Lewd teacher's Facebook shocks schoolchildren

" DOZENS of students as young as 11 stumbled across steamy images of their male teacher during an innocent web search. The teacher's Facebook site carried an image of a hand down the front of one man's pants and a...

Facebook Was in Talks to Buy German Social Site

"When Facebook sued the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, last month, it contended that the company had illegally copied Facebook’s “look and feel” with similar graphics and features. “A great deal, if not all, of StudiVZ’s success is due to its copying...

Indonesia's Bumi wins battle to Australian Herald

As private multinationals continue struggle for the control os strategic raw materials, Indonesian Bumi wins biding over Chinese and  Australian Heral Resource to control zinc and lead at Dairi mines. According to this FT article, "Zinc and lead prices have...

Traffic to be Squeezed Off-Broadway

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled an ambitious scheme to close a section of Braodway to motor traffic. The newly-liberated stretch of asphalt will run from Times Square (42nd St) to Herald Square (36th St).  This project, as well as Bloomberg's failed...

South Africa ruling party backs Zimbabwe talks

As Zimbabwe announces that it will start a renewed crackdown on opposition leaders, lawmakers and activists in the coming days, South Africa's ruling party has turned on the pressure.."African National Congress leaders have urged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to...

Climate warning on future of Altona's Mobil refinery

" OIL giant Mobil could be forced to close its Altona refinery when the Rudd Government introduces a carbon emissions trading scheme. The closure of the refinery, which supplies half of Victoria's fuel needs, would cut competition and could push up petrol prices. Company...

Euro 2008: France 0-2 Italy & Netherlands 2-0 Romania

Italy grab the second spot to face Spain in quarter finals. France and Romania crash out, and the Dutch top the group unbeaten and looking strong to go into the next phase. France have had a nightmare Euro, a long...

Baby locked up in childcare centre

" AUTHORITIES are investigating how a baby girl was left alone inside a locked childcare centre after it closed for the day.A Sydney father, identified by the Sydney Morning Herald only as Bharat , said that when he went to pick up his one-year-old daughter Ankita from the...

McCain's Veepstakes

***OPINION***"And they’re down to the wire, racing neck and neck. Who’s it going to be? Jindal? Crist? Or maybe Pawlenty?Ah heck, who knows. All we do know, or at least what I think I know, is that John...

Five at Guantanamo to face capital charges

After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...

Man asks court to change his name to "In God We Trust"

A man from Illinois, Steve Kreuscher, wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name to 'In God We Trust'."Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times.The...

Colombia claims Venezuela sought FARC for training

"The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez asked Colombia's main leftist guerrilla group to ''share its experience in guerrilla warfare,'' citing a possible U.S. invasion, according to documents obtained by The Miami Herald.A senior Colombian official said the...

Zimbabwe Newspaper Call Zimbabwe's Neighbors "Myopic"

The Herald [ZANU-PF Newspaper] has attacked Zimbabwe's Neighbours accusing them of being "myopic" with regards to the Chinese Ship An Yie Jiang. The Herald also accused MDC Supporters in Mashonaland East of burning down the homes of eight ZANU-PF Sympathizers.Meanwhile,...

Robert Mugabe ready for deal on power-sharing

Reports today say Robert Mugabe is ready to form a unity government in Zimbabwe. Only time will tell if this is genuine or if it is an attempt to stall for time and hope that international attention turns elsewhere."Robert Mugabe's regime signalled early today that it is...

User-generated content leading to new jobs in news organizations

As the multimedia news streams grows and content supplied by "users" becomes part of the news, new jobs are popping up. The latest is "group multimedia editor" for the Glasgow Herald, says Editors Weblog: "John Young, former picture editor of the Glasgow Evening Times, will...

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