Worlds 10 cheapest countries for petrol

British motorists are among the top three most expensive countries in the world for fuel drivers pay on average 135p (US$2.209759419) a litre, $8.36 per US gallon, whereas Norway's capital Oslo drivers pay 164p...

Somali Pirates Hijack: Why Does This Keep on Happening?

" On Feb. 24, the Danish Naval Command received a distress signal from a vessel in the Indian Ocean. Not long thereafter, Danish officials confirmed that the yacht of a Danish family had been hijacked by Somali pirates. The crew of seven, including three teenagers, their...

Cyclone Phet a Category 4 Cyclone, Expected to Reach Oman June 4

Cyclone Phet is Now a Category 4 Cyclone and is Still Headed For Oman Cyclone Phet is expected to hit the United Arab Emirates and residents are bracing for the impact of the storm. It is then expected to reach Oman...

Cyclone Phet Now Category 3 : Heads For Oman, Projected Path

Cyclone Phet is Now a Category 3 Storm and is Heading for the Gulf Arab State of Oman Cyclone Phet is heading for Oman and is expected to strengthen in to a category 5 storm but it is not forecast to make landfall on...

King is gay, but homosexuality outlawed

It is one of the oddest thing on earth: the monarch is homosexual, but the subjects both gays and lesbians can be jailed for their sexual-orientation. "Sultan Qaboos, 68, of Oman is the world's first gay king in...

Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency

" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...

Iran tests fires missile Nasr-2 ,geo-polity on the boil

" Tehran, Dec 07: Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route, state media reported on Sunday. Iran launched six days of naval...

Indian navy 'sank Thai trawler': Clarification sought

" The owner of a Thai fishing trawler has said the Indian navy sank it off Somalia's coast last week after wrongly assuming it was a pirate "mother ship". Wicharn Sirichaiekawat said the Indian frigate had attacked the Ekawat Nava 5 while it was being hijacked by pirates....

UN backs Indian Navy’s efforts to fight sea piracy

After Indian Navy's heroic act against Somalian Pirates, It has received praise from the UN for destroying a “mother vessel” engaged in piracy in the Gulf of Aden a day after pirates forced a hijacked oil...

Growth in oil stumbles- Oman Crude- $46.98 barrel!

"On the Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Oman crude oil closed at US$46.98 a barrel yesterday, the first time it has settled below $50 since it started trading on the exchange last year. On the New York Mercantile...

Somali forces free pirate hostages

NATO, US, and Russian war ships cruised around Somalia " Somali forces on Tuesday freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week, according to the foreign...

Extreme diving - ice diving in Antarctica by Dr Lesley Thompson

Diving Medicine - Lesley ThomsonMost of my diving has been in cold water. Not just the American definition of cold water, being anything less than 18ºC, but properly cold! UK winter diving of 5-6ºC for example,...

Extreme diving - ice diving in Antarctica by Dr Lesley Thompson

Diving Medicine - Lesley Thomson Most of my diving has been in cold water. Not just the American definition of cold water, being anything less than 18ºC, but properly cold! UK winter diving of 5-6ºC for...

US carrier moved to Arabian Sea

Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier has been moved from Gulf to Arabian Sea to reinforce air strike in Afghanistan. In recent time there has been steep increase in the violent incidents in Afghanistan.   "A US aircraft carrier has moved to the Arabian Sea to...

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