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Lisbon Treaty - Survey highlights strong No campaign
There is no doubting the fact that Irish people, in general, are in favour of EU membership which explains why the politicians were so shocked by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. The Eurobarometer telephone poll...Copyright bill protests surge online
It looks like people aren't just going to sleepwalk through this -- for now."Thousands of Canadians wasted no time protesting the government's copyright reform bill, piling on to websites and joining internet-based...Even 350 Year-Old Wounds Never Completely Heal
If there was any doubt that George Orwell got it right when he said, "who controls the past controls the future", this could be the clincher."A 350-year-old cavalry battle has become the latest irritant between Russia and its neighbor Ukraine after Russia's foreign ministry...Florida Plunder & Loot
" Ok what is wrong with this picture?Here is company or to be more accurate group of companies that is one of the more generous South Florida companies when it comes to lavishing perks on its execs. In what Miami Herald calls POURING ON THE PERKS its Chairman and CEO received...The new DIFC Capital Club, a good lunch and a good investment « Peter J. Coo...
" At a similar club in Hong Kong ‘memberships’ trade at $1.2 million each so the Capital Club at under $12,000 might be something of a snip. The comparison should not be with a normal club membership but with a seat on the local exchange. The price will rise and fall with...13,000 back new political perspective
Vancouver's mayoral race is already breaking the records. It seems that Vancouverites are looking for change too. In some ways the local race mirror's the US Presidential race with new entrants like...Wal-Mart-owned Sam's Club rationing rice
"BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Sam's Club, the membership warehouse division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what it calls "recent supply and demand trends." ...Russia Assails NATO Over Expansion Plan, Support for U.S. Missile Defense
"Sergei Ryabkov, chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for European cooperation, spoke just before Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for a meeting with NATO leaders on the sidelines of a summit in the Romanian capital. Ryabkov said Russia's ties...Bush to back Ukraine's Nato hopes
As expected, George Bush will back Ukraine and Georgia's bid to join the North American Treaty Organisation."US President George W Bush is set to offer backing to Ukraine's membership of Nato as he starts a visit to...How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free
Social networking sites like Facebook are really great tools for most people, most of the time. Many users, though, don't take the time to familiarize themselves with the personal privacy functions and features....SFU and UBC get green light to join NCAA
NCAA has given Canadian schools the green lights and alrights, now it's up to the schools to apply. The process will likely take a while."VANCOUVER -- Delegates at the NCAA annual convention in Nashville opened...Canada: Going Blue-Has Prof's Seeing Red
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorUniversity Students looking at getting into the Halls of Political Power join Fraternities, The Conservative Club and it's Blue Banner of Tory Conservativism, which...Microsoft Offers One Arcade Title after Xbox Live Holiday Problems
Not that I really expect anything huge from Microsoft, but this is just insulting. Owing to the large amount of issues people were experiencing over the holidays (issues connecting to live in the first place, games...
Give up your car and get £100
"Drivers are being encouraged to give up their cars - with an offer of £100 to put towards a bicycle.
The scheme has been launched by Islington council, which wants to slash carbon emissions in the borough.
It will... Club for Growth: conservative hypocrisy?
Club for Growth President Pat Toomey was recently quoted, "Earmark reform will shine a glaring light on the profligate pork barrel projects and the politicians who sponsor them," It didn't occur to him that earmark reform also exposes the recipients of...
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