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UN top relief official accused of violating international laws
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes criticized the militant group Hamas for using civilian shield to get protection from Israeli troops and the group has been held accountable for violating the principle of proportionality in Gaza when bombing was carried out in the region.
Serena Williams reach the Aussie Open Final
America’s Serena Williams got entry into the third consecutive Grand Slam final as she won over Elena Dementieva at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Second seeded Williams had lost her first set in the quarterfinals on Wednesday as she beat eighth- seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Underwater craft of Tamil Tiger in Sri Lanka
An underwater craft has been detected by the Sri Lankan government troops who are fighting in the district of the northern Mullaithivu against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).The craft was found on Thursday morning at Muttiyankattu area in the district.
Internet regulation from M –lab
If internet is interfering with regular network traffic in an organization like universities, then Google has come up with a measurement of the disturbance caused and that is called Measurement Lab, or M-Lab that will provide you with information related to network performance.
Japan’s retail down by 2.7% in December
One of the biggest drops in retail sales in Japan was reported in the month of December that was almost the fourth straight monthly decline in sales. The low sale reports came up even after the companies announcing to cut jobs to reduce spending.
Federal Reserve warns of deflation
Federal Reserve warned that the continuing economic slowdown will adversely affect economy and the country may get to the brink of deflation. The Federal Open market committee expressed concern over global weakening of economy and said he suspected inflation across the countries will be below ideal rates.
Dollar lowers against yen on Thursday
Dollar was down on Thursday against Yen as the U.S. Federal Reserve refused to buy the long dated treasuries. Dollar was 0.2% low to 90.22 yen, against Euro dollar was up by almost 0.1% to $1.3117.
23 die in Northeast storm from Texas
About 1.4 million homes and businesses had to suffer power cuts and about 125 flights got cancelled as the winter storm hit Northeast from Texas.23 got killed in the ice storms that hit the area on Tuesday.
US envoy to stress on two state solutions on Israel
A meeting between the U.S. envoy George Mitchell and the Palestinian leaders will be held and the U.S. envoy will try to pursue the two –states Israel and Palestinian to get into a deal to bring about a end to the war like situation in the [...]
Stimulus package sanctioned in House of Representative
The stimulus package of $819 billion got approved by the House of Representatives by a party live vote and the sanction came with a victory of legislative as 244 votes were given in favor of the bill and 188 given against it.
