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...created by enterprising amateur coders or small start-ups - that let you manage Twitter feeds. There are services that help you upload photos and link to them from your tweets, and programs that map other Twitizens who are near you geographically. Ironically, the tools you're offered if you visit Twitter.com have changed very little in the past two years. But there's an entire Home Depot of Twitter tools available everywhere else...
...officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the doctors at a detention center, according to Monica Zanarelli, the ICRC's deputy head of operations for South Asia during a regular visit to detention sites. ICRC officials in Colombo, the capital, said the organization had access to the doctors but could not confirm whether officials had made any more visits since May 20. Samarasinghe said the three were now being detained at the CID in Colombo...
...Germany, speculation surfaced in the press that Obama's decision to visit Dresden, instead of the capital of Berlin, could be seen as a slight to Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, who faces challenging parliamentary elections in September. In a press conference Friday morning, Obama himself knocked down this idea, saying the choice of Dresden had more to do with his tight schedule, which left scant time between his Egypt visit and his visit Friday afternoon to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, where he will meet with wounded U.S. soldiers. (See pictures of Obama...
...Back in the United States, Obama's decision to stay in Dresden has sparked protests from some of Obama's conservative political critics, who have argued that the visit demonstrates his willingness to highlight America's lesser historical moments. "Dresden: Next Stop on Obama's Apology Tour," ran one headline on the conservative Powerline blog. Obama's aides rejected those suggestions, pointing to the same logistical issues that the president had mentioned, and a desire to find a location that was convenient for Merkel. (See pictures of people around the world watching Obama's inauguration...
...While in Dresden, Obama took time to visit Frauenkirche Dresden, a church that was destroyed during the firebombing and recently rebuilt. During a tour of the church, Obama lit a candle and signed a book at a memorial to the firebombing. He stood a moment before the church's old tower cross that was retrieved from the rubble of the church in 1993, 48 years after the building was destroyed. The rebuilt church has a new tower cross, which was paid for by the people of Great Britain and crafted by the son of one of the British pilots...