Saturday, July 3, 2010

US welcomes Chinese investment in Afghanistan

US welcomes Chinese investment in Afghanistan

US welcomes Chinese investment in Afghanistan

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Agen-cies): The US government has said it has no objection to the Chinese investment in Afghanistan, adding it welcomes any private sector investment into this country which is trying to rebuild its economy.

US largely ruling out NKorea in 2009 cyberattacks

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials have largely ruled out North Korea as the origin of a computer attack last July that took down U.S. and South Korean government websites, according to cybersecurity experts.

Delhi gets new world-class airport

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday got a spanking new world-class Rs. 9,000 crore airport that will integrate domestic and international operations and is expected to handle 34 million passengers annually.

RADIO/PODCAST: It's All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

In the spring of 1947 trumpeter Louis Armstrong was 45 years old-considered by some critics and fans to be all but washed up, with his best years behind him and his music made irrelevant by the rising force of bebop.

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Mike Baggetta Trio with Cameron Brown, Jeff Hirshfield on the 4th of July!

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

If you're looking for some musical plans for your 4th of July evening please consider the Mike Baggetta Trio.

Guinea's No. 2 party says will challenge some results

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) The second-placed party in Guinea's presidential vote, has said it will challenge some poll results after provisional figures put veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde behind former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo.

GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Charlie Harrington Signs with Remo

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Award-Winning acclaimed artist, Charlie Harrington, has signed with Remo Drumheads. Charlie, an in demand session player with a well-established reputation as a first call drummer, is proud to endorse the fine quality products offered by Remo.

GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Medvedev: Da to Jazz

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Medvedev goes for the record: Jazz and rock music, that is While Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Washington with President Obama on official business, his staff went on a more personal quest: music for his vinyl collection.

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Recent Listening: Vincent Herring

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Vincent Herring and Earth Jazz, Morning Star (Challenge). The rhythm section known as Earth Jazz is electrified, funkified and synthesized.

Welcome to the real world

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

From BP to Goldman, boards have become hot seats for college presidents As much as higher education and corporate America would like to be engaged, college presidents are struggling to reconcile the demands and values of academia with shareholder

AT&T reaches settlement of old billing claims

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

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Speedy Growth

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

(AFP) - Vietnam's recovering economy grew by 6.4 percent in the second quarter, just shy of the government's full-year target of 6.5 percent, official data showed on Thursday.

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Heading South West South North in Vienna

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum, Porgy and Bess Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria.

Essay: Spy arrests offer bit of Cold War nostalgia

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The capture of those alleged deep-cover Russian agents has - for a moment of nostalgia - taken Americans back to a day when their enemy was sneaky but familiar, ensconced right there behind the crenelated red-brick Kremlin walls.

Swine flu shot must for pilgrims

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Taking vaccination against swine flu and meningitis is still a condition to receive Umrah visas, a number of pilgrims arriving at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah told Arab News.

Van Persie in hospital for scan on left arm

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG -- Netherlands striker Robin van Persie is having a scan on his left arm, making his status uncertain for Tuesday's World Cup semifinal meeting with Uruguay. Van Persie injured in the arm in the quarterfinal win over Brazil.

Pacheco surrenders in Nadia death case

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Panaji: On the run for nearly a month, Goa's former Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Saturday surrendered before the Sessions Court in Margao in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado.

Obama?s Vietnamistan Aijaz Zaka Syed

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

The dramatic departure of the US and NATO commander in Afghanistan has drawn inevitable parallels with Gen.

Gunmen attack two cargo ships off Nigeria and kill one

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) Gunmen attacked two cargo vessels off the coast of the oil-producing Niger Delta, killing one crew member and kidnapping several others, a Nigerian navy spokesman said Saturday.

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Manchester Jazz Festival Announces the Full 2010 Line Up

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

As some readers of this blog will know, I'm involved with the annual Manchester Jazz Festival that's coming up very soon now. Our lovely team have just put out a press release, so I thought it'd be handy to include it here.

Mumbai needs second airport urgently: Patel

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said that Mumbai required a second airport urgently as the existing one was on the verge of reaching the 'saturation point'. 'Mumbai, our financial capital, needs to have a second airport fast as the

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: George Wein on the Rebel Festival

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Most people are unaware that in 1960, Newport, R.I., hosted not one but two jazz festivals. There was the big one that had been produced by George Wein since 1954. And there was a smaller, alternative festival put on by Charles Mingus.

Arabs among 80 killed

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Issue of fake degrees SC orders ECP to proceed against former legislator

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Musical Musings from Montreal

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Two and a half days into my Montreal International Jazz Festival stay, or even minutes into it for that matter, one thing is apparent. This is a jazz festival that never gets tired - and keeps evolving and improving year after year after year.

JOURNALISM/BLOGGING: Road Worriers.

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Now that the Jazz Biz elements are in remission and bloat stuff crashes and burns all around, it is time to address the disheveled condition of touring in

New oil fields saved for future generations: King Abdullah

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia has stopped exploration missions of new oil fields to save the wealth and pass it on to future generations, King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said here Thursday.

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: David Weiss and Point of Departure - Snuck in (2010)

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

By PicoWe introduced the master trumpeter Weiss on this space as the leader of the talent laden New Jazz Composer's Octet and he's shepherded this project through five releases.

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Dr. Lonnie Smith

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

All About Jazz is celebrating Dr. Lonnie Smith's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Dr. Lonnie Smith is internationally known as one of the premier jazz keyboardists in the history of the idiom.

Fire engulfs factory in Sydney's west

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Lohan punched by waitress on her birthdayLindsay Lohan's 24th birthday

Inter wait on Mascherano

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Mascherano: Linked with Benitez reunion Related links Also see Inter Milan sports director Marco Branca has seemingly dismissed the suggestion that the club would need to sell in order to buy Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.

Career Bobs

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