1 Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor
SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Mobile phone - Shopping - Health - Arts - United States Source: Washington Post
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2 Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor
SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Source: Washington Post
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3 Land acquisition, food security bills on government frontburner
With the Supreme Court asking the government to distribute surplus foodgrain free to the poor and farmland acquisition for infrastructure projects becoming contentious by the day, the government is expected to finetune pending social sector legislation ahead of the next session of parliament Nov 7. Source: Calcutta News
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4 East India to go for early rabi
The government has encouraged farmers in drought-hit eastern states of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand to go for early sowing of rabi crops, especially boro rice, a top agriculture ministry official said. Source: Express India
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5 U.S. Stock Futures Decline; Bank of America, Citigroup, Alcoa Shares Drop
U.S. stock-index futures retreated, indicating that the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may end its longest winning streak since July. Source: Bloomberg
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6 Gillard all smiles but it could end in tears
Julia Gillard has been plucked from her prolonged near-death experience. Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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7 Bleeding eye vessels of a patient with wet AMD
FOR about a year, Ismail Wahab had problems with his eyesight. He was not able to see clearly with his right eye. Everything he looked at — cars, roads, lamp posts — were crooked. He didn’t understand what was going on. Source: New Straits Times
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8 Locals suspect landowners of diverting floods
In this photo taken on Aug. 19, 2010, Pakistani flood survivors extend their hands for a relief supply in Sangi, Pakistan. – AP SUKKUR: As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, something new is rising: suspicions and rumours that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property and inundate the villages and fields of millions of poor Pakistanis. Source: Dawn
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9 Ohio Bans Offshoring As it Gives Tax Relief to Outsourcing Firm
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is delivering one of the strongest attacks yet on offshore outsourcing, calling it not only a threat to jobs but an IT security risk. Source: CIO
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10 TREASURIES-Europe worries, strong US auction boost govt bonds
TREASURIES-Europe worries, strong US auction boost govt bonds Source: FOX Business
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