Washington, Nov 7 : Senator John McCain, who lost to Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential race, will be returning to Congress and continue to reach across the Senate to remain a powerful voice for the Republican Party, strategists and experts have said.
Leading multi-national computer technology IBM has joined the list of companies jostling for position in the cloud computing space. For this purpose, the company would invest $2 billion in India over the next three years.
According to multi-national computer technology, with the proliferation of the mobile Web, the average individual's "information footprint" - the digitization of entertainment, healthcare, security, social networking, retail preferences - will grow from 1 TB (about 50,000 trees cut and printed) per year to more than 16 TB by 2020.
Chicago, Nov 7: US First Lady Laura Bush has invited Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to the White House in the coming weeks to get a feel for their new abode.
Michelle accepted, and a trip will be scheduled soon, the Washington Post reported.
In a telephone conversation on November 5, Laura congratulated Michelle and the two discussed life as a President’s wife, the Obama campaign said. Michelle thanked the First Lady for her offer of help through the transition.
Phnom Penh - The German government committed 1.5 million euros (1.9 million dollars) over the next two years to provide legal assistance to victims of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, officials said Friday.
The German foreign office has charged the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) with the task of allocating the funding, which will go towards the victims unit of the UN-backed court.
GTZ Cambodia branch director Jurgen Schilling and the court's administrative director Sean Visoth signed the funding agreement on Thursday.
The tribunal was established in 2006 and is being jointly run by the United Nations and the Cambodian Government.
Sydney, Nov 7 : Amid the ongoing global financial crisis, the growing demand for resources and mining expertise in India has given a ray of hope for the Aussies mining firms, as more than 50 Australian mining companies are participating at India''s largest mining industry event - the International Mining and Machinery Exhibition
(IMME 2008) in Kolkata this week.
In the last 12 months, Australian companies like Thiess Leighton India and India Resources are learnt to have won significant contracts to provide contract mining services.
In the words of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), India''s hunger for resources and mining expertise could help Australian firms cushion the blow from the global financial crisis.
Washington, Nov 7 : Senator John McCain, who lost to Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential race, will be returning to Congress and continue to reach across the Senate to remain a powerful voice for the Republican Party, strategists and experts have said.
Leading multi-national computer technology IBM has joined the list of companies jostling for position in the cloud computing space. For this purpose, the company would invest $2 billion in India over the next three years.
Chicago, Nov 7: US First Lady Laura Bush has invited Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to the White House in the coming weeks to get a feel for their new abode.
Vienna - The oil cartel OPEC said Friday th
