China jails 8 Tibetan monks for bomb blast

The treatment of Tibetan Budhist in china, always attracts world attention. This time eight Budhist monks have been sentenced to life term for bomb blast during demonstration in march this year. "Eight Buddhist...

British Prime Minister Brown to break tradition, move out of No. 10

The residence of British Prime minister 10 downing street has witnessed the history making for last 300 years. It is the Britain’s most famous address after Buckingham Palace.  But now...

Britannia to Merge with Co-Operative Financial Services Talks

BRITANNIA is Britain's second largest building Society and CFS includes the Co-Operative Bank plc, the internet bank Smile and Co-Operative Insurance.  The merger would be "part of a growth plan,"...

Two million Britons on the dole by Christmas

The financial meltdown hits home hard on Ordinary Joe as unemployment rises with two million expected on the dole by Christmas.The first and hardest hit are the building industry, car manufacturing and transport...

Economics of climate change:Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

 The Global economy is lossing more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis.The study puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2- $5 trillion, including the value of services such as...

Thai Protesters Trap Legislators

After a period of calm, events in Thailand are heating up again, with protestors renewing their push to unseat the government."Thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded Parliament on Tuesday, trapping...

Hostage drama ends peacefully in Guatemala - 43 hostages unharmed

Thankfully the crisis ended without any loss to live and property. " A hostage drama ended peacefully in Guatemala overnight after the 29-year-old hostage-taker released the 43 people he had held for more than four hours, Spanish media reported Tuesday. The man,...

News: Dubai builds the world's tallest tower (again)

Currently, the world's tallest structure is the soon to be finished the Burj Dubai, which is rumoured to stand at 818 meters. Today, Dubai revealed its successor, the Nakheel Tower, to be "over one kilometre" high...

Monks sue Virginia Beach over permit denial

" VIRGINIA BEACH – Va. Beach City Council Tuesday night August 26,2008 consider a request by Buddhist monks for a two-year extension to find a new home. Neighbors complain the temple in Pungo is causing...

15 killed in pre-dawn fire in Osaka Japan

15 people have been killed in a fire in an apartment building in Osaka, Japan."An Osaka police spokesman says the fire broke out early Wednesday in a video shop located on the first floor of the seven-story building. The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity, citing...

Finally, A Temple of Science for Rational Belief

I heard about this a few weeks ago from Marcia Tanner via the Crumb new media curating list, and was completely intrigued by the idea - a temple to science, created by conceptual artist Jonathan Keats. I can't quite believe that no one has done this before. My favourite...

Syria Is Posed To Invade N. Lebanon

"Syrian masses 10,000 commandos on border to invade N. Lebanon DEBKAfile Exclusive Report 23 Sept.: Damascus is pressing forward with its plan to occupy Greater Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city and port. To this end, 10,000 Syrian commando troops have massed at...

Property and construction job market in 14 European countries reunited

New regional portal, translated to 15 different languages, aims to band together all the markets in the European southeast corner and to help entrepreneurs from those countries to spread their businesses over the...

Burj Dubai

"This is the latest available in images from the Burj Dubai, already the tallest building in the world with just a year to go to completion. Nothing demonstrates the amazing ambition of this city better than this iconic building which is the centre piece of the new Downtown...

Statement Of September 11th Advocates Regarding The Release Of The NIST Final...

"September 11th Advocates" are "the Jersey Girls", the victim's family members whose lobbying efforts are the reason there was even the 9/11 Commission 441 days after the attacks. 70% of the Family Steering...

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