The identity of the tweeter Gidi Traffic, who informs motorists in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos of traffic jams, is revealed to the BBC.

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F or a long minute, I sit in the car, staring at the restaurant, which has been suggested by an acquaintance of a colleague. I wonder whether the hour-long drive in rush-hour traffic will be worth whatever awaits me behind the doors of Eastern Kabob & Sweet. Read full article > >

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TEHRAN — An Iranian scientist involved in purchasing equipment for the Islamic Republic’s main nuclear enrichment facility was assassinated Tuesday when a magnetic bomb attached to his car exploded in morning rush-hour traffic, Iranian media reported. Read full article > >

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More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.

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Three of the nation’s largest Internet service providers are cooperating with a new National Security Agency program to sift through the traffic of major defense contractors with the goal of blocking cyberattacks by foreign adversaries, senior defense and industry officials say. The novel program, which began last month on a voluntary, trial basis, relies on sophisticated NSA data sets to identify malicious programs slipped into the vast stream of Internet data flowing to the nation’s largest defense firms. Such attacks, including one last month against Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin, are nearly constant as rival nations and terrorist groups seek access to U.S. military secrets. Read full article > >

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Young air traffic controllers who make up almost a third of the workforce have had to work two or three jobs to compensate for a 30 percent wage cut imposed during the Bush administration, the head of their union told a Senate committee Tuesday. Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association , told the subcommittee on aviation that wages have improved under a new contract signed 18 months ago, but many young controllers continue to hold more than one job. “That’s asking for trouble,” Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) responded. “How do you make the case that that doesn’t cause fatigue and poor judgment?” Read full article > >

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Moonlighting blamed for air controller fatigue

Hank Krakowski, chief operating officer of the Air Traffic Organization, is resigning after reports of controllers sleeping on the job. A nationwide search is being conducted for his replacement, but the job will temporarily be filled by David Grizzle,…

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The head of the Air Traffic Organization at the Federal Aviation Administration resigned Thursday morning amid recent reports of several controllers sleeping on the job.

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FAA head of air traffic resigns

SENDAI, JAPAN – In the center of this city, the economic hub of northern Japan , the traffic lights and vending machines are still working.

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Japan earthquake, tsunami leave scenes of destruction in northeastern city of Sendai

SENDAI, JAPAN – In the center of this city, the economic hub of northern Japan , the traffic lights and vending machines are still working.

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SENDAI, JAPAN – In the center of this city, the economic hub of northern Japan , the traffic lights and vending machines are still working.

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Bloggers — at least those of us who do this professionally — constantly struggle with finding the balance between quantity and quality, always hoping we can accomplish both at the same time: writing good, important stories that draw in lots of traffic. Catholic bloggers and YouTube users shouldn’t be worried about the traffic anymore. In his annual message delivered for the Catholic church’s World Day of Social Communications, Pope Benedict XVI said that it’s most important to be respectful of others when you’re spreading the good word online. “We must be aware that the truth which we long to share does not derive its worth from its ‘popularity’ or from the amount of attention it receives,” Benedict wrote. “The proclamation of the Gospel requires a communication which is at once respectful and sensitive.” Benedict didn’t name names, but the head of the Vatican’s social communications office, Claudio Celli, said it wouldn’t be incorrect to direct the pope’s exhortation to some conservative Catholic blogs, YouTube channels and sites which, with some vehemence, criticize bishops, public officials and policies they consider not Catholic enough. “The risk is there, there’s no doubt,” Celli said in response to a question. He noted that the Pontifical Council for Social Communications was working on a set of guidelines with recommendations for appropriate style and behavior for Catholics online. “I don’t love such things, but I think we can define some points of reference for behavior,” he said. Read the full story at the Associated Press .

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Pope Benedict XVI: Don’t Worry About the Analytics

The state wildlife officer who made the traffic stop noticed nothing unusual about Jared L. Loughner and had no probable cause to search the vehicle.

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Police Stopped Loughner’s Car on Day of Shooting

The M8 is closed westbound in North Lanarkshire due to black ice, causing major rush hour traffic delays.

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Delays as M8 closed by black ice

The Spanish government is using its military to get protesting airport traffic controllers back to work. Since Friday, the country’s air space has been effectively shut down as the traffic controllers went on strike, stranding hundred and thousands of…

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Spanish Airport Workers Back on Job