By Tina McCloughy,on May 3rd,2013 A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in jail,saying the millionaire had shown a cavalier disregard for potentially fatal consequences. James McCormick made an estimated $77.8 million from the sales of his non-working detectors — which were based on a novelty golf ball . . . →Read More:Jailed for selling fake bomb detectors:UK By Andrew Jacobson,on October 18th,2012 If you’re looking for the beating heart of the digital age — a physical location where the scope,grandeur,and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you could do a lot worse than Lenoir,North Carolina. This rural city of 18,000 was once rife with furniture factories. Now it’s the home of a Google data . . . →Read More:Google exposes secret data centre By Andrew Jacobson,on April 25th,2012 European countries are discriminating against Muslims for demonstrating their faith,especially in the fields of education and employment,rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday. In a report focusing on Belgium,France,the Netherlands,Spain,and Switzerland,Amnesty urged European governments to do more to challenge negative stereotypes and prejudices against Islam. . . . →Read More:European countries discriminate against Muslims:AI By Heinrich Schönhuber,on April 17th,2012 In a bid to help childless women become mothers,a 42-year-old Dutch man launched a free “baby making” service nine years ago. The man had sex with 15 women every month,and has fathered 82 children so far. Ed Houben stayed a virgin till the age of 34. He usually waits for women to come . . . →Read More:Dutch man fathers 82 children,helping childless women By Omar Farooque,on December 21st,2010 An ambassador-at-large Nasir Ali Khan has set a new record of foreign trips as he has undertaken as many as 30 tours of 25 countries in a matter of 24 months. The Islamabad-based gentleman,who is an optician by profession,is known to be a close friend of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Khan spent . . . →Read More:Ambassador-at-large Nasir Ali Khan undertakes 30 foreign trips in two years | |
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