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Karachi Nazim, Mustafa Kamal placed among top-three world mayors

"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

Sharks swim closer to extinction

More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are in danger of extinction, threatened largely by fishing, according to conservationists. "Specialists with IUCN (formerly the World Conservation Union) found that...

Key Largo Bank Auction

" A 2.53+/- waterfront development site in Key Largo, Florida located at 104180 Overseas Highway Key Largo, FL 33037 will be auctioned by Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of FL-Miami Division (Case No. 07-18127-BKC-LMI) on February 1, 2008. The 2007...

New Orleans Tax Sale Resumes Wednesday, Dec.12

Did you miss out the first time around?Here's your chance to get in on the Action.Some information Buyers need to know:"# When is the sale final? When will the property become mine? * The sale is final when...

Death toll rises in oil disaster 10 ships sink

 "ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Massive waves split a Russian oil tanker in two during a fierce storm Sunday, spilling at least 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea. It was the worst...

Swearing at work boosts team spirt, morale: research

I love that this kind of research gets funding.  Forget curing cancer, let's investigate the F-bomb:"LONDON (AFP) - Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express...

Southern Ocean quake sparks tsunami fear

Luckily the earthquake was horizontal, rather than vertical (see image on right). "Southern Ocean quake sparks tsunami fear KERRY WILLIAMSON - The Dominion Post | Monday, 1 October 2007The 7.4 magnitude quake...

Vancouver BC. Violent High-risk Sex offender Escapes

The Province Newspaper neglected to post this Violent Sex Offenders photo, perhaps The Province needed the Advertising Space.  For Now Public Readers, I found a Photograph of this Violent Sex Offender, who...

UK Property market in peril - Houses 'overvalued by 20%'

Its almost like a devaluation of the pound. A few years ago 3 times your average earnings would amount to the property price. In London you will now be looking at 10 times average earnings for a one bedroom flat"House prices are 20 per cent overvalued and the economy and...

41 easy tips and strategies to help students get an ‘A’ grade

An intersesting article about how to improve your grades

Lie Detectors for Dole Scammers

Though the lie detector has been more or less debunked, the British government is considering using this old-school device to ensnare would-be welfare cheats."For many years, critics of lie detectors have assailed the United States for being one the few countries to be...

More "verifying and editing" needed -- WaPo Mess

Here is the correction that the Washington Post has posted online, after the damage had been done by their Front page article about the Pentagon's IG report on Undersecdef Douglas Feith."A Feb. 9 front-page article about the Pentagon inspector general's report regarding the...

Plan to bury Gorgon's greenhouse gas too risky

"Plan to bury Gorgon's greenhouse gas too risky 23 Nov 2006 A senior WWF scientist today raised serious concerns about Senator Ian Campbell's announcement of $60 million to support the Gorgon development's plan to bury vast quantities of greenhouse gases from Western...

Digestive Food Sensitivity Vibrational Assessment

"A Digestive Food Sensitivity Vibrational Assessment will help identify which food items to which you are digestively sensitive. Over 200 food items are assessed including beverages, condiments, sauces, salts, pickled foods, This assessment is undertaken with dowsing by...

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