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To: elmatador who wrote (113944)	10/26/2015 1:36:55 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217591

Members of the Saudi family are diversifying their business interests as low oil prices reduce their allowance from the King. - tribune.com.pk BEIRUT: A Saudi prince and four others were detained on Monday in Lebanon in the largest drug bust in the history of the Beirut airport, a security source said. Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four others were detained by airport security while allegedly “attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine,” a security source told AFP. “The smuggling operation is the largest one that has been foiled through the Beirut International Airport,” the source said on condition of anonymity. Captagon is the brand name for the amphetamine phenethylline, a synthetic stimulant. The banned drug is consumed mainly in the Middle East and has reportedly been widely used by fighters in Syria. I am a prince and I do what I want, said drugged-up Saudi royal The security source said the drugs had been packed into cases that were waiting to be loaded onto a private plane that was headed to Saudi Arabia. The five Saudi citizens were still in the airport and would be questioned by Lebanon’s customs authority, the source added. In April 2014, security forces foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 million capsules of Captagon hidden in shipping containers full of corn from Beirut’s port. Lebanon’s state news agency also reported Monday’s drug bust, saying the private plane was to head to Riyadh and was carrying 40 suitcases full of Captagon. Abuse of fenethylline of the brand name Captagon is most common in Arab countries and counterfeit versions of the drug continue to be available despite its illegality. - en.wikipedia.org Fenethylline is a popular drug, allegedly used by militant groups in Syria and Lebanon. It is manufactured locally in a cheap and simple process. According to some leaks, militant groups would also export the drug in exchange for weapons and cash. Captagon capsules seized in the raid on the Saudi Prince's jet in Lebanon.

To: elmatador who wrote (113944)	10/30/2015 11:25:40 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217591

Facebook reveals why it's forcing workers to swap iPhones for Android Facebook is insisting that workers within its product team use an Android phone given the dominance of Google's mobile OS worldwide. By Liam Tung \| October 30, 2015 -- 13:36 GMT (06:36 PDT) \| Topic: iPhone Facebook made the announcement at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.Facebook is enforcing a no-iPhone policy for key engineers in its product team so they experience what using the social network is like for "most" users. The move, according to Wired, is an entirely pragmatic decision that stems from the company's ambitions to grow its user base of 1.5 billion people. While smartphone penetration in the US and Europe has reached saturation point, handset adoption is accelerating in places like India, where users prefer low-cost Android devices. The catch for Facebook is its well-paid engineers live in a different world to most of its users and the company hopes to change this as it doubles down on emerging markets. "I am mandating a switch of a whole bunch of my team over to Android, just because people, when left up to their own devices, will often prefer an iPhone," Wired quoted Chris Cox, Facebook's chief product office as saying. It's not clear how many Facebook staff are being forced to make the switch to Android but Cox reportedly wants a good portion of his team on the Google OS. According to Google's most recent update last month, Android now has 1.4 billion active userCox wants his sizeable product team to be "reporting bugs and living the same experience that most Facebook users experience today". The policy was announced amid a broader presentation about Facebook's focus on emerging markets and coincided with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's visit to India this week, where he argued the case for greater access to the internet. The visit followed a public backlash in India against Facebook's Internet.org scheme, which was recently renamed Free Basics alongside changes to address criticisms that its free online access favours content from Facebook. The requirement that certain product staff use Android has been introduced alongside another initiative to help employees understand how the other side experience its products. Facebook this week kicked off its '2G Tuesdays' program, where employees will be asked whether they want to temporarily use a slower connection, offering them speeds closer to those available in parts of Asia and Africa that have limited connectivity. Google also put connectivity in emerging markets in the spotlight this week, announcing a deal with three Indonesian carriers to launch a Project Loon trial in 2016. The initiative will seek to more than double network access in Indonesia, where connectivity is only available to about one third of the 255 million population.