An Australian couple, the Evringhams, have built a house that rotates to follow the sun. The whole house is turned by a motor not much bigger than that in a washing machine and enables the house to make the...
created by Paul Conneally | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1043 views | 40 recommendations | 3 comments
Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the party ran on the platform of self-determination won a key council in Sri Lanka. The government was expected to do well for the following reasons: The election was held too soon after the end of the war for people to vote and for democracy...
opinion by sivakaran | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 381 views | 10 recommendations | 16 comments
" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand...
created by RayBanBro66 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 866 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
I stumbled onto this story by accident (no really!!!) and even though it is a bit of old news, I thought it was worth sharing on here. "Being the responsible lot that we are, Crave occasionally posts public...
"The influential Public Accounts Committee of the Pakistani parliament is now officially to be controlled by the opposition and headed by Nisar Ali, a close aide of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and is likely to start with gusto by digging up the dirt on former...
Yup, it's true. It really is true."The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, gray surprise to science, the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for math as well Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially...
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After a fierce but brief firefight between Georgian and Russian forces, an uneasy truce has developed. One that could be threatened by today's announcement from Russia, supporting the 'rebel' regions in Georgia as independent states. Washington is calling this...
The world's largest hotel chain has fallen victim to a hacker, amd as a result as many as eight million people's identity information could be at risk."Up to eight million people are at risk of ID fraud after a...
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"Nobody knows how to play with the media more than Apple does, even when a bad news can damage their profits Apple turns it into good news and generate more positive buzz than bad. Take for example the recently...
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Here's some good ol' fashioned wheeling and dealing for the Tech & Biz channel: earlier today, an investment fund controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi bought New York City's famous Chrysler Building for...
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""Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (June 9, HBO) explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of acclaimed...
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A neighbourhood near the future Olympic Park in east London was getting back to normal today after being evacuated for a few hours while British Army engineers denotated a large WWII bomb that was unearthed this...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 541 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
A police chief in Syndey has been accused of some very serious conspiracy charges."A senior Australian police officer has been charged in connection with an alleged international plot to import half a tonne of drug-making chemicals.Mark Standen is accused of conspiracy to...