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June 30, 2008

Will Smith Denies Scientology School Rumours

Bosses at New Village Academy of Calabasas, the school funded by Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, have denied students are to be given lessons in Scientology.
June 30, 2008

Iran Digging 320,000 Graves for Enemy Soldiers

Iran is to dig 320,000 graves in border districts to allow for the burial of enemy soldiers in the event of any attack on its territory, a top commander said on Sunday.
June 30, 2008

eBay Fined $63M for Selling Fakes

A Paris court on Monday ordered Internet auctioneer eBay to pay $63 million in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods online, according to reports.
June 29, 2008

UBS in Tax Scandal

After two years of further investigations, Olenicoff's evidence resulted this month in a dramatic development. UBS, the most powerful bank in Switzerland, is now on the edge of a steep cliff.
June 29, 2008

Israel Agrees to Prisoner Swap with Lebanon

Israel agreed today to swap a Lebanese prisoner for the bodies of two captured soldiers.
June 29, 2008

Heinz Pulls Gay Mayonnaise Ad

A mayonnaise ad that shows two men kissing has been withdrawn from television after 200 viewers complained that it was offensive.
June 28, 2008

Bandwagon Member, Bush Condemns Mugabe Vote

What is the difference between Iraq and Zimbabwe? Answer: Oil - Zimbabwe has none. That's why it has taken this long for President George Bush to condemn the farce that Zimbabwe is going through. In fact it's worse than a farce, it is simply bad theatre. And now, because nearly everyone else in the world has said that there is no such thing ...
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June 27, 2008

Bill Gates Retires

In a corner office on Microsoft's leafy, low-rise campus in suburban Seattle, a bespectacled, slightly portly middle-aged man has been packing up his belongings. Bill Gates logs off today after 33 years in day-to-day control of the world's biggest software company.
June 27, 2008

Tsvangirai Rejects Sham Ballot in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has described the country's election run-off as "an exercise in mass intimidation".
June 26, 2008

N. Korea Hands Over Nuclear Report

North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities today, a step that will bring the North relief from US sanctions but still leave questions about its atomic ambitions.
June 26, 2008

£160M Apology for Maoris

New Zealand took a momentous step to address the historic grievances of its original Maori inhabitants yesterday, handing back nearly half a million acres of Crown forestry land in a settlement worth NZ$418m (£160m).
June 26, 2008

UK Pushes Wind Power

Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across the UK over the coming decade as part of a £100bn plan to boost renewable energy.
June 25, 2008

Briton Entwistle Guilty of Murdering Family

A man who fled the United States for his native England after his wife and daughter were killed was found guilty on Wednesday of their murders.
June 23, 2008

Harbinger Shorts HBOS Stock

Harbinger Capital, the US hedge fund, is gambling on a fall in the price of HBOS shares, taking a substantial short position in Britain's biggest mortgage lender.
June 23, 2008

Bolton Predicts Israel Attack on Iran Within Year

John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush's successor is sworn in.
June 22, 2008

Hundreds Missing in Philippines Typhoon

Two men who struggled to shore after escaping from a passenger ferry that capsized during said Sunday hundreds of people may have died when they were trapped inside the ship.
June 22, 2008

Chevron Shuts Onshore Oil Production in Nigeria

Chevron Corp. says a breached Nigerian pipeline has caused the company to shut down its onshore oil production.
June 22, 2008

Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Run-Off Vote

Zimbabwe presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai announced Sunday that he will not participate in this week's election because "a free and fair election is impossible."
June 16, 2008

Honda Unveils Zero-Emission Car

Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring.
June 16, 2008

Police Shoot Man Beating Child to Death

Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark, country road, authorities said.
June 15, 2008

Karzai Threatens Military Action in Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks.
June 15, 2008

Tiger Finishes Strong at US Open

Tiger Woods delivered a performance worthy of prime time Saturday in the U.S. Open.
June 14, 2008

Earthquake Strikes Northern Japan

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said. At least 64 were injured.
June 14, 2008

Tim Russert Dead at 58

Tim Russert, the award-winning NBC political pundit who communicated his love of campaigns and elections to audiences of millions, died today of a heart attack at 58, after collapsing in the network's Washington bureau. He had been recording voiceovers for Meet the Press.
June 13, 2008

Destruction of Africa Revealed

Glaciers, lakes and forests have disappeared from Africa at an alarming rate in the past 36 years, satellite photographs have revealed.
June 13, 2008

Canada Proposes Harsh Anti-Piracy Laws

The bill, dubbed the ‘Canadian DMCA’ has not been popular with many of those it will effect. Over 40,000 have joined a facebook group, run by Michael Geist opposing it. Geist, a law professor at University of Ottawa, has been fighting to oppose these laws for some time now.
June 13, 2008

Facebook Now No.1 Social Network

It was sort of inevitable given ’s monster growth over the last few years, but April 2008 was the milestone: Facebook officially caught up to MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors, according to data released by Comscore and shown above. Both services are attracting around 115 million people to their respective sites each month.
June 12, 2008

Palm Resurrected from 2,000-Yr Old Seed

The new sapling was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old date palm excavated in Masada, the site of a cliff-side fortress in Israel where ancient Jews are said to have killed themselves to avoid capture by Roman invaders.
June 12, 2008

Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Can Appeal

Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention there in United States courts, the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, on Thursday in a historic decision on the balance between personal liberties and national security.
June 12, 2008

Hedge Fund Fraudster Missing

Where in the world is , the hedge fund manager who defrauded investors out of $450 million?
June 11, 2008

Pakistan Furious Over Border Incident

It seems to me (and I have to stress I am no expert, just a layman) that our "war against terrorism" seems to be fought by two powers: the US, and the UK. Everyone else pays lip service, sits in their armchairs and tells us how we should be doing things.
June 11, 2008

‘Unicorn’ Found in Italy

A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.
June 11, 2008

Gordon Browns Wins Terrorist 42-Day Detainment Vote

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days.
June 11, 2008

Gamma-Ray Telescope Blasts Into Orbit

NASA launched a telescope Wednesday to scout out elusive, super high-energy gamma rays lurking in the universe.
June 11, 2008

261 Tons of Hashish Found in Afghanistan Raid

Afghan police this week seized a massive stockpile of hashish, a stash that weighed as much as 30 double-decker London buses, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said on Wednesday.
June 10, 2008

Austrian Incest Victim Wakes from Coma

A 19-year-old girl whose hospitalization exposed a shocking Austrian incest case has woken from her coma -- a development that could shed new light on what occurred in the basement were she was held captive for decades.
June 10, 2008

Cotton Trader’s Customers Details Hacked

The credit card details of up to 38,000 customers of clothing firm were stolen following a hack of its website, BBC News has learned.
June 10, 2008

Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe Run by Junta

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe country "is effectively being run by a military junta".
June 9, 2008

Gordon Brown’s Popularity Sinks Even Lower

Public support for Labour and Gordon Brown continues to plunge to new lows with the Prime Minister's leadership rating falling to a level even below that suffered by Iain Duncan Smith according to a new poll for The Times.
June 9, 2008

Policeman Shot Dead in Training in Manchester UK

A police officer has died after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest on a training exercise in Manchester.
June 9, 2008

Saudis Call Oil Meeting

Saudi Arabia says it will call for a meeting of oil producing countries and consumers to discuss soaring oil prices and work to prevent unjustified rise in prices.
June 8, 2008

US Quits Humans Rights Council

The news that the US has completely withdrawn from the Human Rights Council spread like wildfire Friday afternoon (June 6) through the corridors of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. There was general consternation amongst diplomats and NGOS. Reached by phone, the American mission in Geneva neither confirmed nor denied the report. Although unofficial, the news comes at a ...
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June 7, 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Used for Detecting Toxic Gases

Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.
June 6, 2008

Red Wine May Slow Aging?

Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human lifespan, researchers say in a new report that is likely to give impetus to the rapidly growing search for longevity drugs.
June 6, 2008

Woman Fired for Shaving Head for Charity

A 36-year-old waitress at an Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant lost her job this week after she shaved her head to raise money for a cancer charity.
 
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