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Belfast Telegraph, 08.01.09 12:32 UTC

Dell cuts 1,900 Limerick jobs

Computer giant Dell is to axe 1,900 jobs at its flagship manufacturing plant, the company confirmed today. In a devastating blow for the region, the US multinational will end production at its ...
Dublin  Dell  Texas  Poland  United States  Ireland  +12 more

The Register, 08.01.09 11:47 UTC

Dell shuts Limerick factory and scraps 1,900 jobs

Dell is closing its Limerick manufacturing facility, with the assembly plant's functions due to be transferred to a Polish plant in Lodz. The Limerick plant assembles notebooks, desktops and servers ...
Lodz  Dell  Poland  Middle East  Limerick manufacturing facility  Limerick factory  +2 more

Telegraph, 08.01.09 11:02 UTC

Dell to axe 1,900 jobs as it moves production from Ireland to Poland

Dell, the computer maker, is to axe 1,900 jobs at its flagship manufacturing plant in the west of Ireland in a blow for the region.
Dell  Poland  Ireland  Middle East  Sean Corkery  Limerick factory  +4 more

guardian.co.uk, 08.01.09 00:35 UTC

Satellite system to track illegal migrants in Europe and Africa

. A satellite system linking two continents became the latest weapon in Europe's armoury against illegal immigration yesterday, as police forces in countries as far apart as Spain , Senegal and ...
Praia  Dakar  Canary Islands  Cape Verde  Atlantic coast  high-speed communications  +10 more

Belfast Telegraph, 08.01.09 00:30 UTC

Mountaineer George, 14, aims for a world first

Trekking up the world’s highest mountains is not the typical pursuit of a 14-year-old. But this is no ordinary teenager. Ulster adventurer George Atkinson, along with his father Mark and a team ...
Kilimanjaro  Everest  Mount Vinson  Andes  Mount Aconcagua  Mount McKinley  +13 more

NPR, 07.01.09 22:02 UTC

Tracing The Highs And Lows Of The Bush Presidency

by Don Gonyea This is the second in a series examining President Bush's legacy. All Things Considered, January 7, 2009 · Two weeks from now, President Bush will be former President Bush, and what was ...
BAGHDAD  Florida  California  Iraq  Afghanistan  Osama bin Laden  +11 more

Telegraph, 07.01.09 18:07 UTC

Student inventor helps third world from granddad's potting shed

An inventor is helping underdeveloped nations with creations from her grandfather's potting shed in Yorkshire, including a refrigerator which does not require electricity.
car parts  energy  electricity-free refrigerator  Zambia  South Africa  Namibia  +4 more

guardian.co.uk, 07.01.09 15:05 UTC

It makes you want to spit

. A betel nut chewer in Papua, New Guinea News this morning that betel chewing is to be banned on the streets of Port Moresby will cause consternation throughout those parts of Asia and Africa, where ...
Port Moresby  mouth cancer  Depression  Australian Broadcasting Corporation  Papua  Asia  +1 more

The Independent, 07.01.09 13:31 UTC

Ghana to swear in opposition leader as president

Thousands of excited Ghanaians gathered today to see opposition leader John Atta Mills sworn in as president in a democratic transfer of power that has won plaudits from around Africa and the world. ...
Accra  Reuters  Ghana  United States  Bill Clinton  John Atta Mills  +5 more

Houston Chronicle - World, 07.01.09 13:01 UTC

Hostages freed from pirates off Somalia, Nigeria

PARIS Pirates freed 20 hostages aboard a Turkish freighter commandeered off the Somali coast, as nine captives on a French boat were released off southern Nigeria, the boat owners said today. The ...
Yasa Holding Co.  Gulf of Aden  Red Sea  Somali coast  Indian Ocean  southern oil region  +9 more
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