Guinean forces kill 128 in crackdown

The death toll in Guinea reached 87. The protesters wanted to hold rally in stadium but security forces used weapon to disperse them.Latest reports say that, by Monday evening death toll reached 87 in these protest related firing. " Guinean security forces killed at least 58...

Iran Bans Mannequins With Curves, Western Clothes

Police in Iran are ordering store owners to cover up mannequins that expose curves or hair. All mannequins must wear head scarves - hijabs-  as well as loose-fitting clothing to counter Western influences.The...

Halo Reach Beta Available Through Halo 3 ODST

Halo: Reach, a multiplayer game exclusively developed for Xbox 360, is now available to gamers who buy the game Halo 3: ODST. Halo 3: ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) is available for purchase today. It's a prequel to the massively popular Halo 3, released in 2007. Halo 3:...

Crackdown on 80,000 immigrant wives with free pass to Britain

" A highly controversial crackdown on immigrants accused of abusing welfare handouts is to be unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson this week. He plans to ban wives brought here, mainly from India and...

Iran Clamps Down On Media: All Foreign Reporters May Be Expelled

[UPDATE]: Reporters Without Borders is claiming that all foreign reporters may be expelled from Iran within days. "All foreign reporters may be expelled from Iran within days, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders...

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009

At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...

US HM Government National Security Interests Case - Carroll Trust

HM Government Home Office high level officials have confirmed that the Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust One Billion Dollars organised criminal conspiracy and corruption case has now obtained a high level status...

Malaysian fined over online insults to Sultan

A Malaysian man was fined 10,000 ringgit ($2800 ) for posting comments of the Perak Royal Website using nasty an dobscene words - according to Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail. Azrin Mohamad Zain, a 33-year-old lab assistant,pleaded guilty to insulting Sultan Azlan Shah in...

Facebook leads police to Scottish gang members

Police in Scotland have arrested five people after tracking pictures of weapon play on Facebook and other internet sites. " FOUR men and a child have been arrested after police saw pictures of weapons being wielded...

London Olympic mega-brothels a worry for UK

" Church of England dioceses are to call for a government crackdown on human trafficking in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics to prevent a repeat of the "mega brothels" set up in German cities for the 2006...

Scottish Hospitals to face random checks on cleanliness

Following an audit of NHS hospitals in Scotland, it has been announced that Scottish hospitals will face random health and safety checks over the coming year."INSPECTORS are to make random checks on hygiene levels and infection control in Scottish hospitals as part of a ...

No Political Buttons Allowed for Teachers if DOE desire

"The Department of Education has the right to bar teachers from wearing political campaign buttons in school, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday. The ruling by Justice Lewis Kaplan came in response to a...

China Says More Dairy Makers Have Contaminated Milk

The Chinese tainted milk scandal continues to spread each day. Today the country revealed that the number of dairy producers who have the contaminated milk is even wider than originally thought."China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15...

Crackdown on short-selling leaves the city's 'robbers in pinstripes' facing h...

Short selling,  limited in UK and US makes the market more stable " Ruthless City traders who made millions by sending share prices into freefall were finally the big losers. The crackdown on...

Nepalese disco workers demand their right to dance nude be reinstalled

Nepalese authorities declared war on nude disco dancers because allegedly their actions contribute to a crumbling civilian order in the country. Today, protesting disco workers took to the streets of Kathmandu to...

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