A paraglider fails to control his chute and falls to the ground. The lower bones of his leg came through the knee and thighs. The man should have been screaming with pain or fainted from it. But no! Danny Penman had learnt hypnotism before and he...

Hugo Chavez is a larger-than-life figure In Venezuela. He has used the country’s oil wealth to defy the US and EU. He has made friends with Iran and Cuba, two countries which are anti-US. His popularity at home is not due to these factors alone....

Young gay men in America face an increased danger from AIDS. The situation is worst amongst the black community in the country. These are the finding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a federal body. It says the incidence of AIDS...

Britney Spears’ life seems to be getting back on track. Her mental condition is improving; even K-fed’s lawyer has admitted that. But the best thing that has happened to her is the new man in her life, Jason Trewick (or Trawick?). This...

President Bush had made the claim after US forces overran Iraq in 2003 that Iraqi women were now free and had a bright future. But seeing their condition in the country today one is forced to say the opposite is true. During Saddam Hussain’s...

India is seeing the ill effects of the ever-increasing oil prices. Recently the government had to marginally increase the price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas as the oil companies were finding the strain of absorbing the oil price rise too much to...

Novelist McEvan has said that he hates militant Islam. He has also defended his friend Martin Amis who has also expressed his dislike for Islam. McEvan says anyone who says something against militant Islam is branded a racist. This is true....

All President Bush said was that India should be proud of itself that increasing spending power of its citizens is one of the reasons for the present global food shortage. It is a fact. But all hell broke loose in India. I remember a cartoon in the...

Incredible but true! Paris Hilton is getting fat! The most remarkable changes are in the thighs; they have grown fuller. Her mates say that she has moved to Diet Coke from Zero Coke and is eating more breakfast. Is she growing fat because she is...

The children in Kenya are suffering. They are being abused by both the government and the militia of the Sabaot Land Defense Force. And these children are totally innocent. It is their bad luck that they have been caught up in the war between the...