Share A record number of people have changed their name by deed poll this year. A resent poll has shown that more than 90,000 people changed their name in 2010, an increase of 80%, figures were released today from the Legal Deed Poll Service. More people this year have changed there name this year then [...]
Share The Philippine financial system has been moving at a slower pace in the third quarter of this year, as agricultural production fell and the big amount used up in the election-related and reconstruction spending were squandered. Gross domestic product increased to 6.5percent from a year earlier, slower than the extension of 7.9 percent in [...]
Share Lank, a village in northern India, on the front page of its newspapers an odd and ancient ruling. The council in Lank village has prohibited single woman to use cell phones while bachelor men are allowed to use them but under parental supervision. The reason behind this strict ruling is the fear of the [...]
Share Following an earthquake, hurricane and a spreading cholera epidemic, Haiti is heading to another struggle – electing a president from a line up of 18 candidates with no favourite. Among those aspirants for the job are a former first lady and a popular Haitian singer known as Sweet Mickey. There were no clear desired [...]
Share The Robot trying to save NZ blast victims has broken. A robot supposedly used to save the 29 miners including the two Britons in New Zealand has broken down, while hopes grow fainter for the men’s survival. Until now the rescuers were not yet able to enter the Pike coal mine due to the [...]
Share A cookie-sized satellite is planned to launch today to go to space with a mission to discover the origin of life in our universe. It has a tasty name O/OREOS which stands for Organism/ Organic exposure to Orbital Stresses. The test called “Space Environment Survivability of Live Organisms” will try to study the growth, [...]
Share A stampede occurred on a bridge in Cambodia’s capital killing at least 339 people and many were injured after thousands of people panicked during the last day of the water festival, official and state media reported on Tuesday. According to the witnesses the stampede started when several people were electrocuted by the lights lining [...]
Share North Korea fired missiles toward an island in South Korea on Tuesday, killing at least one S.Korean soldier, a Yonhap agency reported. Yonhap said, there were two civilians and 13 South Korean military men injured, and three soldiers and are critically hurt. A Ministry of Defence speaker opposed the report of Yonhap, saying no [...]
Share Children in Afghan cities are believed to be safer than in London or New York Cities. Mark Sedwill,NATO’s top civilian representative said, “The children are most likely safer here than those in London or New York,” during his interview Monday on Children’s BBC (CBBC). His commentary was made in an answer to a question [...]
Share Japan’s justice minister declared his resignation Monday after an embarrassing week long turmoil over negative comments he made disapproving the role on the latest series of headaches for the government of Prime minister Naoto Kan. Minoru Yanagida’s forced resignation is already expected after the opposition had planned to link up parliament with a censure [...]
