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It's the end of another tense day in the case of the 15 British sailors and marines who were captured by Iranian forces on Friday. In typical British fashion Tony Blair has issued a stern if slightly understated threat to … Read More

The World Health Organization and UNAIDS have officially added male circumcision to their list of treatments to prevent the spread of HIV after trials in Africa found it reduced the risk of the disease among heterosexual men by 50 to … Read More

Hypernova are a very Western-looking Iranian rock band currently playing in America. The New York Times has an interesting article and video in which songwriter and frontman Raam explains how the band put their lives at risk every time they … Read More

Two writers face a whopping £3 million ($5.9 million) legal bill after losing a court battle that claimed Dan Brown stole the plot for his bestselling The Da Vinci Code from their book Holy Blood, Holy Grail. What on earth … Read More

The blogosphere can be a cruel and vicious place. But there has been much hand-wringing lately among bloggers after a series of online death threats against technology blogger Kathy Sierra. For the past month Sierra has weathered threats of physical … Read More