Part of New York train service suspended

UPDATE: March 5 - 5:50PM EST" Hearing that Metro-North Railroad service into and out of Grand Central Station was halted soon before Tuesday's evening rush, Chizuko Broinowski of Greenwich, Conn., expected she'd be among hundreds of commuters having to take a subway to the...

U.S. troops detain news editor of Iraq TV station

According to Reuters, Mr. al-Beshara is being detained as part of an investigation into the conduct of his son, who is suspected to be a "militia intelligence operative"."The U.S. military said on Monday they had detained the news editor of a television station owned by...

The Freedom to Ride...

While other T.V. stations are fighting out who is the most viewed & reliable media company whom they feed with their viewers that they are the ones who are telling the truth, in order to get more funds,...

Development of Jakarta airport railway to start in March 2008

""The project`s ground breaking will be carried out in March 2008 and it is expected to be completed in June 2009," the minister told the press after the launching of Ciliwung Blue Line at Gambir railway station here on Friday.The airport railway was an urgent need and could...

Indonesian volcano critical phase not over: scientists

"Volcanologist Agus Budianto said "tremors had calmed down from Mount Kelut since yesterday (Friday) but other indicators still show increasing magmatic pressure from the volcano's belly." Sensors sending real-time information from the mount's peak showed increased...

maltaStar.com: Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal

Thank the Gods for hackers!!  One smart lad developed a software programme to pingback the data altered on Wikipedia to the source of the IP that made the changes.  So far, the list is very long and very...

Radio station from Mars!

Just joking. Then, where on earth is this?

Journey to the centre of the ocean: my account of Ocean Station Papa

As an oceanography graduate student at UBC, I have the immense opportunity to actually do “real” oceanography (i.e. riding boats) through our joint partnership with the Institute of Ocean Sciences hailing from...

11 Menezes police face no action

Mr. Menezes was shot eight times at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 after being tragically mistaken for a suicide bomber, one day after the failed London bombings."Eleven officers involved in the shooting...

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Radio station uses killer in ad campaign

"A Norweigian radio station has recruited a convicted murderer for an ad campaign that warns if people do not listen, "I'll kill you." The radio spot featuring notorious convict Veronica Orderud is running on Oslo radio station P3 touting Mina Hadjian's show, Aftenposten...

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