Pakistan peace mission travels to India

After terrorist attack in Mumbai, relations between two south Asian neighbour hit lowest ebb. The relations between two countries have remained tense and they have even fought wars. India blames the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks on Pakistan-based groups and wants Islamabad to...

In Lean Times, Online Coupons Catching On

"On the Internet, nothing travels faster than a tip on how to score a bargain. Especially in an economic downturn.With online retail sales falling this month for the first time, Internet merchants are offering...

The Mouse Passes One Billion Sold :: Symblogogy

"Mice, Mice, Mice - Logitech celebrates the production of it's billionth mouse. Image Credit: LogitechThe Mouse Passes One Billion SoldThis is a campaign that is beginning to rival fast food giant,...

Dubai a victim of its own success ?

Dubai has used several slogans to lure tourists over the years. Some of the more notable ones have stressed Dubai's lights and its shopping facilities. One even suggested it was Manhattan in desert sand.However,...

Top Destination of world

Top Destination of world 2006 rank Country Arrivals (millions) Percent change 2006/2007 Percent change2007/2008 ...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

The Invisible Man. A scientific breakthrough

"Today, your eyes might not deceive you. But soon, they very well might.Some extremely clever people at Cal (the one at Berkeley) have created a material that can control the direction in which visible light...

Cat nap: How Gulliver the Scottish stowaway travelled 300 miles to Hull in a ...

"A mechanic described his shock after finding a cat had travelled 300 miles from Scotland to Yorkshire in the engine compartment of a coach.The young ginger tom, who has been nicknamed Gulliver because of his...

Kane Enabled

Why, Bruce, why!?! At least it's not a Uwe Boll vehicle:"Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.Willis' character, Kane, and a schizophrenic killer named Lynch, are sprung by Kane's former team so...

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

"The chosen book for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city...

42: Happy 30th, Hitchhikers' Guide

Douglas Adams' seminal radio program has turned thirty, but the number that fans remember is 42: a supercomputer's answer to the question, "what is the meaning of life?".Theories abound, from hidden Lewis Carroll...

Scottish backpacker stabbed to death after creationism row

"A bizarre row about evolution versus creationism led to an English backpacker fatally stabbing a Scottish backpacker during a fruit-picking trip to earn money for their travels."

Argentina's first lady - Shades of Hillary

"Argentina's first lady Sep 27th 2007 From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire Cristina Fernández de Kirchner aims for the presidency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s first lady, a popular...

Fliers' Bill of Rights Becomes NY Law

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer signed  passengers' bill or rights into law, which outlines just how bad things can get for air travelers before the airlines are held accountable to the state.""This law...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

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