With some help from her daughter's Second Life avatar, Holocaust survivor Fanny Starr met with a group of the virtual world's citizens to share her personal experience of the horrors of genocide.
The video, while only a few minutes long, provides a brief glimpse of the horrors she endured, including an encounter with the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele
1月26日，在桔柑乡桔柑村半沟社王磊的家里，“抗震救灾英雄少年”王磊（右）给前来拜年的小伙伴李云飞（左）和雷小东（中）介绍他收到的福娃、火箭模型等礼物。新华社记者王艳明摄
1月26日，在桔柑乡桔柑村半沟社王磊的家门口，曾被王磊救过的李云飞（中）和雷小东（右），大年初一给“抗震救灾英雄少年”王磊（左）来拜年。新华社记者王艳明摄
新华网甘肃陇南１月２６日电（记者 王艳明 陈俊 连振祥）半沟社人的房屋都修在半山腰上，村里不通车，上山是条崎岖不平的小路，“抗震救灾英雄少年”王磊的家就在这里。
贾家坪社和半沟社同是桔柑村的自然村，但二者离得并不近。中间有一条弯弯曲曲的河道，还有一小段山路，要走约半个小时。
大年初一上午，地震中曾被王磊救过的李云飞和雷小东，从贾家坪社出发，一路小跑着来给王磊拜年。
一箱牛奶、一包袋装零食，同当地农村大人的拜年一样，限于条件，李云飞和雷小东并没有给王磊带什么特殊的年礼。
“我们主要想在一起玩一玩，好长时间没见面了，有很多话要说。” 一进王磊家的门，三个小伙伴就拉着手说个不停。
“这是福娃、这是火箭模型。”王磊一一向两个小伙伴介绍他在北京安假肢时，北京的叔叔、阿姨送给他的礼物，还拿出了家里的糖果、糕点招待他们。
王磊受伤后长期住院，又换了学校，三个小伙伴经常见不到面，这是“５·１２”大地震后，他们第三次在一起。
“我们到现在仍然记得那一天，是王磊救了我们的命，今后我们要互相帮助。”李云飞说。
王磊、李云飞、雷小东原来都是甘肃省陇南市武都区桔柑九年制学校四年级学生。５月１２日大地震发生时，王磊和同学们正在教室上自习，老师们感觉到地震发生了，纷纷冲进教室，喊着让他们离开。
就在大家都跑到院子的时候，不幸发生了，身后的一段院墙轰然倒塌。率先发现这一情况的王磊大喊快跑，一边将还没有反应过来的李云飞、雷小东等推了出去，可他的一条腿却被压在了下面。
之后，王磊被紧急送到了附近的医院，但他的一条腿还是没保住，膝盖以下截肢了。详细>>>
1月26日农 历正月初一，正在江西考察工作的中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席胡锦涛来到南昌市，慰问坚守岗位的干部职工和公安民警，看望欢度节日的基层群众， 代表党中央向大家致以新春的良好祝愿。这是胡锦涛在南昌火车站售票窗口前向售票员询问车票出售情况。(新华社记者鞠鹏摄)
新春来临，赣江两岸绿意萌动、生机勃发。１月２６日农历正月初一，正在江西考察工作的中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席胡锦涛来到南昌市，在江西省 委书记苏荣和省长吴新雄等陪同下，慰问坚守岗位的干部职工和公安民警，看望欢度节日的基层群众，代表党中央向大家致以新春的良好祝愿。
今年春运期间客流量特别大，铁路客运尤其繁忙。胡锦涛对做好春运工作、保证群众出行十分关心，初一上午，他专程前往南昌火车站实地考察。 >>>详细
The abode in Washington, DC, that has served for 25 years as official residence for US vice presidents had been digitally blurred at Google Earth during George W. Bush's second term in office.
Mere days before Barack Obama officially assumed the mantel as US president and Joe Biden took an oath as vice president on January 20, the fuzzy satellite image of One Observatory Circle was swapped for a clear picture.
The home is on the grounds of the National Observatory.
Google reportedly got the updated image from Digital Globe, a company that provides photographs from commercial satellites. The former picture with obscured pixels was from US Geological Survey, according to Google.
The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France...
ABC News has learned that Monday officials of the Obama administration called Citigroup about the company's new $50 million corporate jet and told execs to "fix it."
On Monday, the news broke that bailed out bank was going through with its $50 million private jet purchase even though it had recieved $45 billion in government funds:
The New York Post's Jennifer Keil and Chuck Bennett reported in Monday's paper that Citigroup, which has received $45 billion in government bailout funds, is about to upgrade to a new $50 million, twelve-seat corporate jet.
The plane, the Dassault Falcon 7X, is a luxurious jet with a range of 5,950 nautical miles (meaning it can fly from New York to all of Europe and South America, as far east as Riyadh, and as far west as Honolulu or Petropavlovsk, Russia). The Post reports it has "plush interior with leather seats, sofas and a customizable entertainment center."
LONDON - Bupa, the private healthcare provider, has appointed Fiona McAnena as its group brand director and Sue Moore as marketing director of its UK health insurance business.
McAnena will be responsible for developing Bupa's brand around the world, with a remit that covers health insurance as well as services in aged care, preventive health, hospitals and home healthcare.
She joins Bupa from Pepsico where she was vice-president, innovation. She started her career at Unilever, and went on to become group development director at WPP's research agency, Kantar, CEO of its media agency, Mediaedge:cia, and UK managing director at Added Value, the brand development agency.
Moore leaves her role as marketing and communications director of Land Securities Trillium, a property outsourcing and public private partnerships business.
Before Land Securities, Moore spent four years on the main board of building services provider Rok plc.
She also spent 17 years at British Airways in a series of brand, marketing and strategy roles, where she launched BA's Executive Club loyalty programme, led the airline's brand team and introduced the flat bed for Club World customers.
Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald, managing director of Bupa UK Health Insurance, said: "Sue brings significant expertise to Bupa's UK businesses which will be invaluable for us at a time when the economy is uncertain, developments in the wider health system continue and customers rightly seek value from private healthcare propositions.
"Both Sue and Fiona bring a wide range of experience to Bupa as it moves into new areas such as home healthcare and disease management and further develops products and services for our medical insurance and aged care customers."
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