London : Thousands march against spending cuts - in pictures + video
London : Thousands march against spending cuts - in pictures
About 500,000 people take to the streets in London to protest against the government's planned public service cuts
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Foundation for Malawi Girls’ School Collapses
A high-profile charitable foundation set up to build an all-girls’ school for impoverished students in Malawi, founded by the singer Madonna and fellow devotees of a prominent Jewish mysticism movement, has collapsed after spending $3.8 million on a...
US soldier admits killing unarmed Afghans for sport
Jeremy Morlock, 23, tells US military court he was part of a 'kill team' that faked combat situations to murder Afghan civilians
Jeremy Morlock US Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, who admitted being part of the 'kill team' that murdered...
Syria crackdown on protests continues; 15 killed
Fifteen people were killed by Syrian security forces, witnesses said, as a bloody campaign to end political protests continued Wednesday in the southern city of Dara.
The...
Ex-Israeli president jailed for rape
Moshe Katsav sentenced to seven years in jail for rape and other crimes.
Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president, has been sentenced to seven years in jail for rape, Israeli media reported.
The judges also handed the former leader a two-year suspended...
Photos show US soldiers in Afghanistan posing with dead civilians
'Trophy' pictures show US soldiers posing with corpses of Afghan civilians they are accused of killing for sport
A US soldier poses with the corpse of an Afghan boy – one of three photographs published by German magazine Der...
The British High Commission (BHC) in Colombo hosted the Queen’s Birthday Party on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011 at Westminster House, coinciding with the 500 days milestone to the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
This was also the day that tickets for Olympic events went on sale to the public...
I don't know how true the little blurbe at the top is but it's still quite funny. Even if it's something someone just made up (it probably is) it's quite funny.
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The questions below about Sri Lanka, are from potential visitors. They were posted on a Sri Lankan Tourism Website...
TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.
INDIAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You worship them.
PAKISTAN ECONOMICS
You dont have any cows.
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You...