NAVTEQ(R) Introduces Global Map Coverage (SYS-CON Media)
NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has announced a broader set of data to complement its navigable NAVTEQ map. This new map, named Entry Map, is focused on providing basic road coverage. Entry Map has been developed for applications in global Geographic Information System (GIS), fleet, and location applications for wireless ......more...Brown backs education until 18 (ePolitix.com)
Gordon Brown will today back raising the school leaving age to 18. The chancellor is set to speak at the Microsoft government leaders in Europe forum in Edinburgh, where he is expected to stress the need for "a road map to lifelong learning" starting at 16....more... NAVTEQ Releases Complete Detailed Coverage for Western Europe (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, achieved the major milestone of 100% complete Detailed Coverage of Western Europe....more... Kurds embrace political militia (Kansas City Star)
QANDIL MOUNTAIN RANGE, Iraq | Deep in the mountains of eastern Iraq, a cluster of mud huts and the chatter of machine gun fire reveal another piece of the jigsaw puzzle called Kurdistan....more... In Iraq mountains, Kurds ready for battle (Holland Sentinel)
QANDIL MOUNTAIN RANGE, Iraq -- Deep in the mountains of eastern Iraq, a cluster of mud huts and the chatter of machine gun fire reveal another piece of the jigsaw puzzle called Kurdistan....more... International Solidarity Movement Update (Scoop.co.nz)
1. Photo exhibition at Huwwara checkpoint 2. Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts in Los Angeles 3....more... U.N. Kosovo proposal tries to appease all sides (Los Angeles Times)
Serbia, backed by Russia and China, says it won't accept independence. UNITED NATIONS ? A U.N. envoy unveiled a blueprint for Kosovo's future Friday that gives the province de facto independence without formal sovereignty, a compromise between the Serbian government's demand for control and the majority Albanians' wish for nationhood. ...more... Kurd guerrillas follow own rules (Seattle Times)
Recruits train to fight Iran, one of the four countries that rule the fractured Kurdish people. And though Washington has labeled their mother organization as terrorist, they appear to be operating unhindered in Iraqi territory controlled by U.S. forces....more... PART 7: progress (Sunday Herald)
BRITISH RAIL. British Telecom. The BBC. The Royal Mail. The list could go on, and some institutions have come and gone, but you get the point. For much of the past three centuries, the idea of Britain has been intrinsic to economic, social, technological and medical modernisation in Scotland....more... |