Balanced News Blog

The official webpage for Norihisa Yoshimura‘s Killer Bee (Satsujinbachi – kirâ bî) is now online, and there’s a trailer for the movie on that page. The movie is scheduled to be released on DVD and VHS in Japan by GP Museum Soft K.K. (K.K. GP Myûjiamu Sofuto) on January 25th of next year. It premièred at the Shibuya Ciné la sept on April 23rd of this year.

The U.N. cultural body added dozens of regional traditions Friday to its list of intangible heritage treasures, including Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes and a “cultural space” in a 17th-century walled Colombian village.

There’s a video on the Internet that claims to show al-Qaida-in-Iraq rehearsing suicide attacks carried out last month at two Baghdad hotels. The video also shows the actual bombings. The posting says the bombings were filmed by al-Qaida.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would consider granting clemency to Crips co-founder and convicted murderer Stanley Tookie Williams.

Federal authorities arrested an Islamic religious leader Friday as they began the process of deporting him for his ties to terrorist groups.

TiVo Inc. has filed a patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month that suggests company inventors believe radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will become inserted into clothing, jewelry, key chains, and even under the skin in the body.

President Bashar Assad was told: hand over the six Syrian officers wanted for questioning in the Hariri assassination by the end of Friday, Nov. 25 – or face a charge of non-cooperation to the UN Security Council.