New worldwide tax on financial transactions?

08 11 2009 Brown red-faced after tax plan snub. Mr Brown floated the possibility of a new tax worldwide on financial transactions only to face an embarrassing rebuff in having it publicly rejected by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States and other major...

Toronto wins bid for 2015 Pan Am Games on first ballot

Friday's vote in Guadalajaro, Mexico selected Toronto as the host city of the 2015 Pan Am Games.  Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller made their last pitch prior to the ballots being...

More than 400,000 dolphins, killed in Japanese waters

JAPAN'S SMALL CETACEAN HUNTSMore than 400,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales have been killed in Japanese waters over the last 20 years. The Government of Japan still allows more than 22,000 small cetaceans...

The benefits of good governance

“… perhaps the biggest difference between progressives and conservatives is that one believes that government inherently infringes on freedom and the other believes that government creates the conditions for it” -  Big government is good for you -Drew Westen,...

Angela Merkel's New Government build -pledges $24 Billion Tax Cut

During last month's election in Germany, the voters decided on a new direction for Germany.  They rejected the Social Democrats (SPD) which were part of the Great Coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU...

Save the British Culture - Take note politicians

I am very disturbed by the influence of alien culture in my country we have now nationalized people given the full rights of an indigenous British Citizen. Why when most of these nationalized individuals follow a...

Thousands leave Sri Lankan camp - Breaking news

Well today we have some very good news about those so called consentration camps in Sri Lanka. Yes they have started to release the prisoners. None I may add have numbers stamped on their arms and the realesed...

Timeline - UK education

News 2009 : To save on Public Expenditure the UK Gov now accepts that Schools should regulate themselves!. Opinion: At every New UK Pre-Political Election the theme remains the same – Changes to Education, changes to Health, changes to the Law/Justice System; about the...

Nepal's Special Security Plan: Political Stunt?

By Krishna Hari Pushkar Nepal is a one of the most leading domiciles of many ethno-political insurgents. Since longtime, the country has lost its normalcy of law and order, good governance, civil supremacy, and democratic practices due to fast growing ratio of institutional...

Costa Rican Ex-President Convicted in Historic Trial

Costa Rican Ex-president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1990-1994), was found guilty of peculation in what was known as the Caja-Fischel case, which culminated in the largest corruption scandal and the first...

Caller to Sirius OUTQ wants to overthrow government, expel gays

A caller to the Michelangelo Signorile show Sirius OUTQ is 'dead serious' about overthrowing the government and expelling gays. The call came on the show while Signorile was discussing a Newsmax piece by John L....

Al-Qaeda Threatens Oktoberfest

Bavarian police have arrested two Islamic extremists in Munich, leading to an increase in security at the ongoing Oktoberfest. Flights are banned from entering the air space above the festival, and vehicles are not...

No spending cuts for the royal family

(I refuse to use title case to refer to that lot.) So, in a year when the UK is experiencing a recession the like of which has not been seen for 30 years, and public spending is being cut every which way it possibly can, one family can do as it likes with tax-payers' money....

UK- Political row over spending cuts to public services.

News 23 09 2009: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />UK- Political row over spending cuts to public services. The Tories have accused Gordon Brown of committing a U-turn over plans to slash public spending, saying he sought to mislead the public over planned cuts while Mr...

U.S. Embassy Shuts Down Facilities in South Africa

UPDATE: All US government facilities will remain closed on Wednesday for a second day.  They will also be closed Thursday, September 24, 2009 for Heritage Day, a South African National holiday. Sharon...

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