Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani okays IMF bailout package

"Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani has given the green signal to finalise details of an economic bailout package with the International Monetary Fund and a six-member delegation will leave for Dubai next week to negotiate, official sources said here yesterday. Adviser on...

Saanrat "Lydia" Wisutthithadato Not Thaksin Shinawatra's Part Time Lover

" It's been a year since the former Thai prime minister was ousted in a bloodless coup and despite stringent efforts by the military junta to black out news of the former strongman, the media-savvy Thaksin Shinawatra has found novel ways to remain in the Thai public eye. On...

Pasco Hearings On Plutonium Reprocessing

The Union of Concerned Scientists has  notified Washington state residents of public hearings on the resumption of a long discontinued technique of extracting weapons grade material from spent fuel.One of the proposed sites for this dangerous initiative is located near...

Microsoft Sued Over 'Embarrassment'

The plaintiff would have been better served by not storing such, uh, sensitive material on his hard drive. He has no case, really; I'm surprised that the other companies mentioned in the article settled out of court in the first place."A New England man has sued Microsoft...

Britain To Gain New Religion?

"Did you know that "The Force" could be the UK's 4th largest religion? Yep, it's true. In the country's 2001 Census, over 400,000 people registered their religion as "Jedi". In an attempt to gain international recognition as an official religion, two loyal Jedi Knights have...

RNIB lobby for higher rate disability allowance

"A campaign against the exclusion of blind people from the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is taking the fight to parliament in December, requesting that the higher rate allowance be extended to serious sight problems sufferers. The RNIB...