Tony Blair officially opened the London Eye on 31 December 1999. But it was only after a number of technical glitches had been sorted out that the public was finally allowed aboard in March 2000 – 10 years ago this week. Since then, well over 30 million people have taken the vertiginous but breathtaking half-hour [...]

Police confirmed the Republic of Cyprus have discovered the remains of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. December last year, one day before the first anniversary of his death Papadopoulos for lung cancer. As quoted from the page of the BBC, the remains found in a cemetery in the capital Nicosia. DNA tests [...]

JERUSALEM Israel expressed interest in building nuclear power plants. This step could certainly attract the suspicion of other countries over Israel’s nuclear activities are kept secret for so long. Israeli National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau is planning to announce this plan on the International Nuclear Energy Conference in Paris, France today. “Building a nuclear reactor [...]

LUCKNOW, India A stampede broke out at a Hindu temple in northern India Thursday as thousands of people jostled with each other to get free clothes and utensils, leaving at least 63 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said.The force of the stampede was so great, it knocked down a gate at the temple compound [...]

LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, hitting 14 of 15 free throws, and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away with a dominating third-quarter run for a 122-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.Andrew Bynum added 16 points and Pau Gasol had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who fell [...]

three suicide bomb blast occurred in the city of Baqouba, Iraq, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, causing at least 30 people dead and injuring 48 people. The explosion took the most casualties in recent weeks in Iraq this occurs an election (the election) to be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Elections were held to determine [...]

WASHINGTON The U.S. ambassador to Chile says he knows of no American deaths from the earthquake in Chile, but stresses that officials are having a difficult time getting information from the most devastated region of Conception.In an interview by telephone with CBS’s “The Early Show” on Monday, ambassador Paul Simons said, “We do not have [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan An explosive device planted by Taliban militants killed 11 civilians on Sunday in Afghanistan’s most violent province, a government official said.The blast happened on a road in the Nawzad district of Helmand Province. The province is the focus of one of the largest NATO offensives in the eight-year-old war against the Islamist Taliban.”A [...]

ALICIA Keys says the “bright lights” of Broadway inspired her to make a success of her life.The singer  who grew up in a rough neighborhood called Clinton, New York  says the revered theater district gave her the drive she needed to become a star.“Those bright lights… it did always have endless possibilities, because Broadway was [...]

Israeli police say they raided a courtyard near the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem Sunday to stop stone-throwing Palestinian protesters.  Local media reports say about 30 protesters have trapped themselves inside the mosque.Police say there are no injuries, and one arrest has been made.Palestinians have staged violent protests since Israel announced this past week that it [...]