U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he is willing to visit North Korea to defuse tensions over the communist country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. “Whatever I can do as the secretary-general I am willing to do, including my own visit to Pyongyang at this time,” Ban told a news conference. “I need to find out when would be ... Read More »
£100m boost for UK government lab
The UK research institute at the centre of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak two years ago has been given £100m to build new laboratories. The head of the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) at Pirbright in Surrey, said that the state-of-the-art facilities are as safe as they can be. Research at the new laboratory will focus on controlling the spread of ... Read More »
Guinea pigs break Harry Potter U.S. box office spell
G-Force The super-hero talking guinea pigs of “G-Force” broke the spell cast by Harry Potter to take the top spot at the North American box office, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. The Disney animated family feature earned $32.1 million in the United States and Canada, pushing “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” down to 2nd place with $30 ... Read More »
Probe into Infants dead starts in Nottingham
A newly born child has died due to the overdose of salt on the saline drip that was given to the infant on the care. The dead occurred on 7 th july at queen’s medical centre, Nottingham hospital The investigations are on and the cops are fully commited to find out if there is any lack in care taking by ... Read More »
Register your Credit Card with your Bank to do Online Payment
Register your Credit Card with your Bank or else your online payment will not be accepted from 1 st August 2009. In order to make online transactions Safe & Secure, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has passed a new mandate with effect from 1st August 2009, wherein online credit card based transactions will include a new verification process. From the ... Read More »
Ford Posts $2 Billion Profit!
The recession hit automobile giant Ford is back on track. It has managed to post $2 Billion quaterly net profit. Ford Motors managed this purly from restructuring. Ford also said it was on track to at least break even in 2011. This made the investors happy! It shot Ford shares up more than 9%. Ford also posted an operating loss ... Read More »
Raids in Office of Michael Jackon’s Physician
Looks like the investigators and the DEA’s attention has now turned to Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray. This has happened after the first phase of autospy results of Michael Jackson’s body were avaiable. The autospy reports confirmed that Michael Jackson did die of drug overdose. Based on the autopsy reports the LAPD has registered Michael Jackson’s death as ... Read More »