LONDON: The Neanderthal man may have had the same brain as Homo sapiens (modern humans) at birth but then went on to develop differently after a year and half with less neural activity in the Neanderthal. The Neanderthal species had comparable cranial size to modern humans; with a similar size brain though evidence suggests the [...]
SAO PAULO: Jenson Button, the English Formula 1 Driving Champion had a lucky escape in Sao Paulo yesterday after escaping an armed ambush on the streets of Sao Paulo. The quick thinking of the police driver ensured that the group escaped the ambush but it could have been a tragedy on a monumental scale for [...]
MUMBAI: The visit of President Obama to India today is the signal for the start of lucrative trade negotiations between the United States and India. It has been speculated that the deal could be worth $10 bn and will create 1000′s of jobs for Americans in a number of key industries such as defence, engineering, [...]
The Mid Term Elections in the United States saw a shift in power between the Democrats and Republicans with the Republicans gaining ground in the House of Representatives as well as establishing more seats in the Senate. The repercussions for President Obama could be the lack of support in any new initiatives delivered to the [...]
The recent tsunami that hit the Mentawai Islands just off the coast of Sumatra was around 10 feet high and swept through villages killing hundreds of people. The tidal wave was caused by the same fault that killed nearly a quarter million people in dozens of countries back in 2004 without any warning. The tsunami [...]
DHAKA: The sudden disappearance of the vulture on the Asian continent was a mystery to scientists, environmentalists and the Indian government. The close extinction of the vulture which is revered in Indian culture as sacred bird also caused a big disturbance in natures natural food chain as dead carcasses which were normally devoured by vultures [...]
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The Island of Haiti which on the 12 Jan 10 was the victim of a catastrophic earth quake measuring 7.0 Mw on the Richter scale has been hit again by an outbreak of cholera. An estimated 3 million people were affected by the earth quake and are now having to face disease such as [...]
LONDON: Wikileaks, the website owned by Julian Assange has published 400,000 pages of military documents on the war in Iraq. According to the Guardian newspaper the classified documents were apparently obtained from a former US Army Intelligence anaylist who was also the source from which 90,000 secret military documents were released on the war in [...]
BUDAPEST: The environmental catastrophe that occurred in Hungary on 06 Oct 10, a toxic mud slide from a dam that burst it’s banks near a aluminium factory which killed 6 people and seriously injured 12 may have serious consequences to health says Greenpeace. A toxic red sludge made up of heavy metals such as aluminium [...]
KABUL: It has been revealed today by David Cameron that British Aid worker Linda Norgrove, 36, may have been killed by accident. The aid worker had been reportedly killed by a suicide bomber who had activated a suicide vest in close proximity to where Linda Norgrove was standing. However, it has come to light that [...]
