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BBC NEWS | Africa | War in Sudan's Darfur 'is over' "The six-year war between forces loyal to Sudan's government and rebels in Darfur has effectively ended, the UN's military commander in the region says. General Martin Agwai, who is leaving his post this week, said the vicious fighting of earlier years had subsided as […]

Wolfram|Alpha Blog : What We’ve Been Doing This Summer "At a first glance, the website looks pretty much as it did when it first launched—with the straightforward input field. But inside that simple exterior an incredible amount has happened. Our development organization has been buzzing with activity all summer. In fact, it’s clear from the […]

xkcd – A Webcomic – Haiku Proof Proofs in haiku. (tags: haiku humor xkcd geek mathematics) More on density and rail – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com "So I went to Census data, county level. It turns out that about a quarter of the population lives in counties that are as dense or denser than […]

Innocent Until Proven Guilty "Having said that, I have only one major complaint with the App Store, and I can state it quite simply: the review process needs to be eliminated completely. " Why aren't apps innocent until proven guilty. (tags: appstore apple iphone technology security programming) Jury Orders Philip Morris to Pay $13.8 Million […]

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New Logitech mice operate wherever – News – PC Authority "Logitech has launched a new range of laser mice that can work on glass or shiny surfaces. The new mice use two lasers rather than one to work on a variety of previously unusable surfaces." Awesome. (tags: logitech mouse hardware) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | […]

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran 'minister' on Interpol list "Iran's defence minister-designate is on an Interpol "wanted" list over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina, the agency has confirmed." Well that's fun. (tags: iran argentina interpol legal internationallaw crime) That's Gay: Lady Kisses – Feministing Temporary lesbianism is awesome, anything […]

World's Oceans Set Temperature Record: Discovery News "July marked the hottest the world's oceans have been in almost 130 years of record-keeping. The average water temperature worldwide in July was 62.6 degrees, according to the National Climatic Data Center, the branch of the U.S. government that keeps world weather records." (tags: weather climate ocean science) […]

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