Nearly everybody has pored over the Facebook e-mail announcement and various conclusions have been reached, both positive and negative. Most people have been focusing on the utility it offers, or the privacy we might surrender when using it.

In my opinion, people have missed the most important point. Facebook Messages really does have the potential to revolutionize Internet communications, but not for any of the reasons already discussed. I think that Facebook's… Continue

• 7 killed in shootout in Mexican resort city.
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• Protesters denounce Ahmadinejad outside UN.…

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• WHO'S A FAMILY?
• Israel accused of not probing Palestinian deaths.
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August 26 . 08 . 2010

• Nobelists call for Obama to visit Hiroshima
• Gunmen stop bus in southern Philippines, kill 4
• Afghan driver kills 3 Spaniards in base shooting…

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A 19-year-old boy, Mr Chukwudi Ugwu, has hanged himself for being reprimanded by his parents for failing in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, in Ebonyi State.

The deceased, who was living with his parents at No 41, Nsugbe Street, Abakaliki, was brought to the casualty ward of the Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki, yesterday, where he later died as… Continue