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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The event went extremely well. It was a great success with around 500 people in the afternoon at the Palace of Arts http://www.mupa.hu/index.jsp . Over 120 got the opportunity to challenge my sisters and me in the simultaneous exhibition. Among them were a number of celebrities such as Ivan Fischer (the world famous conductor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Fischer , Pal Schmitt (in the picture...
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Google Earth Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I just noticed a nice 3D Tour of some notable sites in Budapest, Hungary over at EarthSwoop. EarthSwoop lets anyone create tours of places in Google Earth using the Earth API and plugin - which right now only runs on Windows (Google is over due on their promise made in May to deliver a Mac version by August). Click on the different links below the EarthSwoop window to see a flying tour to several...
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Budapest daily photo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our guest photographer is toth_janika. A couple of days ago I posted about the Feneketlen lake which you can find in the 11th district in Budapest. He sent me this photo on Flickr to show the same place from an other angle. And I asked his permission to show it to you, too:) — News on my [...]
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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Budapest, Hungary - Prosecutors investigating a Hungarian man wanted by Nazi hunters as a war criminal are considering expanding their investigation to Serbia. Efraim Zuroff, head of the Israeli office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, claims that 94-year-old Sandor Kepiro took part in the killings some 1,200 Serb and Jewish civilians in Novi Sad, Serbia, in early 1942. But [...]
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
IAIS press conference, Budapest, 16 October 2008 The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) IAIS, Service (IAIS@bis.org) IAIS_pres…pdf (59.8 KB) Fri 10/10/08 The topic will be: Insurance and the Globalisation of Financial Services: Challenges for Worldwide Regulation and Supervision The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS),...
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Blogs for the NC State Community (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Budapest, Hungary 10 - 14 October 2008 Where: Gödör Klub, Budapest V. ker., Erzsébet tér Times: 6pm - 10pm on Oct 10, 13, 14 and 4.30pm - 10pm on Oct 11 & 12 Take a cycle ride in the streets around Budapest. A games console mounted on your handlebars will guide you as you roll through the city. Slip down an alley and find yourself in a quiet corner. Make a recording, then move on glimpsing traces of...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defense ministers reached a compromise agreement yesterday that allows forces operating in Afghanistan to target heroin networks funding the Taliban. The deal, viewed by the Pentagon as critical to beating back a resurgent Taliban, essentially allows some members of the military alliance to opt out of counternarcotics operations.
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Google Maps Mania (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last Saturday Google Maps Mania posted a virtual 3D Tour of Tokyo. The post proved quite popular, so this week I thought I'd point you towards two other virtual weekend breaks - Budapest and Rome. Budapest EarthSwoop have a large collection of Google Earth Browser plug-in tours. One of my favourites is this tour of Budapest. The tour includes the 3D buildings of the Buda Castle, Heroes Square, the...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
BUDAPEST: NATO Defence Ministers on Friday authorised their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. “With regard to counter-narcotics ...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
BUDAPEST, Oct. 10 -- NATO defense ministers reached a compromise agreement Friday that allows forces operating in Afghanistan to target heroin networks funding the Taliban. The deal, viewed by the Pentagon as critical to beating back a resurgent Taliban, essentially allows some members of the mil...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Budapest - MOL plc, Hungary's expansion-minded oil and gas group, nearly doubled its stake in Croatian energy company INA to more than 47 per cent in a deal worth 1.2 billion dollars, MOL said Friday. MOL said it expects anti-trust regulators to appr...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
9 OCTOBER ARRIVAL INTO BUDAPESTUp early to catch the supposedly direct train from Ljubljana to Budapest at 740am. Train was empty and basically stayed that way which was nice. I had a little six birth cabin thing to myself pretty much for the first four hours except for a lady who came in at one stop and then left at the next stop 15 minutes later. So I stretched out and napped not much els
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Bratislava 17112007. With these lads from Down Under gone it looks like I will have the dorm all to myself tonight. Tomorrow will be leaving time for me Budapest will be my next goal After my McDonalds breakfast in the old town i finally walked up to the castle. Built on a hill the castle if you can call it that dominates the city with breath taking views in all directions. Unlike my aus
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Brussels/Budapest - The European Union and NATO on Friday joined the chorus of international praise for Martti Ahtisaari, singling out his successful diplomacy in Namibia and describing him as an outstanding laureate. EU Commission President Jose Ma...
