FIFA World Cup Centre Of Internet Scam
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin in Business, Sport
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has detected a number of scams related to the FIFA World Cup. “These types of messages typically come in waves and play on a person’s topical interest in the event as a hook,” ACMA chairman Chris Chapman said. See the kind of tent city the FIFA world cup [...]
Discrimination Against Wheelchair Athlete
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin in Sport, Travel
Richie Power, 39, from Carmarthen, West Wales, was booked on a flight to Scotland to take part in a wheelchair race. As he tried to board the plane at Bristol airport he was told, “You can only walk up the aircraft steps”. Powell has not walked since he broke his back at the age of [...]
Video Games Have Good Or Bad Effects?
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin in Entertainment, Health, Society
In a recent survey three-quarters of Australian parents believe video games have a positive effect on their children. Of more than a thousand parents surveyed, with children between five and 12 years old, half of them are divided on whether video games are a true social experience for children. Read how studies show that playing [...]
Japan Given Mineral Rights By Afghanistan
Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin in Politics
Hamid Karzai, Afghan President, said that Japan, not the United States takes priority over other nations when it comes to mining his country’s new found vast mineral deposits. Japan is second in line in aid to Afghanistan. Read how Afghanistan and Pakistan have their own agenda in negotiating with the Haqqani militia…
Abu Dhabi Claims Most Leaning Tower
Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin in Environment, Travel
If you are planning to a trip to visit the world’s most leaning towers, you would find that Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa can no longer lay claim to being the furthest leaning tower in the world. Read how many other great leaning towers there are including one that used reinforced concrete in the 18 [...]
Coke Fuelled Rocket Car
Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin in Business, Science
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, two American scientists, have developed a rocket car that is fuelled purely by the reaction between Coke Zero and Mentos lollies. Read how effective this violent ‘nucleation’ was and how it affects alternate fuels…
Crocodiles The Original Surfers
Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin in Environment
A group of Australian ecologists published in the British Ecological Society’s “Journal of Animal Ecology”, revealing how the world’s largest living reptile came to be found in so many South Pacific islands, despite having little stamina for swimming. Read how crocodiles are the original ‘surfer’…
Afghanistan mineral Wealth
Posted on June 15, 2010 by admin in Business, Politics
United States geologists have uncovered nearly $1trillion in untapped mineral resources in Afghanistan, which could make Afghanistan richer than Brazil’s lithiam mines. Read about the huge gold, iron, copper and cobalt veins…
Unexpected Faces In Unexpeted Places
Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin in Humour
Finding faces in all sorts of unexpected places can be lots of fun. Take a look at this collection of photo…
Eight Hundred gulf Oil Response WOrkers Recalled To Shore
Posted on June 13, 2010 by admin in Environment
Nearly 800 Gulf oil response workers, aboard 120 vessels, were recalled to shore, after dozens aboard a supply boat were hospitalized, from exposure to a natural gas leak. BP reported that oil the clean up work was halted for a day. Read how many barrels a day are still escaping into the Gulf and administration [...]
