• Former U.S. President Bill Clinton filled the conference hall to appeal for private-sector investment to rebuild the shattered island, pointing the success of Rwanda in quadrupling its per capita GDP in the decade after being ravaged by war as an example of how a seemingly hopeless economy could be changed for the better.

    FORBES: Pitching For Haiti

  • With a sleek profile, stunning premium black finish and ultra-convenient features, the N230 will appeal to design-conscious consumers looking for the ultimate experience in mobile computing.

    ENGADGET: Samsung N230 netbook ships with 13.8 hours of pretend fun

  • We're liking both the black chrome bezel and the touch-sensitive buttons, which eliminate virtually all of the visible gaps on the front of the phone to give it that smooth, slate-like appeal that full-touch handsets typically want to shoot for.

    ENGADGET: BlackBerry Storm2 hands-on and impressions Hands-on

  • Mr Mousavi has also claimed victory, calling the result a "dangerous charade", as his supporters vowed to appeal for a re-run.

    BBC: Ahmadinejad wins Iran presidential election

  • First and foremost, Japanese industry has a famous concern for customer-centered engineering--for making products that appeal to the needs and comfort of users.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Being able to fly point-to-point for the cost of a business-class ticket holds enormous appeal--especially in regions such as the Southeast that are booming with population growth and new businesses.

    FORBES: Small-Jet Market Heats Up

  • In a major blow to Mr. Morsi also on Sunday, a government legal agency backing the president lost an appeal to reverse a court-ordered delay for elections, originally scheduled for this month.

    WSJ: Egypt's Top Judge Quits, as Fears Rise Over Morsi's Sway

  • The 20-year-old Belgian, who won her appeal against a one-year ban for failing to report her whereabouts for doping tests, defeated top seed Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2 to clinch her third WTA Tour title.

    CNN: Henin injured in final defeat to Clijsters

  • At the end of the only televised debate between the two candidates, aired on Wednesday, Mr Sarkozy made a direct appeal to those who voted for far-right and centrist candidates in the first round.

    BBC: Q&A: Sarkozy's and Hollande's plans for France

  • Linking different categories of information searches, websites logged, email, and other content back to the individual end-user obviously holds great appeal to Google as a mechanism for tailoring future services and advertisements to customer preferences.

    FORBES: Information Gathering for the Google Age: Some Notes on the Stored Communications Act

  • We should work to tap into the new technologies available to us that can help broaden and enrich public education, while avoiding efforts to turn over education to for-profit online schools which use the appeal of technology to sell subpar products.

    FORBES: The Mutual Knowledge Revolution

  • The second autumn trend to be noticed is extreme sports hang-gliding, surfing, martial arts, kickboxing, for example which appeal to the sought-after audience of men aged between 18 and 34.

    ECONOMIST: American television

  • In his homily, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, called for unity within the church, a not-so-veiled appeal to the cardinal electors to put their differences aside for the good of the church and the next pope.

    NPR: Cardinals Celebrate Mass Before Entering Conclave

  • McEwen tried to appeal against Cooke for his strong-arm tactics but that was rejected.

    BBC: SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | Baden Cooke

  • "The INE-W927HD will appeal to consumers looking for a complete AVN solution, " said Steve Brown, product marketing manager, Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.

    ENGADGET: Alpine introduces INE-W927-HD AV and navigation system, Pandora, Sirius and more on a 7-inch touchscreen

  • The Queen's speech is likely to propose an end to the multiple-tier appeal system for asylum seekers, replacing it with a single level of adjudication.

    BBC: Call for radical asylum changes

  • Dingell has established a reputation on Capitol Hill as a widely feared yet highly effective legislator with aisle-crossing appeal due to his support for some gun rights and restrictions on abortion laws.

    CNN: Dingell survives Michigan primary

  • In Michigan and Ohio, he may also prove that he has another advantage over Mr Romney: an appeal to blue-collar workers that is hard for a member of the 1% to match.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • His mentor, Tony Blair, had won the leadership without significant trade union backing, but Ed was also beginning to make an impression with MPs and ordinary party members with his clear appeal to traditional left-wing values and call for a break with New Labour.

    BBC: The David Miliband Story

  • In the mid-1950s, he changed his name to Bronson, apparently for fear that a vaguely Russian-sounding name would not appeal to McCarthy-era American audiences.

    ECONOMIST: Charles Bronson

  • This should have appeal to advertisers who want audience-based buying, for both search and display ads but especially for display.

    FORBES: Yahoo Tops Estimates As CEO Mayer Talks Up Her Revival Plan

  • Die Hard director John McTiernan has lost his appeal to have a one-year prison sentence overturned for lying to the FBI in a wiretapping case.

    BBC: Die Hard director John McTiernan heading to prison

  • The Court of Appeal's decision to deny ex-servicemen compensation for the injuries they say they suffered during Cold War nuclear tests more than 50 years ago, is a setback for the thousands who were watching the test cases anxiously.

    BBC: Veterans' long battle for nuclear tests' compensation

  • Having been roundly castigated for failing to give Andrew Symonds caught behind on day one - the all-rounder went on to hit an unbeaten 162 - he awarded the Australian a tenuous appeal for a catch at the wicket which ended Dravid's innings.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • "This will be a very pressured situation for some time - that's why we have launched an emergency appeal for funds to back up the system here, " she said.

    BBC: Libya unrest: Aid crisis grows on Tunisia border

  • Adebayor made up for that misfortune eight minutes before halftime when he fired home at the second attempt when the ball fell to him after Shaun Wright-Phillips' shot hit teammate Micah Richards, leaving Chelsea to appeal in vain for handball.

    CNN: Lampard's penalty miss costs Chelsea

  • Mr Berlusconi is alleged to have bribed Mr Metta, an appeal-court judge, to rule in his favour in a bitter takeover battle for Mondadori, a publishing group, in 1991.

    ECONOMIST: Italy, its prime minister and the law

  • My message is give to the Poppy Appeal - it's not just for servicemen but also their families.

    BBC: Wales

  • So I see the flurry of interest in this rumor as being more about our primal longing for leaders who appeal to our deeply-held sense of what a leader should be.

    FORBES: Pining for Bill Gates

  • Mark Pettini loosely drove at Murtagh to Scott and next ball Ryan ten Doeschate chipped straight to midwicket, with James Foster fortunate to survive a leg before appeal for the hat-trick.

    BBC: Murtagh puts Essex to the sword

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