Skype founders to launch broadband TV service

Skype founders to launch broadband TV service: Skype founders to launch broadband TV service The founders of Skype, the free internet phone service, have just announced their plan to launch a broadband television service early next year. Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the entrepreneurs who were also behind the Kazaa file-sharing service, are said to […]

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Waxman on warpath over Blackwater payments

Waxman on warpath over Blackwater payments: Joseph Neff and Jay Price, Staff Writers The Democrat slated to be the U.S. House’s lead watchdog next year demanded answers Thursday about why Blackwater USA was paid so much for security work in Iraq — and why, in fact, the North Carolina company was paid at all. Taxpayers […]

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Meanwhile back in Kabul……

New Taliban rules target Afghan teachers – Yahoo! News: KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban gunmen who murdered two teachers in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday were only following their rules: Teachers receive a warning, then a beating, and if they continue to teach must be killed. The new list of 30 rules, decided on during a […]

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The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006:

Foreign Policy: The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006: United States Funds the Taliban The Taliban’s resurgence brought the ongoing war in Afghanistan back onto the front pages in 2006. From record opium production to suicide bombings, the outlook has only grown dimmer in the past 12 months. What you probably didn’t hear is […]

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