Alcatel-Lucent to Build Segment of Submarine Cable Network.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-31 July 2008-Alcatel-Lucent to Build Segment of Submarine Cable Network(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract to deploy the Atlantic-Mediterranean segment of the 15,000 km (9,000 mile), Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system. EIG is the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber...

Toward a peace and security architecture in the Horn of Africa: reaching beyond incredulity.
The notion that the African Union constitutes a regional security community may strike some with incredulity, considering all the challenges facing the continental organization and its (sometimes unfair) reputation of inefficiency. --Musifiky Mwanasali If the notion that the African continent shares "common security interests" is...

A Fateful MENA Choice Between Crops & Water.
Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water. Oil-rich GCC states are searching for farm-land in fertile but politically...

Other Beavers aim for the `bigs'.
Byline: Michael Hines For The Register-Guard While Jacoby Ellsbury broke into the major leagues in the most spectacular fashion, he's not the only former Oregon State star in the bigs. Right-handed pitcher Eddie Kunz was called up by the New York Mets earlier this month....

New high bandwidth undersea cable system to connect UK with India.
(##include msid=2459375,type=9 ##) NEW DELHI: In a move that will significantly enhance connection capacity and redundancy between India and the UK, major global players in the telecommunications industry have signed an agreement to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system from the United Kingdom to...

Bharti to build Europe India Gateway cable.
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel has joined 15 global telecommunications majors including South Africa's MTN, British Telecom, US-based AT&T and Verizon to construct a new high-bandwidth, sub-sea cable system linking the United Kingdom and India. The 15,000-kilometer (9,000-mile) cable system, which is called the Europe India Gateway (EIG), will connect...

Travel Security Update.
Apr 14, 2008 There's a problem facing the Bush administration: It has $30 billion to spend over the next five to seven years to keep the U.S. safe from hackers and cyberspies. But to extend that protection to the nation's critical infrastructure--including banks, telecommunications and transportation--it needs...

ARABS EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Jan 15 - France Gains Military Toehold In Gulf.
In a major strategic shift, France is setting up its first permanent naval base in the Gulf, just across from Iran, President Nicolas Sarkozy announces during a visit to the UAE. The 400-strong military base will be built in Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest and most influential of the Emirates,...

6 seafarers freed; RP thanks France.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI The Philippines yesterday thanked the French government for effecting the safe and immediate release of six Filipino seafarers held hostage along with 24 other crewmembers of the hijacked French-registered leisure craft Le Ponant. Foreign Affairs spokesman Claro Cristobal said Manila is...

Tourist mottos and slogans from a Washington Post contest.
Ray Love suggests that readers take up another Washington Post word challenge. The object is to create mottos or slogans for countries. In the list below, the last 20 are by Ray. The winner. England: Lie back and think of us. Runners-up: USA:...