SOS : Myo Yan Naung Thein's Health is Deteriorating

Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) expressed very seriously concerned and worried over military government denial of giving medical treatment to political prisoner Myo Yan Naung Thein who become paralysed in 2007 as the result of the severe tortured he received during...

3 women, 9 kids among 30 killed in Pakistan bombing, drone attack

At least 30 people, including three women and nine children, were killed in a US drone attack and a separate suicide bombing in troubled North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Saturday. Three women and four children were among 13 killed by a US drone strike in Data...

Coke Anyone? Ashley Biden: "Me! (sniff) Me! (sniff) Me!"

Well hasn't the youngest daughter of our Vice-President been caught in a pickle? Actually no, she's been caught on a 43 minute video snorting cocaine and the asking price has been touted to be between $250,000 and...

Federer to become a father for first time

Tennis superstar Roger Federer and longtime partner Mirka Vavrinec are expecting their first baby this summer, the Swiss ace revealed on his personal Web site on Thursday." Describing it as "awesome news", he wrote...

The Holidays and all its paper.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The Holidays and all its paper. May it be Greeting Cards, Gift Wrapping Paper or simply paper bags and other papers used over the Year and especially this time of the year where we seem to...

Octuplets given letters A to H instead of names

The octuplets born in Bellflower, California  are doing fine and right now they have been named  A to H in order of their birth. " All eight are now all breathing on their own, although three are still...

Mumbai terrorists 'part of a larger group'

The 10 men known to have carried out the Mumbai terror attacks were part of a larger cadre of 30 who were given military training on how to conduct a suicide mission, according to police. "Another 20 were ready to die," Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner Deven Bharti said....

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?Debbie Jeffries shows Correspondent Harold Dow the bag of marijuana she keeps in her freezer. (CBS) .hideit {display:none} (CBS) Debbie Jeffries of Rocklin, Calif., and her mother,...

Value of Wall Street C.E.O

What's the value of a Wall Street C.E.O now in this economy crisis. Could they get away with tax payers money to compensate them to stay in their top position or would they perhaps bail out too? The pay is not...

Potholes Can Be A Tremendous Hazard For A Bicyclist

Many of you may be unaware that bicycle accidents on the road don't just involve cars hitting bikes.  Single vehicle collisions from potholes can be absolutely devastating and are expected to get worse with less city, county and state dollars available to fix them." ...

Is India reaping a harvest of hatred sown by Indians? We have seen it all bef...

"India is the largest democracy in the world. They’ve got several hundred languages, they’ve got every major world religion in residence and originated four of them; they are multi-cultural and multi-ethnic, with a male Prime Minister of the minority Sikh religion and a...

Live From Greenbuild 2008: 30 Years, Now a Movement

Do you have any idea how many people 30,000 from around the world gathered in one space feels like (and trust me, I'm a New Yorker, I don't get overwhelmed by much)? It's like those pilgrimages in India. It’s enough to make you realize: there is something truly bigger than...

The Housing Crisis and a Fight-Back Program

"The current economic crisis has been building for years. At its root is the massive elimination of decent-paying jobs and lowering of wages in the U.S. and worldwide, a phenomenon explained and analyzed so well in the party’s newest book, “Low-Wage Capitalism.”The...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

A Generation Gap in Tibet's Royal Family

""I was seven years old in 1959, and I was studying in Darjeeling," recalls Khedroop Thondop. "One day my teachers told me that I was to go and receive someone at the train station. That's when I realized that I...

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