Five facts about Google's content filtering announcement

NDTV Correspondent, Saturday February 4, 2012, New Delhi

Less than a week after a similar move by micro-blogging site Twitter, Internet major Google has unveiled plans to make content on its blogger platform selectively available, depending on the local rules of each country.

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Zuckerberg's big tax bill may benefit Facebook

By David Kocieniewski, The New York Times, Saturday February 4, 2012, New York

Few billionaires are willing to reveal much about their taxes. But the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has indirectly done so in the documents for his company's public stock offering later this year.

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Syria uprising: 200 killed, hundreds wounded in government assault

Associated Press, Saturday February 4, 2012, Beirut

In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.

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First ever video of dark side of the Moon released by NASA

Indo Asian News Service, Friday February 3, 2012, London

Rare and spectacular video footage of the far side of the Moon has been captured by a NASA spacecraft, The Telegraph reported on Thursday.

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Separated at birth, united on Facebook!

Agence France Presse, Friday February 3, 2012, Stockholm

Twins born in Indonesia and put up separately for adoption, have been reunited after finding each other on Facebook, living just 40 kilometres apart in southern Sweden, three decades later.

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Google unveils plans for country-specific content filtering on 'Blogger'

Press Trust of India, Friday February 3, 2012, New York/New Delhi

Less than a week after a similar move by micro-blogging site Twitter, Internet major Google has unveiled plans to make content on its blogger platform selectively available, depending on the local rules of each country.

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Hackers claim to leak conference call between FBI, Scotland Yard

Associated Press, Friday February 3, 2012, London

A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed on Friday.

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Indian in Dubai gets his million after four-month long wait

Press Trust of India, Friday February 3, 2012, Dubai

He quit his waiter's job after winning a million dirham jackpot only to languish for four months without a penny. But he has finally managed to lay his hands on the prized cheque.

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Panetta says Israel could strike Iran in spring: Report

Agence France Presse, Friday February 3, 2012, Brussels

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a "strong possibility" that Israel will strike Iran's nuclear installations this spring, a media report has said.

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Indian-American Preet Bharara appears on Time cover

Press Trust of India, Friday February 3, 2012, Washington

Eminent Indian-American attorney Preet Bharara has made it to the cover of the prestigious Time magazine for his crusade against Wall Street corruption and irregularities including insider trading. "This man is busting Wall Street" Bharar's picture appeared in the latest edition of Time on Thursday, the day on which he announced to have taken action against one of the oldest Swiss banks for having evaded American taxes and helping in flight of US money.

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