Chomsky: Britain has failed US detainees

Noam Chomsky acuses the US of  'shameful acts' and Britain of failing detainees held in Guantanamo Bay. Some feel that intellectuals should keep from making public statements on political issues but others feel...

The death of the British pub?

Two dozen pubs are closing every week across Britain as more and more people buy booze from supermarkets and have more 'nights in'. The pub is a British instution and unless something is done soon it will be a thing...

Alcohol A Problem For Stressed Returning Soldiers

The issue of how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been affecting the soldiers that fight in them, has been an issue since the wars were started in 2001. The article below states that "National Guard and Reserve...

I Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945

"Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945 Posted on 06 August 2008 by Kevin Today in history, on this day August 6, 1945, U.S. bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima Japan...

Parents heading to Europe forget tot at airport

I thought such incident only happens on movie... " AN Israeli couple heading to Europe remembered to take their duty-free and 18 suitcases, but forgot their three-year-old daughter at the airport. The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris...

Fury Over Shot Bear with Jar on its Head

A bear with its head trapped in a clear plastic jar was shot dead by police in Frazee, Minneapolis two days ago.  In an angry backlash, animal lovers have bombarded police offices with "hate mail". ...

Biofuels company ditches NZ

    Leading United Kingdom biofuel producer Argent Energy is shelving plans to invest more than $100 million in New Zealand. " Dickon Posnett, managing director of Argent Energy's NZ subsidiary, says New Zealand's proposed legislation in the Biofuels Bill makes...

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...

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