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Controversy Rages Over FilmStars Of Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on February 1, 2009 by in Entertainment, Society

Controversy Rages Over FilmStars Of Slumdog Millionaire

While the 2008 British drama film ‘Slumdog Millionaire‘, directed by Danny Boyle, has raced on to rake in millions of dollars, the two Hindi-speaking, slum, 7 year-old child stars of the film, live in a state that is worse than before they became filmstars. Azharuddin’s illegal family hut was demolished by local authorities and Azharuddin [...]

Worlds Largest Fraud Further Fuels Financial Crisis

Posted on December 17, 2008 by in Finance

Worlds Largest Fraud Further Fuels Financial Crisis

The world’s biggest fraud in history was revealed when Bernard Madoff, 70 year old Wall Street guru and trader and ex chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market was arrested last week. He allegedly masterminded a $US50 billion fraudulent Ponzi scheme. Madoff’s arrest and liquidation of his company adds further fuel to the spiraling costs of [...]

Somalia Pirates Operate A WorldWide Information Network

Posted on December 11, 2008 by in General

Somalia Pirates Operate  A WorldWide Information Network

It has been revealed that the Somali Pirates operate a world wide information gleaning network. In particular they look for illegal cargo, such as the 33 tanks being carried on the MV Faina, hijacked a few months back. A  Somalia expert at Purdue University in Indiana, Michael Weinstein says “The huge Somali world wide diaspora [...]

Valuable Rock Stars Are Still Being Recovered

Posted on December 10, 2008 by in Finance

Valuable Rock Stars Are Still Being Recovered

All is doom and gloom in the world of finance, yet things are vastly different to the days of the Great Depression in the 1930’s. On one hand we have Somali pirates holding shipping companies to ransom for millions of dollars, while a world away, million dollar rock stars are being recovered from the murky [...]