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Masher and Netlog partner to get 52 million users Mashing

LONDON 11/07/09 · – Masher, the online video mixing application, today...

Yahoo! to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conference

Sunnyvale, CA 11/06/09 · Live Webcast Available - Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO)...

VOA Correspondent Wins International Broadcasting Award for Sri Lanka Coverage

WASHINGTON, D.C. 11/06/09 · Voice of America (VOA) correspondent Steve Herman was...

Social Selling in a Sales 2.0 World Live Webinar - November 11, 2009

NEW YORK 11/06/09 · WHAT?: "Social Selling in a Sales 2.0 World"...

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

CUPERTINO, CA 11/06/09 · Apple® today announced that developers have created over...

VOA Correspondent Wins International Broadcasting Award for Sri Lanka Coverage

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 11/06/09 — By VOA
Voice of America (VOA) correspondent Steve Herman was recognized by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) for his coverage of Sri Lanka’s civil war. Herman’s reporting was called "highly commended" in...

British PM Brown Vows to Fight On in Afghanistan

LONDON (RPRN) 11/06/09 — By VOA
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says his government remains committed to the mission in Afghanistan as public support for the war falls in Britain.In a speech in London in Friday,...

Iranian Opposition Supporters Return to Streets

CAIRO (RPRN) 11/05/09 — By VOA
By Edward Yeranian Iranian police have clashed with opposition demonstrators who tried to take over a government sanctioned protest organized to mark the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S....

Iranians Rally on Anniversary of American Embassy Takeover

CAIRO (RPRN) 11/04/09 — By VOA
By Elizabeth Arrott Iran is marking the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, with anti-American demonstrations. But opposition forces are using the occasion to protest their...

VOA Looks Back at the Fall of the Berlin Wall

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 11/03/09 — By VOA
The Voice of America (VOA) will broadcast this week a radio, television and Internet series on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Reports from the United...

N. Korea Announces More Production of Nuclear Weapons Material

SEOUL (RPRN) 11/03/09 — By VOA
By Kurt Achin North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons.  The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks,...

Afghan Presidential Challenger Withdraws, Creating Turmoil

ISLAMABAD (RPRN) 11/02/09 — By VOA
By Sean Maroney Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah says he will not participate in this week's runoff election against President Hamid Karzai. He accused the government of not meeting his demands...

Accused Al-Qaida Sleeper Agent sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

Pretoria, Illinois (RPRN) 10/30/09 — By VOA
By Kane Farabaugh Accused al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri has been sentenced to more than eight years in a civilian prison. The Qatar native was labeled an "enemy combatant and held...

Afghanistan Strategy More Than Proposed Military Buildup, U.S. Ambassador To VOA

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 10/29/09 — By VOA
As the debate intensifies over a proposed U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan, the U.S. Ambassador in Kabul says the strategy goes far beyond military operations against Taliban extremists. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry...

Iran Hands Over Response to Uranium Deal

TEHRAN (RPRN) 10/29/09 — By VOA
Iranian state media say the government has presented its response to a United Nations-brokered nuclear fuel deal.The state-owned Al-Aram television station said an envoy delivered the response Thursday to the...