Arctic Security: The New Great Game? In 2007, Russia laid claim to parts of the Arctic seabeda historic first and an act that has been challenged by ...
The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home
Herbst wins men's World Cup slalom; Miller DQd Stephen Nasstrom The Associated Press Aspen, CO Colorado LEVI, Finland - Reinfried Herbst...
David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology
Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home
World's largest cruise ship embarks on maiden voyage ROYAL CARIBBEANPeople on shore watch the Oasis of the Seas, the most expensive and largest cr...
AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 10.31.2009 | World
HELSINKI — It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The...
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home
Next Decade Technologies: Charles Vest and Rita Colwell At a symposium with the winners of the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize, Dr. Charles Vest, Pr...
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home
Next Decade Technologies: Pekka Lintu and Stig Gustavson The event was hosted by His Excellency, Ambassador Pekka Lintu, and Stig Gustavson, Chairman...
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home
Next Decade Technologies: Tim Berners-Lee Steve Lohr speaks with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, in honor of his receiving the M...
AP | STUART CONDIE | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
— Switzerland and Slovakia earned Europe's final two automatic berths for next year's World Cup on Wednesday night, while Argentina tried to beat out Uruguay and Ecuador for South America's last certain spot in the 32-nation field.
Costa Rica played at the United States, which clinched its sixth straight berth last weekend, and the Ticos hoped to stay ahead of Honduras and gain the final automatic place from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Portugal, Greece, Slovenia and Ukraine finished second in their groups and joined Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Ireland and Russia in the European playoffs. They will be drawn into four pairs on Monday, and the winners of home-and-home, total-goals matches on Nov. 14 and 18 will qualify for next year's 32-nation field.
By the end of Wednesday, 23 of the 32 nations will have been determined for next year's tournament in South Africa.
In addition to the U.S., Mexico had ensured a berth in CONCACAF, while Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia and Spain had clinched automatic berths in Europe. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay had earned berths from South America, and Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea won Asia's spots. Ghana and Ivory Coast joined host South Africa, which qualified automatically as host.
Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology
Finland has just passed a law making access to broadband a legal right for Finnish citizens. When the law goes into effect in July 2010, every person...
Andy Plesser | Posted 10.10.2009 | Technology
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has been on a quest for several years for the adoption of something he has coined the semantic Web -- a data-rich, interconnected Web.
AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home
HELSINKI — Dennis Seidenberg and Cory Stillman scored 29 seconds apart at the end of the first period, and the Florida Panthers wrapped up their preseason schedule by beating Finnish league club Jokerit 4-2 on Wednesday.
Stillman scored again, giving Florida a two-goal lead in the second period, and Michael Frolik pushed the advantage to 4-1.
Steve Reinprecht had two assists, centering the most productive line with Stillman and Frolik. Tomas Vokoun made 19 saves.
Kari Sihvonen scored a second-period goal, and Ossi Saarinen added a tally in the third for Jokerit. Mikko Stromberg stopped 30 shots.
Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media
The expectation that most of the audience would rush out and purchase the book, as Oprah's audience does today, was not there. With a good book reviewer, you didn't need to do any page turning yourself.
Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business
A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...
AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Switzerland and the United States have signed a treaty to increase the amount of tax information they share to help crack down on tax evasion, Swiss officials said Wednesday.
The agreement follows a model set out by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development designed to make it harder for taxpayers to hide money in offshore tax havens.
U.S. tax authorities will be able to request information on Americans suspected of concealing Swiss bank accounts, the Swiss Finance Ministry said.
The treaty forbids so-called 'fishing expeditions,' meaning U.S. authorities have to provide specific details on the person they are seeking further information about and can't simply ask for wholesale lists of Americans with Swiss accounts, the ministry said.
The agreement, which comes into force immediately, won't be retroactive.
The Onion | The Onion | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home
HELSINKI—"They have to do it for real, though; they can't just declare a cease-fire after 20 minutes," German chancellor Angela Merkel said. "An...
Posted 09.15.2009 | World
JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that went missing last mo...
The Washington Post | Edward Cody and Karla Adam | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
The Arctic Sea, a 4,700-ton cargo ship registered in Malta, owned by Russians and crewed by 15 Siberian sailors, dropped off the map shortly after it ...
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green
The United States is slowly starting to embrace shades of green, but a large part of the world is far ahead. See what our global neighbors are up to, ...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World
As Americans prepare celebrations for July 4th, it's worth taking a look around the globe to other countries who are equally as festive in commemorati...
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World
Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.
Scott Lachut | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business
Beyond giving possible groundbreaking ideas a new lease on life, the project points to a new kind of openness around intellectual property that has the potential to benefit society as a whole.
MarketWatch | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says people in Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the most content with their lives. T...
Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home
The European Parliament voted to ban imports of seal products Tuesday, including fur coats and even omega-3 pills, trying to force Canada to end the a...
Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
Branding someone as a socialist has become the slur du jour. If we could get beyond such nonsense, I think we could use a good debate about what goes on here compared to places with a long social-democratic tradition.
FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home