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Ireland in crunch EU treaty vote
People in the Irish Republic are voting today on whether to ratify the European Union reform treaty, which could have a huge impact on European relations."The No lobby has mounted a strong challenge and the result -... Fight Over Florida Woman on Feeding Tube Echoes Schiavo Case
" WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman put on a feeding tube after she had a stroke is at the center of a court case that is similar to the lengthy legal dispute over the fate of Terri Schiavo.Karen Weber, 57, has been periodically in a nursing home and a...Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure
Hezbollah has said that they will be withdrawing their gunman from Beirut after the Lebanese army settled tensions between armed government supporters and the Shia group."The army revoked two key government measures...Leeds halt Marques contract talks
" Leeds halt Marques contract talks Marques broke into the first-team this season under ex-boss Dennis Wise (Getty) Leeds United have suspended contract negotiations...Update: 401 children from polygamist sect in custody
News continues to fow out of Texas after the raid of a large polygamist sect. The number of children now in protective custody is quite large."Texas officials said Monday that they had taken more than 400 children... Nerf Gun Ban Hinders Zombie Battle
Bowling Green State University has banned Nerf guns, which will make it far more difficult for humans involved in a live-action roleplaying game (LARP) to defend themselves against zombies, despite faculty assurances... Naomi Campbell Hospitalized
"According to People magazine Naomi Campbell 37-year-old British supermodel,has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo and is being treated for the removal of a small cyst.”Naomi Campbell was admitted to hospital … to have a small cyst removed,” Jeff Raymond, said in a statement." Toronto Highways Open For Weekend, Streets and Airport Still Have Problems
A day after close to 20 cm of snow came down, the weather warmed slightly, turning it to freezing rain. Less than six hours after that 30 cm of snow dumped down on the GTA, shutting down the city for more than a day.... Paralysed Refugee Claimant Wins Deportation Reprieve
In a repeat of a similar deportation effort a month ago, hundreds of protesters threatened to blockage border agents to keep a paralysed man from being reported."A paralysed would-be refugee won another reprieve of his deportation early Wednesday after hundreds of supporters...Failed Asylum Seekers Paid To Leave UK
UPDATE December 16, 2007: Following on from last weeks news story concerning the cost of keeping failed asylum seekers in British jails, holding cells or sub-standard accommodation (see video), we now learn... When A “xerox” Is Not … An Exact Copy :: Symblogogy
"We all are familiar with the slang term … xerox, as in, “let’s xerox this page.”, or, "I’ll be xeroxing these for the meeting."
This slang term is an ode to the effectiveness and convenience of equipment... Yale to return Peruvian artefacts
"Yale University has agreed to return to Peru thousands of Inca relics that were excavated at Machu Picchu from 1911-15 by a history professor, Hiram Bingham. Peru demanded the artefacts back last year, saying it agreed to their removal on condition they would be... Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security - washingtonpost.com
The Bush administration this morning is on the defensive after this shocking revelation from the former head of the American Federal Reserve Bank. In an interview about his new book, Mr. Alan Greenspan admitted... Guatemala: child theft, adoption, human organ market
Where is the mainstream media on this story? If this were people other than those as described in this article, would anyone care? - The Angryindian-------------------------------------------"As follow-up... YouTube anti-piracy tool due sometime in the fall
"Google’s YouTube is set to have video fingerprinting software tested and enabled sometime in the fall according to statements made in court on Friday. The statements were made during the initial hearing of the Viacom trial against YouTube owner Google. Viacom sued Google...
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