12 Indonesian gold miners killed, nine missing in landslide

"At least 12 illegal gold miners were killed in a landslide in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua while nine other people were missing and feared dead, police and local media reports said Tuesday.The accident took place late Monday when more than 20 locals were working...

EU suffers defeat in banana wars

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the European Union import duties rules on bananas scorns the global trade rules. I guess the banana wars are over. "The WTO case was brought by Ecuador, which,...

Tanzanian PM to resign over graft

"Tanzania's prime minister has tendered his resignation after being implicated in an energy deal corruption scandal. "Because I have been linked to this scandal, I have decided to write to the president asking to be relieved of my duties," Edward Lowassa told MPs. He has...

Blizzard/Activision Merges With Vivendi In $18 Billion Deal

And another era of gaming is born. The world's biggest publisher/distributor joined up with one of the world's biggest software companies in a deal worth almost $19 billion. What impact this will have on the...

Hamas TV rapped for animal abuse

"A US-based animal rights group says it will protest to a Hamas-run TV channel over a programme, showing animals being abused at a zoo in the Gaza Strip. The group, Peta, criticised al-Aqsa TV for the children's...

"Sorry, That Yoga Pose is Copyrighted"

Modern-day yoga teachers will not be able to claim ownership (and, by extension, control) over yoga poses that have developed over thousands of years. "The Indian government has set up a task force to create a...

Rumsfeld faces German legal test

"Rumsfeld faces German legal test Donald Rumsfeld Rumsfeld quit after the US mid-term elections last week A lawyers' group has asked Germany to sue former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The complaint was filed by...

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