"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...
I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP)...
Helping America on war on terror is paying dividends to Pakistan. The American senate has approved three fold hike in non military aid to Pakistan. "Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senator Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr on Tuesday introduced a landmark...
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has spelled out his priorities for the deployment of US forces. He would like to cut down the forces presence in Iraq and Kuwait and deploy...
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North Korea has ofically agreed to nuclear checks, as officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and North and South Korea all agreed that Pyongyang (the capitla of North Korea) would finish disabling its main...
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Just before G-8 meeting Indian goverment has announced a big nationwide action programme to curtail climate change impact. " The Indian government has unveiled a national action plan to confront the threat posed by climate change. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the...
Stats show that paternity leave is quickly becoming a popular choice for male parents, and thank goodness, because dads can love too."While the trend is most pronounced in Quebec, fathers across Canada are taking...
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Canada's Conservative party is mobilizing an array of swear-wordish phrases to scorn Stephane Dion's new carbon tax plan. The Liberal Leader played right into enemy hands by labeling his plan the "green-shift."" The...
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" The policy shift comes after a 2006 lawsuit that received little attention outside the gay media, but that created big waves inside the OCFS.Alyssa—formerly Andrew—Rodriguez was born male, but identified and...
This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right...
"USA Today reported today that Starbucks will be offering a free WiFi service for it’s US customers. As part of their ‘Rewards’, a program a loyalty card which gives customers various free or discounted...
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Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can be sure, Police won't investigate too hard on this one. Karma has a way of evening things out sometimes." Notorious gay basher kills himself in jailQuebec...
"BEICHUAN, China (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims.There were a few tales of rescues...
There is a new star in the sky – and it’s located in the Big Dipper! The new star is a white dwarf star that was discovered at the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas in Austin."May 2, 2008 --...
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