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England v New Zealand 1st Test
"First Test, Lord's (day two, close) New Zealand 277 v England 68-0 By David Ornstein ...
Olympic torch is greeted with joy in China
Despite the protests all over the world against the Olympic torch, the flame was met with much enthusiasm upon its arrival in China. So much enthusiasm in fact that the police are having to protect it from the...
Strike disrupting 8,000 UK schools
Teachers in the UK have gone on their first national strike in 21 years. About a third of schools in England and Wales have been affected so far. "The walkout by thousands of teachers has closed or partially closed...
Strike hits 1,770 schools so far
There will be a one-day strike on April 24 at schools across England and Wales. Interestingly, Tony Blair's son Nicky will be one of the strikers on teh picket line. The strike is being organised in response to an unsatisfactotry pay offer. It will be the first national...
Future of Olympic torch relay to be discussed
"The Irish Olympic Council has said the Irish team and its athletes will be taking part in the Beijing Olympic games regardless of any political or diplomatic boycott that could be staged.Under the Olympic Charter sport and politics always remain separate. The Irish Olympic...
Olympic 'flame of shame' protest condemned
OLYMPIA, Greece (CNN) -- Greece condemned human rights protesters who disrupted the Olympic torch lighting ceremony Monday....
Chinese cop reported killed as Tibet riots rage, ...
Riots continue to rage in various parts of the world, with a Chinese policeman reportedly killed in Beijing. Meanwhile, wikileaks.com has released 120 censored pictures and video of the protests. This follows the...
Power cut as severe storm batters Britain
It's raining cats and dogs out there!" Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an "exceptional" storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the latest...
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Again Under Unlawness
"Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (ABCLive) – Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh assembly on Friday disrupted Governor T.V.Rajeswar’s address by showing black placards and balloons."
Another Major Cable Break Leaves Thousands Withou...
A third (or fourth, depending how you count the lines and service disruption) cable connecting Europe and Asia was destroyed, leaving many people across both continents without internet.The continued destruction of the major cables has led to widespread conspiracy theories...
Internet Phone Service Disrupted on Two Continents
Internet Phone Service Disrupted on Two Continents
I am hearing that since this is an undersea cable, repairs could take two weeks. That is an outage!
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CAIRO, Egypt — Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swath of the Middle...
News Focus: People lamenting soaring soybean price
"People in Indonesia today can hardly find fermented soybean cake, locally known as tempe, in the markets as the price of soybean, the main ingredient in the traditional food, has increased to an unprecedented level.Tempe is a food popular mainly among the common or...
FBI phone tap cut due to unpaid bill
"A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a US government audit.
The US Justice Department's inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money used in undercover investigations, which it...
The Oddballs Inside al-Qaida's Big Tent Converts
Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, a sociologist of religion, has investigated
converts in Germany and in the United State. "People want to be
different," she says.
Islam allows a person to stand out from the crowd to a...
Office-goers use boats in rain-ravaged Indian city
In what appears to be one of the worse cases of rainfall and well the basic lack of preparation from the disaster management authorities, Kolkatta, amongst several major cities in India, has been flooded. And while...
