Zimbabwe state employees to be paid in US dollars

The Zimbabwean government has decided civil servants will receive their salaries in US dollars in future. Hyperinflation has rendered the Zimbabwean dollar worthless. The government believes it is important for police officers, teachers and civil servants to receive a decent...

Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims

"Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gaza residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip. Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some...

Zimbabwe Currency Reform: Remove Some Zeroes

There's a rock 'n' roll legend (I do not know if it's actually true) about how Slash, of Guns 'n' Roses fame, had hired someone to follow him on his nightly booze binges to carry him home afterward. In a similar...

Palestinians storm Rafah crossing

Hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have stormed the gate at the Rafah crossing and have clashed heavily with security forces."Palestinian youth on Wednesday threw rocks at Egyptian soldiers, who responded in kind, keeping the crowd at bay with water cannons. ...

Zimbabwe opposition rallies banned

Morgan Tsvangirai was stopped at two roadblocks while trying to campaign in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city. "HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Police briefly detained Zimbabwe's opposition presidential candidate Friday for the second time this week and told him the party's...

USA to Cancel Haiti's Debt, Call it an Act of Jubilee

USA to Cancel Haiti's Debt, Call it an Act of Jubilee  While the Rev. Wright controversy remains in the Main Stream Media exclaiming  how America's "Chickens have come home to Roost".  Haiti's Debt...

Official: Nepal's former communist rebels win elections

It's official, the Maoists have taken power in Nepal. The process will now move forward in creating an entirely new government from scratch and abolishing the monarchy. A truly amazing thing to witness."Former communist rebels won the most seats in Nepal's new governing...

Cost of food forces World Vision to cut aid

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a sad situation where not just World Vision is having problems feeding the masses, Some Consumers at some WalMarts find the store is limiting Bags of Rice to 4...

Nepal's Maoists say monarchy 'finished'

Nepal may be just days away from abolishing its monarchy."Nepal's Maoists said Tuesday the abolition of the Himalayan nation's monarchy was now just a "matter of procedure" as they held a commanding lead in the...

Afghanistan:Taliban Spy Slows Afghan progress

Certainly tragic when after 8 months to learn your Police co-worker is actually a Taliban spy who kills two of your own unsuspecting men while guarding a Power Plant for thousands of citizens for your region and...

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

"An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists."

Brad Pitt Commissions Designs for New Orleans

The global Jolie-Pitt / Pitt-Jolie humanitarian mission continues.Yet, for all of the criticism that Hollywood stars receive when they prattle on about saving the world through various self-created charities and...

Madonna And Gucci To Raise Funds For Charity In Malawi

"Madonna is joining forces with luxury goods-maker Gucci to raise funds for orphans in Malawi, the impoverished southern African nation where she has been trying to adopt a child since last year. The American pop star and Gucci will host a fund-raising event with dinner, a...

Surfer Discovers the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything

Duuuude, I just had the most gnarly idea for einstein's gravity induction proposal! Apparently this surfer dude, who spends most of his days impoverished, surfing and snowboarding (and happens to have a doctorate in theoretical physics), has come up with a new universal...

Brazil: Cane Cutters 312 Dead 82,995 injured in 3yrs

Brazilian ethanol production will jump 22 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, to a record 5.6 billion gallons (21.3 billion liters), the Agriculture Ministry predicts. Brazil will sell at least...

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