Tobey Maguire freaked out at the paps outside Madeo. Yeah okay, it must suck having them up in your face all the time. Still, some people deal with it okay, and others?Maguire is a little unhinged anyway. Addiction problems and
Ebony magazine, one of the world's great publications, along with Black Enterprise magazine, is issuing 8 covers for its August issue with 8 different 'coolest brothers.' They include:1) Muhammad Ali, 2) Marvin Gaye, 3) Samuel Jackson, 4) Jay-Z, 5) Senator
In a 2008 United Nations report, Asma Jahangir Jahangir, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture,...
YIHUANG, China-Dragging on a cigarette between his wrinkled lips, Hou Fengqi fingered a dusty bamboo bow and rusty iron-tipped arrows, before recounting his days as a "tiger hunting hero" in t...
From The Himalayan Times:Tourism industry may face a substantial loss this season as the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu is not issuing visa for foreign visitors travelling through Nepal. "Nepal will lose more than 20,000 visitors heading to Tibet," according to
From AP, via the International Herald Tribune:With a month to go before the Olympics — a time when most host cities are set to offer the world a warm greeting — Beijing seems wary.Hotels are empty as stricter visa rules
Jonathan Watts reports in the Guardian:Chinese security forces claimed today to have foiled five "terrorist" plots against the Olympics amid an intensifying pre-games crackdown that has seen police kill five Uighur Muslim suspects and deport a British-Tibetan woman in the
The Economist compares the government's reaction to thorny issues relating to the status of both Tibet and Taiwan:The opening of regular charter flights across the Taiwan Strait, allowing thousands of mainland tourists to visit the island, is the most important
Azerbaijan intends to require that the OSCE briefs on the process of replacement of the Minsk Group Co-chairs dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "Presently, Azerbaijan is awaiting ...
Turkey-Armenia relations have changed, according to Professor Yusuf Halacoglu, head of Turkish Historical Society. "I receive proposals from Dahsnaks to find out what really happened. If Armenians are ...
The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem has taken steps to computerize and preserve the genealogical records of community members dating back over a century and a half, rescuing them from oblivion and ...
On July 7 the sixth court trial session on Hrant Dink's murder was started in Istanbul. As Ogun Samast had reached the age of 18 by the date, the trial was open and press was admitted. Samast, organizers ...
The chief of the Police of Armenia Alik Sargsyan appointed Lieutenant Colonel Norair Muradkhanyan as head of the passport and visa department of the Police. Before Muradkhanyan was the head of the office ...
Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun (ARFD) Alvard Petrossian lives on 4/3 Kiyevian. She says the residents of their building are terrorised by the owners and visitors of objects i...
The Defense Department today announced new standards for cluster bombs to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure from the unintended consequences of unexploded munitions. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signed the policy that aims to reduce collateral effects of cluster munitions
Commander of IRGC Airforce Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Wednesday that the IRGC missiles have been loaded on launching pads and are ready to target enemies at any time. As per the IRNA report, IRGC's Public Relations Office, the
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has ordered 35 additional DRAC (Drone de Renseignement Au Contact) mini-UAV close-range reconnaissance systems for the French Armed Forces from EADS Defence & Security (DS).The new orders were notified on 30 June, after delivering
The General Delegation for Armaments (DGA) has on 1 July 2008, qualified Rafale standard "F3 . The first aircraft produced in standard F3 will be delivered to forces from early 2009. The aircrafts already in service will be upgraded to
The Vanguard class submarine HMS Victorious has left Plymouth today, Thursday 10 July 2008, after completing her three and a half year multi-million pound overhaul at Devonport Royal Dockyard. Victorious is heading to Scotland for sea trials that mark the
Amid the kind of hype possible only for a new Apple product, the latest Apple iPhone is hitting stores Friday with reviews that say the iconic communications device mostly meets its high expectations, dpa reported. Stores in some 20 countries
