Cogito Ergo Sum

2009-03-19T18:06:00.002+05:00

THE ARSENAL OF 'DEMOCRACY'Several days ago when former President George Walker Bush left Washington once and for all, oddly, it reminded me of when Julius Gaius Caesar walked into the Senate for the very last time. For someone who had triumphantly entered Rome years earlier and was now facing assassins (who thought they were saving the Roman Republic from tyranny), and for a leader of the Roman

2009-02-22T20:51:00.005+05:00

The Ancestry MythThe fair-haired, blue-eyed Aryan settling in Northern Europe and being of superior status due to his genetically pure race was the product of many intellectual influences, e.g. the establishment of the Indo-European Philology to name only one.Leon Poliakov showed that the roots of such caricature reach far back into the past and that the desire to have ancestors as illustrious

2008-12-28T17:16:00.004+05:00

Slouching toward a Palestinian Holocaust'There is little doubt that the Nazi Holocaust was as close to unconditional evil as has been revealed throughout the entire bloody history of the human species. Its massiveness, unconcealed genocidal intent, and reliance on the mentality and instruments of modernity give its enactment in the death camps of Europe a special status in our moral imagination.

2008-12-10T13:54:00.011+05:00

IT'S THE MOSLEMS STUPID!With a traumatized nation and a paralyzed government, a core group of secular ideologues and Hindu nationalists are executing a ‘soft coup’ in New Delhi to bring to power hawks who want to pursue America’s agenda of grooming India as a regional policeman, sort out Pakistan and confront China. India will self-destroy in the process. India’s military and intelligence has

2008-11-30T03:03:00.002+05:00

THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA "Why we fight?" A documentaryAfter a sea of lies and a tsunami of propaganda, the ugly truth behind the Iraq and Afghanistan wars finally emerged into full view this week.Four major western oil companies, Exxon, Mobil, Shell, BP and Total, are about to sign US-brokered no-bid contracts with the US-installed Baghdad regime to begin exploiting Iraq’s oil fields. Saddam

2008-11-24T18:08:00.003+05:00

A LOT OF HOT AIR ON A GLOBAL SCALE Klik hier om het video filmpje te bekijkenAccepted theories about man causing global warming are "lies" claims a controversial new TV documentary.'The Great Global Warming Swindle' backed by eminent scientists - is set to rock the accepted consensus that climate change is being driven by humans.The programme will see a series of respected scientists

2008-11-21T21:40:00.004+05:00

Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for international campaigners to treat Israel as they treated apartheid South Africa.The end of apartheid stands as one of the crowning accomplishments of the past century, but we would not have succeeded without the help of international pressure - in particular the divestment movement of the 1980s. Over the past eight months a similar movement has

2008-11-11T00:45:00.003+05:00

WHERE FEAR AND FUTURE COLLIDE The video is a documentary by the BBC, called 'Dangerous knowledge'"If we are to believe the big narrative of today - a story increasingly engineered into mainstream thought - that the fate of humanity is now torn between random acts of terror and a planet in the throes of climatic meltdown - then perhaps it is time to steady our heartbeats for a moment and rewind

2008-11-07T01:05:00.007+05:00

The Elections and the Responsibility of the Intellectual to Speak Truth to PowerThe presidential elections in the US, once again, provide an acid test of the integrity and consequential conduct of US intellectuals. If it is the duty and responsibility of the public intellectual to speak truth to power, the recent statements of most of our well-known and prestigious public pundits have failed

2008-10-23T20:41:00.003+05:00

NAOMI WOLF ON TELLTALE SIGNS OF FASCISM “There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lives ; there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe…violent conflicts will dominate the headlines……” A ‘perpetual war for perpetual peace’ ……’Wolfowitz and Perle in the preamble of the draft of the ‘Project for the New American Century’ in the heady days in 1992,when

2008-10-08T15:20:00.005+05:00

ZEITGEIST:ADDENDUM The US Congress’ passage of a slightly modified form of the Bush Administration’s financial bailout plan on the week of October 3 has opened up the spectre for the first time of a 1931-style domino wave of worldwide bank failures. That process is already underway across the US banking sector with the failure, nationalization or forced liquidation in the past weeks of Fannie

2008-09-10T16:37:00.008+05:00

The Financial Times and the “Self-Confessed Mastermind of 9/11”In recent days there is mounting evidence of the advance of totalitarianism in the political and media mainstream. The entire Western world, led by the United States, has embraced a Georgian regime, which invaded South Ossetia totally demolishing its capital city of 50,000 residents, assassinated 1500 men, women and children and

2008-08-14T20:13:00.007+05:00

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Deflating American egoThe cartoon images have shown Russia as an angry bear, stretching out a claw to maul Georgia. Russia is certainly angry, and, like a beast provoked, has bared its teeth. But it is the wrong stereotype. What the world has seen last week is a brilliant and brutal display of Russia's national game, chess.And Moscow has just declared checkmate.Chess is a

2008-07-20T06:40:00.005+05:00

THE SCIENCE OF TERRORSometimes the science community, hiding behind the guise of empirical research, cannot see its own bias even while correctly analyzing a situation. That statement may seem contradictory, but given the manner in which it studies ‘terror’ and then applies those findings and definitions only to some ‘other’ group, it ignores the reality of terror at home and the reality of

2008-06-25T18:37:00.006+05:00

THE VENEER OF DEMOCRACY;THE RISE OF THE FOURTH REICHEveryone likes to say, "Hitler did this", and, "Hitler did that". But the truth is Hitler did very little. He was a world class tyrant, but the evil actually done by the Third Reich, from the slave-labor camps to WW2 was all done by German citizens who were afraid to question if what they were told by their government was the truth or not,

2008-05-24T04:37:00.007+05:00

LIBERTIES OF THE FLESHAt the end of the 20th century, trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation has mushroomed into a multi-billion dollar shadow market. Women are trafficked to, from, and through every region in the world using methods that have become new forms of slavery.The value of the global trade in women as commodities for sex industries is estimated to be between seven

2008-05-10T01:38:00.006+05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAELResponse to the person who chose to wish the State of Israel a Happy Birthday by quoting Martin Luther King Jr."Antisemitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agreement. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently antisemitic, and ever will be so.(Aug. 1967)" Should have celebrated 20th April as

2008-04-22T16:09:00.004+05:00

How the rich starved the world The irony is extraordinary. At a time when world leaders are expressing grave concern about diminishing food stocks and a coming global food crisis, our governments brings into force measures to increase the use of biofuels - a policy that will further increase food prices, and further worsen the plight of the world's poor. What biofuels do is undeniable: they take

2008-04-12T14:08:00.007+05:00

THE PETRODOLLARIn November of 2000, Saddam Hussein switched to selling oil in Euros, when normally all OPEC nations sell their oil in US Dollars. Why? As Ron Paul explains the US added a secret agreement to the overall OPEC Agreement where OPEC nations promised to sell oil in US dollars, and no other currency. This effectively backs the US dollar in oil, and all countries need US dollars in their

2008-04-01T22:43:00.008+05:00

Catholicism's Neophyte is a Fraud Magdi Allam, the notorious Egyptian-born Italian Islamophobe-turned-Catholic, has been trying to create the impression that his highly-publicized conversion to Roman Catholicism at the Vatican last week is a genuine spiritual transformation.However, a plethora of anti-Islam statements and remarks by the controversial neophyte suggests that the man is an

2008-03-31T06:04:00.005+05:00

A RECOVERING NEOCON speaks out"Two years ago I was a neocon. I supported Bush’s war on Iraq and I called everyone who didn’t a liberal Kool-aid drinker. I voted for Bush in 2000 and I listened to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and just about any right-winger on the radio that I could get a four-word talking point from to use

2008-03-20T07:00:00.008+05:00

George Carlin - Who Really Controls AmericaRecently I had participated in an online forum on American "intervention " in other parts of the world. The debate centered around a group of American college students who argued that America was still a force for good and that it's 'altruism' and 'selfless "help"' continues to make the world a safer place, freed of "Radical Islam" & "Terrorism", where '

2008-03-15T18:49:00.012+05:00

GLOBAL MEDIA GIANTSA specter now haunts the world: a global commercial media system dominated by a small number of superpowerful, mostly U.S.-based transnational media corporations. It is a system that works to advance the cause of the global market and promote commercial values, while denigrating journalism and culture not conducive to the immediate bottom line or long-run corporate interests.

2008-03-08T14:35:00.005+05:00

NADER WHO?I support Ralph Nader's candidacy.But let's face it, no way is an independent candidate ever gonna make it, not without the blessings of Corporate Behemoths and their keepers. But I'm thankful that at least this one man has dared to stand up, time after time, against a malignant kafkaesque neo-fascist establishment, that has made a mockery of the very virtues the United States markets

2008-03-02T17:20:00.012+05:00

THE SAUDI CONNECTION'The hijackers recruited for the September 11 outrage were not illiterate, bearded fanatics from the mountain-villages of Afghanistan. They were all educated, highly-skilled, middle-class professionals. Thirteen of the nineteen men involved were citizens of Saudi Arabia. The three Alghamdis are clearly from the Hijaz province of the Kingdom. Mohamed Atta, born in Egypt,

2008-02-22T19:03:00.001+05:00

THE AFGHAN DRUG TRADE;Who Benefits?The United Nations had announced that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan had soared and expected to increase by 59% in 2006. The production of opium is estimated to have increased by 49% in relation to 2005. The Western media in chorus blame the Taliban and the warlords. The Bush administration is said to be committed to curbing the Afghan drug trade: "The

2008-02-19T13:39:00.000+05:00

Censorship and Control of the InternetSilenced is an independent research initiative managed jointly by Privacy International and the GreenNet Educational Trust. The twelve-month project was undertaken through a collaboration of more than fifty experts and advocates throughout the world. The work was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Institute. For full report, click here (2MB PDF)

2008-02-14T21:35:00.001+05:00

Good Muslim, Bad MuslimEver since September 11, there has been a growing media interest in Islam. What is the link, many seem to ask, between Islam and terrorism? The Spectator, a British weekly, carried a lead article a few weeks ago that argued that the link was not with all of Islam, but with a very literal interpretation of it. This version, Wahhabi Islam, it warned, was

2008-02-11T13:57:00.000+05:00

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS-DEMOCRACY IN ACTIONThe 2008 elections have already been marred by a number of controversies, the worst of which is the report that was published last Friday by Ohio's top election official, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The report proves that the voting systems that decided the 2004 election in Ohio were rife with “critical security failures”. The election was

2008-01-29T21:34:00.001+05:00

New Maldives Country Assistance Strategy'The new World Bank Group Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the Republic of Maldives envisages lending around US$45 million in highly concessional funds from the International Development Association (IDA) over the next five years to support the country’s development program. The strategy was prepared jointly by the World Bank and the International

2008-01-27T00:41:00.000+05:00

SCIENCE & SCIENTISM"Even with its sparkling thousand points of light, the night sky is a dark and inhospitable place. Mocking our human frailties of both body and mind, the world of the heavens enchants us all the same with a voiceless call that tugs at our sense of being. Whether viewed with our own eyes from some isolated vantage point on a clear night, or as telescopic images that no fleshly

2008-01-17T12:38:00.000+05:00

Charlie Wilson's WarIn many ways this movie is an understatement. An insight into American plutocracy, and how grassroot political lobbying can galvanize support for any cause, without the average American even knowing say, for example where on the map Afghanistan is! Also a picture perfect portrayal of the American psyche which looks upon its culture of infidelity and aestheticism etcetera, as

2007-12-22T23:54:00.000+05:00

The Myth of the Liberal MediaLINKCondoleezza Rice has insisted that Hezbollah is the most dangerous "terrorist" organization, not al Qaeda, because Al Qaeda doesn't exist. The "al qaeda" bogeyman is a Zionist invention. But she would know, she's "allowed" into the membership of the belly of the beast that invented it, Zionist America.A Jewish professor of the History of Film & Media once stated

2007-11-25T03:54:00.000+05:00

The Money Masters - How International Bankers gained ControlThe powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching plan, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole...Their secret is that they have annexed from governments, monarchies, and republics the power to create

2007-11-20T22:38:00.000+05:00

WMD LIES - Bush Cheney Rumsfeld etc. - THE ULTIMATE CLIPThe Downing Street Memo is only the beginning of the proof we were all lied to

2007-11-17T03:55:00.000+05:00

Do The Maths: Why The Kids Aren't AlrightAt least one in seven secondary schoolchildren has tried illegal drugs and a fifth of 10 to 15-year-olds regularly get drunk, it found.The survey of more than 100,000 pupils for Ofsted also found that the biggest worry for most children was their exams.:: 15% of children aged between 12 and 15 had experimented with illegal drugs - including heroin and

2007-11-09T02:52:00.000+05:00

RESTORATION OF FAITHFollowing is an excerpt from an infamous online dossier by an M.A.Malek, titled Restoration of Faith.Next to the Qur'an I would say it is the most important written document on Islam.For those among us who have chosen to abandon God/faith OR embrace it in magnanimous ignorance OR have quietly resigned to ones own selfishness and in turn have reduced one's sphere of thought to

2007-11-07T23:39:00.000+05:00

Pilot Who Dropped the A-Bomb Didn't Know Japan Wanted To Surrender Paul Tibbets piloted the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Unbeknownst to him and the American people at the time was the fact that the Japanese had already tried to surrender.Follow this link to the original source: "Paul Tibbets, pilot who

2007-10-30T03:04:00.000+05:00

BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE; WE AND THE WESTA former Catholic nun and author of books on many of the world's religions including Islam, English writer Karen Armstrong speaks about Western views of Islam, the mood after 11 September and her hopes for better relations between Islam and the West."What more concessions should the West make to Muslims? When should we draw the line and stop sacrificing

2007-10-17T21:12:00.001+05:00

Physicists Challenge Official 9-11 StoryNEW LINKResearch into the events of September 11 by Brigham Young University physics professor, Steven E. Jones, concludes that the official explanation for the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings is implausible according to laws of physics. Jones is calling for an independent, international scientific investigation “guided not by politicized

2007-09-30T00:56:00.001+05:00

UNITED NATIONS -A KANGAROO COURT TO REMIND THE INSIGNIFICANT JUST HOW INSIGNIFICANT THEY ARE?Zimbabwe's information minister has castigated western media for their coverage of President Robert Mugabe's speech at the UN General Assembly, state media reported Friday.Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said CNN and the BBC gave US President George W. Bush full coverage when he criticised Mugabe in his

2007-09-21T19:29:00.001+05:00

WE NEED NOT APOLOGISE The contrast cannot be more striking. Four Muslims out of millions commit a barbaric crime in London. All the Muslims have been put on the defensive not just in the UK but the world over. Three soldiers of the British army are charged with war crimes. The rallying call goes out that we must all support the Army and be sympathetic toward them in this difficult time. The

2007-08-25T06:14:00.000+05:00

C R Y F R E E D O MLust. Probably the numero uno from among all that we humans have in common. Yes.Despite race or religion, gender or geography, we are all consumed by it. Indeed, it is the one primal instinct that has stood the test of time and entwined all else within it’s seductive grasp, and continues to hold lead on forces that fight to overcome or contain it. This is one beast that cannot

2007-08-02T14:30:00.000+05:00

THE GOOD SHEPHERDThe Material Neanderthal. That’s what came to my mind as I watched Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) walk past the concrete mega structure that is the soon to be offices of the newly created Central Intelligence Agency.Ed Wilson, empty & soulless as the void, inside; a shade of heartless grey on the outside; cold as the concrete we walk and build upon. Yup, Ed is the epitaph of the

2007-07-06T20:33:00.000+05:00

The Ayatollah of Atheism and Darwin’s AltarsHow long will Darwin continue to repose on his high but perilous pedestal? I am beginning to wonder. Few people doubt the principle of evolution. The question at issue is: are all evolutionary advances achieved exclusively by the process of natural selection? That is the position of the Darwinian fundamentalists, and they cling to their absolutist

2007-07-03T23:52:00.000+05:00

If 'IF you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated, don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream - and not make dreams your

2007-06-08T01:34:00.001+05:00

Hidesign's pet project:Promenade With its great location and style, Promenade, Hidesign's designer hotel, is the latest elite landmarkIt's been named after the promenade and is brand new. But a few years of the salty breeze and the long Pondicherry summers, and once the walls and the novelty have faded, you may just not notice it. That's exactly the idea, says Dilip Kapur of Hidesign

2007-05-14T00:06:00.000+05:00

Arundhati Roy on the mother of all conflicts..Zion Vs Palestine

2007-05-13T18:42:00.000+05:00

MALDIVE STUDENTS AMONG IGCSE CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMS TOP TENStudents from the Maldives have ranked among the World Top Ten Achievers for this years International General Certificate of Secondary Education of the University of Cambridge.Dr Newman Burdett, CIE's Head of International Education and Ministry Partnerships, will present the prizes to students who achieved high marks in the

2007-05-13T18:23:00.000+05:00

MALDIVES WIN ULTRA TRAVELS AWARDMaldives has yet again won another prestigious award, the Daily Telegraph's Ultratravel Award for Best Holiday Destination Worldwide.The ULTRAs (Ultimate Luxury Travel Related Awards), celebrating the best in luxury travel across the globe, were announced at a ceremony held at InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel on 9th of May 2007.Ultratravel magazine,

2007-05-06T01:18:00.000+05:00

MY WISH "I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,And each road leads you where you want to go,And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.And if one door opens to another door closed,I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,But more than

2007-04-07T13:39:00.000+05:00

Century-old fish found off Alaska A commercial fishing boat has caught what may have been one of the oldest creatures in Alaska - a giant rock-fish thought to be about 100 years old. The 44in (1.1m), 60lb (

2007-03-11T15:25:00.000+05:00

UK billionaire to hold birthday party in the MaldivesSir Phillip Green, one of the richest men in the UK, is to hold a special birthday party in the Maldives this Tuesday (13.03.07), reports say. On the guest list will be famous people like Michael Jackson, George Michael, Ricky Martin and top model Kate Moss.Owner of Top Shop, one of the biggest retail chains in the UK for cloths, is no stranger

2007-02-15T10:23:00.000+05:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY Valentine's Day is here again, For all of us to share. To tell that certain someone Just how much we really care. I love you so, my darling Is sometimes hard to say. Course you wonder if that someone Also feels that way. You know this special someone Loves you as a friend, Are their love words true when spoken? Or are they just pretend? So here it is Valentine's Day, A

2007-01-23T21:25:00.000+05:00

BLOOD DIAMOND The ‘great eye’ of Hollywood is it seems, no more on a Land of Mordor or an Alagaesia or any other fantasia. With the utter failure of the movie Eragon, much to the disappointment of Christopher Paolini’s Trilogy’s fans, its gaze has shifted elsewhere. Enter Marvel & DC comics and remakes of olden goldies, and Africa ! ; a continent long forgotten and as barren and wasted as

2006-12-25T21:19:00.000+05:00

MERRY X-MASWell...'Tis the season to be jolly, a Ho Ho and a belly full of jelly to all of you : )I wonder how many of us know what Christmas is really about, or that it actually has nothing to do with the Christian faith as such;but that it really is an American celebration.And since its an American tune,we all dance to it,naturally.It is unknown exactly when or why December 25 became associated

2006-12-25T21:02:00.000+05:00

TRANSFORMERS - THE MOVIE!!

2006-10-18T15:34:00.000+05:00

Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class

2006-10-07T20:46:00.000+05:00

THE RETURN OF THE LOSTThe answers will come or maybe it won't. Either way, chill. Enjoy. Starting its third season on the 4th, the show has achieved its own narrative Zen. Anything could happen, and it would be intriguingly entertaining. A giant coconut could fall to earth and crack open, and out step Oprah and Gayle, fresh from their road trip and singing a cantata about the serial number that's

2006-10-07T20:38:00.000+05:00

Awsome stuff going on here...AI in action

2006-09-27T22:34:00.001+05:00

If we could turn the population of Earth into a small community of hundred people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be someting like this...

2006-09-22T19:49:00.000+05:00

Ben 'Apologises'..Not reallyOn Sunday, September 17th, during his address to the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI said that he was sorry for the reaction to the quotation he had used about Islam during his lecture at the Regensburg University in Germany. I would like to discuss two points about the Regensburg lecture. First is the word “read”. The message of Islam had started with this word. Read

2006-09-21T19:13:00.000+05:00

Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc and his wife of three years, Melissa McKnight, finalized their divorce Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. LeBlanc and McKnight will share joint and legal custody of their 2-year-old daughter, Marina (who has suffered from a brain disorder). LeBlanc will provide $15,000 a month for child support until Marina turns 18. He will also cover

2006-09-21T19:05:00.000+05:00

Daily show takes on Dubya Bubya Bush

2006-09-21T18:46:00.000+05:00

In focusing solely on Hugo Chavez's characterization of Bush as the devil, the mainstream media have succeeded in aiming attention away from the Venezuelan President's most salient point made during his UN speech - CIA control of terror cells around the world and their protection of plane bomber Luis Posada. According to documents released by the George

2006-09-21T18:04:00.000+05:00

2006-09-11T18:55:00.000+05:00

911 Remembered[This is part 1 of a 4 part series titled '911:THE ISRAELI CONNECTION' aired on FOX.To see the rest click LINK]Five years ago to this day, the world as we know it changed... Not really. Write 'OPERATION NORTHWOOD' on Wiki and you’ll see what I mean. Once the 'shock and awe ' of Sept 11th had elapsed, one begins to question; NOT 'who' or 'why', but 'how?’ To the first two Q's we

2006-09-09T02:11:00.000+05:00

MSAIThe Maldivian students in JIPMER, India have started an online community project ' The Maldivian Students Abroad Initiative ', which aims to bring the thousands of students from Maldives studying abroad on a common platform for exchange of views and ideas on a range of subjects and issues. The web page (http://www.maldivianstudents.com) launched on 02.09.2006 is still in its infancy and is

2006-09-08T15:12:00.000+05:00

The World as I see It- By Einstein"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and

2006-09-08T14:39:00.000+05:00

You guys have to check this out ! A guy walks the streets of America and asks random people some pretty easy questions.The answers he got, you won't believe.Example:He asks one lady 'what is a mosque?'...she has no idea..He asks her to guess..She replies "an animal"...

2006-09-08T13:07:00.000+05:00

Teen Brain: It's All About Me It may be a "me first" world in the typical teen brain.Brain scans show that teen's brains may still be developing when it comes to sensitivity to other people's feelings. And in a second study, the same researchers found that adolescents and preadolescents are slower at predicting how another person might feel in a given situation. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, PhD, of

2006-09-04T17:48:00.000+05:00

Finally LOST season 3(SPOILER WARNING)After giving some answers and leaving behind even more perplexing questions, Season 2 of LOST had ended leaving me absolutely spellbound and crying for more.Initially I had had my doubts on the series; thinking how in the world they are gonna make a whole season about a group of people stranded on a mysterious, and apparently uninhabited island miles away

2006-09-04T16:18:00.000+05:00

Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast. Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray's barb while he was filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.Mr Irwin was known for his television

2006-09-01T16:44:00.000+05:00

Get this: Majority, a whopping 83% of Americans, believe Charlie Sheen's(Star of the hit series 'Two and half men') claims that 911 was a Government coverup !That my friends is no small victory for Our 'War on Lies and Deceit'"This is a watershed moment in the struggle to create a powerful, educated and active contingent of individuals with no hierarchical structure but with a unified cause."

2006-08-31T16:57:00.000+05:00

George Galloway, a British MP, blasts a major propaganda machine to oblivionIts no secret how conveniently western media channels, like CNN, twist the facts in news reporting. Unfortunately few are aware of the fact that the major news channels in the United States are explicitly owned by just a handful of major corporations[1, 2, 3]; what this means is that the news that is reported from these

2006-08-31T11:27:00.000+05:00

SpiralFrog Looks to Leap Over iTunes SpiralFrog,a new online music company, plans to offer free music downloads to consumers. Not just streaming media, mind you, but downloadable, storable music files that can be tranferred to a portable player. Free. The plan is for advertising revenue to pay for it all. What SpiralFrog has to offer right now is millions of songs from

2006-08-27T02:54:00.000+05:00

Superman's Brandon Routh Engaged Brandon Routh is engaged to his girlfriend, actress Courtney Ford, according to his publicist."They are very happy," says Kacey Spies, who represents the Superman Returns star.The couple, who have been dating for three years, will costar in the upcoming short film Denial. They plan to wed next fall.Routh, 26, proposed earlier this month with a ring from Los

2006-08-26T22:11:00.000+05:00

A Thankyou To All Starbucks Customers Dear Starbucks Customer,First and foremost I want to thank you for making Starbucks the $6.4 billion global company it is today, with more than 90,000 employees, 9,700 stores, and 33 million weekly customers. Every latte and macchiato you drink at Starbucks is a contribution to the close alliance between the United States and Israel, in fact it is - as I

2006-08-26T12:41:00.001+05:00

bACK TO THE sEA Life ,say the experts, began in the sea. And if the way we spend our vacations is an accurate indicator, there are few things we enjoy more than revisiting our submerged roots. Cavorting with dolphins, badgering sharks from the safety of steel cages

2006-08-26T09:04:00.000+05:00

British scientists have found that enzymes cheat time and space by quantum tunnelling - a much faster way of travelling than the classical way - but whether or not perplexing quantum theories can be applied to the biological world is still hotly debated. Until now, no one knew just how the enzymes speed up the reactions, which in some cases are up to a staggering million times faster. "Our