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USAID Hosts 1st Development 2.0 Challenge Awards Ceremony for Technology InnovatorsFriday, January 9, 2009 @ 4:00PM USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore named RapidSMS Child Malnutrition Surveillance the winner of the Agency's first Development 2.0 Challenge. The project, which will receive a $10,000 grant, is a startup from six graduate students at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Kirsten Bokenkamp represented the group at an awards ...

INTERVIEW-No Congo ceasefire without army pullback -NkundaFriday, January 9, 2009 @ 11:50AM Source: Reuters By John Kanyunyu GOMA, Congo, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda said on Friday there could be no ceasefire with the government without an army withdrawal in east Congo to ...

Five Things Google Could Do to Save NewspapersFriday, January 9, 2009 @ 8:55AMGoogle thrives on curating the flow of information from media outlets, so it has a stake in the future of newspapers. But should the internet behemoth necessarily intervene to try and save newspapers? Some think not. But here are five things it could do, if it wanted to.

Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in GazaFriday, January 9, 2009 @ 8:39AMThe UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza "leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces." The 15-nation council approved the resolution with 14 voting in favor. The United States abstained. &$ &$Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R, front) speaks after approval of the resolution calling for ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza ...

Le CEA rejoint la Fondation EclipseFriday, January 9, 2009 @ 8:33AMLe CEA-List, Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies, annonce avoir rejoint la communauté Eclipse.