Wesley Snipes Gets 3 years In Tax Case!
Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for failing to file tax returns ,this despite making a $5 million down payment on his outstanding tax balance, Snipes received the maximum jail time requested by federal prosecutors. “The three-year sentence sends a loud and crystal-clear message to any would-be tax defier [...]
Al-Qaeda Says Iran Spreading Lies about Israel and 9/11
Al-Qaeda regularly posts audio and video tapes on the internet Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, says Iran is lying about Israel being behind the 11 September 2001 attacks. In an audio tape posted on the internet, Zawahiri insisted al-Qaeda had carried out the attacks on the US. He accused Iran, and its Hezbollah allies, [...]
China Defends Arms Sales to Zimbabwe
BEIJING (Hypeline News) – China on Tuesday defended a cache of its weapons headed for Zimbabwe saying it was part of normal bilateral trade, but suggested the arms might not be delivered due to problems offloading the cargo.while Protesters opposed to Chinese weapons being delivered to Zimbabwe demonstrated in South Africa on April 19 A [...]
Water should be Harvested Before it melts
Some glaciers in Europe have suffered significant losses The rate at which some of the world’s glaciers are melting has more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme has shown. Average glacial shrinkage has risen from 30 centimetres per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5 metres in 2006. Some of the biggest [...]
Deal between Yahoo and Microsoft could be “bad for the internet
Mr Schmidt says he is concerned about the openness of the net Any deal between Yahoo and Microsoft could be “bad for the internet”, according to the head of Google. Chief executive Eric Schmidt said that Google was “concerned” about a deal and said it could have implications for the “openness” of the internet. Last [...]
Tornado Hits Atlanta,Killing 2
While 18,000 people were watching the Southeastern Conference men’s tournament Friday night at the Georgia Dome when its fabric roof began rippling, the catwalks above the court started swaying and chunks of insulation rained onto the players. The crowds apparently weren’t warned about an approaching tornado — one that would ravage skyscrapers and injure dozens. [...]
Cuba to Allow More Consumer goods.
Cuba’s new President Raul Castro is to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances. Cubans will be allowed for the first time to own DVD players and computers, according to an internal government memo leaked to Reuters news agency. Curbs may also be lifted on video machines, electric pressure and rice [...]
Saturn moon ‘once had ocean’
- Tethys-one of Saturn’s moons may once have harbored a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists reported to a conference in Houston, Texas. Tethys is a mid-sized satellite with a density close to that of pure ice. There is a large valley system visible today which could have formed when the crust was repeatedly [...]
