"Interesting. It seems that they think the growing problem is serious enough to “study” it. From Al-Arabiya:
"The Saudi Ministries of Interior and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, are conducting a...
I found this when actually searching for a probe into Iraq oil contract fraud. I have always had suspicions about these types of fraud going on in Iraq and this war, but you don't always know if something is fact or fiction. Well, when the military starts a "probe", there...
"Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader called Kindle.
The paperback-sized device is on sale immediately in the US for $399 (£195). It can store up to 200 books in its...
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I don't have kids, but I've got friends in the industry who have pretty much told me to never trust a daycare with your kids. I've heard way too many horror stories to ever trust them, but what real alternate do parents have?"A Sioux Falls woman charged with an aggravated...
This is a follow-up to kerren's article on the woman whose grandparents are believed to have inserted 26 needles into her body."Doctors in China have saved the life of a woman who had 26 pins and needles inserted...
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"ONE in seven core civil-service jobs in the Scottish Government is to be cut under plans to deal with the spending squeeze being imposed on Scotland by the UK Treasury.
Scotland's mandarins are planning to reduce...
"Britney Spears' lawyer wants to seal all court papers in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their two children.
Lawyer Laura Wasser filed a motion yesterday asking a Superior Court commissioner to make a conditional July 30 order to seal all documents...
"Four daily newspapers are joining forces in a bid to tackle the problem of suicide in Northern Ireland.
The Irish News, News Letter, Belfast Telegraph and Daily Mirror have chosen 10 September to publish a joint statement.
The date marks Suicide prevention day. All four will...
"But now a study of all research papers between 2004 and 2007 indicates only seven percent give an explicit endorsement of that so-called consensus. Forty-five percent give an implicit endorsement. But 48 percent...
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"Tabloid newspapers play a central role in creating artificial tensions between Britain and Germany, an academic says.
As the two countries spar up for a friendly football match, German-born Dr Christian Schweiger says Anglo-German tensions exist only in the "red tops".
The...
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"While Kevin Federline parties in Vegas, his defense team has struck again, delivering a subpoena to the rehabilitation facility attended by his ex Britney Spears.
Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, confirms that Promises Treatment Center was served with a subpoena...
Newly Published Study Narrows Focus On Geology, Ranking Institutions, Researchers and Journals Based on Total Citations
Philadelphia and London (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Thomson
Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC)and
leading provider of...
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Richard Nixon really understood the concept of branding a presidency, but he was never quite able to bring that idea into practice. Instead, he'd just grumble into his dictabelt whilst wondering why the nation...
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"NEW YORK - A man has sued the maker of the health drink Boost Plus, claiming the vitamin-enriched beverage gave him an erection that would not subside and caused him to be hospitalized.
The lawsuit filed by Christopher Woods of New York said he bought the nutrition beverage...
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"Prosecutors said Wolkiewicz, an officer with U.S. Customs & Border Protection, has admitted assisting the operator of the Asian Acupressure Therapy parlor at 7500 Porter Road, Town of Niagara.
Wolkiewicz, who has been suspended from duty, was charged last week with lying...