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Georgia formally breaks ties with Russia

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Georgia’s Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze (L) and European Parliament’s President Hans-Gert Poettering give a news conference after their meeting at the EU Parliament Headquarters in Brussels September 1, 2008. European Union leaders agreed on Monday to postpone talks on a new EU-Russia partnership due later this month until Moscow withdraws its troops to pre-conflict positions in Georgia, officials said. [Agencies]
TBILISI, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — Georgia formally cut diplomatic ties with Russia on Tuesday in protest against Moscow’s recognition of the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions, and welcomed the decisions of an emergency EU summit on its conflict with Russia.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned Russia’s envoy in Georgia, Andrei Smaga, and handed him a note informing Moscow of Tbilisi’s decision to terminate diplomatic relations in light of “Russia’s hostile actions.”

Georgia will maintain consular relations with Russia, the ministry said.

Under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, breaking off diplomatic ties does not automatically lead to a cut in consular relations.

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One laptop per child

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Usually, I am optimistic in life. Before the start of World Summit on Information Society in Tunisia, I had predicted — any body could have seen that — that nothing is going to come out from the Summit. Of course nothing much has come out.
Now consider this: “The summit drew, by official estimates, over 18,000 people. Civil society members were the largest group with 5,864, followed by government with 5,782 (including at least 44 heads of governemnt or state). The private sector was also strong with 3,981 members present and the media had 1,218 accredited representatives” from all over the world.

Let us consider for a moment that this Summit was a global trade fare. Here is how: It was on front of this WSIS gathering that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a leading US IT expert Nicholas Negroponte unveiled the bright green and yellow working prototype of a 100 dollar laptop aimed at millions of schoolchildren in poor countries.

 
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“It holds the promise of major advances in economic and social development, but perhaps most important is the true meaning of one laptop per child,” Annan told reporters at the World Summit on the Information Society. “Studies and experience have shown repeatedly that kids take to computers much more readily, not just in the comfort of warm, well-lit rich country living rooms, but also in the slums and remote rural areas of the developing world,” he added.

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Jamaica wins relay in world record, Dibaba completes long-distance double

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Asafa Powell, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Usain Bolt (L to R)of Jamaica pose for photos by the results board with their new world record after the men’s 4×100m relay final at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 22, 2008. The Jamaican team won the title with 37.10 seconds and set a new world record. (Xinhua/Liao Yujie)

Gold medalist Zhang Yining (C), silver medalist Wang Nan (L), bronze medalist Guo Yue, all of China, pose for group photo at the awarding ceremony of the women’s singles of Beijing Olympic Games table tennis event in Beijing, China, Aug. 22, 2008. (Xinhua/Xu Jiajun)

Tang Chunling (R) of China vies for the ball during women’s gold medal match between China and the Netherlands at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games hockey event in Beijing, China, Aug. 22, 2008. The Netherlands won the match and grabbed the gold medal. (Xinhua/Li Yong)

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Third climber rescued on K2

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

(CNN) — An Italian climber who survived the deadly avalanche on K2, the world’s second highest mountain, was plucked from the slopes and flown to safety Tuesday.

Twenty-two climbers, mostly foreigners, reached K-2’s summit Friday before a deadly avalanche struck.

Twenty-two climbers, mostly foreigners, reached K-2's summit Friday before a deadly avalanche struck.

The climber was identified as Marco Confortola. Eleven other climbers perished on K2, located near the Pakistan-China border.

A helicopter planned to take Confortola to a military hospital in Skardu, Pakistan, said Shahzad Qaiser, the Pakistani Ministry of Tourism’s secretary.

Two Dutch climbers who survived were flown to safety on Monday, Qaiser told CNN.

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