|
|
| Latest political News |
Bani-Etemad receives honorary doctorate from University of London
The University of London awarded an honorary doctorate to Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad during a ceremony on July 22.
|
Comedy News Site 23/6 Launches David Rees' "Get Your War on" Animation Series
" 23/6 , a leading comedic news site, is launching a 10-part animated series based on David Rees' "Get Your War On" comic strip, which Rees created after 9/11 to offer a wry take on the emerging war on terror.
|
China says breaks up international terrorist cell
Shanghai police have broken up an international terrorist group that had planned to attack an Olympic football preliminary match in the city, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.
|
Who's happy? Forget the poll results, Americans trump Chinese
Any number of public opinion polls in the past year have found that Americans are deeply concerned - even dissatisfied - with the direction their country is going.
|
Coalition merger in tatters
THE merger of Queensland's conservative parties is in disarray after senior Liberals voted to ditch the idea a single non-Labor political force.
|
Polo Ralph Lauren First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results to be Released Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation will release its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 results for the period ended June 28, 2008 at approximately 8:00 A.M. Eastern, Wednesday, August 6, 2008.
|
Saharan sun to power European supergrid
Vast farms of solar panels in the Sahara desert could provide clean electricity for the whole of Europe, according to EU scientists working on a plan to pool the region's renewable energy.
|
Key Professionals from Top Lobby Firm Lent Scrivner & Roth LLC Join...
Addition of Lent, Scrivner and Leon to Highly Regarded Dow Lohnes Government Strategies Team Cements Bipartisan Firm ' s Energy, InfoTech and Health Expertise WASHINGTON-- -- Dow Lohnes Government Strategies ...
|
|
| World News In Brief |
|
Indonesian Pilot Accused of Crashing Plane by Ignoring Warnings
The pilot of an Indonesian airliner that crashed in 2007, killing 21 people, has gone on trial - accused of deliberately ignoring warnings, causing the airliner to crash.
Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore'
Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said.
Krakow & Auschwitz - Auschwitz, Poland
I didn't intended to visit Auschwitz at first when I entered Europe, because my Eurail Pass didn't cover Poland.
Jacques Kaplan, Who Put Kent on the Art World's Map, Dies
As 2001, the year that will forever bear the indelible mark of 9/11, came to a close, Jacques Kaplan was presenting a show of sculpture at his groundbreaking Paris-New York-Kent Gallery in Kent.
Henry, Deans merits a draw: Carter
Graham Henry is a little quicker to wield the proverbial cane but otherwise star five-eighth Daniel Carter cannot separate the merits of his All Blacks coach and Australian rugby opposite Robbie Deans.
Shark Cage Diving - Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa
This is possibly the greatest thrill that you will ever experience. Just imagine pulling up on the boat in 'Shark Alley', the open stretch of water between the mainland and Dyer Island off Gansbaai, South ...
|
|
