Sri Lanka camp children malnourished

The Executive Director of Sarvodaya reported of high rate of malnutrition at the Menik Farm, Sri Lanka. "Nearly 5000 Internally Displaced children in the Vavuniya camps are malnourished, a charity that works in...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

Feck Off! Deemed to Be Acceptable in the Uk

Magners Irish Cider received a number of complaints relating to an advert in which a man tells bees to "feck off", members of the public were concerned that young children could be badly influenced by seeing this...

US Congress suspends move to upgrade Pakistan fighter fleet

Pakistn government's plan of diverting aid money to upgrade its military arsenals have entered rough patch. Pakistan government has planned to use millions of dollars given for counter terrorism programmes to upgrade its military arsenals. US lawmakers are reportedly...

RED ALERT!! Google must divulge YouTube log

"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...

Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway splits from long-time love

Anne Hathaway, star of The Devil Wears Prada and Get Smart has split from her boyfriend of four years, Raffaello Follieri."The 25-year-old movie star ended her four year relationship with Italian-American...

Shock anti-binge drink ads launched

  As Britain continues to ponder why its young people are the booziest in Europe and alcohol fuelled anti-social behaviour continues to make the headlines the government issues these new shocking ads. Shock...

'Get well' therapy offered for gay

" Lublin - Often considered sick, deviant or sinners, gays and lesbians in deeply Catholic Poland are being nudged towards church-steered programmes designed to help them fight their homosexuality.In the...

Revealed: The fascinating facts (and common myths) about our brains

There are a lot of questions we always ask to try to understand some of the facts and myths that are been told about our brains. we always ask questions like: Does a bigger brain make you more intelligent? Do...

London Zoo celebrates its 180th birthday

I remember my first trip to London Zoo.I was about 9 and  my mum promised my brother and I she would take us one day when we were off school. So when that day finally came, I was so excited. I had never seen...

BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer

"A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope.Ashley Highfield, head of...

18-year-old hacker convicted in New Zealand

Amazing that someone so young could commit such an enormously complex crime."A New Zealand teenager accused of involvement in an international cyber-crimering which skimmed millions of dollars from bank accounts has been convictedof illegal computer hacking.Owen Thor Walker,...

MTV launches new Arabic service

Hmmmmnnn......respect the culture without diluting the brand. I don't think this will work. MTV is famous for showing half-naked girls strutting their 'wares' and I believe this won't go down well with the Arabian authorities. Good luck to MTV anyway. Long may their head live...

TECHNOLOGY-SRI LANKA: Leapfrogging Out of Poverty on IT

"TECHNOLOGY-SRI LANKA: Leapfrogging Out of Poverty on IT By Feizal Samath MAHAVILACHCHIYA, Oct 26 (IPS) - In a north-central village, deep inside Sri Lanka’s backwoods, a young man is glued to a computer screen, pushing a mouse and filling in figures. Isuru Senevirathna is...

IT rumble in the jungle

"IT rumble in the jungle Fancy having city kids go into the village to learn? Usually it’s the other way around. But the Horizon Lanka IT village at Mahavilachchiya in Anuradhapura plays host to students from the cities and towns keen on learning IT and this small hamlet...

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