Indeed, the role of President Martti Ahtisaari as the West's peace-broker (or message-carrier) in Yugoslavia may, the Finns hope, have given their plans a bit more weight in Brussels and Washington.

ECONOMIST: Russians, Nordics and Balts

Graced with the presence of Google and Samsung reps in Kuala Lumpur (including a video message from Google SVP Sundar Pichai), today Malaysian carrier Yes 4G unveiled this rather special laptop for the local consumers.

ENGADGET

Back in November there was a curious story about the remains of a World War II carrier pigeon found in a British chimney with its coded message still intact.

ENGADGET: Alt-week 12.22.12: strange skulls, solar portraits and 17-minute code cracking