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Chinese Hostages Killed in Sudan

SUDAN'S foreign ministry have revealed that five of the Chinese oil workers held hostage in Sudan have been killed.  Two escaped, wounded, and the other two of the nine were still in kidnappers' hands.  The group were kidnapped from the Kardofan oilfield in central...

Honey buzzards make second surprise UK invasion

When a mass migration of honey buzzards occured over England eight years ago, it was described as a 'once-in-a-lifetime-experience'. However, eight years later, it has happened again."Only a few dozen pairs of these...

The women who ran for Open Borders

Volunteers made freedom of movement the issue on the 5k women's challenge. If you find immigration laws as backward, restrictive and repulsive as we do, you can join our Open the Borders campaign, support the women...

Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban'

After the New York Times alleged that brother of afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is involved in opium trading, now this new revelation will even make him more embarrassed. President's brother is accused of having met the Taliban representative. "The Afghan president's...

"X": The faction that follows George Bush

Is the "right" reducing itself to emotional extremes rather than acting as a movement for political ideas, and can its arguments be reduced to the most rudimentary logical proposition: "I am X, and X is both superior...

Obama Soundtrack to feature Kanye West and more

This sounds Obamasistible! Pro-Barack rockers, rappers, and singers such as Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, John Legend, Jill Scott, and Sheryl Crow have contributed songs to the album "Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots...

England thump South Africa in 2nd ODI

"Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors thus went 2-0 down in the five-match series after collapsing to 83 all out in 23 overs, their second lowest total in a...

Saudi Arabian girl, 8, seeks divorce

A Saudi Arabian court is to rule next month on the divorce of an eight-year-old girl from a man in his fifties. It's  ridiculous. As far as i know, no marriage, with 8 years old girl, is allowed in any religion. It's forbidden!" The girl, who still does not know...

Tweeters Celebrate Olympics With #080808

An emerging movement is taking twitter by storm. People are celebrating the day August 8,2008 (aka the official opening of the Olympics Games in Beijing) by tagging their tweets with the hashtag #080808. People on...

Sleeping Disorder - Restless Legs Syndrome

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Zimbabwe Crisis Talks Stall, Rumours of a Mole Surface

The world is waiting in anticipation after it was announced that the Zimbabwe talks had stalled and were taking a few days off.The official story running on the wire and other news services is that both sides are at an impasse over what position and powers Morgan Tsvangirai,...

55 Anniversary of the Moncada Assault (updated)

While Cuba celebrates its 55 anniversary of the Moncada Assault that mrked its revolution, Raul Castro addressed the country in a televised message. According to BBC,  during his speech Castro "warned that...

Beijing paper in hot water for 1989 crackdown photo -report

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre  still haunts Chinese authorities. The incident in which Several hundred civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army...

Mugabe and Tsvangirai Meet for Historic Zimbabwe Talks

The two supposed President's of Zimbabwe met today for the first in a series of negotiations designed to end the bloodshed and economic turmoil that has enveloped the country since the failed March elections. Some people think it's just a cop out, and don't trust Mugabe to...

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