NSA Denies Monitoring Calls of Princess Diana

"The statement came in response to British media reports that U.S. intelligence officials had intercepted Diana's calls on the day she died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. According to the reports, the officials had assured Scotland Yard investigators working on a pending...

South Africa: Deputy President probed over $ 645,000 flight

$645,000 joy ride?

Fight for democracy: deposed Fiji PM [coup is done]

"Fiji's deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase has called on his countrymen to fight for democracy after the military finally ousted him in a bloodless coup. After months of threats and an escalating military campaign, Commander Frank Bainimarama confirmed what Fijians knew...

Britain fails fake passport test

"Shahida Tulaganov obtained 20 illegal passports - each from an EU country, including the UK - within months. Those in the trade told her to travel via sea or bus, saying port security was less stringent than airports. The Home Office said it works closely with the EU to...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sets Lifespan

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has said it will spend all its assets within 50 years of them both dying, as the trustees want to focus the foundation's work in the 21st century. In a statement posted on the charity's Web site, dated November 29, the foundation said:...

Pelosi taps Reyes to head intelligence committee

• Rep. Silvestre Reyes will head the House intelligence committee, aides say • The Texas congressman is a former border patrol agent and helicopter gunner • Democratic leaders are informing political and government leaders of the pick • Reyes has said the GOP rubber...

Hastings Graceful, Pelosi Careful as She Steps Over Another Ethical Land Mine

In a statement (published in the Miami Herald), Representative Alcee Hastings, the former front runner for head of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence in the 110th Congress, takes his rejection gracefully- even allusively. The candidate said in a press...

Iraq tribe says it kills 55 al-Qaeda fighters

"RAMADI, Iraq, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The head of a tribal council in Iraq's western province of Anbar said on Sunday that tribesmen had killed 55 al Qaeda fighters in a battle on Saturday, but the U.S. military could not confirm the figures. The death toll, if confirmed, would...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...