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IOC ACTIVITIES
This week, IOC President Jacques Rogge has been in Madrid for the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Spanish Olympic Academy, an occasion attended also by the Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón, and IOC members Lambis V. Nikolaou and Guy Drut. He took advantage of his time in Madrid to meet the Spanish NOC President…

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Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal), an NGO based in Kathmandu that conducts prison welfare work, bested 20 other NGOs from across the Asia-Pacific region to win the 2009 Asia Society-Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asia 21 Young Leaders Public Service Award (Asia 21 PSA). The organization will receive a cash prize of US$10,000 and will be represented by its founder,…

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DotAsia announces plan to release multilingual domain (IDN Internationalized Domain Name) registrations in 2010. Following announcements by ICANN to approve the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), DotAsia Organisation, the global top-level domain authority for .Asia, will accept IDN registrations starting in the second half of 2010 to address the pent up demand in Asia for multilingual web addresses.

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ARMONK, N.Y. IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the opening of telecommunications development centers to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) create new business models while improving the customer experience and operational efficiencies. Located in China, South Africa and Malaysia, the centers provide a broad array of advanced technical skills and specialized offerings.
IBM also announced a dedicated center in France…

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Hong Kong Customs smashed two drug trafficking cases at the Hong Kong International Airport these two days.

One case effected yesterday (November 17) and the Customs officers of the Airport Command arrested a woman and seized 1.2 kilogramme of heroin, with a street value of about one million dollar.

The officers yesterday evening intercepted the 26-year-old woman arriving from Kuala…

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The Asian Institute of Management announced yesterday that the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility on November 19 and 20 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel is fully subscribed. Of particular note is that delegates are coming from 23 countries. 473 are confirmed and registrations will be closed today.

With 73 speakers and moderators from 13 countries – the Asian Forum…

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Major new revenue streams being sought by Mobile Network Operators through additional, affordable VAS
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 10th, 2009 – Jinny Software, a leading global supplier of messaging and media platforms to mobile network operators, today announced it has a number of VoiceSMS trials underway with several Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) across Africa in countries, which include: Kenya, Tanzania…

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