Feb 7 2008
A “plastic soup” of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.
Feb 7 2008
Bridges always seems to entice us. Here we have the Adam’s Bridge ‘Rama Sethu’ the mystica1 bridge of our times.This bridge is supposedly built by Sri Rama, the mythological hero of the epic Ramayana.
Feb 5 2008
The sports minister, Gerry Sutcliffe, is to write to his Spanish counterpart to express his anger after the racist taunting of the British driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators over the weekend.
Feb 5 2008
George Bush handed his successor a major fiscal headache yesterday as he delivered the last budget of his eight-year term, a finance bill that hikes military spending, blows out the deficit to near record levels and tops $3tn (£1.5tn) for the first...
Feb 4 2008
British scientists have created a mouse that can catch colds. It will help to develop and test new treatments for winter coughs and sneezes and also help people who suffer from severe asthma.
Feb 1 2008
An investigation into how Shaun McNamara died revealed that he drank himself to death after consuming too much water. His body was found on the floor of his bathroom last September.
Feb 1 2008
Abu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.
Jan 28 2008
In this handout photo released by President Office, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, stands by the body of former Indonesian President Suharto at his house in Jakarta, Sunday, Jan 27, 2008.
Jan 28 2008
A defunct U.S. spy satellite is falling from orbit and could hit the Earth in late February or March, agencies reports said Saturday.
Jan 21 2008
European Union officials will propose this week a major overhaul of the bloc’s sometimes dysfunctional carbon emissions trading system, aiming to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.