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Google Buzz Makes Gmail Social

It's official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature.

Xinchun sisters wearing bees (photo)

The Xinchun sisters wear thousands of bees in Jingmen, eastern China's Hubei province, to attract a Queen bee. Their father Liu said that as bee keepers they all have developed antibodies to bee stings, so bee stings no longer affect them

Polish newspaper claims 'Pedobear' is 2010 Vancouver Olympic mascot

A Polish newspaper mistakenly identified "Pedobear", a notorious internet meme, as one of the mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Climate scientists hit out at 'sloppy' melting glaciers error

Climate scientists who worked on the UN panel on global warming have hit out at "sloppy" colleagues from other disciplines who introduced a mistake about melting glaciers into the landmark 2007 report.

Ukraine exit polls report Yanukovych election victory

Exit polls from Ukraine indicate that the pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly won the country's presidential election. They say Mr Yanukovych has a lead of several percentage points over opponent Yulia Tymoshenko, the Prime Minister.

Microsoft warns of IE flaw, turns PC into public file server

Microsoft has issued Security Advisory (980088) to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer that may allow information disclosure for Windows XP users or for users who have disabled Internet Explorer Protected Mode.

FBI Wants To Log What You Do Online

The FBI is putting the pressure on ISPs to keep logs of what user do online, and then to keep these records for at least two years. FBI Director Robert Mueller is calling for the retention of user "origin and destination information."

Romania passes US missile plan

Romania's supreme defence council has approved a US proposal to place anti-ballistic missile interceptors in the country as part of Washington's revamped missile shield.

This Tree's a Lady!

Scientists have discovered the female sex hormone progesterone in a walnut tree, shaking up what's known about the different between plants and animals.

War on terror extends its sinister reach

Nine years ago the destruction of the World Trade Centre led George Bush with the fanatical support of Tony Blair into the bombing of Afghanistan and pursuit of Osama bin Laden, wanted "dead or alive."

In pictures: House moving in Chile

House haunted? Then move it.

Iraq inquiry: Short says cabinet misled on war legality

Tony Blair's cabinet was "misled" into thinking the war with Iraq was legal, ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short has told the UK's inquiry. She said Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been "leaned on" to change his advice before the invasion.

Seven Colombian officials charged with wiretapping

Colombia said on Tuesday that seven intelligence officials would stand trial, charged with wiretapping human right workers, journalists and opposition politicians in a scandal that has hurt the government's image.

Uribe plan for youth to spy on gangs sparks uproar

Colombian politicians on Wednesday blasted President Alvaro Uribe's proposal that students be paid to spy on violent gangs in the city of Medellin, saying the plan would put young people in danger.

Colombian Army mass grave in La Macarena

Miami's El Nuevo Herald and Spain's Público have run stories in the past two days about a shocking find in La Macarena, about 200 miles south of Bogotá.

Rights court: Colombia apologizes for 1994 killing

The Inter-American Human Rights Court says Colombia's government has acknowledged responsibility in the 1994 killing of a communist senator and asked forgiveness. The revelation came in a statement Thursday involving the assassination of Sen. Manuel Cepeda.

US workers fight bosses' lockout at Rio Tinto

Workers have organised committees to ensure locked-out colleagues have food and basic necessities after London-based transnational Rio Tinto shuttered a borax mine in southern California.

Chilcot war Inquiry: We STILL think Blair lied, say 8 out of 10

Tony Blair has been dealt a devastating verdict on his appearance at the Iraq War Inquiry. Eight out of ten people believe that the former Prime Minister lied in his evidence.

Must have software applications for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

The new release of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, is better than the previous release Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope distribution.

Honduras's unhappy coup

Porfirio Lobo's government may have won some recognition, but the June coup has had terrible consequences for Hondurans

G20 11 vow to sue police over charges

A group of G20 protesters who have had charges of impersonating police officers against them dropped have launched a legal case for compensation against Scotland Yard.

Honduran Coup d'Etat a "Win" for the US?

Today, Pepe Lobo will be inaugurated as the new president of Honduras in what many consider to be an institutionalization of the coup d'état, which took place seven months ago.

Thatcher on '28-egg diet' ahead of 1979 election

Lady Thatcher was eating up to 28 eggs a week as part of a high-protein diet in the run-up to the 1979 general election, newly-released files suggest. Intended to help her shed 20lb (9kg) in two weeks, the diet is outlined in a note found in a diary from that year.

Storm of protest as Blair slinks into Iraq inquiry

"Blair lied, thousands died." That was the chant which reverberated around Parliament Square on Friday as former prime minister Tony Blair gave evidence to the Iraq inquiry.

France ex-PM Villepin cleared of Sarkozy smear

Former French PM Dominique de Villepin has been cleared of plotting to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy when he was the interior minister.

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