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Russia tables own UN Georgia text
"Russia has circulated its own draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document. The Russian text endorses a six-point ceasefire plan signed by Moscow and Tbilisi last week. Moscow earlier said it could...Scottish council strike sparks disruption
Local services in Scotland, such as rubbish collections and the ferries, have been suspended as thousands of council workers have staged a walk-out over their pay."Up to 150,000 members of the GMB, Unite and...
UNSC condemns Mauritania coup
"Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:18:08 GMT The UN Security Council has censured the army-led coup in Mauritania, demanding the country's ousted president be immediately released. In a nonbinding statement, the 15-member... Megawaste to megawatts
Anaerobic digesters have been on the backburner essentially because of their reliance on animal slurry that has had urban communities turning their nose up at the idea even though welcoming it in principle....
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Australian plea for 'ugly' women
Under developmentThis one is going to take some kid gloves."The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female "ugly ducklings" might benefit from its shortage of women. ...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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UK: Fattest children to be taken away from their parents
The British government has already instigated the weighing and measuring of childfren at infant and junior school and now is sending out the message via local government that obese children could be taken away...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1516 views | 14 recommendations | 12 comments
Thirteen arrested over Tuscan crematorium scam
This is just so sick.The funeral director and twelve other employees in Tuscany, Italy have been arrested for operating a crematorium scam, where they stored bodies with the corpses of cats and dogs, and burned...US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city
"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...NHS should not save patients' lives if it costs too much, says watchdog
Under EditingAnd to think, you folks were all complaining about the Canadian/American health system controversy !Dr. Jack kevorkian's and his intern best pack their bags and head to the U.K."NHS should not save...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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McCain, Obama react to Georgia-Russia conflict
"Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama gave their opinions today on the current conflict between Russia and Georgia, both expressing their hopes for a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement. "McCain … believes NATO’s North Atlantic Council should convene an...
created by nukegingrich | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Cow escapes from abattoir
And now for something completely different........"it's.""Cow escapes from abattoir A cow has escaped from an abattoir, leaping down a manhole and fleeing for a mile through a town's...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Trash - the new gold
With the cost of raw materials on the rise trash is no longer a throwaway matter. At first the cost of recycling for many councils was greater than just sending to landfill, the argument for recycling being more...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1415 views | 17 recommendations | 20 comments
Ban on fake grass now in review
I can not seem to wrap my head around the image of a city council setting down to discuss artificial grass and then banning it. Good people getting in trouble for trying to do good things....."Residents seek to...
created by World_Groove | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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AP Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia
" Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to declare a cease fire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Saakashvili, speaking at a news conference Saturday, also proposed that the warring parties be separated. Georgia's Security...Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases
"Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict. Hundreds of civilians...Top Members Today
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