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Update BBC News Feb 12 Anti-government rallies in the capitals of Algeria and Yemen, inspired by events in Egypt, have been broken up. Riot police in Algiers dispersed thousands of people who had defied a government ban to demand that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down. A...

Mail Feb 11 Divers have found the shipwrecked vessel of a doomed sailor who inspired the classic American tale Moby Dick off the coast of Hawaii. When, in 1820, a fierce sperm whale sank George Pollard's first whaling ship — Essex — it captured the imagination of author Herman Melville...

ROFL :D... pass me a blue tissue LOL ..... ROFL :D Briliant, just brilliant - well done :D

BBC New Feb 11 The Obama administration has proposed an overhaul of the US mortgage market that would limit the government's role in supporting home ownership. Under the proposals, the state-backed mortgage guarantee giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be wound down. The two firms...

I think someone is bored and needs a real good debating thread on here today :D:p

The Winner :D:D Seriously though, as long as its a good race thats what counts for me :p

Copied & pasted not written my dear Skyraider :p I saw a documentary once on tanning "today" and tanning in Ye Olde Times ..... Yuk and waay Yukkier

Mail Those who struggle with their conscience every time they buy a new leather handbag will appreciate this innovation from an American restaurant.. Marlow & Sons is offering fashion accessories that diners will know the origin of. They will even know what it tasted like. Because the...

BBC News Riot police have been deployed in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of a planned anti-government rally. The government has banned the protest, but opposition and rights groups say they intend to go ahead with the march. Algeria - like other countries in the...

I had 2 fav's, though I liked a lot more :D The "mini" Darth Vader The Bud remodelling the Kitchen :D:D

ROFL :D Well if it does UK is next please, please, please :p

Yep - BBC News confirming the same

I had to laugh at the BBC News this morning ...... Under the US News tab ....US demands clear Egypt transition Egypt protests: Obama impatient for credible transition Under the UK Tab.....UK urges 'clarity' on Egypt power Egypt crisis: William Hague urges 'clarity' on power :D:D

Express Feb 10 The Medical Board of California has denied a provisional decision which would have allowed the fertility doctor who helped a woman give birth to octuplets to keep his licence. Instead, the state's medical licence agency will decide at a meeting in May whether Dr Michael...

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Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing BBC News New fossil evidence seems to confirm that a key ancestor of ours could walk upright consistently - one of the major advances in human evolution. The evidence comes in the form of a 3.2 million-year-old bone that was found at Hadar...

Hmmm I put a thread on a while ago covering this one, in the soapbox :rolleyes: :D

Discovery News Feb 10 Last year, something strange happened to Jupiter. Not only was the gas giant recovering an asteroid smash, it also underwent a... change. Jupiter lost one of its trademark stripes -- a.k.a. the South Equatorial Belt (SEB) -- for no apparent reason. Although...

LOL there are ladies who can nag you from here too :D Go & see a doctor - be a brave boy :p

BBC News The opening salvoes have been fired in a new political battle in the US over greenhouse gas emissions. Having failed to pass legislation through Congress, President Obama wants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions. But draft measures before Congress...