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BBC News A powerful earthquake has hit north-east Japan, exactly one month after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The 7.1-magnitude tremor triggered a brief tsunami warning, and forced workers to evacuate the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The epicentre of the quake was in...

No I suppose it doesn't ..... but it would seem even more pointless if it was over a parking space than a mugging, for example :(

BBC News South African President Jacob Zuma says the Libyan government has accepted an African Union peace plan to end the eight-week-old conflict. Mr Zuma and three other African leaders met Libya's leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli on Sunday. An AU team is now going on to the...

Oneupmanship gone bad :(

What was it over? :eek:

BBC News The United States government is spending millions of dollars developing technology to help pro-democracy activists in the Middle East and China. Washington has begun to open-up about the projects which include a "panic button" that lets protesters wipe their mobile phones if...

BBC News China has told the US to stop preaching on human rights, after the state department's annual report on the issue criticised China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the US should concentrate on its own rights issues and stop interfering. Chinese authorities have launched...

We call that Spring Lamb :) Lamb is popular in the UK, and up until last night it had been 17 months since I had last eaten lamb :eek:

Hmmm, indeed ....... Anyone for tea? Be a dear and pass the cakes around. :D:D

Oh good ....I'm so glad I brightened up your day :D:p

But, but ..... this is an intergovernmental Panel and now the Dutch Team have a model - you have to believe now :eek: ROFL :D:p

BBC News New York is a major loser and Reykjavik a winner from new forecasts of sea level rise in different regions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in 2007 that sea levels would rise at least 28cm (1ft) by the year 2100. But this is a global average; and now...

BBC News US troops could if required by Iraq stay in the country beyond the agreed withdrawal date of 31 December, 2011, the US defence secretary has said. Robert Gates, who is visiting Iraq, says an extended military presence is an option. "If folks here are going to want us to have a...

I dare, I dare ROFL :D:D

Lamb does not seem very popular here in the USA, which is a shame :( For those who have not tried lamb, it has a more "delicate" taste than beef and absolutely delicious. I managed to find lamb cuts in a Giant Eagle the other day :) Lamb Loin Chops are best for braising/stewing. I...

BBC News The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat to our lexicon? "OMG! LOL's in the OED. LMAO!" If you find the above string...

Update - 2.14pm ET http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005110 BBC News A tsunami warning has been issued for north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the east coast of Honshu. The tsunami is predicted to have a wave 1m (3ft) high...

You ate a piece before posting that pic didn't you ! :D:p

Ahh but now you know its good for you its money well spent :D:p

Discovery News Researchers have identified compounds in maple syrup with similar anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidant properties as blueberries, green tea and other "superfoods." "In our laboratory research we found that several of these compounds possess anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory...