http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rsms.nl/China_urges_all_sides_to_back_Annan_plan_for_Syria.html Beijing on Tuesday joined Moscow in throwing its support behind Kofi Annan as the international peace envoy held talks with Chinese leaders on his proposals for ending the bloodshed in Syria. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Shell_evacuates_workers_near_North_Sea_leak.html Shell UK says it is withdrawing some of its workers from two North Sea platforms near an underwater gas leak from a Total-run rig. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Google_Play_pusht_per_ongeluk_Russische_mail-app.html Google's app store voor Android pusht plots een Russische mail-app naar Samsung-smartphones. Deze 'update' voor die Android-toestellen kan niet worden verwijderd. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Samsung_ziet_toekomst_in_smartphones_met_3d-ondersteuning.html Volgens Samsung is er perspectief voor smartphones met 3d-ondersteuning. De fabrikant heeft in tegenstelling tot sommige concurrenten nog geen 3d-telefoon op de markt gebracht en zegt te wachten totdat mobiele processors krachtiger zijn. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Dueling_chants_as_demonstrators_vent_over_U.S._healthcare_law.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law chanted "We love Obamacare" while opponents replied "We love the Constitution" in lively demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed the fate of the statute. Gusty winds whipped American flags, signs and banners as hundreds of supporters of the law outnumbered opponents at the white marble columned court building on the first of three days of arguments over the law signed by Obama in 2010. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/%27Google_installeert_per_ongeluk_Russische_app_op_Samsung-telefoons%27.html Door een foutief updatemechanisme hebben verscheidene gebruikers van Samsung-telefoons met Android een Russische applicatie op hun toestel gekregen. Het blijkt lastig om de app weer te verwijderen, maar het zou niet om malware gaan. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/US_nominee_to_head_World_Bank_goes_on_tour.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. pick to take over at mid-year as head of the World Bank, launches a world tour on Tuesday to seek support for his candidacy. Kim, a Korean-American, will be contesting two nominees from emerging market countries - Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo - for the World Bank's top job. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Murdoch_Faces_Allegations_of_Sabotage.html Presto Vivace writes "Neil Chenoweth, of the Australian Financial Review, reports that the BBC program Panorama is making new allegations against News Corp of serious misconduct. This time it involves the NDS division of News Corp, which makes conditional access cards for pay TV. It seems that NDS also ran a sabotage operation, hiring pirates to crack the cards of rival companies and posting the code on The House of Ill Compute (thoic.com), a web site hosted by NDS. 'ITV Digital collapsed in March 2002 with losses of more than £1 billion, overwhelmed by mass piracy, as well as technical restrictions and expensive sports contracts. Its collapse left Murdoch-controlled BSkyB the dominant pay TV provider in the UK.' Chenoweth reports that James Murdoch has been an advocate for tougher penalties for pirates, 'These are property rights, these are basic property rights,' he said. 'There is no difference from going into a store and stealing a packet of Pringles or a handbag, and stealing something online. Right?'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Americans%27_support_for_Afghan_war_drops_sharply%3A_poll.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply among Americans in recent months as they grow increasingly disillusioned with the conflict that began more than a decade ago, according to a New York Times/CBS News public opinion poll released on Monday. Two-thirds of those polled - 69 percent - said the United States should no longer be fighting in Afghanistan, up from 53 percent in November and the highest percentage since the New York Times/CBS News poll started asking that question in 2009, CBS reported. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Google_Looks_To_Split_Fees_With_Carriers_To_Boost_Wallet_Adoption.html Google may be considering sharing revenue with carriers in order to get them to adopt its mobile wallet technology. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/UK_asks_China_to_investigate_death_in_ousted_Bo%27s_city.html LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain has asked China to investigate the death of a British man in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing formerly run by Bo Xilai, the leadership contender whose abrupt ousting shook the ruling Communist Party. The British national, Neil Heywood, died and was cremated in November. Questions about his death have been posted on Chinese microblogs, which have linked it to the background to Bo's ouster. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Syria_tells_U.N._arms_reaching_%22terrorists%22_from_Lebanon.html UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed "terrorist groups" in Syria have been receiving weapons from supporters in Lebanon and other states along the Syrian border, Damascus said in a complaint to the United Nations released on Monday. "Experts, officials and observers are unanimous that weapons are being smuggled into Syrian territory from bordering States, including Lebanon," Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said in a letter sent last week to the U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/UK_asks_China_to_investigate_death_in_ousted_Bo%27s_city.html LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain has asked China to investigate the death of a British man in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing formerly run by Bo Xilai, the leadership contender whose abrupt ousting shook the ruling Communist Party. The British national, Nick Heywood, died and was cremated in November. Questions about his death have been posted on Chinese microblogs, which have linked it to the background to Bo's ouster. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Fight_claims%2C_pot_put_Fla._teen%27s_side_on_defense.html The family and supporters of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin found themselves on the defensive Monday following revelations he had been suspended for marijuana before he was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Police also confirmed a report that the watchman claimed Martin was the aggressor, punching him in the nose and smacking his head on a sidewalk. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Dueling_chants_as_demonstrators_vent_over_U.S._healthcare_law.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law chanted "We love Obamacare" while opponents replied "We love the Constitution" in lively demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed the fate of the statute. Gusty winds whipped American flags, signs and banners as hundreds of supporters of the law outnumbered opponents at the white marble columned court building on the first of three days of arguments over the law signed by Obama in 2010. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Arab_summit_to_back_Annan%27s_Syria_plan%3A_Iraq_minister.html BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Arab leaders will not call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down at a summit in Iraq on Thursday but will support Syrian-led transfer of power, Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday. Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said the summit is also expected to endorse a six-point peace proposal by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, which calls for a cease-fire, political dialogue between the government and opposition, and full access for aid agencies. Assad, who is facing a year-long revolt against his rule, was not invited to the three-day summit. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Mexican_stocks_boosted_by_Bernanke_comments.html MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's main stock index gained more than 1 percent on Monday boosted by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggesting the U.S. central bank would continue supportive monetary policies even as the unemployment rate improves. (Reporting By Cyntia Barrera Diaz) http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/U.N._gets_reports_of_child_soldiers_with_Syria_rebels.html UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad have been accused of using children as fighters in violation of international conventions banning the recruitment of child soldiers, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. The U.N. concern about the possibility that Syria's opposition may be using child soldiers follows last week's report from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch that armed Syrian opposition groups have kidnapped, tortured and executed members of supporters of Assad and members of his security forces. ... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/Top_Obama_donors_among_frequent_White_House_guests.html President Barack Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters in ways that Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum can't match: More than 60 of Obama's biggest campaign donors have visited the White House more than once for meetings with top advisers, holiday parties or state dinners, a review by The Associated Press has found. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100 http://www.rsms.nl/The_TAG_Challenge%3A_%245k_Global_Manhunt_Using_Social_Media.html An anonymous reader writes "CNET just published an article about a new challenge to photograph 5 target individuals in 5 different cities on March 31st. The TAG challenge will pay the winner $5k. Target mobility means this will be much harder than the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge which was won by MIT. From the article: 'On March 31, mug shots of five "suspects" will be published, and it'll be game on in a global hunt for "jewel thieves" in Bratislava, Slovakia; Stockholm; London; Washington, D.C.; and New York City, each of whom will spend 12 hours that day in public areas. The first team to upload photographs of each of the five by noon eastern time on April 1 will win the competition--and with it, a ton of international glory.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sat, 26 May 2012 04:07:01 +0100