NTSB Seeks Order Banning Use of Cell Phones by Train Operators

"September 16, 2008- Ever since the news that teenage train enthusiasts were text messaging the train engineer at the time of the train crash in Chatsworth, the NTSB has sought an order banning the use of cell phones...

Update: TOP3 videos "Marry Me"‘, ....He satisfies us sexually', 86 wives pr...

Update:     How to marry, make a video "marry me"View TOP 3 Music videos by zichi "Marry me " from Japan worth listening 84 years old, 84 wives, Mallam Bello wants to marry more... A man...

Bolivia : Brazilian border is closed by protesters, natural gas supply under ...

New Pictures from the protest (Update) Local Brazilian newspapers are reporting that the situation in Bolivia has deteriorated and protesters have closed the Brazilian border and intend to interrupt the natural gas...

Thai government finds premier violated constitution by being on a cooking show

The Thai government has just now concluded that the premier, Samak Sundaravej, violated the constitution by appearing on a televised cooking show. It is not yet clear what implications this will have on whether he...

Thousands of Thai Protesters Seek Overhaul of Democratic System

The prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, called a state of emergency in Bangkok as thousands of protesters gathered at the capitol. While most of the anger goes towards what the protesters call a broken...

UAM members demand better facilities

"MUSSOORIE, 29 July: Agitators under the banner of Uttarakhand Andolankari Manch (UAM) took out a rally here demanding better facilities for the state agitationists including setting up of a polytechnic institute at...

Kung Fu Panda has Chinese Artist Seeing Green

There are always differing opinions and infuriating facts in film that drive some of us wild.  Whether it is an action hero surviving an utterly ridiculous disaster or plain old disregard for historical...

Scandal of the SATS: How exam paper littered with grammatical errors scored H...

" A headmistress is demanding her pupils' SATs papers be remarked after an exam paper littered with grammatical mistakes scored higher than a literate, fluently written one. Janis Burdin, head of Moss Side Primary School in Chorley, Lancashire released two examples - by...

Nepalese police release officers

Protesting against the poor quality food and ill treatment policemen in Nepal have taken their own officers for few days but now they have been released after not getting any response from government."Seven senior policemen who were taken hostage by junior officers in Nepal...

Advert for new air traffic controller says 20/20 vision is essential... then ...

"An advertisement for an air traffic controller is being offered in Braille – although 20/20 vision is a requirement for the job. Bosses of St Mary's airport on the Isles of Scilly say they are simply adhering to...

Resurgence of Screenwriters in the Indian Film Industry

"There's a buzz in the Indian film industry that the writers are coming back in a major way. The recent success of films offering good scripts and new stories has started the latest trend of new script writers being...

Sri Lanka workers to go on strike

Workers in Sri Lanka are going on strike threatning to paralyse the country in case their demand is not met. Government doesn't have financial wherewithal to meet the workers demand. " Union officials in Sri Lanka say state services will be crippled with the majority of...

Hispanic group to grill McCain, Obama on Tuesday

"A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for comprehensive immigration revisions and dramatically increase Hispanic representation in the federal government. ...

Fuel protests spread around the world

UPDATE: 2:44PM ESTA fuel strike in the UK will go ahead tomorrow." Last-ditch talks aimed at averting a strike by hundreds of fuel tanker drivers have broken down, the Unite union has said. The strike over pay will...

Islam Advancing in France, Being Pushed Back in Turkey

"These are an odd couple stories. On the one hand you have the ineffectual French courts kowtowing to a Muslim husband who wanted his marriage annulled because his wife wasn’t a virgin. On the other hand is...

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