Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise

The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...

United Airlines to temporarily lay off 950 pilots

"United Airlines will temporarily lay off about 950 pilots by the end of 2009 as a result of plans to reduce the fleet by 100 aircraft to cope with surging oil prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. ...

The physical impossibility of Noah's Ark

"It was a mighty ark. 140 metres long according to the Bible. However most scientists agree that still would not have been enough to hold the millions of species that have been discovered on earth.As next week's meeting of the UN Convention on Biological...

Realty scams will not stop Dubai property prices surging ahead « Peter J. Co...

An early indication that RERA is proving effective of sorting out such disputes between off-plan buyers and developers came this week with the resolution of the allegedly missing monies in the Bonnington project in Jumeirah Village.

Two glasses of wine a day 'puts breast cancer risk up by 50 per cent'

I am a lover of red wines, so this is very sad and alarming to me!A study released today states that two large glasses of wine a day can raise the risk of breast cancer by more that half. I wonder though, what is...

Taser party- chips, dips and stunguns

I wish I could make this sort of thing up."“I think the other thing that we can’t lose sight of is the fact that we’re putting these on the street in an effort to protect women and individuals — not to keep...

Unrest, Asian growth and speculation explain $100 oil: analysts

"Oil prices have quadrupled in five years, propelled by geopolitical tensions, surging demand from Asia and new buying interest from investment funds, analysts say. The weakening US dollar, which fell again on the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, is also to blame because...

Not to See the Fallen Is No Favor

"Not to See the Fallen Is No Favor * E-Mail * Print * Single Page * Reprints * Save * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink Article Tools Sponsored By By DAVID CARR Published: May 28, 2007 On this...

Psst, wanna buy a kidney?

"IF THEY were just another product, the market would work its usual magic: supply would respond to high prices and rise to meet surging demand. But human kidneys are no ordinary commodity. Trading them is banned in most countries. So supply depends largely on the "

Indonesia to shift 3,000 families away from mud flow on Java

"Indonesia will resettle more than 3,000 families whose houses have been swamped by mud surging from a gas exploration site and will dump the sludge into the sea to avoid more destruction, a minister said Wednesday. The mud appeared after an accident occurred deep in a...

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