Russian navy captures 10 Somali pirates

As the crew of the released Ukrainian cargo ship Faina has arrived in Ukraine after four months of captivity, scandalous details concerning the alleged information leak have surfaced. The vessel loaded with heavy weaponry was released last week after almost five months of...

Mumbai airport near collison, probe begins into near miss

In a major breach of  passenger security at Mumbai airport , an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper from president Pratibha Patil's fleet came dangerously close to an Air India aircraft. The disaster was narrowly...

Military jet crash in San Diego kills 3; 1 missing

"Residents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are accustomed to loud, low-flying military jets, but they immediately knew something was wrong when they heard the skies thunder. The explosions came moments...

Seven awesome iPhone freebies

Seven awesome iPhone freebies Posted by Rick Broida (Credit: Joost) As a mostly ecstatic new iPhone owner, I've spent considerable time checking out--you guessed it--the...

Canadian Fireball Remains Found

"University of Calgary researchers reported last Friday that they have found the remains of the meteor that streaked through Canadian skies in November The remains of the 10-ton meteor were densely strewn over a...

Citi Rescue Talks Underway

"The market shrugged off the prospect of a Citigroup meltdown and focused instead on the leak that Timothy Geithner was Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary. Citi fell another 20%, its shares dropping below $4. Have banking catastrophes become so routine that it is now...

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime   HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

No early release for dying Lockerbie bomber

The man convicted for perpetrating the Lockerbie bombing, the worst act of terrorism in British history, has had his appeal for early release rejected in Scotland. The man is suffering from cancer, but witnesses...

27-year-old Missing Wisconsin Mother

"The Jackson County Sheriff's Department and friends and family of a missing woman are asking for your help. Friends say 27-year-old Alisha Sidie was last seen on Friday night leaving her home in Hatfield, near...

Man U Boss Conned Out Of £7m By Bogus Dealer

The chairman of British football team Manchester United was allegedly swindled out of a huge amount of money by soeone pretending to sell bonds."A BOGUS bond dealer swindled former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards out of more than £7million, a court heard yesterday....

Bills' offense flounders in third straight loss

"I don’t want to shortchange the defensive effort by the Patriots, especially the play of the front seven, but the Bills offense continued to be anemic in a 20-10 loss to New England. That makes three straight...

Pervez Musharraf says he’s not entering politics

"Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said he has no intention of entering politics. Gen Musharraf has been leading a quiet life since he resigned in August.“Whosoever is attributing such information to me is absolutely wrong. I have not talked to anybody...

RAF guided blind pilot to safety

Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...

Father who threw son off balcony is to challenge unlawful killing verdict

Following a ruling against a father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony in Greece, attorneys for the father have decided to file an appeal in the case."A father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony in Crete, killing his son, today won permission to launch...

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