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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
French hospital performs first hands and face transplant
General Motors plans new two-seat electric vehicle
Google addresses newspaper woes
Google Street View Launches In 25 UK Cities
Google launches India Elections Center
WASHINGTON Internet giant Google on Monday unveiled an online resource in English and Hindi for voters taking part in India’s general elections later this month.The Google India Elections Center allows Indian voters to go online to confirm their registration status, locate their polling place and view their constituency on a map.A partnership with The Hindustan Times and several non-profit groups, the India Elections Center also provides information about candidates and offers links to election-related news, blogs, videos, and quotations.Users of the Indian Elections Center site, located at google.co.in/intl/en/landing/loksabha2009/, can evaluate the status of development in their constituency using a range of indicators.‘With still more features to be added during the election, we hope the site will be an ongoing resource for analysis, governance, and democracy in India after the election,’ Google said in a post on the official company blog.Google’s partners include the Association for Democratic Reforms, Hindustan Times Media Ltd, Indicus Analytics, the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, the Liberty Institute, and PRS Legislative Services.
PlayStation outsells Wii in Japan
UK's RBS to axe another 9,000 jobs
Bangladesh to announce war probe
Islamabad says drone attacks fuel extremists
Iraqi shoe-thrower's jail term cut
North Korea defends rocket launch
UN wants speedy elections in Madagascar
Niger and rebels 'agree to peace'
‘No’ to joint operation in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD Pakistan rejected on Tuesday a US proposal for joint operations in the tribal areas against terrorism and militancy, as differences of opinion between the two countries over various aspects of the war on terror came out into the open for the first time.Highly-informed sources said the move followed a collective decision reached between the government and security establishment to adopt a tough posture against a barrage of attacks and criticism emanating in recent weeks from Washington, directly targeting the Pakistan army and the ISI and creating doubts about their sincerity in the war on terror and the fight against Al Qaeda and Taliban.Two top US officials, presidential envoy for the region Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, had come to Islamabad with the idea of doing some tough talking and pressuring both the political and the military leadership to step up their efforts in the war on terror.Instead, what they got was a barrage of criticism of the American position and the allegations constantly levelled against Islamabad about either protecting some Taliban elements or not doing enough to eliminate what the United States believes are the main elements carrying out attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan.According to a source in the US delegation, the stance taken by the Pakistani side came as a rude shock to the Americans, who had so far been taking the civilian and military leadership for granted.Pakistani sources said the proposal for joint operations in the tribal areas was floated by Mr Holbrooke and Admiral Mullen during a series of meetings with the civilian and military leadership.