Iraq oil development rights won by Shell

Well, well that's what its all about...  To the winners goes the spoils, err well oil in this case,  Iraq oil wells. Oh China, lost...   Its now time to exploit Iraq, the new regime needs to...

8 killed, 26 injured in China school stampede

"Beijing: Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush of bodies, state media and the local...

Iraq: The war was illegal

Well will the cat come out of the bag, will Tony Blair be seen as a war criminal and will he blab and stab, the arch demon Bush in the back. He can not take the fifth amendment UK is not America. He is surely in...

Obama says he wants to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan

I have noted that new equipment has been deployed to the battle front, that the armed forces have been sent much better equipment more suitable to the terrain. The pause has been set up so Obama can not only...

Eight students drown as boat capsizes in Kerala

" Eight school students drowned when a country boat in which they were returning home capsized in Chaliyar river on Wednesday, a month after Kerala's worst tourism tragedy at Thekkady which claimed 45 lives. The...

Natascha Kampusch returns to tidy the house that was her prison

" A girl who was imprisoned in a cellar for eight and-a-half years is coping with her ordeal - by returning to clean her captor’s house. Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped at the age of ten and held captive...

Punish ragging like rape, says MCI; Govt unsure

When did ragging changed from fun to cruelty? We were ragged by our seniors and we have ragged our juniors. It was fun and we came to know each other through ragging. Even faculties support this kind of ragging to a certain point. But some recent news about ragging in...

Cyber Or-21 The Eight Net Gen Norms

Moshe Dror continues with a breakdown of the Eight norms for this new Net-Generation. " By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror The Eight Net Gen Norms- The best description that I know of and will use of who the Net Generation actually are, is done in the book “Grown Up Digital” by Don...

'Drone kills eight in Pakistan'

Drone in the sky and people flee their home, that is what is happening in AfPak border.Drone is new terror weapon , who is using it that is different issue. In a very similar kind of attack US drone killed eight pepole in south waziristan." Missiles fired by a suspected US...

Mother of ‘Slumdog’ child celebrates Oscar haul in Mumbai

Attending the Oscars is a huge achievement for a nine-year-old Rubina Ali. However, at 12 am yesterday night, one of the Slumdog stars Rubina Ali (9) called her family from Los Angeles feeling homesick and wanting...

President Bush's farewell speech to the nation

President Bush will made his final farewell address to the nation tonight, and faced a live audience at the White House.Some previous NowPublic coverage here. 5:00pm The crowd stands and claps as Bush walks into...

India XI win by four wickets against Pakistan XI

Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20-20 World Series being played at the Sardar Patel stadium on Monday."AHMEDABAD: Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

Baby P death sparks national child protection review in UK

The controversial case of baby P, a child who was brutally killed by its mother even after several visits by the British social services department, has scandalized Britain. Now a nationwide review has been launched to find problems with the department."A nationwide review of...

Armed men loot bank, escape with Rs4 mn

"Updated at: 1225 PST, Friday, November 14, 2008  KARACHI: Eight armed men looted Rs4 million from a commercial bank in Muaripur Road and fled with money after killing a policeman and a security guard on Friday, police officials said.They said eight armed...

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