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Internet users who prefer their smut with a side of guilt are in luck as fresh reports suggest an unnamed "entrepreneur" has purchased the Vatican.xxx web site domain.

The hacker cell of Anonymous has issued a new call-to-arms against the U.S. government's "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA), asking all Anons and Occupiers to join its OpBlackOut "protest."

The charges were related to the incidents happened during Kexue’s term in Dow Agrosciences and Cargill Inc. Kexue worked with Dow Agrosciences during 2003- 2008 and in Cargill Inc. during the period of 2008 to 2009.

At least eight dead after ferry carrying families going home for Christmas sinks off Indonesia - the second capsize in a week.

The British Transport Police revealed shocking footage, which shows an intoxicated women falling beneath a train, to highlight the dangers of rail stations to drunk Christmas revellers.

It is always an interesting exercise - to dig into a family's past and uncover buried secrets... good or bad. There are, of course, several resources to allow for such investigation and several more organizations which conduct such studies.

The first prize of “El Gordo” or the “Fat One” would be 4 million euros which is the highest amount ever and the second prize would be worth 1.25 million euros.

Despite signing an agreement earlier this week to allow Arab observers into the country, the death toll in Syria has continued to rise, with fresh attacks on villages and protesters resulting in 100 deaths on Tuesday.

Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC), said people receiving orders from Saadi Gaddafi have infiltrated the government.

UN-backed war crimes tribunal for Rwanda sentences two former ruling party bosses seen as key organisers of 1994 genocide to life terms.

Aasia Bibi has been sentenced to death under the blasphemy law. She is currently housed in the district prison in Sheikpura.

Sudanese stranded in their tens of thousands in makeshift refugee camps need help to get home, says Amnesty.

A devastating 8.9. magnitude earthquake hit Japan in March, triggering a massive tsunami that swept cars, ships and buildings away along the northeast coast of the country.

Filipino residents start gruelling task of rebuilding their lives after storms devastated two southern islands and left more than 1,000 dead.

Republicans in America are squabbling amongst themselves over so-called "attack ads" targeting Newt Gingrich, one of the party's hopefuls for the 2012 presidential campaign, who is being upbraided for his "baggage".

Nigerian president explains the urgent need to minimise the country's dependence on crude oil

Following reports that Chinese hackers penetrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's security scrutiny has once again fallen on the Chinese government.

The body of Vaclav Havel, a former dissident playwright and Czechoslovakia's first post-communist president, has been transported to Prague Castle, where it will lie in state for a period of official mourning until his funeral service on Friday.

Zimbabwean MP Lillian Kirenyi has been arrested for allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe gay.

New North Korea leader Kim Jong-un to share collective rule with military and not have the full powers of father.

The Houston Court on Tuesday heard expert's opinion to decide if Allen Stanford can stand trial for his alleged involvement in Ponzi Scheme.

Tests show religious icon alleged to be burial shroud of Christ 'could not have been faked by medieval science'.

Hanukkah ceremonies were held in Trafalgar Square in London, Washington D.C. on the Ellipse outside Whitehouse, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brandenberg Gate in Berlin and in Jerusalem, Israel.

Jewish Hanukkah Festival Celebrations in various part of the world including London, Budapest, Hungary, Jerusalem.

Nearly 10,000 female protesters converged on Tahrir Square holding out strongly-worded placards against the violence on protesters and also the images of the young woman who was severely assaulted.

|Government minister hinted that the Syrian intelligence holds a number of films recorded by hidden cameras in hotel and houses rented to senior Arab officials.

President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday signed a law imposing death penalty on anyone found guilty of arming "terrorists", SANA, the official SANA news agency reported.

Messages posted on the collective's Twitter feeds suggest the hacker cell of Anonymous has renewed its ongoing campaign in Egypt.

Thousands of Egyptian women occupied Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday to highlight the military's use of excessive violence towards female protesters.