Bush ends Asian trip after taking in some Olympics

"The Olympics hadn't even started when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin quietly confirmed to President Bush the sketchy reports of Russian troops involved in an outbreak of fighting in Georgia's breakaway...

50 years for family of burglars who stole £35million from stately home

A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...

9 Firefighters in California Helicopter Crash Are Presumed Dead

"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of...

State of Texas Defies World Court: Executes Mexican National

The United States has failed to inform 51 Mexican citizens sentenced to die in United States' jails of their right to consular assistance, and Texas defied the World Court by executing Jose Medellin at 9:57 p.m....

Number Blindness Area of Brain Discovered...!

"Number Blindness Area of Brain Discovered...! Options   Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by anyone ...

Motorola Names Sanjay Jha co-CEO, No Worries NowPublic, its not our Sanjay!

E-Week is reporting that Motorola is continuing its management shakeup Aug. 4 with the appointment of former Qualcomm COO Sanjay Jha as co-CEO of the company and CEO of Motorola's Mobile devices division. Jha will serve as co-CEO with current CEO Greg Brown." Brown was also...

Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...

Six degrees of separation theory is correct

The six (or seven) degrees of separation no longer appears to be a myth now it's been proven by Microsoft in a study of 30 billion text messages, but I guess the chaps at Facebook already know this. It's quite a thought that you can be connected anyone else on the planet so...

Up to 10 Per Cent of Apple's MobileMe Mail was Lost

Earlier this month, Apple launched MobileMe, a replacement for their mildly-successful mac.com email and business service. However, they apparently weren't ready for the amount of users and stress on their server, as a good 10 per cent of the mail was getting lost. As of July...

Children feel 'hurt' on their national day

" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The...

Indian Investment in Africa: In the Shadows of China

Benin's intro:  This is an article that I just penned about India's growing investments into Africa and against the backdrop of the even larger Chinese presence in Africa.  The main question that this...

M.D. quits day job to Blog

"y Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By BRIAN STELTER Published: July 21, 2008...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Ancient village offers new tourism products - Duong Lam Ancient Village

Various new and typical tourism products have been restored to offer to tourists to Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay City, Ha tay Province, the relic management board has announced."Duong Lam Ancient Village,...

‘Wall-E’: An Homage to Mr. Jobs

Eve, left, and, Wall-e, right, in the animated film, “Wall-E.” (Credit: Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures) Talk about product placements. “Wall-E,” the Pixar movie that took in $62.5 million over the weekend, is chock-full of references to Apple...

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