Like Jay-Z, President of Cuba Fidel Castro is saying goodbye at the peak of his career at the tender age of 81. Will he be able to leave the game alone, or is he destined to come out of retirement after a couple years? Stay tuned.

President Musharraf’s supporters conceded defeat after a landmark parliamentary election to restore democracy in Pakistan.

Ben & Jerry’s have introduced a new Barack Obama-inspired ice cream flavor called “Cherries for Change”. Yeah, I don’t really care either. I think “Ba-Rocky Road” would’ve been a better name though.

A gay Iranian teenager, whose student visa expired in the UK, has fled to the Netherlands and is now facing deportation back to Iran. He risks execution in Iran for being homosexual. Not surprisingly, the authorities don’t care. Break the law and get executed. Sounds fair. See how much better we are than Iran?

Researchers say that car exhaust can increase long-term risks of heart disease, but also induce heart attacks within hours of exposure to high concentrations in urban areas. Previously overlooked PAH particles in car exhaust have now been shown to be toxic to the heart. Living in a big city is equivalent to smoking 3-4 cigarettes a day. Logically, shouldn’t car exhaust be outlawed just as smoking is?