Daily Archives: 20 June 20, 2008

Always read the small print…

You find some odd things in End User License Agreements (EULAs) – if you can be bothered to wade through the small print. Deep within Apple’s iTunes EULA you’ll find the following: “Licensee also agrees that Licensee will not use … Continue reading

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Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back

BAGHDAD — Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power. Exxon Mobil, … Continue reading

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Russian spa unveils enema monument

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2008 hand out photo, nurses are seen, posing near a monument to enemas at Mashuk Akva-Term Sanatorium in the town of Zheleznovodsk, Russian Caucasus Mountains region. Alexander Kharchenko, director of the Russian spa says the … Continue reading

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Japan suicides near record high

TOKYO (Reuters) – Over 33,000 people took their lives in Japan last year, topping 30,000 for the tenth consecutive year despite a government campaign to reduce what is one of the highest suicide rates in the world. A report issued … Continue reading

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