The Real Body snatchers

The body of a 76-year-old woman has been stolen from a hearse by her relatives in New Zealand.

Bejing Football Club Wins Chinese Domain Name Dispute

In a recent court decision, the The Beijing First Intermediate People′s Court stated that a Beijing Football Club, Juventus (Juventus), had the right to use the domain name “juventus.com.cn” over Nanjing Yixun Technology Co Ltd who was using that domain. Nanjing...

Make Big Profits Illegally (and Maybe Keep Them, Too)

"There is not much doubt that Oleksandr Dorozhko used inside information when he made a killing trading stock options last fall. Nor is there a dispute that he gained the information illegally. "

Deadline looms in Ukraine gas row

"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill. He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...

Glimmer of Hope Out of Kenya as Opposition Parties Talk

Sporadic violence is still flaring up around the country and many people are still unable to return to their homes and businesses after Kenyan's president announced the third party leader as his vice-president, enraging the opposition."Negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki...

U.S. Envoy Calls Violence in Kenya ‘Ethnic Cleansing'

A recent envoy from the U.S., who watched thousands of people driven from their homes in Kenya, says the violence is politically motivated and the result is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. Check out our previous coverage here:"Anthony Nganga Kimani realises that as a...

Kenyan "Twin Presidents" meet to negotiate

Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote sparked nationwide violence that left hundreds dead. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga arrived at the president's office in...

Violence in Kenya Ahead of Talks

"Police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse dozens of supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, hours before former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was due in Kenya to mediate the deadly dispute over Kibaki's re-election. "Kibaki is our president!" the supporters shouted in...

Efforts to avert strike at British airports

"The British Airports Authority is to meet union leaders in talks aimed at averting January strikes at some of Britain's busiest airports. A BAA spokeswoman said the talks will take place at an undisclosed location after negotiations last week failed to solve the dispute. The...

Online Spoof of the Levee Review Causes Controversy

"Advocacy panel says report easy on corps Wednesday, November 14, 2007 By Mark Schleifstein A long-simmering dispute about whether a leading engineering organization whitewashed the role of the Army Corps of Engineers in the failure of the levee system during Hurricane...