Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster

"Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster Ann Pettifor The scale of global debt reflects a broken financial and commercial system that is doing immense damage to the planet and to public life, says Ann Pettifor. 11 - 12 - 2007 On 9 August 2007, globalisation's rickety...

Vietnamese, Indonesian foreign ministries hold talks

"The two sides agreed to promote the implementation of high-level agreements, especially those reached during the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's visit to Indonesia in August 2007. According to VNA, both sides reached consensus on an action program to implement the 2003...

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Talking Jesus Doll

 TheStar.com - Business - Wal-Mart tests waters with talking Jesus dollJul 18, 2007 04:30 AM Wal-Mart says it's planning to test sales in some stores of biblical action figures, including a talking Jesus doll and Samson action figure. The toys, made by California...

Congo: Fighting Erupts in Kinshasa

When political contenders have private armies, there is a fine line between election and coup. The flashpoint for this conflict was President Kabila's demand that Senator Bemba's private security contingent be replaced with members of the police department. Whilst Bemba is...

In Venezuela, It's Vote for Chavez — Or Else

"With only two weeks to go until election day, the radical leftist leader is fending off his opponents with a divide-and-conquer strategy . If you're an employee of the Venezuelan state oil company, you better vote for President Hugo Chavez when he stands for reelection next...

Evolutionism can explain it, but can Creationism?

The four-legged chick.  See photograph.

Secret Societies

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.