Belgian PM's resignation rejected

If you think you are the PM and can have your way in a Monach country then think again because it is not that easy.   " Francois Xavier de Donnea, Raymond Langendries and Karl-Heinz Lambertz accepted the mission and would report back at the end of the month, the...

Hollywood May Make History With Biggest Weekend Ever

"Warner Bros.’ "The Dark Knight" is poised to enter the record books as it opens today -- and the weekend has a shot at being the best on record in overall grosses on the strength of the Batman sequel and...

The United States Gets a Run for its Money

It has long since been known that the United States was is the most powerful nation in the world. Although this may be true, there has been much talk about the nation's economy becoming unstable. If the enconomy...

Belgian PM offers his resignation

After failing to bring the promised devolved powers for regional governments Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned just ahead of  a state reform deal in the parliament on Tuesday. "Belgian Prime...

Anheuser-Busch agrees to $52B takeover

"The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev.Anheuser Busch Cos (BUD, Fortune 500). said early Monday it had agreed to a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Inbev, heading off what had promised to be a long and acrimonious fight...

Apples Beat Pears Due to Better Circulation

Thanks to science, we now know why apples stay fresh longer than pears. "It is all to do with how oxygen is able to find its way to the centre of the fruit after it has been picked. Belgian researchers used one of...

Are Chelsea imploding?

It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks for Chelsea with Inter chasing Frank Lampard and Inter Didier Drogba. It seems now Michael Ballack is in no rush to sign -- maybe he's waiting for the dust to settle? " Chelsea's new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is set to face...

Belgian man arrested in Montreal pleads guilty

Vincent Raphael Duval a resident of the city of Liège (Belgium) was arrested in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) last saturday june 21st 2008. Duval pleaded guilty on friday june 27th to six accusations of sexual interference, sexual touching, kidnapping and three counts of...

Lady Saw Set To Sizzle Europe This Summer

The first lady of dancehall Lady Saw, is set to shake Europe to its feet this summer.The undisputed queen of the dancehall left Jamaica on Monday to fulfill a month long tour which will see the female DJ superstar...

250 anti-seal hunt protesters rally outside EU headquarters in Brussels

Around 250 anti-seal hunt protestors gathered outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels today to demand that the 27 EU countries impose a ban on imports of all seal products from Canada and other other...

Online news sites powered by ordinary users offer different points of view

I recently did an interview with the Canadian Press.  Here is an excerpt from the final piece:"But the website's founder, Michael Tippett, says objectivity is less important than ensuring readers have access to...

American 'Meltdown' is the Reason for the Money Injection by Fortis

""Votron stays on after a wave of criticismby our correspondentJune 28, 2008, 09:10 a.m.BRUSSEL/AMSTERDAM (DFT) - Fortis expects a complete breakdown of the American financial markets within days or weeks. This explains, according to the bank insurer, the series of...

UNODC launches 2008 World Drug Report in Brussels

BRUSSELS—The 20th UN World Drug Day was observed in Brussels on Thursday 26 June, at a European workshop on drug prevention for international diplomats and anti-drug professionals, that included the launch of the...

U.S. withdraws nuclear weapons from Britain: watchdog

Just after the visit of President Bush, America has annouced withdrawing all nuclear BombS kept in UK.  During the peak of  the Cold War, the United States had more than 7,000 nuclear weapons in Europe including in Lakenheath in UK. Although no official...

Free Mobile Service in Germany, Spain and Belgium

Nononowait, this isn't spam. A company called Blyk finances its network through targeted ads. Basically, subscribers get a handful of free minutes and a bunch of free texts if they agree to receive targeted ads. (In...

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