Attack kills 16 police days before the Olympics

" URUMQI, China - In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. ...

Graffiti artist Banksy pulls off grandest stunt to date - despite being watch...

England's most famous graffiti artist has pulled off yet another fantastic stunt - right under the noses of the CCTV cameras. This latest work is believed to be his biggest yet and it's right in the middle of...

Microsoft challenges Google with audacious $44.6bn bid for rival Yahoo

Good god, the world is over....is the Vatican going to buy Google? "Microsoft, which came late to the internet advertising market, is offering Yahoo shareholders $31 a share in a combination of cash and its own...

In Memoriam: Michael Reardon

"In Memoriam: Michael Reardon Tragic news hit the climbing community yesterday when reports trickled in that famed solo climber Michael Reardon had been killed. Famous for his at-times audacious free-solos of hard climbs around the world (free soloists climb without ropes or...

Top classics of 2006

"Two of Britain's biggest book publishers are locked in a battle for control of the lucrative literary classics market. Penguin is the leading classics publisher, with its familiar black or silver-spined series accounting for about 65% of all classics sold in the UK. But next...

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