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Record Number Of Simultaneous Female World Leaders

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Politics

Record Number Of Simultaneous Female World Leaders

There is a new world record of the number of female world leaders simultaneously in power. Read the full list and how long they have been in power, beginning from 1997…

Ms Gillard Prefers Not To Move Houses

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Politics

Ms Gillard Prefers Not To Move Houses

Being thrown out of a job is bad enough, but when you are in the ‘top position’ in a nation under the Westminster system of parliament, you also have to make a quick exit from your residence. Read how The Lodge is not your ideal dream of a home…

English Queens Pay Cut

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Politics, Royalty, Society, Women

English Queens Pay Cut

The Queen of England is expected to share some of the British public’s pain from the toughest spending cuts in years, after the finance minister said he would freeze her annual state allowance this year. Read how the Queens estate is worth just under $15 billion…

Report On World Heroin Users

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Health, Politics, Society

Report On World Heroin Users

The annual World Drug Report from the United National says that global opium cultivation, used to make heroin, has dropped 13% to around 657 tons. Consumption is particularly strong in Western countries such as the Italy, France, United Kingdom and, Germany. The national level of heroin use is on the decline in the United States. [...]

President Obama Given Internet Kill Switch

Posted on June 27, 2010 by in Politics, Technology

President Obama Given Internet Kill Switch

Joe Lieberman, Independent senator, chairman of the U.S. Homeland Security committee and former presidential candidate, is concerned about a ‘Digital Pearl Harbour’. Sen. John Rockefeller, first introduced the idea of a ‘kill switch’ in April 2009. Read how the US President will be given an Internet ‘kill switch’…

Deepwater Horizon Rig Hit By Robot Hit

Posted on June 23, 2010 by in Environment, Politics

Deepwater Horizon Rig Hit By Robot Hit

Tens of thousands of gallons more oil are gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, after an undersea robot bumped a venting system, forcing BP to remove the cap that had been containing some of the crude. Read how BP CEO has been removed as head of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…

USA Military Feeds The Talian

Posted on June 23, 2010 by in Politics

USA Military Feeds The Talian

It has been revealed that the United States military have been paying tens of millions of dollars to Afghan security firms, who are chanelling the money to Taliban warlords. This information has surfaced following a 6 month investigation. Yet will Gen Petraeus do anything differently now Gen McChrystal has been fired…

Australias First Woman Prime Minister

Posted on June 23, 2010 by in Politics, Women

Australias First Woman Prime Minister

Ms Julia Gillard has taken the helm of leadership as the 27th prime minister, and the first woman prime minister of Australia. Learn who the powerbrokers behind Ms Gillar are…

Strip Club Claim Compensation From BP

Posted on June 21, 2010 by in Business, Environment, Society

Strip Club Claim Compensation From BP

BP’s CEO has angered the American public with the statement that there will be many false claims against BP. In Louisiana, a new Orleans strip club has filed a compensation claim against BP over the loss of business, due to the Gulf oil spill. The BP Ceo hobnobs with millionaires in the biggest one day [...]

Giant Herring Monster Of The Deep?

Posted on June 21, 2010 by in Environment, Science, Sport

Giant Herring Monster Of The Deep?

A Giant Herring measuring 3.5 metres was washed up off Sweden’s western coast, the of its kind discovered Scandinavian waters in more than 130 years. Discover where you can catch Giant Herrings…