Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
From across the Pacific, to Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, iconic landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, New York's Empire State building and the Eiffel Tower in Paris will go dark.
West African leaders met for the final day of a summit on Thursday under pressure to act on Ivory Coast, while the head of their regional bloc sent a letter to Laurent Gbagbo condemning violent rhetoric.
Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS were expected to issue a statement on the crisis later in the day, after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said they may ask the United Nations to take further action.
Database software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday its net income rose 78 percent in the fiscal third quarter, helped by a rise in new software license sales and the benefit of three full months of revenue from Sun Microsystems, a company it acquired last year.
Oracle also issued earnings guidance for the current quarter that is higher than Wall Street expected. Shares climbed in extended trading.
s first Kindle book quickly moves to top 2% of Kindle sales at Amazon.com
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US billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Wednesday that the global economic recovery is steadily taking hold, even if is not as fast as people would like.
"The economy of America, United States and others around the world are improving month-by-month," America's most famous investor, the so-called "Oracle of Omaha", said during his first visit to India.
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is planning to join the ranks of Madonna, Prince and Bjork -- by dropping her last name, according to her mother.
"Lindsay is dropping the Lohan and just going by Lindsay," Dina Lohan told AOL celebrity news site Popeater.com on Friday.
s Warehouse, which is set to welcome the return of the National Theatre of Scotland production of Black Watch, will make the April 27 performance available free of charge to U.S. servicemen and women.
A total of 331 tickets have been made available to the performance and will be selected by lottery on April 6. According to St. Ann's, the tickets will be made available to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, active duty officers and their family members, as well as students.
Cellular service provider MTN said on Wednesday that it has launched a mobile phone life insurance scheme in Ghana in a bid to expand mobile financial services for low-income markets.
The South Africa-based company touted the service as the first of its kind in the world, saying the new programme will bring life insurance to people without bank accounts who could not previously buy policies.
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If you think about it, your choice of watch generally says a lot about your personal style. Whether you go for a traditional timepiece or a sleek digital one, its a tough choice. Fitting your personal sense of style into one of two categories doesnt leave much room for self-expression, with either a classic leather-strapped analog watch or a metal and plastic science-nerd design. Designer Ben Sherman has attempted to create a hybrid of the two opposing watch personalities, and the result is a timepiece that has elements of both cutting-edge design and traditional masculinity. The($72) has a steel base for the digital screen and a textured leather strap that will certainly wear better than plastic. The watch is water-resistant but not meant for swimming or diving, but you already knew that.
Classes are no longer teacher-driven - really fun to see how the students show each other what to do, totally oblivious of my presence".Says Mads Remvig, teacher from Danish School and students have found an easy way to comprehend difficult topics in math, with short animated videos instructing them on use. Assignments can be accessed anywhere and anytime, and students can solve them in their own time - with engaging curiosity, apparently.
CEO Stephan Stephensen of DELC says: "It is our intention to show that it is not just about learning styles, but learning "rooms". Future teachers will take advantage of several different learning platforms at the same time and in the same physical place. If learning is an experience - why not use the most influential and effective tool in this respect, since the students already know it, use it and have it? As a bonus, students acquire 21st century skills like dealing with complex problems and finding information fast, while using their mobiles in a learning context. It couldn't have been done without the support of all the major teleproviders, and DELC is thrilled they saw the many opportunities in delivering serious games to their growing number of young customers".
