" ISLAMABAD: Article 248 of the Constitution which gives immunity to President Zardari has been challenged in the Supreme Court (SC). The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) Chairman Jameel Ahmed filed the petition...
created by Pakistani News | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 123 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
"The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged.The huge genetic diversity of dogs found in East Asia had led many scientists to conclude that domestication began there. But new research published in the journal PNAS shows the DNA of dogs in...
" .fullpost{display:inline;} Image by jurvetson via Flickr New form of carbon is able to break itFor quite some time now, people have looked at diamonds as being the most tough, naturally occurring materials on Earth. But that wisdom is about to be challenged by a...
created by TipsBox | 4 years ago 89 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Bangladeshi Army tanks rolled into the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters, where mutinous troopers who had battled the army for 33-hours had been holed up, in the capital city Friday morning as search...
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 2525 views | 15 recommendations | 1 comment
Following yesterday's massive street demonstations in Thailand, judges has ordered the arrest of the protest's organizers. Police have still been unable to negotiate an end to the protests, and they are...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 254 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
In a shock resignation, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, Nicol Stephen, resigned last night. He said he was doing so to "spend more time with his family." Stephen was just elected leader of...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 415 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Some interesting thoughts on the role of technology in making the world better. I disagree with a couple of Haque's contentions. Alot of money has been going into green technologies. According to Goldman Sachs investment increased from $400 billion in 2003 to $3 trillion in...
created by kferaday | 4 years ago 168 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out.
Abdallah S. Jum’ah, president and CEO of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known better as...
created by JTshockley | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 341 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
A blind woman has been thrown out of the government bus in eastern India. Physically challenged women was allegedly thrown out of her seat when she refused to buy a ticket, although she had a pass that entitles her to travel without paying any fare....
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 462 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Seems that mega developer Ratner has abandoned his mini city project and has left things worse then they were. Now blocks and blocks of demolished buildings will just remain undeveloped few the next several years. "The ever-lengthening timeline for completing the $4...
created by urbano411 | 5 years ago 302 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"As if Katie Couric didn’t already have enough problems. Weighed down by record-low ratings at the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News,” and by reports suggesting she will leave that post two years before her multimillion-dollar contract expires, Couric now has civil...
created by urbano411 | 5 years ago 402 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Approximately 10,000 runners showed up for the 36th annual Cherry Blossom Festival 10-mile run held in Washington, DC this past Sunday April 6th, 2008. Even with cool weather, runners from around the world...
created by poolparty | 5 years ago 390 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This morning on my way to work I got on to the train at my usual station, and there were no seats available. I thought 'oh great, I have to stand for the next 30 minutes and it's 6am' but then a man offered his...
created by Amy Judd | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 799 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
"Three Israeli journalists who traveled to Lebanon and Syria are under investigation by the Israeli police for travel to "enemy" countries. One of them, Lisa Goldman, has been part of the informal We Media community for some time. She participated in the 2006 We Media Global...
created by mtippett | 5 years ago 394 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Good to see the corporate fat guys get turned over by the little men some times!"A
Gloucestershire dental practice has come out smiling after defeating
fashion chain Lacoste in a dispute over a crocodile...
created by Paul Conneally | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1737 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments