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WikiLeaks website moves to Switzerland after U.S. clampdown

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which is in the middle of releasing confidential diplomatic documents, emigrated Friday to a new Swiss address after its U.S.-based internet hosting service was shut down. The new hosting is located at www.wikileaks.ch, a site registered by the Swiss Pirate Party. On late Thursday, the website www.wikileaks.org went down, with the owner of the hosting services saying a denial of service attack had forced it to take the move. Early last month, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he feared for his safety and might seek asylum in Switzerland. According to the Swiss news agency ATS, the group has also reserved for good measure www.wikileaks.li, using a domain allotted to the tiny principality Liechtenstein, nestled between Switzerland and Austria. Earlier this week, Amazon stopped hosting the site, after coming under fire from members of the US Congress, including Senator Joe Lieberman. "If Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amend

Top 5 much awaited economy cars in India

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India is undoubtedly the fastest growing automobile industry in the world. And what do Indian consumers need? That's what all automobile companies are brainstorming after. Is it style? Is it comfort? Is it mileage? Is it price? Well, if you give us all these features in one car, we are more than happy. And hence the answer - economy cars. Local Startups: Small is definitely the new big and the world watched with keen interest the developments on this front in India. For the first time, multinational companies are carefully studying the Indian market, deciphering its needs, desires and aspirations, and then developing cars which will be sold around the world and, at times, manufactured in India. Indians who give prime importance to family and basically likes to go places with them definitely prefer small cars over big ones. To serve the cost-effective mileage oriented buying habit of Indians arrive new economy cars. Stay tuned for those mesmerizing machines. Here are top 5 among th

Four Indian origin young entrepreneurs under 20

 [Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Four_Indian_origin_young_entrepreneurs_under_20-nid-74822.html/1/2?utm_source=clicktrack&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=mostcommented?utm_source=Subscriber&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Weekend%20Newsletter ]  Are entrepreneurs born or made? There is no single, clear-cut answer. But there are a few who make us believe that they are born entrepreneurs. These young Indians have figured out their passion at an early age to purse them to be an entrepreneur in this tough corporate world. The rich entrepreneurial spirit and the attitude of never giving up enable them to explore their innate tendencies to identify the business opportunities. 16 years old Farrhad Acidwalla from Mumbai started his entrepreneurial journey with an investment of just $10. When he was in the eighth grade, he borrowed $10 from his parents and bought his first domain name. Farrhad began building a web community devoted to aviation and aero-modeling. Wi