Workers increasingly becoming email-slaves
While Internet and emails may be boosting co-ordination among workers in an organisation, but on the flip side, they are also increasingly making people slaves to the electronic form of communication and offices less efficient, says an email consultant. ANI
Condom company mixes sex and art to boost sales
Melbourne-based condom company Legends Rubbers is hoping that the mixture of sex and art will help boost its sales with the decision to feature the works of controversial local artist Hazel Dooney on its condom packs. ANI
Aussies break record for worlds longest pizza line!
Aussie chefs have created a new Guinness World Record by making the longest line of freshly baked pizzas. ANI
Atheist author Terry Pratchett indicates he may have found God
After years of being a self-proclaimed atheist, bestselling fantasy book author, Terry Pratchett, has hinted that he has found God. ANI
Antarctica base ships in 16,488 condoms!
People at McMurdo base in Antarctica will be playing safe in the sack this winter thanks to the 16,488 condoms that have been delivered there. ANI
British law firms hopeful of setting shop in India within three years
British Justice Minister Bridget Prentice today said here that the lucrative Indian legal market could be opened up in maybe three years if the political conditions are favourable.It would be a tragedy if the countrys legal industry failed to internationalise like other sectors such as information technology and pharmaceuticals, she said. ANI
Queenslanders are the official world pub crawling champions
A Southeast Queensland city has come up as a victor in the worlds biggest pub crawl for a second consecutive year. ANI
Bishop denies impotent paraplegic church wedding
A paraplegic man was recently denied a church marriage by a bishop in Italy because he was impotent, say reports. ANI
Detained Sheikh Hasina to be freed soon
Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who was detained on corruption charges on July 17, 2007, would soon be freed by the Government. ANI
Kashmir has become just another issue
For a long time, Kashmir dispute was the corner stone of Pakistans foreign policy, and virtually, all policies and strategies related to foreign affairs were enacted with Kashmir dispute in mind. ANI
Scottish hookers to get SMS of safety tips
A Scottish Government-funded body, which provides health and safety advice for prostitutes is compiling a data base of cell phone numbers so that they can send safety tips through text messages. ANI
Anti-sport rage kits designed for Oz parents
Parents in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, have been given a wave of specially designed anti-sport rage kits to bring down the level of field-side tantrums in local sport and lure amateur umpires back into the industry. ANI
Jesus did come to Britain, claims book
For centuries, stories have circulated about Jesus visiting England. Now, a new book suggests that there is some truth to the tales. ANI
India wont be able to circumvent NPT, says Oz PM
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced his plan to establish an international commission on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and said that India would not be able to circumvent the NPT by joining the commission that will be a non-government body. ANI
British MPs warn ID cards can be used to spy on people
The UK Governments controversial National Identity Card Scheme could be used to mount surveillance operations on members of the public, a powerful committee of MPs has warned. ANI
Ajoka Theatres play on how religious fanatics adopt double standards a big hit in Pak
A play by Ajoka Theatre depicting double standards adopted by those believing in fanaticism is proving to be a big hit in Islamabad these days. ANI
Human Rights Watch slams US treatment of imprisoned kids in Iraq, Guantanamao Bay
Human Rights Watch, a US-based group of lawyers, journalists, academics, and HR experts, has said that America should immediately implement the recommendations of a new UN report calling on Washington to improve its treatment of children involved in armed conflict. ANI
Having a fling could save your marriage
It may not seem likely, but having an affair can be the very thing that saves your failing marriage, says a new controversial self-help book. ANI
Malaysian Indians demand space for temples, crematoriums in KL Draft Plan 2020
The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is learnt to have set up a special committee comprising architects, lawyers and professionals to study City Halls draft plan for 2020, demanding adequate space for temples and for conducting rituals for the deceased in their residential areas. ANI
Both Shoaibs, PCB Tribunal chiefs bread and butter at stake over 5-year ban case!
Its not only Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar who wants to see a quick disposal of his plea against PCBs five-year ban imposed on him, the head of the tribal also seems to be in a hurry to finish off the hearing to get time for appearance in other cases he is representing as a lawyer in different courts of law to earn his bread and butter. ANI
Indian envoy meets Prachanda
Indias Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood met Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda today to discuss the unfolding political development in Nepal. ANI
Fuel price hike recommended in Nepal
The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) have asked the Nepal government to hike fuel prices if it helps towards regular supply of Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant (POL) products. ANI
Oz PM calls for end to nuclear weapons
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the first Western leader to visit Hiroshima after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, has called for an end to nuclear weapons. ANI
Peter Crouchs gal Abbey Clancy caught topless
English lingerie and catwalk model Abbey Clancy gave photogs quite an eyeful by walking around topless during a trip to the Caribbean with footballer beau Peter Crouch. ANI
PPP not pushing him out, but Musharraf should show statesmanship: Haqqani
Though the people of Pakistan had repudiated President Pervez Musharraf and his policies in the last general elections, but the PPP still believed in reconciliation and was not planning to push him out, said the countrys ambassador in Washington, Husain Haqqani. ANI
Worlds first in-utero surgery saves baby girls legs
Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by conducting a ground breaking operation when her mother was just 22 weeks pregnant, in what is believed to be the earliest in-utero surgery of its kind in the world. ANI
Pak envoy claims he would bag 50 mln dlr bounty if he knew Osamas whereabouts
Pakistan ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani has indirectly refuted press reports that Al Qaeda chief Osama in Laden was hiding in Pakistan. ANI
Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif rules out working with unconstitutional Prez Musharraf
After being sworn-in as the Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif ruled out establishing working relationship with President Pervez Musharraf, and termed him an unconstitutional president. ANI
Coup by stealth military junta behind terror campaign in Zimbabwe: HRW
Human Rights Watch has said that the campaign of terror sweeping Zimbabwe is being directly organised by a military junta that took over the running of the country after President Robert Mugabes shock election defeat in March. ANI
Common sense to sideline Christianity at expense of Islam: UK minister
British Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has defended the Labour Governments policy on religion, and said it is common sense for Christianity to be sidelined at the expense of Islam. ANI
Sex beast Fritzl to see dungeon family first time after arrest
Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl will be seeing his cellar family for the first time since his arrest when his daughter and the children he fathered with her testify against him, narrating their ordeal of sex abuse and imprisonment. ANI
Indian Sikhs demand of Pak govt to make all gurudwaras functional
A delegation of Indian Sikhs visiting Pakistan has reportedly demanded of the Pakistan government to make all gurudwaras in the country functional, give more authority to the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (PSGPC), and open visa sections in Lahore and Amritser to ease travel for the Sikhs. ANI
Benazirs eldest daughter Bakhtawar appointed as chief of PPPs Women Wing
Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhuttos eldest daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto (17) has reportedly been appointed as the head of the PPPs Women Wing, a post which her mother once held, before climbing up the political ladder to reach the top political post in Pakistan. ANI
British death toll in Afghanistan rises to 100
Britain lost its 100th soldier in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion after a suicide attack killed three paratroopers. ANI
PPP doesnt acknowledge Musharraf as a constitutional president, says Zardari
PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he his party did not acknowledge President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president as he occupies the position by default. ANI
Al Qaeda facing alienation from fellow jihadists, claims US expert
Al Qaeda is said to have lately started attracting alienation from fellow jihadists because of its brutal campaign in Iraq, as most of its victims around the world are Muslims, as also that the terror network has continued to target civilians for slaughter in the West, writes Cruickshank in the New York-based Daily News. ANI
Tailban warns Pak not consider it weak, to abide by peace pact
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is learnt to have distributed pamphlets among the journalists in the Hangu town of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), asserting that the Pakistan government should not consider them weak and that it was an organised power that could not be thwarted easily. ANI
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