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Sunday, August 10, 2014


Chinese Government Rejects Apple's iPad   http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/chinese-government-rejects-apples-ipad/d/d-id/1297833

More on the Ebola Front – Another Drug in Clinical Trial   http://www.21stcentech.com/ebola-front-drug-clinical-trial/

THE MOSCOW TIMES: Russia to Ban All U.S. Food Imports and EU Fruit and Veg, State Media Says http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/504699.html

Germany: Russian Tycoon’s Mother Dies  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/world/europe/germany-russian-tycoons-mother-dies.html?_r=0

Putin Urges Economic Retaliation for Sanctions Over Ukraine Conflict  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/world/europe/putin-urges-economic-retaliation-for-sanctions-over-ukraine-conflict.html

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Deal Stalls as Tensions Over Ukraine Rise  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/world/europe/us-nuclear-deal-with-russia-fails-as-tensions-rise.html?smid=tw-share

Yelp Translator Takes the Guesswork Out of Foreign Reviews   http://mashable.com/2014/08/09/yelp-review-translator/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

Bitcoin: How small business can get to grips with the new virtual currency   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/festival-of-business/11019632/Bitcoin-How-small-business-can-get-to-grips-with-the-new-virtual-currency.html

Dramatic 'supermoon' and Perseid meteor shower to light up night skies on Sunday   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/11021078/Dramatic-supermoon-and-Perseid-meteor-shower-to-light-up-night-skies-on-Sunday.html

Yahoo joins Google in effort to protect users' emails from prying eyes  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/11020741/Yahoo-joins-Google-in-effort-to-protect-users-emails-from-prying-eyes.html?placement=CB1

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: Obama's Bombshell, The Unintended Consequences of Air Strikes in Iraq http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141842/steven-simon/obamas-bombshell

REUTERS: U.S. call for South China Sea 'freeze' gets cool response from China  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/09/us-asean-southchinasea-idUSKBN0G904O20140809

REUTERS: Security experts call for government action against cyber threats  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/09/us-cybersecurity-hackers-policy-idUSKBN0G90MC20140809

How Google's Calico aims to fight aging and 'solve death'  http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/tech/innovation/google-calico-aging-death/


FOX NEWS:  Ukraine president says he'll consider aid mission as Obama, Merkel warn Russia not to intervene  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/10/ukraine-president-says-hell-consider-aid-mission-as-obama-merkel-warn-russia/