Even after rounds of peace talks with Tibetan representatives China had warned Dalai Lama and exhorted him to keep away from Olympic games."After latest fence-mending talks on Tibet issue that failed to make any...
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A group of reptiles called tuataras, the only surviving order that were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth could be wiped out because climate change could turn all the eggs into males - causing them to not be...
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It is estimated that 80% of the world's population will live in urban areas by the year 2020, another prediction has the population of the planet approaching 10 billion, a 150% increase over today's...
Two stranded endangered turtles were released into the sea on UK coast after they landed British coastline sometime back."Two loggerhead turtles, which were washed up on the south-west UK coast this winter, have been flown to Gran Canaria...
"June 27, 2008 Red states and blue states are united on at least one issue: Americans are increasingly angry and anxious about high gas prices and favor far-reaching action on energy and climate issues, according to a new poll. About three out of four Americans and a...
A group of traditionalist Anglican bishops making a symbolic visit to the Holy land found their trip stymied by an unpleasant reality: they showed up in Jerusalem at the same time as teh city's gay pride parade. The...
The Anglican (Episcopal) church is being torn apart by the issue of gay marriage and gay priests. Now conservative memebrs of the church are forming a new organisation which is hoping to prevent a split in the church."A new organisation for traditionalists wishing to remain...
Yesterday French president Nicolas Sarkozy was rushed into his plane after shots were fired on teh tarmac as he prepared to fly abck to France after his state visit to Israel. It turned out that the shot was fired by one of the Israeli guards, and he shot himself. srael is...
It's weird really, that he didn't think of it before. Maybe that's why he's called 'Weird Al'. At any rate, the master parodist has decided that youtube, itunes and other means of digital distribution might be the...
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Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno’s fascinating, 15 year old futurecasting exercise "Unthinkable Futures" proves uncannily and uncomfortably accurate. Here are two of my favourites from Eno: • “A new type of artist...
Not content simply to dabble in the political blogosphere (aka becoming "the most linked to blog on the web"), the esteemed HuffPo is bring the news to your own backyard. If you live in Chicago, that...
More confidential government files have been found on a train in London earlier this week.What is going on? Who is taking these on a train and then just casually leaving them behind? It's not like an umbrella you...
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Mmmm, pot, kettle and black spring to mind." Real reported over Ronaldo link Real Madrid are in pursuit of United's Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United have lodged an...