Chilean scientists are trying to make sense of a series of as-yet-unexplained ecological disasters. The strange occurrences started in March this year when remains of large numbers of penguins were found washed up on a beach in southern Chile. Over 1200 carcasses are believed to have been deposited on the beach. This was followed soon […]
Busted Twice Over Chocolate!
Overzealous security at two airports interrogated a couple for drug trafficking, when all they had inside their bags was homemade chocolate. Ron Obadia and Nadine Artemis, health food enthusiasts and owners of chocolate and beauty care company Living Libations were on their way to the United States. At the Toronto airport, Sniffer dogs ‘exposed’ the […]
Spies for Hire on Facebook
LONDON – The British overseas security service has recently been using social networking site Facebook to assist in its recruitment drive. A Foreign Office spokeswoman emphasized the need for MI6 to build up its network of agents. "The open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today," she said. […]
Alonso Triumph in World’s First Night Race
SINGAPORE – Fernando Alonso of Spain has taken the Singapore Grand Prix after a night filled with nerve-wracking twists and turns. His first win since last year’s Italian Grand Prix, Alsonso showed extraordinary fighting spirit as he emerged first in two practice sessions but had to start 15th on the grid after his engine cut […]
Top Woman Cop Slain
KANDAHAR – Gunmen have shot dead Lt-Col Malalai Kakar, the most prominent female police officer in a male-dominated country. The attackers ambushed Ms Kakar outside her house as she was leaving for work in her car. The head of the city’s department of crimes against women, Ms Kakar was shot in the head. Her son, […]
Holocaust Cartoons Mock Victims
TEHRAN – Iran has released a highly controversial book of cartoons mocking the extermination of Jews during World War II. Titled ‘Holocaust’, the book seeks to cast doubt over the massacre of over 6 million Jews during Adolf Hitler’s brutal dictatorship of Germany. Student members of the Basij militia close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote […]