Pakistan offers India joint probe into Mumbai terror attack

As the Indian government handed over a list of 20 suspects to Pakistan, Islamabad on Tuesday offered New Delhi a joint investigation to probe into the Mumbai attack."Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan has offered a joint investigation team to help India...

The Tech President's to do list

"The internet and technology are credited with helping Barack Obama win the presidency."

UK to cut immigration from outside Europe

"LONDON, Nov 11: Britain on Tuesday published a list of industry sectors open to workers from outside Europe, which the government says will reduce by 200,000 the number of jobs open to migrants from outside Europe. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the government had...

Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time

"Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time Video Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where over two (2) billion video game titles have been sold. Below, we examine the top twenty five best selling video games of all...

Karachi Nazim, Mustafa Kamal placed among top-three world mayors

"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...

Mama's Cookin'—Something Weird, Somewhere

"Insects and offal top the list. No. 10 is caterpillar pretzels, and uterus sausage slides in at No. 2. In between, though, are a couple of weak entries like stuffed roasted goat, which, while not everyday fare,...

25% of World's Mammals Face Extinction

A reevaluation of the Red List of Threatened Species, last assessed 10 years ago, has found that over half of all mammalian species' populations are falling and that at least 25% face the risk of extinction. ...

Science in the News

" The European and African unions yesterday agreed a list of 19 joint projects to strengthen Africa's science and technology base. Financial Times, p9, brief"

Feds Want Rockies Wolves Back on Endangered List

Federal wildlife officials have asked a judge to put endangered gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list, which goes against the government's previous ruling that the animals were...

Financial crisis spurs interest in business and cooking books

In the wake of the recent global financial crisis, more and more people are picking up business books. In hot demand is anything from “Finance for Dummies” and historical recounts of previous financial crises to...

Commonwealth Finds Transparency, But Slates “Unrealistic Deadlines” For E...

"The first round of the country’s first ever multi-party election was conducted in a “highly transparent” manner, finds a Commonwealth observation team, in the Maldives throughout the polls.Yet in a recognition...

Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

Glasgow in 'top 10 world cities'

It will certainly surprise more than a few Brits to learn that Glasgow was the only UK city to feature in a new ranking of the top 10 world cities. Glasgow has a reputation for being a very industrial, gritty place, with the local accent being so strong it is sometimes almost...

Unique service: Husbands for rent in Argentina

An Aregntianan company has started a unique service of providing husband on hourly basis. "Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the...

Johnny Depp to Earn £32 million for Fourth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean' film

Johnny Depp is set to hold the record for the largest upfront payment in film history with an unprecedented $56million for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Forbes named...

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