Luxury lifestyle: fly in Italy

Transportation is growing in Italy, these pictures were taken near Milan the main business town in Italy. ENAC  Italian Civil Aviation Authority has recentely successfully completed the first stage of...

Vancouver Olympic Village likely won't be the only shock

Charlie Smith at The Straight itemizes the whopping expenses that Vancouver taxpayers will be expected to shoulder as the result of our migsuided affection for the Olympics.  "The media went into overdrive...

Praise for Catalan Language Policies

" I read with interest Erik’s post from his blog at wirdheim in vilanova and I have to praise his unbiased views. I say this as quite a few people have just lately left a few less than savoury comments in their efforts to make their mark and force their opinions on others....

Health care workers to be compensated for Gordon Campbell's contract-breaking...

"More than 7,000 health-care workers will receive an average $9,500 each before Christmas as compensation for being laid off after the B.C. government contracted out their jobs. The payments are part of a $75-million settlement negotiated among the government and health...

Quebec Drafts Charter to Ban Skinny Models From Runway

Christine St. Pierre, the Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, announced her plans to create a charter that would ban ultra-thin models from runways and magazines.  ""We have to...

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) Launches Worldwide Campaign to Addres...

A global call for action to address the growing public health and social care emergency posed by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to current and future generations has been launched today (World...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

Prostitution in Canada: History and Reconciliation

Prostitution in Canadian Culture Over the course of the 21st century, the process of dealing with the problem of prostitution in Canada has been affected by pressures from the marketplace, interest groups and an...

911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck

" Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police. ADVERTISEMENT ...

Google, Get Offa My Street: Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has an article about Google Streets, with plenty of breathless language about privacy, though the article makes no reference to the surveillance culture in which the UK already lives."The internet...

750 set to make trip to Taiwan from China

Direct flights between Taiwan and China is a great start to the new relationship between the two lands. Before when I made my trips from Taiwan to Shanghai it would take me a whole day to get there. We would leave...

Shrimp, Lobster, and Charter Fishing Prices Skyrocket

Fishermen, charter and commercial, are facing double fuel costs from last year. This is an AP story on Times-Picayune, so I'm not going to even quote their headline.Charter fishermen response to pleas for a break in price: "Bring your own fuel."

Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Japan has lifted sanctioned imposed on North Korea after latter tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Sanction has been continued after every six months since then. But today it lifted and this will loosen restrictions...

Taiwan complains of media controls at China talks

Both Chinese and Taiwanese media struck a hopeful note about the meeting today between China and Taiwan, which it considers a break-away province. Much of the discussion, however, centered on media controls. Many analysts consider it inevitable that Taiwan will have to become...

Detroit: Council Votes Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Out; Lawyer Demands Kilpatrick'...

After carpet-bombing the "n" word on television in an official speech, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, facing felony ethics charges, is fighting for his job and political life. The city's corporate counsel has now entered the battle. John Johnson Jr.  says that the city...

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