Holland: Elephant fitted with contact lens
A 45-year old Asian elephant in Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo has become the first in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens. Win Thida, the oldest elephant in the […]
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Honesty test: lack of integrity is bad for the economy, scientists conclude
An integrity study conducted by Essex University has suugested that an erosion of trust between people can have economic as well as social consequences. According to the report’s author, Professor […]
Britain escalates warning to Iran over Gulf oil lanes
Britain escalated its warnings to Iran on Tuesday over its threats to close the oil lanes of the Gulf by declaring that additional naval forces were lined up to defend […]
France rules out early withdrawal from Afghanistan
Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, has said France would not give in to “panic” and pull its troops out of Afghanistan this year after four of its soldiers were […]
Salman Rushdie decries India’s failure to protect free speech at Jaipur literary festival
Salman Rushdie has launched a fierce attack on the Indian government for pandering to extremist Muslim groups and failing to protect freedom of speech after threats of violence forced him […]
France returns 20 Maori heads to New Zealand
Preparing the biggest homecoming yet of its kind, authorities in New Zealand on Monday received 20 ancestral heads of Maori ethnic people once held in several French museums as a […]
Europe gets tough
Iran’s ayatollahs need to understand that if they persist with the illegal enrichment of uranium, their country will pay a heavy price. Yesterday’s decision by European Union foreign ministers to […]
UK:Ministers ban extra benefits for multiple wives
Ministers are to bring to an end an “absurd” benefits regime which has seen husbands with multiple wives able to claim extra welfare payments. Although bigamy is illegal in Britain, men who married more than one woman in countries where the practice was legal and then brought them to the […]
UK: Long Lane church to be transformed into a mosque
Halesowen’s Long Lane Methodist Church has been bought by local Muslims and will open as a fully functioning mosque and community centre in March. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, which runs […]
E-Petition protesting against the cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus negatively
The Atheist Society of University College London (UCL) posted a cartoon depicting the Holy Prophet Muhammad, and Jesus Christ, may peace of God be on both, having a beer (God […]
Sharjah Ruler pardons 173 prisoners
Khaleej Times SHARJAH – His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered the release of 173 prisoners of various nationalities from Sharjah’s Punitive and Correctional Establishment. The inmates were granted clemency for showing good conduct while serving their jail terms. […]
Russian spacecraft to crash to Earth on Sunday
The remainder of the crippled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is set to crash to Earth on Sunday following its botched mission to Mars, space experts have said. The minibus-sized Russian craft has […]
Surgeons get better – then worse – with age, says French study
Research suggests that patients are better off if the doctor operating on them is between the ages of 35 and 50. Surgeons in mid-career, between the ages of 35 and […]
UK: Muslim men accused of hate crime over anti-gay leaflet
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Source / Courtesy: Guardian UK Five men go on trial over leaflet calling for gay people to face death penalty in first prosecution of its kind under new law. […]
Russia ‘worried’ over Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Russia has voiced rare “worry” over Iran’s nuclear ambitions as the European Union brought forward a meeting of foreign ministers to decide whether to impose a potentially crippling oil embargo. […]
Immigration does keep Britons out of jobs, government committee admits
Immigration meant 160,000 British workers missed out on jobs in the last five years, the Government’s migration expert revealed. A Briton is “displaced” from the labour market for every four […]
French crackdown on lorry drivers who watch films at the wheel
France has launched a crackdown on long-distance lorry drivers who dice with death by watching films from behind the wheel – and, in one case, cooking at the same time. […]
UK: Unwell Hawking misses 70th birthday celebrations
British scientist Stephen Hawking has had to miss a symposium to mark his 70th birthday because of ill health. Professor Hawking was discharged from hospital only on Friday, Professor Sir […]
Vatican accused of cut and paste job from Wikipedia
The Vatican has been caught plundering Wikipedia for background on 22 new cardinals announced by the Pope. The Telegraph: By Nick Squires, Rome The Vatican put out a press release […]
UK: Debbie Purdy; Being allowed to die would help me to live
Debbie Purdy, in constant pain from MS, says last week’s proposals that GPs could help the terminally ill to die don’t go far enough. Euthanasia campaigner Debbie Purdy and her […]