Pakistan considers policy change after Taliban leader captured

As  reported earlier on NowPublic top taliban Mullah Baradar has been arrested in Karachi in a joint CIA and Pakistan operation. This is a major breakthrough not only in terms of the actual capture but also...

Somalian Civil war Continued, 30 people died

New Delhi: Civil war in Somalia are continuied. In the current fightinting a pro-government militia fought off Islamist insurgents who tried to capture a central Somali town, with around 30 people killed in...

Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed

Potatoes are scary? Well at least to insects and they will eat the odd corpse. Next time I kill fly's and creepy crawlies in my house I will spread their remains over my potato patch. It's interesting how some...

Puerto Rico Exporting 2000 Monkeys to Baghdad

    What do you do with unwanted monkeys that are destroying your agriculture? Well if you're in Puerto Rico they have a one way ticket to Baghdad. Over thirty years ago a dozen patas and rhesus...

Beware The Stingray!

Stingrays will always remind us of Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter,' won't they? Here is a story of a record-breaking stingray. " A record-breaking stingray capture, by the numbers: 1 rod and line 90 minutes...

Woman uses wedgie to stop thief in his tracks

A woman who chased a man down who broke into her co-worker's car finally got him to stop squirming away from her when she gave him a massive wedgie."Morris eventually grabbed the man's boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man...

Sri Lanka troops capture rebel Tamil Tiger's airstrip

Sri Lankan troops have captured an airstrip of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the country's north, defence officials said Wednesday. The airstrip was located 15 km east of Mankulam town that was captured by Army's Task Force 3 this week. There are reports coming that  Sri...

Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses

"Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI Published: December 11, 2008 WASHINGTON — A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush...

STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah

" STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah, the new Marathi Entertainment Channel. STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland through its programming initiatives. The channel will bank on two of its driver...

Al-Qaeda helps US advance agenda

"Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration's agenda. In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group "was born from the empire's own entrails", using the term "empire" to...

LTTE claims to have killed 43 Sri Lankan soldiers

The millitant group of SriLanka , who is fighting its last bid to survive Army assult, today claimed to have killed 43 Soldiers.Both side claim that they are killing each other in great numbers but one cannot belive these numbers because of secrecy and modus operandi. " ...

Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than £500m

A yacht from Ireland was siezed this morning in a raid, and 700 million euros worth of cocain was found on board. The capture follows an investigation which was launched after one of the yachts in the smuggling ring overturned off the coast of Cork and dumped 62 bales of...

Wall street, hunting for scalps, 17 Lehman moneyman "to go on trial"

Sub-prime Wallstreet moneyscam New Yorks prosecutor has the choice, who goes first to prison of the moneymen. If he waits too long, America's financial credibility has gone. Individual law cases, class action...

Paes- Dlouhy lose Japan open final

"Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG...

Until Every Stock Is 0, Naked Shorting Is Good

These Institutions, hedge funds and anal-ysts, that helped contribute to the looting of the world by naked short selling should be tried for treason.* * * *I heard a researcher say that nobody who has ever taken...

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