Unease over Guatemalan gold rush

"With gold prices skyrocketing, the Mayans of Guatemala find themselves caught up in a new rush for the precious metal.   Tema sits across from me, a Mayan with a mission. We are in the town of Sipacapa in the Western Highlands of...

Meet Ivy Bean - the world's oldest Facebooker aged 102

"Ivy Bean is a great-grandmother with a difference. At 102 years old she has joined the social networking revolution and become the oldest person on Facebook.The former mill worker, who was born in Bradford in 1905,...

Olympic relay reaches Great Wall of China

The Olympic torch has been paraded along the Great Wall of China, just over 24 hours before the opening ceremony of the games. "Patriotic crowds lined the wall, waving fans and cheering, while streams of confetti...

Two Pakistanis Scale the 'Killer Mountain' - Nanga Parbat

Just a few days ago an Italian climber lost his life and two others were rescued by a Pakistani military helicopter from the Nanga Parbat. The notorious mountain has probably swallowed up other ambitious climbers in...

Snow capped Everest turning into rocky mountain

The glacier cover in mountain regions worldwide has decreased significantly in recent years as a result of warming trends, according to a latest report   conducted by  the International Center for...

Caught on camera: Mysterious speeding object leaves UFO experts puzzled

"As a budding photographer, John Farley is used to capturing some extraordinary scenes and images.But nothing could prepare him for the shock of a speeding UFO which he caught on camera while taking pictures of a...

Egypt’s Renowned Film-maker Youssef Chahine Dies

Youssef Chahine was a recipient of a lifetime achievement award at the Cannes film festival in 1997. He had a brain hemorrhage last month and died on Sunday.  Son of a Lebanese father and a Greek mother,...

Pictured: The crisp that looks like Gary Lineker

"His love life may be on the up, but Match of the Day host Gary Lineker still can't seem to shake off his famous 'jug-eared' image.The 47-year-old former footballer may already ban ambassador for Walkers crisps, but...

Amy's Blake is jailed

Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil was today jailed for trial-fixing and beating up a former pub landlord. Blake was sentenced to 27 months after admitting grievous bodily harm and perverting the course...

Spears photographed smoking next to son

Britney Spears' parenting skills have come under question once again after she exposed her young son to second-hand smoke. The pop star was photographed with her two-year-old son Sean Preston on Sunday as he...

About Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba is the most Wonderful Actor i ever seen and how i will tell you a little Information's about her....Date of Birth : 28 April 1981, Pomona, California, USABirth Place & Year :Born in Pomona,...

No BEER for You! Munich's Famous Oktoberfest tents are booked up

Probabally Germany's best known festival, the Munich Oktoberfest begins September 20 and runs until October 5.  Last year the Bavarian festival drew in 6.2 million visitors who drank 6.7 million litres of...

Cambodia, Thailand deploy troops to disputed border

The border standoff  between Cambodia and Thailand deepened after  Thai protesters crossed into Cambodia on Tuesday to visit the temple and were briefly detained. Their arrest sparked off  the row and now both countries have deployed large armed troops. ...

July 24, Obama to Visit Berlin, may make speech at Brandenburg Gate

I'm very excited, and have already requested the day off.  Here's hoping he makes a speech at the Brandenburg Gate - after all, it'll be my only opportunity to see one of the candidates I'm to choose from in...

Stripper, 80, still taking her clothes off

" She brushes orange curls out of her face as she explains how she's been slighted. She is the headliner, you know. She is a star. She is classy. "I don't just get up there and rip my clothes off," she says. Indeed,...

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