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ECNS: Anti-monopoly actions unlikely to affect Swiss companies http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/08-23/131141.shtml

FORBES: Here’s How Obama’s Russia Sanctions Will Destroy Vladimir Putin http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/04/28/heres-how-…mir-putin/

HUFF POST: 150 Years After the First Geneva Convention, Switzerland and the ICRC Call for Greater Respect for International Humanitarian Law http://www.huffingtonpost.com/didier-burkhalter/150-years-af…02658.html

ABC NEWS: Former Japanese PM Naoto Kan urges Australia to wean world off uranium, focus on renewables www.abc.net.au/news/2014–08-22/move-towards-renewables-forme…ia/5691118

FORBES: Here’s What Ukraine’s Poroshenko Should Offer Vladimir Putin Next Week In Minsk… Nothing http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/08/23/heres-what…-in-minsk/

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Alexander Dugin and the Philosophy Behind Putin’s Invasion of Crimea http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141080/anton-barbashi…tins-brain

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Japan’s Offshore Wind Power Rises within Sight of Fukushima Nuclear Plant http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/japans-offshore-wi…ear-plant/

BLOOMBERG: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Starts Generating http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-11/fukushima-f…power.html

REUTERS: Fancy flying to work on a Hoverbike? https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/hoverbike-aims-aviation-level-170018218.html

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Tell Us How You Would Upgrade Your Brain http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-you-could-upgra…ou-change/

FASTCOEXIST: The Promise Of A Cancer Drug Developed By Artificial Intelligence http://www.fastcoexist.com/3033737/the-promise-of-a-cancer-d…telligence

FORBES: Alien Artifacts On The Moon? http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2014/07/23/crowdso…artifacts/

SCIENCE ALERT: Alzheimer’s patients to be treated with the blood of under-30s http://pda.sciencealert.com.au/news/20142108-26046.html

DISCOVERY: Google Aims to Archive All Human Knowledge http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/google-aims-to-archi…NewsSocial

NANOWERKL A breakthrough in imaging gold nanoparticles to atomic resolution by electron microscopy http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=37048.php#ixzz3BFch8go4

SPLOID: Space station cosmonauts find life in the vacuum of space http://sploid.gizmodo.com/space-station-cosmonauts-find-life…socialflow

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: How can we make our cities carbon-free? http://forumblog.org/2014/07/growing-green-cities/?utm_conte…ign=buffer

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: Google: the search engine pioneering our future http://forumblog.org/2014/08/google-search-engine-technology-pioneer/

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: How can central bankers avoid another financial crisis? http://forumblog.org/2014/08/central-bankers-guardians-finance/

REUTERS: Obama orders review of police use of military hardware: official http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-usa-missouri-sh…O920140823

REUTERS: Merkel says tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-ukraine-crisis-…IS20140823

REUTERS: Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire as fighting rages http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0GM11320140823

REUTERS: Apple iPhone 6 screen snag leaves supply chain scrambling http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-apple-iphone-idUSKBN0GM0N620140822

REUTERS: Amazon developing own online advertising software: WSJ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-amazon-com-adve…7420140823

REUTERS: Walgreen stores go offline due to technical glitch http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-walgreen-outage…1O20140822

REUTERS: Obama tech policy maven moves to Silicon Valley role http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-government-tech…Y820140823

BBC: Why reprogramming tiny life could reap rich rewards http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140821-why-we-should-make-new-lifeforms

DER SPIEGEL: A Crazy Plan for a Mars Colony http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/project-seeks-to-c…87080.html

DER SPIEGEL: Is the Islamic State Beating Al-Qaida? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/brookings-scholar-…87294.html

THE GUARDIAN: US ‘set to launch air strikes’ on senior Isis terror chiefs in Syria http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/23/us-air-strikes-…considered

THE GUARDIAN: Ebola outbreak: British national living in Sierra Leone tests positive for virus www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/23/ebola-outbreak-briti…s-positive

THE GUARDIAN: Volcanic eruption beneath Iceland’s Dyngjujökull glacier sparks red alert http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/23/iceland-volcano…on-glacier

THE GUARDIAN: Ed Balls says Scotland would have to join the euro as ‘least bad’ option http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/23/ed-balls-sco…dependence

THE GUARDIAN: What is it like for a small business when your website gets hacked? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/22/small-busi…r-security

THE GUARDIAN: Google’s prototype self-driving car will have a steering wheel after all http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/22/google-sel…ring-wheel

THE INDEPENDENT: Two Galileo satellites launched into space by European Space Agency to create rival to GPS system end up in the wrong orbit http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/two-galileo-satell…87438.html

THE INDEPENDENT: Spain’s ‘Google Tax’: will charging companies to link to articles help or hurt newspapers? http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new…79248.html

THE LOCAL: Merkel & Obama fire warning to Russia http://www.thelocal.de/20140823/merkel-obama-fire-warning-to-russia

THE LOCAL: Crimea annexation unnerves Germans: Poll http://www.thelocal.de/20140822/crimea-annexation-unnerves-germans-poll

DER SPIEGEL: Impending volcanic eruption: Iceland imposed Red Alert http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

DER SPIEGEL: Exposed to European satellite in the wrong orbit: navigation system Galileo http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

DER SPIEGEL: Risky cheap energy: madman brown coal boom http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

DER SPIEGEL: Fish and coral reefs destroyed avoid http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

DER SPIEGEL: Related to Ebola: New drug protects monkeys against Marburg fever http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

DER SPIEGEL: Glacier data from space: Less ice, more sea http://bit.ly/1pUc03P

AUSTRIAN TIMES: Austrian economy falls in line with the European trend http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Business/2014-06-03…pean_trend

AUSTRIAN TIMES: Austrian company to build Irish motorway http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Business/2014-05-05…h_motorway

AUSTRIAN TIMES: Russia and Austria sign major gas deal http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Business/2014-04-30…_gas_deal_

FOX NEWS: Iceland says subglacial eruption is under way http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/23/iceland-raises-aviat…latestnews

FOX NEWS: Can Ford’s Next Hybrid Beat the Prius? http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/08/21/can-ford-ne…eat-prius/

FOX NEWS: ‘Very dangerous’: Pentagon says armed Chinese jet did ‘barrel roll’ over US aircraft www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/22/chinese-jet-threatened-u…latestnews

FOX NEWS: Should eBay rebrand itself as PayPal? http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3744137689001/should-ebay-reb…show-clips

FOX NEWS: Malicious software in cash registers could affect more than 1,000 US retailers, gov’t warns http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/22/malicious-software-in…=obnetwork

FOX NEWS: Could Apple’s CarPlay confuse? http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/22/could-apple-carplay-c…=obnetwork

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Canada and U.S. central bankers struggle to make sense of mixed jobs data http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/jo…e20184968/

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Vancouver housing data reveal Chinese connection www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/housing/v…e20164662/

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Over 1,000 U.S. businesses affected by same cyber attack that hit Target http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/internatio…e20179782/

THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Data-mining retailers prove it’s hip to use Square http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-n…e20163942/

THE TIMES: Police set to launch raids in hunt for ‘Jihadi John’ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4184934.ece

THE TIMES: Police ‘turned blind eye’ to killing spree by neo-Nazi gang http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4184605.ece

EL PAIS: The Twitter of the homeless http://bit.ly/1wmnUZ4

EL PAIS: Samsung buys Quietside http://bit.ly/1wmnUZ4

EL PAIS: Brazil prohibits Secret, an application that publishes anonymously http://bit.ly/1wmnUZ4

EL PAIS: The fiber now accounts for 73% of new broadband lines http://bit.ly/1wmnUZ4

DVICE: 5 artificial organs getting better by the day http://www.dvice.com/archives/2010/03/turn_yourself_i.php

LE MONDE: China denies endangering American fighter aircraft http://bit.ly/VJeiXA

LE MONDE: “The Islamic state, the alliance between al-Qaida and Call of Duty” http://bit.ly/VJeiXA

THE ECONOMIST: Davy Jones’s heat locker http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/2161316…swer-seems\

ENTREPRENEUR: How to Win Clients Your First Week in Business http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/236217

CBSNEWS: 3D-printed vertebra used in spine surgery http://www.cbsnews.com/news/3d-printed-vertebra-used-in-spine-surgery/

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES: Himax-Lumus Collaborate to Develop The Next Generation Of Smart Glasses http://wearabletechnologies.co.uk/2014/08/himax-lumus-collab…t-glasses/

DAILY MAIL: Is this America’s new ‘space taxi’? Boeing blasts into the lead in race to replace the shuttle http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2732291/Is-Am…boost.html

DAILY MAIL: Evidence of one of the universe’s oldest stars discovered — and it may been have hundreds of times more massive than the sun http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2732029/Evide…e-sun.html

CBSNEWS: SpaceX rocket explodes during test flight in Texas http://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-rocket-explodes-during-test-flight-in-texas/

CBSNEWS: Paparazzi now using drones to hunt down and photograph stars http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paparazzi-take-to-the-skies-to-p…th-drones/

HUFF POST: Why I Don’t Want My Kids to Succeed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-tyler-lee/why-i-dont-…mg00000023

GIZMODO: The Ultra-Laborious Way the FBI Matched Fingerprints to Paper Files http://gizmodo.com/the-ultra-laborious-way-the-fbi-matched-f…socialflow

DAILY MAIL: Car bombs kill 30 Baghdad and Kurdish-held Kirkuk as Syrian warplanes bomb caliphate capital http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2732767/Car-bombs-ki…z3BGWPca4n

FOX BOSTON: Counter-terrorism expert weighs in on ISIS threat, says citizens should be vigilant http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/26349956/counter-terrorism-…e-vigilant

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Amazon Prepares Online Advertising Program http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-preps-a-challenge-to-g…1408747979

BIOSPACE: Move Over San Francisco: Boston Showing Its Pharmaceutical Potential — See more at: http://www.biospace.com/News/move-over-san-francisco-boston-…GOkOP.dpuf

CNBC: Future Fashion: 10 Wearable Tech Trends to Watch http://www.cnbc.com/id/100853138/page/1

COGNIZANT: The Internet of Things (IoT) is turning out to be bigger than the Internet itself. http://www.cognizant.com/perspectives/decomposing-the-intern…pportunity

THE ATLANTIC: Facebook and Google Own the Future of Advertising—in 2 Charts http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/facebook…ign=buffer

DAILY MAIL: The moment paralysed woman served herself first cup of coffee in 15 years… thanks to robot arm activated by mind-reading brain implant http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2145314/Paral…plant.html

TECHCRUNCH: Clean CRM Data Starts With A Great Mobile Experience http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/23/salesforce-may-still-need-a…um=twitter

WIRED: 100 Years of Automotive Innovation, in One Amazing Display http://www.wired.com/2014/08/pebble-beach-concours-best-cars…id-1431071

WALL STREET JOURNAL: More Than 1,000 Businesses Affected by ‘Backoff’ Malware http://online.wsj.com/articles/more-than-1-000-businesse…1408746408

NASA WATCH: SpaceX’s Dragon Carrying NASA Cargo Resupplies Space Station http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=43510

FINANCIAL POST: Draghi says ECB ready to do more, eurozone recovery remains ‘uniformly weak’ http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/22/draghi-says-ecb…rmly-weak/

FINANCIAL POST: Argentina lashes out at U.S. judge for ‘imperialist’ comments amid debt saga http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/22/argentina-lashe…debt-saga/

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