Egypt Opens Gaza's Rafah Crossing for 48 Hours

The clocks are running for anyone stuck on either side of the Gaza strip and medical services as the Rafah crossing in Egypt opens for 48 hours. The Gaza strips main access to the outside world was re-opened at 9:30am on Tuesday and will remain open until Thursday. This is to...

BP ups stakes by accusing Putin of failing to stop hijack by oligarchs

"BP has upped the stakes in its battle for control of its Russian joint venture, by accusing Vladimir Putin of damaging his country's reputation through failing to intervene in the escalating dispute.John Sutherland, the BP chairman, used a press conference in Stockholm to...

First Defamation Case Against an Egyptian Internet Blogger for Posting Inform...

"First Defamation Case Against an Egyptian Internet Blogger for Posting Information about Environmental PollutionJune 8, 2008 Cairo, EgyptFirst Defamation Case Against an Egyptian Internet Blogger for Posting Information about Environmental Pollution The Arabic Network for...

Iran Bringing US to Court

Are they serious? We have damaged their reputation because we are saying they are trying to make nukes? What planet are we on?"Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed...

'Flintstones' protest EU emissions proposal

"Fred and Wilma Flintstone' were arrested today as they approached the European Parliament to protest over the influence of the car industry on proposals to curb carbon dioxide emissions from cars.Six...

Uma Thurman Sues Lancome for $15 Million

If Uma was actually concerned about her image and reputation, perhaps she should consider making better movie choices. "Actress Uma Thurman sued Lancome on Friday, seeking $15 million from the French cosmetics...

Iran Undermining Al Qaeda: Ayman al-Zawahiri

"Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a new audiotape Tuesday accusing Shiite Iran of spreading a conspiracy theory about who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks to discredit the power of the Sunni terrorist network.Ayman...

Gordon Brown faces revolt over 10% tax band

"Labour MPs will mount a fresh attack on Gordon Brown's decision to scrap the 10p income tax band, accusing him of an "unreasonable" move to squeeze more money from the lowest-earning workers."

Thaksin pleads not guilty to Thai graft charges

It will be interesting to see how the post-coup government handles Thaksin's return." Deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded not guilty Wednesday to corruption charges, in the first case assembled by military-backed investigators to reach court.Thaksin said little...

UK's last 1,000 soldiers rushed out to Balkans

I hope we have enough Services personnel stationed in the ountry in case they are needed at short notice.. "Britain's overstretched Armed Forces are to send as many as 1,000 troops to the Balkans in a move that will see the military's last remaining reserve unit deployed on...

Federal judge rules flood victims can't sue Corps

"Wednesday January 30, 2008, 3:03 PM, By Susan Finch, Staff writer, Times-Picayune Thousands of homeowners who sued the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding of their property when three New Orleans drainage canal levees failed after Hurricane Katrina are out of luck...

Scrabble Makers Order Facebook To Take Down Scrabulous

"By David Kaplan - Thu 17 Jan 2008 01:36 AM PST scrabulousHasbro and Mattel, the marketers of Scrabble, are accusing the creators of popular Facebook app Scrabulous of violating the copyright on the 70-year-old word...

Two journalists attacked in Cuernavaca, Mexico

Please see MexicoReporter.com for more stories on violence against journalists in Mexico."Two journalists attacked in Cuernavaca, say reports Reports are surfacing in Mexico today that two journalists in the city of...

Top Madeleine detective 'sacked' after attack on British police

The British police have been working on finding Madeleine and this has not pleased Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral of the Portuguese police" Updated: The Portuguese detective leading the Madeleine McCann investigation...

Crosshairs on Iran: UN warns USA, Britain

Though he did not mention them by name, Chief UN Weapons Inspector Mohamed El Baradei, backed up by UN officials took aim at the USA and Britain yesterday as he warned about the consequences of using military force...

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