China showing no mercy to African Nationals smuggling drugs

China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...

A pitching revolution...Randy Johnson; Last of a dying breed

The Revolution Will Be Televised... ...On MLB.TV Major League Baseball is currently undergoing a changing of the guard at the starting pitching position. Young hurlers like Detroit's Rick Porcello,...

FLOORBALL HOCKEY at the Richmond Olympic Oval

Dear Floorball Friends,  BCFF is very excited to host the 2009 CANADIAN NATIONAL FLOORBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Vancouver,  April 17-19th, 2009.  It is our turn to invite our floorball community from across the country to come enjoy the spectacular scenery of...

Mumbai attackers may be Pakistani nationals

Identitites of the terrorists involved in Mumbai attacks have started surfacing. Indian investigating agencies have said that Mumbai attackers are all Pakistani nationals. Although Pakistan foreign minister, who...

Gunfight on Thai-Cambodia border

Thailand and Cambodia have been fighting centres on 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which sits on a jungle-clad escarpment dividing the countries.The tension turned violent in October when one Cambodian and two Thai soldiers...

“Don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”

A feisty line up of young volunteers pick on topical news stories and get stuck in. This month’s round up includes Bono’s latest bed net for Africans campaign and a challenge to those who thinks inoculating...

Ex-Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court

"Ex-Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court ...

Int'l Court to US: Don't Execute Mexican Nationals

In a move welcomed by Mexico, The United Nations' highest court is urging the US not to execute five Mexican nationals who had, during the course of their respective trials, been denied access to their consulate.Texas is bridling at the intervention, though, saying that...

Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Japan has lifted sanctioned imposed on North Korea after latter tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Sanction has been continued after every six months since then. But today it lifted and this will loosen restrictions...

Update: Plane diverted to Shannon as child dies

UPDATE:The inquest into the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old child who died on a transatlantic flight last Tuesday opened in Ennis today. The inquest heard that the child, Lemuna Armadan Osman, died on board the Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to JFK Airport 40 minutes...

Pope hosts public stadium Mass

They started arriving as dawn was breaking. Thousands of people wanting to take part in a public mass with the Pope. They bought t-shirts for $20 and posters of His Holiness for $10. By 9:30am when the Pope...

Cubans allowed to check into tourist hotels

Just a few days after Cubans were told they were allowed to use mobile phones, the island's citizens are now being permitted to check into hotels previously available only to foreign visitors. It's apparently the...

Bush Throws out First Pitch, Baseball is Here!

"The baseball season got off to a great start last night (are we counting the games in Japan?), as the Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman smacked a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to lead the team to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves in...

UK Doctors and teachers will be among first issued with ID cards

Labour says, for now, noone will be required to carry ID cards in the UK. But at the same time they have taken initial steps to get the program moving."Millions of teachers, doctors, nurses and carers could soon be issued with identity cards, Jacqui Smith disclosed yesterday...

Dutch Government opposes islamophobic film

"Do not broadcast critical Islam movie, says Dutch foreign minister 29 February 2008AMSTERDAM - Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on Thursday called upon legislator Geert Wilders, founder of the right-wing Freedom Party, not to broadcast a movie that...

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