ميليارد ريال
2- تيغه برف پاككن به ارزش 15.3 ميليارد ريال
3- مجسمههاي كوچك وساير اشياي تزئيني ازچوب غيرازصنايع دستي به ارزش 15 ميليارد ريال
4- بطري، تنگ و همانند از مواد پلاستيکي به ارزش 14.3 ميليارد ريال
5- مسواك به ارزش 13.3 ميليارد ريال
6- دفاترثبت، دفاترحسابداري، دستههاي يادداشت و دستههاي کاغذ يادآوري به ارزش 10.6 ميليارد ريال
7- شلوار راحتي به ارزش 10.3 ميليارد ريال
8- شبرنگ به ارزش 10.2 ميليارد ريال
9- ميخ و پونز به ارزش 9.5 ميليارد ريال
10- دگمه به ارزش 8.1 ميليارد ريال
11- سير به ارزش به ارزش 7.9 ميليارد ريال
12- دستكش معاينه به ارزش 7.3 ميليارد ريال
13- پرتقال به ارزش 7.2 ميليارد ريال
14- شال و دستمال گردن، چادر و روسري به ارزش 6.3 ميليارد ريال
15- مداد پاك كن به ارزش 6 ميليارد ريال
16- سير خشك شده به ارزش 4.7 ميليارد ريال
17- پولك و دگمه به ارزش 4.6 ميليارد ريال
18- بادام زميني به ارزش 3 ميليارد ريال
19- چنگك كشاورزي به ارزش 2.8 ميليارد ريال
20- بند شلوار به ارزش 1.7 ميليارد ريال
21- لوبيا به ارزش 300 ميليون ريال
22- نخود فرنگي به ارزش 330 ميليون ريال
23- فلفل خرد نشده به ارزش 212 ميليون ريال
24- تيغ سلماني به ارزش 48 ميليون ريال
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رژیم ادعا کرد:24 ماه مه ماهواره "فجر" را به فضا پرتاب می کند
قرار است ایران یک هفته بعد ماهواره جدیدی را به مدار زمین بفرستد.
به گزارش رسانه روسی ریانوستی، به نقل از سایت سفارت رژیم در روسیه، رئیس ستاد توسعه فناوری هوایی و فضایی جمهوری اسلامی اعلام کرد که پرتاب ماهواره ایرانی "فجر" برای 24 ماه مه، برنامه ریزی شده است. به گفته وی ، این ماهواره توسط ماهواره بر"سفیر -1" به مدار پرتاب خواهد شد. ماهواره "فجر" از لحاظ ترکیب تکنولوژی کاربردی بر ماهواره های پیشین برتری دارد و مدت حضور آن در مدار بیش از یک و نیم سال طول خواهد انجامید.
"علاوه بر ماهواره "فجر" دو ماهواره دیگر به نام "طلوع" و "مصباح" برای پرتاب به فضا آماده می شوند. همچنین، آژانس فضایی جمهوری اسلامی قصد دارد در آینده نزدیک کپسول بیولوژیک به فضا ارسال کند و سپس در مرحله بعدی انسان به فضا بفرستد." با ۳۹ امتیاز و ۵ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش دانش و فناوری لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:15 PM :: پیام آیتالله صانعی به معتمدنیا: اعتصاب را بشکنید؛ سلامتی و مبارزه شما خاری است در چشم دشمنان
آیت الله صانعی در دیدار با خانواده محمدرضا معتمدنیا، زندانی سیاسی محبوس در بند ۳۵۰ زندان این که این روزها در اعتصاب غذای اعتراضی به سر می برد با تاکید بر اینکه باید نیروی سلامتیتان را حفظ کنید تا دشمن شاد نشویم، از خانواده ی او خواست هر چه سریعتر از این زندانی سیاسی بخواهند به اعتصاب خود پایان دهد.
به گزارش کلمه، آیت الله صانعی، مرجع تقلید مقیم قم در این دیدار با اشاره به اینکه سلامتی و مبارزه ی شما خاری است در چشم دشمنان، از خانواده ی معتمدنیا درخواست کرد که به وی تذکر داده شود که حفظ سلامتی ایشان از هر امری واجب تر است.
این مرجع تقلید در ادامه خاطرنشان کرده است: در تاریخ هم میبینیم که اسوه های ما هیچ کدام اعتصاب غذا نداشته اند حتی در حصر یا شرایط سخت مثل ائمه یا حتی خود آقای موسوی.
به گفته ی آیت الله صانعی میرحسین موسوی با عدم اعتصاب غذایشان پیغام میدهند که این کار را نکنید.
وی همچنین تاکید کرد که باید نیروی سلامتیتان را حفظ کنید تا دشمن شاد نشویم، زیرا که سلامتی و مبارزه ی شما خاری است در چشم دشمنان.
محمدرضا معتمدنیا، زندانی سیاسی محبوس دربند ۳۵۰ زندان اوین، دوشب پیش در چهلمین روز اعتصاب غذا به بیمارستان منتقل شده بود و پس از چند ساعت دوباره به زندان اوین بازگردانده شده بود، اما ماموران اجازه فرصت دیدار چند دقیقه ای را برای رساندن درخواست میرحسین موسوی از وی برای پایان اعتصاب را از فرزند معتمدنیا گرفته بودند.
بر اساس این گزارش، با وجود آنکه این زندانی سیاسی اعلام کرده بود تنها در صورتی که میرحسین موسوی از او بخواهد اعتصاب خود را خواهد شکست، ماموران امنیتی مانع انتقال این پیام به معتمدنیا شدند و وی با وجود بدحالی شدید همچنان در اعتصاب غذا به سر می برد.
روز چهارشنبه کلمه گزارش داده بود که میرحسین موسوی به محض اطلاع از اعتصاب غذای محمدرضا معتمدنیا، از او خواست به اعتصاب غذای خود خاتمه دهد.
محمدرضامعتمدنیا در چهل و یکمین روز اعتصاب غذای خود بیش از ۳۰ کیلو کاهش وزن داشته، دچار رعشه های شدید و ضربان قلب نامنظم شده و خانواده و نزدیکانش به شدت نگران سلامتی وی هستند.
این زندانی سیاسی ۶۲ ساله که هم اکنون در بند ۳۵۰ اوین زندانی است، سابقه مشاورت ویژه شهیدان رجایی و باهنر و مهندس موسوی در زمان جنگ و مسئولیت در بخش پشتیبانی ستاد فرماندهی کل قوا در دوران دفاع مقدس را در کارنامه خود دارد. او در ۲۱ فروردین ماه اعلام کرد که در اعتراض به همه ظلم های حاکمیت و به طور مشخص حبس خانگی موسوی و کروبی و رهنورد، اعتصاب غذا می کند.
معتمدنیا از آن زمان تا امروز در اعتصاب غذا بوده و ۲۰ روز از این مدت را هم در یک سلول انفرادی در بند ۲۴۰ اوین گذرانده است. بسیاری از فعالان و زندانیان سیاسی، و نیز دختران مهندس موسوی، در این مدت به وی پیام داده بودند که به اعتصاب غذای خود خاتمه دهد. اما او ضمن تشکر از ایشان، تاکید کرده بود که تنها با شکسته شدن حصر و یا پیام نخست وزیر امام حاضر است اقدام اعتراضی خود را متوقف کند... با ۵۸ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:08 PM :: فیس بوک چه کسانی را ثروتمند کرد ؟
دیروز سهام فیسبوک به صورت رسمی وارد بازار بورس شد. با این عرضه ارزش سهام مارک زاکربرگ برابر است با ۱۹٬۲۵۲٬۶۹۸٬۷۲۵.۵۰ میلیارد دلار. البته این تنها زاکربرگ نیست که از طریق فیسبوک چنین ثروتی را کسب کردهاست بلکه سرمایهگذاران و مدیران دیگر فیسبوک هم ثروت خوبی از این راه کسب کردهاند. در ادامه با تعدادی از این افراد آشنا میشویم. با ۳۸ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اقتصاد لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:08 PM :: برگی از شاهنامه مصور/ ضحاک جمشید را به دو نیم میکند
برگی از شاهنامه مصور عصر صفوی که داستان سقوط جمشید و دو نیم شدن او و بر تخت نشست ضحاک را روایت میکند. جمشید پس هفتصد سال پادشاهی چون پروردگار را ناسپاس شد کشورش رو به هرج و مرج نهاد و در این زمان ضحاک بر ایران حمله ور شد و به تخت جمشید رسید. جمشید که امیدی به پیروزی نداشت کشور را در داستان ضحاک رها کرد و گریخت و تا صد سال کسی از مخفیگاه او آگاه نبود تا آنکه روزی او را در دریای چین یافتند و به نزد ضحاک آورند. ضحاک دستور داد تا او را با اره به دو نیم کنند: از ایران و از تازیان لشکری//
گزین کرد گرد از همه کشوری//
سوی تخت جمشید بنهاد روی//
چو انگشتری کرد گیتی بروی//
چو جمشید را بخت شد کندرو//
به تنگ اندر آمد جهاندار نو//
برفت و بدو داد تخت و کلاه//
بزرگی و دیهیم و گنج و سپاه//
چو صدسالش اندر جهان کس ندید//
برو نام شاهی و او ناپدید//
صدم سال روزی به دریای چین//
پدید آمد آن شاه ناپاک دین//
نهان گشته بود از بد اژدها//
نیامد به فرجام هم زو رها//
چو ضحاکش آورد ناگه به چنگ//
یکایک ندادش زمانی درنگ//
به ارش سراسر به دو نیم کرد//
جهان را ازو پاک بیبیم کرد//
شد آن تخت شاهی و آن دستگاه//
زمانه ربودش چو بیجاده کاه//
ازو بیش بر تخت شاهی که بود//
بران رنج بردن چه آمدش سود//
گذشته برو سالیان هفتصد//
پدید آوریده همه نیک و بد//
چه باید همه زندگانی دراز//
چو گیتی نخواهد گشادنت راز//
همی پروراندت با شهد و نوش//
جز آواز نرمت نیاید به گوش//
یکایک چو گیتی که گسترد مهر//
نخواهد نمودن به بد نیز چهر//
بدو شاد باشی و نازی بدوی//
همان راز دل را گشایی بدوی//
یکی نغز بازی برون آورد//
به دلت اندرون درد و خون آورد//
دلم سیر شد زین سرای سپنج//
خدایا مرا زود برهان ز رنج//
چو ضحاک شد بر جهان شهریار//
برو سالیان انجمن شد هزار//
سراسر زمانه بدو گشت باز//
برآمد برین روزگار دراز//
نهان گشت کردار فرزانگان//
پراگنده شد کام دیوانگان// با ۴۹ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:06 PM :: ماشاءالله حائري,زنداني سياسي در حالت وخيم جسمي قرار دارد
وضعیت جسمی زندانی سیاسی ماشالله حائری به وخامت گرایید و دچار خونریزی از ناحیۀ گلو و بینی گردید. روز چهارشنبه 13 اردیبهشت ماه وضعیت جسمی زندانی سیاسی ماشالله حائری به وخامت گرایید با ۵۵ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 09:46 PM :: منوچهر سخایی ....دیدی از دستم رفت
منوچهر سخایی (متولد: ۱۳۱۴ خورشیدی در تهران)، خواننده و بازیگر سینمای قبل از انقلاب ، از قدیمی ترین چهرههای موسیقی پاپ واز بازماندگان نسلی است که با اجرای ترانههای عاشقانه بر بستر ملودیهای ایرانی، با ارکستراسیون غربی و کلام فارسی، در اواخر دهه ۳۰ خورشیدی، محبوبیت خیره کنندهای برای این سبک موسیقی به ارمغان آوردند. یادش بخیر .
با ۵۲ امتیاز و ۳ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 09:35 PM :: کاشانه با صدای فرشته
مرغکی پربسته ام،درقفس بنشسته ام
گرچه آزادم ولی پای بسته ام
پرکشیدم بس درون این قفس
سینه خونین ، بال و پر بشکسته ام
عاشقی دلخسته ام،در نهان بنشسته ام
بر گذشته بسته و از کنون بگسسته ام
پای دیوار بلند زندگی با پریشان حالی ودرماندگی
کوله بارم را زحسرت بسته ام
آرزومندی که از ره خسته ام
آشنا امّا غریب در خانه ام
مرغ شوم بام این ویرانه ام
دربرویم بسته ازصبح تا به شب
خانه زندان است و من زندانی ام
شمع سوزانم ولی در انجمن
سوزم و سوزم که خود پروانه ام
کس نکوبد از محبت خانه ام
کی شود روشن شبی کاشانه ام
حال اگر روزی درون خانه ام
کزدرون خانه ویرانه ام
جسم سرد وخسته ام را یافتی
بسپُرش در خاک ایران خانه ام
تا بیابم عاقبت کاشانه ام با ۴۹ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 08:53 PM سرگرمی :: تصاویر جدید از نیوشا ضیغمی در کنار همسر و خواهرش
دو عکس جدید از نیوشا ضیغمی در کنار همسر و خواهرش با ۴۱ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سرگرمی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 08:48 PM :: یوونتوس ( ۰ ) ناپولی ( ۲ ) // ناپولی با شکستِ یوونتوس قهرمانِ جامِ حذفیِ ایتالیا شد ...
فینال جام حذفی ایتالیا // یوونتوس ( ۰ ) ناپولی ( ۲ ) // ناپولی با شکستِ یوونتوس قهرمانِ جامِ حذفیِ ایتالیا شد ... با ۳۳ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش ورزش لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 08:42 PM :: عدم درمان یک زندانی سیاسی کرد که ماه ها از دردهای طاقت فرسا رنج می برند
بنابه گزارشات رسیده به "فعالین حقوق بشر و دمکراسی در ایران" زندانی سیاسی زانیار مرادی در اثر شکنجه های دوران بازداشت توسط بازجویان وزارت اطلاعات دچار ناراحتی حاد جسمی است ولی علیرغم گذشت ماه ها هنوز از عمل جراحی این زندانی سیاسی خوداری می کنند با ۶۲ امتیاز و ۲ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 08:16 PM :: تهران در سال ۱۸۹۵، اثر نقاش روس
پاول یاکوولویچ نقاش روس در سال ۱۸۹۵ میلادی همراه با الکسای نیکلایویچ سفیر ویژه تزار روس سفری به تهران داشت و در این نقاشی آبرنگ ورود سفیر روس به کاخ قاجاری را به تصویر کشیده است.
با ۵۴ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:58 PM (۱۸+) سرگرمی :: غش کردن داور با دیدن یک صحنه
داور بازی فوتبال ساحلی با دیدن یه صحنه از حال رفت با ۴۱ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سرگرمی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:54 PM :: بیشاپور آتش گرفت
شهر باستانی بیشاپور که یکی از مهمترین شهرهای دوره ساسانی بوده، امروز (30 اردیبهشت) آتش گرفت. گفته میشود که احتمالا این آتشسوزی عمدی بوده اما هنوز این مسئله اثبات نشدهاست. شاهدان عینی از سیاه شدن محوطه به دلیل آتشسوزی خبر میدهند.
هر سال اواخر اسفند و اوایل بهار، علفهای تازهای در محوطه 200 هکتاری بیشاپور میروید که اواخر اردیبهشت خشک میشوند. طی چندسال گذشته این علفها به دلایلی آتش میگیرند و بلای جان محوطه ساسانی بیشاپور میشوند.
«محسن عباسپور»، عضو شورای مرکزی انجمن هماندیشان جوان با اعلام خبر آتش گرفتن محوطه ساسانی بیشاپور گفت: «آتشسوزی امروز (30 اردیبهشت) شدیدتر از همیشه بود. آتش در بخش شمالی محوطه شعلهور شد که گفته میشود احتمالا کاخها عمارت بزرگان دوره ساسانی در آنجا هستند.»
وی درباره علت آتشسوزی گفت: «به نظر میرسد که این آتشسوزیها عمدی است. هرچند حدسهایی درباره علت آن زده میشود اما هنوز پایگاه پژوهشی بیشاپور اقدامی در جهت جلوگیری از این آتشسوزیها نکردهاست.»
به گفته وی عدهای چوپان و گلهدار در اطراف این محوطه زندگی میکنند که مایلند گلهشان از علوفههای محوطه تغذیه کند. اما یگان حفاظت با فنسکشی در اطراف محوطه مانع از انجام اینکار میشود. شنیدهها حاکی از آن است که برخی از آنها درباره خسارت زدن به محوطه تهدیدهایی کردهاند اما هنوز این مسئله اثبات نشدهاست.
عباسپور با انتقاد از عملکرد پایگاه پژوهشی بیشاپور گفت: «این آتشها (نه به شدت آتش امروز) هر سال رخ میدهد و به جاست که پیش از این پایگاه پژوهشی بیشاپور اقدام شایستهای برای جلوگیری از وقوع آن میکرد.»
بیشاپور یکی از شهرهای باستانی ایران در نزدیکی شهرستان کازرون و در استان فارس است که در زمان ساسانیان ساخته شده و امروزه تنها ویرانههایی از آن برجای ماندهاست.
بیشاپور با دویست هکتار وسعت، از شهرهای مهم آن زمان بوده و اهمیت ارتباطی داشتهاست. این شهر از قدیمی ترین شهرهایی است که تاریخچه ساخت آن بصورت مکتوب در سنگ نوشته ای موجود است.
بیشاپور در شمال شهر کازرون قرار گرفته و از شهرهای خوش آب و هوا و دارای طراحی و مهندسی ویژه آن روزگار بودهاست. در کتابهای تاریخی، نام این شهر با عنوانهای بیشاپور، بیشابور، به شاپور، بیشاور و «به اندیوشاپور» ضبط شدهاست. شهر بیشاپور مرکز ایالت و کوره اردشیرخوره بودهاست.
بخش شمالی محوطه بیشاپور هنوز به طور کامل کاوش نشده و آتش تپههای باستانی را احاطه کردهاست. احتمال میرود که حرارت آتش آثار مدفون در زیر تپهها را دچار آسیب کرده باشد.
عباسپور درباره گسترش آتشسوزی گفت: «آتشسوزی تا چند قدمی معبد آناهیتا، ایوان موزایک و تالار تشریفات پیش رفت و تقریبا کل محوطه را در برگرفت.» با ۵۴ امتیاز و ۶ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:50 PM :: تعهد گروه ۸ در مورد جبران کمبود نفت ایران در بازار/ لزوم کنارهگیری بشار اسد
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تعهد گروه ۸ در مورد جبران کمبود نفت ایران در بازار
سران "گروه ۸" تاکید کردند که کمبودهای احتمالی نفت بعد از تحریم نفت ایران را جایگزین کنند. آنها خواستار کنارهگیری بشار اسد از قدرت شده و ابراز تمایل کردند که یونان همچنان در حوزه پولی یورو باقی بماند.
سران ۸ کشور صنعتی جهان در نشست خود در کمپ دیوید متعهد شدند که کمبود احتمالی نفت در بازارهای جهانی در نتیجهی اعمال تحریم نفتی علیه ایران را جایگزین کنند. در بیانیهی منتشرشده از سوی سران "گروه هشت" رهبران کشورهای صنعتی ایران را مورد خطاب قرار داده و متذکر شدند که توقف خرید نفت از ایران، بازارهای جهانی را متلاطم نخواهد کرد.
باراک اوباما، رئیسجمهور ایالات متحدهی آمریکا که ریاست این دور نشست کشورهای گروه هشت را برعهده داشت، ابراز امیدواری کرد که نشست پیشرو با مقامات جمهوری اسلامی ایران در بغداد سازنده باشد. اوباما تاکید کرد: «همهی ما بر سر مسئلهی ایران متحدیم و به دنبال اتخاذ موضعی یکسان هستیم.»
در بیانیهی رهبران ۸ کشور صنعتی جهان تاکید شد که آنها خود را برای خطرات و کمبودهای احتمالی نفت از آغاز تحریم نفت ایران که در ماه ژوئن شروع خواهد شد، آماده کردهاند.
در این بیانیه تصریح شد: «ما شرایط را با دقت تحت نظارت و بررسی داریم و به محض وقوع مشکل با مقامات آژانس بینالمللی انرژی مذاکره خواهیم کرد تا مطمئن شویم که نیازهای نفتی بازار جهانی به شکل کامل و به موقع تامین خواهد شد.»
سران فرانسه، آلمان، آمریکا، بریتانیا، روسیه، کانادا، ایتالیا و ژاپن همچنین تاکید کردند که ناکامی ایران در متقاعد کردن جامعهی بینالملل دربارهی برنامهی اتمی مناقشهبرانگیز این کشور، مسئلهای است که موجب “نگرانی عمیق و جدی” آنها شده است.
مقامات جمهوری اسلامی ایران پیش از این در اظهاراتی گفتهاند که اگر آمریکا و اتحادیهی اروپا تحریمهای سنگین خود علیه بانکها و نفت ایران را لغو کند، آنها آمادگی تعلیق غنیسازی اورانیوم را دارند.
این خواستهی ایران با مخالفت سران اتحادیه اروپا و آمریکا مواجه شد و آنها تاکید کردند تا وقتی که گامهای جدی و موثر در توقف برنامهی اتمی را نبینند، تحریمها لغو نخواهد شد.
تاکید سران گروه هشت بر لزوم کنارهگیری بشار اسد
در نشست سران کشورهای صنعتی در کمپ دیوید واقع در مریلند آمریکا، بر لزوم کنارهگیری بشار اسد، رئیسجمهور سوریه از قدرت تاکید شد.
باراک اوباما با تاکید بر الگوی یمن و کنارهگیری علی عبدالله صالح و برگزاری انتخابات، چنین شیوهای را برای سوریه نیز راهگشا دانست. وی تاکید کرد:«اگر بشار اسد کنارهگیری کند، میتوان خوشبین بود که خونریزی و کشتار متوقف شده و روند انتقال قدرت بیخشونت بیشتر ممکن خواهد شد.»
بن رودز، یکی از مقامات ارشد شورای امنیت سازمان ملل متحد نیز با تاکید بر اینکه سازمان ملل در هفتههای اخیر به دنبال آن بوده که شرایط را برای حضور ناظران بینالمللی ایمن کند، ماموریت ناظران را "ناکافی" ارزیابی کرد. وی تاکید کرد: «مشکل سوریه را با آتشبس و حضور ناظران بینالمللی نمیتوان حل کرد، و حل این بحران به روند سیاسی جدی با محور خواستههای مردم سوریه نیاز دارد.»
در گزارش نشست سران گروه هشت تاکید شد که رهبران کشورهای پیشرفته صنعتی به دنبال دموکراسی و راهحلی دیپلماتیک برای حل بحران سوریه هستند. با ۶۹ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سیاست لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:50 PM :: به دلیل به پایان رسیدن مهلت دریافت بنزین ۱۰۰ تومانی و تبدیل آن به ۴۰۰ تومانی، صف های طویل در جایگاه ها شکل گرفته ...
از صبح امروز به دلیل به پایان رسیدن مهلت دریافت بنزین ۱۰۰ تومانی و تبدیل آن به ۴۰۰ تومانی، صف های طویلی در مقابل جایگاه های بنزین شکل گرفته است. این ازدحام خصوصا از عصر امروز درحال افزایش است.
در همین حال رئیس انجمن جایگاهداران سوخت سراسر کشور نیز نسبت به بروز درگیری های احتمالی در پمپ های بنزین ابراز نگرانی کرده است.
براساس اظهارات رئیس انجمن جایگاهداران سوخت سراسر کشور، مدت زمان سوختگیری در جایگاه ها از ۵ دقیقه به ۱۲ دقیقه افزایش یافته و به نظر می رسد از ساعت ۱۸ امروز این صف ها طویل تر شده است.
به گفته بیژن حاج محمدرضا، درحال حاضر جایگاهداران به شدت نگران برخوردهای تند متقاضیان در جایگاه ها به دلیل افزایش صف ها هستند.
آقای حاج محمدرضا از عملکرد مسوولان شرکت پخش انتقاد کرد و افزود: از دو جهت امشب شب چندان خوشایندی برای جایگاهداران نخواهد بود چراکه از سویی وانت دارها و تاکسی داران در تلاشند تا سهمیه باقیمانده خود در ماه اردیبهشت را مصرف کنند و همین امر به شلوغی جایگاه ها می انجامد و از سویی دیگر کسانی که می خواهند از آخرین قطره های بنزین ۱۰۰ تومانی خود استفاده کنند مراجعه می کنند.
وی تاکید می کند: ما برای همین از مسوولان انتقاد می کنیم اگر می خواستند چنین طرحی را در مورد بنزین ۱۰۰ تومانی اجرایی کنند بهتر بود از زمان اتمام مصرف را در اواسط ماه بگذارند که با سوخت گیری وانت بارها و تاکسی ها تلاقی نکند. با ۵۹ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:48 PM :: کمپین حقوق بشر ایرانیان در استکهلم (گزارش/رضا پرچی زاده)
این روزها میدانِ سِرگِل در مرکزِ شهرِ استکهلم رنگ و رویی ایرانی به خود گرفته است؛ چرا که در آنجا عده ای از فعالانِ ایرانی، صرفِ نظر از گرایشاتِ سیاسیِ شخصی شان، گردِ هم آمده اند و چادری و چارچوبی نمادین به شکلِ ایران پشتِ میله ها، که در رویِ آن تصاویرِ شهدا و زندانیانِ سیاسی در ایران نصب شده است، بر پا کرده اند تا بدین وسیله به افزایشِ میزانِ نقضِ حقوقِ بشر توسطِ جمهوری اسلامی اعتراض کنند. با ۶۲ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:47 PM :: مقدمه، قصه های کوروش | کوروش نامه اثر گزنفون
برای درک حاکمیت در میان انسانها، بیایید به اعمال قدرت در چهارچوب یک خانواده نگاه کنیم . در یک خانواده هرچند بزرگ یا کوچک ، رئیس خانواده به سختی میتواند برتمامی افرد خانواده اعمال قدرت کند و یا بر روی فرمانبری بی چون و چرای همه اعضای خانواده خود حساب کند. اما،بر خلاف انسان ها، میتوان گفت که یک چوپان درزمینه اعمال قدرت، حاکم بی چون و چرای سرنوشت دام و احشام خویش است. یک چوپان میتواند بر روی اطاعت مطلق حیواناتی که در مالکیت خویش دارد حساب کند. آیا واقعیت این نیست که دام و احشام راحت تر انسانها از حکام و نگهبانان خود تبعیت میکنند؟
به یک گله گوسپند نگاه کنید . گله به چراگاهی میرود که چوپان انتخاب کرده . در مکانی میچرد که چوپان تعیین کرده . ثمره بدن خود را بدون اعتراز در اختیار صاحب خود میگذارد تا از آن به هر نحوی که جایز میداند استفاده کند . هرگز دیده اید یا شنیده اید که گوسپندی با چوپان خود مخالفت کند. یا اینکه گله ای بر علیه چوپان خود شورش کند؟ یا اینکه به صاحب خود این اجازه را ندهد که از ثمرات او استفاده کند ؟ حیوانات اهلی میتوانند برخورد خصمانه ای با سایر حیوانات داشته باشند. اما، هیچگاه در ضدیت با صاحبان خود عملی انجام نمیدهند . اما درباره انسان !؟
درباره انسان این قوانین کاملا برعکس عمل میکنند. انسانها بر ضد هیچ چیز یا کسی به آن سرعت متحد نمیشوند …مگر در مقابل کسانی که میخواهند بر ایشان حکومت کنند . زمانی که بر این میاندیشیم ، تنها نتیجه گیری که به ذهن ما خطور میکند این است که انسان، بنا بر ذات و طبیعت خویش قابلیت حکمرانی بر تمامی موجودات را دارد، بجز همسانان خود… انسان . این نتیجه گیری از نظر ما صحیح بود تا زمانی که با شخصیت کوروش پارسی آشنا شدیم. پس از آشنایی با کوروش، تغییر نظرات ما ناگزیر بود.
با خود گفتیم ، اینجا مردی است، که هزاران انسان، از شهرها و اقوام بیشماری از وی تبعیت میکردند. در نتیجه اینجا باید از خود بازپرسیم ، آیا حکومت کردن بر انسان ها غیرممکن هست؟ یا اینکه این حکومت مشکل اما ممکن است به شرط آنکه حاکم یا حاکمیت تابع قوانین صحیحی باشند . ما میدانیم که مردم کوروش، به انتخاب خود، مایل به تبعیت از وی بودند. در میان این مردم، بسیاری در دوردست ها زندگی میکردند و برای دیدار با کوروش نیاز به روز ها یا ماه ها مسافرت داشتند. برخی از ایشان هرگز وی را ندیده بودند یا حتی نمیتوانستند امیدی به دیدار با وی داشته باشند . اما با این وجود، مایل به اطاعت از کوروش بودند
کوروش تمامی حکامی رو که پیش از وی بر مردم حکومت کرده بودند تحت الشاع قرار میدهد . چه آن حکمرانانی که حکومت را از پدران خویش به ارث برده بودند و چه آن کسانی که به واسطه لیاقت فردی امپراطوری خود را ساخته بودند. برای درک بهتر تفاوت کوروش با سایر حکام کافی است نگاهی به اروپای خودمان بیاندازیم . غالب حکومت ها توان حاکمیت بر سایر اقوام را نداشتند و اوج موفقیتشان تنها در این بود که بتوانند حاکمیت را بر قوم و قبیله و خطه خود حفظ کنند. حتی امروزه در اروپا تمایل بیشتر به جانب استقلال قومیتی یا ملیتی است. باید گفت که در زمانی که کوروش، در راس ارتش کوچک خود، شروع به کار کرد، تمایلات مشابهی بر قبایل و مردم اسیا حکم فرما بود. مادها (کرد ها) و هیرکانی ها (مازندرانی ها) با میل خویش به کوروش پیوستند. اما سایر اقوام ، به مانند سوریه، آسور، عرب، بابل و بسیاری دیگر از اقوام و کشور ها توسط کوروش فتح شدند .
در میان اقوامی که تحت سلطه کوروش در آمدند، بسیاری حتی زبان وی را نمیدانستند و حتی قادر نبودند که با یکدیگرسخن بگویند. با وجود این کوروش با اتکا به قدرت شخصیت خود در میان این اقوام نفوذ کرد. همگان به تبعیت از وی کوشیدند وهیچ یک بر علیه او قیام نکردند. وسعت سلطه کوروش چنان بود که توان هر انسانی را که قصد سفر به یکی از چهار گوشه کشور وی را میکرد به چالش میکشید. -
به دنباله این تفکر، ما، به نوبه خود، تصمیم گرفتیم تا برای شناخت بیشتر کوروش به تحقیق در باره شخصیت وی بپردازیم. پدر و مادر کوروش چه کسانی بودند؟ این فرد دارای چه خصلت هایی بوده؟ در کجا و چگونه تربیت یافته بود تا بتواند به چنین مقامی در حکمرانی بر سایر انسان ها دست یابد؟ دراین راستا ، آنچه ما در باره کوروش از دیگران فرا گرفتیم، و آنچه خود با تجسس و تحقیق به آن دست یافتیم دراینجا باز گو میکنیم با ۵۲ امتیاز و ۳ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:35 PM :: نصب پارچه نوشته در شهر خوی در حمایت از دریاچه اورمیه // "مرگ دریاچه ارومیه، مرگِ همه آذربایجان است; آذربایجان بیدارشو ..
عکس // نصب پارچه نوشته در شهر خوی در حمایت از دریاچه اورمیه // "مرگ دریاچه ارومیه، مرگِ همه آذربایجان است;اویان آذربایجان ((آذربایجان بیدارشو)) ...تصویر از صفحه: کمپین اعتراض به خشکاندن دریاچه اورمیه با ۶۲ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اجتماعی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:18 PM سرگرمی :: Gazebo | من شوپن را دوست دارم
گازِبو بانام پااول مازولینی،مزیسین لبنانی− ایتالیایی است آهنگ من شوپن را دوست دارم از آثار مشهور وی به حساب می آید. با ۴۳ امتیاز و ۳ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش سرگرمی لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:05 PM :: دارایی ثروتمندان جهان کاهش یافت
ارزش ثروت میلیاردرهای جهان طی هفته گذشته با افت چشمگیر و شدید 32.8 میلیارد دلاری روبرو شد.
به گزارش بلومبرگ، نگرانیهای بین المللی نسبت به خروج یونان از منطقه یورو موجب کاهش شدید شاخص سهام اس اند پی 500 وال استریت آمریکا به پایین ترین حد خود از نوامبر 2011 میلادی شده است... با ۳۹ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اقتصاد لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:05 PM :: مادر يكي از متهمين فساد بزرگ مالي در صحن دادگاه خطاب به قاضی سراج :"اين دادگاه فرمايشي است! "
در ادامه جلسه يازدهم از دادگاه پرونده فساد بزرگ مالي، قاضي سراج به موارد اتهامي «ب-ب» مديرعامل شركت تجارت گستران منصور كه اتهاماتش معاونت در اخلال در نظام اقتصادي كشور، معاونت در تحصيل مال از طريق نامشروع، معاونت در پولشويي عوايد حاصل از جرم است رسيدگي كرد.
در جریان رسیدگی مادر متهم با داد وفریاد خطاب به قاضی و نماینده دادگاه مدعی شد این دادگاه فرمایش و نمایش است و متهمین اصلی در حاشیه امنیت قرار دارند. با ۴۴ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش اقتصاد لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:05 PM :: تمام توضیحاتی که از تحصیلات عبدالکریم سروش درسایت رسمی ایشان نوشته شده
تمام توضیحاتی که از تحصیلات عبدالکریم سروش درسایت رسمی ایشان نوشته شده:پس از اتمام دبیرستان، شروع به تحصیل در رشته داروسازی کرد. پس از اتمام مدرک [درج نشده ازکدام موسسه یادانشکده] به لندن به منظور ادامه تحصیلات و آشنایی با دنیای مدرن رفت. پس از فارغ التحصیلی در شیمی تحلیلی از gradute school در لندن به چلسی کالج* برای تحصیل در رشته تاریخ و فلسفه علم رفت پنج سال و نیم در آنجا بود.
[*احتمالا منظور
Chelsea College of Science and Technology است ولی این کالج درسایتش علوم انسانی درج نشده] با ۴۱ امتیاز و ۱۷ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش دانش و فناوری لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:03 PM :: ویکی پدیا به کاربران هشدار داد
براساس این گزارش، بدافزارهای ضمیمه تبلیغات منتشر شده بر روی دانشنامه ویکی پدیا از نوع بدافزارهایی است که به «کلیک تقلبی» مشهور هستند و همزمان میتوانند چندین وب سایت را هدف قرار دهند. با ۳۸ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش دانش و فناوری لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 07:02 PM :: ایران قهرمان جام جهانی کشتی فرنگی شد
تیم ملی کشتی فرنگی ایران برای سومین بار پیاپی قهرمان جام جهانی شد.
تیم ایران در رقابت های پایانی که عصر روز یکشنبه (۳۱ اردیبهشت، ۲۰ مه) برگزار شد مقابل ترکیه قرار گرفت و با برتری ۵ بر ۲ فاتح این رقابتها شد.۵ پیروزی ایران در دیدار با ترکیه را حمید سوریان (۵۵ کیلوگرم)، امید نوروزی (۶۰ کیلوگرم)، سعید عبدولی (۶۶ کیلوگرم)، طالب نعمتپور (۷۴ کیلوگرم) و داود گیل نیرنگ (۸۴ کیلوگرم) کسب کردند.
هادی علیزاده پورنیا (۷۴ کیلوگرم) و امیر قاسمی منجزی (۱۲۰ کیلوگرم) در برابر حریفان ترک شکست خوردند.
ایران برای رسیدن به فینال این رقابتها که در شهر سارانسک روسیه برگزار شد، روز گذشته تیمهای آذربایجان، بلاروس، روسیه و بلغارستان را شکست داده بود. با ۳۴ امتیاز و ۰ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش ورزش لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 06:52 PM :: قالی چهارصد ساله کرمان
یک قالی ایرانی متعلق به قرن هفدهم میلادی که به احتمال بسیار زیاد در کرمان بافته شده است. طرح این قالی تلفیقی از باغ و حیوانات است و نشان دهده تسلط طراح قالی بر هنر نگارگری ایرانیست. طول و عرض قالی هردو حدود پنج متر بوده و جنس آن تلفیقی از ابریشم، کتان و پشم است. این اثر هنری امروزه در موزه هنرهای زیبای فیلادلفیا نگهداری میشود. با ۶۰ امتیاز و ۱ نظر فرستاده شده در بخش هنر و ادبیات لینک مستقیم
05/20/2012 10:29 AM Wall Street Week Ahead: Market is oversold, but major signs say "sell"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case this week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions.
05/20/2012 09:20 PM Global markets regain ground but still edgy over Greece
TOKYO (Reuters) - Markets recovered some ground on Monday after heavy losses last week, but investors remained wary about the euro zone despite world leaders calling for Greece to stay in the monetary union and for Europe to balance austerity with growth.
05/20/2012 10:31 PM Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.
05/20/2012 09:28 PM Facebook faces crucial week after modest debut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly issued shares in Facebook Inc may have a hard time in the coming week if lead underwriter Morgan Stanley stops supporting the stock and managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater.
05/20/2012 10:46 PM Nasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJ
(Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
05/20/2012 10:20 PM G8 growth talk leaves wary markets awaiting action
(Reuters) - A pledge by leaders of industrialized nations to help the troubled world economy is unlikely to herald quick new action by Europe on its debt crisis, meaning more uncertainty for nervous financial markets.
05/20/2012 05:53 PM Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday.
05/20/2012 08:53 PM Australia to seal trade deal with Malaysia
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will sign a free trade agreement(FTA) with Malaysia on Tuesday in a move it hopes will add new momentum to stalled bilateral trade talks with other key Asian trading partners.
05/20/2012 11:25 AM Euro zone row gets fat pay rise for German workers
BERLIN (Reuters) - A record-breaking pay deal will give millions of German workers their biggest rise in wages in two decades, boost consumption in Europe's biggest economy and help towards adjusting the regional imbalances that have caused severe tensions within the euro zone, analysts said on Sunday.
05/20/2012 12:19 PM Facebook shares could fall below IPO price: Barron's
(Reuters) - Shares in social media company Facebook Inc could fall below the initial public offering price of $38, Barron's wrote in its May 21 edition.
Native Instruments' gear is a must-have for those in the beat making world. We put the cheaper, dinkier Maschine Mikro through its paces and found that while we loved the portability, we weren't so hot on the lack of MIDI ports and absence of knobs for twiddlin'. That said, we weren't able to hate on the compromises that were made to bring it in under $600 and small enough to stow in a backpack, but how about you guys out there? When you've used this gear day in, day out, can you forgive its flaws in exchange for that extra cash in your hand, or do you wish you'd saved up a little more? If you were in NI's position, what would you have done differently?
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
Want a sneak peek into the future of design? This week Inhabitat hit NY Design Week to uncover the best and the brightest in green interior and furniture design. At ICFF we spotted an ethereal series of 3D printed Hyphae lamps and we were wowed by the iTree -- a massive iPod sound system made out of an entire tree trunk! We also saw LED technology take on surprising new forms - like Light and Contrast's tiny flower-shaped lamps and Peteris Zilbers' quirky mood broom lamp (yes, it's shaped like a broom). We'll continue with the New York Design Week coverage throughout next week, so come back to Inhabitat in the coming days for more fresh new design finds, and read on beyond the break for more in the here and now.
Despite Motorola's Android 4.0 rollout schedule, not every one of the manufacturer's devices are ready for dessert -- some, the outfit says, will be put on a diet. "Obviously we want the new release to improve our devices," the company said in a recent blog post, "If we determine that can't be done, well, then we're not able to upgrade that particular device." Handsets that are bogged down by Ice Cream Sandwich simply won't get an update. Even so, Motorola affirms that it's working closely with Google to keep its hardware up to date.
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it's easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don't escape without notice, we've gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!
Fans of the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences can appreciate similarly contrived dynamics in comparing Nokia and RIM (neither of which, contrary to the occasionally expressed opinion, has been murdered despite "Apple and Android" consisting of three words and 15 letters). Both companies are former smartphone market share leaders -- RIM in North America, Nokia globally. Both have had success in developing economies with efficient operating systems that they plan to support indefinitely. Both developed reputations for high build quality and good antenna design, and both were initially dismissive of the iPhone as they continue to see Android as the path to commoditization. And after precipitous market share declines, both hired new CEOs. Nokia, a European company, hired a CEO raised in Canada. RIM, a Canadian company, hired a CEO raised in Europe. These men now struggle with keeping their companies part of a viable alternative to the two dominant marketplace offerings.
Since embarking on their new operating system strategies, though, there have been many contrasts. While Nokia hired an outsider as a CEO, RIM hired an insider. Nokia decided to adopt a licensed OS; RIM decided to build its own (based largely on acquisitions). And now that both the Mobile World Congress and BlackBerry World conferences have passed, there's an opportunity to assess their comeback progress.
Not long after Samsung's SGH-i667 "Mandel" looked like it would never see the light of day, the Windows Phone 7.5 device made its official debut at CTIA, dubbed as the Focus 2. As expected, the phone is officially on sale today at AT&T retailers across the US, giving folks another option aside from the flagship Lumia 900 for a fix of LTE and Mango on the network. To refresh your memory, you'll find a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and VGA camera up front, and a 5MP shooter on back that's capable of 720p video. Internally, there's a 1.4GHz single-core CPU (exceedingly par for the course for Windows Phone at this point) and a 1,750mAh battery to hopefully ensure you'll have enough juice to get through the day. Despite the speedy connectivity, we'd be remiss not to mention that the Focus 2 packs a paltry 8GB of non-expandable storage and only comes in Glossy Pure White -- but for fifty bucks under a new two-year agreement, we won't kvetch too much. Our full review is coming soon, so hit the source link for more details in the meantime.
It's tough being the new kid in town -- ask Voyager Mobile, an up and coming MVNO that had its launch delayed by a "malicious network attack" last week. The tenacious firm may have missed its planned May 15th launch, but managed to pull things together in time for the weekend, piggybacking unlimited talk, text and data off of Sprint's CDMA and WiMAX network for $40 a month. A basic unlimited voice plan is also available to the tune of $20, without data allowances, of course. Phones are available too, albeit without subsidies -- Samsung's Epic 4G Touch or Galaxy S II will each set you back $550, though an assortment of more affordable devices can be had from $120 and up. Tempted to jump ship? Check out the source link below and let all your MVNO dreams come true.
Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it's making progress. "Some models have gone through inspection and been released to our carriers customers," the firm stated in an investor statement today. HTC explained that each of the contested models needs to be reviewed by officials before release, and assures customers that it is working with customs to speed along the process. Which devices are making it through? "We don't have the status of eachspecificdevice at this time," HTC says, "We remain confident that this issue will be resolved soon." Sure, that's not much to go off of, but we'll take what we can get.
Look out, savvy graphics card buyer: just because it's labelled 'GeForce' and starts with a '6' doesn't necessarily mean it benefits from NVIDIA's premium 28nm Kepler architecture. We've already seen rebadged mobile chips with last-gen 40nm silicon, and now entry-level desktop cards are arriving on shelves that will stretch Fermi's expiry date even further. There are no price tags as yet, but according to AnandTech the 'new' GeForce GT 610 is a repackaged GT 520 with 48 CUDA cores and an ever-so-polite 29-watt power draw. The GT 620 is a GT 530 with a 49-watt TDP and twice as many CUDA cores as the 610 -- although a meager 64-bit memory bus will put a cap on any performance gains. Finally, the GT 630 is a 65-watt GT 440 in all but name, with a 128-bit memory bus width allowing its 96 CUDA cores to be fully exploited. This latter card shouldn't be confused with the OEM version of the GT 630, which does actually pack Kepler. Bewildering, right? We've quizzed NVIDIA over its strange rebadging tradition and were told that the company simply numbers its products according to raw performance, rather than freshness or chip type -- which sort of makes sense so long as you don't dwell on it.
The at times very heated legal battle between Apple and Samsung might be softening just a bit ahead of truce talks on May 21st. Samsung's mobile head JK Shin just left Seoul for the mediated discussions saying there were still "several negotiation options" on tap, including the possibility of cross-licensing patents. He warned that there was still a "big gap" between the two sides, and we'd tend to agree -- neither Applenor Samsung is exactly backing off just yet. However, it's a definite shift in language from March, when Shin was vowing "no compromise," and it parallels Apple CEO Tim Cook's own disdain for lawsuits. We just wouldn't bet money on the two singing "Kumbaya" this week.
In same breath, Shin added that an ongoing 4G chipset shortage wasn't letting up: he didn't see things getting better until the start of the fourth quarter, or October for us common folk. That's a problem for Samsung's phones and tablets most of all, of course, and in a dire case could see LTE-packing American Galaxy S III variants rely on other vendors' chips to stay on the 4G bandwagon. There's also a chance of a ripple effect on other companies that want Samsung's parts, but short of getting a peek at Samsung's inner workings, we won't know the full impact for awhile yet.
Last summer, try as we might, we couldn't get too much out of Microsoft's creative director for Kinect Games, Kudo Tsunoda, about what's next from the interactive peripheral. More recently, in an interview with Venture Beat, Tsunoda was a little more verbose about what he thinks the next big thing in Kinect is -- and it isn't a Kinect 2. The good news is, he believes that no new hardware will be required, and the innovations will likely come from developers, as they better understand and utilize the capabilities. A combination of voice, tone and facial recognition along with motion detection will likely be the tools that push the experience into the next era -- such as allowing users to participate in a game's story like an actor. Hit the source if you want to read the full interview, but you can be sure we'll be at E3 again this year to beat him, and others, with the question stick once more.
Our hopes of taking the Fisker Atlantic for a spin next year just got dampened considerably: a big document leak has revealed that the more reasonably-priced alternative to the Karma won't be rolling off the production lines en masse until mid-2014, a year later than we'd expected. Thanks in part to a factory overhaul, the only Atlantics rolling on their hybrid-powered wheels in mid-2013 will be prototypes. On the upside, we've learned more about the car itself, including a fairly brisk 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds courtesy of a 300HP-equivalent motor. Green drivers who thought that the promised lower price would put it into entry-level luxury will nonetheless get a reality check with that $50,000 to $60,000 target, even if it's still a big savings over the six-digit Karma. There's still a huge amount of leeway for things to change, but with our compatriots at Autoblog having confirmed that the documents were real and "highly confidential," they may be a sign that the Tesla Model S will have free rein in the green luxury sedan world for a good year or more.
Does the word ReRAM ring a bell? No? Well, the key point is that it's much faster than NAND memory, and it's making its way into chips from Elpida, Sharp and Panasonic. Further proof that ReRAM is on the up and up? Researchers at University College London have used this technology to make a chip that operates at 100 times the speed of standard Flash memory. The device is composed completely of silicon oxide, which improves the chip's resistance, and it doesn't require a vacuum to work (which makes it cheaper to produce). But this new chip is more than just a faster alternative to Flash; its ability to move between different states of conductivity means it can be configured as a memristor, or a device that handles both data-processing and storage tasks. In the long term, researchers hope this technology can pave the way for silicon oxide CPUs -- and UCL is already using this design to help develop transparent memory chips for mobile devices. Need to know more? Feast your heart on the gritty details via the link below.
As much as we're familiar with mobile device torture tests, they're normally inflicted by us or otherwise not-so-voluntary. Nokia, however, has stepped up to the plate and doled out the abuse to the Lumia 900 itself with a hammer and nail, all based on a wager that the Windows Phone's use of Gorilla Glass would hold up to Sonim-level punishment. The company's Chris Ruble and Mike Meyers (not that Mike Myers) used a Lumia 710 as a dry run before an on-camera demo that not only saw the 900 assaulted with the hammer, but used as a blunt instrument itself -- all without a crack or scratch. We imagine that other toughened-glass phones would survive the hit, and there's every possibility that smacking the polycarbonate plastic would leave more than a scuff mark. Nokia's test still proves that its pride and joy can withstand more than just a casual roughing up, and you can see the slightly cringe-inducing test in the video below.
Excited for Nintendo's new tablet-esque controller? So are the kids in TT Games' QA department. An over-excited tester tweeted out an image of a slightly different Wii U slab than the one we laid hands on at E3 2011, teasing "look we what we have at work!" Answering the call does indeed reveal something worth looking at -- a somewhat wider looking Wii U slate featuring two full-sized analog sticks (as opposed to 3DS-likecircle pads), a pair of unmarked button-like squares, and a new starboard home for the controller's plus and minus buttons.
The tweet was summarily pulled, of course, but not before our friends at Joystiq nabbed a screenshot. Naturally, the rumor mill started right up, churning out speculation of developer specific slabs, early prototypes and late redesigns. The truth? We'll probably need to wait until E3 to find out, but we reached out to Nintendo for a comment all the same. We'll let you know if we hear anything more than the usual "Nintendo doesn't comment on rumors and speculation" line.
Think the Wii has the marketcornered on gaming rehab? Think again -- neuroscientists at Newcastle University are developing a series of motion controlled video games to make stroke rehab more fun and accessible. The team's first title, dubbed Circus Challenge, lets patients digitally throw pies, tame lions and juggle to help them build strength and regain motor skills. As players progress, the game ratchets up its difficulty, presumably to match pace with their recovery.
Although Limbs Alive, the game's publisher, has only described their motion controller as "next-generation," it affirms that the game will be playable on PCs, laptops and tablets later this year. In an effort to lower costs and provide at-home therapy, the team hopes to leverage a £1.5 million award from the UK's Health Innovation Challenge Fund to build a system that will allow therapists to monitor patient progress remotely. The whole enchilada still needs some time to bake, but you can hit the break for a video and the full press release.
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from is from Warren, who wants to find an electrical moped within his budget. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
"What's the cheapest two-wheeled electric vehicle that goes over 45mph available in the US? I looked at the Gas-powered $2,500 Sym Symba, but as far as I can tell, I'd have to spend four times that much for an electric equivalent. Am I missing something? Thank you!"
Unfortunately, you are. The biggest barrier to joining the EV parade is the price of batteries, which are often more expensive than the vehicles they're situated inside. For example, even a motorized bicycle like the Grace One is $6,000 -- but that's as far as our knowledge goes on the subject. Perhaps there is a solution out there, all it needs is for one of our friendly commenters to tell all in the river of text below.
If you find yourself with nothing better to do this weekend, then you might have a bit of fun playing around with Samsung's soon-to-be-released S Voice application on your rooted Android 4.0 smartphone. The APK has now made its way into the wild, and we couldn't help but take it for a spin on our Nexus S. First off, while we can't vouch for the security of the file, we can confirm that it's indeed functional. Secondly, while some of the S Voice features work just fine -- such as search or contact queries -- other requests such as navigation repeatedly caused the app to crash. In other words, if you're expecting this app to behave as it should on the Galaxy S III, you might be in for a disappointment. If you're merely looking to poke around with the S Voice functionality, however, the download seems quite worthwhile. At this point, we're most curious to know whether non-Samsung owners have similar luck. If you're willing to give 'er a go, let us know your experience in the comments below.
Update: We've also now tested the leaked APK on our Galaxy Nexus, and are happy to report that S Voice works quite flawlessly. As always, your mileage may vary.
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas. We also saw Straight Talk introduce the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim, and it appears that Rogers will soon offer the HTC One S. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of May 14th, 2012.
Hasselblad is typically known for everything but price cuts, and sometimes goes in the opposite direction. As such, we're more than a little caught off-guard by a round of price cuts on what's usually considered the definitive medium format camera line. The 'entry' H4D-31 has been cut down by as much as 23 percent; we're not sure we'd call it a steal at $11,995 without a lens, but it's now an option if you think even a Nikon D800's full-frame sensor is puny. Price slashes aren't reserved for the bargain models, either, as even the 200-megapixel, status symbol H4D-200MS shaves enough off the cost (now $35,995) to be a worth look for those sitting on the fence. You can get the full details at the source link, and you won't have to survive on ramen noodles for a year to shoot billboard-sized photos.
Going by Microsoft's Greater China COO Michel van der Bel, the launch of Windows Phone in China is off to an auspicious start -- enough to give Apple the shakes. He claims that devices like the Nokia Lumia 800c have helped Windows Phone reach seven percent of the Chinese market, or just enough to get past the six points of the iPhone. We're waiting on hard data before we take van der Bel's word: the top smartphone makers worldwide aren't depending much or at all on Windows Phone, and the iPhone has a thriving gray market in China that masks some of its real numbers. Having said this, we've seen signs of Windows Phone enjoying a bit of a surge even in an iOS- and Android-loving Europe, so we'll be watching to see if there's an uptick in the number of buyers saying ni hao to Microsoft in the near future.
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What does one do after generating billions from an initial public stock offering? Go shopping, of course. After falling short of expectations following its somewhat helter-skelter IPO debut, Facebook simply shook off the whole thing and acquired itself some good Karma. No, we're not talking about thatKarma. Instead, Facebook purchased the startup responsible for the Karma social gifting app. The move was apparently made to bolster Facebook's mobile chops -- an area the company considers ripe for opportunity. Just recently, Facebook also acquired mobile stalwart Instagram and the Lightbox team, for example. As for its newest purchase, Karma will be allowed to "continue to operate in full force" despite its recent status change, according to a blog post by co-founders Lee Linden and Ben Lewis. Details weren't disclosed about how much the deal was worth but judging from celebratory nature of their post, it doesn't look like Linden and Lewis will "Unlike" the agreement any time soon.
The final significant roadblock to Google's buyout of Motorola has been cleared, as Chinese regulators have just given their rubber stamp. Their approval follows a few months after the simultaneous American and European clearances, and virtually all that's left now is to formally close the deal and start integrating the two mobile giants. It might still come too late for the combined entity to present a united front at Google I/O, but at least they won't have any awkward glances at each other across the room. We're just trying to decide on whether or not Googorola is the best pet name for the loving, $12.5 billion-dollar Android union.
Update: Google has since told the AP that the deal will likely wrap up early next week, so Motorola should be part of the family well in advance of Google I/O. Also, Google has to keep Android freely usable by anyone for at least five years, although no one was expecting that to change anytime soon.
Looking through Engadget's annals of robotic achievements, we see droids juggling, dabbling in competitive sailing and even manning prisons. Cool as they are, those functions aren't going to mean a thing when Mr. Automaton is lost in the wilderness, damaged and without a helping human hand in sight. Researchers at ETH Zurich are working to change that scenario, as they're currently developing a "self-reconfigurable" device that packs a glue gun for creating the tools it needs on the fly. It might not be the quickest method -- as you'll see in the video below, making a glue cup takes a good hour -- but it's effective enough for transporting and pouring water. That's not to say that the prototype is ready to fend for itself; it built the cup, but only under human direction. The researchers' next step is adding in autonomous capabilities so the bots can repair things -- and even build other robots -- without being told to do so. A sea of self-regenerating droids? Sounds harmless to us.
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On average, North American consumers will spend a lifetime total of five days on failed attempts to pair their dock connector cable with an iPad or iPhone. Yeah, that's not true, but we can certainly sympathize with frustrated device owners -- fitting a tiny connector to any gadget can be a chore, especially in the dark. Scrap Pile Labs' CordLite sets out to point the way to a successful connection with its built-in LEDs. The illuminated cable is quite simple to use -- with no buttons or switches to fuss with, the connector lights up when you touch the aluminum plates, and powers off the moment it's secured to your device. There's really not much else to it -- CordLite functions identically to an Apple-manufactured cable, though the dock connector itself is significant larger than the OEM variety, at least in its current prototype form.
The design team has turned to Kickstarter to get their project funded, with a $70,000 goal. If all goes to plan, they expect to ship black or white CordLites beginning in September at $35 a pop, but as always, getting in during the "pre-order" phase will net you a hefty discount. The first 200 backers can get an early-bird cord in the color of their choice with a $25 pledge, with the required amount jumping up to $30 from there. A $45 pledge gets you an exclusive laser-etched model, while $50 will be met with a pair of early-bird cords. As you may have gathered from the picture above, the first version will only function with Apple devices, though a microUSB cord is also said to be in the works. See it in action in the video demo just past the break.
Dish has been tranquil about facing a longer FCC review period for its planned LTE-based 4G network, and now we might have an idea as to why. The satellite TV giant is telling the FCC that it only expects coverage to reach up to 60 million potential customers "within four years," or about 2016 -- six years after MetroPCS and Verizon first flicked their respective 4G switches. This is also assuming that the 3GPP cellular standards group clears the AWS-4 frequency band for LTE use. There's speculation that Dish is giving the extra time so that it can sell the spectrum later, but we'd take the safe road and assume Dish is serious. After all, AT&T wouldn't be trying to set tough conditions for Dish's LTE if it didn't think there was possibly significant competition on the way.
Hot off the heels of the One X and EVO 4G LTE spending some prolonged time at customs, now another member of HTC's sensational family appears to be feeling the rigorous effects of the ITC. According to a recent email acquired by TmoNews, it looks as if the Magenta carrier is delaying shipments of the HTC Amaze 4G in the US, saying it's facing "an unforeseen issue with receiving the product from the manufacturer," and that it doesn't know when the handset will be up for grabs again. What's also interesting here, however, is T-Mobile going as far as recommending Sammy's Galaxy S Blaze 4G as a substitute -- which, let's face it, can't be good news for HTC. Here's to hoping this all gets sorted out relatively soon. In the meantime, you can check out the aforementioned email in its entirety at the source below.
Accuracy is generally an important consideration in computer chips, but a team of researchers led by Rice University are touting a new "inexact" chip (dubbed PCMOS) that they say could lead to as much as a fifteen-fold increase in efficiency. Their latest work, which won a best paper award at a recent ACM conference, builds on years of research in the field from the university, and is already moving far beyond the lab -- some inexact hardware is being used in the "i-slate" educational tablet developed by the Rice-NTU Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics, 50,000 of which are expected to wind up in India's Mahabubnagar school district over the next three years. As for the chips themselves, their inexactness comes not just from one process, but a variety of different measures that can be used on their own or together -- including something the researchers describe as "pruning," which eliminate rarely used portions of the chip. All of that naturally comes with some trade-offs (less defined video processing is one example given), but the researchers say those are often outweighed by the benefits -- like cheaper, faster chips that require far less power.
While the main thing that would make Raspberry Pi's diminutive $25 / $35 Linux setups better would be if we could get our hands on them faster, the team behind it is already working on improvements like this prototype camera seen above. The add-on is slated to ship later this year and plugs into the CSI pins left exposed right in the middle of each unit. According to the accompanying blog post, the specs may be downgraded from the prototype's 14MP sensor to keep things affordable, although there's no word on an exact price yet. Possible applications include robotics and home automation, but until the hackers get their hands on them you'll have to settle for one pic from the Pi's POV after the break and a few more at the source linked below.
If you found yourself longing for the minor tweaks Samsung made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1in Germany earlier this year, you may be in luck: Apple's filed for a preliminary injunction against the slate stateside. It isn't the first one, either, Cupertino filed something similar back in February, though it didn't quite pass legal muster. After gaining some headway earlier this week, Cook's crew is in for round two, according to FOSS Patents, asking for Judge Koh to rule in their favor without a new hearing. Concerned consumers, however, can sidestep the whole mess by simply opting for an injunction-exempt Galaxy Tab 2. Details and speculation can be found at the source link below, just in case you aren't already sick to death of the whole Samsung / Apple spat.
Let's face it, whether you're down at the laundromat or feeding the meter on a busy street, you can never find enough quarters when you need'em. Know what effectively sidesteps that lack of foresight? NFC, that's what. And that tap-to-pay convenience is ready to roll out for folks in Oakland, CA courtesy of Atlanta-based Parkmobile. There's no great mystery to the company's purpose -- the name says it all -- as it specializes in payment solutions for (what else?) parking. With the installment of special near field-equipped stickers on meters throughout that West Coast city, fine-fearing citizens will now have one extra payment option beyond the outfit's currently available mobile app and internet transactions. Naturally, you'll have to sign-up online to get started, but after that you'll never have to fear the meter maid again.
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!
Ready for your latest tour through the dense and meandering wording of patent applications? Well, dig in, because it's Microsoft's turn to confuse lawyers the world over with this latest USPTO doc, submitted in November of 2010. The filing describes a computer-based program that would, essentially, analyze a primary device's installed applications, cross-reference it with a different device and then either migrate that software batch or suggest similar apps to download on a secondary unit. Sounds a lot like a potential Windows Phone Marketplace recommendation / app transfer engine to us, but what exactly Redmond intends to use this pending patent for is anyone's guess. As always, if you care to sacrifice a few minutes of your life to mind-numbing legal jargon, then by all means hit up the source link below.
There's been hints of it coming as early as February, but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that's the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 name itself (the T989 is the network's Galaxy S II). It also totes 850MHz and 1,900MHz WCDMA bands being used for HSPA+ data rather than just voice, a clue that the phone is ready for refarmed GSM spectrum. Just in case there was any remaining doubt, we've further spotted a related T999V entry at the Bluetooth SIG with a rather familiar-looking image as well as a Samsung-hosted T999 user agent profile on the web that matches what we know about the Android 4.0 hardware. We have yet to get a look at whether or not the T-Mobile version is any different on the outside, but with the FCC's help, there's not much left to know before the expected summer US launch.
It's safe to say that anticipation is high for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, which will become available in the first week of June. While we're still curious to see if Microsoft can better integrate the desktop and Metro environments of its latest operating system, the company has now revealed a significant change to the desktop portion of Windows 8 -- a completely restyled visual appearance. As you might remember from the Consumer Preview, window borders and widgets featured a simplified and subdued look in comparison to the glass-like materials of Aero, which Microsoft now calls "dated and cheesy." With the latest refresh, however, the company has pushed its modernistic philosophy even further to reveal a spartan (yet functional) interface that draws less attention to the chrome elements and allows the user to focus more on content.
Microsoft's latest reveal was made as part of a larger, retrospective look at its development of Windows and the evolution of the operating system. At every step, the company states that its emphasis has been on the overall "learnability" of the environment. As such, Microsoft claims that it's making great strides to ensure that consumers may quickly get up to speed with the latest OS, and hints that it has a number of reveals yet to be seen. In its very next breath, however, it also emphasized people's ability to adapt and move forward, which suggests the number of changes might not be as conciliatory as some might've hoped. Regardless, we'll know for sure what Microsoft has in store in just a few weeks.
Update: Well, this is interesting. In the screenshot above, you'll notice a highlighted mail-esque icon at the bottom of the taskbar. As it would turn out, Techblitz recently discovered that Microsoft swapped that shot for a nearly identical replica, albeit without the icon. Is this miniscule peek into something new in the way of Windows Live mail or similar? At this point it's anyone guess, but we'll keep you posted if we find out more. You'll find the new screenshot after the break.
Here's an expansion of mobile competition in the US that comes out of left field, even for us: GameStop as a cellular provider. GameStop Mobile, as it's called, is that rare bird of an AT&T-based MVNO that relies on a bring-your-own-device strategy. As long as your hardware works on AT&T's 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands and isn't locked to another carrier, you can bring any GSM- and HSPA-based phone (or data-only device) and use it contract-free: rates start at anything from a strictly pay-as-you-go $5 through to a $55 monthly plan with unlimited voice and text, if just an anemic 500MB of data. Tablet owners and other data-only fans can pay the same $55 for 1GB per month -- a bit stiff considering that those on AT&T proper can get 5GB of data for slightly less. No doubt this is to take advantage of iPad and iPhone trade-ins, PlayStation Vitas and the overall rise of unlocked devices. We're just wondering whether GameStop will catch a few customers subscribing as they pick up their Diablo III pre-orders or else face the uncertain future that befalls many MVNOs.
Update: As our friends at Joystiq have pointed out, the GameStop Mobile website is no longer publicly accessible. Looks like someone may have pulled the switch a bit too earlier.
Man, what a show we've got for you this month. For starters, we popped by the Smithsonian, to check out the museum's Art of the Video Game exhibit. And while the awesome Fifth Avenue Frogger game didn't actually make it into those hallowed halls, we did take a close up look at the hacked arcade cabinet for the show. Speaking of video games (which we seem to be doing a lot these days), we'll also pay a visit to the newly reborn Chinatown Fair and speak to the directors of Indie Game: The Movie. All of that, plus a performance by musician Alex Winston and the month's latest and greatest gadgets. Keep your browsers locked to this spot!
At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola's mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft's IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto's offending devices from importation into the US. In case you weren't aware, the four patent claims at issue generally cover technology for scheduling meetings over email using a mobile device. So, unless Motorola removes the feature, pays for a license or whips up a workaround Microsoft's patent in short order, its inbound RAZRs, Droid 4s, Bionics and other offending handsets will be stuck in customs alongside HTC's One X and EVO 4G LTE -- that is, unless Obama steps in to save the day during the prescribed presidential review period. Microsoft, naturally, is quite pleased with this development and has issued a statement:
Microsoft sued Motorola in the ITC only after Motorola chose to refuse Microsoft's efforts to renew a patent license for well over a year. We're pleased the full Commission agreed that Motorola has infringed Microsoft's intellectual property, and we hope that now Motorola will be willing to join the vast majority of Android device makers selling phones in the US by taking a license to our patents.
-- David Howard, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel Microsoft
We've reached out to Motorola for comment on the matter as well, so stay tuned to see what it has to say.
Update: Motorola has issued an understandably somber statement on the ruling:
Microsoft started its ITC investigation asserting 9 patents against Motorola Mobility. Although we are disappointed by the Commission's ruling that certain Motorola Mobility products violated one patent, we look forward to reading the full opinion to understand its reasoning. Motorola Mobility will not experience any impact in the near term, as the Commission's ruling is subject to a $0.33/per unit bond during the 60 day Presidential review period. We will explore all options including appeal.
Sprint's had text-to-speech services on devices like the Samsung Epic 4G for quite some time, and now, looking to build up on that, the company's introducing its My Wireless STS feature. The new speech-to-speech service aims to help people with speech disabilities by giving them access to an operator-assisted line every day of the week and all year round. Folks wanting to use the My Wireless STS will have to dial *787 from their device, after which a Now Network rep will start a call and repeat every spoken word -- or ones that are unclear -- depending on users choice. Relay Director, Michael Ellis, says Sprint is "the first in the industry to bring this service to market," and that the project was developed closely with the help of speech disabled communities. If you're interested in learning more, there's a mighty presser waiting on you just past the break.
(Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
(Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Individual investors were left in the dark for hours on Friday about whether their buy and sell orders for Facebook shares had actually been executed, in the latest of a series high-profile exchange glitches. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case this week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case this week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions. With the corporate earnings season drawing to an end and recent U.S. economic data raising doubts about the pace of growth, the S&P 500, which is down 7.3 percent so far in May, could decline further this week as concerns about the financial health of Europe persist. ...
Facebook resumes trading on Wall Street on Monday with shares being closely watched to see how well they stand on their own after stumbling out of the gate in a historic but lackluster debut.
President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such regulation. "We've got to finish the job of implementing this reform and putting these rules in place," Obama said in a weekly radio address that accused some on Wall Street of causing the 2007-2009 economic crisis because they "treated our financial system like a casino. ...
President Barack Obama says the big trading loss at JPMorgan Chase shows the need for Congress to put more teeth into Wall Street reforms intended to prevent the practices that led to the 2008 financial meltdown.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such regulation. "We've got to finish the job of implementing this reform and putting these rules in place," Obama said in a weekly radio address that accused some on Wall Street of causing the 2007-2009 economic crisis because they "treated our financial system like a casino. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such regulation.
05/19/2012 05:04 AM Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street
U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. Shares of Facebook, the social networking giant, were volatile in the busiest day ever for a trading debut. After early gains of more than 10 percent, Facebook shares fell back to the $38 issue price, ending up just 0.6 percent at $38.23. It was the Nasdaq's most actively traded stock, with more than 566 million shares traded. ...
05/19/2012 12:59 AM Nasdaq glitches in Facebook IPO to be reviewed by SEC
Washington, May 19 (ANI): The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will look into the glitches in Nasdaq's handling of Facebook's Initial Public Offering (IPO), according to a report.
05/19/2012 12:05 AM Facebook stock finishes flat in debut
In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3,500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public offering.
Facebook's debut on the stock market was preceded by epic hype, delayed by a technical glitch and tracked minute-by-minute by investors around the world. In the end, the fuss was over a gain of 23 cents.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions. With the corporate earnings season drawing to an end and recent U.S. economic data raising doubts about the pace of growth, the S&P 500, which is down 7.3 percent so far in May, could decline further next week as concerns about the financial health of Europe persist. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions. With the corporate earnings season drawing to an end and recent U.S. economic data raising doubts about the pace of growth, the S&P 500, which is down 7.3 percent so far in May, could decline further next week as concerns about the financial health of Europe persist. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, down for the sixth straight session, as worsening problems in Greece and Spain raised worries of contagion in the euro zone. Oil futures fell on the drumbeat from global stock markets, which erased the year's gains as investors pared holdings for safe-haven assets such as gold, on growing concerns about the euro zone debt crisis. On Wall Street, equities dipped after a messy opening-day trade for social networking darling Facebook failed to lift the spirits of investors. U.S. ...
05/18/2012 06:06 PM Nasdaq glitch confuses investors of Facebook IPO
Some investors who thought they had bought Facebook shares at the opening of trading were left without knowing for hours whether they had received the shares.
05/18/2012 06:03 PM Facebook investors left guessing after Nasdaq glitch
(Reuters) - Individual investors were left in the dark for hours on Friday about whether their buy and sell orders for newly issued Facebook shares had actually been executed, in the latest of a series high-profile exchange glitches in recent years. Massive demand for the social networking giant's initial public offering, which set a trading volume record for U.S. market debuts, led to a 45-minute delay in the start of trading in the stock. But it was what happened after trading started that had some on Wall Street fuming. ...
05/18/2012 05:58 PM Business Highlights
___Facebook falls flat in public debutAfter all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.In its much-anticipated debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Facebook's stock closed ...
05/18/2012 05:29 PM Tale of the tape: Google versus Facebook
Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles apart, also happen to be locked in a bitter battle for Web surfers' allegiance and online advertisers' money. The duel is likely to intensify now that the IPO has given Facebook Inc.'s social network billions of dollars to battle Google Inc.'s dominant search engine.
05/18/2012 05:21 PM Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. Shares of Facebook, the social networking giant, were volatile in the busiest day ever for a trading debut. After early gains of more than 10 percent, Facebook shares fell back to the $38 issue price, ending up just 0.6 percent at $38.23. It was the Nasdaq's most actively traded stock, with more than 566 million shares traded. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. Shares of Facebook, the social networking giant, were volatile in the busiest day ever for a trading debut. After early gains of more than 10 percent, Facebook shares fell back to the $38 issue price, ending up just 0.6 percent at $38.23. It was the Nasdaq's most actively traded stock, with more than 566 million shares traded. ...
