Four payments to be bundled into a single lumpsum worth 1.6bn euros, now due on June 30, global lender says.

While collusion between Saleh regime and al-Qaeda has long been suspected, Hani Mujahid names top official as key link.

iONiUM writes: Today the Bell Media president claimed that Canadians are 'stealing' US Netflix, saying the practice is "stealing just like stealing anything else." She went on to say that it is socially unacceptable behaviour, and "It has to become socially unacceptable to admit to another human being that you are VPNing into U.S. Netflix. Like throwing garbage out of your car window, you just don't do it. We have to get engaged and tell people they're stealing." Of course, I'm sure the fact that Bell Media profits from Canadian content has nothing to do with these remarks ...

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Congress has taken its first step toward surveillance reform. Josh Centers explains how we got here and what that means.

 

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'Mobilegeddon is here,' said one article I saw about SEO. Others have been similarly doom and gloom about Google's new emphasis on how well a site functions on mobile devices as a factor in search rankings. Brian Sutter, director of marketing for Wasp Barcode Technologies, lives and breathes this stuff -- and doesn't consider Google's algorithm change to be any sort of 'geddon.' He thinks you should be making a better mobile website because a growing percentage of your customers (and his) are viewing the WWW on mobile devices, not because of Google. Brian's not interested in site design and visibility because his company does SEO or designs websites. Rather, it's because he, as Wasp's marketing guy, wants their site to sit high in Google's rankings if someone is looking for bar code printers or scanners, and he's happy to share what he's learned with Wasp's customers and anybody else who's interested as a goodwill thing. Maybe you aren't directly interested in operating a website or trying to make one popular, but knowing what's going on in the SEO world (for real, as opposed to the flummery often associated with the letters 'SEO') may help you deal with your company's marketing people -- and could be valuable knowledge if you ever decide to start your own business.

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US researchers claim to have developed a single test that is able to identify past exposure to every known human virus infection, using a single drop of blood.

US researchers say new evidence casts doubt on the idea that global warming has "slowed" in recent years.

OPEC ministers review production as priorities shift from supply and demand to market share.

Asian Football Confederation calls Gulf "a true football region" amid pressure on FIFA to remove Qatar as hosts.

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