Fatal Stabbing: Sad Amy Tells the TIMES a Heart-Wrenching Story

23.7.08 An extensive article including interview with partner, Amy Smith in the TIMES, is online now and can be read further on the following link (excerpt)  It tells of how knife crime has now met 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...

Indian MPs hold confidence debate

India Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh has described the nuclear deal as 'historic'."The Indian parliament is debating a vote of confidence in the Congress party-led government that could decide the fate of a...

Fish pedicures, the new way of getting nice feet.

Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want to...

Concerns over Olympic drug test

"A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive tests...

Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera

" Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera Last Updated: 6:01pm BST 18/07/2008 The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera. Leopard savaging a...

UFO 2008

"UFO Pursued by Military Helicopter in Washington, USA Gilliland Ranch-UFO Click for 3648x2736 Image. 25 June 2008-WASHINGTON, USA - A military helicopter was photographed pursuing a super fast UFO in Washington...

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's U-turn on knife crime plan

" The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital. ...

Children's author Harry Horse 'stabbed his wife 30 times' as probe casts doub...

" When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact. But it has now been revealed that the writer and artist stabbed his...

11 cool new apps for the iPhone

" With the release of the iPhone 2.0 software on Friday and the opening of the App Store -- where hundreds of third-party applications are now available -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone has taken a major leap toward becoming a premiere mobile platform. Since the iPhone's...

Retinal transplant boosts vision

There has been a big discovery for the causes of blindness in old age. Researchers at the University of Louisville have successfully used foetal retinal cells to boost the vision in the old age blind cases. "An experimental transplant of cells into the eyes of patients with...

Taliban:Pakistan's 29 hostages to be slain if Insurgents are not released

Taliban has threatned  to eliminate all the 29 Pakistan hostages if their leaders are not freed. "Militants will start killing a group of 29 hostages Saturday if the government does not release several insurgent prisoners, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman said. A...

Two found dead at Norwegian rock festival

Two people were found dead and six injured in a bus at the Norway Rock Festival, following an apparent gas leak. "The victims were found in or near a bus at the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal, 270 miles southwest of Oslo. "We do not know exactly how they died, but we...

Do You have to Eat Out Every Day?

"Do You have to Eat Out Every Day? Eating out with friends and colleagues can be truly enjoyable, but is it really necessary? How is it affecting your budget? Is it because of peer pressure? This should be taken seriously, since eating out can become a large monthly...

Pub party for Council strike workers

A new way to strike which is far more relaxing than standing in the picket line...."Public sector workers due to strike next week in Northamptonshire UK, have defended their decision to visit a pub as part of their industrial action. Announcing next week's strike...

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