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.
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.
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.
A Lot of European Airline Websites Proved to be Misleading
According to the study performed by the European Commission, as many as 200 websites of the European airlines provide misleading information to the consumer.
The report states that the websites of the European airline companies do not show taxes and charges and in addition they do not inform clearly about the lowest prices.
Human Rights to be the Main Discussion on RU-Russian Summit
The EU-Russia summit, taking place near the capital of Portugal, Lisbon,
will include questions regarding trade and energy, as well as human rights and
international affairs.
New Sanctions to be Imposed by the United States Against Iran
United States officials mentioned that new sanctions are being imposed against Iran by the Bush administration. These are aimed towards the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Quds Force that the U.S. officials have accused of provoking trouble and disorder in Iraq and other countries.