After facing lawsuits in Asia and Europe, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker. In May this year the...
"Tony Blair won strong backing from Britain to become the first president of the European council when David Miliband declared that the EU needed a big hitter who could stop the traffic in world capitals. Amid...
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The governed have a right to know what their governments are capable of and serious abuses of power should not remain unreported or be condoned, as has been the case with the cover up in the trawler Gaul public inquiry. For, if ignored, such acts will...
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Ireland has passed the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty with an overwhelming majority of 67 per cent in favor.Ireland was the only EU member state to hold a referendum on Lisbon, though there have been calls...
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There is a backlash in the UK - and though many on the right are descending into raptures of glee because there will be a Tory government after the next election they forget - as usual, that New Labour are as far from a left-wing party as they are, maybe even a little more to...
This should outrage and terrify anyone who values civil liberties and personal privacy. This plan is invasive and is open to such abuse and misuse it boggles the mind: "A five-year research programme, called...
While I believe Kim Beazley is a man of high integrity, I haven't followed Dr. Nelson's career."Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced Kim Beazley as Australia's ambassador to the United States and Brendan Nelson as the nation's envoy to the European Union.The top...
For many years now businessmen in the West have out sourced manufacturing of goods to Asia where labor was much cheaper as with all production overheads. Communist China took the biggest advantage and opened...
SINCLAIRE TO STAND FOR LEADERSHIP Nikki Sinclaire’s decision to stand follows UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage’s announcement on Friday 4th September that he would stand down, her campaign for leader starts today. “I am very much looking...
The incandescent light bulb ban in the EU came into effect on September 1, 2009. Now the European Commission is planning to expand the ban to include traditional spotlights and some kinds of halogen downlighters,...
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Click here to read full article. Iran is vigorously pursuing several missile and space programs at an almost feverish pace with impressive achievements. Iranian missile technology now seems to be more advanced than that of North Korea. A recent report claims that it...
Yassine Bouhadi, 26-year-old security guard in the French town Villevieille, was hit by glass shards on Monday when his iPhone exploded while he was sending a text message. This was the second incident involving exploding iPhones in France this month. A French teenager...
History: The Thames was the main sewer for the City of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />London and the stench in hot weather made it unbearable within Parliament to conduct business. Since that time the source of the problem has been removed however the remedy to the...
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The European Union will phase out incandescent light bulbs form Europe starting September 1, 2009. The ordinary light bulbs will be replaced by more efficient light bulbs such as halogen and compact flourescent lamps. The decision to phase out regular lights is controversial,...
Human rights activists on the Greek island of Lesvos last night successfully blocked the transfer of refugees held at the island’s detention centre when they blockaded the ferry that was to take them to the...