"The last " Nine staff were originally arrested after the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the street protests that followed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is "very glad" at news of the release of Hossein Rassam but said the arrests on...
Great news today! I hope this truce turns into real plans for real economic value through keeping the trees on their trunks, in their pristine forests. "A two-week truce has been called to cool a...
created by Susan Jones | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 677 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
The media is now reporting every other day on this issue. August 2nd in Tofino is the first demonstration planned. I still cannot believe we are in 2008 and still dealing with these issues. Sad...
created by Susan Jones | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 419 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
The line between science fiction and reality is definitely blurring. Scientists at the University of Keio have developed a device that will allow quadrepalegics to move characters in Second Life. The system uses...
Satellite images show deforestation in Papua New Guinea is occurring much faster than researchers once thought. Even conservation areas aren't safe, according to new research."The forests of Papua New Guinea...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 309 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
" You match the Nicole Kidman card with the Nicole Kidman card, the Julia Roberts card with the Julia Roberts card, the J.Lo card with the J.Lo card. Simple enough. The game is called Ditto, and it's on the Web site of Ladies' Home Journal, and Karen Heal is, at this very...
"TOKYO — A Japanese civil servant was demoted for logging more than 780,000 hits on pornographic Web sites on his office computer over nine months, an official said Friday. The man, a Kinokawa city government employee in western Japan, visited porn...
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"This holiday season has seen an explosion in thefts of expensive, platinum-laced catalytic converters from parked cars, and authorities report that high-clearance sport utility vehicles are the targets of choice...
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Last year's breakout (and hard to break out of your head) smash "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)" is the most legally downloaded ever, according to Interscope Records.I love artists who include their own name in their song...
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"Indonesia has 84 integrated pulp and paper mills, with a total capacity of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data from the association.The country exports about half of its production to Asia, including China and South Korea.Indah Kiat is a unit of Asia Pulp and Paper, part...
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"Thursday, August 2, 2007
Logging threatens drinking water in Sechelt: protesters
(CBC) - More than 40 protesters blockaded a road in Sechelt, B.C., on Wednesday, saying logging in the Chapman Creek watershed threatens their water supply.
"It's notorious in B.C. for how bad...
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The Solomon Islands seems to be fast-tracking its own economic ruin by increasing its logging rates. Unless the nation finds a better way to manage its remaining timber resources, or, perhaps more judiciously, looks to alternative industries, its whole way of life could...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 94 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Online retailer Overstock.com, wanting to try a new way of helping customers find products they might be searching for, came to Aggregate Knowledge for some help.
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"October 7th, 2006 by John Chow I decided to check out the new Digg service that was recently exposed. User/Submitter touts itself as a site “where Digg submitters pay for Digg users to promote their stories, and where Digg users make easy...
An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday.
The player, Umakant Sharma, had logged rating points at a rapid pace in the last 18 months and also...
created by alaaron | 2 years ago 829 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments