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U.S. Congress Reached an Agreement on Bases of Financial Rescue

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Sunday they had reached the basis of a comprehensive agreement to authorize the rescue Financial by 700,000 million dollars, but they expect to see the details on paper before declaring it as final.
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Calling the Aliens (if Any)

Hundreds of messages are being sent to a planet located 20 light-years from Earth in the hope that it will be received by intelligent life.
Some 500 photographs, drawings and text messages are being transmitted by a giant radio telescope located in Ukraine which is normally used to locate and track the asteroid.

The planet was chosen because it has features that make it capable of having life on its surface.

Any reply to messages, collected by a social website called Bebo, can not reach Earth until within 40 years.

The competition called "A Message from Earth" invited twelve million visitors to original send missives to be received by extraterrestrial life.

The topics ranged from environmental, political, world peace, to family relationships.

After being translated into binary language, the 500 selected messages are being sent to about 120 trillion miles away in space via radio waves the telescope-radar Space Agency of Ukraine, located in Evpatoria.
"We are here"

The communication is being transmitted from the morning of Friday to reach the moon in just 1.7 seconds and taking less than seven hours to leave the solar system.

Organizers hope that the package of messages to reach its target, the planet Cliese 581C, at the beginning of the year 2029.

The spokesman for the website Bebo, Mark Charkin, said: "A message from Earth is an opportunity for the inhabitants of digital today .... to reconnect with the science and outer space in a simple, fun and profound way."

Seth Shostak, an astronomer at the Institute of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in California said the point of this initiative is not whether the alien may or may not receive the message.

"The point is simple: we are here and we are smart enough to build a radio transmitter," said the scientist at the BBC. "If there is someone there and find the signal, at least they will know that," she said.
         

First Revisions and Unpack the IPhone 3G

Two days before the launch of 3G iPhone, have begun to appear the first revisions of industry analysts of the new Apple phone. Likewise, it has already published a photo gallery of the iphone 3G unpack.
        
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Gold Futures Reversed Losses After U.S. Inflation Data

Reuters - New York (Reuters ) - The future of gold in the U.S. rose on Wednesday after a government report showed that U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in June, boosting the attractiveness of the ingot.
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American Scientists Create an Artificial Retina

The camera inspired by the eye human se basa en la ability to build electronic devices on a silicon membrane flexible. In future, these electronic membranes may be ...

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The 0.01-megapixel Camera and Other Jewels of Photokina

of the big picture closes this year with a lot of surprises. Although we have echoed some of the large chambers do not want to forget the most amazing throws.
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Remittances Exceed Public Investment in Bolivia

AP - LA PAZ (AP) - Remittances sent Bolivian immigrants reached 452 million dollars the first half of the year, which exceeded 427 million public investment executed until July, according to official reports.
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Bank of Mexico Rises 0.25 Points to the Reference Rate 8 Per Cent

Reuters - Mexico, July 18 (EFE) The Bank of Mexico (Central) rose by 0.25 points today, up 8 percent, the interest rate for interbank "reinforce expectations of inflation over the medium term," today entity.
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The Net Profit of Cemex Fell by 9 5% in the First Half of 2008

Reuters - Mexico, July 22 (EFE) The Mexican company Cemex, the third world producer of cement, reported today that won a majority net profit of 914 million dollars in the first half of this year, a figure 9.5% lower 1,011 million to the same months of 2007.
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