LTTE forcibly recruits UN staff member, 3 dependents

Well, this is not the first time this has happened. LTTE has done it yet again ! Forcing UN staff and their family members to work for them? Are they out of their minds? " COLOMBO: United Nations on Monday said...

Up Date...'Israel spy' put to death in Iran

A sad end to the story... How can the Middle East ever find a just peace?There is no trust or even a middle ground for discussionsPrevious Story"'Israel spy' put to death in Iran ...

Artistes of hypocrisy in Sri Lanka

"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...

Millions mark UN hand-washing day

Every  20 second a mother mourns a dead child lost to diarrhea - a completely preventable and utterly inexcusable cause of  death. Each year 1.5 million children under the age of five years die from...

Grasshoppers are recruited as climate change scouts

The sound of grasshoppers chirping and clicking their legs is going to be used to help track climate change.Grasshoppers and bush crickets are going to be pubically monitored in Britain to record sightings of all...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Nepalese sue US company over Iraq

Close Relatives of killed Nepali workers have filed a case of human trafficking against American company KBR, formerly owned by former US vice president Dick Cheny. The workers were wrongly recruited on the promise of job in Jordan but posted at US air base in Iraq. ...

Pole trek needs last explorer

"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...

Violence against Afghan Children Rises, Worries UN

The effect of war or conflict cost a lot of thing. Perhaps John Lennon 's song, could reunite this world. Quote: "I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one""The U.N. Special Representative for...

Female suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs the world turns, and we go about our daily lives, so does the ongoing series of suicide bombings in Iraq.Iraqi Civilians aware of their limited time on this earth,...

Coalition rolls up 100-woman suicide cell in raid of Iraq safe house

" BAGHDAD — Iraq has captured an Al Qaida-aligned cell that recruited and deployed women for suicide operations. On March 1, Iraqi and U.S. troops raided a suspected Al Qaida safe house in Al Makhesa, in northeastern Diyala. Officials said scores of suspected women...

More Slave Workers Found at Chinese Brick Factories

"BEIJING — China is still freeing people — including children — forced to work as slaves in illegal brick factories, two months after the scandal involving the brick yards was exposed, officials said Monday.The scandal erupted in early June after Chinese media...

They're Baaaaack

"Let’s play 80’s Trivia……. What group was responsible for the Western world’s first bioterrorism attack? tick….tick…..tick…… Need a hint? OK, “Antelope, Oregon“ Give up yet? Heh™……………  " In the summer of 1984, members of a religious...

"Shadow Wolves" - Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden

"An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache. It is being sent to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to pass...

Four found guilty in tax fraud scam

"Now that you have your W-2s in hand, here’s a reminder about what happens if you cheat on your taxes or come up with a scheme to get others to do so. Four people have been found guilty of multiple counts of filing or causing false claims for refunds to be filed with the...

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