Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions

A 50 cent bullet to the back of the head is actually a more humane way to be executed, the condemed won't even feel the bullet enter, like they would various needles used in lethal injection. It's cheaper, totally painless and instant, unlike those botched executions you hear...

Queen un-knights Mugabe

Earlier today Britain ratcheted up the pressure on Mugabe by cutting ties to Zimbabwe's cricket team. But it didn't stop there. In a decision approved by the Queen, the British Foreign Office chose to take away...

Bessie the Cow statue Returned, gets day in its honor

"JANESVILLE, Wi. — Janesville’s bovine beauty might be recognized with a day in her honor.The Janesville City Council on Monday will be asked to approve a resolution recognizing June 14 as “Bessie the Cow...

Formula One Chief Stays After Sex Orgy Scandal

What's the auto-racing industry without a lurid sex scandal, rocking it to its very core? Nothing, according to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, who voted to keep their sex-orgy-loving boss.Max Mosley, overseer of the Grand Prix motor racing, survived a...

Cuba Celebrates International Day Against Homophobia

"Prejudice against homosexuals remains deeply rooted in Cuban society, but the government has steadily moved away from the puritanism of the 1960s and 1970s, when homosexuals hid their sexuality for fear of being...

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern hands in resignation

Today marked the end of Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern's 11 years in office, as he handed in his resignation to President Mary McAleese." Ahern announced his resignation at the beginning of April amid ...

Malta's ruling Nationalists re-elected in tightest election ever

As Spain's socialists are reelected, Malta's conservative government is also kept in power in another extreemly close vote." Malta's conservative Nationalist Party, in power in the tiny Mediterranean state for...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

House agree Djoko Santoso as TNI chief

""With regard to the approval of Djoko Santoso, our faction calls for attention to three important notes, spokesman for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction Andreas H Pareira said. Firstly, he said, PDI-P asked the TNI Chief to stick to a commitment to...

Govt changes name of IPDN into IIP

"The IIP will no longer be centralized in Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, like the IPDN, but will also be established in other provinces, Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto told newsmen after a cabinet meeting...

An official from the President’s Office and Ministry of Education vist Maha...

Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala an official from the President’s Office, Mr. Tikiri Jayathilaka from the Secondary Education Modernization (SEMP) project of Ministry of Education visited Mahavilachchiya with 3 others...

Mr Vice President says it's a stab on the back

"In a swift reaction to Buhari's statement, the Action Congress (AC) Presidential candidate, Vice President Atiku Abubakar also expressed his readiness to participate in tomorrow's presidential polls, after...

Oprah's £20m ($40m) school proves she's not all talk

Oprah Winfrey, the talk show star and media mogul, likes to make friends through generosity, famously once giving every member of her studio audience a free car to take home. Yesterday, however, she celebrated giving of a slightly less frivolous kind. Surrounded by American...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

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