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UK local government workers on strike
People in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find their ability to get local services greatly hampered today as thousands of council staff go on strike over pay. The strike will close libraries, stop rubbish collection and close schools and town halls. It will last...First iPhone owner hears his bed calling
He may be the first person in the world to own the new sought-after Apple iPhone, but all Jonny Gladwell wanted to do yesterday morning was go to bed. " The 22-year-old AUT physiotherapy student had camped outside...Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize
Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of the Booker prize, as voted for by the public." The 1981 book beat five other former Booker winners shortlisted from the prize's 40-year history. ...
Salman Rushdie Wins Best of Booker Prize
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie has beat out an esteemed list of finalists, including J.M. Coetzee, Peter Carey, and Nadine Gordimer, to win the "Best of the Booker" prize for his celebrated novel Midnight's... UN hands over to Kosovo Albanians
The United Nations has offically handed over power of Kosovo to the majority ethnic Albanian authorities.A simple and low-key ceremony will take place tomorrow." Majority ethnic Albanian authorities will now run the... The kindom of the fuel makes life impossible for everyone
The few getlemans with the power to control the prices of the fuel don't stop to raise the prices days after days. We all have seen here (Vancouver) how the prices has raised in only two month 20cent per litre.... 6 participants in Gulf of Mexico boat race missing
UPDATE: 12:07AM ESTSome information has surfaced about the crew of the missing boat." The six-person crew of a Texas A&M University sailboat was reported missing Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. A sailboat matching the description of the crew's... Virgin Throttles Its UK Cable Network
Virgin is now throttling bandwidth on high-volume users, effective immediately. "Virgin Media has quietly rolled out bandwidth throttling nationwide, after successful technical trials in the North West, which the ISP says means a group of heavy users will sacrifice high... Mourinho Takes Over At Inter – Report
"It was reported in the Italian press earlier today thatMourinho had made up his mind that he wanted the job at Inter, but had issuedthe club’s President Massimo Moratti a deadline of midnight tonight to make...How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America
OPINION: We all know that to make better choices we have to be honest with ourselves about our own past failures and the responsibility we carry for them, and then entertain new choices to move forward. Arianna... Virginia Tech - one year later
It will forever be one of those events that you remember where you were when you heard about it. I remember I was back in Vancouver for my spring break from school and I was standing in my kitchen making a cup of... Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...
" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...Daughter's MS and Her Stem-cell Miracle
Certainly in a world where Bad News is King, this story is welcome relief to Now Public Readers."Darah Hansen, Vancouver SunPublished: Wednesday, March 12, 2008A midnight flight from Ottawa to Vancouver...Tax return website crashes on D-Day
"The Government’s online tax return system crashed today, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded and unable to file their tax returns on time. The chaos could not have come at a worse time, with the system grinding to a halt on the day the deadline expired for people...Pope's Midnight Mass ushers in Christmas
Get your Pope on..."VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to set aside time in their lives for God and the needy, as he ushered in Christmas early Tuesday by celebrating Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Echoing a theme he has raised about an increasingly...
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