The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in late 2011 in the U.S. and 2012 in Europe, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery system that utilizes cooled and heated liquid to regulate battery temperature, extend battery life and maximize driving range

The Five Star Restoration Program grants will fund a range of projects, from restoring ocean-side bluffs in Golden Gate National Park to re-planting neglected urban forests in Philadelphia. Additional project locations include Boston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Oakland, and the greater Los Angeles area.

The platform helps Children International manage their product donations more efficiently. Items such as clothes, textbooks, school supplies, shoes, hygiene items and medical supplies needed to help children and families living in poverty around the world are donated by Children International corporate partners through the website. The new web platform will also provide Children International and its international agencies throughout Latin America, Asia, Africa and the United States the ability to post their needs on the Aidmatrix Network and share them with all the members.

French Film Screenings In collaboration with Alliance Française de Bombay

Three interdisciplinary pillars of education at Apeejay Stya University(Technology, Research & Liberal arts) were revealed. - Prepares students not only to be globally employable but also to enable them to generate employment opportunity by instilling liberal thinking in them.

Photography Exhibition by Ashok Kochhar, In the first showcase of the series Journey of a Mystic, he expresses the Sufi way of life.

His slinky notes on the sax will echo across the Monsoon winds of Mumbai as we host one of the most influential saxophone players of the current jazz scene - Joshua Redman. On September 7th, 2010, at the NCPA, and on September 8th, 2010, at Blue Frog, the outstanding American saxophonist Joshua Redman will perform as a trio with Matt Penman on bass and Gregory Hutchinson on drums.

Today, India's construction sector is experiencing growth of over 30 percent annually - driven by considerable investments by both the government and the private sector in infrastructure development.

TeleDNA Communications, the leading VAS technology and infrastructure provider, today announced that the company has been awarded a winner in NASSCOM Top 10 Emerging Technology Companies for the year 2010.

Parents and relatives of one hundred and seventy four Tamil youths

Sri Lanka Public Administration Affairs Ministry is to hold its first

During the pre-trial phase of a lawsuit accusing two Tamils and a Tamil charity for allegedly providing funds to the Liberation Tigers which is listed as a "Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)" by the US Department of State, and thereby aiding the Liberation Tigers in causing the death of several Sri Lanka civilians, U.S. District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh dismissed all but two charges, legal sources in Washington said. The suit was filed by relatives of 24 Sri Lankan civilians under a 1789 US statute Alien Tort Claim Act (ATCA) for the alleged killing by the LTTE. Legal sources in Washington said that the plaintiffs have a difficult legal effort in establishing the remaining two charges due to the higher thresholds of burden of proof demanded by the Court.

Sri Lanka National Environment Commission (NEC) has stopped the deepening of the fisheries jetties in Vadamaraadchi saying prior permission had not been obtained from NEC. The deepening of the jetties had commenced after a long period. Fishermen societies in Vadamaraadchi said that they will gather fishermen to launch protest demonstrations unless Sri Lanka government finds a solution for the problem.

Wisdom Tree and Reliance TimeOut, the one-stop destination for books, music, movies and stationery enthusiasts, a specialty format of Reliance Retail launched the book 'What's your Sun Sign' by Chetan D. Narain. The book was released by famous cartoonist, Sudhir Tailang and was followed by an interactive session hosted by Ruchira Mittal, well-known tarot reader and television presenter.

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