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Doug Engelbart, father of the mouse, dies at 88
04 Jul 2013
Apart from the ubiquitous computer attachment, Doug Engelbart also laid the foundation for word processing, email, and the internet
Snowden widens asylum search after Russia says ‘nyet’
02 Jul 2013
Snowden has now nowhere to go with Ecuador saying it never intended to facilitate his flight from Hong Kong and Venezuela dilly-dallying on the issue of providing asylum to the fugitive whistleblower
Mark Weinberger becomes EY global chairman and CEO
01 Jul 2013
Global consulting giant EY today announced the appointment of Mark Weinberger as global chairman and CEO
'Bad English' saved Japan's banks from global crisis: Japanese Dy PM
28 Jun 2013
Lax understanding of English helped Japanese banks emerge largely unscathed from the global financial crisis, says Japan's deputy prime minister and finance minister Taro Aso
Rudd back as Australian PM after Gillard loses labour ballot
27 Jun 2013
Julia Gillard lost the Labour Party leadership ballot just months ahead of the general elections due in September to rival Kevin Rudd, whom she had ousted in 2010
Pak agency formally charges Musharraf with Benazir killing
25 Jun 2013
The chargesheet submitted today contained the statements of four witnesses, including two American reporters
Italy’s ex-PM Berlusconi gets 7-yr sentence in sex scandal
25 Jun 2013
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office by a lower court in Milan
Qatar's emir hands over power to 33-year-old son
25 Jun 2013
US pressures Russia, blasts China as Snowden flees again
25 Jun 2013
The US has revoked Snowden's passport, and he is thought to have spent the night in an airside hotel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
Vasco Da Gama’s Indian journal now on UNESCO’s top list
21 Jun 2013
The hand written journal of Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyage to India during the 15th century describes situations of danger, treason, diseases, contact with people on shore, the arrival of the Portuguese, gifts exchanged and war equipment
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