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Mark Oliver
What bloggers do, and why they do it
The rise in popularity of blogging has inspired new writers and creators to share their voices with the world, <i>Pewsearch.org</i> reported recently. A national phone survey of…
London sucked into terror maelstrom
At least 33 people have been killed in a series of explosions that ripped through London’s transport system on Thurday morning, and more fatalities are expected to be announced…
Human eggs for sale on the net
John Gonzalez, the founder of ManNotIncluded.com — a United Kingdom-based website that links sperm donors with potential parents — has launched a new venture involving human…
Zim lawyer honoured
Beatrice Mtetwa, a fearless Zimbabwean lawyer who has defended those arrested by President Robert Mugabe’s government, including a journalist for The Guardian newspaper, was…
Kurdish fighters sweep into Mosul
Kurdish fighters and US forces today swept into Iraq’s third city, Mosul, after Saddam Hussein loyalists abandoned one of the last strongholds of his dying regime.
US: Saddam era is over
The US military today said that Saddam Hussein’s regime is over as jubilant Iraqis greeted American troops mopping up fading resistance in Baghdad. Is this the end? Looting,…
Looting, celebrating in Baghdad
Three decades of iron rule by Saddam Hussein appeared to be collapsing in Baghdad today as US troops mopping up fading resistance were met by jubilant Iraqis and looting broke…
Blix queries US ‘evidence’ on Iraq
The UN’s chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, today cast doubt on the significance of some intelligence offered by the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, in last week’s speech…
Israel prepares to strike back
Tension mounts in the Middle East as the Israeli Cabinet approves retaliation measures for the latest suicide bombing