Summer in the City: NYC August 2009

Despite the great recession, tourists still love The Big Apple, as these crowd scenes taken during a summer 2009 trip attest. 

Life for US soldier's Iraq crimes

" A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder while serving in Iraq will spend life in prison, a judge in the US state of Kentucky has confirmed. Steven Green, 24, is to serve five consecutive life sentences...

Calif. Nurses Say Insurance Companies Run the Real Death Panels

According to data released by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, during the period 2002 to 2009, nearly 50 million insurance claims, 22% of all claims filed with six...

Church 'mortified' by Berlusconi

" The Roman Catholic Church has expressed "unease" and "mortification" over revelations surrounding the private life of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. In some of the strongest Church criticism to date, the newspaper...

Travel Through Life with No Baggage!

When someone tells you they have baggage maybe  it’s just their perception of what baggage is?  Baggage is what you make it!  If you have too much baggage then perhaps your traveling through life a tad bit on the heavy side.  You need...

Facebook criticised by Archbishop

" Social networking websites, texting and e-mails are undermining community life, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has warned. Archbishop Vincent Nichols said MySpace and Facebook led...

Gayatri Devi: A maharani and a beauty

Gayatri Devi, once described as one of the most beautiful women in the world, has died at the age of 90.The fashion icon broke with tradition by winning election to parliament in 1962. She was re-elected twice.She...

Dalai Lama celebrates 74th birthday, promises to live to 100

On 6 July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 74 birthday. "Through all your wishes, I will live longer. I do not know whether I can live for thousands years, but I am sure I will stay alive...

Baby died of salt overdose in hospital

"POLICE are probing the death of a baby who died after being given a suspected salt overdose in hospital. The tiny boy, who had been born prematurely, had been on a saline solution drip. Horrified nurses...

LIFE OR DEATH

PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE.I DID THIS SHIRT WITH THE SKULL'S TO REPRESENT DEATH WITH CROSS IN THE MIDDLE TO REPRESENT LIFE.YOU CAN CHOOSE...

Perdition or paradise

This is a self introspecting article on the conditions I am living in. I am put up in the most hep and happening city which was once famously known as the garden city, later the pub city and now the Silicon valley of India. This gives a nice rosy picture of the living...

A real fountain of youth - Fact not fiction

" A miraculous 'elixir of youth' which could extend the human life span by more than a decade is being developed by scientists. The anti-ageing pill was created from a chemical found in the soil of Easter...

Announcing a new addition to my family - adoption can fufill life

Three weeks ago we adopted a handsome bundle of joy, brown eyes and black and brown hair. He is 11 weeks old and has complete changed Ann and my life a normally very tidy house is now clutter with his toys etc. ...

Restrictions on fishing lifted

"Restrictions on fishing lifted   The government has lifted fishing restrictions imposed on fishermen in the north. "The restrictions placed on fishermen venturing out to sea from...

Sharks to be trained like dolphins at Sea Life

" SHARKS are to be trained like dolphins to feed from keepers and even roll over and have their tummies tickled.Brave keepers at British aquariums will use the techniques after research showed the predators responded well to tuition. Experts hope the training...

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