Pune, Kochi - New IPL Franchises for 2011

The latest news from the Chennai Press Meeting is that Pune and Cochin has found place for the new franchise team auction.  Teams in the auction list were Ahmadabad, Kanpur, Nagpur, Gwalior, Pune, Kochi and Indore. Only two teams have to be selected from the auction. ...

Profit driven Agriculture causing famines and soil degradation.

By, Uwe Paschen. Modern, new and high tech is not always the anther to our problems. This is especially true when it comes to agriculture and its environmental impact. Most importantly would be the long-term...

Hackers, Deniers and Real Solutions to Global Warming

Recently there has been a controversy about hackers who hacked into the UN site dealing withclimate change and found some data fudging and sloppy research. Some have used that to claimglobal warming to be a fraud. There is a problem with that. The UN body is just one out of...

Clashes Continued in Nigeria, 40 killed in Nasarawa clash

New Delhi: Starting clashes wetbeen herds men and farmers to security forces and members of a fundamentalist Islamic secttions continued in Nigeria. In current clashes death toll from a clash between security...

One UN Hostage in Niger released. No word on Fowler and Guay.

Niger Hostage release, One out of three.  Last December 14th 2008 Robert Fowler, Louis Guay and Soumana Mounkaila disappeared in Niger about 40 Km from Niamey the Capital City of that country. Many conflicting...

Rare cheetah caught on camera and rare crab sighted in Britain

An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...

Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops

Well, this sounds incredible; combining sun and seawater to make deserts yield food:" The Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration Architecture Vast...

Sahara: Remains of 5,000-year-old cemetery found.

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly Now Public’s Contributor Paschen’s story last week on the Sahara validates Paschen's story and this story, as they try to turn the tide on the Sahara, as...

Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU

"A tiny rectangle superimposed on the vast expanse of the Sahara captures the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing the fierce power of the desert sun. Dwarfed by...

Desertification Part II, the History of the Sahara Desert! (Attem

By, Uwe Paschen. The History of the Sahel Desert is a very long and fascinating one as well! Human have lived, hunted and farmed here for the longest time of all areas on this Planet Earth! The first Humans...

URANIUM! The next Energy crisis may cripple the Western Nations a

By, Uwe Paschen. Energy, our main focus since the Oil crisis of the 1970 has been Nuclear, yet, once the Oil crisis was over we focused once again on Oil!Now that we are in the middle of a new Oil crisis much...

Business Interest Forces Mayawati-Mulayam to Over Rule Political Compulsions

"Lucknow (ABC Live): The cat has came out of bag on all of sudden meet between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms Mayawati and SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav When UP government has withdrew its earlier Letter to take stern against Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited "

Sahara’s metamorphosis from savannah to desert

" The grassy prehistoric Sahara turned into Earth's largest hot desert more slowly than previously thought, a new report says—and some say global warming may turn the desert green once again. Lake Yoa,...

Dakar Rally canceled due to terrorist threat

Given the renewed fever with which people are wary of Al Qaeda these days (Pakistani President Musharraf has linked the assassination of Benazir Bhutto to the organization), it's not altogether surprising that...

WWII army bag is found in desert

"A bag belonging to a World War II soldier from Lancashire has been discovered in the Egyptian desert after lying there for more than 60 years. Alec Ross, from Burnley, lost the bag containing personal letters and photos, while serving with the 8th Army. Egyptian tour guide...

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