" 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...
Julia child was decorated in 2000 with the French "legion d'honneur" award for making french cuisine famous. She died in 2004. Spy recipes make the better cooks. France ready to forget, when it comes to french...
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Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, 88, is the oldest man in Kenya to attend primary school. At the time of his enrollment four years ago, the Guinness Book of World Records listed him as being the oldest person in the world...
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The first thing I said when I heard Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was being indicted was,”Good, about time”. The second thing I said was, “When will western war criminals, such as President Bush, be indicted?” It is highly unlikely that the International Criminal...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly food for thought when Immigrants to Canada do not understand why their University Degrees from Non Western Countries are not accepted by Federal Authourities...
I think this story is best summed up by 'We're treating schoolchildren like we treat our criminals'.Considering police in Canada don't even have the right to fingerprint you, even if you're arrested, this is shocking to me."Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being...
Proof that the phrase lifelong learning truly means what it says. 94 year old Phyliss Turner recently graduated with her masters degree in medical science from the University of Adelaide in...
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A friend of mine sent me this article, which is a petition to repeal legislation passed in Australia that only allows voter registration on the same day as the calling of the election. A group called GetUp is...
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"Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk of death from any cause, especially heart disease-related deaths, according to a new study published on Monday.
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston examined...
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
Gordon Brown is to send his elder son to a non-denominational state school.
The Chancellor's decision contrasts sharply with Tony Blair's educational choices for his family - who went to selective church schools.
It will also be seen as a rebuke for...
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Takeo was the Japanese spy inside Pearl Harbor. On December 6, 1941,
Takeo sent his final message: *No barrage balloons sighted, Battleships
are without crinolines. No indications of air or sea alert wired to
nearby islands. Enterprise and Lexington [aircraft carriers]...
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