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Britain 'to build £1m jail in Nigeria' for 400 prisoners

" British taxpayers are to provide £1million for a comfortable jail in Nigeria to take convicts whose crimes were committed in the UK. The prison would house 400 Nigerian inmates incarcerated in our own packed...

Giants make Edgar Renteria their new shortstop

" Edgar Renteria is back in the National League, where he thinks he belongs.Renteria became the second free agent to join the San Francisco Giants in two days, receiving an $18.5 million, two-year contract...

Less Than 7 Hours Sleep May Raise Cancer Risk in Women

Anything less than 7 hours sleep a night can raise your risk of getting cancer. Being active is the best, but if you don't get enough sleep then it almost erases the effect of being that active. Women who averaged...

A Star in Moose clothing

" These are odd circumstances in his first full year as a pro, but Ray Sawada is starting to get a little more comfortable."

Aussie James McGrath targeted in Maldives poll

"THE first free election in the history of the Maldives might or might not topple Asia's longest-serving dictator, but it has already thrust Australian political strategist James McGrath back into the spotlight, a...

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The Theoretical Underpinnings of Microblogging

Microblogging (like Twitter, communication in 140 characters or less,) ambient awareness, weak and strong social ties all come up this piece from NYTimes magazine by Clive Thompson. I liked this article because it...

Graphic Novels, Let's Just Call Them Comics, Do Science

I didn't write the squib below, but I would have, if I had found all these good cartoons. I am currently recommending Howard Zinn's " A People's History of American Empire" done as a comic by Mike Konopacki (Author) and Paul Buhle (Author) but here are a sheft of science...

Better Bras for Women - Hong-Kong Researchers Say They Did It

Better Bras for Women - Hong-Kong Researchers Say They Did It In 1935 US fashion designers have established a system for bra sizes. This system is used up until now for making underwear for women. The system was based only upon two main measurements - under the breast and...

India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI: Review

"Sri Lanka won a comfortable win in the 5th match against India at the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo, thus gaining a pride saving victory. They still lost the series though 3-2, but it was a massive win by 112 runs in a rain affected match."

Bhupathi-Knowles move to second round

"Ace Indian pro Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles scored a comfortable straight sets win to advance to the second round of the US Open. Meanwhile Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani team-mate Aisam-ul-Haq-Qureshi crashed out of the men’s doubles event."

Athletic Veil: For Today's Active Muslim Woman

Under developmentIt only takes a snowflake to start an avalanche. The Hijood and Burqini might just be the precipitation million of women of Islam need."SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - First, the burqini, now the...

Spain's Basketball Team: A Lesson In Being Politically Correct

Spain's Olympic basketball team created uproar (in Asia) this week, when the above photo was published in Spanish newspaper, El Mundo.   " Showing the players slanting their eyes for the Beijing Olympics,...

Meet Aussie the goldfish who swims upside down

"These days pet fish come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Indeed, the ordinary goldfish has come to seem just that. But Aussie, who shares a tank on pub bar, is rarely viewed with indifference. In fact, she is...

Foot doctors in a flap over flimsy flip-flop fad

The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day, wouldn't it be great not to wear socks and just put on a pair of flip-flops? We see flip-flops everywhere during the summer months and who could blame the flip-flop...

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