EU hits Intel with fresh charges

European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker Intel over alleged abuse of its dominant market position." The European Commission (EC) accused the firm of paying a...

Ha Noi to Get Seven-Star Hotel

A seven-star hotel, expected to be one of the world’s biggest hotels, will be built in Ha noi by Israel’s El-Ad Group."The project includes a luxury hotel, an area for conferences, apartments, and an office building equipped modern facilities. The project is being...

Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise

The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...

Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan

There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them.  "After deployment along the...

Blair cancels Gaza visit after threats

Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, who was scheduled to visiting Gaza this summer, has had to cancel the trip because of unspecified threats on hsi life. It would have been the highest level diplomatic visit since the militant Group Hamas was elected to leadership in the...

Family: Woman With 5 Dead Husbands Obsessed With Cash, Can't Be Trusted

" Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary. "She told me that people of our stature have insurance...

Malaysian Police lock Parliament, fearing opposition

Malaysian capital Kualalumpur has been turned into a fortress and even Parliament house has been locked down fearing the massive protest from Opposition leaders. "Malaysian police locked down Parliament on Monday with roadblocks and massive security to prevent an anticipated...

Glitch hampers iPhone launch

"NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. ...

Australia prepares for Pope's visit

Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of pilgrims...

Five Arrested After Karachi Bombings

Five men were arrested and accused in a conspiracy to destabilize the government and terrify people after seven bombs went off in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday.One person was killed and over 40 others were injured after a series of explosions went off within the space of an...

One Thousand Hear Change of Note in World's Longest Concert

At least it wouldn't be hard to learn to play this composition--unlike the boogie woogie and classical that I love to play!" More than 1,000 music-lovers showed up on Saturday, July 5, in a German town to hear a change of note in the longest-running and slowest piece of music...

'Girls Gone Wild' sued for $2 million in gambling debt

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft porn empire already had...

Malaysian Muslim royalty slams Islamic party for opposing music concert | The...

"The royal titular head of a Malaysian state has criticized an Islamic opposition party for opposing a planned music concert, dismissing the protest as "hypocritical" and "trivial" in a rare outburst, a news report said Wednesday. The Selangor state sultan's criticism was...

Village threatened by warming gets funding

Certainly distressing when an entire town must be evacuated before it is swallowed up forever.  It is also reported that the State of Iowa is under 2/3 of water.  Where do you relocate a state?...

SKorea minister heads for US beef talks, more protests planned

It is difficult to cull the reality behind the protests in SKorea from afar but it seems as if the people are continuing to put up a solid front. Today the SKorea's trade minister left for talks in Washington....

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