Caspian Airlines Crash: 'Many Dead' updated

" All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say. Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75...

Vive la France! Liberty/Equality/Fraternity at least in Theory.

By, Uwe Paschen. Vive la France. (14 Juillet Fete National) or should that be Vive Paris?  Today as in 1680 under the war hungry King Louis the XIV of France, who once said that “Paris is France but France will...

People paid for supplying power

" Households that contribute electricity to the National Grid are to receive payments under a new government scheme. Towns and villages will be encouraged to generate their own power with wind, water and solar...

Permanent diet may equal longer life

"With a reduced-calorie diet, monkeys were less likely to die of an age-related disease -- cancer, heart disease or diabetes, reports a study in the journal Science. ...

Ignatieff and PM Harper square off in Calgary Stampede speeches

This is more politics as usual.The leaders of governmentand opposition verbally attackeach other in speeches at a major event. " Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff got off the first volley in front of about 700 at...

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

Obama praise for Iran's Mousavi

" US President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election. Mr Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in...

Cyber Or-20 Cyber Kehillah-3 Social networking

This is another in the series of Cyber-Or by Dr. Moshe Dror. He just keeps writing about the interesting connections between community and social networking. Enjoy."By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror Social networking (Net 2.0) will not supersede what we call “Organized Religion”...

Cyber Or-19 Virtual Kehillah - Community

Once again Moshe Dror explores the cyber or of the new paradigm shift of participation in ritual. " By Rabbi, Dr. Moshe Dror When we think of the Synagogue, we often think of its Hebrew term- Bet Knesset. The word Synagogue is from the ancient Greek: meaning The House of...

Thousands attend vigil for Tiananmen's 20th in Hong Kong

Over 150,000 people came to honor the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Victoria Park, event organizers said Thursday. Francesca Ayala reports from Hong Kong. " HONG KONG -- Thousands of people...

Melissa Joan Hart Prays For Farrah Fawcett but for wrong reasons

Melissa Joan Hart was praying last week that ailing actress Farrah Fawcett would not die from cancer, which is nice right? But according to a conversation of hers that was overheard at KTLA studios in LA, the...

Living in Vietnam

Not just a salaried 1-2 year company-appointed-tourist, you are Really LIVING in Vietnam when you understand Why... . . . you walk on the roadway with the traffic because it is safer and there are simply too many...

Iran blames the US in a deadly mosque bombing

Iran has accused the US of an involvement in a recent mosque bombing that killed many in the south-eastern volatile region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. " An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday...

Deadly car bomb in Pakistan city

" A car bomb has killed at least six people and injured about 70 in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. The explosion happened outside a cinema in a busy marketplace, senior police official Abdul Ghafoor Afridi said. Buildings were severely damaged, and...

India's ruling Congress alliance wins election

This is good.India needs a strong government." Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling coalition won an overwhelming election victory on Saturday, boosting hopes of a stable government as the emerging Asian...

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