'Avatar' is continuing to bring more laurels for filmmaker James Cameron as he has now been honoured by animal rights group PETA with the 2010 Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film. The 55-year-old director has been awarded for the inspiring message in his Golden Globe-winning blockbuster film 'Avatar', which stresses the interconnectedness of nature and the importance of treating all living
A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific on Sunday, seismologists said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning or reports of damage. The US Geological Survey said the quake was measured at a depth of about 10 kilometres and struck 160 kilometres southeast of the town of Gizo at 1419 GMT Sunday. Like much of the Pacific, the Solomons regularly
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt in Detroit,attempt in Detroit, in a audio message Sunday, and vowed further attacks on the US. The message suggests that bin Laden wants to show he remains in direct command of al-Qaida's many branches around the world. In the short recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, bin Laden
