Wandering in Dalat City

When wandering around Dalat, the city of mist and pine trees, tourists might experience four seasons in one day: a spring morning, summer afternoon, autumn twilight and winter evening. However, in terms of business, the flower city has only two seasons: peak season and low...

World Weather Report

Please place comments about freaky weather events in your part of the world. Compare the weather you have now with what it was like 10 years ago. Does spring start sooner now...

Paul McCartney has secret heart operation

"Music legend Sir Paul McCartney underwent secret heart surgery last autumn, it was revealed last night. The 65-year-old former Beatle reportedly had a coronary angioplasty - a procedure that opens up arteries and allows a greater flow of blood. A source told British...

Gordon Brown plans tax and fuel boost for families

A UK cabonet minister has revealed that Labour is planning a series of measures in the fall to ease the burden of the economic downturn on British families. Some of those measures include tax cuts and a reduction in fuel duty."GORDON Brown will take emergency action to ease...

Planes ‘fly empty’ to keep slots at Heathrow

The airlines tell us that they are concerned about the environment but they have to offer a service to their customers. Here we see bmi flying planes without passengers - very green." Britain’s third-largest...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last...

Putin's opponents are made to vanish from TV

Talking about Putin's poor decision making skills or even making jokes about it could get you banned from television in Russia and literally wiped from the screen. Expanding on an unofficial stance to censor any...

Boris starts review of embassies... from a boat in Turkey

The so-called "foreign embassies" that London Mayor Ken Livingstone set up during his time in offer are likely to end up on teh chopping block after a review launched by new mayor Boris Johnson. Johnson is today in Turkey  taking a look at one of those embassies, which...

Exams system faces health check

This news comes shortly after Prime Minister Gordon Brown revealed that hospitals will now be paid based on patient satisfaction rather than number of pateitns treated."The public is to be asked whether it thinks standards in exams are falling, by a new independent...

Jeremy Beadle, TV presenter, dies aged 59

"The television presenter had been treated in hospital near his north London home for several days with pneumonia. He had previously suffered a kidney tumour in 2004, which was treated by surgical removal of the...

Comet Holmes Still Visible

"2007-12-07: I saw Comet Holmes again the night before last, one of the few clear nights during this cloudy late autumn near Erie’s southern shore. Being far enough from city lights to see the milk of the Milky...

Tibetans wake up to nosebleeds in super-dry autumn

"BEIJING (Reuters) - Moisture has become a luxury in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa where many locals are waking up to nosebleeds in the dry autumn, state media said on Monday as the Himalayan region faces growing...

German Town Battles Massive Millipede Invasion

The Bavarian town of Obereichstaett is building a foot-high wall to hold off a massive invasion of millipedes. I for one welcome our new insectoid overlords. "Residents of a German village are celebrating...

Fairline tops £100m orders

"LUXURY yacht maker Fairline Boats has advance orders of more than £100m for the first time in the company's history. The firm, based in Oundle and Corby, has confirmed business is booming at its Northamptonshire, UK,  factory as the autumn boat show season...

Tax Office Job Cuts.

A massive backlog of unprocessed tax returns, out of date computer systems, and a shortage of tax inspectors has got the public wondering what is going on.."A Decision by the Government on whether or not to close two Derby tax offices has been postponed following an Evening...

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