A ‘different approach’

"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...

Film piracy may be source of terrorist funding

Film piracy may be a primary source of funding for terrorists and other organized crime groups.  This is according to chairman of the Philippines' Optical Media Board (OMB) Eduardo "Edu" Manzano, who came up with the conclusion after his group yielded illegal drugs and...

Committee for Medicinal Products - Positive Opinion for Alimta Lung Cancer Drug

" LONDON, Feb. 21, 2008-On 21 February 2008 the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion** to recommend the variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Alimta. The Marketing Authorisation Holder for...

Web on mobile set to explode

I saw this short article on the emarketer website. It is a big indication of where the ‘web’ is expanding into. For us in Australia, we are still being retarded by high data charges imposed by the telcos. No doubt this will change in time. If you have business with...

Rescuers say noises heard in mine, drilling increases

Holding out hope here....."HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) -- Rescue workers said they heard a noise Wednesday night -- though it's unclear what it was -- deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for nine days. art.mine.gi.jpg Crandall Canyon coal mine safety officer...

Newly-released bin Laden video calls for "martyrdom"

These guys are big on recommending martyrdom to others, but their own wardrobes are notably bereft of suicide vests..."Osama bin Laden stresses the importance of martyrdom for Muslim causes in a videotape that purportedly contains a 50-second message from the al Qaeda...