Navy Allows Women On Submarines In 2011

The United States Navy will let women serve on submarines starting in 2011. Female officers will start training for submarine duty next year, but will still not be allowed on attack submarines. According to the...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Warning: Arsenic in our forests

We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known...

Curfew-like situation in Indian Kashmir ahead of separatists' protest

Kashmir officially became part of  Indian state on this date 61 years ago. Pakistan gave support to local separatists fighting for independent Kashmir. There were several rounds of meeting and other attempts to resolve this contentious issue.The non-resolution of the...

Preparation for Bangladesh general elections hotting up

As the date for general elections in Bangladesh is nearing, all the major political parties have started preparing for the election slated for December 18. Bangladesh government has decided to provide former...

What not to wear to the polls on Election Day

"ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- Campaign paraphernalia is everywhere nowadays. People are sporting T-shirts, hats and pins touting their candidate of choice. But wearing your political allegiances can cause a problem at the polls. ...

Law Lords to rule on whether Chagos Islanders can finally return home

UPDATE 12:30 GMT: The House of Lords has ruled against Chagos Islanders who wished to return to their homeland."Thousands of Chagos islanders have had the right to return to their homeland in the Indian Ocean...

Pit Bull Owner Convicted Of Dog Attack On Mailman

Gangster wanna be's just love pitbulls and anything else that makes them look tough.  But when pitbulls attack postal workers, expect not to drop the soap.  Jail is a dog bite away!  Cheack it out."October 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by...

Living Godess of Nepal : just 3 yaer old

   It looks very odd but very unique, in a sence that ,we are creation of god , god is in all of us, so pick one amongst us to be worshiped as god, who else can be better than girl child. " Authorities...

Cell Phones May Cause Injury to Men’s Testicles

Give this a read if your a guy.  This is pretty serious stuff."A new warning is out that cell phones may cause potential injury to men, according to Los Angeles products liability attorneys, a recent study shows that men, who carry their cell phones in their pockets and...

Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth

I found this interesting enough to share with NP. Nothing more to add yet.""There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article...

US mother convicted of sex with underage Australian boy

An American woman from the Virginia flew halfway around the world  to meet her teenage boy friend. She had  sex with a 15 year old boy and not been charged in an Australian court. Barbara Case, 33 met her teenage lover on internet.  She was arrested after the...

Galveston News Black Out - "We Are Not Hiding Bodies," says Chief Medic

24th Sept 2008: THE CHIEF Medical Examiner for the area has claimed on a TV clip that the UTBM "are not hiding bodies" in the Hurricane Ike Galveston Ike aftermath  and has reassured the public that the large refrigerated FEMA units outside the cemetery are normal....

No pressure on Hughes to splash out on stars in January

Can Man City show their rival that they are now more solid under Mark Hughes?"Mark Hughes has been assured by Manchester City’s new owners that they will not put him under pressure to fill his squad with Galacticos when the transfer window opens in January.With the Abu...

Thai government finds premier violated constitution by being on a cooking show

The Thai government has just now concluded that the premier, Samak Sundaravej, violated the constitution by appearing on a televised cooking show. It is not yet clear what implications this will have on whether...

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