Children's remains found at Jersey home

It is amazing what so called "respectable members of society" did to children in their care in the 50's, 60's and 70's and what is really worrying is that when the children tried to complain they were totally ignored. Children who were careless enough to lose their parents or...

Wildfire near Yosemite destroys 12 homes

Firefighters are still trying to fight a wildfire near Yosemite National Park.  The blaze has already destroyed 12 homes.  2000 homes are being threatened by the fire. Apparently, two women who went into...

California fires force the town of Paradise to evacuate

Update July 9th, 2008: The blazing California wildfires forced even more evacuations last night.  The town of Paradise was evacuated, and the order remained in effect this morning as only 40% of the fire...

Sharif's supporters protest court ruling in Pakistan

Supoprters of Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani Prime Minister, burned effigies today against a court ruling that bars Sharif from running in this weeks' parliamentary by-elections.Here is a link to a picture of...

Fire pushes 3,000 people out of homes near Halifax

New Update, Halifax: 3,000 Nova Scotia residents evacuated their homes as 6 major fires are currently underway in Nova Scotia. Power outage affecting another 8,100 homes where the blaze damaged a transmission...

“BONNY DOON FIRE” Martin Fire: Wildland fire grows to 300 acres; 1,400 ev...

“BONNY DOON FIRE” Martin Fire: Wildland fire grows to 300 acres; 1,400 evacuated Update 9:41 am. PT - KCBS -" BONNY DOON, Calif. (KCBS)  -- Firefighters battling the Martin Fire in the Santa Cruz...

Egypt: Bread Protest Leaves 10 Dead!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...

New Testaments torched in Israeli City

Turns out that this happened last week, but I'm just learning about it now. The deputy mayor, Uzi Aharon, is in damage control, as book burnings rarely lead to happy outcomes." Investigators plan to review photographs and footage showing "a fairly large" number of New...

Wildfires force evacuations in Florida

Firefighters are still trying to contain wildfires in central Florida, although dry weather conditions are making progress difficult. Hundreds of residents have been relocated so far."DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) —...

Why I Hate Cops

"I don't hate cops. I've had friends who were cops in every town where I've ever lived. One pal o' mine--Cuddles to his friends--drove the meat wagon (picking up corpses) for the Chicago police department. Another was Ziggy, a ex-junkie who submitted an application to the...

Trigo Fire forces Torreon, Tajique evacuations

"The number of acres burned by a Trigo Fire in the Manzano Mountains now stands at 11,368. That’s doubled since Wednesday when wind whipped the flames to the northeast."

Fans riot, vandalize downtown Montreal

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Europe have their Soccer Hooligans, Montreal has their Hab (Montreal Canadiens) Hockey Hooligans.Watching the news last night, it looked more like a War Zone...

Taser shock triggers fire in man's pants

This gives a whole new meaning to "Is there a fire in your pants or are you just glad to see me?""A Hamilton man Tasered by police is in hospital after the stun gun ignited a "flammable object" in his pants,...

Update: Quebec Voltigeurs: Vow to rebuild armoury

This story is in relation to Greg1USA's covering of the story on the tragic fire at Quebecs Historic Armoury, the Armoury's Regiment have vowed to rebuild the armoury stone for stone to it's former glory.I have...

U.N. report: Darfur attacks broke human rights law

Despite heavy pressure from world leaders, who are themselves under heavy pressure from people like You, the people who are working through Save Darfur and other organizations, behaviour such as this continues...

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