Balanced News Blog

Scientists at Seoul National University report that kimchi and sauerkraut both cure birds infected with asian bird flu.

You hear similar things from many other people in Helmand province in Afghanistan – the number one opium poppy producing region in the number one opium producing country in the world.

Pressure mounted for Hong Kong and Beijing leaders to respond to calls for full democracy in this Chinese territory as tens of thousands of protesters marched Sunday, demanding the right to choose their leaders.

Not content with simply knowingly infecting its customers’ computers with security-hole inducing spyware, Sony is now sponsoring a “guerrilla” graffiti ad campaign to promote the PSP, covering inner city neighborhoods with images of kids playing with its overpriced, crippled handheld.

NASA plans to stage the world’s first mission to Pluto next month, launching a plutonium-powered spacecraft on an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Vehicles in President Bush‘s motorcade were involved in a minor accident Sunday a couple of blocks from the White House.

A man from Arkansas scaled the fence surrounding the White House Sunday while President Bush was inside and was immediately captured by Secret Service officers.

Virgin Mobile, the telecoms company backed by Sir Richard Branson, is in talks to merge with cable TV firm NTL.

A former militia commander elected to Afghanistan’s new parliament has been killed in a gunfight along with at least two supporters, officials say.

Iran‘s hardline constitutional watchdog approved a bill Saturday blocking international inspections of atomic facilities if the country is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, Iranian television reported.