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NGOs encourage K. Serbs to vote

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and Biljana Kovačević-Vučo Foundation have launched a campaign encouraging Kosovo Serbs to vote in the elections.

Representatives of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia have continued to encourage Kosovo Serbs to go to the polls during their visit to municipality of Gnjilane.

Apple Tablet to Encourage New, Pricier Apps

Devices expected to be Apple tablets have been noticed by mobile analytics firm Flurry, according to The New York Times, which reports that the devices are running applications that take advantage of the devices large screen. The screens potential is expected to encourage new, and likely pricier, apps.
– The tablet that Apple is expected to introduce during an
event scheduled for Jan. 27 is likely to shake up not only the e-reader world
but the app kingdom which Apple, with its 100,000-plus applications,
already rules.
Mobile analytics company Flurry, which collects data about
applications b…


Shanghai to encourage two-child families

Shanghai is to encourage some families to have two children as China takes steps to relax its strict one-child policy in response to the ageing population, state press reported Friday. Urban couples in China’s most populous city will be urged to have two children if the husband and wife are

Spain tries to encourage start-ups: Nurturing the youngsters

Spain’s infant firms need more than a junior stockmarket to help them grow

BESIDES entertaining millions of tiny tots around the world, Pocoyo, an animated cartoon character, this week briefly caught the attention of Spanish investors. Zinkia, the company that produces the programme, became the first firm to list on Spain’s new small-cap exchange, the Mercado Alternativo Bursatil (MAB), created to nurture corporate infants and help more of them reach maturity.

It may seem an odd time to be going public. The market in Europe has been shut for months. But Spain’s smaller firms are desperate for cash. They complain that the banks, which are heavily exposed to the burst property bubble, have become extremely reluctant to lend to them. …

US will encourage India, China and Russia to tackle global agenda: Clinton

Spelling out the United States’ foreign policy initiatives for the immediate future, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday said that Washington would put special emphasis on encouraging major and emerging global powers – China, India, Russia and Brazil, as well as Turkey, Indonesia, and South Africa – to be full partners in tackling the global [...]