Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near...

" South Korea has railed for years against the Japanese government’s waffling over how much responsibility it bears for one of the ugliest chapters in its wartime history: the enslavement of women from Korea and...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

The pros and cons of touring a dead president

The idea of touring a dead president around the country to bring in sympathy votes for the present governing party might work in Zambia but US Presidential Candidate McCain might be well advised to keep the person...

Todays Crossword

For those that like crosswords, UK's Independant news paper has a online crossword puzzle. Please enjoy....Concise Crossword CrypticCrossword

Make Your Own Surveillance State

Though massively decentralized, the citizenry of a developed country handily outguns its government in terms of surveillance equipment. Every cameraphone, every digicam can be used to watch the...

Expert: Iran `doctored' photo of missile launches

The Iranian government has fudged pictures to show more missiles at the time of launch. The Pictures were altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range "An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth...

New instruments could provide advanced earthquake warnings

"Although measurement methods have improved enormously over the last few decades, it has remained very difficult to measure changes in the crust that could enable earthquake prediction. Now, the field has...

Five-year-olds to study Shakespeare

Students in primary and secondary school  will be taught Shakespeare in England. Each school will get a free copy of Shakespeare: The Animated Tales on DVD. "School children as young as five will be...

Starbucks is Closing Stores - Now Only 3 on Every Block

These guys are going to have the worst real estate problem in the US...."Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced the next step in its multi-faceted plan to transform the company, with a decision...

How to prevent spam in your blog's comments

"The power of the blog comment has turned commenting into a free-for-all contest for this powerful piece of blogging real estate. As your blog grows in readership and popularity, it will act as a magnet. The blog should entice thoughtful readers to communicate with you. On...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last...

Pig's head nailed to chapel

A pig's head has been nailed to the door of a former Methodist chapel which is being converted into an Asian community centre. Police are treating the incident at Quenchwell, near Carnon Downs, Cornwall, UK, as a racist attack. It's evident that the racisit incident is...

Apple Files Patent on Solar Power for Its Products

Nothing like an Apple in the sun. Will the company lead the way in devices that actually will be free of traditional power?"Owners of Apple devices such as iPods and iPhones may soon be able to chargethem up by...

40,000 troops told of fall deployment

Though many of them have now served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has alerted 40,000 US troops that they will be deployed in the war zones in the fall. Some of them have been home less than...

Europe clears mobiles on aircraft

I wonder how my sleep on planes will suffer because of this."Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.The decision means that mobiles could be...

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