Five women buried alive in Pakistan: report

In insurgency-plagued Balochistan province of Pakistan, some people are compelled to live like animals even in the 21st century as instead of law of the land brutal punishments are still in vogue in some tribes. A recent report about burial alive of five women has shocked...

PALIN CANDIDACY RAISES EYEBROWS FOR ALASKA NATIVES

The more time that the news media has to dig into Palin, the more concerned we should all be that McCain has picked her.We know that Cheney and Haliburton are side by side, we know that George Bush supports big oil because of what he's done over the last 4 years. However, was...

Two Bodies Found at Millionaire's Arson Mansion

This is the second arson attack and possible murder reported in the UK in the last couple of days. Another story as reported by the Daily Mail on Aug. 28, a mother-of-two was found dead in her blazing £450,000 detached home in Greenmeads, Woking, Surrey. The mother, Kirsty...

More than 40 million watched Obama's acceptance speech

Aug 28, at the Denver Democratic National Convention, it was a moment of American history in the making and a great victory for the Civil Rights Movement which started so many decades ago, the spirit of Rosa Parks...

Senator John McCain's VP Pick: "Hold me accountable."

Alaskan Governor, and Senator John McCain's choice for vice president, Sarah Palin, is facing two ethics investigations."In naming her as his vice presidential running mate Friday, Sen. John McCain hailed Alaska Gov....

Usain Bolt Completes Zurich in 9.83

The triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt continued his domination of sprinting on Friday with a comfortable 100-meter victory at the Golden League meet.The 22-year-old Jamaican, who set world records in winning the 100...

Bumblebee conservation led by Toby the sniffer dog

We are used now to stories of about the decline oof the honey bee but the wild bumblebee is too reaching crisis point in terms of decline in numbers and as this doesn't at first sight have the commercial implications...

Gustav Becomes Category 2 Hurricane Off Cuba

Early on Saturday morning at around 2:15 am in the morning, Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. As of now, the storm has killed 77 people in the Caribbean and is heading towards the very warm...

Scrambled politics

"South Carolina State Senator Kevin Bryant has removed a classy photo from his website," wrote Nico Pitney. The photograph showed "Osama Bin Laden next to Barack Obama with text claiming the difference between them...

Pakistani Army Says 30 Militants Killed

While Americans watch, with baited breath, the polical saga as it unfolds in the United States. The world is still turning and wars are continuing...Pakistan's army says it has killed 30...

Millions marooned thousand dead Kosi river rise

2008-08-30 06:34:54 - People in Bihar are in worst of state,the national disaster managment is working at snail pace with logistic support along with material making situation tense.Nowhere are seen army,or police wing or NGO's,the masses suffer with lack of infrastructure...

Coffee shop gloom as customers cut back on luxury lattes

As the recesion bites and lifestyles change it seems the days of the designer coffee shop, where it's never enough to just as for 'a cofee' but have to choose from a huge list of this or that kind of latte, tall,...

Flood damage at Great Ape Trust will likely exceed $1 million

The flooding of the Great Ape Trust was quite a big deal in Iowa this August as it was just recently constructed.  Already, more money will have to be be distributed to the Great Ape Trust, which was fairly...

Iraq Might Build "Baghdad Eye" As Tourist Attraction

An article from Sky.com says that Iraq is possibly going to build a giant ferris wheel, known as The Baghdad Eye, to promote tourism in Baghdad. The Baghdad Eye will soar more than 650 feet over Baghdad and the...

'Environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours

When a citizen sees some other citizen do something wrong - like dropping litter - one might expect them tp perhaps mention it to the offender. "Excuse me but you've dropped this paper" - or if they were to come...

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