Brown joins Harper against Uganda's Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in speaking out against Uganda's Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009. Brown spoke to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at the...

OpEd: Manhattan Declaration is dangerous , irresponsible

An OpEd journalist in today's LA Times believes the Manhattan Declaration,  a manifesto of civil disobedience by religious leaders in the face of a secular democracy and its laws,   -  which was...

Live sheep wheeled into Asda shop

I found this a little hard to swallow, it was a stupid stunt, and I hope the youngsters who did it grow up soon, but one wonders, if this live one was a poor sheep, how would they describe the dead ones that they sell?"The RSPCA has hit out at pranksters who put a live sheep...

France: Pakistan not to get India-like civil nuclear pact

A statement by a French official has put Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in an embarrasing situation. Qureshi, in May this year had gone on record saying that France is ready for a...

White House to pay ACORN for services prior to ban

Washington,  DC:  In a 5 page memorandum,  the US Department of Justice has made concluding remarks and a statement asserting that the group  Acorn may be lawfully paid by the Obama...

Commonwealth leaders back climate change fund

Commonwealth leaders have got behind a proposal from the UK and France to create a climate change fund that would see wealthier countries supporting poorer countires to combat global warming and climate change....

Conservative Asks Oprah for ‘Gift to Black America’

Here's an interesting story:  A guy who worked with Oprah Winfrey years ago is now calling for her to have a certain type of guest on her show before it comes to an end in 2011: " And why, in almost 25 years...

Bottoms for Topshop

In an act described as 'shoplifting in reverse' a UK artist has been putting items of clothing into shops rather than buying or stealing them.The clothes have special labels telling shoppers that if they like the...

CN Engineers on Strike, Talks break Down

Talks between the Canadian Teamsters Union and Canadian National Railways (CNR) broke down at midnight and the Locomotive Engineers of CNR are now on strike. The union says that the talks broke down over their...

Dirty Hospitals May Be the New Reality

Dirty hospitals may be the new reality with increasing patients and decreasing budgets. News this morning about a university hospital in Essex, England brings to mind the problems that are plaguing our local hospital in Nanaimo, Canada.  Named in the latest report are...

Iceland prime minister

november 25 ,,was the International day of the UN, on stopping violence against women. And here , Icelands prime minister,Johanna Sigurdardottir, led a walk , from the culture house in Reykjavik ,to the seaside....

Contrary to Belief, The Examiner allows the Left to post stories

Much has been made by NP writers on the intend of the Examiner after the bought NP.  Some of the stories brought out some valid points and concerns of those of us that write here.  This morning while...

Journalist startled by Obama's faux pas in China

What if Obama is not FDR,  but Hoover?,   a Nation columnist asks. . .  Journalist William Greider of The Nation magazine was startled by a faux pas Obama made in China;  moreover,  he...

SHIPS FIGHT BACK AGAINST PIRATES - New Anti-Piracy System

Recently, a maritime security company, IMSN, conducted system testing of a not-lethal Anti-Piracy System including safety drills with crewmembers onboard the Horizon, a US flagged container ship operator...

Tiger Woods May Have Hit A Shank; His Wife Hit For Redemption

"Tiger Wood’s accident came two days after the National Enquirer published a story alleging that Woods had been seeing a New York night club hostess, and that they recently were together in Melbourne, where...

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