Younis Khan is new Pakistan cricket captain

Younus Khan has replaced Shoaib Malik as the captain of the Pakistan team following their record defeat in a one-day international.Malik was appointed captain after the 2007 World Cup campaign and was told in...

Prime Minister Steps Down amid Violent Protests

.This may not help the crisisbut something had to bedone soon."Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, rattled by the financial crisis and widespread anti-government protests, called early national elections for May...

Myanmar, Thailand cooperate in weather forecasting

Myanmar and Thailand are cooperating technically in promoting Myanmar's weather forecasting and rehabilitation work in cyclone-hit areas, the New Light of Myanmar reported on Jan. 23."The cooperation is being carried out between Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and...

January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day

Today, January 21, is Squirrel Appreciation Day - and here are just a few ways to celebrate a squirrel where you live. " There's also a guide to Squirrel Appreciation Day activities at eHow -- here's a teaser for...

Two million descend on Washington for Obama's Inauguration Day

Two million people have descended on Washington DC for the Inauguration of Barack Obama, and the crowds have clogged the mass transit lines and security checkpoints as they try to get a spot to witness a moment in...

Scale of Gaza destruction emerges

This is terrible.  In additionto the dead and woundedthere is massive destructionof homes, infrastructure.  Itis time for a permanent ceasefire, and peace. "The full scale of devastation in Gaza...

Canal ice helps Dutch rediscover national identity

It has been 12 years since the Netherland's canals froze on their own, but this year it has been cold enough, so thousands of skaters defied the freezing temperatures and hit the ice; and as a result the hospital...

National Nothing Day today

National Nothing Day is today, and although this may seem like an odd holiday to celebrate, today is a day to do absolutely nothing and not feel bad about it.  However, we really should have known about it...

The Question Of Liberation, Injustice, and Dictatorship

           The Question of Liberation, the Thoroughfare of Injustice and the Road to DictatorshipSearching the constructs of self-analysis within psychoanalysis, I have found that the American population is...

Petty Gillet Evernham Motorsports Merger Press Release

Petty Gillet Evernham Motorsports Merger Press Release Many motorsports  are asking if Petty will not have a prominent roll following the Petty, GEM Merger.  This statement was issued to address that...

Divided—We Fall (updated)

Pakistan got an elected government, and the Army declared its retreat from politics and governance, there has been a discernible trend to create and sustain the perception that there is a serious divide between the military and the civilian government. Every misstep is blamed...

National Trust UK offers food foraging holidays

The National Trust in the UK is now offering 'food foraging' holidays, where they will teach you to live off the land as an alternative to spending money in these hard economic times. People are looking to not spend...

Endangered right whales possible new breeding ground

Scientists have revealed that they think they have found a possible new breeding ground in Portland Maine, for the endangered North Atlantic Right Whales.  There are only about an estimated 325 Right...

Vietnam gets AFF Cup 2008 - Dreams have come true

This is the first time Vietnam has won the AFF Cup championship for decades." The Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium exploded in the last minute of the second leg final match of the AFF Suzuki Cup as striker Cong Vinh headed the ball in Thailand ’s goal to draw the game...

One person dies in avalanche at Jackson Hole ski resort

One person is dead after an avalanche at the Jackson Hole Ski and Mountain Resort, located just south of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. According to the Jackson Hole News the avalanche occurred on the ski...

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