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Wednesday, 9 de April del 2008 Click on the picture to enlarge FIAT 500 Abarth Photos . via Classic Rallies

“Therefore, after the end of a search session, personal data could be deleted and continued storage ... needs an adequate justification.”

The new report from the EU-funded privacy watchdog recommended that search engines follow European data protection rules regardless of their headquarters' location. via San Francisco Chronicle

“More consolidation should and will happen”

Two technology industry groups said on Tuesday they will combine to amplify the call for better Internet security. via The State

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union has cleared the way for airlines to allow cell phone calls during flights in European skies. via StarTribune

“We are making an educated guess that this is in control of growth of cells in the human brain.”

Mutations in a key section of a human sex chromosome appear to be able to cause mental retardation, an Australian researcher said on Thursday. via Daily News

Marcus Burghardt won last year, but the High Road rider is sidelined with a knee injury Photo ©: AFP The Kemmelberg will keep on kicking in 2008 with its inclusion in the 70th Gent-Wevelgem despite ... via Bike-Zone

“In-flight mobile phone services can be a very interesting new service especially for those business travelers who need to be ready to communicate wherever they are”

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union on Monday opened the way for air travelers to use mobile phones to talk, text or send e-mails on planes throughout Europe's airspace. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Sunday, April 06, 2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium: Belgian police raided suspected offices of a Kurdish rebel group in three locations on Friday, arresting 29 women, a news network reported. via The News

“I'd recommend it to every parent”

Megan Stater , a Sheridan Japanese School eighth-grader, claps Friday during the finals of the state geography bee at Western Oregon University. via Statesman Journal

“The Defense and Foreign ministries are mobilized to act as quickly as possible, I hope in the coming minutes or hours to try to win the freedom of these hostages”

Pirates seized control of a French luxury yacht carrying 30 crew members yesterday off the coast of Somalia, the French government and the ship's owner said. via Hometown Annapolis

“As well as the exhibition, the forum will include business school seminars and presentations. 30-minute master-classes should demonstrate the quality of teaching and lecture format, and give potential students an idea of the school's atmosphere”

The global career and education network Quacquarelli Symonds and GreenTown Consulting Group will hold an MBA Forum in St. via St.Petersburg Times

By AOIFE WHITE The Associated Press Friday, April 4, 2008; 1:45 AM BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union finance ministers hold two-day talks in Slovenia starting Friday to address the growing economic troubles ... via Washington Post

“The European Commission has an obligation to live up to their commitments. We hope they exercise that right.”

Canadian Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation Loyola Sullivan, left, and the Premier of Nunavut Paul Okalik attend a media conference regarding the Canadian seal hunt at the Canadian Embassy in Brussels. via Canadian Business Magazine

“I'm going to get me a brand new pink Cadillac”

Veterans Service Officer Fran Everson, 65, Sturgeon Bay, retired after 30 years on the job. via Door County Advocate

“The relationship between Montenegro and the EU is very good”

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic met with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Brussels on Tuesday about relations between Podgorica and the EU and ways to boost regional ... via Balkan Times

Late last year, the EU authorized Britain to provide emergency aid to the bank, a prominent victim of the subprime mortgage crisis, for six months. via KVML

“Despite pre-clinical data suggesting marked efficacy of pimecrolimus in suppressing neointimal hyperplasia, the extent of tissue growth and resulting rates of target vessel revascularization at six months were high in patients treated with this drug”

A new medication that researchers had hoped would reduce the risk of arterial renarrowing after stenting has turned in a disappointing performance in a multicenter clinical trial, but the multi-reservoir stent ... via EurekAlert!

“It is the economic lifeline of the country and been under the control of a bunch of thugs, gangs (and) militias. Over the long term it's unacceptable.”

The flare-up in violence in Shiite areas of southern Iraq and Baghdad has yet to alter U.S. plans to withdraw more combat forces this spring, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

Gates, speaking to reporters traveling with him from Brussels, Belgium, to the Danish capital, offered a mildly upbeat assessment of the Iraqi government's military intervention in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

He said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to be commended for taking the initiative in Basra, and he described the Iraqi security forces as having performed reasonably well, with American support. Read more

“They're dealing with it ... One of the best things about a small community is people understand and people are willing to help.”

A spring break trip from Carlyle to Europe turned tragic when a Grade 12 student was killed in a traffic accident in Belgium. via Leader Post

The Associated Press Friday, March 28, 2008; 11:54 AM BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union regulators said Friday they opened an investigation into Nokia Corp. via The Washington Post