Umpire Review System trial to be extended

"Following the immense success of the umpire decision review system used on a trial basis in the recent India-Sri Lanka series in July-August this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is now planning to extend it to other Test series too."

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The Olympic torch's shadowy past

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Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster

"Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster Ann Pettifor The scale of global debt reflects a broken financial and commercial system that is doing immense damage to the planet and to public life, says Ann Pettifor. 11 - 12 - 2007 On 9 August 2007, globalisation's rickety...

Nine US firefighters die in blaze

" Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 13:48 GMT 14:48 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Nine US firefighters die in blaze A firefighter rests after helping to put out the fire at the warehouse in Charleston The store and the warehouse were gutted by the fire A...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

Suing the Internet: Can You Even Do That?

Can you imagine if everyone who felt insulted by anything posted online could sue the site that held that posting?"The hosts of the speed-of-light world of Internet blogs and interactive websites that publish anonymous commentary should be forced to pay when reputations are...

The Final Punch: Removing Iran from the New Middle East Equation

"The Final Punch: Removing Iran from the New Middle East Equation by Ramzy Baroud Global Research, February 23, 2007 Email this article to a friend Print this article The configuration of the New Middle East — as envisaged by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during...

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Caerphilly Castle, Wales

Caerphilly Castle is one of the great medieval castles of western Europe. Several factors give it this pre-eminence - its immense size (1.2h), making it the largest in Britain after Windsor, its large-scale use of water for defence and the fact that it is the first truly...

End of the world 2012

"Yes! 2012... this shall be the year of reckoning. 2012 shall be remembered in the history of mankind for ever. Why? From the position of planetary movements and astrological calculations... the significance of number three for the present civilization is immense. The 12th...