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“Serious efforts to complete cooperation”

Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says he “could not say whether we are closer or further away from the completion of our cooperation with the Hague Tribunal”. But he added that “it is certain that serious efforts are being made to complete the work”.

Barroso commends Serbian integration efforts

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Friday. Barroso commended Serbia’s success in submitting a demand for EU candidate status and the successful abolishment of the visa regime.

“Efforts toward more recognitions”

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said that PriÅ¡tina is focusing all efforts to secure new recognitions. Speaking on the second anniversary of Kosovo’s unilaterally proclaimed independence, Sejdiu said that “Kosovo has good relations with its neighbors in Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro”.

Stars call for tiger conservation efforts

As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction.  Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awarenessAs China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction. Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awareness

Will Strong iPad Sales Undo ATandT’s San Francisco, NY Efforts?

Apple surprised many people during its iPad launch by sticking with AT T as its mobile carrier. AT T, which faced quite a few jabs in about its iPhone service in 2009, says it’s addressing network issues in its two most problematic cities, New York and San Francisco. But will a successful iPad launch add stresses AT T can’t afford?
– The Apple iPad is one more device soon to be gobbling data on the AT amp;T
network.

During AT amp;T’s
announcement of its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Jan. 28, however,
executives noted that progress
has been made in New York and San Francisco two areas where AT amp;T
has previously ac…


Guantanamo deadline passes but US closure efforts continue

President Barack Obama’s self-imposed deadline for closing Guantanamo passed unmet Friday, as the administration moved closer to trying the alleged 9/11 plotters, but also to US indefinite detention. Friday marked a year to the day since Obama signed an executive order pledging to close the

OpenSUSE Corrals Community Software Efforts

eWEEK Labs’ Jason Brooks and Andrew Garcia discuss Novell’s latest community-oriented Linux OS, OpenSUSE 11.2, which is packed with official OpenSUSE versions of the latest and greatest of what the open-source software world has to offer. Where OpenSUSE 11.2 sets itself apart from its Linux rivals is its focus on highlighting community software contributions alongside the official distribution-provided packages. This community software focus, combined with the long time power user orientation of SUSE distributions, makes OpenSUSE 11.2 a very configurable–but potentially confusing–Linux-based operating system option.
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“Sweden has recognized Serbia’s efforts”

Serbian ambassador to Stockholm Ninoslav Stojadinović said that Sweden was pushing for Serbia’s EU candidacy application, and that its efforts paid off. “As it is known, Sweden supports EU enlargement, especially for the countries of the Western Balkans, of which Serbia is in first place as far as capacities and cadres are concerned, and deserves to be in the EU,” Stojadinović said.

Verhagen: Serbian efforts significant

Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said that the Serbian government has made significant efforts over the last year in its European integration. “We are now waiting for the new report from (Hague Chief Prosecutor) Serge Brammertz to the UN Security Council in early December, to check if the Serbian government is doing everything it can in cooperation with the Tribunal, including its efforts to arrested the remaining two indictees, Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić,” Verhagen told daily Politika.

US President Barack Obama congratulated Hamid Karzai on his re-election as President of Afghanistan and asked him to improve governance, besides eradicating corruption. Congratulating Karzai over telephone on his re-election on Tuesday, Obama told the Afghan leader that his administration needs to be more serious in its efforts to eradicate corruption. Later, Obama said that Karzai assured him that he understood the importance of the time of his re-election. “But as I indicated to him, the proof is not going to be in words, it is going to be in deeds,” Obama said. Informing reporters about his call with Karzai, Obama said at his Oval Office, “I spoke with President Karzai and I congratulated him on his election for the second term as President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.” Although the process was messy, the US President said he was pleased with the final outcome as it was in accordance with Afghan law. This, according to him, was important not only for the international community that has invested so much in Afghan success, but most importantly, is important for the Afghans that the results were in accordance with and followed the rules laid down by the country’s constitution. “I did emphasize to President Karzai that the American people and the international community as a whole want to continue to partner with him and his government in achieving prosperity and security in Afghanistan,” Obama said.

Iran said on Monday it is ready for new talks on how to procure nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor and prepared to purchase the supplies from any world producer.
“We are ready for the next meeting regarding the supply of fuel for the Tehran research reactor,” Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s envoy to the [...]

OSCE praises efforts against human trafficking

OSCE mission chief to Serbia Dimitrios Kypreos has praised the government’s efforts in combating human trafficking.

Ahead of October 18, European Day Against Human Trafficking, Kypreos said that “the OSCE mission fully supports efforts by the Serbian authorities to conduct a national strategy in combating human trafficking.”

Cisco, IBM Continue to Expand Smart Grid Efforts

A day after IBM rolled out its SAFE smart grid platform for power companies and software vendors, Cisco announced its Smart Grid Ecosystem, designed to bring together such players and service providers, energy companies and IT vendors for building a standards- and IP-based communications infrastructure for smart grids. Cisco also created a technical advisory board of power companies to help Cisco align its efforts with the customers needs.
– Cisco Systems and IBM continue to pull in partners and roll out products and services tied to their smart grid efforts.
A day after IBM introduced a platform designed
to make it easier for utilities to become more efficient and software
makers to build their offerings, Cisco Sept. 17 is announcin…


Microsoft Open-Source Efforts to Go ‘Mainstream`

Despite losing a key advocate in its open-source efforts, Microsoft’s focus on advancing its relationship with the open-source community will continue apace.
– Despite losing a key advocate in its open-source efforts,
Microsoft’s focus on advancing its relationship with the open-source
community will continue apace.
Sam Ramji, Microsoft’s senior director of Platform Strategy, is
leaving the company as of Sept. 25 to become interim president of the Code…


Lithuania “backs Serbia’s EU efforts”

Lithuania fully supports Serbia’s efforts for EU integration and its companies are interested in investing in Serbia. This is according to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić who on Monday visited that country and met with his Lithuanian counterpart Vygaudas Usackas.

Drought takes toll on Iraq revival efforts

What was known as history’s fertile crescent, where lush farmland and abundant water gave rise to civilisation, is today a dusty desert where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers crawl sluggishly toward the sea. Vast tracts of Iraqi farmland are cracked and barren, precious marshes have dried up

Biden In Ukraine To Pledge Continued Support Despite Russia Efforts

KIEV, Ukraine — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Kiev on Monday to pledge continued support for Ukraine and was expected to calm fears that Washington’s efforts to improve relations with Russia may come at the expense of ex-Sovie…

Former Health Insurance Exec Comes Clean About Industry Efforts To Discredit “Sicko”

On Friday’s edition of “Bill Moyers Journal” the PBS host sat down Wendell Potter, a former Head of Corporate Communications at health insurance giant CIGNA, to talk about how the industry crafted its plan of attack for discrediting Michael Mo…