Iraq oil development rights won by Shell

Well, well that's what its all about...  To the winners goes the spoils, err well oil in this case,  Iraq oil wells. Oh China, lost...   Its now time to exploit Iraq, the new regime needs to...

India witnesses total solar eclipse,Taregna gets 4 mins of fame!

  "Taregna gets its 4 minutes of fame""PATNA: A mindboggling two lakh star gazers including researchers, astronomers and scientists, from across the globe descended till Tuesday midnight on a sleepy Bihar...

UK strike regarding use of foreign workers rolls on

More British workers are joining a rolling strike in support of demands that domestic rather than foreign labour be employed at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire. " Contractors at two nuclear plants have walked out in support of protests over the use of foreign...

Shanghai infrastructure placed in the fast lane

I am in Shanghai these days. Seeing all the construction around, I am quite wary of the way the city is shaping up, demolishing old neighbourhoods and going highrise. This bit of news about the city's investment...

Bills' offense flounders in third straight loss

"I don’t want to shortchange the defensive effort by the Patriots, especially the play of the front seven, but the Bills offense continued to be anemic in a 20-10 loss to New England. That makes three straight...

British to disclose clampdown on hate-preachers

230 people who have been barred from entering the UK because they are suspected of preaching hate will be listed and named, and refused entry permanently unless they make public statement renouncing terror, the government revealed today."Preachers of hate who have been banned...

BREAKING: Massive explosion levels home in Las Cruces, New Mexico

"LAS CRUCES - An early morning explosion leveled a home near "A" Mountain Thursday. No injuries are reported, but the home is a total loss and federal investigators have been called in.The Dona Ana County...

ICL: Chandigarh Lions beat Chennai Superstars

"Chandigarh Lions clinched the victory by eight runs in their Indian Cricket League Twenty20 championship match against Chennai Superstars in a close tie on Saturday at the Sardar Patel Stadium. In reply to 163 runs scored by Lions batting first, Superstars were able to score...

Scorecard - Royal Bengal Tigers bt Lahore Badshahs - ICLT20 - 4th Match

"Indian Cricket League, 2008 Royal Bengal Tigers vs Lahore Badshahs, 4th Match Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad, October 12, 2008 Match Information Toss: Lahore Badshahs (Elected to bat) Match Status: Royal Bengal Tigers won by 8 wkts Batting: Lahore...

Hyderabad Heroes beat Lahore Badshahs - ICL 20-20 Championship

"Indian Cricket League, 2008 Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs, 1st Match Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad, October 10, 2008 Match Information Umpires: AA Jones (Eng) & DL Orchard (RSA) Third Umpire: R Martinesz (SL) Toss: Lahore Badshahs (Elected to...

China Says More Dairy Makers Have Contaminated Milk

The Chinese tainted milk scandal continues to spread each day. Today the country revealed that the number of dairy producers who have the contaminated milk is even wider than originally thought."China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15...

Statement Of September 11th Advocates Regarding The Release Of The NIST Final...

"September 11th Advocates" are "the Jersey Girls", the victim's family members whose lobbying efforts are the reason there was even the 9/11 Commission 441 days after the attacks. 70% of the Family Steering...

UK unemplyment rises to 1.72 mn

The meltdown in the US financial sectory had dashed hope for thousands of people and now the latest data released in UK has also painted a grim picture.   "The jobless rate in Britain rose by 0.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent in the three months to July as the number of...

British artist Damien Hirst works fetch record prices

Damien Hirst is today arguably the most successful artist alive in Modern Britain. He has set a record of sort with his new works for more than £65m. One of his work The Black Sheep with the Golden Horn,...

Nigeria rebels declare 'oil war' against forgeign-owned oil companies

After declairing oil war on foreign companies in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) has launched an aggresive operation called hurricane Barbarossa killing 22 Nigerian...

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