Hindus protest at cow’s slaughter

"HORSHAM About two hundred Hindus protested peacefully outside the RSPCA’s headquarters over the slaughter of a sick sacred cow at their temple while they were at worship. The RSPCA was accused of secretly...

Drupal Developers Acquia Raise $7 Million

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal and and an advisor to NowPublic has started up an interesting new venture.  Dries is an exceptional guy and this business will do well with him behind it.  Good luck...

Britain is second biggest investor in RI After Japan

""Britain is one of the important countries for Indonesia as its business players have remained the second biggest investor in Indonesia since 1967," chairman of the Capital Investment Coordination Board (BKPM), Muhammad Lutfi, said here on Wednesday.Lutfi was here to promote...

Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay

"Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay By PAUL AMES – 1 day ago BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the...

Disgruntled Voter Puts Belgium Up for Sale on EBay

Fed-up Belgium citizen, disgusted with the political wrangling since the June 10 election, put an ad on EBay to auction off his homeland. EBay was happy to take the advertisement. The site decided to pull the ad...

Stella Artois' misleading ads

It has been a bad week for beer."The brewer behind Stella Artois has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for implying that one family has brewed the lager for 600 years. An advert for the beer, often...

Belgium charges Scientologists with extortion

"Belgium charges Scientologists with extortionDoes The Church of Scientology actually help those with psychological issues help their members to resolve them? Belgian prosecutors today accused the Church of...

$3.6b of maturing bonds threaten kiwi

New Zealand exporters are happy to see the dollar drift down fast. Importers and many consumers like to see it stay strong. The kiwi dollar has already lost around 8 cents of its value over the last 20 days, and...

Police Leaving no stone unturned in search of Madeleine

Reports of sightings as far away as Belgium for missing 4-year old girl Madeline McCann has Police acting on every clue in their efforts to locate her. Currently Police are turning out the grounds of suspect...

There were frozen bodies in freezer: that's Belgium for you

This is a horrible story but I have something to say about it below."A Belgian man has been arrested after a dinner guest helping to clear up after the meal opened a freezer and found the body of the host's wife...

Obituary: George Melly

"With his flamboyant suits, oversize hats and Havana cigars, George Melly was a good-time Renaissance man who indulged, often over-indulged, his passions for jazz, film, art, fishing, writing, drink and sex. He...

Belgian ePassports a Security Liability: Experts

RFID: angel to some, demon to others*. For hackers, all of you who use a Radio-Frequency ID-enabled passport are just walking  along the concourse with your personal info on a flash-card stapled to your...

Stones Gig Sparks 50km Tailback

Mike Jagger and the Rolling Stones rock and rolled the Belgium traffic with a 30 mile tailback in their first of 30 European concerts in the Bigger Bang tour. "The veteran rockers played in front of 33,000 fans...

Belgian troops vs army of caterpillars

"Belgian soldiers are to be deployed in the country's forests to combat the menace of hairy caterpillars, Reuters reports. The procession caterpillars - so named because of their habit of marching in convoy -...

Nude lager lady loses UK love

Belgium's Rubbel Sexy Lager is being pulled from UK shelves. The beer, which is very popular worldwide, features women in swimsuits which can be scratched off, a la a scratch n' win ticket. "Buckinghamshire...

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