Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200 Million”

"Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside and outside of Google. The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg...

No BEER for You! Munich's Famous Oktoberfest tents are booked up

Probabally Germany's best known festival, the Munich Oktoberfest begins September 20 and runs until October 5.  Last year the Bavarian festival drew in 6.2 million visitors who drank 6.7 million litres of...

Barack who? Mixed Bag of Reactions as Obama Takes It to The Middle East

It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by with-drawing...

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...

Mandela celebrates 90th birthday

"Nelson Mandela, who was instrumental in ending apartheid in South Africa and rose from prisoner to president, is celebrating his 90th birthday. After a series of public appearances around the world over the past few...

FDA lifts warning on tomatoes

"Tomatoes are again safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, weeks after the food was blamed as a source of a salmonella outbreak in the United States and Canada. ...

A Cambridge First for the anorexic girl given just hours to live

" After graduating from Cambridge University with a starred First Class degree, Mandy Kaye has the world at her feet. She achieved the highest possible grade, the only student in her faculty to do so. But she...

McCain's divorce strained relationship with Reagans

Nancy Reagan gave a half-hearted endorsement of John McCain recently. She has known McCain for three decades, but their relationship was strained in the late 70's by his divorcing his first wife, Carol, who was good...

French firm 'quits Iran gas deal'

The boss of French energy giant Total says he will not invest in Iran because it is too risky." William Burns, the top official handling Iranian issues at the US state department, said the launch was "very...

Thousands in South Korea beef protest

Around 35,000 people took part today in the latest mass protest in South Korea against their government's decision to allow US beef imports to continue."Waving banners, flags and candles, the crowd gathered in front...

Obama goes to the Races (NASCAR)

"Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the coming weeks may become the first Democratic presidential nominee to attend a NASCAR stock car race in 16 years, his campaign confirmed today. " Barack Obama may campaign at a NASCAR...

Italy fingerprint plan criticised

Profiling of a community in Italy has triggered off  big controversy. Italian government plans to fingerprint immigrants living in Camps. "Italy's interior minister has sparked criticism with a proposal that would see police fingerprinting all members of the Roma...

Airline tests in-flight Web access

To start off, flying is not my favourite thing in the world. I cannot sleep on flights and I just don't find it all that comfortable. So for people like me, having in-flght web access is great news. Anything to...

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. ...

Clinton offers support to Obama's presidential bid

Bill Clinton today offered his support today to Barack Obama, although what work he plans to do is still uncertain."The Obama campaign is still smarting over some of Bill Clinton's criticism in the primary race,...

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