US Politics, International Politics
Top Iraq General to Become the Head of NATO
Pentagon
officials are voting for Gen. David H. Petraeus as the
head of NATO. The opportunity of the top American commander of U.S. armies in
Iraq to receive the high-level post for the period of the next administration,
raised worries regarding the practice of rotating war commanders.
"He deserves one and that has also always been a highly prestigious position. So he is a candidate for that job, but there have been no final decisions and nothing on the timing," outlined an official from Pentagon.
U.S. Gold Went Up Just Shy $900
This week the
"The rate cut (speculation) has been driving the
gold market through its impact on the dollar. I expect more of the same going
forward," outlined Thomas Winmill, portfolio manager of Midas Fund in
Official Data on Violent Deaths among Civilians in Iraq is Lower
A survey conducted recently showed 151,000 deaths of
Iraqis. The deaths took place during the three years of violence and the
invasion of the
Intel's Unclear Laptop Program for Children in Developing World
Nicholas
Negroponte, head of the charity, stated that Intel
repetitively undetermined its non-for-profit scheme, meant to provide cheap
laptops to children living in developing countries.
U.S. Government vs. California on Granting Emissions Waiver
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mentioned that he is going to sue the
government of the
More Privacy Guaranteed by Ask
InterActive Corp.'s search engine, Ask,
announced the introduction of a new online tool that will be able to help
people who surf the Internet keep their history of search private. The new tool was entitled AskEraser and with its help users will be able to delete any data
regarding the searches they made on the Ask website, this includes the
elimination of information from the company's servers.
Vladimir Putin is Likely to Become Russia's Prime Minister
After the announcement of Vladimir Putin that his preferred
successor is Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently
Gordon Brown Calls Multinationals to Help World's Poorest Countries
The Prime Minister of UK, Gordon Brown, looks forward to work with at least 20 multinational
companies, among them being Google
and Vodafone. His aim is to engage
into a "development emergency" in some of the poorest countries in
the world.
Moon Missions Gold Medals Certified
Numismatic Guaranty
Corporation
has recently certified a gold medal, which the astronauts took in their mission
to the moon Apollo 16. The coin is
called Robbins Medal. It is pedigreed to Charles M. Duke, Jr., who was the 10th
man to step on the moon as the team member of Apollo 16 lunar module.
Al Gore to Join Green Tech Supporting Firm
Former United States vice-president and the Nobel Prize winner for
battling global warming, Al Gore,
will become a partner of a private equity firm from the Unites States. It is worth
mentioning that the firm has a history of supporting "green technology".
The environmental activist, Al Gore, looks forward to become a member of the board of Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers.