About 80 people were injured during a bullfight in Colombia today when the stands in the stadium collapsed underneath the weight of too many people.The stadium was holding about 500 people, but at this time it is not known how many were allowed to be in there. When the...
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After 6 years waiting, the defendant finally will be executed in holly month of ramadan. Why wait until ramadhan, why not now?!"Indonesia says it hopes to execute three militants for their part in the 2002 Bali...
It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left without...
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The Olympics are really exposing some of the darker impulses in Vancouver. Now there's an effort to keep a local paper off the streets. Megaphone, has been distributed in Vancouver for 16 years."City of...
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This is a strange story.The Communist party in St. Petersburg, Russia, has approached the Orthodox Church to make Josef Stalin a saint if he wins this television poll to nominate him as the greatest Russian in...
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"The drug that helps people with erectile dysfunction, Viagra, proved to be effective in curing sexual dysfunction in women suffering from depression, study says. "
"Cashing in on Old Wisdom
India's traditional weavers, heirs to a 2,000-year-old textile industry, are turning to the ancient practice of
ayurvedic medicine to make their products more appealing and boost sales....
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Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want to...
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What gets me about this article is the final few lines - For nearly four years, Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Timberlake have been claiming that this was an accidental exposure, and it wasn't planned. They've been saying that it was a wardrobe malfunction that surprised both of...
"Emergency Beijing Olympic pollution scheme begins By Ben Blanchard Reuters - Sunday, July 20 12:01 pmBEIJING (Reuters) - Beijingers breathed easier on Sunday as traffic restrictions and factory closures came into effect in a last ditch attempt to turn the often...
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...
"y Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By BRIAN STELTER Published: July 21, 2008...
After much back and forth about where Barack Obama would be making his only European speech and appearance, it's been decided to be in Berlin, Germany this Thursday at the Winged Victory column (Siegessäule) at 7PM. As a Berliner who's planned for weeks to go, this...
I know that my view on this will not be popular with many but I must say that I fail to understand the Irish Government's attitude when it comes to "illegal" immigrants. If the illegal immigrant is Irish and is working in the US they are really "good guys" contributing to...