Egypt's National Theatre gutted by fire

A fire this morning destroyed the main hall of Egypt's National Egypt in the centre of Cairo.The fire was caused by an electrical fault."Three firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation, but there were no...

Lieberman: Obama choosing to lose Iraq war

Sen. Evan Bayh, is being paranoid to see American combat troops withdraw from Iraq."Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is choosing to lose the Iraq war by planning to withdraw American combat...

Fire guts historic Silicon Valley building

" An early morning fire on Saturday swept through Building 25 at IBM's Cottle Road campus in San Jose, Calif., according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News. The building, which opened in 1957 but had been vacant since 1996, was the site where the flying hard disk...

If England Flop, Shall We All Blame Wenger?

"They say in football there is always the next match - and indeed, the next tournament. And qualifying for the next major tournament - the 2010 Word Cup - may become England's sole focus if Russia beat Israel on Saturday and finally put the Three Lions' wounded Euro 2008...

"Stalinist" powers at New Zealand airports

In New Zealand we'll do an "Uncle Sam" style check on you next time you visit us. Proposed legislation to introduce biometric security at our airports is now on the table. The purpose of it is to prevent...

Raging fire guts 4 buildings in downtown Aberdeen

A raging fire destroyed four commercial buildings in downtown Aberdeen.Firefighters believe the blaze started at Grays Harbor Equipment Company around 10 p.m. Saturday night, quickly spreading to nearby...

Smells fishy to me?

A local attorney’s office had to be aired out after a Shalimar man dropped off two buckets of fish guts. The man had been involved in a squabble with his neighbor and that was the reason for his visit, according to a Sheriff’s Office offense report. The reporting...

Fire Guts Apartment

" June 8, 2007 Colorado - A fire apparently started by a burning candle caused thousands of dollars in damage to a downtown-area apartment Thursday morning. The fire was reported about 10:15 a.m. at an apartment building at 1315 12th Ave. No one was injured in the blaze,...

Fire Guts Block Of Apartments

" May 30, 2007 Pennsylvania - A fire in an East Hempfield Township apartment building forced 22 families from their homes Tuesday evening. The flames gutted at least one apartment in Meadow Green Estates on Swarr Run Road, and smoke and water damaged several others....

Fire Guts Two Buildings In Downtown Brookhaven

" May 26, 2007 Tennessee - Fire gutted two downtown Brookhaven buildings Thursday morning, including a structure that likely predated the Civil War. Police Chief Pap Henderson said the fire started in Posey Place, a soap and candle manufacturer. Fire Chief Bob Watts said the...

Fire Guts Fort Mill Pizzeria

" May 6, 2007 South Carolina - The owner of a popular downtown Fort Mill restaurant said he hopes to rebuild after an early morning fire Saturday gutted his business and led to the cancellation of an annual downtown festival. Tony's Pizza and Italian Restaurant, which has...

Fire Guts D.C.'s Historic Eastern Market

" April 30, 2007 District of Columbia - Fire ravaged the Eastern Market early Monday, gutting part of the 134-year-old Capitol Hill landmark. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin said the blaze destroyed the southern half of the city-owned building, which was empty at the time. There...

Fire Guts Home In Mebane

" March 25, 2007 North Carolina - A single-story house was gutted after the kitchen stove caught fire Friday. The fire started just after noon at 1125 Cooks Mill Road in Mebane. Mebane Fire Chief Bob Louis said that the house was fully enflamed when firefighters arrived....

Dan Rather at SXSW: Journalism is gutless, spineless

Dan Rather, formerly of CBS (he left last year due to well publicized scandal), now of HDNet, was the keynote speaker at this year's SXSW Interactive. He spent much of his hour-long speech talking about the past,...

German Krankheit: Incentives for the Impossible for Lack of Guts

German idealism and common sense have always been on a collision course. As Germany wishes to be a world champion in the campaign against global warming, yet again the worst in not making sense comes out in the country.German transport minister Wolfgang Tiefensee plans a...

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