" China has agreed to give Zimbabwe a loan of $950m (£573m) to help it revive its battered economy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Mr Tsvangirai had been criticised by supporters of President Robert...
"Au Revoir Charlevoix, Allo Nunavut" Last night was a late one. I had to edit and post a few items, and finish a giant to-do list concerning our Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube account. The...
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"Egypt- the country that has been on the top of my "places to see" list since I started writing a list (since I was in primary school). Over time the list has changed a bit, but Egypt has always held it's top place. "To explore Egypt, I did a 15 day budget tour with 23...
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" People believe widely that corruption hampers economic growth. But in East Asia the experts have noted the seeming paradox of high corruption and high growth occurring together. And they...
"Why is fertility rate important? Fertility rate is, basically, the number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime. If the average woman has exactly two children in her lifetime, this is just...
Famed pop-artist, musician and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Rayannounces the release of his new album "My Heart Belongs to Uke."The new CD features Ukulele Ray, performing several of his original...
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Today is the day British troops pull out of all combat missions in Basra and Iraq. Right now there are 3,700 Brit troops in the country. At 12.15 after a ceremony the authority will be handed to American...
Thousands took part in the Nashville Country Music Marathon in Tennessee today, and Amos Matui from Kenya won in the men's category, with a time of 2:13:40. As he won the 'battle of the sexes' as well, where the...
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Jamie Oliver cooked up a 'Best of British' feast for the G20 leaders tonight in Downing Street, ahead of the Summit meeting tomorrow morning. Oliver, along with young chefs from his 'Fifteen' restaurant, used produce from all over the country, and started with organic salmon...
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Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, an island in the Indian Ocean, has declared that he wants to become the first country in the world to go carbon neutral, in ten years. The rising seas caused by...
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It appears Norway has a mature attitude toward file-sharing, " Earlier this week the music industry, headed by the IFPI, gave Norway’s largest Internet provider an ultimatum; block access to The Pirate Bay...
Despite consistent economic growth over last many years, India is failing to provide proper food to its malnourished population. India's 230 million rural people are undernourished. This is the highest for any...
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The bloody mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers in the capital Dhaka has spread outside the city even though they had laid their arms at their headquarters. Police chiefs in six border districts have told...
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Drug cartels are fully equipped with the best weapons money can buy. Weapon traffic has been a big issue in the history of war. Mexico's traffic war is not the exception. Corrupted individuals have a way of...