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Facebook engaged in black PR against Google
07:37 14.05.2011 |
Society
In a scandal rocking the Internet, Facebook has been accused of secretly hiring a PR company to plant negative stories about Google in a full fledged smear campaign. Apparently, Facebook hired major PR firm Burson-Marseteller to pitch anti-Google stories to bloggers and journalists, which was made worse when one member of the firm offered to help...
U.S. cancellation of lottery green card
07:32 14.05.2011 |
Society
For a few joyful days, more than 20,000 people around the world thought they had beaten the odds and won a lottery that gave them a chance to go and live legally in the United States. On Friday, the State Department sent its regrets. Computer problems had negated the lottery's results, it said.
Think twice before killing pet frog in Germany
08:58 13.05.2011 |
Society
A resident of Germany Christian Tenhofera has been fined 1,5 thousand euros for killing a frog which belonged to his neighbor. According Tenhofera, he shot the frog from a pneumatic gun, because it’s annoying croaking kept him awake nights
John Demjanjuk sentenced to 5 years for aiding Nazis in killing 28,000 Jews during WWII
08:17 13.05.2011 |
Society
John Demjanjuk, a 91-year-old retired autoworker, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for aiding the Nazis in the murder of at least 28,000 Jews at the Sobibor death camp during World War II. He was released pending an appeal. The Munich Regional Court found Demjanjuk guilty today after an almost 18-month trial.
Arnold Schwarzenegger divorces his wife of 25 years
03:53 10.05.2011 |
Society
One of America’s most unlikely and riveting couples — Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian body builder and movie star who became a Republican governor, and Maria Shriver, the journalist and member of the Kennedy dynasty — have separated. Mr. Schwarzenegger and Ms. Shriver said in a statement Monday night that they were “amicably separating.”
Royal couple Prince William and Duchess Kate adopt baby penguin
06:52 09.05.2011 |
Society
Royal newlyweds William, 28, and Kate, 29, have adopted a baby penguin named Acorn, media reports said on Friday, a week after the couple's wedding in London. The Humboldt penguin, whose species is endangered, was a gift from Britain's Chester Zoo to the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg buys California home for $7M
06:45 09.05.2011 |
Society
Mark Zuckerberg the world’s youngest self-made billionaire has bought his first house – more than three years after joining the ranks of the super-rich. Facebook founder Zuckerberg, who is worth around £8 billion, treated himself to the £4 million property just days before his 27th birthday.
