“Hurt Locker” won six Oscars, including best director for Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to take the honor at the 82nd annual Academy Awards. In all, Hurt Locker won for Original Screenplay, Sound Design, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Direction and Picture. Avatar took home...

Chopper spots 200 sharks off beaches Tiger Woods crash documents released South Afghanistan blasts kill at least 27 Terrorist’s last resort in Pakistan Schools must teach thinking Satan on the loose in the Vatican Sex abuse scandal entangles Pope Prince Philip’s...

The United States is facing a surge in anti-government extremist groups and armed militias driven by deepening hostility on the right to President Barack Obama, anger over the economy and the increasing propagation of conspiracy theories by parts of the mass media such as Fox News. The number of extremist...

In the last two decades, the rate of obesity has risen three-fold. It is more than 30 percent in some European countries. In Europe, about 50 percent of all adults are categorised as overweight. Obesity increases the risk of hypertension, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Reports of an ‘obesity epidemic’...

Presented by holidayplanet.com.au US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 9 of 2010 1. Shutter Island Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts...

Maria Alaimo, now 47, of Willowbrook, Staten Island, USA, is seeking $5 million in damages from the doctor who allegedly botched her breast implant surgery. Maria Alaimo She wanted a breast augmentation, not a breast duplication. Ms. Alaimo was 40 years old in 2003, when a visit to Dr Keith Berman...

Carpenter Tan is a very famous Chinese brand that stand out amongst others for its remarkable success amid great odds selling handcrafted wooden combs, wooden mirrors, chopsticks, hairpins, beads and scented fans. The journey began 15 years ago when Tan Chuanhua, a physically handicapped man decided...

The Mariposa botnet is the biggest ever to be shut down, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding massive information theft by attacking government, financial, corporate, and university computer networks. 13 million PCs were infected with...

Lobby to trim BBC wins… now takes aim at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC boss tells media to ’stop attacking us’ ABC’s ‘hidden’ plans under fire BBC confirms cuts to radio, online services Loss of car show Top Gear to hit SBS hard Private enterprise often involves the laws of...

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