A young woman, who could only be identified as “Neda”, became the cornerstone of Iranian protester adrenaline when videos of her dead body in Tehran were circulated within the net, most notably through the Twitter network.

The Arctic island Greenland, in their latest motion towards independence from Denmark, has announced that they will be now be implementing self-rule, following a referendum on greater autonomy in November. The motion will allow Greenland greater authoritative and possessive powers to its natural resources.

A small indie recording label is planning to release an unofficial Adam Lambert album containing material that the American Idol runner-up co-wrote before his run on AI.

On a statement last Saturday, US President Barack Obama had called on Iran to “stop all violent and unjust actions to its own people”, despite the current turmoil surrounding the region due to its electoral tensions.

A US reporter managed to escape the Taliban compound where he has been held since he was abducted last year, reports say.

After second-half goals from David Villa and Fernando Llorente, Spain earned its record 15th straight victory with a 2-0 win over host nation South Africa in Bloemfontein.

Iraq failed to do what they needed to do to move ahead to the semi-finals as they drew 0-0 with New Zealand. The Asian champions could have advanced with a win but they crashed out of this tournament without scoring a single goal.

Air France will pay the amount of 17,500 Euro (approximately $24,500) as initial compensation to each family of the victims from the crash of Flight 447.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s private jet had to take an emergency landing in Los Angeles last Friday, when the pilot reported seeing smoke coming from some of the cockpit’s controls, reports have said.

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