'I'm surprised we were duped like this'

'I'm surprised we were duped like this'


'I'm surprised we were duped like this'

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

An unwary consumer is stung by hidden fees when she buys a will package, one of many financial pitfalls BBC Panorama has uncovered in the unregulated will industry.


Conservationists begin mass 'frog hunt'

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Conservationists are preparing to scout the world for traces of amphibian species that are believed to be extinct, but may just be clinging to existence.


Indonesian cleric in terror arrest

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Abu Bakar Bashir held over alleged links to new al Qaeda-linked armed group.


Rwandans hit the polls in presidential election

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Voters in Rwanda went to the polls Monday in the country's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide.


Libya frees Israeli spy suspect: Israel Radio (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Libya has freed an Israeli photographer it held for five months as a suspected spy, following secret Austrian-mediated negotiations with Israel's government, Israel Radio reported on Monday.


US slams murders of medics in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT

A US convoy on patrol in Arghandab Valley. The United States has condemned the AFP - The United States has condemned the "despicable" murders of eight foreign medics mown down in a forest attack claimed by the Taliban, including a British woman who was about to return home to get married.



Iranian lawyer in stoning case flees to Norway

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - An Iranian lawyer who defended a woman facing death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday he had fled to Norway to seek protection from his country's authorities.


India Gears Up For Growth

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:35 PM PDT

The grand idea of building 'self-sufficient industry' should be discarded in the current landscape of international commerce.


Libya frees Israeli photographer in Gaza aid deal

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:35 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Libya has freed an Israeli photographer detained by its security services for five months, as part of a secret Austrian-mediated deal, an Israeli official said on Monday.


Landslides cut off Swat Valley

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT

Dozens of homes buried in northern Pakistan as floodwaters sweep towards Sindh province.


Presidential polls open in Rwanda

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:40 PM PDT

Incumbent Paul Kagame expected to win easily as opposition claim intimidation.


Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Since it emerged early last year, the deadly Greek terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries has been targeting journalists and police. Now it says it will turn the country into a "war zone" to scare away tourists and keep the country's economy hurting


Indonesia cleric Bashir arrested over 'terror links' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:14 PM PDT

File photo of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, long considered the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah, the regional terror network which is blamed for dozens of bombings. Indonesian police arrested Bashir for alleged terrorist links, following the arrest of five terror suspects over the weekend.(AFP/File/Anwar Mustafa)AFP - Indonesian police have arrested radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir for alleged terrorist links, a police source said Monday, following the arrests of five terror suspects over the weekend.



Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Cuba's former leader addressed its National Assembly in a rare public appearance that analysts say is a bid to bolster the Communist party faithful amid challenging times


At least 8 dead in multiple Iraq bombings

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:23 AM PDT

A roadside bomb exploded Sunday morning at an Iraqi police patrol north of Falluja wounded 10 people, including six police officers, Falluja police said.


Can Gas ?Fracking? Pollute Groundwater? Unlikely.

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 08:55 PM PDT

Can hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells pollute groundwater? The anti-drilling crowd wants you


Actress Jodie Fisher Named In Mark Hurd Flap: Here?s Some Of Her Work [Video]

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:43 PM PDT

The New York Times named Jodie Fisher as the actress turned hostess for high-end Hewlett-Packard mee


Why Verizon Could Get The iPhone In January

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:07 PM PDT

If you?re going to recycle an old rumor, here?s how to do it. Check it out, think it out


Does Apple Need Another iPhone Model?

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:31 PM PDT

Here?s the news: Mark Papermaster, the engineer Apple fought so hard to pry away from IBM, is


Everything?s Fine at HP! (today)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:10 PM PDT

You can't blame them. Top execs at Hewlett Packard just gave a hurried press conference to assure pe