JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a press conference today that he was really grateful that so many people took the time and effort to click the ‘like’ option on the ‘We Support Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Victims’ facebook group. The PM said he wanted to voice his appreciation and gratitude for the hundreds… Read more »
IF you still prefer to write or say a sentence of words rather than abbreviations, you may need to start preparing yourself for the end of an era. They’ve been around for thousands of years, but words may finally become obsolete here by 2035. At least, that’s the date being proposed by the Oxford University… Read more »
A LEADING VATICAN cardinal said yesterday that Pope Benedict was nearing “the final levels of Medal of Honour” the latest prelate to express alarm over the pontiff’s newly found addiction to first-person shoot em up’s. The remarks by Italian Cardinal Luigi Minestrone came as Ben’s closest aide sought to minimise concern over the his early… Read more »
HUNDREDS of Irish people may die and thousands more suffer serious bouts of anxiety from watching intimidating animal-flu news bulletins, an expert group of Waterford scientists have warned today. It recommends that the nation consider abandoning all forms of aggressive news propaganda during such periods and just carry on with their every day lives. It also says… Read more »
The number of road accidents in China has almost dropped 100 per cent in the first half of this year after the introduction of death penalty points and on the spot executions, culminating in disqualification from life. Statistics released this month indicate that the number of accidents in Beijing in the first 6 months of… Read more »
GARDAI investigating the activities of a black-market street trader in Dublin uncovered a suspected counterfeit prosthetics factory. The huge haul is believed to be the biggest artificial arms find in Europe and represents a major blow for the black-market prosthetics industry. The contraband limbs, including 437 left arms, 314 right arms, two left feet, a… Read more »
A new indigenous Baldwin tribe has been discovered in the south west corner of Chile earlier this week. This is the second known tribe of the Baldwin race to be discovered in the last fifty years, Survival International said today. John Clementine, the director of the group, which lends support to thousands of tribes across… Read more »
DEAD Irish student John Stevens will star in an up and coming CSI Miami episode later this year, just two days after his untimely death, it was revealed yesterday. The 28-year-old mature student, who was killed when he fell from a three story balcony, will have a cameo role in the episode called ‘Party Fever’… Read more »
THAI villagers ‘cried like babies’ in the streets as dump trucks carried hundreds of bodies towards a mass grave. It was a scene of overwhelming grief after American martial artist, actor and media personality, Chuck Norris, slaughtered more than 700 people in a frenzied attack following an incident in the village restaurant. The 70 year old showed no mercy. He didn’t spare… Read more »
THE Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, has said that he is still hopeful that this Pope or the next, will visit Ireland sometime in the next 60 years. Dr Martin said it was his belief that “after all this child sex thing blows over” a pope will eventually return to Ireland. “There is… Read more »