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Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise
The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...Strike ballot over fat fireman
After a firefighter in the UK was fired because he is obese, his fellow firefighters in Northeast Scotland are voting today on whether to go on strike over the sacking."Firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action over the sacking of a colleague who management decided...
UK Gay soldiers to be paid expenses for attending Pride marches
Homosexual soldiers in the UK are going to be paid for their travelling expenses to attend Gay Pride parades, which is angering 'straight' troops as they are not allowed to claim for trips made to the Queen's Garden... Fuel protests: lorry drivers plan to bring London to standstill
Another fuel protest is being planned for London today, and organisers are saying it will be the biggest one yet." Lorry drivers could bring London to a standstill today in what hauliers claim will be the biggest...Tax survey reveals resentful British
I find it hard to believe 56% of people in the UK did not know what income tax bracket they were in."Eight out of 10 Britons think they are paying more tax than they were five years ago, with nearly half blaming the rise on stealth taxes, a survey showed today.Around 81% of... Britain faces calls for UFO inquiry
The silly season has arrived. First there is a "complicated" crop circle and now soldiers are seeing UFOs."The British ministry of defence today faced calls to launch an official inquiry into a series of UFO... IMPEACH BUSH: Message from Ramsey Clark (Berkeley)
Where would the USA be today if the government spent taxpayers money on
improving the life of it's citizens? Instead it is spending 547 billion
dollars, an increase of nearly 60 percent since 2007 on destroying the... More Then 1 Year After 2 Auxiliary Officers Were Killed In The Line Of Duty, ...
On March 14th, 2007, 2 NYPD Auxiliary Police officers were shot and killed by a man they were following after he shot and killed a pizzeria employee and punched one of the Officers in the face when they confronted... Mugabe Plays the Legacy Card
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell that makes perfect sense, why didn't we think of that?Mugabe is only protecting his countries legacy and his own ideology. That is why he is holding onto power... Afghanistan death toll adds poignancy to Queen's birthday parade
The traditional British ceremony 'Trooping the Colour' took place in London today, but this year festivities were overshadowed by the British military death toll in Afghanistan passing 100 this week.Thousands of... Indian Court stop fat flight attendants to fly
Air Hostess have been fighting of overweight issue for long time but now court has settle this issue and asked the Air Hostesses to cut the flab. Hopefully this decision would force flight attendent to losr weight and become more slim. " An Indian court has upheld the right... Insurgent spider of Basra fells Scots Guard
" A BRITISH soldier said yesterday he went to Iraq expecting to face dangerous insurgents – only to be felled by an exotic spider as he slept. Graeme Boyd's left arm swelled to five times its normal size and he...UK diesel 'most costly after tax'
"UK diesel prices are the cheapest in western Europe before tax is added, Government figures revealed.But once taxes are imposed on the fuel, the average price at the pump is higher than any other European Union...Iraq party: Punish U.S. soldier who shot at Quran
One of the major Iraqi political parties is calling for harsh punishments for a US soldier who shot at the Koran, not just an apology and reassignment. Judging by the precedent set by previous such incidents in Iraq, such a move is unlikely to be taken by the US...Law Makes Noose Display a Felony
The new New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation to make displaying a noose, a symbol of the lynching of African Americans common during the reconstruction era, illegal in New York state."Gov. David...
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