The Ashura - tenth day of Moharram procession was moving peacefully, as thousands of men and women - mourners remembering the sacrifices of Prophet Mohammad's family in Kerbala - commemorate the day each year in...
Egypt is a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit". An Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavored tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing resistance all...
opinion by siebi | 3 wks ago 33 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Personally I am sick to the back teeth of that excuse being used. But, yet again it is - and this time to stop people smoking outside at public beaches and parks.I must say that I am a smoker - but as a smoker I...
East Kalimantan (Borneo), one province in Indonesia, has been anguished by white smoke which hampering people's eyesight; normal eyesight just reach 5 to 9 kms. The smoke appeared by quite huge forest fire from...
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Melvin Blevins, 19 years old, has been arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for video taping himself forcing his 18 month old niece to smoke marijana. The video tape was found inside a camera at a pawn shop in Ohio. Blevins is shown giving the little girl a glass...
New York City is looking to follow California's initiative and ban smoking in parks and on beaches. It has been illegal to smoke inside public buildings In New York City since 2003. The proposed smoking ban is part of a larger plan to improve residents' health over the next...
created by Annina Bergman | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 50 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Bushfire aftermath: smoke trapped over Antarctica~According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), smoke from the February Black Saturday bushfires, across the north east of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia, have been floating over Antarctica since early...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 210 views | 42 recommendations | 3 comments
" .fullpost{display:inline;} Some of the damage would have otherwise been reversedThe frontal and parietal cortices of the human brain are especially prone to being damaged by excessive alcohol consumption, researches show, but most of that damage can be reversed by...
created by TipsBox | 33 wks ago 101 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
" 3-26-09 [Councilman]Will Rossbach asked Maplewood police to remove the public from the last Smoke Task Force. Council Member Rossbach didn't get the group to vote his way tonight, so he then tried to...
Coverage continues here.Update 3 Windy this morning. Rain started at 11:30 am, though just lightly. " Some 1,200 Halifax residents were forced to evacuate after a massive brush fire raged outside the port...
Britney Spears halted her Vancouver concert Wednesday night and walked off stage after only four songs. She said it was too smokey in the arena for her to continue. She finally returned after about 30 minutes. An...
created by Amy Judd | 38 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 2820 views | 28 recommendations | 7 comments
This title alone conjures up images of a fight, and I suppose in actuality it is referring to one. However, I'm not speaking of a physical fight, but what I'm referring to is the fight against tobacco. The conflict...
created by greenpays | 40 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 180 views | 49 recommendations | 2 comments
Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since Sunday night, sending clouds of smoke and ash into the air. The ash fallout has not happened yet. As a safety precaution, Alaska Airlines had to cancel 19...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 1384 views | 41 recommendations | 5 comments