"Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that he pays the bills and calls the shots in the team, lest anyone forget. There has been talk of a rift between his senior staff but he said that the whole issue had been blown out of...
Britain had their gold day today.British athletes scored medals in swimming, rowing, and cycling, resulting in one silver and four bronzes, and of course, a triumphant gold in the men's four rowing."The irrepressibly...
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British cyclist Chris Hoy has won his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, boosting Britain's total gold medal tally to 13, the country's best performance since 1920."Hoy, the silver medalist from Sydney and...
This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...
A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...
Afghan police have seized biggest ever drug cache of 237 tonnes along with three men. The drug was believed to be belonging to Taleban who were intending to exchange for purchaisng lethan weapons. Estimated to account for 90% of world's opium, Afghanistan...
It's the disaster story that will not go away..."BAKER, LA. -- Curtis Westbrook cut a lonely figure as he sat outside his trailer this week, chain-smoking as workmen hauled another empty trailer away.He had already...
"As a fully paid-up monster of the deep, it should have swatted aside any angler with the temerity to try to catch it with a mere rod and line.But this record-breaking Atlantic halibut bit off more than it could chew...
Someone's going to have a lot of ika sushi leftovers..."MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian fishermen have hauled up a six-metre-long giant squid off the country's southeastern coast.Skipper Rangi Pene says the...
Velcro is used everywhere in our lives. We don't even think about how useful it is I bet. I think velcro is one of the best inventions ever - it's about time it got some recognition!" The signature sound of Velcro...
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Sadly enough, I was one of those hapless folks waiting in line at my local EB Games at midnight last night for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV (4). I wasn't going to do it (after all, I'm the 'morning guy' for...
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There is going to be a significant disruption to the fuel supply in the UK over the next few days, as a two-day strike at Scotland's biggest oil refinery is set to go ahead."Plans to haul fuel by road from locations in England and Wales to Scotlandwill be put in place today...
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has committed his country to "the long haul" in the battle against terrorism in Afghanistan while saying that Australia's current troop strength in the war-torn country will...
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After the crash landing that ended in 8 minor injuries and a British Airways pilot being hailed as a hero, Heathrow airport is still trying to bring people home. According to a new report, two engines on the plane...
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