Monthly Archives: August 2011

26/11 listed on US Army’s illustration on counter-terror

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The 2008 terror attack on Mumbai has been listed by the US Army among 10 other such episodes in its detailed illustrative note on anti-terrorism prepared for its counter-terror officials. Anti-Terrorism Historical Vignette that has has on its list the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, has used the 26/11 attack to explain how to deal with an "active shooter" scenario. "By pulsing Read more [...]

Five Things for Tuesday

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1. The IronBirds Fall to Scrappers, 14-3. In the third series game against the Scrappers, Mahoning Valley scored nine runs in the first three innings. When a storm hit in the eighth inning and dropped the power at Ripken Stadium, the game was called early, according to an IronBirds press release.    2. Weather. Sunrise: 6:05 a.m.; Sunset: 8:17 p.m. Tuesday: High 88; mostly sunny and very warm. Tuesday Night: Low 71; partly cloudy and humid.   3. Week-Ahead Weather. Wednesday: 92/75; partly Read more [...]

Royal Albert Hall five-seat box for sale at £550000

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2 August 2011 Last updated at 11:22 GMT The five-seat box is located on the second tier of the Royal Albert Hall A private box at the Royal Albert Hall has been put up for sale for £550,000. The box, which can seat five people, is located on the second tier of the Grade I listed building in Kensington, central London, which opened in 1871. The private box is the only remaining Read more [...]

Petrobras ‘will soon overtake Exxon’ as world’s biggest listed oil company

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"It's a matter of discovering resources. If you don't have resources you can't grow. If you have to buy them that's not the best thing in the world," Mr Gabrielli de Azevedo said. "We have discoveries now and between 10bn and 16bn barrels of recoverable resources." Petrobras completed the biggest ever public offering of stock totalling $70bn last October. However its shares have not risen since then, despite the soaring price of crude, partly because of worries about the Read more [...]

Investors to get €115m in sale of Data Electronics

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SHAREHOLDERS at Irish-owned Data Electronics look set to share a €115m windfall after a UK rival confirmed it is in talks to buy the company.UK-listed Telecity said yesterday that it was negotiating a deal to buy its smaller Irish rival, which manages data centres and is a leading player in Ireland's emerging cloud computing industry.Sources in Dublin said the takeover talks were ongoing and a deal could be announced as early as this week.Telecity is thought to be offering around 100m Read more [...]

Tranfer listed Barton hints at Newcastle unrest

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The Irish Times - Tuesday, August 2, 2011A round-up of today's other stories in briefTranfer listed Barton hints at Newcastle unrest NEWCASTLE midfielder Joey Barton has accused the club’s hierarchy of not understanding what it means to wear the shirt after being told he can leave on a free transfer.The St James’ Park club confirmed this afternoon that the 28-year-old, who still has a year of his contract left to run, can leave with immediate effect.The move comes after another prolonged Twitter Read more [...]