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Nairaland / General / Beyonce Sacks Dad As Manager by rolaaz75: 4:55am On Apr 14, 2011 |
NEW YORK, (AFP) - R&B superstar Beyonce Knowles and her father announced Tuesday that he'll no longer be her manager, People magazine reported. http://ascology.com/news/entertainment/9714-Beyonce-sacks-dad-manager-Report.html |
Nairaland / General / What's In A Name? Lots For The Newly Discovered by rolaaz75: 3:15am On Apr 14, 2011 |
NEW HAVEN, (AFP) - The nearly three century old method for naming newly discovered nature will face a rebellion this Friday at Yale University. http://ascology.com/news/green360/9736-Whats-name-Lots-for-the-newly-discovered.html |
Nairaland / General / Classroom Horror: School Shootings Worldwide by rolaaz75: 2:59am On Apr 14, 2011 |
(FACTS) - RIO DE JANEIRO, (AFP) - The following are the worst mass shootings in schools and universities around the world, after a man opened fire in a school in Rio de Janeiro Thursday, killing 10 people before taking his own life. http://ascology.com/news/green360/facts/9734-Classroom-horror-school-shootings-worldwide.html |
Nairaland / General / Jobless Bulgarian Poisons Himself As Protest: Report by rolaaz75: 8:46pm On Apr 13, 2011 |
SOFIA, (AFP) - A Bulgarian man nearly killed himself with rat poison and mercury outside government buildings in Sofia Wednesday to protest his prolonged unemployment, national radio reported. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/9633-Jobless-Bulgarian-poisons-himself-protest-report.html |
Nairaland / General / Ohio Executes Jailhouse Killer by rolaaz75: 2:02am On Apr 13, 2011 |
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Ohio executed Tuesday a man for beating a fellow inmate to death over changing a television channel, prison officials said. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/9452-Ohio-executes-jailhouse-killer.html |
Nairaland / General / Somalia's Shebab Cut Off Thieves' Hands And Feet by rolaaz75: 12:00am On Apr 13, 2011 |
MOGADISHU, (AFP) - Three young Somalis accused of theft had a hand and a foot chopped off in public Tuesday in Jowhar, a town north of Mogadishu controlled by the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab group. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/9383-Somalias-Shebab-cut-off-thieves-hands-and-feet.html |
Nairaland / General / China Woman Kills Grandson Over Zodiac Sign: Report by rolaaz75: 6:20am On Apr 12, 2011 |
BEIJING, (AFP) - A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/9326-China-woman-kills-grandson-over-zodiac-sign-report.html |
Nairaland / General / 'don't Kill Me!' Gbagbo Shouted At Capture: Witness by rolaaz75: 4:33am On Apr 12, 2011 |
ABIDJAN, (AFP) - "Don't kill me!" were the first words that Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo shouted when forces loyal to his rival Alassane Ouattara captured him on Monday, a witness told AFP. http://ascology.com/news/world-news/9289-Dont-kill-Gbagbo-shouted-capture-Witness.html |
Nairaland / General / Police Sniff Out $10m Buried In Garlic Field by rolaaz75: 4:14am On Apr 12, 2011 |
SEOUL, (AFP) - South Korean police have sniffed out a total of 11 billion won ($10.1 million) in cash buried in remote garlic fields and have confiscated the haul, officers said Tuesday. http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/9317-Police-sniff-out-10m-buried-garlic-field.html |
Nairaland / General / Scientists Settle Centuries-old Debate On Perception by rolaaz75: 1:01am On Apr 12, 2011 |
PARIS, (AFP) - Researchers said Sunday they had solved a conundrum about human perception that has stumped philosophers and scientists alike since it was first articulated 323 years ago by an Irish politician in a letter to John Locke. http://ascology.com/news/extras/science/9278-Scientists-settle-centuries-old-debate-perception.html |
Nairaland / General / Michael Jackson Fantasies Play Out On Xbox - Ps3 by rolaaz75: 11:15pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) - Michael Jackson fans will get to show off how well they sing and dance like the King of Pop in videogames crafted by Ubisoft for play on Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles. http://ascology.com/news/technology/9220-Michael-Jackson-fantasies-play-out-Xbox---PS3.html |
Politics / Pro-kremlin Activists Strip For Anti-graft Calendar by rolaaz75: 6:59pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
MOSCOW, (AFP) - Pro-Kremlin activists have posed in lingerie for an erotic calendar with an anti-graft message and the slogan "sex against corruption", youth movement Nashi (Ours) said on Thursday. http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/9000-Pro-Kremlin-activists-strip-for-anti-graft-calendar.html |
Nairaland / General / Car Pollution Can Damage Brain: Study by rolaaz75: 6:55pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Being exposed to highway pollution can cause brain damage in mice akin to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, US researchers said Thursday. http://ascology.com/news/extras/science/9001-Car-pollution-can-damage-brain-Study.html |
Nairaland / General / Nobel Winners Condemn 'religious' Science Prize by rolaaz75: 6:26pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
LONDON, (AFP) - Nobel prize winners have criticised an eminent British scientist for accepting a US-funded £1 million ($1.6 million, 1.1 million euro) prize for exploring life's spiritual dimension. The cosmologist Martin Rees, Britain’s Astronomer Royal, was awarded this year's Templeton Prize, endowed by the late US mutual fund pioneer John Templeton, late Wednesday. http://ascology.com/news/green360/8980-Nobel-winners-condemn-religious-science-prize.html |
Nairaland / General / Us Atom Smasher May Have Found New Force Of Nature by rolaaz75: 6:06pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature, one of the physicists involved in the discovery told AFP on Wednesday. http://ascology.com/news/extras/science/8984-atom-smasher-may-have-found-new-force-nature.html |
Nairaland / General / 11 Killed In 'unprecedented' Brazil School Shooting by rolaaz75: 5:59pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
RIO DE JANEIRO, (AFP) - A heavily armed man entered his former Rio school Thursday and opened fire, killing 10 children and wounding 18 people before taking his own life, officials said in a tragedy that has shaken Brazil. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/8987-killed-unprecedented-Brazil-school-shooting.html |
Nairaland / General / New Powerful Quake Hits Japan (again) by rolaaz75: 5:58pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
TOKYO, (AFP) - A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan late Thursday, seismologists said, prompting Japanese authorities to issue a localised tsunami alert. http://ascology.com/news/world-news/8983-New-powerful-quake-hits-Japan-again.html |
Nairaland / General / Microsoft To Power Toyota Cars On Internet Highway by rolaaz75: 1:47pm On Apr 07, 2011 |
SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) - Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) on Wednesday announced they will work together to infuse the Japanese auto maker's cars with digital capabilities hosted in the Internet "cloud." http://ascology.com/news/technology/8941-Microsoft-power-Toyota-cars-Internet-highway.html |
Nairaland / General / Messi Facebook Page Draws Over 6 Million by rolaaz75: 6:00pm On Apr 06, 2011 |
BUENOS AIRES, (AFP) - Following tens of millions of other social media fans worldwide, Barcelona midfield star Lionel Messi set up a Facebook page on Wednesday. http://ascology.com/news/sports/football/8937-Messi-Facebook-page-draws-over-million.html |
Health / 'bionic Eye' Implant Offers Hope To The Blind by rolaaz75: 8:46am On Apr 06, 2011 |
GLEN BURNIE, (AFP) - For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has enkindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face. http://ascology.com/news/green360/features/8733-Bionic-eye-implant-offers-hope-the-blind.html |
Nairaland / General / Malaysia's First Gay Film A Box Office Hit: Report by rolaaz75: 6:33pm On Apr 01, 2011 |
KUALA LUMPUR, (AFP) - Malaysia's first gay-themed movie has been a hit at the box office but an official from the conservative Islamic party Thursday called for it to be banned despite its anti-homosexual ending. http://ascology.com/news/entertainment/8634-Malaysias-first-gay-film-box-office-hit-Report.html |
Nairaland / General / Nigerian Sentenced To Death For Drugs In Vietnam by rolaaz75: 4:02pm On Mar 23, 2011 |
A Nigerian has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for transporting heroin, while his Vietnamese wife was jailed for life, a court official said Wednesday. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/7604-Nigerian-sentenced-death-for-drugs-Vietnam.html |
Nairaland / General / Czech Icon Havel's Film Debut Premieres In Prague by rolaaz75: 12:47pm On Mar 23, 2011 |
Former Czech president and anti-communist icon Vaclav Havel made his debut as a filmmaker as his movie "Leaving", based on his own play, premiered in Prague Tuesday. http://ascology.com/news/entertainment/7586-Czech-icon-Havels-film-debut-premieres-Prague.html |
Nairaland / General / Dutch Woman, 63, Gives Birth: New Country Record by rolaaz75: 1:58pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
A 63-year-old Dutch woman gave birth to a daughter on Monday, becoming the oldest-ever new mother in the Netherlands, the hospital and news reports said. http://ascology.com/news/health/7456-Dutch-woman-gives-birth-New-country-record.html |
Nairaland / General / Tarmac Roads Are 'cool' In Rural Zanzibar by rolaaz75: 12:54pm On Mar 22, 2011 |
The village folk of Tanzania's idyllic Zanzibar archipelago have hit the road; sleeping on tarmac at night to cool off from the chocking tropical heat in their poorly ventilated houses. http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/7450-Tarmac-roads-are-cool-rural-Zanzibar.html |
Nairaland / General / Seven Bank Chiefs, 36 Others To Face Trial Over Alleged N12b Pension Fraud by rolaaz75: 5:55pm On Mar 21, 2011 |
Forty-three suspects including seven bank chiefs are to face trial over an alleged N12 billion fraud in the Pensions Unit of the office of the Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF). http://ascology.com/news/local-news/7287-Seven-bank-chiefs-others-face-trial-over-alleged-N12b-pension-fraud.html |
Nairaland / General / Twitter Marks Fifth Birthday With New Website by rolaaz75: 5:52pm On Mar 21, 2011 |
Twitter on Monday marked its fifth birthday with a new website and online video of celebrities talking up the world-changing micro-blogging service. http://ascology.com/news/technology/7364-Twitter-marks-fifth-birthday-with-new-website.html |
Nairaland / General / Al-qaeda Wants 90-million-euro Ransom For French Hostages by rolaaz75: 5:43pm On Mar 21, 2011 |
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is demanding at least 90 million euros in ransom for the release of four French hostages held since September, a source close to mediators said Monday. http://ascology.com/news/world-news/7348--Qaeda-wants--million-euro-ransom-for-French-hostages.html |
Nairaland / General / Confession In German Incest Trial by rolaaz75: 3:34pm On Mar 21, 2011 |
A German trucker accused of sexually abusing his daughter, stepson and stepdaughter, fathering eight children with the latter, confessed to all charges on Monday, a court spokesman said. http://ascology.com/news/extras/crime/7350-Confession-German-incest-trial.html |
Nairaland / General / Man Killed In Rush For Free Healthcare In S.leone by rolaaz75: 1:24pm On Mar 08, 2011 |
FREETOWN, (AFP) - One person was killed and 12 injured in a stampede at a Freetown stadium in a rush for free medical screening by doctors from the British Mercy Ship floating hospital, doctors said Tuesday. http://ascology.com/news/health/5884-Man-killed-rush-for-free-healthcare-SLeone.html |
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