Most powerful people in the world (2008)

"They are the most powerful people in the world. They command respect and obvious admiration from their supporters across the world. Above all that, they are a mirror reflection of the nations they belong to....

Ajmal Kasab to confess live on TV: Report

"New Delhi, Dec 24: Apparently looking to call off Pakistan’s bluff in front of the international community, investigators are now looking at the possibility of a worldwide live broadcast of Ajmal Kasab’s...

Google tells us what we look for

"What do Sarah Palin, Facebook and Euro 2008 have in common? They are all on the list of the top 10 fastest-rising queries on Google during 2008. The search engine has published its year-end Zeitgeist, the tool which...

'Koobface' Virus Attacks Facebook

"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...

City Governments are now going into Debt Billions of Dollars

While this story focuses on Houston, other large cities are mentioned to be in the same boat as Houston.  Failure of city governments is an area that will effect local citizens on various levels."HOUSTON -- The...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

An Indian in every Pakistani?

"Shireen M Mazari The writer is a defence analystLack of formal education and sheer ignorance does not by definition imply an innate sense of stupidity. On the other hand, formal education in itself is no guarantee of an intelligent and rational human...

ICL World Series: Preview

"The ICL World Series is a T20 competition between teams led by Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICL Pakistani), Chris Harris (ICL World), Habibul Bashar (ICL Bangladesh) and R Sathish (ICL India). Inzamam and Bashar have the advantage of playing with the same team that featured in the ICL...

Write for U.S. Government Blog .com

"USGovernmentblog.us would like to hear your views and comments on any facet of the U.S. Government and the Country as a whole. Politics, War, Foreign Policy, Economy, Law, Social Policies, Military etc. We are looking for regular contributors. If you have a lot to say and...

10 Titles for a George W Bush Autobiography

"President Bush says he has many regrets.  He says that he is even considering writing a book about his presidency."

Neuroimaging Of Brain Shows Who Spoke To A Person And What Was Said

"Scientists from Maastricht University have developed a method to look into the brain of a person and read out who has spoken to him or her and what was said."

Israeli Beduins claim link to Obama

Another Tribe claims President-Elect Obama has roots in the Midle-East. What next? "President-elect Barack Obama made history last week when he became the first African-American to be elected into the White House....

Supercar runs on water

Supercar runs on water - Mark NicholThis is the RMC Scorpion, the American supercar unveiled at SEMA 2008 this week. And though it might look like a run-of-the-mill motor show supercar, with its 20-inch chrome alloys...

A ‘different approach’

"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...

Obama’s victory

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