Corruption Oil deal brings down Peru cabinet

"  The Peruvian government has stepped down over a continuing scandal about the allocation of oil concessions. President Alan Garcia said he was accepting the resignation of the full cabinet offered on...

The Sunday Soda Menace: The Surprisingly Controversial History of Ice Cream

Photograph of an Early 1900's Soda Fountain, The Library of Congress Despite moving into towards the cooler days of Autumn, our thoughts return to the all too obvious pleasures of ice cream, which we first wrote about here. Surprisingly, the history of ice cream...

10 Dead in Northern California bus crash

" A casino-bound charter bus flipped over about 10 miles from its destination, ejecting passengers and crushing others as it rolled into a ditch. Ten people died and dozens of others were injured. California...

German Girl Slap Molestation Accused in Burial Jail in Identification Parade

"Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): In alleged molestation case of German tourist, Ingrid police performed an identification parade held at the city’s high security prison in Burail on Sunday."

Ten dead in California bus crash

" At least 10 people were killed and many more injured when a bus taking people to a casino overturned in the US state of California. Police say the vehicle veered off the road and rolled over near the rural town of Williams in the north. The bus was travelling from...

Paes- Dlouhy lose Japan open final

"Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG...

U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper

"U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper""LONDON, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - The U.K. authorities are considering spending up to 12 billion pounds ($21 billion) on a database to keep information on Internet intercepts, e-mail and telephone records of...

Spain moves to allow Medical Marijuana for treating Multiple conditions

" The Spanish Health Ministry is expected to give its blessing to a Catalonian plan to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in need. The London Independent on Sunday reported on Feb. 6, 2005 ( "Spain's Health Ministry To Allow Doctors To Prescribe ...

The curtain goes up on Sundays

LONDON - The Stage is reporting that negotiations are nearly completed between the theatre union Equity and the Society of London Theatres (SOLT), that would mean widespread Sunday performances in London Theatres...

House of Representatives' Web site Overwhelmed by Millions of E-mails

The proposed $700 billion bailout has brought immense media attention as well as that of ordinary Americans, and the surest test of that came from the House of Representatives' own website, which was deluged with...

Second Belgian bank gets bail-out

A second Belgian bank has had to be rescued by a coalition of the Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands governments. The announcement that Dexia will be bailed out comes one day after the countries announced they...

London banker dies after trying to save couple from gang assault

A very sad case is being reported in the UK. A city banker and father of two has died after trying to depend a young couple, who were strangers to him, from a gang attack. "A senior banking executive died of head injuries after he intervened in a street brawl.Police said...

Sania moves one up, Bhupathi drops to 12 in WTA rankings

" Out-of-action Sania Mirza has jumped one place in the WTA singles ranking, while ace doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi has dropped a rung in the ATP doubles ranking issued on Monday.Sania, who is recuperating...

Deadly suicide attack in Algeria kills 3 several injured

" A suicide attack east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, has killed three people and injured another six, the state news agency has reported. The attack took place at Dellys, about 100km (60 miles) east of...

Saif 'assaults' photo journalists, arrest likely

"Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Sunday night found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists in Patiala during the shoot of a film. The journalists have lodged a complaint against him and his security guards on the charge of manhandling them.The incident took...

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