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HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Results Summary (dollars in millions, except per share data): Three Months Ended Sept. Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 30, ------------------------- ------------------------ 2011 2010 2011 2010...

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 42 year reign of Col. Muammar Gaddafi has ended after he was killed at the hands of Libyan rebel forces on Thursday, October 20, 2011, after months of intense campaigning for control. That same day KUMA Games announced an upcoming re-creation of Gaddafi's last stand in a new episode of KUMA\WAR to be released just 5 days after the breaking news. In KUMA\WAR Episode 108: The Fall of Sirte: Gaddafi's Last Stand. Gamers will recreate the...

Crude oil prices remain highly affected by the political situation in Libya. The news of the former dictator’s death yesterday brought fresh hopes of stability in the country, beginning with the decline of crude oil prices. InvestTechFX explains that the developments will greatly influence foreign currency exchanges like the EUR/USD, due to the pair’s strong correlation to crude oil prices. (PRWEB) October 21, 2011 Al Jazeera reported that former Libyan Leader, Colonel...

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Longtime Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi is dead, according to breaking news reports. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO ) "While longtime friends like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will doubtless miss their comrade-in-arms," said AJC Executive Director David Harris, "the civilized world can breathe an audible sigh of relief." In 1969, Gaddafi seized power in Libya in a coup d'etat against King Idris. He suspended the...

ZEJTUN, Malta, October 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "We know Libya is faced with shortages of essential supplies. That's why Actavis donates EUR 2M worth of medicines to Libya now. The goods will leave Malta on Sunday and arrive in Tripoli during next week", said Actavis CEO Claudio Albrecht. "Actavis is one of the world's largest generic pharmaceutical players and takes its social responsibility very seriously." Mr. Albrecht emphasized the role of the Maltese government in this...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) reconnaissance systems, deployed with the UK RAF, have been used consistently over the past months to support operational missions in Libya and Afghanistan. The RAPTOR (Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for Tornado) employed by the RAF Tornado force is one of the world's most advanced reconnaissance systems. Developed and manufactured by Goodrich, the RAPTOR system comprises the DB-110 reconnaissance pod carried by the...

  By using a supercomputer to analyze news stories, a University of Illinois researcher believes that he can predict major upcoming global events, according to various news and wire reports. Writing in the journal First Monday on September 5, Kalev Leetaru, the Assistant Director for Text and Digital Media Analytics at the school's Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science, writes, "Pooling together the global tone of all news mentions of a country over time...

NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Coinciding with the recent dramatic events in Tripoli and Libya as a whole, Ethics & International Affairs has published a special roundtable on the ethics and meaning of the NATO campaign in Libya, and its implications for future interventions. The symposium, which is available online free of charge for a limited time, features contributions by Jennifer Welsh (Oxford), Simon Chesterman (New York University), Alex J. Bellamy...

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), a relief and development organization based in the D.C. metro area, has signed an agreement to support the World Health Organization's Project for Libya Crisis. IRUSA's contribution to the project will ensure patients' access to primary health care as well as trauma and injury care in Libya through supporting the deployment of external medical teams and provision of essential drugs, medical supplies and...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first half of 2011 - the International Year of Chemistry - BASF's business remained dynamic. The previous year's excellent results were exceeded. "The economic environment in the first half of 2011 was favorable for our business. Our numbers show that we successfully took advantage of this momentum," said Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE at the presentation of BASF's results in Ludwigshafen....