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More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final onslaught by the Sri Lankan government on separatist rebels this month, which ended Asia’s longest civil war, a British newspaper said Friday.
The figure was three times the official casualty figure, the Times said.
Fighting ended when Sri Lankan troops crushed Tamil Tiger rebels accused of holding [...]

Check out Photonbelt TV for a live stream of the G20 protests.
We will be touring the city trying to pick up all the action using Qik via of Mobiles
stay tuned for all the action
http://photonbelt.co.uk/photonbelt-tv

With an entourage of 500 staff, an armour-plated limousine and a fleet of decoy helicopters, America’s new president will arrive for his first visit to Britain amid huge razzmatazz on Tuesday for the G20 summit. But it will be his closed-door meetings with world leaders that are likely to prove the most significant of the [...]

The travel plans and personal details of every holidaymaker, business traveller and day-tripper who leaves Britain are to be tracked by the Government, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Anyone departing the UK by land, sea or air will have their trip recorded and stored on a database for a decade.
Passengers leaving every international sea port, station [...]

US Taxpayers have underwritten and/or are committed to a transfer of some 8.6 trillion dollars to Wall Street [see: 8.6 Trillion was a Drop in the Bucket]. As no ‘bailout’ has yet done anything but enrich Wall Street ‘robber barons’ who have invested their windfalls offshore, I propose that Wall Street get no more bailout monies [...]

In March 2007, the Spirit rover found a patch of bright-colored soil rich in silica. Scientists proposed water must have been involved in creating the region, and not just water, but hot water. Now, data from retrieved from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest the discovery of another ancient hot springs region in Vernal Crater [...]

“If we find so much as a microbe — independently evolved — on Mars … it will mean that the Galaxy literally teems with Life ….”
– Dr. Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1971)

 
 
At this writing, we have just witnessed the historic Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States — and the first African-American, Barack Obama.
Intensely anticipated by [...]

The is an HDR shoot of the The Step Pyramid – Sakara
Sakkara (Saqqara) is one of the most extensive archaeological sites in Egypt! It was the cemetery for Memphis, the capital of Ancient Egypt, yet it is still one of the virgin archaeological sites.
The site is dominated by the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, [...]

This is an HDR Photoshoot of one of the most Sacred Mosques in Egypt
“The Madrasa of Sultan Hassan at Cairo…is a collegiate mosque, cruciform in plan. Four iwans, or recessed porches, with immense pointed arches, constitute the arms of the cross. There is a minimum of decoration, and the walls of the 100-ft sahn rise skywards with [...]

This is a 3D panoramic created using a technology from Microsoft called Photosynth. The technology creates a 3D map and an interactive walkthrough of a series of photos, unlike traditional panoramic s the synth really displays photos in a way unseen ever before.
This Synth is of the Great Pyramid of Giza, with has an HDR [...]