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Sunday, 26 June 2011

Suspected Taliban attack on Pakistani police station

An attack on a police station in Pakistan has left at least twelve people dead. Suspected Taliban militants armed with hand grenades and automatic weapons stormed the building. Its believed ten of those killed were policemen.

Cure for Soviet hangover: Billionaire's plans to improve Russia

RT speaks EXCLUSIVELY to Mikhail Prohorov, businessman and politician. One of Russia's richest men, businessman and now politician Mikhail Prokhorov told RT that although his realism does not allow him to aspire to become president, he might fight for the post of prime minister one day.

Abd Azeez: Jangan kejutkan singa-singa tidur

Kelab Putra 1Malaysia president, Abd Azeez Rahim warns Bersih 2.0 not to continue the planned July 9th rally .

The gamification of al-Qaeda

Jane McGonigal on the gamification of al-Qaeda and a look at "Between the Bars", a blogging platform for prisoners in the US.

'It will take time, but the world is with us'

It will take time for the Palestinian popular resistance to bear fruit, but the world is with the Palestinians, political activist Hussein Ibish says.

Mystery spam tweets in Syria & crowd-sourcing medical information

Mystery spam tweets in Syria, increasing civic participation online via the Beena Project, and a Hungarian doctor who's crowd-sourcing medical information to help his patients.

Friday, 24 June 2011

Do Smokers Know How Much They Spend on Cigarettes?

If you think your cigarettes are getting even more expensive, you're right. In the past 10 years, 47 states and the District of Columbia have implemented 105 cigarette tax rate increases. (In contrast, Missouri and North Dakota haven't raised cigarette taxes since 1993, while California last hiked them up in 1999.)