…n intelligence agencies have a bleaker view than the more positive statements from the Pentagon. In a classified assessment delivered to the White House last month, the Central Intelligence Agency and 15 other American intelligence agencies concluded that the war was at a stalemate and that military progress had been undermined by Afghan corruption, a weak central government and fighters infiltrat…
9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero: first pictures revealed at 10th anniversary. 9/11: New tapes of aviation industry’s response as WTC fell. None of the images spells out the horror of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers than the grainy pictures of those falling bodies frozen in mid-air as they fell to their deaths, tumbling in all manner of positions, after choosing to escape the suffocating smo…
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Mansa Musa I of Mali, an obscure king who ruled West Africa in the 14th century, has been named the richest person in history in a new inflation-adjusted list of the world’s 25 wealthiest people of all time. Spanning 1,000 years and with a combined fortune of $4.317trillion, only three of the list’s 25 are alive today; none of them are women and 14 of them are American. Using the annu…
Always wonder why your diet and exercise regimens never seem to work? Possibly you’re unwittingly undoing your best efforts. Last week, the British Nutrition Foundation identified more than 100 different factors that influence our weight. However, many of the tips they offered – such as eating smaller portions and not relying on ready-made foods that are high in calories and fat – are…
Philippine officials say that at least 16 people have died in severe floods in the capital, Manila. More than 80,000 people are in emergency shelters, as torrential rain left low-lying areas under water. Soldiers and rescuers are using rubber boats to reach people stranded in their homes, but some are refusing to leave amid fears of looting. The flooding – neck-deep in some parts of the cit…
…The meat was often eaten with eggs, which also had to be used up, and the precursor of the full English breakfast was born. But at the time it probably wasn’t eaten in the morning. In about the 17th Century it is believed that all social classes started eating breakfast, according to chef Clarissa Dickson Wright. After the restoration of Charles II, coffee, tea and dishes like scrambled egg…
Scientists have been saying for 20 years that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural, and now more and more historians are backing them up. In the early 1990’s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month. It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects settled into a ver…
26-year-old Hunter Moore’s business plan was simple: he got rich by publishing indecent pictures of men and women without their permission. He would encourage visitors to his site to “submit noodz” (nudes) of their former girlfriends and boyfriends, as well as details about who the subject was and why they deserved to be featured. This information would be posted up in full on h…
Cyclone Mahasen has stricken Bangladesh’s southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to 100 km/h (60 mph), and was heading for the ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. Some two people have been killed, Bangladeshi officials say. Around one million people have been ordered to evacuate low-lying areas in Bang…
From the moment Nicolas Sarkozy took office in 2007, no French president in modern times has been the object of such blatant dislike. It is an animosity quite distinct from opposition to his actual policies. All leaders expect hostility for the things they do. Few get it in such measure for the things they are. “There is an irrational hatred of Nicolas Sarkozy among much of the public, and…
…n Leicestershire. “In some ways French politics is anchored to the past and the notion that French politics is exceptional, and that exceptionalism is linked to the French Revolution of the late 1700s – that dramatic transformation in the French system from monarchy to republic. “It didn’t overnight inculcate the republic in France but the idea of a French republic as a for…
Waves of bomb attacks and shootings in north of Baghdad have killed at least 82 people, say security and medical officials. Many of those killed were security forces – who appear to have been a prime target. One of the worst-hit places was Taji, a Sunni neighbourhood some 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, where at least 18 people were killed. At least 112 people were wounded on one of the…
…shi in the southern Philippines The Philippine National Red Cross Secretary General Gwen Pang said at least 430 people had been killed. Gwen Pang said 215 people had been killed in Cagayan de Oro and 144 in Iligan. Large areas were left without power and some domestic flights were cancelled as winds of up to 90 km/h (55mph) swept across the island. A landslide killed at least five people in the e…
A genetic flaw may explain why some people get more ill with flu than others, say scientists. Published in Nature, the research found that a variant of the IFITM3 gene was much more common in people hospitalized for flu than in the general population. It controls a malformed protein, which makes cells more susceptible to viral infection. Experts said those with the flaw could be given the flu jab…
…t examined the brains on autopsy found that participants who had high total cholesterol levels (over 224 mg/dL) in mid- to late life were seven times more likely than those with low cholesterol (under 173 mg/dL) to have the beta-amyloid plaques in their brain when they died a decade or two later. Eating low-fat or fat-free dairy products and limiting your intake of red meat can help lower choleste…
Dozens of people are missing and up to 15 killed in Guatemala after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Pacific coast, President Otto Perez Molina has said. Otto Perez Molina has declared a national alert and advised people to evacuate tall buildings as a precaution. Officials said landslides had buried roads and it would take 24 hours to restore links to the quake-hit area. Frightened people…
…head of the storm, warning that many areas where displaced people are now living are in low-lying coastal areas at risk of flooding or tidal surges. Aid agencies said that three boats carrying between 100 and 200 people got into trouble after setting out on Monday night. At least one boat, which was towing the other two smaller boats, sank, and dozens of people are still missing. Barbara Manzi, he…
Dear friends, This morning, 4 western journalists are home safe with their families, the echoes of the horror and heroism of Baba Amr still ringing in their ears. Over 50 Syrian activists, supported by Avaaz, volunteered to rescue them and scores of wounded civilians from the Syrian army’s killzone. Many of those incredible activists have not survived the week. Abu Hanin is one of the her…
…are slackers and that they don’t want to work,” Christer Hyggen told Reuters Health. To see how well that perception held up, Christer Hyggen analyzed data from a 25-year-long study of close to 1,500 Norwegians. Starting in 1987, when they were in their late teens and early 20’s, participants filled out surveys that included questions on their recent pot use on five different occasions, int…
…l will rise further. The Krasnodar-Novorossiysk motorway was cut, and the transport system in the region is said to have collapsed. A statement by the Krasnodar regional administration said altogether 13,000 people had been affected by the floods. Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov is on his way to the region. Up to 1,000 rescuers are involved in searching for victims and evacuating survivors….
Six crew members have been arrested after two boats that collided in the waters off Hong Kong on Monday night leaving 37 people dead. “Police arrested six individuals this afternoon. They are being investigated for endangering people’s lives at sea,” Security Minister Lai Tung-kwok said. One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank…
…income drivers are required to spend more than $1,000 a year for liability coverage that is often unfairly priced and provides no real insurance protection to them,” said Stephen Brobeck. Around 14% of the car owners drive without insurance, according to an estimation made by the Insurance Research Council in 2007. In people with low or moderate income the rate is probably double, said J. Ro…
Georgie, the first smartphone designed for blind people, has been recently launched in UK. Georgie, as the device is known, has a voice-assisted touchscreen and offers a variety of apps to help complete tasks such as catching a bus, reading printed text and pinpointing location. The phone was designed by blind husband-and-wife team Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds from Peterborough. It was named a…
…eturning an error message. The Onion said previous winners of its Sexiest Man Alive prize included Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and US financial swindler Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence. Two months ago, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency was forced to apologize after being taken in by a spoof news item from The Onion which declared rural Americans p…
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