Reuters reports that an Iranian court has sentenced a man to be blinded by having drops of acid put in his eyes. Why the stiff punishment? The court says the man blinded a woman in the same manner after she rejected his marriage proposal.

The current crisis will no doubt shake the foundations of every garden variety of banking as we know it. Ordinary folks are angry at the largesse of top banking executives. The Civic Banking model may come out as a clear winner .

In an interview with Japanese TV, US President George W. Bush said that the war in Iraq was a success and there is remarkable progress in the region.

The dead in a Spanish ciudad contribute to the living by sending jolts of electricity from the roofs of their resting place, to power up the town.

Digitaljournal Article "Peru Unscathed" translated into Spanish as "Peru Sale Ileso de la Crisis" for the benefit of Spanish speaking readers .

Omar Osama bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, was refused entry into Egypt by customs authorities. Instead, they put him on a plane to Qatar.

Bin Laden's 27-year-old son requested political asylum on Tuesday during a layover on a flight from Cairo to Casablanca. The reason has not been revealed and the ministry has 72 hours to make its decision.

Researchers have found a direct association between the number of times people get up at night to urinate and protection against bladder cancer.

Read all about this poor man from sunny Spain who experienced more embarrassment in one day when his hand got stuck in a condom vending machine than most of us come across in a lifetime of blunders.

THE CURRENT MELTDOWN IS SHOWING THE FINANCIAL RESILIENCE OF THE PERUVIAN ECONOMY. THE EFFORTS OF TWO DECADES OF ECONOMIC REFORM AND FINANCIAL RESTRAINT ARE PAYING OFF .