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Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses

"Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI Published: December 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush...

Technology to eradicate malaria: Hope for millions

  This is good news for the poor world where thousands of people are killed by mosquitos. " Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat and ultimately help eradicate malaria, says a report. In the face of increasing parasite...

China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...

China to name and shame lip-synching performers

Remember the outrage during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics when that little girl was lip-synching in place of the real singer who was not cute enough to be representing the Chinese. Well, in a...

British Airways stewardess stole charity cash

A British Airways stewardess has been accused of stealing the donations made to the airline's charity. Ahe is alleged to have somehow amassed £100,000 in just 13 months. "A British Airways stewardess who stole £100,000 in donations made by passengers to a children’s...

Innovation leading to self

" " In a breakthrough study, European physicists have developed a unique computer circuit that can build itself - a development that can lead to self-assembling computers. Scientists took a long organic molecule with mobile electrons, called quinquethiophene that acts...

Carla Bruni wakes French President with her music

French first lady Carla Bruni has confessed that her music passion disturb sleep of her husband. She said that French President Nicolas Sakozy wakes up sometime in the middle of the night with her playing...

Arab papers see Israel behind deadly Syria bomb

Some Arab newspapers have accused Israel of being involved in the deadly car bombing in Damascus in which 17 persons were killed on Saturday. Although investigation into the incident would fix the responsibility for the attack, some columnists of Arab newspapers were quick in...

RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA

the internet police are coming to your ip soon..."RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA Enforcement - ACTA Thursday, 26 June 2008  These are the...

Desperate pervert Gary Glitter heading back to UK

"His decision ends a two-day farce that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving his sentence for child abuse. The 64-year-old has been twice refused entry into Thailand and once turned away from Hong Kong after flying out from Vietnam. But Thai...

MI5 seeks gay spies in attempt to expand its recruiting base

M15, the British equivalent of the CIA, has instituted a new policy of actively seeking gay men and women as new recruits. The agency says its part of a wider mission to attract more diverse recruits from throughout society rather than just selecting people from Oxford or...

Daydreaming Brain Reveals Secrets of Comas and Consciousness

"Daydreaming Brain Reveals Secrets of Comas and Consciousness Options   Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by...

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

"100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in...

Leaders to admit E Timor abuses

Finally truth has prevailed upon the leaders of Indonesia. After many years of Independence of Est Timor Indonesian leaders have have formally accepted to support militias with weapon , funding and operation help to target pro-independence supporters. This startling...

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