Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009

At least 39 journalists fled from their native countries worldwide in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka leading the way with at least 11 journalists, which is more than quarter of the journalists fled worldwide. "...

Rescue pilot Prince William to transfer to the RAF

As of October 2008, Prince William, second in line to the British throne, will become a serach-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force.  Prince William will transfer from the army to the air force in...

Dhoni maintains top rank

"MS Dhoni hung on to his place atop the ODI batting chart but Australian Nathan Bracken surrendered top slot in bowlers’ rankings to Daniel Vettori after his relatively disappointing series against Bangladesh. In the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen, Australia’s stand-in...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

A Louisiana Flavor at the Beijing 2008 Olympics

"Twenty athletes with ties to the Pelican State will represent the United States during the 17-day athletic extravaganza. It is believed to be the largest Olympic contingent ever from Louisiana. Click to see what Olympians have Louisiana ties The athletes range in age from 18...

Alexa to exclude Social Media Traffic to be taken into account

"Alexa no longer counts traffic that a site gains from social media sites like Digg and Reddit. For people whose traffic Last two to three weeks have been good due to social media buzz, they have noticed that it...

Things to Do When Google Buys Digg

"MrBabyMan hates the idea, the Digg top 100 surely hates the idea and the Digg Mafia REALLY hates the idea. Let me go on record right now saying that I LOVE the idea, especially if Microsoft aquires Digg and uses Digg to finally become a viable search engine. Microsoft you...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

News Corp's MySpace Launch Global Redesign

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday. In...

Leeds eye 'fantastic achievement'

Let's not get too far ahead, it needs to be won first, but if they hadn't had the 15 point deduction, they would be one point behind Swansea in an automatic promotion place, and nine ahead of Forest, who go up....

US Magazines: Canadians World's Top Intellectuals'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who knew we were so Brainy, after reading this, I rushed to check my phone messages.  No doubt I was out when they called."PARIS - Liberal deputy leader...

Alexa's New Ranking System Maximizes Traffic's Accuracy

"Alexa has announced a new ranking system for the web. That after several months now the new Alexa Rankings System is available.Developing the aspects of gathering data and information about websites, was the...

Indonesia in 100th rank in world press freedom

Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Press freedom in Indonesia in the eyes of non governmental organizations monitoring international media in 167 countries in the world as surveyed by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) ranked the 100th. In the press freedom index of 2007 received by ANTARA...

'Chomsky applauds Sen. Gravel'

"'Chomsky applauds Sen. Gravel' The following was reported on presidential candidate Mike Gravel's website. Alone among members of Congress, Senator Mike Gravel had the courage to take a stand that not only helped bring the atrocious Indochina wars to an end, but also made a...

'Chomsky applauds Sen. Gravel'

"'Chomsky applauds Sen. Gravel' The following was reported on presidential candidate Mike Gravel's website. Alone among members of Congress, Senator Mike Gravel had the courage to take a stand that not only helped bring the atrocious Indochina wars to an end, but also made a...

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