Mugabe and Tsvangirai Meet for Historic Zimbabwe Talks

The two supposed President's of Zimbabwe met today for the first in a series of negotiations designed to end the bloodshed and economic turmoil that has enveloped the country since the failed March elections. Some people think it's just a cop out, and don't trust Mugabe to...

Dubious achievement: Hackers ‘jailbreak’ the iPhone 3G

"Eight days after Apple’s new iPhone went on sale, an international team of programmers announced on Saturday that the device had been “pwned” — hacker jargon for “controlled” or “compromised.” The...

Mandela calls on world leaders to fight poverty

" Mandela has urged world leaders to address global poverty July 18, 2008, 12:45 Former South African president Nelson Mandela has called on world leaders and...

294 ATMs blown up in South Africa

South Africa may be home to the world's most innovative criminals, and from the same people who brought their country Taxi Wars comes a bold new take on bank-robbing: the ATM bombing."There have been 294 ATM bombings...

Big Brother database recording all our calls, texts and e-mails will 'ruin Br...

There will be no more privacy then... " Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a ‘step too far for the British way of life’. In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail,...

Sans females, Men go gay in some part of India

India has long history of preference of male child and it leads to skewed sex ratio and many parts of country have very low female population. Residents in many part of country find difficult to get bride and there are cases where brides have been imported from other culture...

Teachers to frisk students

Under a new plan by the UK government, teachers in Britain are going to be given the authority to search students. Teachers are currently only allowed to search students for knives or other dangerous weapons. "Teachers are to be given the authority to search pupils for drink,...

Chavez promises overhaul of Venezuela's prisons

After few jail protests and kidnapping, Venezuelan President call for a reform of the criminal code and prison system. Such call is an unfulfilled promise of the current government. " Chavez calls for overhaul of Venezuela's prisons 2008-07-12 22:36:06 - CARACAS,...

UN calls for more family planning

Alarmed over the growth in the World Population, United Nations have called for more money to initiate efforts to slow down population growth. Rapid population growth has put pressure on environment and recent food...

Pregnancies jump after Grand Junction festival

"Whether it's something in the water or the grooving sounds of country music, the aftermath of what one health officials calls Grand Junction's "Woodstock" drives up pregnancies in this city each year. Nurse-Family Partnership supervisor Wanda Scott said referrals to her...

Osama bin Laden's son 'writes terror poem'

Like father, like son..." The teen declared in his demented ditty to fanatics: “Accelerate the destruction of America, Britain, France and Denmark.” He continued: “Oh God, reward the fighters hitting the infidels and defectors. Oh God, guide the youth of the Islamic...

Former MI5 chief calls 42-day Bill ‘unworkable’

It is extreemly rare for a former MI5 chief (The UK's equivalent of the CIA) to speak in public on camera about anything. Baroness Manningham-Buller's speech yesterday in the House of Lords was therefor quite...

NASA rolls out new shuttle launch schedule

"NASA unveiled a new launch schedule today that calls for eight shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010 and 10 overall before the nation's three-orbiter fleet is retired.The last of the missions now is slated to launch May 31, 2010 -- which would leave enough time to launch an...

Afghan parliament condemns US air strikes

Regular killing of innocent civilians in US Air strikes have been protested but now for the first time Afghan Parliament has condemned US Air Strikes on its civilians." The Afghan parliament...

Yudhoyono calls for stepped-up trade, partnerships among D-8 countries

...G-8 needs D-8, but D-8 needs more G-8..." Yudhoyono said the more than 900 million people living in D-8 countries were an enormous market for their products and offering a multitude of business opportunities. Therefore, he added D-8 countries should strengthen...

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