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Deadly shark attack: Surfer fatally bitten off in the leg, dies

Sat, 23/10/2010 - 16:24 by Natalie James

A Bodyboarder surfed to his death Friday off the coast of central California after a shark pulled him underwater and bit off his left leg, according to multiple tabloid reports, citing local official.

Geithner’s proposals bring G20 differences to the fore

Sat, 23/10/2010 - 13:38 by Anter Prakash Singh
U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy F. Geithner offered new proposals to G 20

Finance ministers and central bankers of G20 countries met in Gyeongju, South Korea, amid accusations of companies cashing in on the weaker currency of their countries and the risk of a trade war.

Teresa Lewis receives 'lethal-injection death' for plotting double-murder

Fri, 24/09/2010 - 14:23 by Natalie James

Teresa Lewis, a Virginia woman convicted of plotting to kill her husband and stepson, has been put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Centre in Jarratt, becoming the first woman executed in the state in almost a century.

Iran’s nuclear power plant main target of Stuxnet worm?

Fri, 24/09/2010 - 10:14 by Priyanka

Iran’s high-value nuclear power plant could have been the main target of the most sophisticated malware software "Stuxnet" worm that was first detected in June, opine some cyber security experts.

U.K. scientist urges Internet 'caution'

Wed, 15/09/2010 - 22:27 by Prince damin

Birmingham, England -- A British scientist says society must investigate the possible harmful effects on the brain of the Internet, social networking sites and computer games.

Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield said the issue was "almost as important as climate change," The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

"I think the quality of our existence is threatened," she said. "We need discussions about this, we need debate, we need more of an effort put in."

She made her remarks at the British Festival of Science at Aston University in Birmingham.

Some "very good things" were coming out of burgeoning information technology, she said, but "we have got to be very careful about what price we are paying."

Angelina Jolie condemns planned Quran burning

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:07 by Natalie James

Hollywood actress and the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR, Angelina Jolie is strictly against a tiny Florida church’s planned "International Burn a Koran Day" on the anniversary of 9/11.

Rising wheat prices cause of concern for UN

Mon, 06/09/2010 - 21:36 by Anter Prakash Singh

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN convened an emergency meeting to discuss the rising wheat prices.

Film student stabs Muslim cabby; held without bail

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 13:57 by Natalie James

A New York cab driver was attacked on Tuesday night by a college student who apparently asked him if he was Muslim before stabbing him at least five times with a pocket knife, according to several published online media reports.

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete crowned Miss Universe 2010

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 16:21 by Natalie James

Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 Monday night at the pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Two toddlers found dead inside a submerged car; mom arrested

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 13:18 by Natalie James

The bodies of two toddlers have been recovered from a car submerged in a South Carolina river, the Orangeburg County, SC, police authorities said Monday.

Skeletal remains of missing ex-beauty queen found

Fri, 13/08/2010 - 13:30 by Natalie James

Nearly a yearlong search for Mitrice Richardson, whose whereabouts were not known since last September, came to tragic end Thursday after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the skeletal remains discovered Monday in Malibu Canyon were those of Richardson.

Largest Arctic iceberg in four decades

Sat, 07/08/2010 - 22:30 by Deepika Garg

A massive sheet of ice has separated from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland, forming the largest Arctic iceberg in about four decades.