Is a tour of Karadzic's old haunts dangerous?
Radovan Karadzic is currently under lock and key in The Hague, awaiting his trial, which was adjourned yesterday, until 29 August. His spirit still lingers in the streets of Belgrade however, where a tourist company is launching a tour around his old haunts. Read more and see the tour itinerary...
Floating cities in the pipeline for climate refugees
Climatologists around the world agree that sea levels will continue to rise throughout the 21st century. Countries with low-lying coastal areas like Vietnam and Bangladesh could see more floods and the loss of land, and some Pacific Islands could one day end up completely submerged. But not to worry - a Belgian architect has come up with a solution. He's designed "amphibian towns" to house the future refugees. Read more...
Bush - from "alcoholic bum" to world president
Oliver Stone has dedicated his latest film to the rise of the Bush family ugly duckling, George W. Three months before the film comes out and the trailer for "W" has received over 400,000 hits in less than 48 hours. Stone is planning to release the film on 17 October, just under three weeks before the American presidential election. Controversial? Read more...
The Olympics opening ceremony for all to see online
The organisers of the Beijing Olympics are furious after a South Korean TV channel broadcast excerpts of a rehearsal of the Games' opening ceremony. The video then found its way onto the Internet and became a huge hit, worsening the situation. Read more...
An original remedy for the socially excluded
Millions of young men live their lives entirely on the Internet, unable to leave the house in fear of human contact. In response to this troubled niche, an entertainment company has come up with a possible cure. Videos of girls that stare into the camera.... and occasionally saying good morning... Read more and see the videos.
"Paranoid of new media" authorities arrest Facebook users
Joining an online social network group is risky business in Egypt. Twenty-six people were rounded up and arrested at a gathering organised on Facebook on Wednesday. The internet activists were attending a peaceful meeting on a beach in Alexandria when they were detained unexpectantly. Read more...
Can you bribe an Indian MP?
Despite opposition from all directions, India's struggling government managed to win a vote of confidence last week, enabling them to finalise a nuclear agreement with the United States. But was the vote won fairly? Our Observers take a look at a video that shows MPs who say they've been bribed. Read more...
Rapper Nas attacks Fox News for "racist propaganda"
Fox News has been slammed as a "racist propaganda machine" by rapper Nas, who's written an entire song about the channel. He yesterday tried to deliver 620,000 signatures to Fox owners News Corp from webusers who believe the network to be anti-black and unfair to Obama. But the petition was refused. Read more...
The rapping policeman from the troubled Paris suburbs
"Le Brigadier" (the police sergeant) is a French rapper who keeps his identity well hidden. And with good reason - he claims to work as a policeman in the suburbs of Paris. Rapping about police blunders hasn't gone down well with the rest of the force though, leading to an internal enquiry into his identification. Read more...
City centre beach comes at a cost of €3m
For the seventh year running, the banks of the river Seine in Paris have been transformed into an elongated Club Tropicana set. No less than 2,500 tonnes of sand are shipped in to the capital to make "Paris-on-sea" each summer. An event that not all of the city's residents take to warmly. Read more...
