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Zimbabwe Uprising: Is Robert Mugabe Next? – Internet campaigns calling for protests against the 31-year rule of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday did not lead to any mass gatherings in Zimbabwe, where police have threatened to crush any “Egypt-style” protests. The two campaigns, on Facebook and Twitter, were trying to start popular uprisings similar to ones that toppled the long-serving leaders of Tunisia and Egypt and are threatening Libyan strongman Moammar Gadaffi. [mail&guardian]

Durban Agency Offering Space Flights For R626,000 – A Durban company has become the first African space tourism agent to offer tickets for travel aboard a new suborbital spaceship. Owner Brad Inggs said yesterday that his company was open for business and ready to sell a ticket to the “individual who wants more”.Unlike Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which offers tickets at R2-million each, Xcor Aerospace’s price was “affordable”, Inggs said. More.. [timeslive]

Charlie Sheen Joins Twitter – Charlie Sheen will seemingly talk to anyone. And now, he’ll be talking to everyone — via Twitter. The embattled “Two and a Half Men” star, whose wild interviews have captivated the nation, has joined Twitter. The account name, @CharlieSheen, is officially verified and thus official. And it’s set the social networking service on fire. Oh yes! [huffers]

UN Suspends Libya From Human Rights Panel – The United Nations General Assembly, consisting of all 192 member nations, decided today to suspend Libya from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council because of attacks on protesters by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. The resolution noted that the council’s bylaws provide for suspending a country’s membership for “gross and systematic” violations of human rights. It marked the first suspension of a council member. [bloomberg]

Microscope With 50-Nonametre Resolution Demonstrated – UK researchers have demonstrated the highest-resolution optical microscope ever – aided by tiny glass beads. The microscope imaged objects down to just 50 billionths of a metre to yield a never-before-seen, direct glimpse into the “nanoscopic” world. The team says the method could even be used to view individual viruses. Nice one, guys. [bbc]

Christina Aguilera Arrested – Fresh from a stumble at the Grammys and muffing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, singer Christina Aguilera was arrested early Tuesday near the Sunset Strip on suspicion of being drunk in public but will not be prosecuted, authorities said. Aguilera, 30, was “extremely intoxicated” when a car driven by her boyfriend was stopped at about 2:45 a.m. on Clark Street, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Bill McSweeney said. [foxnews]

Dior Fires Galliano – John Galliano, long a top fashion-world provocateur on and off the runway, went too far this time. The storied French label Christian Dior said Tuesday it was firing the zany British bad boy after video showing him spouting “I love Hitler” in a drunken rant went viral online — sending shock waves through the start of Paris Fashion Week. [sify]

Company Making Oil From Water – A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company says it can manipulate the organism to produce the renewable fuels on demand at unprecedented rates. [associated]

Gordon Brown ‘Blocked Knighthood’ For Steve Jobs – The then-Prime Minister refused to knight Mr Jobs in 2009 because he turned down an invitation to speak at the Labour Party conference, a former senior Labour MP said. Mr Jobs was put forward for the honour by the MP for services to technology. Apple was aware of the proposal, he said, and it reached the final stages of approval, but was rejected by Downing Street. [telegraph]

Augmented Reality Online Shopping – Every Woman’s Dream? – Modern women dream of the day when they can buy a super cute dress or practical pair of pants online that will fit perfectly on arrival. That day is not yet here, but two new products from Zugara and FaceCake Marketing, presented at the DEMO Spring conference, combine augmented reality with online shopping, hoping to take womankind one giant visual leap forward. [mashable]

Lamborghini Unveils Aventador Flagship – Italian sports marque Lamborghini has unveiled the new flagship of its lineup at the Geneva Motor Show. The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 will be delivered to the first customers in late summer 2011, the company confirmed March 1, describing the model as a “new reference among super sports cars.” The model uses a carbon fiber monocoque (integrated chassis) which gives the Aventador a weight of 1,575 kg. [luxuo]

Coca-Cola To Help Maroon 5 Crowdsource New Song – Coca-Cola will help Maroon 5 crowdsource material in a program that gives the band 24 hours to come up with a new song. The session, set for March 22, live from London, will use an interactive project technology to let fans interact with the band at Coca-Cola Music and weigh in on lyrics, riffs and rhythms from the new single. As the session is streamed live, fans will be asked to send in words, pictures and comments to aid the creation of the song. [yahoo]

Liam Gallagher Offloads On Radiohead – Liam Gallagher, former Oasis front man, does not much care for the new Radiohead album. “I heard that fucking Radiohead record and I just go, ‘What?!’ I like to think that what we do, we do fucking well. Them writing a song about a fucking tree? Give me a fucking break! A thousand year old tree? Go fuck yourself! You’d have thought he’d have written a song about a modern tree or one that was planted last week. You know what I mean?” [vanityfair]

Donald Trump Buys Paul Allen’s Boeing For $100 Million – Donald Trump is back in news, this time for buying a jet and not selling one. The American business magnate has confirmed that he has purchased new Boeing 757 from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for about $100 million. His new soaring acquisition is touted to be almost double the size of his current Boeing 727 jet. Nicely! [luxurylaunches]

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