Pervez Musharraf working for establishment of global think-tank

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf wants to set up an international think-tank to 'make the world a peaceful place' and is visiting Britain to gather support for his plan, his close aide said Monday. The aide told that Musharraf will also be visiting the US, Canada,...

Johnson scraps plan to tax London gas guzzlers

London mayor Boris Johnson has fulfilled an election promise to abolish the special tax on large, gas-guzzling cars set by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone. The plan would have taxed so-called "Chelsea...

Artist to build four giant waterfalls in New York

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple. The waterfalls, including one that will fall from the famed...

Virtual worlds opened up to all

"A free tool that allows anyone to create a virtual world has been launched. Users of Metaplace, as it is known, can build 3D online worlds for PCs or even a mobile phone without any knowledge of complex computer languages. The web-based program is the brainchild of Raph...

Global Vote Selects Seven Wonders Of The World

Some really excellent photographs have been provided by NowPublic readers.  "A non-profit foundation has named the Seven New Wonders of the World at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal. The Great Wall of...

Rapspace in XXL

I'm sitting here with Mike Tippett and he is showing me Highlight..."With social networks like MySpace and Friendster running at full capacity, it's no surprise that Web sites have started turning separate forming separate cliques. Lately the Internet has seen the spin-off of...

The vaccine to cure every strain of flu

"British scientists are on the verge of producing a revolutionary flu vaccine that works against all major types of the disease. Described as the 'holy grail' of flu vaccines, it would protect against all strains of influenza A - the virus behind both bird flu and the...

Ten Reasons To Impeach The President

""The act of writing up Articles of Impeachment is not difficult. You just write them on a piece of paper," -US Rep. McKinney (D-GA) Remember what Bill Clinton was impeached for when reading the following ten reasons why George W Bush should be impeached: North American...

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