The turmoil continues in Kenya, especially now that President Kibaki has announced his hand-picked cabinet, which included the leader of the third-place party as his vice-president. The opposition has been howling ever since, and fears abound of violence intensifying in the...
It's amazing that everyone got out ok considering the amount of damage that happened to the building."A building on the Danforth was reduced to rubble overnight after it unexpectedly caved in, forcing residents to run for their lives.
Incredibly, everyone managed to scramble...
Too bad for Taylor, but if every other Idol winner's debut goes platinum and scores a big radio single, the expectation is that he should be able to do it too. With record industry sales plummeting to...
This is a really bizarre case. I can only imagine what was going through this kid's mind as he was forced around town after watching his siblings being murdered. Probably completely in shock."The man accused of killing Iliada Zois and her 14-year-old brother then held another...
A certain irony to this story - especially so close to Christmas as they are saved only to be sold and cooked...
"Firefighters have been praised for saving thousands of turkeys from death after a fire broke out in a poultry shed in Norfolk.
The fire broke out in a rearing...
As the Wikimedia Foundation continues its donations drive, revelations
about its recent chief operating officer show that, well---research is, indeed,
important. Carolyn Bothwell Doran's background included kiting...
"Researchers at Tokyo University managed to turn off the receptors in a mouse's brain that react to the scent of its main predator.
They wanted to prove that fear is genetically programmed and not, as is commonly...
The storm has been brewing for a while, and it's spilling over into the mainstream again. After failing at every single level to get their outmoded and greedy laws enacted in Canada (including a copyright board of...
‘Alternative media’ in Oaxaca, Mexico, means graffiti, not the internet. Nancy Davies comments on the latest meeting of Oaxacan journalists this weekend on NarcoNews.com.
Many issues were discussed, including the lack of unity amongst
journalists and the increasing...
"Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally.[1] It was...
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Doctors in Bangalore, India have successfully operated on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs. It took a team of 36 surgeons, 27 hours to remove Lakshmi Tatma's parasitic twin. Parasitic...
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"A HUBBY was jailed for breaking a court order not to contact his estranged wife after website Facebook sent her an automatic email.
Engineer Dylan Osborn, 37, only joined the social-networking site to look at a pal’s wedding photos.
It then sent an invite to be a...
"Madonna grossed more than £100 million for her 60-date Confessions tour, earning more than £1.5 million a gig.
The new edition of the Guinness Book of Records confirms the 49-year-old as the world's most...
"Cardiff Castle is celebrating 60 years since it was handed to the city by the 5th Marquess of Bute.
A 1940s theme day includes free entry to the grounds and staff dressed in period clothes.
The programme also includes guided tours of hidden tunnels used as air raid shelters...