• The project A River's Dream came to life as an idea in the year 2010, celebrated as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures by the United Nations system.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • Universal credit - being introduced by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith this year - aims to simplify the welfare system by replacing a number of existing working-age benefits, including the income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment support allowance, housing benefit, working tax credit, child tax credit and income support.

    BBC: mum and daughter

  • By next year, the country aims to take its warning system to the next level by calculating the height and the arrival of a tsunami, said the director of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami center, Fauzi, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.

    CNN: Asian tsunami warning system: A last-mile challenge

  • Beyond that, Putin says that Russia will also have what's being described as a space weapon deterrent system by the year 2030, although specifics on it unsurprisingly remain a bit light for the time being.

    ENGADGET

  • The legislation will create a national body, the Scottish Children's Hearings Tribunal to oversee the 40-year-old system, presently run by councils.

    BBC: Children's Hearings Bill debate

  • Ofqual acknowledged grade boundaries had changed part way through the year, but stood by a new June grading system in a row over results.

    BBC: Welsh government to consider English GCSEs report

  • It's not clear at this point why a year-old system is being stifled by this seemingly arbitrary restriction, but with the PlayStation 3 offering developers Bluetooth out of the box, it seems that Microsoft either needs to change its tune or risk losing the small-but-vocal "rocker wannabe" demographic to the enemy.

    ENGADGET: Report: Microsoft not down with third-party 360 wireless peripherals

  • To be sure, last year's decline in state funding nationwide was driven heavily by cutbacks in California, which has the largest state system and lashed funding per student by 14.3% last year.

    WSJ: Public-University Costs Soar

  • The Cyprus presidency also aims to launch a Common European Asylum System by the end of this year and foster a deepening of the EU Single Market.

    BBC: Cyprus begins EU presidency amid cash woes

  • 's one-year warranty on the base system is voided by the conversion and replaced with the Modbook Pro Protection Plan, which covers the entire hardware solution, including the base system.

    ENGADGET: Modbook Pro to launch with SSD storage, up for pre-order October 3rd

  • He claimed that under the old system crime figures for the last year fell by 1.4%.

    BBC: Crime is rising - Tories

  • The text alerts are part of an electronic passport system launched by the Saudi authorities last year.

    BBC: Saudi women in Riyadh. File photo

  • The conclusions are derived by the Iraqi Marshlands Observation System, started a year ago with funding from Japan.

    CNN: U.N.: Iraq's marshlands recovering

  • The study focuses all of its analysis on Version 1.0 of FracFocus, failing to mention the fact that the more versatile and comprehensive Version 2.0 was released in November of 2012, and will be the required form for use by everyone using the system in June of this year.

    FORBES: Harvard's Frack Disclosure Study Earns an 'F'

  • The broader state system of two- and four-year colleges governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents is also part of the agreement announced Thursday.

    WSJ: Higher ed systems in 10 states turn to Coursera

  • By the end of the year Sun will make its cherished Solaris computer operating system free, too, opening it up much like the free Linux operating system that took business from Sun in recent years.

    FORBES: Motivated Seller

  • According to a study conducted by Joseph Romm of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, the Sure Power system reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 46 percent a year compared to emissions of traditional uninterruptible power supplies and their standby diesel generators.

    CNN: Fuel cell power helps bank make money

  • An energy bill passed last year by the House of Representatives included a controversial cap-and-trade system.

    CNN: Top issues: Energy and environment

  • The new system is expected to come into force by July this year.

    BBC: Person buys Grand Theft Auto IV

  • The EU-funded project has about 35 researchers working on it and hopes to demonstrate how the system might work by the end of its four-year duration.

    BBC: Robots to get their own internet

  • There are multiple ways fans can join the exclusive First Access Club, by pre-ordering the game from select retailers or by purchasing the Borderlands Game of the Year Edition on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Windows PC.

    FORBES: Duke Nukem Forever, The Most Delayed Game In History, Is Finally Finished

  • That characterization, Gore argued, carried over into almost all of the governor's other social policy planks -- including his proposals to overhaul the 35-year-old Medicare system and provide prescription drug coverage to seniors by encouraging the participation of private insurers with the enticement of federal subsidies.

    CNN: Bush, Gore stalk stage and each other in final debate

  • Although the U.S. Congress is likely to impose a cap-and-trade system after the presidential election later this year, proposed legislation by U.S. senators Joseph Lieberman and John Warner would limit the value of foreign credits by allowing U.S. companies to use them to cover only 15% of their emissions.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Nelson said DOT started using a Geographic Information System program developed by the conservancy's Adirondack researchers last year.

    WSJ: Towns, ecologists seek climate-friendly culverts

  • He urged EU members to have the system in place and working by the second half of the year.

    BBC: Europe e-commerce initiative

  • The FAA predicts that delays will increase 62 percent by the year 2014, given projected passenger growth and the antiquated air-traffic control system.

    NPR: Holding Pattern: Flight Delays are Going Up, Up, Up

  • The UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy are currently testing such a system and want to launch it by the end of the year.

    BBC: David Cameron seeking action on tax avoidance at EU summit

  • Certainly Android has established itself as the largest smartphone operating system, accounting for, by the third quarter of this year, 75% of shipment volumes of smartphones.

    WSJ: Predicting the Tech Future is a Difficult Thing to Do

  • This year, Heineken is pushing samples of its new Extra Cold draught system by giving tastes to passers-by at its Red Star Cafe on the stadium grounds.

    FORBES: Open Sponsors, Open Wallets

  • After a while though, they might be able to stop doing that once the entire early-warning system is installed, which is expected to be by next year.

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