Snatching people off the streets. Hanging people from the ceiling. A man freezing to death alone on a concrete floor. These are the grim realities Amrit Singh of the Open Society Justice Initiative describes in her report released today. The report is the first of its kind, compiling informat... Read more...
It is perhaps the most iconic sports photograph ever taken. Captured at the medal ceremony for the men's 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith stands defiantly, head bowed, his black-gloved fist thrust into the thin air. Behind him fellow American John Carlos joins wi... Read more...
Here's a look at what people love and hate about the iPhone 4S from ChangeWave Research. G. This iPhone Started Smoking And Glowing After An Airplane Flight At the end of a flight from Lismore to Sydney in Australia, this phone started emitting "a significant amount of black smoke, accompanie... Read more...
Whoa. Apple just won a big court victory against HTC that could force HTC to stop selling its Android phones in the United States. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that HTC was infringing on an Apple patent that effects HTC Android devices running Android 1.6 to 2.2. The dev... Read more...
The literal meaning of the Sinhalese term 'degurun' is: 'the two teachers'. It actually refers to the two parents of a child. The Sanskrit-derived 'poorwachareen' has the meaning 'the first teachers', and is also a term for 'parents'. The existence of these terms signifies the importance that our ... Read more...
Physical Health Good and balanced diet is one of the requirements to achieving good physical health. We should always bear in mind that eating is not just about filling an empty stomach and following our nafs. As students, we tend to neglect our dietary intake especially during hectic examinatio... Read more...
(Sri Lanka) The Occupy Wall Street Movement has captured the imagination of the world. We now have Occupy Tokyo, Occupy Berlin, Occupy Mexico, Occupy Australia, Occupy Brazil, Occupy Denmark, Occupy Asia and even Occupy Antarctica. But where are the voices of young people of African desc... Read more...
009 American science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Enter... Read more...
Time is money, and in the case of Kenyan marathoner Nicholas Manza Kamakaya, one second cost him $27,000. At the Gold Coast Marathon in Queensland, Australia, Kamakaya won his first marathon, finishing in 2:10:01, earning him $10,000. The marathon offered a $27,000 bonus for a time of 2:10 or u... Read more...