Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'

"By SARAH PALIN | September 22, 2008Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers...

Reporters booted from conference for hacking

"With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French...

Beijing Olympic organizers guarantee good air quality

Beijing Olympic officials have assured athletes that the city skies will be clear for the Games, but at the same time are acknowledging that they need more time to cut smog for it to be really effective.Well, they...

Tibetan Flags Banned at Olympics

This is not surprising at all especially when the games is taking place in China. I am not sure how many of you know this, but Taiwan won couple gold medals in the 04' Olympics. As the tradition goes, the gold...

1 million Olympic tickets remain unsold

There are still unsold tickets to the Beijing Olympics. I do not know if this is the norm when we are two months away and there are still 1 million unsold tickets or people are staying away for miscellaneous reasons....

Australia prepares for Pope's visit

Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of pilgrims...

China cancels world Paralympic relay

China has cancelled the international portion of the Paralympic torch relay and has also cancelled the domestic leg of the relay, as they say they want to focus their efforts on helping the millions of people...

Mermaid Parade in Coney Island today

The annual Mermaid Parade kicked off in Coney Island, New York today, but one person will be making a political statement and will be undertaking a hunger strike in protest to the proposed changes to the...

Shanghai film festival: Go away, Sharon Stone

The backlash against Sharon Stone continues as the Shanghai International Film Festival said the American actress would not be welcome at this year's event. She will really have to take care what she says in future,...

Gold medal Olympic scams

Tickets for the Beijing Olympics are going to be hot commidities - but it seems some people are already trying to cash in on the action, with fake Olympic ticket websites, selling Olympic bonds that do not exist and...

NDOT Management Havoc Hits The Open Road :: The EDJE

"This 1996 Dodge Viper flipped and burned in Nye County 44 miles south of the starting line early in the race resulting in a delay of more than four hours. Driver Jerry Moll, of K&N Engineering, Inc., was not...

Hawaiians build world's biggest Lei on May Day

It's more than a mile long, and worth every petal. My question is who gets to wear it?"HONOLULU - May Day was Lei Day in Hawaii. Volunteers hoping to set a record for the world's longest lei strung together flowers...

Protesters across America call for immigration reform

Thousands of demonstrators gathered across the US today to protest federal immigration raids and deportations, and to call for a comprehensive immigration reform.But turnout was less impressive this year than in...

Seminar fails, Indonesian delegation disappointed with ADEX organizers

"The Indonesian delegation to the Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2008 in Singapore was disappointed as the venue of a seminar scheduled to be held by an Indonesian government official was not as promised by the organizers causing the seminar to fail."I will complain to the ADEX...

Olympic Torch in Argentina

The demonstrations in Argentina were a little more subdued than we have seen in other cities so far. Anti-China demonstrations were surprisingly quiet and it was reported that some even left and went home before the...

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