SEVEN people have been arrested in Sydney and Melbourne over a scam involving the manufacture and distribution of more than 200 fraudulent credit cards a week.

MOLLIE Sugden, the television actor who played the cat-obsessed Betty Slocombe in Are You Being Served?, has died age 86.

US car sales tumbled in June as the economy remained a deep concern for consumers, but Ford posted far better results than other large carmakers and shot ahead of Detroit rivals passing through federally sponsored bankruptcies.

THE World Trade Organisation has warned of rising protectionism amid the economic crisis as it sharply cut its forecast for trade volumes of developed and developing economies this year.

TWICE as many children will die of swine flu in the next 12 months compared to the number of deaths from regular influenza, a leading disease expert suggests.

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Hundreds of fires tore through Lebanon Tuesday and Wednesday, despite warnings to citizens that fire-starting is an imprisonable offense. Environment Minister Dr Tony Karam praised Civil Defense Force efforts in tackling more than 305 fire-related incidents, including 88 rescue and

Lebanon was ranked the 29th most failed state in the world by Foreign Policy's online annual index released last Wednesday. The placement is an 11-rank improvement from last year's ranking of 18th, but still a far cry from the country's

The Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut (WAAAUB) announced the results of its second election on Wednesday, bringing to fruition the planned structure of the association. Around 3000,000 alumni worldwide have participated in the WAAAUB election and

The number of diagnosed cases in Lebanon of A(H1N1), otherwise known as swine flu, has risen to 47 after the discovery of four new cases, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The latest patients had arrived recently from Australia, a statement

If you could send a message to Beirut, what would it say? Some people are doing just that in letters addressed to a city they both love and lament. "I hope you will excuse my honesty: Beside other cities of

Cycling may be safer than gardening, but what about sheep herding? Image credit: Sami Cyclists find safety in numbersLloyd has noted before that it is , and there is evidence to suggest that . Now Chris Peck, Chairman of the

Image via Ok. Let's get down to a problem issue in green tech: Designing and manufacturing ugly junk that no one will buy, unless as a novelty and then never use. And what's worse, is making it seem like it'll

Photo via @ flickr There's no better way to soak up a country than by bike: It's quicker than walking, greener than just about every other form of transportation, and you get to see towns, scenery, and people that you'd

photo: via FlickrWe've got some fresh stuff cooking up in the TreeHugger Nerd Labs, and as you may have noticed, we're trying out a new layout for our posts today. Sporting a two column design with more breathing room for

Photo via Japan Pitches High Speed Rail to the USEver since Obama announced in the US, speculation has run wild about how they'll be executed. The a while back, but many details remain to be decided—perhaps most significantly, which high