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	"WAVE" No.18 April 2008 Editorial Topic of the Issue NATO Summit in Bucharest Who 'Won'? The initial post mortems on this week's NATO's summit in Bucharest are reminiscent of the old fable about a group of blindfolded men trying to identify the elephant in their midst. Touching just the tusks leads to one conclusion, the trunk another, and the tail yet another... >> NATO summit: Macedonia Macedonia veto stokes tension Macedonia's bid was blocked by Greece because of a 17-year row over the country's name. Athens says it implies a territorial claim on its northern province - also called Macedonia - and wants the former Yugoslav republic to change its name to New or Upper Macedonia. But the veto has only inflamed nationalist feelings. In a gesture rarely seen at a Nato summit, a group of Macedonian journalists angrily walked out of a news conference after Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer made the announcement NATO summit: Afghanistan More EU troops in Afghanistan At the NATO summit from 2-4 April, France pledged 1000 troops, alongside promises from Italy and Poland. From Britain, 450 soldiers will join the 7, 700 UK troops in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province Politics Politics and Internet Italian elections and the web 2.0 Italian politic do 2.0? Web strategies of Berlusconi's Partito del Popolo looks less innovative than the Veltroni 'Partito Democratico' but both ignore Second Life... >> Society St.Patrick's Day Green Island There are numerous legends about the Saint, that can't be surely confirmed as historical truth. The most famous are about expelling snakes and about trefoil. Some people say that he expelled all the snakes from the island by beating his drum, so they never came back to Ireland. The legend of trefoil says that Patrick took three-leaves-trefoil from the land and used it to explain the Holly Trinity. That's why trefoil is an Irish symbol, instead of the cross... >> Tradition and Holidays Easter in Orthodox Countries Christ's Resurrection is the beginning of new, eternal life on the earth, and the revival of all substance. Because of that, Christians continuously celebrate the Easter (the Resurrection), specially during the Holly Liturgy, when the Church represents the resurrected Christ's Body... >> Economics Internet Business: Infostud.com A Big Step Forward Infostud is probably the best and one of the highest ranked websites for students and young people in Serbia. And even more - for the whole region of ex-Yugoslavia and Balkans. Last month, this company made a big step forward by entering into financial arrangement and strategic partnership with Daily Mail... >> Science & Tech 3G Mobile Technology The Future is Now The Third Generation of services and technology for mobile telephony allows advanced services because it has a better spectral efficiency, and that leads to the transmission of large sets of data in a quick way. Transmission rates can get as fast as 2 Mbps. This speed and reach allow, for example, mobile video conferences really close to the experience of the idea of a videophone. The main objective of the Third Generation services is to provide a greater user capacity, higher data rates and, where possible, worldwide compatibility ... >> In Memoriam: Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) Famous Sci-Fi Writer dies at 90 British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka on March 19... >> Entertainment The most famous clock in the world Big Ben clocks up 150 year anniversary "When you hear Big Ben there is absolutely no mistaking that that is Big Ben. It is not just any large bell. It is Big Ben. The sound is unique."... >> and much more in all sections... explore!