UK’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair will give all the proceeds of his forthcoming autobiography to a charity that helps war veterans, his office announced on Monday.The book, which is entitled "A Journey", will be published on September 1. It will be Blair’s first personal account of...
Two rush hour commuter trains crashed head on in Buizingen, Belgium, near Brussels at 8:30 a.m. on February 15, 2010, carrying over 250 people. The death count of fifteen men and three women could rise as passengers were trapped in the wreckage. Hambaoui Mounir was among the passengers. He...
The UK's royal Prince Andrew and the U.S. are the hardest hit by the Wikileaks latest cache release. It seems that included in the 271,000 international diplomatic disclosure is revealing information regarding a profanity filled tirade by Andrew. The Duke of York presented "unmitigated patriotism,"...
Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...
King Arthur in best known in the story of the Knights of the Round Table which is just one of the details in the story of Geoffrey Monmouth entitled History of the Kings of Britain published in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was however a puzzle up to now if King Arthur was a real person that...
The issue of copycat crime is a fascinating one that raises deep questions in the fields of psychology, philosophy, criminology and jurisprudence. Are filmmakers – if not legally, at least morally – responsible for their creations that motivate people to commit crime?
The breed was developed in Great Britain in the 1940’s, named after its breeder Sir Jocelyn Lucas and achieved by crossing the Sealyham Terrier female with Norfolk Terrier male. It has a height range of 9 to 12 inches and weight standard of 11 to 20 pounds. This is a sturdy working terrier that is...
This is a very old dog breed believed to have been in existence as far back as 3000 BC. The English Mastiff is a large breed that originated in Britain. There are several theories about where the name came from – some claim that it was from the Anglo-saxon word “masty” which means powerful; the...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
Laissez Faire in economics means policy of the government to let take economy and trade its own course and interfere as less as possible. In other words, it means a free market economy. The term Laissez Faire is a French phrase which means "leave it to be". It is believed that the doctrine of...
