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JACKSON’S DOCTOR SENTENCED
Micheal Jackson’s personal doctor has been imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter after a six week trial. Dr Conrad Murray was taken away after the Los Angeles jury reached a verdict that all unanimously agreed on. The 58...2011-11-10 1969 0 -
POOR MEN MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BOWEL CANCER
Deprived men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week shows. The study, funded by...2011-11-02 2104 0 -
PAKISTANI CRICKETER SHAME COUNTRY AND GAME
The London court verdict that found two of Pakistan’s cricketers guilty of a fixing scam had tarnished the game and nation, the country’s media and cricket fans have said. Former captain Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif...2011-11-02 2402 0 -
FRENCH MAGAZINE BOMBED AFTER NAMING PROPHET MUHAMMAD AS EDITOR
The offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb. The attack came after the publication named Prophet Muhammad as ‘editor-in-chief’ for it’s last issue, to celebrate Islamist party Ennahda’s political...2011-11-02 2185 0 -
Iran offering Pakistan 10,000mw electricity.
By William Walker In a bid to help solve Pakistan’s energy deficiency and perhaps, as critics suggest, to help prime the international community into supporting the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries, Iran...2011-10-31 2733 1 -
Can the earth support 7 billion people now?
By William Walker The world’s population will number around 7 billion sometime at the end of this year, according to an estimate from the United Nations, and questions are being raised as to whether we truly...2011-10-31 2093 0 -
THE REAL LIFE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
A man from one of the poorest states in India had become the first winner on the Indian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’. Sushil Kumar, a computer operator and tutor from the eastern...2011-10-27 3073 1 -
‘UNWANTED’ GIRLS RENAMED TO FIGHT GENDER DISCRIMINATION
200 Indian girls, whose names mean ‘unwanted’ in Marathi have been renamed in a ceremony in the Maharashtra state. Many girls have been named ‘Nakusha’ by parents who preferred to have a son. Hundreds of campaigners...2011-10-26 2288 0 -
ASIAN UNITY SOUGHT AS BUSAN HOSTS DEVELOPMENT FORUM
By William Walker South Korea has witnessed a swift political and economic modernisation during the last half century, equalled only by the giant economy of nearby China, so it is no surprise that it will be...2011-10-26 3217 2 -
HILLARY CLINTON WARNS PAKISTAN WILL FACE CONSEQUENCES IF THEY FAIL TO ACT
Hillary Clinton has warned that Pakistan will face “dire consequences” if they fail to control terrorists operating from its soil. In an interview with Bloomsbury news, the United States Secretary of State added that Pakistan requires...2011-10-26 2110 0