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Hotter ties with Brazil? Tap Obamamania, says expert Anthony Boadle (Front Row Washington)
at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Submitted at 5/4/2010 9:02:09 PM “Washington does not get it. The United States’ influence in The United States is no longer its traditional “backyard” is an empire,” he said. waning and needs a boost. “A short visit to South America Washington should be forging would make a great deal of closer ties with Latin America’s difference. It would be a very emerging powerhouse Brazil, important way of indicating our says Johns Hopkins political willingness to have a stronger scientist Riordan Roett. rapport with the region.” Best way to do that? Send the For more stories from the Obamas to Brazil because Reuters Latin American Brazilians will go nuts about the Investment Summit, click here. U.S. First Family. Reuters photos by Sergio “The White House should send Moraes (a samba school reveller partner and Chinese clout is c o n f i r m a t i o n o f O b a m a ’ s the Obamas to Brazil. Can you dances among mannequins growing in a region where nominee, Thomas Shannon. imagine the Obamas getting off Beijing is lining up long-term Brazil, the world’s 8th largest during the 2010 Rio Carnival) the plane in Rio de Janeiro? It supplies of r a w economy, has emerged as a and Jason Reed (the Obamas would be extraordinary, a m a t e r i a l s . M e a n w h i l e , leading developing nation, a walk to Marine One at the carnival, absolute madness,” Washington had no ambassador strong BRIC and G-20 voice White House on January 12, Roett told the Reuters Latin in Brasilia for 11 months last that Washington should be 2010). American Investment Summit. year, because of domestic listening to, says Roett, who China has displaced the United politics: the Republicans held up directs Latin American studies States as Brazil’s largest trading
Video: Facebook Security Hole Lets You View Your Friends’ Live Chats Steve O'Hear (TechCrunch) Submitted at 5/5/2010 8:20:45 AM
You've got to hand it to Facebook. They certainly know how to do security -- not. Today I was tipped off that there is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their 'friends'. Using what sounds like a simple trick, a user can also access their friends' latest pending friend-requests and which friends they share in common. That's a lot of potentially sensitive information. Unbelievable I thought, until I just tested the exploit for myself. And guess what? It works.