British PM sticks to his Constituents like Glue, Literally

 A campaigner from the climate action group,  today super-glued himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the State Dining Room of 10 Downing Street.  " Dan Glass, a 24 year old MSc student based in...

Woman stashes 1kg of cocaine under her wig

This must have been some wig to be able to get a whole kilogram of coke under it. Wonder if she wore it with style?" CUSTOMS officers who searched a woman’s bulging wig discovered 1kg of COCAINE glued to her...

TECHNOLOGY-SRI LANKA: Leapfrogging Out of Poverty on IT

"TECHNOLOGY-SRI LANKA: Leapfrogging Out of Poverty on IT By Feizal Samath MAHAVILACHCHIYA, Oct 26 (IPS) - In a north-central village, deep inside Sri Lanka’s backwoods, a young man is glued to a computer screen, pushing a mouse and filling in figures. Isuru Senevirathna is...

Faslane 365 days on: 1,110 arrests and £5m bill for policing protest

"IT HAS lasted a year, cost police and taxpayers £5 million and has resulted in 1,110 arrests. But the wider impact of the Faslane 365 protests on Britain's commitment to the Trident nuclear weapons system and its...

FaceBook Versus Everything Else

"FaceBook Versus Everything Else FaceBook is the latest in line. There are only so many I can try before I end up spending all my time online sampling social networks, only to determine that none of them really solves the long-term sustainable problem I'd like a social...

The Air Car

"The fiberglass MiniC.A.T. runs on compressed air, and offers zero pollution and very low running costsMany respected engineers have been trying for years to bring a compressed air car to market, believing strongly...

A Glimpse of Evil - New York Sun Editorial

"A glimpse of evil as ghastly as Americans got in Virginia yesterday tends to cast a pall over the nation. President Bush spoke for millions when he said, "We hold the victims in our hearts. We lift them up in our prayers and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are...

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