World Cup Qualifier: England 5-1 Kazakhstan

Three out of three so far for England, but this game despite the scoreline was not as comfortable as Cappello would have like it, the first half very poor with an appauling error by Ashley Cole leading to...

Borat's mankini banned at football match

Borat's green mankini was not be allowed to be worn by England fans at their match with Kazakhstan at Wembley Stadium today.The green thong, which was made famous by Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat, was banned by...

Don't boo: Fabio Capello urges England fans to lift the curse of Wembley

England prepare for their match against Kazakhstan in high mood after their last win against Croatia. Manager Fabio Capello hopes this will be a new start at Wembley for the England soccer squad who have been...

Oyster Card Hack released

RFID based cards, such as London's Oyster Card, are known to be unsecure and were easily cracked eight months ago. Well, a group of Dutch researchers decided to release a paper on how the Oyster hack worked and the...

Croatia fined over racist taunts

FIFA have worked along with all national football associations to promote the 'Give Racism the Red Card" message but still we get racist chants at some International matches and Croatian fans appear to be amongst the...

Dub Music's Man On The Frontline :- Ticklah

Even if you haven’t heard his name, you’ve probably heard Ticklah's (a.k.a. Victor Axelrod's) contributions to dozens of familiar projects. As a co-producer (and the keyboardist) of Dub Side of the Moon, he...

BRITISH BANKS BAILOUT: PM Gordon Brown to Address Nation 7:00am Tomorrow (Weds)

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to announce a £50billion bailout package US-style to help floundering British Banks as shares fell disastrously today.  HBOS shares were down a whopping 42% after such a good...

Clergyman apologises over call to tattoo gay people

An Anglican clergyman who advocated that homosexuals be tattooed with labels calling them sodomites has apologized for his remarks. Such language is extreemly unusual in the Church of England."A Church of England clergyman who wrote that gay men should be forced to have...

Barclays, RBS in Talks on U.K. Government Funding

RBS and Barclays banks in the UK are thought to be the next to be in trouble, with shares in both banks plummeting today. It is thought that the UK government is going to take partial ownership in both banks."The U.K. government may invest at least 45 billion pounds ($79...

UK seeking CO2 trading increase

The UK government is now asking for the ability to buy its way out of half of its CO2 reduction targets.This is according to a leaked document.It states that EU nations should be allowed to trade away up to as much...

Source: Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Oh that will really do a lot of good. It's like catching Bin Laden and Bush planning further attacks on America."LONDON, England (CNN) -- In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant...

Smoking ban: The economics behind it, and more!

"India has imposed a new ban on smoking in public places from October 2, 2008, the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Four years ago too, one such 'ban' was 'imposed.' However, it was royally ignored and people continued to puff away in restaurants, clubs, bars, you...

HBOS Shares Slump Sparking Fears of Merger Fall- Through

THERE were fears for the solidity of the HBOS-Lloyds TSB Group merger package today as HBOS share slumped another 20% sparking off speculation that the banking group needs to be revalued.  Gordon Brown...

Muslim sues Tesco for forcing him to carry alcohol

"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...

Cantona fears Sir Alex Ferguson retirement

"Manchester United king’s, Eric Cantona, said to be concerned about what will happen to the team once Sir Alex Ferguson retires from managing the double champion. The Frenchman has expressed his fear over the...

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