No More Anonymous ‘Defriending’ On Facebook – With a slew of cosmetic changes and tweaks, Facebook users could be forgiven for getting a little frustrated over the last few days. But the social network’s new Timeline feature looks set to really enrage users after it emerged the ability to anonymously ‘defriend’ people will become a thing of the past. [dailymail]
Tony Blair Has Been Hanging With Gaddafi – Tony Blair’s close relationship to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has come under fresh scrutiny after it emerged he had six private meetings with the dictator in the three years after he left Downing Street. Five of those meetings took place in a 14-month period before the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber. [telegraph]
Dumped In The Desert … Gaddafi’s Yellowcake Stockpile – Sitting in row after row, each 15 long by four high, the blue barrels are as frightening as any remnant of the Gaddafi regime. The powder they contain appears to be yellowcake uranium from neighbouring Niger. Post-Gaddafi Libya affords little or no protection to this vast haul of material, which if refined to high levels of purity is the essential element of a nuclear bomb. [telegraph]
Luxury Yacht Goes Missing In Cape Town – Free State MEC for police, roads and transport, Butana Komphela is known for his outspoken views on spending, sport and combating crime. But he’s quieter than a windless day about his private business dealings – particularly the fate of a luxury yacht that “went missing” this week from Cape Town harbour. [timeslive]
Zara And Mike Happily Reunited In New Zealand [Photos] – They certainly don’t look like a couple in crisis. Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall have been reunited in New Zealand. And despite all the furore surrounding recent events, they looked happy enough at the Southern Cross Hotel in Dunedin. [hellomagazine]
They Don’t Know Where The Satellite Landed – A six-ton NASA science satellite crashed to Earth on Saturday, leaving a mystery about where a ton of space debris may have landed. The U.S. space agency said it believes the debris ended up in the Pacific Ocean, but the precise time of the bus-sized satellite’s re-entry and the location of its debris field have not been determined. [chicagotribune]
Blogger Decapitated In Mexico – Police found a woman’s decapitated body in a Mexican border city on Saturday, alongside a handwritten sign saying she was killed in retaliation for her postings on a social networking site. The gruesome killing may be the third so far this month in which people in Nuevo Laredo were killed by a drug cartel for what they said on the internet. [dailymail]
UBS Chief Resigns Over Rogue Trading Scandal – Swiss bank UBS has announced the resignation of chief executive Oswald Gruebel, less than two weeks after the bank was rocked by a rogue trading scandal that lost it $US2.3 billion (R19 Billion). Switzerland’s largest bank said in a statement its board of directors had accepted Mr Gruebel’s resignation. I bet they did. [smh]
ANCYL Wants To Disband Kwazulu For Supporting Zuma – The national ANC Youth League leadership wants to disband the KwaZulu-Natal executive because it is backing President Jacob Zuma for a second term, the provincial youth wing’s executive said on Saturday. [mail&guardian]
Britney Gives Beyonce Parenting Advice – Britney Spears is encouraging pregnant Beyonce to take a break from her career when she gives birth – because it’s important to “treasure” a baby’s first moments. The “Crazy In Love” hitmaker and her rapper husband Jay-Z will become first-time parents early next year, and the R&B superstar plans to continue working right up until the tot’s arrival. [starpulse]
Kenyan Breaks Marathon World Record – Not content to cover 26.2 miles in a neat loop, Patrick Makau of Kenya turned the Berlin Marathon into his own personal conga line Sunday while setting a world record of 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds. Just before Mile 17, Makau swung from one side of the flat course to the other, once, twice, three times, then surged. [nytimes]
A Twist In Google’s Algorithm: ‘Standout’ Stories – Google News, which has long relied on automation to deliver news content from countless providers, has announced a twist in its algorithm: It will now recognize “featured” content among the tens of thousands of stories it delivers every day. [cnbc]
Saudi-Arabia Women To Get The Vote – Saudi King Abdullah announced on Sunday he was giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the only public polls in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom. He also announced that women would have the right to join the all-appointed Shura (consultative) Council, in an In a five-minute speech opening a new term of the council. [alarabiya]
Boeing To Deliver First 787 Dreamliner – US planemaker Boeing is due to deliver its first 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s All Nippon Airways, after three years of delays. The Dreamliner had originally been scheduled for delivery in 2008 but Boeing has suffered a string of setbacks, the latest being an onboard fire during test flights in January. The fuel-efficient plane is made from lightweight composite materials. [bbc]
Mass Grave Found In Libya – Officials with Libya’s transitional government announced Sunday they have located a suspected mass grave thought to hold the remains of 1,270 people, victims of a 1996 massacre at Abu Salim prison. [cnn]
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