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Tropical Storm Ketsana Kills More Than 240, Displaces More Than 609,000 in Philippines

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Tropical Storm Ketsana, locally referred to as Ondoy, deluged Manila and surrounding areas with 455mm (18 inches) of rain in 24 hours Saturday, killing 240 people and displacing 609,548 according to SitRep 12 (29 September) from the Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC).

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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It is for this work on packet communication technologies—as part of the project that became the ARPANET and in the foundations of the Internet—that Kahn is being awarded the 2024 IEEE Medal of Honor. He recalls traveling through Europe with Kahn, trying to convince organizations to become part of the network. “We 1962 and Ph.D.

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Richest guy in Vietnam reinforces dangerous $8.2 billion bet on VinFast

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Refer to age, it filed confidentially for an IPO. A editor for the weblog Jalopnik referred to as VinFast’s crossover “merely no longer in a position for The united states.” Overdue that age, the corporate introduced it will slash preliminary hire shoppers’ per thirty days bills in part, charging $399 a age.

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