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SA Judge Nominated as UN Rights Chief
South African Navanethem Pillay, has been nominated as the next UN high commissioner for human rights."Ms Pillay has a background defending anti-apartheid activists in South Africa and is currently a judge at the International Criminal Court. The UN General Assembly still has...Iraq banned from Summer Olympics
"A few months ago, it seemed liked nothing could stop Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain from representing her country in the upcoming Summer Olympics. Then, the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing...Sect leader Jeffs is charged with child sex assault
What kind of leader, if a leader give a bad example like Warren Jeffs did?! Child sex assault, get real! Not enough with all woman he has??"Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was indicted in Texas on a count of child...U.S. agency to ink new phases of air safety project - Vietnam Airlines
" Officials of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency are expected to arrive later this month to ink new pacts for the next phases of an ongoing project aimed to enhance the safety oversight capacity of Vietnam's...The End of White Flight
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund
"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're... New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran
"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...Director General of MI5 refuses to release any data on whistleblower John Fra...
"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because of...US and Iraq Agree On Troop Cuts
Its about time that our administration made a plan to get out of this mess. I have to say that I am a little worried about a withdrawal from Iraq, as much as I want it to happen. Though I suppose that they could be... Barack Obama's fundraising roars to life
"The Democrat raised $52 million in June, up from $22 million in May. Republican John McCain's June take was $22 million. By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 18, 2008 ... Yudhoyono says 2009 polls should not become source of public worry
..yes, Mr. President.., your party, too.."Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he hoped the upcoming general elections would not become a source of public worry and therefore the polls must be carried out in the best way possible. ...Ashcroft Defends Waterboarding Before House Panel
Leave it to John Ashcroft to call waterboarding an "enhanced" interrogation technique that, although "serious", should not be defined as "torture". There are many who disagree."The controversial interrogation...Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records
What is Mr. Bush trying to do? What is Mr. Bush trying to address?Is Mr. Bush hiding something?"President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice...Full steam again (comment)
Could the steam engine be on its way back? The romance of the steam train has never gone but is the old technology with a few tweaks possibly the new technology?"In 1946 Paul Kiefer, chief mechanical engineer of the...Belgian PM offers his resignation
After failing to bring the promised devolved powers for regional governments Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned just ahead of a state reform deal in the parliament on Tuesday. "Belgian Prime...
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