Tag: Europe
Bee symposium broaches barcodes on bugs
Bee experts are abuzz at York University this week, discussing a plan to put barcodes on bees for targeting crop pollination."International bee experts have converged on Toronto to develop a plan to catalogue all...
Why a cow needs a flat-screen TV
"DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- When it comes to comfort, Kirk Christie's cows have it all -- a new barn, a flat-screen television and waterbeds....
Man City claim last Uefa Cup slot
" Man City claim last Uefa Cup slot Man City beat Fulham to the final Uefa Cup place Manchester City will play in next season's Uefa Cup after claiming a place via...
India's free jute bags fail to lure film critics ...
"So far, this year has been one of the best American shows at the 61st Cannes Film Festival with a large number of their films competing against each other and the best of Europe but, for India, perhaps, one of the...
Beirut Cancels European Tour, Plans Hiatus
Zach Condon, the mellifluous voice and heart behind the heartbreakingly beautiful band, Beirut, has cancelled their summer European shows and is planning on taking an indefinite hiatus from the project.For North...
HSBC says buy Gulf stocks as emerging markets fad...
HSBC flew its Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, Dr. John Lomax into Dubai this week for Wealth Management Seminar for its Premier customers. His message was that investing in emerging markets has become far more difficult but that the best opportunities are now...
American Backpackers Forgo European Travel
As prices for food, accommodation, fuel, and flights are all going through the roof, would-be North American backpackers are being left stranded at home, unable to justify the high cost of having that clichéd summer of self-discovery: tripping one's way through the...
Girl Scout Sells 17,328 Boxes of Cookies
15-year-old Jennifer Sharpe is financing a trip to Europe with the profits from her sale of 17, 328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Her feat astonished Girl Scout officials and wowed local cookie bakers."Jennifer...
Gulf magnates look to develop Dubai-on-Thames
Something similar to the famous palm islands of Dubai may soon be apearing along the River Thames in London. The gulf magnates who worked in Dubai have proposed to reclaim two three-mile stretches of land between...
Uefa Cup final - Half Time - Goalless
"2033: Rangers 0-0 Zenit Half-time at the City of Manchester Stadium, and it's goalless.The game is following a familar pattern for Rangers in Europe thisseason. Defend in numbers and wait for the right moment to score..."
Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport
In a scene reminescent of the first installment of Macaulay Culkin film "Home Alone", a Filipino family leaves behind the youngest brood in haste to catch a flight at a Canadian airport." A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at the...
Barcelona forced to ship in water
Barcelona is so dry that the city is being forced to begin shipping in drinking water in an effort to avoid water restrictions before the wave of tourists come for their summer holidays."A ship carrying 19,000...
General Secretary of Celtic League attends Basque...
The General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League has been continuing developing contacts with the peoples of Europe in his role as President of the European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy), a European political youth...
CCTV Boom Fails To Slash Crime
As western governments increase spending into the billions on video monitoring of ordinary citizens in public places and extol the crime fighting prowess of CCTV technology, the evidence from Britain seems clear that...
Multipower Smartgrids, Europe's Industry booster
Power sharing Smartgrid The grids built in the 1950s and 1960s were designed for power to effectively be poured in at the top -- big central generation. This power then went through transmissions systems and then...
