Top Stories: Port of Spain, Nov 29 (IANS) India and Canada have agreed on a civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access Canadian nuclear technology and uranium after a gap of 34 years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the development 'augurs extremely well' for the ties between the nations. IANS Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:00:01 -0500Port of Spain, Nov 29 (IANS) India and Canada have successfully concluded a civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access Canadian nuclear technology and uranium after a gap of 34 years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the development 'augurs extremely well' for the ties between both the nations. IANS Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:40:01 -0500SOME of the biggest brands in Australia have been revealed as poor users of social media such as Facebook and Twitter -- often creating a presence there, only to then leave them dormant. Australian IT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:04:37 -0500The internet connection on the TiVo device, which is licensed in Australia and New Zealand by Hybrid Television Services, will provide the back channel to send data back to the broadcaster.Hybrid TV c... Australian IT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:04:30 -0500MUMBAI/BANGALORE: As Dubai World, the emirate’s investment firm seeks more time to repay almost $60-billion debt, India’s top tech firms fear that the once lucrative West Asia market for outsou... Times of India Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:40:33 -0500MUMBAI/BANGALORE: As Dubai World, the emirate’s investment firm seeks more time to repay almost $60-billion debt, India’s top tech firms fear that the once lucrative West Asia market for outsou... Times of India Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:40:07 -0500United Commercial Bank of San Francisco liked to boast that it was the first U.S. bank to buy a bank in China. Instead it will go down in history as the first U.S. depository institution to fail after... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:34:08 -0500Gordon Brown has demanded more action from Pakistan to find and "take out" al Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. The Prime Minister made little attempt to hide his frustration at Paki... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:39 -0500A letter by the Government's top law officer to Tony Blair expressing doubts over the legality of the Iraq war eight months before the invasion has been submitted to the official inquiry, it was repor... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:39 -0500Detectives investigating a flat blaze that killed a mother and her "beautiful" three-year-old girl have ruled out arson. Tara Mallon, 35, and her daughter Phoebe were found in their second-floor fla... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:38 -0500Snow and plunging temperatures could throw recovery efforts in flood-ravaged Cumbria into chaos, forecasters have warned. Temperatures across Britain are set to plunge as low as -5C (23F) over the n... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:38 -0500The widow of a British yachtsman murdered by three Burmese fishermen off the coast of Thailand has welcomed prison sentences handed down to them. Linda Robertson, 59, said she believed the jail term... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:37 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:37 -0500The NHS safety regime is "fatally flawed", the Tories said after research found 12 hospitals were "significantly underperforming". Nine of those accused of serious failings had been rated good or ex... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:36 -0500Passengers on a busy commuter rail route saw their travel plans thrown into chaos after a body was hit by a train at a level crossing. British Transport Police were attending the scene at Lolham Cro... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:36 -0500One of the most high-profile Conservative parliamentary candidates has insisted that he had derived "very few benefits" from having non-domiciled tax status. Zac Goldsmith, who inherited a fortune f... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:35 -0500The world's most successful footballing country has delivered a fresh lifeline to England's under-fire bid to host the World Cup in 2018. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the time ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:35 -0500Twenty-five years after the miners' strike, coal could play an increasing role in Britain's energy needs, according to the UK's biggest mining group. UK Coal says new technology, which can capture a... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:30 -0500Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the world's top oil exporters, will "pick and choose" how to assist its debt-laden neighbour Dubai. A government official told Reuters: "We ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:20:30 -0500HASTINGS, Neb. - The precise spacing between the mounds of earth that decorate miles of central Nebraska farmland east of Hastings hint at their original purpose as Naval ammunition bunkers during Wo... Star Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:56:37 -0500NEW DELHI: State-run GSM mobile operator MTNL, which operates in Delhi and Mumbai, has 12.4 MHz specturm, the highest amount given to any operator so far. The PSU has got 12.4 MHz of spectrum on... Times Of India Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:24:55 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Holiday shoppers in the United States spent some $595 million online on Black Friday, up 11 percent from last year, with Amazon.com and Walmart.com the most visited sites, ac... Reuters Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:19:52 -0500(11-29) 11:49 PST Tacoma, Wash. (AP) -- A gunman burst into a Washington state coffeehouse Sunday and opened fire on four police officers as they sat working on their laptops, killing the three men a... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:06:39 -0500A letter by the Government's top law officer to Tony Blair expressing doubts over the legality of the Iraq war eight months before the invasion has been submitted to the official inquiry, it was repor... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:36 -0500Gordon Brown has demanded more action from Pakistan to find and "take out" al Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. The Prime Minister made little attempt to hide his frustration at Paki... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:35 -0500Snow and plunging temperatures could throw recovery efforts in flood-ravaged Cumbria into chaos, forecasters have warned. Temperatures across Britain are set to plunge as low as -5C (23F) over the n... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:34 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:33 -0500Detectives are hoping to start interviewing a man shot by police in a supermarket hours before a woman's body was found in a bedsit. The suspect, named locally as 32-year-old Tomas Uptas, has been u... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:32 -0500One of the most high-profile Conservative parliamentary candidates has insisted that he had derived "very few benefits" from having non-domiciled tax status. Zac Goldsmith, who inherited a fortune f... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:53:31 -0500T en years after a deadly warehouse blaze in Worcester, researchers at a nearby college say they’re closer to developing a sophisticated system for locating firefighters who become lost or trapp... Boston Herald Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:00:17 -0500The Azinta Business Agility Platform integrates BPM, Business Rules, Complex Event Processing, Predictive Analytics, Constraint Optimisation and SOA into a single design, composition and execution sof... Earth Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:00:03 -0500The last night of November, 65 years ago Monday, was wet with rain and fog. A big Navy reconnaissance plane bound from Alameda to Hawaii developed engine trouble over the Golden Gate. The pilot made a... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:51:11 -0500BOSTON— A decade after six Massachusetts firefighters died in a massive warehouse blaze, researchers at a nearby college say they are inching closer to development of a sophisticated system that... Boston.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:38 -0500Gordon Brown has demanded more action from Pakistan to find and "take out" al Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. The Prime Minister made little attempt to hide his frustration at Paki... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:02 -0500A letter by the Government's top law officer to Tony Blair expressing doubts over the legality of the Iraq war eight months before the invasion has been submitted to the official inquiry, it was repor... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:02 -0500BNP leader Nick Griffin is set to represent the European Parliament at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, the party said. Mr Griffin, who sits on the European Parliament's environment, ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:01 -0500Parents hoping to accompany their children to school Christmas events are having their criminal records checked in case they are paedophiles, it was claimed. The Government insisted it was not polic... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:38:00 -0500One of the most high-profile Conservative parliamentary candidates has insisted that he had derived "very few benefits" from having non-domiciled tax status. Zac Goldsmith, who inherited a fortune f... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:37:59 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:37:58 -0500Even the first Macs weren't quite brilliant. They were strictly closed up, and the best developers were stymied by all the hoops Apple made them jump through. But for all the frustration the earliest ... Tech News World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:11:02 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are an... Star Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:10:38 -0500City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/29/2009 - IPOs industry news provided by Financial News USA. RedPrairie Holding Inc., a business software provider, said Thursday it filed a regi... Financial News USA Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:01:35 -0500"It's a testament to the business model," he says. "You sell the printer at a loss and make it up on ink sales. If HP was to match Kodak's pricing, it would be monumental, and you'd see an immediate i... USA Today Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:52:56 -0500T en years after a deadly warehouse blaze in Worcester, researchers at a nearby college say they’re closer to developing a sophisticated system for locating firefighters who become lost or trapp... Boston Herald Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:34:14 -0500(11-29) 08:18 PST GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:24:53 -0500(11-29) 07:27 PST Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP) -- A car raced through a red light and slammed into a minivan broadside, killing four family members including both parents and their two young children in N... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:24:51 -0500, we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate materi... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:24:48 -0500Gordon Brown has sent a tough challenge to Pakistan to step up action against the al Qaida terror network and "take out" its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. In television interviews, the... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:47 -0500A letter by the Government's top law officer to Tony Blair expressing doubts over the legality of the Iraq war eight months before the invasion has been submitted to the official inquiry, it was repor... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:45 -0500One of the most high-profile Conservative parliamentary candidates has insisted that he had derived "very few benefits" from having non-domiciled tax status. Zac Goldsmith, who inherited a fortune f... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:44 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:44 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:11:44 -0500By Lester Kok THOUSANDS of cellphone users who pay more to be on SingTel's multi-SIM service have been hit by two major disruptions in the span of two weeks. The recent disruptions left them unc... Asia One Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:06:02 -0500SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said. The number of text messages t... Asia One Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:05:58 -0500CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Designed to improve today’s routine radiographic procedures, the RadPRO® product line from Virtual Imaging, Inc., a Canon U.S.A., Inc. subsidiary, will feature Cano... Earth Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:17:53 -0500(AP) ? SEOUL, South Korea - Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giant... New Jersey Online Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:08:23 -0500Gordon Brown has sent a tough challenge to Pakistan to step up action against the al Qaida terror network and "take out" its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. In television interviews, the... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:56:03 -0500A letter by the Government's top law officer to Tony Blair expressing doubts over the legality of the Iraq war eight months before the invasion has been submitted to the official inquiry, it was repor... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:56:02 -0500A string of celebrities are to celebrate the life of Stephen Gately at a memorial concert. Friends and family of the Boyzone singer will join fans and stars of the showbusiness world at the Palace T... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:56:01 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:56:01 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:56:00 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they a... Tampa Bay Online Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:51:01 -0500Advanced 8-bit motor microcontrollers such as the XC878/886/888 MCUs of the XC800 family from Infineon provide powerful field oriented control (FOC) for complex and very efficient motor control app... NE Asia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:04:57 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Before deciding where to buy a laptop for his daughter on Black Friday, Nate Bryan was scouring the web for deals. But he was not just looking at retailers' websites. Reuters Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:49:21 -0500Those are but two of the recent controversies that social networking helped ignite — and far from the last in an era when fans and gawkers are just waiting for sports stars, celebrities and poli... Boston Herald Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:48:19 -0500Computer hacker Gary McKinnon wants to face court for hacking into the Pentagon's computer system but should not be tried in America, his mother said. Last week Alan Johnson finally dashed hopes tha... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:27:11 -0500Gordon Brown has sent a tough challenge to Pakistan to step up action against the al Qaida terror network and "take out" its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. In television interviews, the... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:27:09 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:27:07 -0500Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference earlier this month had its share of big stories, but none that really shook the world and turned it on its head -- and sometimes that's just fine. Azure ... Tech News World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:59:06 -0500-- As Congress struggles to reform U.S. health care, critics point to Canada and Britain as the poster children of what could happen here with a "government takeover" of health coverage. San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:16:48 -0500? So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 — and you post something you probably shouldn’t on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online. Hopefully, it blows over w... Corpus Christi Caller-Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:05:36 -0500Gordon Brown has sent a tough challenge to Pakistan to step up action against the al Qaida terror network and "take out" its leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri. In television interviews, the... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:06 -0500One of two Beefeaters sacked for harassing the first female Yeoman Warder said his life was in ruins and maintained he did nothing wrong. Mark Sanders-Crook was dismissed last week following an inve... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:05 -0500Detectives are investigating whether a blaze that killed a mother and her "beautiful" three-year-old girl was started deliberately. The body of Tara-Jayne Mallon, believed to be in her 30s, and her ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:03 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:01 -0500FORGET the complex choreography involved in putting on a spacesuit: astronauts will one day be able to get suited and booted in seconds by stepping through the neck of an overlarge, part-robotic space... New Scientist Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:09:55 -0500Hopefully, it blows over without doing too much damage. But what if you're famous and have thousands, if not millions of virtual followers? NFL star Larry Johnson was released by the Kansas City Chie... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:57:57 -0500Children are being held in immigration removal centres for too long and should be detained only as a last resort, MPs said. Members of the Home Affairs Select Committee found detention periods of up... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:17 -0500Detectives are investigating whether a blaze that killed a mother and her "beautiful" three-year-old girl was started deliberately. The body of Tara-Jayne Mallon, believed to be in her 30s, and her ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:15 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:14 -0500One of two Beefeaters sacked for harassing the first female Yeoman Warder said his life was in ruins and maintained he did nothing wrong. Mark Sanders-Crook was dismissed last week following an inve... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:13 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they a... Tampa Bay Online Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:40:39 -0500(11-29) 04:00 PST Ventura -- "Pulp Fiction" co-screenwriter Roger Avary has been removed from a prison work furlough program and locked up, authorities say. San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:44:14 -0500Detectives are investigating whether a blaze that killed a mother and her "beautiful" three-year-old girl was started deliberately. The body of Tara-Jayne Mallon, believed to be in her 30s, and her ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:22 -0500One of two Beefeaters sacked for harassing the first female Yeoman Warder said his life was in ruins and maintained he did nothing wrong. Mark Sanders-Crook was dismissed last week following an inve... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:21 -0500Investigators were still waiting to interview champion golfer Tiger Woods after being denied the opportunity for the second day in a row. Florida Highway Patrol officers had been preparing to interv... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:19 -0500Children are being held in immigration removal centres for too long and should be detained only as a last resort, MPs said. Members of the Home Affairs Select Committee found detention periods of up... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:19 -0500Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown has turned her hand to knitting in a bid to help older people this winter. Mrs Brown, who posed with her 10 knitted hats on the steps of Number 10, said it was a "p... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:18 -0500Jordan Telecom Group (JTG) has reduced the Internet service wholesale prices by 15% for Internet service providers (ISP) in the Kingdom starting from 1/11/2009. AME Info Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:03 -0500ATLANTA | Georgia took a page out of Georgia Tech's playbook, rushing for 339 yards to upset the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets 30-24 Saturday night and put a real damper on the Atlantic Coast Conferen... The Ledger Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:08:20 -0500NFL star Larry Johnson was released by the Kansas City Chiefs after questioning his coach and posting gay slurs for all the world to see. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was criticized for pulli... St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:07:43 -0500The Sensex touched a high of 17,290, and then slumped to a low of 16,210, down 1,080 points from the week’s high. The Sensex finally closed the week at 16,632, down 2.3 per cent (390 points). A... Business Standard Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:36:28 -0500CHICAGO – So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 – and you post something you probably shouldn’t on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online. Hopefully, it blows ... The News Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:28:39 -0500TORONTO – Canada has concluded negotiations on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India to sell nuclear technology and materials to the energy-starved South Asian nation, Canada’s prime ... The News Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:28:26 -0500(11-28) 22:41 PST PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) -- Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:27:09 -0500(11-28) 16:51 PST Salt Lake City (AP) -- Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realizat... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:27:07 -0500(11-28) 20:04 PST Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: "The next governor of California ne... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:27:04 -0500Detectives are investigating whether a blaze that killed a mother and her "beautiful" three-year-old girl was started deliberately. The body of Tara-Jayne Mallon, believed to be in her 30s, and her ... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:13:56 -0500One of two Beefeaters sacked for harassing the first female Yeoman Warder said his life was in ruins and maintained he did nothing wrong. Mark Sanders-Crook was dismissed last week following an inve... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:13:55 -0500The Prince of Wales has met the widow of PC Bill Barker who was swept away in flood waters when a bridge collapsed as he directed motorists away from danger in Cumbria. Charles held a private meetin... Ananova Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:13:54 -0500 | 
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